Hydrology Paper of the Day @igsopas.bsky.social on how sediments from thermokarst lakes indicate the retreat of glacial ice from Northern Poland: mapping lake extent and geomorphologies; quantifying hydrology during the time of melting ice; sediment transport; and the veracity of LiDAR datasets.

Today is a good day to read @timothysnyder.bsky.social's 2017 book On Tyranny, where the ICE murders of Americans in MN can serve as case studies for several of the 20 lessons. Both Renée Good and Alex Pretti were practicing one of the lessons, #13 Practice corporeal politics, when murdered by ICE.

Videos verified by The New York Times show the man federal agents shot and killed in Minneapolis on Saturday was holding a phone, not a gun, before the agents took him to the ground and shot him. At least 10 shots appear to have been fired within five seconds. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump. Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.

Russian strikes left much of Kyiv without heat, water and power during freezing temperature, even as Ukraine, Russia and the U.S. held talks on ending the nearly four-year war. n.pr/4bQ3ccY

A lot of self described Christians seem to be banking on there not actually being a hell.

So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.

Schumer has reached the Pikaia stage in the evolution of a backbone

Again…. Just under 48 hours ago….. seven democrats and all the so called “reasonable” (concerned on Twitter and cnn types) voted to fully fund ICE at its bloated, out of control level. ICE is better funded than most militaries

I’m completely fed up with elected Representatives saying shit like, “Republicans will tell you behind closed doors that they don’t agree with what ICE is doing”. Playtime is over. Professional courtesy no longer exists. Name them, record them, and make it public.

Imagine what’s happening in the camps.

Bill Kristol gets what too few Democratic Senators do. FFS.

AOC: "In directing this around Mayor Wray and Gov. Walz, claiming they are 'inciting,' Noem is equating disagreement with incitement ... she is laying the groundwork for the Insurrection Act ... they are taking issue with the people of Minnesota who have duly elected their own elected officials"

If your Gmail account doesn’t seem to be working properly today, you’re not alone.

"the drop in calcium closely matched the slowing down of seafloor spreading – the volcanic process that continuously creates new ocean floors" ⚒️ scitechdaily.com/scientists-s...

The U.S. women's national team will begin its 2026 schedule without Rose Lavelle, the reigning U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year.

Democrats in the Senate must grow a spine. They can rein in this murderous regime next week. Why on Earth would they continue to fund this tyranny? Call your senators now: indivisible.org/campaigns/ho...

I wonder if I’ll ever stop being angry all of the time.

I got lucky with the light :) #Valencia #CanonR5markii

Ian Bremmer of geopolitical risk firm Eurasia Group: “The United States is the most powerful country in the world. “The United States is also the most dysfunctional political system, by far, among advanced industrial economies. “That’s an uncertain and dangerous place for the world to be in.”

An overhead view of protesters gathering at the scene of the shooting. Live coverage: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi... 📽️ Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune

⚒️ 🧪 A magnitude 4.7 earthquake rattled Salt Lake City on Thursday. Although large earthquakes are (eventually) expected on the nearby Wasatch Fault, this event occurred to the east, near the intriguing Bear River Fault Zone. Was it responsible? We take a look.

After today’s shooting, Minneapolis is filing a declaration to push for an immediate ruling on our temporary restraining order. We need swift action to protect our city.

If you need some extra distraction from *gestures broadly at everything,* Kilauea is here to help. The next eruptive episode, episode 41, looks to be kicking off right now! Fountains are starting to grow in height. USGS LIVE stream here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXKu...

Seven democrats and every republican voted to fund this… YESTERDAY

I called yesterday and will call again today. If you’re new to it, 5calls.org has got your back.

"...the Moon’s long-term record makes it very hard for late meteorite delivery to be the dominant source of Earth’s oceans” ⚒️🧪 science.nasa.gov/science-rese...

Minnesotans are like the Ukrainians - standing up and fighting for their country no matter the odds

Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.

Pritzker: "The GOP is nowhere to be found. They're the ones that scream and yell about 'federal tyranny' about interference with states' rights. And now, their president is violating states' rights and attacking our states and Republicans are nowhere to be found to talk about it."

Lil' titanite sailing onto waves of white mica. #titanite #geology

Many people are asking, "What's Happened to Global Temperatures?" so here's the answer in image form.

I am a climate scientist and this is correct. As the planet warms, storms like the one today are getting stronger… and as the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the mid latitudes, it increases the risk of the “freezer door” swinging open. Technical explanation here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

“The government has also argued that I must accept this as true because they said it, and they are the government…I respectfully suggest that the petition is frivolous.”

America is in dangerous territory. The combination of a masked federal paramilitary force being used against civilians, the intentional spread of extremist ideology, and the censorship and use of “science” by the state to harm specific groups of people has never ended well. #ScientistsAgainstICE

State troopers in riot gear are protecting ICE agents who have long guns. People yelling at the state troopers, “turn around and arrest them! They just killed a Minnesotan!”

WHO removing Us Flag

Here's a time-lapse from yesterday as thousands of people marched through downtown Minneapolis to protest ICE. 📷️: Sydney Lewis/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Some of the 2025 policies that have been implemented include cracking down on immigration and dismantling the Department of Education.

Four-time Grammy Award nominee Jesse Welles performs his song "Join Ice." Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.

"newly discovered niobium-rich carbonatites were emplaced more than 800 million years ago, rising from deep within the Earth through pre-existing fault zones during a tectonic rifting event that ultimately tore apart the supercontinent Rodinia" ⚒️ www.curtin.edu.au/news/media-r...

Democrats shouldn't try to close ICE detention facilities but instead focus on fostering a culture of abundance within those ICE detention facilities

The man who was searching for his son’s body, heard a groan coming from a black bag, and when he saw the person inside the bag was alive, gave 700 million, let go of his own son’s body, and said “This boy is mine,” and pulled that wounded person out #Iran

The FBI agent who initially began working with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to investigate the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good has resigned. Soon after the agent opened the civil rights investigation, she was ordered to reclassify it as a probe into an assault on the officer.

they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child. ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents. the family is here legally. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

in weather so cold your snot turns to icicles, what feels like half the state of Minnesota has just risen up to say "I'm not disappointed, I'm just MAD" to the worst humans among us and it's just this wave of righteous caring and god damn. when this country is on, it's fuckin' on.

Well done Minneapolis! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...

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Sadly suppressing such a devastating report doesn’t make the risks go away - it just makes them even harder to deal with. Facing up to the truth is the first step to coping with it - it’s beyond scandalous that ministers tried to prevent this. They need to act - and fast

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