Our new paper is now out showing how time perception in animals is linked to their ecology. Using data from 237 species we show temporal perception is faster in species that fly and pursuit predators www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🌐

Putting a lot of work into a grant that probably won't get funded due to lack of funding in NIH/NSF. So I'm curious scientists: what work were you excited about that didn't get funding? Non-scientists, this is the work we are missing out on in the US when we don't fully fund NIG/NSF/USDA/etc

this particular line is maybe the best statement of purpose i have seen for those of us who want a more militant opposition to this administration

Even if Bovino gets fired, ICE has to go. Even if Noem is out, ICE has to go. Even when Trump leaves office, ICE has to go. As protests grow and ICE's popularity drops, we may see concessions and leadership changes, like Bovino's departure. ICE still has to go. www.cnn.com/us/live-news...

Following the Kent State massacre in May 1970, a Gallup poll showed that 58% of Americans thought the shootings were justified. The night *before* the killings, Ohio's GOP governor described the student protesters this way: "They're the worst type of people that we harbor in America."

I looked into Cities Church, which was protested for having an ICE agent as a pastor. You already thought they were right-wing. But they're far worse than you thought. They're ground zero for the "empathy is a sin" idea, among others. www.salon.com/2026/01/26/p...

I gotta say, I am so grateful to have my manitobahs as I gear up for tomorrow's march. I have all these other plans for layers on layers, but at least my feet will be toasty warm!

I met an absolutely lovely academic who asked whether my department back home is affected by ICE -- a question dramatizing how little info is getting out. For the record, the small example I chose: My dept has a carpool to pick up grad students of color who can't safely commute to campus alone.

The kind of people who are horrified at what is happening here and find it deeply un-American are, maybe counterintuitively, the kind of people who are MORE likely than average to know and remember historic abuses. It is their determination to rise above them that gives them moral strength!

People who say this are clearly speaking aspirationally about a shared American creed they hold dear. “Have you heard of the Trail of Tears?” is not a very helpful response, because they probably have and the priority right now is moral opposition to fascism and not fake-educating each other.

This is probably the most accurate description. Someone in their mid-50s today told me that this is the first time he had thought about or been affected by politics. And that guy is actively guarding buildings and his coworkers from ICE.

They expect - they NEED - the people they threaten to fall in line, like the law firms and universities and media companies and billionaires and Congress did. If you say “No, make me,” they simply do not have a Plan B. TRUMP DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS TO MAKE YOU.

My favorite example of pleasure activists in action right now are the folks at @smittenkittenmn.bsky.social in Minneapolis.

Two things that I have not successfully conveyed to people without deep Minnesota ties are the scale and extent of the ICE occupation (a word I don't use lightly), and likewise of the community resistance.

Being faculty in Minneapolis right now is a never-ending round of horrible what-ifs. The semester starts on Tuesday. I’m terrified for the safety of my students, colleagues, & myself. We’re trying to prioritize safety. But the fact is if people with guns show up on campus, what can we really do?

This is an Underground Railroad style operation. This is what I mean that we should study UR history, tactics, and strategy.

Just so people outside of MN know - a lot of the US citizens getting “arrested” by ICE never get processed at Whipple. They are roughed up during the arrest and then often dropped off miles from where they were picked up. It means we don’t know the true scale of what ICE is doing based on ICE stats

The other thing is, in 2020, the locus of anger was internal, which is destabilizing. But this time, we ARE UNDER ATTACK. We are INVADED. All my neighbors are friends. All the feds are the enemy. No one wants to turn their rage on local streets or businesses; we are, specifically, protecting them.

Another critical piece of missing context in this story: tax dollars flow from the MSP metro to rural Minnesota. People in the city subsidize the lifestyles of people living in the country minnesotareformer.com/2023/12/04/t...

Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota though it’s not clear how that would change anything on the ground. He’s already deployed thousands of masked men to terrorize the community. I guess if he used the military those troops would be wearing fewer masks?

Hard agree. If Dems aren’t willing to put their bodies on the line in this moment, they’re not showing the same courage as the people they are supposed to be leading

I did tell my mom at the time that I was more likely to get shot in the US, but still: it's wild how much safer I was in Mali in 2016 than I am in Minnesota in 2026

To the people out of state who keep saying “why won’t the local cops stop ICE” you need to understand that ICE is overwhelmingly the largest force on the ground in Minneapolis. They outnumber Minneapolis cops four to one. They’re more likely to stop the cops than the other way around

A big thing that was intensely evident while I was reporting this piece: In parts of Minneapolis, DHS/ICE is everywhere. And so, too, are the volunteers pushing back against them — standing on virtually every street corner.

The Hmong are here because they fought for the US in a war we lost.

North Minneapolis is a historically Black part of the city. Not coincidentally, it has long suffered great neglect by local government. It is still possible to see the path of devastating tornado that hit the neighborhood in 2011. In a word, ICE’s night raids in that community are sadistic. 2/5

🧵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

I'm going to need anyone from outside the twin cities to keep their pointless doomer takes to themselves. We are all hanging on by a thread here, and you smugly typing "and there it is" in response to the insurrection act threats from the comfort of your keyboard does absolutely NOTHING to help.

Folks, Trump has brought the full force of ICE to bear on a mid-sized city and he can't even stop the demonstrations there. He's not going to be able to cancel the midterm elections by fiat or station his goons outside more than a handful of polling places.

This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars. ictnews.org/news/north-c...

Okay, ma'am. What the hell are *you specifically* going to do about it? What consequences do you intend to enforce?

@asherelbein.bsky.social writes an Minnesota/ICE chorus to "Come All Ye Black and Tans". @adrienneleigh.bsky.social workshops it with others to expand it into a full song and @uselessbird1312.bsky.social has already given us a recording of it.

Why read past headlines: For years, we’ve been told “wine moms” and “pussy hat women” are too cringe to care about. Well fuck that. They are part of the sea of everyday folks who are standing up while the supposedly smart set is failing. www.salon.com/2026/01/14/r...

And everyone who didn't vote against it, too.

Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.

They murdered Keith Porter. They murdered Renee Good. They murdered Sylverio Gonzales. They have murdered dozens in ICE custody. They are breaking into people’s homes without a warrant in Minnesota.

I’ll never forgive them for doing this to my city

📣 DID YOU KNOW? 🚁 Ongoing aerial surveillance and "crowd monitoring" by the MN State Patrol in coordination with the MPD is shared directly with federal forces, including DHS & ICE, with no local oversight. Here's what that means, and what we our state and local officials must do about it NOW.

Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager

Yeah man all my friends in Minnesota are buying high viz vests and forming human chains at class dismissals because ICE is targeting and tear gassing schools. I wonder why parents would want information about that.

To any ICE agents reading this who are from down south—you have never experienced anything like this cold. Our European climate equivalent is literally Stalingrad. It will hurt to breathe. You will be outside in it. So will we, but we are used to it. Next week is what will break you.

🚨BREAKING: ICE agents just launched flash bang grenades at protesters in front of federal building in Minneapolis—causing massive explosions. "It's terrorizing, this isn't the America I served for 20 years in the U.S. Navy," tearful protester tells us. WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️

This is our city council president. Jesus

its shameful to have mayors and governors on TV making empty threats while park board and school board members are out on the streets defending their neighbors both the pres of the mpls city council and the rep for the area renee good was killed in have been assaulted by ICE. in the last 24 hours

Your agents killed one of our citizens in broad daylight.

In some ways, the conversations I’m having with people who are shocked by what is happening in Minneapolis are reminding me of victims who have asked me for advice on how to leave their abuser. There is fear, but also a deep motivation to get free. A sense that the risks finally feel worth it.

"A lot of people have long regarded same-sex behaviour as an accident, or rare, or only in zoo animals." But "it’s part of the normal social life of primates." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

🎵Come out La Migra goons In your stumbling platoons Tell your wives how you ate shit on ice for quotas Tell her how despite your guns all you ever did was run from the cold and frozen streets of Minnesota!🎵