Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents. I did it because the government isn’t. This is what I found.

I used to make yearly donations to Wikimedia Foundation, but after talking to several friends in the nonprofit space, I've switched to recurring monthly donations instead. The predictable income stream helps them plan for the future. Throwing it out there for ppl looking for the best way to support

Time for the bi-annual posting of Effie and Amsel's glamour shots.

I just keep reading this as Scarlet Teenager and not knowing at all what that has to do with a bird.

The beautiful,ubiquitous, and hard working Schizophyllum commune or common splitgill displays remarkable diversity in mating types. With around 23,000 different genders, these gorgeous little fungi demonstrate the future is definitely non-binary! 🍄🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🍄 #FungiFriends #Mushrooms #Mycology #Fungi

Here’s the switchboard number for the House 202-225-3121 and the Senate 202-224-3121. You don’t need to make a speech. Just tell your reps yes or no on a particular vote. It’s that simple. They DO keep tallies, but they can’t read your minds. Calling & writing is like voting. Get in the habit.

Here’s an excellent old school video on how to establish a relationship with your elected officials & lobby them more effectively.* In my four decades in Washington, this is the best “how to” lobbying video I’ve ever seen. I’ve used it to train activists across the country. * Your results may vary.

Bluesky has been flooded with automated reply bots - they'll offer a sort of confrontational opinion as a reply. They're pretty convincing and we all need to train ourselves to not reflexively reply to all responses until we check Dead giveaway is new acct, few followers + original posts

SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)

The parade of useless tech-in-search-of-a-problem and rampant VC yes-man-ing has basically driven the Western tech industry into the ground. It's so embarrassing. I can't allow myself to think about where that funding could have gone or else I'd lose my mind

Who is your celebrity “Birthday Twin” (born same day as you)? Answer with pic or gif only.

My late partner had me watch the entirety of The Prisoner. First in the ordered the episodes aired and again in the order of the boxed set. Back to back. WILDLY different stories depending on how you watch. MCGOOHAN WAS COOL AS HELL and heck do I love The Prisoner

#JAMuary2025 Day 3! Brought to you by nasal congestion and a possibly too large zebra mildliners collection(and a white coal pencil) #artoftheday #artchallenge #art #cherries

Jamuary day 2! Raspberry! Day 1 was low effort in mildliners and felt tip pens. Today is acrylic paint markers! #JAMuary2025 #artoftheday #artchallenge #art

Trumps, Fox, Marge, etc. all immediately rushed to pin New Orleans on immigrants, and Trump lied about the crime rate — but the suspect was a U.S.-born veteran who grew up in Texas, and the crime rate is down. In case facts still matter.

I want my main focus this year to be creating and putting goodness into the world. I thought an art challenge would do the trick. I like food and puns so ... I present JAM-uary! Every day will be a new flavor of jam, jelly, or spread. Feel free to jump in and use #JAMuary2025 so I can see!

Hahahaha Good riddance

this is *otherworldly*

I don't have very good will power but my won't power is amazing.

Correct. Truman tried to create a national healthcare system around the same time that European nations were making theirs. It was killed by Dixiecrats because it would have required integrated hospital facilities.

Have not had the headspace to create. But look at these cats. These are good cats.

People follow me! Hello! I mostly turn off my brain and lurk on social media, but for y'all that followed on a limb- I like cats, art, and fungi. Sometimes, I might share pictures of nails I've done.

Leak the report. Pass it on.

If you see this, post some mushrooms(do these count?) 🍄#FungiFriends

Words said to my cats just now: fuck it, if you're going tu keep me up then I'm having an ice cream sandwich It is 1:40 am

For sale: ship of theseus Condition: used, like new

A walk in the woods on a rainy day

People of Bluesky! Quote a favorite film using gifs only! Let's encourage newbies(like me) to participate. This is how Bluesky has a little fun.

"Don't Engage, Just Block" absolutely IS the Bluesky motto. The notion of a "Bluesky Elder" is vaguely ridiculous but the ONE THING that we oldheads are good for is telling the new folks that blocking without engagement is praxis, and encouraging them to do it early and often.

Oh *now* they're going to do real journalism

I wasn't feeling fulfilled with just the little ones. I think 2024 deserves something grander. #art

That's what's up! Hell yeah, bluesky

I know there’s a little influx of MAGA trolls right now but I doubt it will last. We have good moderation tools, accounts get suspended quickly, and there’s a culture of “report/block - don’t engage” so it’s no fun for them. ☺️

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy Yeah, that's about right.

I've literally never been happier about outages.

Just a reminder that we make interesting merchandise for interesting times. All featuring our farm animals. Link in bio.

There is power in laughing at fascists to their face. They really hate that shit.

They're festive

Okay but can we call agree that Txt MSG Brkup by Kelly Likes Shoes was a fckin bop

What even is anatomy?? Anyway, it's Glec! Good lil emo crow. She's my crow-shifter oc.

Had a truly lovely little walk today. It was nice to get out of the house, and even nicer to come across such adorable little mushroom friends.

Do I have the most photogenic cats ever? Probably not, but a strong argument could be made for them being in the top 100. #cats

Normalize himbo dungeon doms.

Starting things off gentle. Cats on the internet are always relevant, right? #cats