it is the policy of this government to treat democratic-led states as conquered territories and the people therein as something like hostiles or even enemy combatants

Additional footage shows the brutalization of children, staff, and parents at Minneapolis’s Roosevelt High School by ICE.

“.. In the last four months alone, immigration officers have fired on at least nine people in five states and Washington, D.C. All of the individuals targeted in those shootings were, like the woman killed on Wednesday, fired on while in their vehicles.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...

RFK Jr. just flipped the food pyramid to create a funnel of performative masculinity

That is a feature not a bug for Roberts.

You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today. This could be you.

Time to explore.

Early plum blossom at Hikawa Shrine in Akasaka, where we went for a ceremony for business prosperity in 2026 this morning.

#WaterfallWednesday Aros Park Upper Falls, near Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides, Scotland (September 2025) They are spectacular in full spate. #arospark #isleofmull #hebrides #scotland #nature #trees #rivers #photography #eastcoastkin

America and its "Great" terriories vs Greenland Poverty rates: 🇺🇸American Samoa: 57% 🇺🇸 Puerto Rico: 43% 🇺🇸 US Virgin Islands: 22–25% 🇺🇸 Guam: 23% 🇬🇱Greenland: 10–12% Median income (PPP-adjusted, USD) 🇺🇸American Samoa: $18k 🇺🇸Puerto Rico: $24k 🇺🇸Guam: $35k 🇺🇸US Virgin Islands: $37k 🇬🇱Greenland: $45–50k

Kingfisher with color turned up to 11.

Bloomberg's X account has more than 800k followers. Their most recent post was shared five times It would basically come at close to zero cost for outlets like Bloomberg to delete their X accounts, and "We don't want to use a non-consensual deepfake abuse app as a comms platform" is a fine excuse

another word for this is "state capture"

🔴The Musk-Trump Alliance is Back as the White House Wields Diplomatic Power to Defend Big Tech Profits Presented as a defence of free speech, visa sanctions on European regulators are designed to shield tech platform profits bylinetimes.com/2026/01/05/t...

I wish they talked about how unsuccessful Miller has been. "Stephen Miller ordered ICE to snatch 3,000 people a day. He has failed to meet that order, but the order has led to an emphasis on non-criminal long-term residents rather than violent criminals."

“No room at the Inn” is a biblical reference about immigrants (Jesus’ parents) being turned away. Not the government. Way to go, Hilton! The 3rd Amendment protects private entities from having to house the government.

Oh to be by the brook happy #thicktrunktuesday

The midwinter sun shines on an old and hidden human collaboration with nature. Above the Wye Valley, stone walls are held together by ancient coppiced beech trees, with the trunks often manipulated to run horizontally to the walls, becoming part of them and extending them upward.

Good morning, Bluesky! I noticed this little one seemed lonely, so I took a picture of them. I’m really fond of their coloring and the intricate pattern on their backs. I hope your week is beginning to look promising! #Canon 5DmkIV EF100-400 II w/1.4 #birds #photography #eastcoastkin

My honest opinion is that deer have nothing to fear from this bird. Give this innocent bird species a break!

What is just crazy about this, aside from the need for this statement at all, is that Greenland already IS in the US sphere of influence. It's far cheaper for the US, in material, security, and reputational terms, to have Denmark continue administering Greenland and work within NATO on security.

The imperial Derisking State, making oil investible for the barrons that are destroying the planet.

The Republicans want you to forget about Jan. 6 because they've been continuing the coup ever since. Do not forget.

As it happens, we got a bill from our pediatrician last month saying our health insurance wouldn’t pay for our kid’s flu shot

I read an earlier draft of this paper - and recommend. Very important work showing how courts - and appointees/nominees - actually function.

#Sunrise through the #Trees. #Samsung #photography #phonephotography #sky #eastcoastkin #nature #skyscape #clouds #Skyjunkie #Silhouette #Goodmorning

🪶A quick #BirdOfTheDay post before a busy morning. @alan678.bsky.social says today's theme is #speckles&spots, so here's a green-crowned brilliant with a good sampling of them. #birds #photography

Speckles swarm spackled spectacularly swiftly.

Ok I had to look this up and…true! www.miaminewtimes.com/news/marco-r...

amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders

What? This is madness. The government of Mexico, a democracy fighting to manage the problems caused by being 'so close to the US, so far from God', controls state=sponsored violence in Mexico. It's hard to imagine what undermines a government more than killing its citizens without trial.

See a bridge, post a bridge.

Beauty stands out more in adversity.

Peak Monroe doctrine; the US has never been and will never be a trusted ally for any country in Eastern Europe for this reason alone

"Venezuelans at celebration parties in Miami could not believe it, insisting that Trump had misspoken. His plan appears to be for Venezuela to remain under the day-to-day rule of a senior chavista, with its democratically elected leaders excluded and its wealth controlled by American corporations."

Get in loser, we’re going geopoliticking.

Golden sun ☀️#trees #woodland #treeclub

A red-shouldered hawk for today’s #CaughtInMotion and #BirdsOfPrey themes of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social #birds #nature #photography

Bundle up, its cold out there.

China’s BYD overtakes Tesla as world’s biggest electric car seller

Xiaomi charges; Apple stalls, Tesla-bound. #econsky

rubio pretty much believes in a reverse domino theory for latin america and since he is effectively running foreign policy in the region i would expect him to see cuba as his next target

i am rooting as much as is appropriate for mamdani to be an effective mayor because if he manages it, he will be an important model and national leader for american progressives — one part fiorello la guardia, one part robert la folette

Forest Friday fabulous frosty flakes.

Same.

Small companies are firing workers at a furious clip. American small firms with 1–49 employees have cut -190,000 jobs in the first 11 months of 2025. This marks the biggest reduction since the 2020 Crisis. Rising costs, tight credit, and slower sales are squeezing margins. #EconSky

"Trump worked for so long because he made people feel good about being bad. "Hopefully, that mirth is starting to wear thin. "But the right has no idea what else to offer voters, and Marjorie Taylor Greene sure isn’t smart enough to figure that out." www.salon.com/2026/01/02/m...

Another cognitive test, definitely something that doctors would order for someone they’re not worried about, no cause for concern here

“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.” In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.

....in the ryhthm #WaterWednesday #littlemoments #nature #photography #justbe #wellbeing #enjoyjoy