Spaceminks Hijinks
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Profile Pic is from Raccoon Comic by Simkaye
Profile Pic is from Raccoon Comic by Simkaye
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I saw this take on TikTok a few days ago and wanted to share it here. I had to truncate it because it's a bit longer than 3 minutes. Her central argument is the US govt has a problem in that decades of stochastic terrorism from gun culture has made us less scared of guns.
January 17, 2026 at 9:07 PM
I saw this take on TikTok a few days ago and wanted to share it here. I had to truncate it because it's a bit longer than 3 minutes. Her central argument is the US govt has a problem in that decades of stochastic terrorism from gun culture has made us less scared of guns.
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excellent work by @theonion.com this month
January 18, 2026 at 12:02 AM
excellent work by @theonion.com this month
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The top 10% now account for nearly half of all consumer spending.
January 16, 2026 at 4:11 PM
The top 10% now account for nearly half of all consumer spending.
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This week's @convocation.bsky.social is a must listen. Just posted.... With our regular hosts:
@dianabutlerbass.bsky.social
@kkdumez.bsky.social
@jemartisby.bsky.social
And guest:
@angeladenker.bsky.social
@dianabutlerbass.bsky.social
@kkdumez.bsky.social
@jemartisby.bsky.social
And guest:
@angeladenker.bsky.social
You won’t want to miss this episode. The Convocation Unscripted podcast brings on its first guest, @angeladenker.bsky.social , a Lutheran pastor and journalist from Minneapolis who brings a unique witness to the violence ICE has unleashed in her home town.
convocation.substack.com/p/tcu-specia...
convocation.substack.com/p/tcu-specia...
TCU Special: Minneapolis Clergy Standing with Immigrants against ICE, Featuring Rev. Angela Denker
Plus the latest writing from the Convocation team.
convocation.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:17 PM
This week's @convocation.bsky.social is a must listen. Just posted.... With our regular hosts:
@dianabutlerbass.bsky.social
@kkdumez.bsky.social
@jemartisby.bsky.social
And guest:
@angeladenker.bsky.social
@dianabutlerbass.bsky.social
@kkdumez.bsky.social
@jemartisby.bsky.social
And guest:
@angeladenker.bsky.social
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In this episode we rolled back the clock and did a full retrospective on the infamous Harper's Letter.
This conversation with @parkermolloy.com was so much fun and what a trip it was travelling back to seemingly simpler times in the discourse.
youtu.be/NF-M3Nz0azE?...
This conversation with @parkermolloy.com was so much fun and what a trip it was travelling back to seemingly simpler times in the discourse.
youtu.be/NF-M3Nz0azE?...
January 15, 2026 at 10:14 PM
In this episode we rolled back the clock and did a full retrospective on the infamous Harper's Letter.
This conversation with @parkermolloy.com was so much fun and what a trip it was travelling back to seemingly simpler times in the discourse.
youtu.be/NF-M3Nz0azE?...
This conversation with @parkermolloy.com was so much fun and what a trip it was travelling back to seemingly simpler times in the discourse.
youtu.be/NF-M3Nz0azE?...
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Different set of references lol
December 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Different set of references lol
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Oh don't mind me just assembling a regular page of reference images for today's serious work in science communication.
December 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Oh don't mind me just assembling a regular page of reference images for today's serious work in science communication.
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We just opened up some more spots for this Thursday's event (found more chairs babbyy)
We'll be creating art that communicates important messages & learning about work happening in your city.
RSVP here: luma.com/fp919u5x
Poster by the amazing @nicolegoux.bsky.social
We'll be creating art that communicates important messages & learning about work happening in your city.
RSVP here: luma.com/fp919u5x
Poster by the amazing @nicolegoux.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
We just opened up some more spots for this Thursday's event (found more chairs babbyy)
We'll be creating art that communicates important messages & learning about work happening in your city.
RSVP here: luma.com/fp919u5x
Poster by the amazing @nicolegoux.bsky.social
We'll be creating art that communicates important messages & learning about work happening in your city.
RSVP here: luma.com/fp919u5x
Poster by the amazing @nicolegoux.bsky.social
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Everything is really scary and horrible, and on the utter flipside, we made these really adorable valentines.
The dissonance of seeing horror, then posting "hey buy some cute valentines" is making me feel loopy.
But also nice things persist despite terror? Ugh idk.
Get 'em at SquidFacts.net
The dissonance of seeing horror, then posting "hey buy some cute valentines" is making me feel loopy.
But also nice things persist despite terror? Ugh idk.
Get 'em at SquidFacts.net
January 13, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Everything is really scary and horrible, and on the utter flipside, we made these really adorable valentines.
The dissonance of seeing horror, then posting "hey buy some cute valentines" is making me feel loopy.
But also nice things persist despite terror? Ugh idk.
Get 'em at SquidFacts.net
The dissonance of seeing horror, then posting "hey buy some cute valentines" is making me feel loopy.
But also nice things persist despite terror? Ugh idk.
Get 'em at SquidFacts.net
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I saw this one today! These are so great.
![A paper sign stapled to a telephone pole. It reads
"fishtown fish facts
fallfish of semotilus corporalis
tis the season!
[picture of fish, it is a typical fish shape with grey scales and pink fins]
fallfish aren't fish they big minnow
fallish buile pebble nests calls redds can by 6ft by 3ft high
fallfish aren't minnow! fooled you, thye're carp!
fallfish has a crush on u :)
fooled you twice! ha HA! fallfish are INDEED minnow!
fallfish understand how hard SAD is. and remind you that you've loved and unique
take a moment
and realize the moment
you took has already passed
thank you
see you next time!"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gueaihugw2tlfvvco3y53l7z/bafkreihczsuk2ph6d4miki3dwllv4x6v6o6aehmjo73kjqaznft5fu2jfu@jpeg)
December 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I saw this one today! These are so great.
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"Sometimes when we deconstruct [evangelical] beliefs and move to the political left, we retain this sense that every decision is one of great moral weight, and that if we do all the right things we can save the world... We can all only do what we can do, and we need to be okay with that"
The Bugbear Dispatch is back to help us American bugbears navigate 2026!
If you had to describe the first two weeks of this year in one word, which would you pick?
For me, the word is surreal. Here I discuss the situation and my thoughts on how to cope:
www.bugbeardispatch.com/fighting-the...
If you had to describe the first two weeks of this year in one word, which would you pick?
For me, the word is surreal. Here I discuss the situation and my thoughts on how to cope:
www.bugbeardispatch.com/fighting-the...
Fighting the Demoralizing Power of American Surreality
My fellow bugbears, I want to wish you all a happy New Year, but the phrase feels a bit awkward given how off the rails the illegitimate American regime has been since the beginning of the year.
If y...
www.bugbeardispatch.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:49 PM
"Sometimes when we deconstruct [evangelical] beliefs and move to the political left, we retain this sense that every decision is one of great moral weight, and that if we do all the right things we can save the world... We can all only do what we can do, and we need to be okay with that"
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New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
The Companies Behind ICE
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:19 PM
New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
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you want to know why the muppets never leave sesame street: thread
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
you want to know why the muppets never leave sesame street: thread
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Daily bunny no.3201 has decided to swap roles
January 16, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Daily bunny no.3201 has decided to swap roles
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🧵From St. Paul, MN.
The last few nights have been different. ICE kidnappings seemed like a daytime event until this week, but now ICE is active after sundown. The shooting of a civilian by ICE in North Minneapolis is also a grim sign for anyone who lives here.
(art by @hot_yaga on Insta)
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The last few nights have been different. ICE kidnappings seemed like a daytime event until this week, but now ICE is active after sundown. The shooting of a civilian by ICE in North Minneapolis is also a grim sign for anyone who lives here.
(art by @hot_yaga on Insta)
1/5
January 15, 2026 at 2:09 PM
🧵From St. Paul, MN.
The last few nights have been different. ICE kidnappings seemed like a daytime event until this week, but now ICE is active after sundown. The shooting of a civilian by ICE in North Minneapolis is also a grim sign for anyone who lives here.
(art by @hot_yaga on Insta)
1/5
The last few nights have been different. ICE kidnappings seemed like a daytime event until this week, but now ICE is active after sundown. The shooting of a civilian by ICE in North Minneapolis is also a grim sign for anyone who lives here.
(art by @hot_yaga on Insta)
1/5
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January 15, 2026 at 11:08 AM
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just noticed this too. man they really went all in on the theme here
January 15, 2026 at 1:33 AM
just noticed this too. man they really went all in on the theme here
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South Minneapolis, I just woke up with my eyes burning, from all the gas on the other side of town, so we need to be paying attention to this too
I was supposed to be in bed an hour ago but sending links and videos to people so they know to avoid the green gas (zinc chloride).
Once a lab steward, always a lab steward.
Seriously, I was a chemist twenty years ago, you do NOT want heavy metal toxicity. It fucks you up in weird ways.
Once a lab steward, always a lab steward.
Seriously, I was a chemist twenty years ago, you do NOT want heavy metal toxicity. It fucks you up in weird ways.
January 15, 2026 at 10:58 AM
South Minneapolis, I just woke up with my eyes burning, from all the gas on the other side of town, so we need to be paying attention to this too
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“Not only is AI-driven work prone to circling the same crowded problems, but it also leads to a less interconnected scientific literature, with fewer studies engaging with and building on one another.” www.science.org/content/arti...
AI has supercharged scientists—but may have shrunk science
Analysis of 41 million papers finds that although AI expands individual impact, it narrows collective scientific exploration
www.science.org
January 15, 2026 at 10:18 AM
“Not only is AI-driven work prone to circling the same crowded problems, but it also leads to a less interconnected scientific literature, with fewer studies engaging with and building on one another.” www.science.org/content/arti...
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“We were finding across states the way data centers were coming online in many states was through these secret contracts.”
Why your power bill is spiking faster than a nearby data center’s
As electricity prices climb, an unusual disconnect is emeging between what regular people pay -- and what data centers pay.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:21 AM
“We were finding across states the way data centers were coming online in many states was through these secret contracts.”
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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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