“maybe he did not know the full extent of the outrages that were committed in his community, but he knew enough. And we don’t know exactly how ICE will use this warehouse, but we know enough.”

Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”

Happy Black History Month 🖤✨ Libraries and books are from perfect. The Dewey Decimal System is imperfect. But we will never forget the work of Dorothy B. Porter. She decolonized the Dewey Decimal System. She helped us belong in libraries, in books. We celebrate and thank you, Dorothy B. Porter 💜📚

Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social Happy Black History Month

I tip my hat to you, @jonathancapehart.bsky.social, and commend your patience on-air. I just heard your commentary on PBS News Hour, and listening over the radio, I can only imagine your body language matched how frustrated you sounded with the other guest, whoever he was.

From a science communication perspective, I think this is brilliant. You lure folks in with a clip of a cute little tardigrade moseying along, minding its business, then you drop a thread — comprehensible to a layperson — talking about research using tardigrade hardiness to help cancer patients.

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

PSA: If your timeline starts to repeat itself or scroll upon material you've already seen, that means you're done doomscrolling. Either switch over to the "Cute Animals" channel, or log out and grab a nice book. You're welcome.

If you see this, you must click through and admire the photos in this thread. No leaving until you crack a smile of joy.

"Choosing hope doesn't mean you ignore the horror. It means you find the will to fight."

Minnesota can, and should, move to indict the ICE agent who murdered Good when the courts open on Monday. And the ICE agents who murdered today. Further delay only increases the chances of more murder. www.patreon.com/posts/147769...

Re-upping this because, apparently, there's a national blood shortage. I realize not everyone may be able to do this. For folks who are, please consider donating blood (or platelets). 1/

Where's that guy who threw his shoes. Does he have press credentials to Davos? Could we get him some?

Interestingly, the best thing from last weekend's SNL is this clip that was cut for time and posted on a Tuesday night: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA8O...

Americans are realizing that unfettered federal power to detain and arrest is a very dangerous thing. I learned that lesson as a child when they put us into internment camps just for looking like the enemy. Don’t go further down this road.

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

This is a very good overview of the financial clusterfuck we’re about to suffer thx to Trump’s insanity re: Greenland. While I am VERY worried about how we’re going to get by if this happens, I have been calling for sanctions like this for 2yrs now since these fucks only abide the $ sign. Let’s GO.

The Anti-Coercion Instrument has never been used. It was built for China. As of Sunday, the EU is actively considering firing it at us because Trump is a mad king. New post breaking down what the ACI does and how the trade war hits your medications and your 401(k). www.patreon.com/posts/148558...

I don't imagine he's on here, but if anyone knows Rob Bamberger, host of Hot Jazz Saturday Night on WAMU, please let him know that he is an absolute gem. His candidness about getting caught up in the musical moment with us as listeners such that he forgot to cue up the next song, it made me smile. 🙂

block immediately everyone

And, of course, Law Is Not Morality www.patreon.com/posts/148315...

If anyone is looking for ideas for a pithy protest poster: CaCl₂

Tonight, NORAD military jets will be flying over the DC-area as part of the recurring "Falcon Virgo" training exercises. (midnight - 2AM) Falcon Virgo is a routine exercise, i.e. not new; any claim to the contrary is simply wrong.

Still as mesmerizing and relaxing as the first time I saw it.

hi, political philosopher here! this is not funny, central banks only do this when they're in extreme distress

A question for folks in tech, network engineering, radio, communications infrastructure in general: looking at the blackout in Iran, what lessons might we take to plan and prepare for resilient comms and getting information out of a restricted area if a regime cracks down? Asking for the U.S.

Heck of a Saturday. If you're looking for something constructive and helpful to do, consider donating blood or platelets in the next few days. It might not seem like much in the grand scheme, but it's something over which you have agency that also makes a world of difference to the recipient. 1/

As soon as we can, I'm fine with us just dropping his orange ass at the Hague and letting them deal with him.

JFC. Folks, **this** is why you shouldn't check social media right after waking up. I wish I were still asleep, now, and I want to burrow into the earth.

Kudos to Amna Nawaz for maintaining professionalism in the face of such condescension and asshole-ishness of Ric Grenell. If it were me, I'd be fighting the urge to reach through the screen and throttle that motherfucker.

I'm not staying up past midnight because it's New Year's Eve. I'm doing so because I have poor sleep hygiene.

You probably heard the US admin is threatening to break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research: but did you know they already froze funding for the 9 regional Climate Science Adaptation Centers? From tracking invasives to helping tribes with drought, here's why the CASCs matter ⬇️

Shout out to @matthewcappucci.bsky.social for his appearance on PBS News Hour talking about the impact of shuttering NCAR. As always, you took the opportunity to educate and enlighten.

NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇

I'm not sure most folks are aware of the immense magnitude of loss this would entail for the global weather and climate community, and beyond. NCAR has played a greater cumulative role in advancing weather prediction and atmospheric modeling than perhaps any other single entity in the world.

[Pulls up C-SPAN out of morbid curiosity as to wtf he's actually going to talk about.] "...we've never been invaded..." [Closes C-SPAN tab. Reflects on the British burning the White House in 1812. Notes it was nowhere near the level of damage to the country as what he's done.] [Dissociates.]

Here's a list of what we're currently working on that will use NCAR's climate models in one form or another: 💉 estimating cholera and yellow fever vaccine stockpile needs due to climate change 🦠 trying to test if geoengineering-strengthened ENSO can set off a synchronous global dengue epidemic

I assume Duolingo is just gaslighting me and that Spanish speakers don't make disproportionate use of the word, "elegant."

fuck you the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh

Quite a metaphor. 👀 "The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."

A view of this year's extreme sea surface temperatures and recent warming across the North Pacific... 🌊 This graph shows the average for a band across the midlatitudes for every average January-October period from 1854-2025 using ERSSTv5 data.

If Chuck Schumer were a hostage negotiator... He'd call it a success while the bodies of all the dead hostages lay in the background of his press conference.

If Chuck Schumer were a hostage negotiator... The bad guys would get an escort to the airport where they have a waiting gulfstream set to fly to a non-extradition country.

If Chuck Schumer were a hostage negotiator... The bad guys would walk away with a suitcase full of unmarked bills.

Yeah, this is where the intrusive thoughts start to kick in. So it's probably best that I call it a night and step away from the internet unless I want to end up on a list.

"...Voters, stressed and fucked over, awake in their beds, dreamed what Luigi would do in their stead..."