Nathan Beckett
@gwonasty.bsky.social
killing it here but protecting it IRL
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Happy Presidents Day, commemorating the moment when President Warren G. Harding began the G-Funk Era by releasing the hit single "Regulate"
February 16, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Happy Presidents Day, commemorating the moment when President Warren G. Harding began the G-Funk Era by releasing the hit single "Regulate"
There is only one reason they would do this, of course
Ask yourself: why would this administration want to delete references to Medgar Evers’ racist assassin being a racist? Why might that be?
I challenge anyone in this administration or Congress to defend this.
I challenge anyone in this administration or Congress to defend this.
Medgar Evers’ killer was a Klansman, but Trump administration says stop calling him a racist - Mississippi Today
Among anticipated changes to a new visitor brochure for the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument is no longer using "racist" to describe the killer of the civil rights leader.
mississippitoday.org
February 15, 2026 at 3:23 PM
There is only one reason they would do this, of course
Trump admin repealed that 1+1=2. 1+1 =1 now.
Thank you for your attention to this matter
Thank you for your attention to this matter
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Trump admin repealed that 1+1=2. 1+1 =1 now.
Thank you for your attention to this matter
Thank you for your attention to this matter
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WTF
Multiple large data centers have signed binding electric agreements with Ameren Missouri this week.
The agreements total 2.2GW of new demand for electricity, which is almost the entire capacity of Ameren’s largest power plant.
The agreements total 2.2GW of new demand for electricity, which is almost the entire capacity of Ameren’s largest power plant.
Ameren Missouri signed confidential contracts with multiple big data centers this week
Data centers moving to Missouri and Illinois have already paid Ameren $46 million in nonrefundable payments. Some have gone a step further, signing binding agreements to purchase electricity.
www.stlpr.org
February 12, 2026 at 5:51 PM
WTF
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Breaking: House passes new version of SAVE Act, worst voter suppression bill considered by Congress. Could disenfranchise:
-21 million Americans w/out access to citizenship papers
-69 mil married women who took partner’s name
-21 mil w/out valid drivers license
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-21 million Americans w/out access to citizenship papers
-69 mil married women who took partner’s name
-21 mil w/out valid drivers license
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The GOP’s “show us your papers” bill Is the latest effort to help Trump take over elections
“If the SAVE Act were to pass, it would be the worst voter suppression law that Congress has ever enacted"
www.motherjones.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Breaking: House passes new version of SAVE Act, worst voter suppression bill considered by Congress. Could disenfranchise:
-21 million Americans w/out access to citizenship papers
-69 mil married women who took partner’s name
-21 mil w/out valid drivers license
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-21 million Americans w/out access to citizenship papers
-69 mil married women who took partner’s name
-21 mil w/out valid drivers license
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Something wrong Hon, you've barely touched your meat and ferments.
RFK Jr on what he'll eat during the Super Bowl: "I am on a carnivore diet so I just eat meat and ferments, and I'm very happy with that. So I'm probably going to have yogurt."
February 8, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Something wrong Hon, you've barely touched your meat and ferments.
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US politics: Autocratic rule and "controlling the message"… ⬇️
NBC editing out the booing of JD Vance is a disgrace. It’s an international event. Americans have the right to know what the world is saying. NBC has bowed down to Trump.
February 7, 2026 at 3:21 PM
US politics: Autocratic rule and "controlling the message"… ⬇️
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The International Olympic Committee ruled that an image of Toussaint Louverture, born into slavery and and leader of the Haitian Revolution, on Haiti’s uniforms violated Olympic rules barring political symbolism
Haiti's Winter Olympics team shines a positive light even as IOC removes patriot from uniforms
Haiti is making a statement at the Milan Cortina Winter Games with two athletes proudly representing the nation.
apnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:26 PM
The International Olympic Committee ruled that an image of Toussaint Louverture, born into slavery and and leader of the Haitian Revolution, on Haiti’s uniforms violated Olympic rules barring political symbolism
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Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” Proven science via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath
The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
www.scientificamerican.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” Proven science via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath
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just choked on my beverage
January 29, 2026 at 11:19 PM
just choked on my beverage
Atmosphere - Say Shh (Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Rhymesayers Entertainment
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January 26, 2026 at 3:27 AM
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Walz: "I don't care if you are conservative are flying a Donald Trump flag, a libertarian 'Don't Treat on Me,' a Democratic Socialist -- this an inflection point. If we cannot all agree that the smearing of a citizen and besmirching everything they stood for -- someone has to be accountable."
January 25, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Walz: "I don't care if you are conservative are flying a Donald Trump flag, a libertarian 'Don't Treat on Me,' a Democratic Socialist -- this an inflection point. If we cannot all agree that the smearing of a citizen and besmirching everything they stood for -- someone has to be accountable."
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Call the piece of legislation that ultimately abolishes ICE the Pretti-Good Act
January 25, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Call the piece of legislation that ultimately abolishes ICE the Pretti-Good Act
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We're having a Kent State every week.
January 25, 2026 at 4:04 AM
We're having a Kent State every week.
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Nuclear proliferation.
No one is talking about it but it's definitely an issue that Greenland highlights. Every middle power in the world from Germany to South Korea to Brazil now has an incentive to secretly develop nuclear weapon capability.
No one is talking about it but it's definitely an issue that Greenland highlights. Every middle power in the world from Germany to South Korea to Brazil now has an incentive to secretly develop nuclear weapon capability.
January 21, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Nuclear proliferation.
No one is talking about it but it's definitely an issue that Greenland highlights. Every middle power in the world from Germany to South Korea to Brazil now has an incentive to secretly develop nuclear weapon capability.
No one is talking about it but it's definitely an issue that Greenland highlights. Every middle power in the world from Germany to South Korea to Brazil now has an incentive to secretly develop nuclear weapon capability.
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Trump Admin “Deliberately” Tanking Morale to Get Parks Staff to Quit, Official Says in Leaked Tape
theintercept.com/2026/01/21/n...
theintercept.com/2026/01/21/n...
Trump Admin “Deliberately” Tanking Morale to Get Parks Staff to Quit, Official Says in Leaked Tape
In a leaked tape, a National Park Service official said Trump’s employee policies are a “reign of terror” aimed at driving NPS staff to quit.
theintercept.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Trump Admin “Deliberately” Tanking Morale to Get Parks Staff to Quit, Official Says in Leaked Tape
theintercept.com/2026/01/21/n...
theintercept.com/2026/01/21/n...
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Can someone tell me what is the non-torture reason to pepper spray someone at close range directly in the face after they have already been subdued?
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Can someone tell me what is the non-torture reason to pepper spray someone at close range directly in the face after they have already been subdued?
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I think this is right. So much of how they’re going about this, from the needless brutality to the masks and unofficial gear, really only makes sense if the calculated goal is to provoke violence against ICE agents.
they are actively trying to get these officers killed and have been for some time
BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
January 21, 2026 at 10:01 PM
I think this is right. So much of how they’re going about this, from the needless brutality to the masks and unofficial gear, really only makes sense if the calculated goal is to provoke violence against ICE agents.
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If we had a working Congress—and if the Republican party actually meant *any* of what it said over the last half-century about holding the Constitution and liberties dear—there would massive hearings, there would be firings, there would be impeachment proceedings.
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:14 PM
If we had a working Congress—and if the Republican party actually meant *any* of what it said over the last half-century about holding the Constitution and liberties dear—there would massive hearings, there would be firings, there would be impeachment proceedings.
I’ve been thinking about this since 2002.
Americans do not conserve water well enough because we don’t consider it to be a finite resource.
But it is.
AI data centers are going to exacerbate the problem locally and globally.
I hope KC resists.
Americans do not conserve water well enough because we don’t consider it to be a finite resource.
But it is.
AI data centers are going to exacerbate the problem locally and globally.
I hope KC resists.
Climate change, pollution and decades of overuse pushed the world into a state of “water bankruptcy,” leaving billions of people without enough water to meet their basic needs.
In a sweeping report, scientists compared humanity to a person plunging into financial ruin. https://wapo.st/4pTRFNp
In a sweeping report, scientists compared humanity to a person plunging into financial ruin. https://wapo.st/4pTRFNp
January 21, 2026 at 11:59 AM
I’ve been thinking about this since 2002.
Americans do not conserve water well enough because we don’t consider it to be a finite resource.
But it is.
AI data centers are going to exacerbate the problem locally and globally.
I hope KC resists.
Americans do not conserve water well enough because we don’t consider it to be a finite resource.
But it is.
AI data centers are going to exacerbate the problem locally and globally.
I hope KC resists.
Pretty cool for Aaron rogers to go out with a touchdown
January 13, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Pretty cool for Aaron rogers to go out with a touchdown
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Across hundreds of cases, intentional VRAs have a "signature." A purposeful approach line toward a person. Commitment to that line. Steering corrections that track a target. Acceleration and follow through. All of these are absent in the videos of the incident I have seen thus far. 5/7
January 8, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Across hundreds of cases, intentional VRAs have a "signature." A purposeful approach line toward a person. Commitment to that line. Steering corrections that track a target. Acceleration and follow through. All of these are absent in the videos of the incident I have seen thus far. 5/7
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TRUMP: “We need Greenland”
The guardrails are gone
The guardrails are gone
January 4, 2026 at 8:21 PM
TRUMP: “We need Greenland”
The guardrails are gone
The guardrails are gone
2025 really sucked in this respect.
Maybe we can do better in 2026. Happy New Year
Maybe we can do better in 2026. Happy New Year
This looks like something you'd see in a museum about fascism after 100 million people have died to defeat it
January 1, 2026 at 12:10 AM
2025 really sucked in this respect.
Maybe we can do better in 2026. Happy New Year
Maybe we can do better in 2026. Happy New Year