Icefire9
@icefire9atla.bsky.social
32M, progressive Democrat. Lover of science, work in the biomedical field.
Reposted by Icefire9
“JuSt ImMiGrAtE ThE RiGhT WaY”
Routine naturalization ceremonies scheduled for this month in Putnam, Dutchess and Ulster counties to welcome new U.S. citizens were abruptly canceled last week by the federal government, surprising local officials. buff.ly/8emFeDU
Citizen Ceremonies Canceled
Dutchess, Putnam clerks say they have new dates for next year
buff.ly
December 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
“JuSt ImMiGrAtE ThE RiGhT WaY”
Literally evil. Like something you'd read in the hunger games to hammer in your face how evil the capital is. Burn them to the ground.
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
truthout.org
December 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Literally evil. Like something you'd read in the hunger games to hammer in your face how evil the capital is. Burn them to the ground.
Reposted by Icefire9
“Just come legally and do things the right way and you’ll be fine” they say. They lie.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
“Just come legally and do things the right way and you’ll be fine” they say. They lie.
Reposted by Icefire9
Counterpoint:
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in birthright citizenship challenge
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Counterpoint:
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
Reposted by Icefire9
this is really it — this case isn't about the legitimacy of birthright citizenship or the 14th amendment, it's about the legitimacy of the court, and any ruling that doesn't uphold the former decides the latter
Counterpoint:
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
December 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
this is really it — this case isn't about the legitimacy of birthright citizenship or the 14th amendment, it's about the legitimacy of the court, and any ruling that doesn't uphold the former decides the latter
Reposted by Icefire9
I'm just glad that this discourse if finally getting (some) people to grapple with the catastrophe that is modern US driving. We've frogboiled ourselves into accepting that every day 7,000 people are going to have to go to the ER after a crash and 120 of them won't come out.
December 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I'm just glad that this discourse if finally getting (some) people to grapple with the catastrophe that is modern US driving. We've frogboiled ourselves into accepting that every day 7,000 people are going to have to go to the ER after a crash and 120 of them won't come out.
Reposted by Icefire9
My biggest concern for the future is that Dems are not going to have the stomach to impose the necessary level of harsh consequences on as many people as will need them, because the NYT, Matt Yglesias types, and billionaire-owned media will bitch about it.
I mean, this is an execution
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 AM
My biggest concern for the future is that Dems are not going to have the stomach to impose the necessary level of harsh consequences on as many people as will need them, because the NYT, Matt Yglesias types, and billionaire-owned media will bitch about it.
Reposted by Icefire9
This fetid landmark, this historical stain on humanity is primarily due to the stunningly reckless obliteration of America's foreign assistance agency earlier this year.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
For First Time in Decades, Child Deaths Will Rise This Year
Almost a quarter of a million more children around the world are projected to die in 2025 than in 2024.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This fetid landmark, this historical stain on humanity is primarily due to the stunningly reckless obliteration of America's foreign assistance agency earlier this year.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
Reposted by Icefire9
They need to release this video to the public
December 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
They need to release this video to the public
Reposted by Icefire9
Unless proven otherwise, every Republican in Congress supports this image:
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Unless proven otherwise, every Republican in Congress supports this image:
Reposted by Icefire9
good piece on Waymo's self driving cars
we can reasonably begin to look at self driving as a potential public health breakthrough, Waymo cars are much better and safer drivers than people
the problem is the economics of the technology not the technology itself
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
we can reasonably begin to look at self driving as a potential public health breakthrough, Waymo cars are much better and safer drivers than people
the problem is the economics of the technology not the technology itself
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
December 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
good piece on Waymo's self driving cars
we can reasonably begin to look at self driving as a potential public health breakthrough, Waymo cars are much better and safer drivers than people
the problem is the economics of the technology not the technology itself
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
we can reasonably begin to look at self driving as a potential public health breakthrough, Waymo cars are much better and safer drivers than people
the problem is the economics of the technology not the technology itself
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
Reposted by Icefire9
What discovering the germ theory of disease does to a society. Sanitation, hygiene, vaccines, and antibiotics.
December 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
What discovering the germ theory of disease does to a society. Sanitation, hygiene, vaccines, and antibiotics.
Reposted by Icefire9
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
Reposted by Icefire9
saw this photo just now on CNN’s year in pictures
such a perfect snapshot of America…two old white men who can’t even walk celebrating as they wreak havoc on the republic, knowing they won’t be around to suffer the consequences of their actions
such a perfect snapshot of America…two old white men who can’t even walk celebrating as they wreak havoc on the republic, knowing they won’t be around to suffer the consequences of their actions
Sen. Mitch McConnell and Sen. Jim Justice high five as they wheel by at the Senate subway elevator.
December 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
saw this photo just now on CNN’s year in pictures
such a perfect snapshot of America…two old white men who can’t even walk celebrating as they wreak havoc on the republic, knowing they won’t be around to suffer the consequences of their actions
such a perfect snapshot of America…two old white men who can’t even walk celebrating as they wreak havoc on the republic, knowing they won’t be around to suffer the consequences of their actions
Reposted by Icefire9
yeah AI Ben Garrison is incredible
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
yeah AI Ben Garrison is incredible
Reposted by Icefire9
19 year old freshman just wants to go home for Thanksgiving to see her family, she gets deported to Honduras.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
November 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
19 year old freshman just wants to go home for Thanksgiving to see her family, she gets deported to Honduras.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
Reposted by Icefire9
Stephen Miller’s Wife @katiemiller : “Can you cite the statute that makes the boat bombings illegal?”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
November 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Stephen Miller’s Wife @katiemiller : “Can you cite the statute that makes the boat bombings illegal?”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
Reposted by Icefire9
Break them
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Break them
Reposted by Icefire9
This is so deeply at odds with the vision and history of America. Take pretty much any ethnic or racial group that are part of the American mosaic America today - they have all faced the same accusation. The moment these accusations are turned into policy are some of the most shameful in US history
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This is so deeply at odds with the vision and history of America. Take pretty much any ethnic or racial group that are part of the American mosaic America today - they have all faced the same accusation. The moment these accusations are turned into policy are some of the most shameful in US history
Reposted by Icefire9
This is fundamentally Nazism. The idea that different peoples than the favored races carry degradation in their very genes, that they cannot strive to become better because biology compels them to be worse. It’s not just repugnant, it’s a bald faced lie.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is fundamentally Nazism. The idea that different peoples than the favored races carry degradation in their very genes, that they cannot strive to become better because biology compels them to be worse. It’s not just repugnant, it’s a bald faced lie.
Reposted by Icefire9
A roll of aluminum foil is maybe one of the most incredible things you will ever hold in your life. That was a creation for kings and you wrap it around food and throw it in the dumpster. You talk about planes as aluminum cans, as if both are not one of the most incredible creations in history.
November 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A roll of aluminum foil is maybe one of the most incredible things you will ever hold in your life. That was a creation for kings and you wrap it around food and throw it in the dumpster. You talk about planes as aluminum cans, as if both are not one of the most incredible creations in history.
Reposted by Icefire9
So many men go through life like that. You can play poker because it's right-coded, you can't enjoy fruity alcoholic drinks because they're women-coded, you can't lick an ice cream cone because it's gay-coded. All day, every day, choosing and judging things based on coding for narrow norms.
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
So many men go through life like that. You can play poker because it's right-coded, you can't enjoy fruity alcoholic drinks because they're women-coded, you can't lick an ice cream cone because it's gay-coded. All day, every day, choosing and judging things based on coding for narrow norms.
Reposted by Icefire9
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
Reposted by Icefire9
We don't put serial scammers in prison for long enough. Nor do we catch them often enough.
The funny thing is that these guys are much more reliable recidivists than the typical drug addict or drunk driver.
The funny thing is that these guys are much more reliable recidivists than the typical drug addict or drunk driver.
My in-laws have a landline and they have already received 7 scam phone calls on it this morning.
The inability (or refusal; my largely ignorant assumption is that it’s a little of both) of government to do anything about this problem is maddening and corrosive.
The inability (or refusal; my largely ignorant assumption is that it’s a little of both) of government to do anything about this problem is maddening and corrosive.
November 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
We don't put serial scammers in prison for long enough. Nor do we catch them often enough.
The funny thing is that these guys are much more reliable recidivists than the typical drug addict or drunk driver.
The funny thing is that these guys are much more reliable recidivists than the typical drug addict or drunk driver.
Reposted by Icefire9
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years