Oof.

BREAKING: A full-scale airlift is running around the clock, transporting troops and military equipment to Greenland. The operation is extensive, “beyond anything we’ve tried before,” a source tells DR. Danish F-35 fighter planes and warships from European allies involved. www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...

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And stop trying to fool tourists into eating Dropbear repellent (aka Vegemite).

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After 9/11, George W. Bush created the Department of Homeland Security to prevent future terror strikes. @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports on how DHS shifted from defending the country against foreign terrorists to deploying agents on American streets:

In a poll conducted in March, 92 per cent of Danes said they agreed, or mostly agreed, that Denmark should look to Europe more than the U.S. to help guarantee its security, and 41 per cent called the U.S. a threat to Denmark. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/gEIkua

Wow, sure would be pretty crazy if a ton of experts in the artificial intelligence field relentlessly warned everyone about this state of affairs being inevitable over and over for years.

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 2165: Writing well for children is no easier than writing well for adults. You don't start off in one area and then move on to "proper" books.

The rollout of NASA's #Artemis II stack began at 12:04 GMT/13:04 CET today. The Orion spacecraft features ESA's European Service Module, ESM-2, which will provide propulsion, power and life support for the crew on their journey around the Moon. Watch live 👇

"The brain microplastic paper is a joke."

Abbott among Writers’ Week authors to be paid www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/state/s...

Donald Trump is the Milli Vanilli of Nobel Peace Prize winners. #GirlYouKnowItsTrue

"“The truth is Musk and the tech sector simply do not prioritise safety or dignity in the products they create. It’s a pretty low bar for women to expect that they can converse online without men undressing them. And yet seemingly even that is impossible.” "

Vance said ICE will go 'door-to-door' to check immigration status www.snopes.com/fact-check/v...

In the need of some spicy adult products? Want to support folks in Minneapolis? Buy them from our super ethical, trans-owned Smitten Kitten. They’ve not only become a hub for mutual aid and community ICE watch, they’ve basically turn their socials into a local news source.

The 'pander to the right so they don't get upset --and the contractors don't turn on you' method only makes sense if the right never, ever gets into power again. Otherwise, you are simply upgrading and keeping watch over a set of authoritarian tools for them to use next time.

I thought I had adapted to the corruption level, but no. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...

Don't fight them. They want us to fight them. They want to troll us. They came over here because they're sad they can't taunt us. Nothing will make them more angry than becoming the most blocked account on this site and hearing the wind whistle by as we consign them to invisibility.

Eating to sleeping: Tips to flying long-haul www.thenewdaily.com.au/travel/trave...

Willmar Minnesota is being cruelly targeted by ICE.... the hurt runs far from the big cities and towards small rural communities. Keep shining a light wherever the injustice goes.

The Virginia legislature today passed four constitutional amendments, all by day 3 of 2026 session: —protect abortion rights —repeal the same-sex marriage ban —allow mid-decade redistricting —greatly expand voting rights restoration. These will all go to 2026 referendums.

Just tech company things.

Hey, people are permanently losing their eyesight at some of these protests and have been for some time. These people, the ones that have put their bodies on the line, are among the people who would benefit from your usage of alt-text when posting protest related imagery.

248. What if there were versions of the Anthropocene which were transformative in a good way? #TabClosed2026

249. This is a great resource for PhD and other grad students who want to start their own academic website. #AcademicSky #TabClosed2026

Remember when we used to talk about the Epstein files? God remembers.

Yesterday, these incompetent fucks were just going door-to-door in a neighborhood near my house at 8:30 in the morning. School buses were driving through trying to pick up kids, people were out walking their dogs, and people were taking out their trash cans.

I had this running in the background and noted the numbers every minute for about 20 mins from 13:57 my time (AEDT). Based on the linear growth of BlueSky folks blocking, if this continues on this track, we should be at the number one blocked position by around 10:30 am AEDT tomorrow!

I know things are bad, everyone, but at least we are not still on Twitter.

There is no scenario where Tricia McLaughlin would not blame the victim, would not allege, with zero evidence, that they have assaulted the DHS agent. It his her default setting.

I understand that a lot of reactions are going to be along the lines of “well they’re just going to claim literally any protest is non-peaceful” and I’m sure they will do that in some cases but these kinds of TROs have actually made a difference in other places don’t hand it to them preemptively

In case you know someone who may need this: leavingmaga.org

You have to block them immediately. The full nuclear. They are only here to make folks angry, and that can’t happen if we lock them out.

What kind of moron thinks you can negotiate with a fascist? They don’t got any humanity. They will agree to your “body cams” for more funding and then never use them, you fools!

“Like, it was the most miserable day of my whole life. But I would do it again because I think that people need to know how evil ICE is and that this is happening." www.thehandbasket.co/p/queer-tran...

Wildly corrupt. The president should not personally profit from mergers the executive branch must approve. Though if he’s making money from Netflix buying Warner Bros., Paramount and the Ellisons aren’t getting it.

You may ask yourself…

It’s been 28 days since the Epstein files were supposed to be fully released.

Here is what this neighborhood looked like Wednesday night.

🚨 No accident they just announced a DOJ probe into Walz and Frey—potential pretext for Insurrection Act. Trump literally said this, as I detailed in my story “We have an Insurrection Act for a reason...if governors or mayors were holding us up, sure, I’d do that” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

“… Machado presents her Nobel Peace Prize …” by Ann Telnaes on Bluesky and Open Windows. “Any bets what will happen next?” Please support Editorial Cartoonists, whenever possible directly, whose work is shown on Bluesky. This #EditorialCartoon was found on Open Windows.

Where’s my crown?

🚨This is some seriously unveiled Eastern European theatre messaging. Pay fucking attention.

This guy is basically inviting China to take Taiwan.