Joel
@joelburrill.bsky.social
Biochemist and Scientist. Duke & Minnesota grad. Magic The Gathering enjoyer. San Francisco native.
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
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People not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
People not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .
Yes. This is true.
Live from Endpoints at #JPM26: Nobel Laureate Fred Ramsdell worries that the US is ceding its leadership position on cell therapy to China. "I think we risk losing that if we don't continue to invest in this field." Join us virtually for the rest of the day’s programming: events.endpoints.news/jpm26
January 13, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Yes. This is true.
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I’ve seen firsthand how @marypeltola.com puts Alaskans ahead of DC politics and stays focused on improving everyday life for the people she represents. She’ll make an outstanding US Senator and I’m proud to support her in this race.
My name is Mary Peltola, and I'm running for U.S. Senate to fight for fish, family, and freedom – and that begins with fixing the rigged system in DC that’s shutting down Alaska.
We need systemic change if we're going to lower costs, save our fisheries, and fill our homes with abundance again.
We need systemic change if we're going to lower costs, save our fisheries, and fill our homes with abundance again.
January 12, 2026 at 10:20 PM
I’ve seen firsthand how @marypeltola.com puts Alaskans ahead of DC politics and stays focused on improving everyday life for the people she represents. She’ll make an outstanding US Senator and I’m proud to support her in this race.
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Note that the fascist is not using the pepper spray for crowd control. He is entering a vehicle unimpeded to depart. He is simply using the pepper spray to physically punish an unarmed citizen he doesn't like.
Big clash this afternoon between DHS agents and protesters in a residential street in Minneapolis, following a DHS agent hitting another vehicle. Tear gas was deployed in people’s yards and agents pepper prayed people.
January 12, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Note that the fascist is not using the pepper spray for crowd control. He is entering a vehicle unimpeded to depart. He is simply using the pepper spray to physically punish an unarmed citizen he doesn't like.
Fuck these brown coats.
Someone sent me this video of Trump’s goons in action today in the Twin Cities. The audio is disturbing.
January 12, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Fuck these brown coats.
Love this. The Somali population of Minneapolis is wonderful
January 12, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Love this. The Somali population of Minneapolis is wonderful
This should not have to happen. This is not ok
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
January 10, 2026 at 3:40 AM
This should not have to happen. This is not ok
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You lying piece of shit. I chaired the Minnesota DFL for all three of your runs here. I watched you lose. Three times. Minnesota never bought your con. And now, as Chair of the DNC, I’m looking forward to ending Trumpism for good in 2028 — not with lies, but with votes. Again.
Trump: "I feel I won Minnesota. I think I won it all three times. Nobody has won it since Richard Nixon won it many many years ago. I won it all three times in my opinion. It's a corrupt state ... I did so well in that state. The people were crying every time after."
January 9, 2026 at 10:06 PM
You lying piece of shit. I chaired the Minnesota DFL for all three of your runs here. I watched you lose. Three times. Minnesota never bought your con. And now, as Chair of the DNC, I’m looking forward to ending Trumpism for good in 2028 — not with lies, but with votes. Again.
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She was protesting.
He told her to leave.
She was complying.
SHE TURNED THE WHEEL TO LEAVE.
Another agent tried to forcibly open her door.
She gave the car gas to leave.
He shot her in the face.
These are the facts of what happened.
He told her to leave.
She was complying.
SHE TURNED THE WHEEL TO LEAVE.
Another agent tried to forcibly open her door.
She gave the car gas to leave.
He shot her in the face.
These are the facts of what happened.
January 9, 2026 at 9:26 PM
She was protesting.
He told her to leave.
She was complying.
SHE TURNED THE WHEEL TO LEAVE.
Another agent tried to forcibly open her door.
She gave the car gas to leave.
He shot her in the face.
These are the facts of what happened.
He told her to leave.
She was complying.
SHE TURNED THE WHEEL TO LEAVE.
Another agent tried to forcibly open her door.
She gave the car gas to leave.
He shot her in the face.
These are the facts of what happened.
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So an officer has his phone out recording obviously distracted, shoots a woman and calls her a “f’ing Bitch” and they think that HELPS the case?!?
January 9, 2026 at 8:20 PM
So an officer has his phone out recording obviously distracted, shoots a woman and calls her a “f’ing Bitch” and they think that HELPS the case?!?
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Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.
January 8, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey should run for Governor of Minnesota. He gets it. He speaks the truth. And he clearly does not give a shit about how his words poll in real time. Minnesota deserves leaders who lead, not ones who focus group their courage. Jacob Frey is one of them.
January 8, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey should run for Governor of Minnesota. He gets it. He speaks the truth. And he clearly does not give a shit about how his words poll in real time. Minnesota deserves leaders who lead, not ones who focus group their courage. Jacob Frey is one of them.
If the dems don’t do this. Vote them out.
Here’s some things that can be done by a party out of power
- file impeachment articles every day in the House
- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee
- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
- file impeachment articles every day in the House
- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee
- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
January 8, 2026 at 4:17 AM
If the dems don’t do this. Vote them out.
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One of the organizations the US withdrew from is the European Centre for Countering Hybrid Threats.
That group primarily focuses on protecting European democracies from hostile Russian intelligence and military operations. Except the current US government hopes to see those hostile ops succeed.
That group primarily focuses on protecting European democracies from hostile Russian intelligence and military operations. Except the current US government hopes to see those hostile ops succeed.
50. US withdraws from @ipcc.bsky.social, @ipbes.net, @irena-official.bsky.social, Intl Union for the Conservation of Nature, UN Energy, UN Oceans, UN Water, @ununiversity.bsky.social, UNFCCC, among others (Jan. 7, 2026)
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 4:02 AM
One of the organizations the US withdrew from is the European Centre for Countering Hybrid Threats.
That group primarily focuses on protecting European democracies from hostile Russian intelligence and military operations. Except the current US government hopes to see those hostile ops succeed.
That group primarily focuses on protecting European democracies from hostile Russian intelligence and military operations. Except the current US government hopes to see those hostile ops succeed.
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My wife, a Minneapolis native, reminding me it's dead of night in Minnesota in January, below freezing, and there's thousands of people outside
January 8, 2026 at 4:06 AM
My wife, a Minneapolis native, reminding me it's dead of night in Minnesota in January, below freezing, and there's thousands of people outside
I lived in Minneapolis for 6.5 years. There is strength there.
Fuck ICE
Fuck ICE
A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
January 8, 2026 at 4:11 AM
I lived in Minneapolis for 6.5 years. There is strength there.
Fuck ICE
Fuck ICE
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unvarnished gutter racism and Nazism from the president. a disgrace to our country.
December 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
unvarnished gutter racism and Nazism from the president. a disgrace to our country.
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ICE cut off her wedding ring.
Sue Tincher is a 55-year-old American citizen: a grandmother, 5’4’, and white. Just in case you thought you’d be safe.
She walked to her neighbor’s house after getting alerts that ICE was nearby. She stood across the street and asked an officer if they were ICE.
Sue Tincher is a 55-year-old American citizen: a grandmother, 5’4’, and white. Just in case you thought you’d be safe.
She walked to her neighbor’s house after getting alerts that ICE was nearby. She stood across the street and asked an officer if they were ICE.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
ICE cut off her wedding ring.
Sue Tincher is a 55-year-old American citizen: a grandmother, 5’4’, and white. Just in case you thought you’d be safe.
She walked to her neighbor’s house after getting alerts that ICE was nearby. She stood across the street and asked an officer if they were ICE.
Sue Tincher is a 55-year-old American citizen: a grandmother, 5’4’, and white. Just in case you thought you’d be safe.
She walked to her neighbor’s house after getting alerts that ICE was nearby. She stood across the street and asked an officer if they were ICE.
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
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Don’t look away. sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
December 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Don’t look away. sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
This is incredible. Love it @foldablehuman.bsky.social and love your contribution to the DB community. Looking forward to the run next year!
All righty, we got the all clear this time.
Follow Dan as he explores the "cost" of a Desert Bus:
Follow Dan as he explores the "cost" of a Desert Bus:
What's the "Cost" of a Desert Bus?
YouTube video by Folding Ideas
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December 5, 2025 at 4:45 AM
This is incredible. Love it @foldablehuman.bsky.social and love your contribution to the DB community. Looking forward to the run next year!