Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95. “Her painstaking calculations and programming helped transform raw satellite data into precise geodetic models, enabling reliable satellite-based navigation.” [thezebra.org]

Aaaaaaargh

ALSO TODAY: @todseelie.bsky.social on photographing the only tall-bike builder in Cuba. "He uses ancient Chinese frames, rebar, and he makes pedals from sections of cut PVC pipe." flaminghydra.com/viva-la-bici...

Man, I was once in a stylist's chair when she brought up some anti-vax garbage so I had to kinda hold my breath and grin and bear it until I could get safely away from the crazy lady with the very sharp scissors near my head 😆

APTN Iqaluit reporter Justin Hardy talks to Nation to Nation about U.S. President Donald Trump’s annexation threats and the strong ties between the peoples of Greenland and Nunavut. Full discussion tonight.

I read a book about libraries, where the load-bearing point was that libraries are valued less by every generation that inherents them, until suddenly their rarity makes very valuable. That, and how mind-meltingly destructive the Christian wars were for books, my god

#OtD 22 Jan 1826 Indigenous members of the Acjachemen Nation, who were field hands at the Mission San Juan Capistrano (then Mexico), refused to work, engaging in what has been called the first farm worker strike in California stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9470...

the entire Milwaukee Common Council issued a joint statement announcing the launch of a "Know Your Rights and Resources" webpage (found here city.milwaukee.gov/cityclerk/kn...)

The lovely folks at Anishinaabe-owned Heart Berry made an ICE OUT shirt, from which 100% of the profits will go to the Immigrant Defense Network, a statewide coalition of many orgs. www.heartberry.com/search?q=ICE...

#ICE spotted in Tama #Iowa STOPPING MESKWAKI #Indigenous PEOPLE

One minute of meditative wonder: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8LU... YAY OCELOT!

The partnership has seen Colville Tribes send more than 115,000 eyed chinook salmon eggs to the ONA over the past 10 years. "It’s not only helping us, but it’s also helping them." Latest by Aaron Hemens 🐟 indiginews.com/news/across-...

1. Huge good news to light up your day. Every year, EITM launches the trans girl scout cookie list. As of today, we have hit a new record. Scouts on the list have sold 71,000 cookies and growing. www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-girl...

Wherever you imagine is the origin of this thread, you're wrong

With alt text for accessibility for blind/low vision users. We want everyone vaccinated, not just sighted folks.

Lots to love here, especially the keeping it affordable mission! I'm from Oklahoma & now in the PNW, where the smokey meats of my homelands are an expensive, lackluster joke LOLsob

“Every Minnesota of goodwill is being called to do this today.” On Friday, Jan. 23, Minnesotans are suspending business as usual to stand for truth, freedom, and human dignity, and to demand #ICEOutOfMN. Learn more and take action: spinach-primrose-6he6.squarespace.com

Known for weight loss, GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy may do more. @jeyantvo.bsky.social speaks with Dr. Anna Lembke (@stanfordmedicine.bsky.social) about potential treatment for opioid, nicotine and behavioural addictions, and possibly depression. Tonight at 8pm | Producer: Eric Bombicino

I added a page to the website where you can send a little love note to folks in Minnesota. I keep getting lovely emails about how people are inspired by the resistance, but I would like to actually put these together for folks on the ground to read when they need to.

Hey if anyone's looking for a place to help chip in a bit to help a stranger, Dex is legit: bsky.app/profile/dexa...

🚨1/22 6:55AM MOORPARK, CA: There are several La Migra vehicles on the streets. Ice is in Moorpark! If you occupy Help dial (805)870-8854 La Migra Esta En Moorpark! Ahi Varios vehiculos de La Migra en las calles. Ice is in Moorpark! Si Ocupa Ayuda marque (805)870-8854

TIL hallucinogenic fish are a thing en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halluci...

The attacker is Tyler O'Ryan Gramlin, 32, of Borden, Indiana.

I love that you can select Ojibwe as a preference though

The National Organization of Legal Services Workers (NOLSW / UAW Local 2320) seeks a Southeast Regional Servicing Representative to be based in the Southeast (preferably in New York, Washington, D.C., the Carolinas, or Virginia). Details at: unionjobs.com/listing.php?... #1u #UnionStrong @uaw.org

A major victory for Gullah Geechee residents on Georgia’s Sapelo Island. More than 1,500 residents overwhelmingly voted to repeal an ordinance that Black residents say would lead to higher property taxes, gentrification, and their displacement. capitalbnews.org/sapelo-islan...

“Billionaires have taken control of this country in ways we’ve never seen before, and it is hurting all of us. Progressives in Seattle who won spoke pretty unapologetically about that reality,” says a newly elected Seattle city council member.

RT if you’ve never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

From food banks to film festivals, Tracy Rector has turned community care, motherhood, and activism into a filmmaking legacy that’s changing who gets to tell their own stories. Her work has uplifted hundreds of Indigenous films, and she’s just getting started. www.underscore.news/culture/brid...

I mean, @sarahkendzior.bsky.social has been shouting about this & publishing whole books about the Trump mafia regime for like over a decade. Ditto @naomiaklein.bsky.social , who warned of this path back in shock & awe days

BORBS, but british

No Shock & Awe, no ICE, no more wars for oil. Sigh. A better world is possible. We must keep up the fight.

Their mother dropped them off at Mercado Central with some money to get haircuts while she walked a short distance to cash a check, Argueta said. She never came back.

Quick, somebody buy the Crocodile 😢

URGENT 🚨 Congress is considering a bill to permanently revoke the 20-year ban that protects 225,000 acres of Superior #NationalForest from risky copper mining — putting the Boundary Waters at great risk. The House could vote as soon as tomorrow, Jan. 21. Take action ➡️ bit.ly/4qupohg

i've seen enough: greg bovino is a bitch.

Goodness, she's trying to do the thing where she pretends actions don't have consequences, and the people behind them don't have names and addresses Anyway his name is David Easterwood

My QUESTION OF THE DAY is... Can you name a time where you stood up for something or someone, you made an ethical choice and stood by it even though it cost you? I'm just curious, I love stories where people live their conscience.

I spoke to a friend on the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota board. They need financial donations to keep up with the heightened demand for their services: www.ilcm.org ILCM is a nonprofit that provides free immigration legal representation to low-income immigrants and refugees in MN & ND

minnesotans are prepping for a massive statewide protest on friday, a day where it will be -10. that’s how much we hate ICE.

Weber State with a "WTF did I just watch? (Complimentary)" to win the partner stunt competition at nats www.instagram.com/reel/DTmAnJx...

I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place

Looking for something to do in solidarity with Minneapolis? Join this training session on Tuesday, January 20th at 8pm EST/5pm PST Link: www.mobilize.us/surj/event/8...

Alright just got word the outlet is gunna miss out (big mistake!) so I need to raise about $300 for a flight to Minneapolis (lowest one-way ticket is $275 pretax) zelle: [email protected] paypal: paypal.me/taliajane

lotta people learning about civil forfeiture local PDs love to do this shit

This is what they said about him then. This is what they say about us now. This is who they always have been.

this is what the nail girlies are up to

Hey this neighborhood in South Minneapolis has a high BIPOC demographic & could use your help