Tiny bat #Wildlife #bats

[#USpol #AbolishICE] RE: https://mastodon.world/@afouxenidis/115874943065044185 … what’s that name given to camps where lots of people die “in custody”? It’s on the tip of my tongue… (Yes, deaths of neglect count. They even have a legal term: “depraved indifference to human life.”)

MARYLAND — “Federal officials on Friday changed their account of the Christmas Eve shooting by immigration agents in Glen Burnie, reversing course after repeatedly doubling down on their story. A day after Anne Arundel County Police publicly disputed it.” www.thebanner.com/community/cr...

I have a book of essays by Dr. Tressie Mcmillan Cottom (“Thick and Other Essays”). I vehemently recommend her writing there and everywhere, but one that I recommend most to my fellow white people: “Know Your Whites.” That essay hit me in the belly with a brick. But it taught me to examine my […]

Snake Canyon, Oman #Photography

If you have seen this strange hashtag #forkiverse it’s a bunch of people joining a server run by some big podcasts. It seems to have gotten a lot of activity because they just featured it in a podcast episode. Here’s the link to the episode. https://overcast.fm/+ABBVQRG2SL0

[#USpol #AbolishICE] RE: https://kolektiva.social/@maeve_bkk/115873456345168905 #kavanaughstop, “Name sounds foreign“ variation.

Hi folks, So my sister is a zookeeper and takes care of the birds. She often sends pictures. This is Baked Beans. He is a baby screech owl and is being raised for the zoo's ambassador bird program. I would die for Beans. #bakedbeanszoo

"Congress is racing to undo thousands of cuts to federal science programs that Pres. Trump called for last year when planning the government’s current budget." Trump wanted $154 billion for scientific research but "the Senate Appropriations Committee released a bipartisan package of bills that […]

Time is a river And I am a Goddamned Stone. #poetry

RE: https://theforkiverse.com/@kevin/115869204684126213 This is really fun to watch 👀 I love everything about it.

In a bit of good news for once (let's cherish those in these trying times): Mamdani on delivering the goods about childcare 👇 #mamdani

The thing that always surprises me about people I know (off-Fedi) in the SF area who obsess over what private preschool their kids get into. Probably elsewhere too, but they are the ones who talk about it. "We're moving into this very expensive neighbourhood to be in the catchment area for […]

[uspol, ICE] https://www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/s/5xRHGOikch A woman ordered doordash. ICE came after the dasher to kidnap her, so she ran into the house to escape. The homeowner who ordered the door dash starts recording and calls the police to ask what to do. She doesn't want to give the […]

[#USpol, resistance] RE: https://mastodon.social/@cafechatnoir/115872918833528816 The Black Panthers left a remarkable mantle to be taken up by others. These folks are all the more brave by stepping up under that name, considering what happened to members of the original organization. I […]

This week I gave nearly the same talk to amateur astronomers (Monday) and to professional astronomers (Thursday). It's super depressing, all about satellites crashing in orbit, pieces falling on us on the ground, atmospheric pollution and how the law really doesn't help us at all with any of […]

Must keep posting this. ICE has contracted with the successor to the mercenary firm Blackwater. As one keen follower pointed out: We have private military mercenaries operating on US soil.

AZ Family (video); Waymo passenger flees after car drives on Phoenix light rail tracks "Published: Jan. 8, 2026 at 2:41 PM PST PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A Waymo was caught on camera driving down Phoenix light rail tracks this week, forcing a passenger to flee the car before it continued along the […]

The Air & Space Museum we visited really crushed the captions! Back in Season 2, we did episodes on both: 🔭 the #astronomy in the #constellation Cassiopeia where this supernova remnant is located […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

[Fascism, ICE targeting Native Americans in North Dakota, ICE] Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (Fort Yates, ND) CHAIRMAN SITTING BEAR'S STATEMENT REGARDING SRST PUBLIC SAFETY JANUARY 9, 2026 | have been receiving reports and evidence of First Nations people being […] [Original post on ai6yr.org]

Random photo from the #Travel archive as it's been a bit text-heavy this evening. This is the Norwegian coastline early last year on the way out from Alta and heading south. A gorgeous part of the world we've got plans to revisit late next year. #Photography #Norway #Alta #Landscape #cruise

If you had a matter synthesizer, that could make realistic rocks of any possible description and you wanted to prank a geologist into silence what would you ask it to print? It WILL fool them even if they test it. Why am I asking? Oh... no reason.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_new/115867938135802461 Oooh, an old favorite from my All The Folklore phase*. Thanks @gutenberg_org! *Phase may recur at any time.

I asked the trees about you and they didn’t know you.

The American Dialect Society's Word of the Year competition—the only one that matters—is happening tonight! Check out the nominees 🧵 americandialect.org/nominations-...

Super busy today, but just have to quickly share that this morning, I woke up at a friend's house, under a skylight, and was delighted to see stars above me for nearly the first time this whole BC trip (lots of clouds here)! And literally 10 seconds later, I saw a fucking Starlink train! […]

[#USpol, cop violence] RE: https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/115860655749564989 Always good to ask who is performing the actual violence - and ask to see all available video.

Follow + Hide Boosts is seriously one of the best low-key features of Mastodon. I use it all the time. It's wonderful. So if you follow me or want to follow me but really don't want to see my boosts because I boost a lot? PLEASE USE IT I WILL NOT BE OFFENDED IT IS A GOOD FEATURE. IT IS SO GOOD […]

The news isn't all bad today. Say hello to my new friend, Lockwood. #cats #catsofmastodon

I have not updated my Starlink numbers in a while, and great flying fuckballs, is it ever bad. We are now up to 9,422 Starlink satellites in orbit, out of 14,046 total active satellites. 1,446 Starlinks have reentered and added their 500-1500kg of computers, batteries, solar panels, and […]

#faroeislands #seascapephotography #hiking #landscapephotography #silentsunday #Photomonday

Please help me spread the word. All boosts are helpful! 🚨 U.S. Out of Venezuela. Emergency protest TONIGHT, 1/3, 6:30 Santa Fe Plaza. Sponsored by Indivisible Santa Fe. Please bring flashlights to hold up. We will have a banner.

shine on! This is AG Carinae aka HD 94910 a Luminous Blue Variable star that will one day become a become Wolf-Rayet star. 📷 :https://esahubble.org/images/potw1439a/ #hubble #esa #astrophotography #astronomy #Astrodon #Space #Science #nasa

The Soviet electronic intelligence sat Ikar No. 42L (cover name Kosmos-1606), launched in 1984, reentered at 1717 UTC Jan 2 over Baja California

"And all they will call you will be deportees." —Woody Guthrie. https://newsie.social/@ProPublica/115828339936093504

I made a venn diagram to help you understand Moiré patterns.

#FotoVorschlag 'mein bestes Foto 2025' 'my best Foto 2025' I was curious which photo might show up if I sort my Catalogue by my rating. Yet there are still some unprocessed folders. But .. regarding my rating, I took my best photo close to the end of the […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Smurfs Log: Buttons * Part of the "Housecleaning (Things Left in My Mom's House)" series Mom moved out of her house about four months ago. I have been spending a few hours every week organising things. Today I began the final leg of this journey: sorting […] [Original post on cyberplace.social]

Anyone know of a heating engineer in the Bristol (UK) area with specific experience of storage heaters?

Spent the first day of 2026 with some very big trees. Upside to coastal BC: gigantic trees! Downside: 100% cloudy! Luckily my astrophotography wide-angle lens that I haven't been able to use yet on this trip because of clouds works very well for big trees, too! #profsamlecturetour

A Warm Bear Hug <3 Funny Snow Sculptures (10 Photos): https://streetartutopia.com/2026/01/02/funny-snow-sculptures-10-photos

Trump’s attack on higher education is being driven by a couple of different ideological and material forces. First and foremost, authoritarian and fascist regimes historically have targeted various sectors of society. If we look at fascist Spain, fascist Italy, or Nazi Germany, or if we look at […]

Happy New Year! Today is also Imani (Faith), the last day of #Kwanzaa which we have been celebrating as a community since the day after Christmas. We gathered and ate food from the African diaspora: jollof rice, jerk chicken, etc. I also made the unity cup […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

I it’s different than I expected. #catsofmastodon #picathecat #lego

Happy Public Domain Day! See what's entering the public domain this year: https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2026/01/public-domain-day-2026/ More about PDD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Domain_Day #publicdomain #publicdomainday #pdd #publicdomainday2026 #copyright

Louis Rossmann is horrified that there are now paywalls on wheelchairs and we should all be horrified with him. He explains how a hacker has circumvented and unlocked these features. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yWcXPDJQ7k

Happy New Year, everyone! This is a @theguardian.com books cartoon from a few years ago.