Kurt Lewis Helf, Ph.D.
@hophead57.bsky.social
Cave Ecologist. Views expressed in posts are my own and do not reflect those of my employer. RP ≠ Endorsement He/him/his
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This is what authoritarians are never gonna understand: average, everyday citizens do not like watching paramilitary thugs brutalize children. All the vaporware memes in the world can't fix that for them
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 3:53 PM
This is what authoritarians are never gonna understand: average, everyday citizens do not like watching paramilitary thugs brutalize children. All the vaporware memes in the world can't fix that for them
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The Cabinet this week
*RFK Jr. bragged about snorting cocaine off of a toilet seat
*Lutnick acknowledged taking his family to Epstein island
*Bondi “The Dow” / refuses to look at victims
*Noem blanket
*Hegseth loses to Kelly, tries to tweet through it
*Bessent “tariffs don’t cause inflation”
*RFK Jr. bragged about snorting cocaine off of a toilet seat
*Lutnick acknowledged taking his family to Epstein island
*Bondi “The Dow” / refuses to look at victims
*Noem blanket
*Hegseth loses to Kelly, tries to tweet through it
*Bessent “tariffs don’t cause inflation”
February 14, 2026 at 1:55 AM
The Cabinet this week
*RFK Jr. bragged about snorting cocaine off of a toilet seat
*Lutnick acknowledged taking his family to Epstein island
*Bondi “The Dow” / refuses to look at victims
*Noem blanket
*Hegseth loses to Kelly, tries to tweet through it
*Bessent “tariffs don’t cause inflation”
*RFK Jr. bragged about snorting cocaine off of a toilet seat
*Lutnick acknowledged taking his family to Epstein island
*Bondi “The Dow” / refuses to look at victims
*Noem blanket
*Hegseth loses to Kelly, tries to tweet through it
*Bessent “tariffs don’t cause inflation”
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February 13, 2026 at 1:07 AM
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![Comic. [2x2 chart. Top left quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of dinosaurs stegosaurus, triceratops, tyrannosaurus, velociraptor, and long-neck dinosaur. Top right quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of mosasaur, quetzalcoatlus, dimetrodon, plesiosaur, and pteranodon. Bottom left quadrant: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of penguin, egret, ostrich, pigeon, falcon. Bottom right: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of squirrel, stapler, plant, person, and bicycle.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihcxd5wcrrf5nxz3g4riglsrccbucmdns6kxrtmtj6gjgwqibp3fi@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
View from the office today: Bat monitoring at Mammoth Cave NP🧪
February 4, 2026 at 2:23 AM
View from the office today: Bat monitoring at Mammoth Cave NP🧪
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First Scottish gig of 2026
We'll be starting off the Further From Festival with a bang! The brilliant @robinince.bsky.social is very kindly returning to Linlithgow to regale us with all sorts of wonderful tales and thoughts! Join us for an evening like no other: tinyurl.com/FFFRobinInce
February 3, 2026 at 11:38 AM
First Scottish gig of 2026
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All of a sudden the GOP opposes the #2A?
Pirro: "You bring a gun into the District, you mark my words, you're going to jail. I don't care if you have a license in another district and I don't care if you're a law abiding law owner somewhere else. You bring a gun into this District, count on going to jail. And that makes all the difference"
February 2, 2026 at 11:28 PM
All of a sudden the GOP opposes the #2A?
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“Let us be clear: we want the power of the state. We wish to hold the criminals of the regime accountable. We wish to seize back the public funds looted by Trump and his cronies. We wish to undo the damage he has done to the government. More than any of that we wish to rebuild.”
From Powerlessness to Power
We will not achieve any of our ultimate goals without exercising state power, and the most effective way to take state power is through nonviolent but confrontational resistance.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:04 AM
“Let us be clear: we want the power of the state. We wish to hold the criminals of the regime accountable. We wish to seize back the public funds looted by Trump and his cronies. We wish to undo the damage he has done to the government. More than any of that we wish to rebuild.”
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Thank you @democrats.senate.gov for voting unanimously for Senator Sanders’ Amendment to strip ICE of BBB funding. Can you please demand the Sanders Amendment as a condition to fund DHS now that you’ve successfully separated it from the larger spending package?
January 31, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Thank you @democrats.senate.gov for voting unanimously for Senator Sanders’ Amendment to strip ICE of BBB funding. Can you please demand the Sanders Amendment as a condition to fund DHS now that you’ve successfully separated it from the larger spending package?
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In a time of universal lies, remembering the truth is a revolutionary act.
Best podcast in America. Yes, sorry @bobcesca.bsky.social , I said what I said. (You're great too.)
Join #TheCornfieldResistance . Save America.
Best podcast in America. Yes, sorry @bobcesca.bsky.social , I said what I said. (You're great too.)
Join #TheCornfieldResistance . Save America.
January 30, 2026 at 12:11 PM
In a time of universal lies, remembering the truth is a revolutionary act.
Best podcast in America. Yes, sorry @bobcesca.bsky.social , I said what I said. (You're great too.)
Join #TheCornfieldResistance . Save America.
Best podcast in America. Yes, sorry @bobcesca.bsky.social , I said what I said. (You're great too.)
Join #TheCornfieldResistance . Save America.
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I’m not sure how Dems are going to overcome this tidal wave of new Republican voters.
February 1, 2026 at 12:54 PM
I’m not sure how Dems are going to overcome this tidal wave of new Republican voters.
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Trump’s right hand cannot be responsible for investigating his left hand. We need an independent, impartial investigation now.
www.cbsnews.com/news/alex-pr...
www.cbsnews.com/news/alex-pr...
FBI now leading investigation into fatal shooting of Alex Pretti
Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations branch had been leading the investigation into the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
www.cbsnews.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Trump’s right hand cannot be responsible for investigating his left hand. We need an independent, impartial investigation now.
www.cbsnews.com/news/alex-pr...
www.cbsnews.com/news/alex-pr...
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Friends: While ICE leaves cities reeling and families scarred by their violence, Republicans want to fund trump's gestapo instead of funding healthcare for millions.
Let's get 1,000 quick reposts and replies with #FundHealthcareStopICE to make it trend.
Please and thank you! 🙏💪
Let's get 1,000 quick reposts and replies with #FundHealthcareStopICE to make it trend.
Please and thank you! 🙏💪
January 27, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Friends: While ICE leaves cities reeling and families scarred by their violence, Republicans want to fund trump's gestapo instead of funding healthcare for millions.
Let's get 1,000 quick reposts and replies with #FundHealthcareStopICE to make it trend.
Please and thank you! 🙏💪
Let's get 1,000 quick reposts and replies with #FundHealthcareStopICE to make it trend.
Please and thank you! 🙏💪
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Omar: I instinctively tried to, like, punch him…, I was raised with three brothers who were older than me. You learn that maybe taking the first punch when somebody is bigger than you yields you better results.
January 29, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Omar: I instinctively tried to, like, punch him…, I was raised with three brothers who were older than me. You learn that maybe taking the first punch when somebody is bigger than you yields you better results.
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Art by Lar DeSouza…
January 28, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Art by Lar DeSouza…
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Never letting this go. Thank you, Stephen Colbert!
January 23, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Never letting this go. Thank you, Stephen Colbert!
@probsnotaliens.bsky.social
Kilometers would be used by Professor X and by astronomers because the metric system is the universal standard for science.
#episode144
Kilometers would be used by Professor X and by astronomers because the metric system is the universal standard for science.
#episode144
January 20, 2026 at 12:21 PM
@probsnotaliens.bsky.social
Kilometers would be used by Professor X and by astronomers because the metric system is the universal standard for science.
#episode144
Kilometers would be used by Professor X and by astronomers because the metric system is the universal standard for science.
#episode144
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Trump is not the problem.
The Republican scum in congress are not the problem.
The Republican voting base *IS* the problem. And the fact that our legacy media has categorically refused to speak honestly about this problem, much less investigate how they got this way, is the other problem.
The Republican scum in congress are not the problem.
The Republican voting base *IS* the problem. And the fact that our legacy media has categorically refused to speak honestly about this problem, much less investigate how they got this way, is the other problem.
January 20, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Trump is not the problem.
The Republican scum in congress are not the problem.
The Republican voting base *IS* the problem. And the fact that our legacy media has categorically refused to speak honestly about this problem, much less investigate how they got this way, is the other problem.
The Republican scum in congress are not the problem.
The Republican voting base *IS* the problem. And the fact that our legacy media has categorically refused to speak honestly about this problem, much less investigate how they got this way, is the other problem.
Other than blocking is there a way to prevent people from flooding the feed with a ton of posts?
#iquitsmoking
#beingliberal
#thatgeologyaccount
#iquitsmoking
#beingliberal
#thatgeologyaccount
January 19, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Other than blocking is there a way to prevent people from flooding the feed with a ton of posts?
#iquitsmoking
#beingliberal
#thatgeologyaccount
#iquitsmoking
#beingliberal
#thatgeologyaccount
@trekpolitics.bsky.social After listening to Bobservations on "Turnabout Intruder" (TI) I was thinking maybe Galloway is alive because TI happens *before* "The Omega Glory"; the latter's Stardate being unknown.
January 14, 2026 at 3:20 AM
@trekpolitics.bsky.social After listening to Bobservations on "Turnabout Intruder" (TI) I was thinking maybe Galloway is alive because TI happens *before* "The Omega Glory"; the latter's Stardate being unknown.
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“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
January 14, 2026 at 12:13 AM
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
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Hey @thehill.com we’re still waiting on your apologies for this lie. 🤷♀️
January 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Hey @thehill.com we’re still waiting on your apologies for this lie. 🤷♀️
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Take a moment to lower your blood pressure with this one.
This bobtail squid burrowing into the sand is already adorable, but please watch till the very end!
It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍
It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍
January 12, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Take a moment to lower your blood pressure with this one.
@maryltrump.bsky.social
“The Trouble with Tribbles” is a fun episode, indeed. How can you dislike the silly, fun character of Cyrano Jones?!
I have never questioned the intelligence of any representative of the Trek Politics podcast.
Until now.
Love the show!
“The Trouble with Tribbles” is a fun episode, indeed. How can you dislike the silly, fun character of Cyrano Jones?!
I have never questioned the intelligence of any representative of the Trek Politics podcast.
Until now.
Love the show!
January 6, 2026 at 3:05 PM
@maryltrump.bsky.social
“The Trouble with Tribbles” is a fun episode, indeed. How can you dislike the silly, fun character of Cyrano Jones?!
I have never questioned the intelligence of any representative of the Trek Politics podcast.
Until now.
Love the show!
“The Trouble with Tribbles” is a fun episode, indeed. How can you dislike the silly, fun character of Cyrano Jones?!
I have never questioned the intelligence of any representative of the Trek Politics podcast.
Until now.
Love the show!
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Visit Bible museum, get plague
An unvaccinated person recently visited Ark Encounter, the Creationist attraction in Kentucky.
He then tested positive for measles.
State officials are now warning others they may have been exposed.
This is the logical consequence of science denial.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/people-who...
He then tested positive for measles.
State officials are now warning others they may have been exposed.
This is the logical consequence of science denial.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/people-who...
People who visited Ark Encounter may have been exposed to measles
"An unvaccinated, out-of-state traveler" who tested positive for measles recently visited the Creationist attraction, according to the Kentucky Department of Public Health
www.friendlyatheist.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Visit Bible museum, get plague