It’s once again Girl Scout cookie season so it’s time for me remind everyone to please consider buying from NYC’s Girl Scout Troop 6000, which is entirely made up of girls living in NYC homeless shelters 🙏❤️

The great Reggie Bannister, who was one of my biggest early cheerleaders and always kind to this kid just starting out, has entered hospice care. www.gofundme.com/f/support-re...

Please repost! We are looking for two field technicians to work on our deer mouse project in the Colorado Rockies this spring-fall. Learn about physiology, ecology, and evolution, all in one project! Not to mention that you get to be in the ⛰️. Reach out if you have any questions.

This is easily the hardest thing I've ever had to write.

Please consider helping friend and writer @paulallor.bsky.social - www.gofundme.com/f/help-paul-...

Submit a Valetine’s note to someone you love in the style of an old-fashioned classified ad from the 1970s. On Feb. 14, we will publish a bunch of them on our website.

Watching sports while blind is changing: "The device looks like a tabletop version of the field. Fans put their hands on its surface to feel the ball's movement in real time." www.npr.org/2026/02/05/n...

I’m old enough to remember him doing this on Wogan in June 1988, protesting against the government’s homophobia. The targets change, the speech stays relevant…

Let me explain the math behind why the destruction of the Washington Post isn't about money. The paper is now losing $100 million a year. Jeff Bezos is worth $253 billion. This means he could self-fund the Washington Post for THE NEXT 2,000 YEARS and still have $53 billion LEFT OVER.

He has no criminal record He has a five-year work visa He is employed He has Real ID, valid driver’s licenses & Social Security number ICE abducted him in front of his daughter and put him in a prison Are we safer now? No Is this wrong? YES! triblive.com/local/valley...

A sad day at NIH... The NIH Record was a great way for NIH folks to find out what was going on across NIH. Many important stories published there over the years. nihrecord.nih.gov/2026/01/30/n...

My little work buddy. #cats #caturday

Happy 45th birthday to Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads, released as a single on this day in 1981. Here's David introducing that video

I can’t be expected to work under these circumstances.

A group of Maine nurses just showed up at Susan Collins’ office to demand she vote against funding ICE following ICE’s killing of nurse Alex Pretti.

Hey cuties. Everything sucks ass. Get some valentines and send them to your friends. I'm sad. You're sad. They're probably sad. Send them a valentine. It keeps Skype a Scientist running, which hey, is very good too. squidfacts.bigcartel.com/product/deep...

Then quit. Most jobs don't require nurturing what's worst in you. "Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right." - W. Clement Stone

Full text: poets.org/poem/septemb...

Absolute banger of a comment on r/military: www.reddit.com/r/Military/c...

“…Leavitt losing her cool and trying to gaslight a reporter by saying the reporter didn’t hear what the world clearly heard only makes Leavitt and the administration look more deceitful and, quite frankly, shady. Somehow, Leavitt’s remarks made the matter even worse” www.poynter.org/commentary/2...

This kid and his father entered via CBP One app. It's just absurd and monumentally unfair for people who availed themselves of lawful channels when they existed by following government processes to suddenly get detained and deported to a third country. newrepublic.com/article/2056...

Jack Smith's appearance before the House Judiciary Committee marks the first open testimony about his work after presiding over two federal criminal indictments of President Trump. n.pr/49AkNEw

HISTORIANS WILL LOOK BACK AT THIS PERIOD IN US HISTORY AND ASK WHY PEOPLE WHO HAD THE POWER TO STOP HIM CHOSE NOT TO. • January 6, 2021 Attack on the United States Capitol • January 7, 2026 Killing of Renee Nicole Good Thread 1/3🧵 #USJanuary #HandsOffGreenland #TrumpEpsteinCoverUp

If you can’t admit Trump is a dangerous, lunatic moron, you’re part of the problem. My latest. www.thedailybeast.com/now-is-the-t...

The number of confirmed #measles cases in South Carolina has hit an astonishing 558 in an outbreak that started in October. For context: that is more cases in 4 months than the entire US racked up most years in the past 30+ years. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

I was let go from my day job. So until I get a new income I'm a full time author. So if you want to support an author my novels are 0.99 or you can sign up for my newsletter and get books for free. Links in comments or bio. Until then my cat is enjoying my book from her box. #caturday #cats #sff

It’s 5:30 am eastern time—anyone else’s Verizon still out? Our phones still show SOS.

NEWS: A day after the Minneapolis shooting, Secretary Noem quietly signed a new policy barring congressional visits to ICE facilities without a week's advance notice. That policy change led to three MN Dems being blocked from accessing an ICE facility today. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

Please be aware that contrary to their fundraising ads, @forwardblue.bsky.social has no relationship with the No Kings mobilizations, no record of doing anything in support, no inside information, and is ignoring requests to cease advertising that suggests they are involved.

"The media has largely let [tech companies] set the terms of the debate, right down to the terminology used in any discussion of these systems." From @nannainie.bsky.social & me in @techpolicypress.bsky.social on how to spot and resist anthropomorphizing language about so-called "AI".

Okay shirts are available! $5 from the sale of each Abolish ICE shirts goes to @nilc.org and they're printed at a Union shop (Commonwealth Press) here in Pittsburgh. They'll ship in 2-3 weeks, maybe sooner. alternatehistories.com/products/abo...

Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmNt...

While there is so much that is disturbing about this case study in the destruction of academic freedom, one high point is the refusal of the targeted professor to submit

Open Letter Denouncing the Lunar and Planetary Institute's Censorship of Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) abstracts (you can sign it) 🧪 #PlanetSci

Washington Post reports that people who cover or mar Dear Thin-skinned Leader’s face on the new national park pass may be accused of “fraud” and have to buy another pass. I guess they know that people will want to, um, get creative. Posting just a screen shot of the full story.

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Craig, a famed super tusker from Amboseli, died of natural causes — a rarity today. His life showed the impact of protection in Kenya, even as Africa’s elephant population has plunged. Progress exists, but habitat loss keeps their future uncertain.

I don't know why patriot Charlie Kirk deleted this patriotic tweet about patriotic buses busing patriots to DC on Jan 6th, but the Internet never forgets. web.archive.org/web/20210107...

This is the energy everyone needs to take into 2026.

Fantastic news for paleontology that the Paleontological Research Institute in Ithaca NY is staying open this year! Intensive fund-raising was successful & enough to pay off the mortgage for their building, helping to preserve this long-standing institution for national & international science. 🧪

Oops! Our Monster Vacation calendar was incorrectly listed as sold out on our website; but don't fear! We have them in stock and ready to ship for 2026 adventures, now for just $20! alternatehistories.com/collections/...

Republicans wouldn't let Jack Smith testify in public. Instead they did it behind closed doors and released a transcript and video on New Year's Eve, hoping few people would notice. They think it’s smart politics, but I think it’s one more attempt to cover up treason. History will agree with me.

More than a decade after regulators promised to improve reporting standards for this waste, an Inside Climate News investigation found huge discrepancies in state records.

Seems there is yet another app using the ICEBlock logo and charging people for access. It’s called ICEBlocker and it is not us. DO NOT DOWNLOAD or pay. Best we can tell is it’s Russian. We would never ask for money.

A🧵 Who inspired you in 2025? Every month, The Media and Democracy Project honors exemplary individuals & publications for their commitment to journalism, democracy, & press freedom. We are grateful to and inspired by our 2025 heroes! We hope you are too. Who are they? Why are they heroes?👇

I know one of you has to have a billionaire’s phone number, $1m to save one of the best fossil collections in the country is a bargain. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/s...

Join us and become part of our activist community in 2026 as we continue the fight for more informative and pro-democracy media operating in the public interest. (All meetings via Zoom) www.mobilize.us/mediademocra...