Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz: "Thank God. Thank God we have video. Because according to DHS, these 7 heroic guys took an onslaught of a battalion against him or something. It's nonsense, people. It is nonsense and it's lies."

Yall outside of MN need to know that observers are STILL out protecting their neighbors. Right now. They know the news and they’re still out there.

preorders of this sticker design are up, 100% of profits donated to Midwest Immigration Bond Fund ❤️ www.microbiomearts.com/product/preo... #bsnm

Pretti clearly did not brandish his gun. Which means the government is saying he was killed for legally exercising his right to carry. It’s as clear-cut a violation of the Second Amendment as I can possibly imagine. And we’re about to see the bulk of the gun rights crowd defend his murder.

Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

Literally 10 days ago, this hypocritical jackass introduced a bill to make concealed carry easier across the nation to help "law-abiding citizens to more freely exercise their Second Amendment rights." www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-re...

"Boo hoo," one agent said after he and a gang of colleagues murdered 37-year-old Alex Pretti, who died trying to help a woman who was being assaulted. A sobering piece from @lebassett.bsky.social www.laura-bassett.com/p/ice-execut...

I know it’s not healthy to be so angry all the time but also “stay angry, little Meg” runs through my brain like a lifeline these days

I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street

It has gotten so bad that the @nytimes.com has stopped using the passive voice to describe the violence.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: "To everyone listening: Stand with Minneapolis. Stand up for America."

Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin. Here is a photo he used for several accounts.

Early #SundayFishSketch in the heatwave. New pens (Oblique banded sweetlips)

"Oh my gosh, it was so nice to see you! Have a lovely day, fuck ICE!" "Oh you too hon! Stay safe in that traffic, fuck ICE!' - two older Minnesota ladies, bidding farewell after the protest

In reviewing grants and papers lately, as an exp., I have been using LLMs *after* my reviews to see how they stack up. And let me tell you - they're (all) *completely* off the mark. That makes sense if you understand the fundamentals of LLMs, but I'm worried many don't. But, please, don't do this.

A tide pool pattern for your feed 🐚🦀

"Slavery was real" Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington. Presidents House, Philadelphia.

If you / your lab / your institution rely on NIH funding, you need to read this and understand how this is one of many changes affecting you. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article. Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.

fish are fun and games until you're expected to draw every scale and fin ray

A fun species of clingfish found in Japan, often clinging to brown algae or seaweed

Marine life in Japan

Given the news about erasing the history of slavery, this story is a must-read about why learning and studying history matters. @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social

When he died, Washington owned 123 slaves; the nine memorialized here were in his Philadelphia household.

bro there’s a gofundme to crowdfund attorney fees for a preschooler who was kidnapped by our federal government and shipped across state lines and his senator is posting about high school hockey while every other elected official is debating whether to give a zillion more dollars to the kidnappers

Yesterday, I drove refugees that had been shipped off to Texas all the way back home to St. Paul Seeing them reunite with their families reminded me this is their home. So keep sending them to Texas. I’ll keep driving ‘em back and introducing them to Bucc-ee’s and KC barbecue along the way.

DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO ANYTHING BUT A GROUNDED, WALL SOCKET

Winter is tough 🦉 #sciart

Americans will do ANYTHING to avoid using the metric system. 😑

👍 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...

Advice for folks medically-dependent on electrical power library.planetree-sv.org/disasters/po...

218 people voted to fund the child kidnapping ring and masked death squads.

This is Minneapolis: It’s -6°F (-21°C) & a dozen folks are keeping watch at elementary school drop off as federal agents circle all over our neighborhood, following some next level terrorizing they did in our neighborhood yesterday. Some Somali moms bring hot tea and sambusas for our volunteers.

Meet these wide-ranging cuties, the Snailfish! #LetsChangeThat

Good advice for anybody facing down this winter storm:

Will my car start tomorrow? We’re gonna find out 🤪

In case you needed to see something NOT terrible tonight, we millennials will get to relive Cool Runnings as grown-ups!

Yesterday, you all sent over 800 letters to House Reps calling on them to co-sponsor articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.!!! Here's a heat map (since you dorks like data lol). You can do it every day and it takes literally 5 seconds after you've done it once: fight2win.standupforscience.net

#FishADay Nimbochromis venustus Giraffe Hap. A cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi; prefers deeper parts of the lake, where it plays dead and waits to snap up smaller, juvenile cichlids. youtu.be/-XyVW3HXu7Q

#philsky UB’s PPE group is hiring again! There are four open postdoc positions, all renewable for up to three years. First, we’re looking to hire two teaching fellows. This is only a 2-1 required teaching load and $70k salary. www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/607...

NOAA Fisheries jobs are to be posted soon. New questions are now required to be answered by all applicants, see below www.fisheries.noaa.gov/careers-more...

🐟The unique geomorphology of rivers in the eastern #Himalaya has long intrigued geologists. 🐟Here, Sui et al. use a cold-adapted #fish genus as a biogeographic proxy to reconstruct the evolutionary history of one such river. 🐟 doi.org/10.1111/jse.... @wileyecology.bsky.social #EcoEvo #evolution

The Institute for Environmental Genomics at U Oklahoma (www.ou.edu/ieg) has 3 Research Scientists & 4-6 Postdoc openings (see details linked below). Contact [email protected] w/ questions.

Ok I need to spell this out more slowly, clearly: Greenland is Inuit land and nobody but Inuit should be getting to decide what happens to it

His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.

🌊💻 Our director Erika Jensen spoke to The Detroit News about how data centers could affect the #GreatLakes: https://ow.ly/OiQf50Y0QAS#GreatLakes The GLC recently passed resolutions calling for more study of energy/water use and strategies for reusing non-potable water.