AHeise
@aheise.bsky.social
Recently retired community college instructor - I taught micro to future healthcare people especially nurses. Also curious about astronomy, geology, museums, art, funny things.
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senate democratic leaders, including mark warner, joined house republican leaders just before the 2024 election to vastly expand the government's wiretap powers. they also fought against efforts to require the FBI to get a warrant before searching those wiretaps for information about americans.
FBI Director Kash Patel said Monday that he had opened an investigation into the Signal group text chats that Minnesota residents are using www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...
FBI investigating Minnesota Signal chats tracking ICE, Patel says
The statement from FBI Director Kash Patel comes after right-wing media figures said they joined the chats and claimed participants were obstructing law enforcement.
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:08 AM
senate democratic leaders, including mark warner, joined house republican leaders just before the 2024 election to vastly expand the government's wiretap powers. they also fought against efforts to require the FBI to get a warrant before searching those wiretaps for information about americans.
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Liam himself is five goddamned years old and should be at home with an adult he trusts right now no matter who his parents are. It would not matter if they were literal criminal masterminds, Liam Ramos is a baby and babies do not belong in prison.
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Liam himself is five goddamned years old and should be at home with an adult he trusts right now no matter who his parents are. It would not matter if they were literal criminal masterminds, Liam Ramos is a baby and babies do not belong in prison.
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if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
January 27, 2026 at 1:07 AM
if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
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🚨🚨🚨 John Mitnick served as DHS’s top lawyer in Trump’s first administration—and he’s sounding the alarm.
#ImpeachTrumpNow
#AbolishICE
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
#ImpeachTrumpNow
#AbolishICE
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
January 27, 2026 at 12:41 AM
🚨🚨🚨 John Mitnick served as DHS’s top lawyer in Trump’s first administration—and he’s sounding the alarm.
#ImpeachTrumpNow
#AbolishICE
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
#ImpeachTrumpNow
#AbolishICE
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
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The enormous problem is that RFK Jr has fixed firm conspiracy theory-based beliefs that are unshakeable, and he has no regard for scientific data or evidence—there’s *no amount* of evidence you could show him that would convince him that HPV vaccination is critical in eliminating cervical cancer.
So - evidence.
Scotland uses the Gardasil vaccine.
"No cervical cancer cases have been detected in fully vaccinated women following the human papillomavirus (HPV) immunisation at age 12-13 since the programme started in Scotland in 2008."
publichealthscotland.scot/news/2024/ja...
Scotland uses the Gardasil vaccine.
"No cervical cancer cases have been detected in fully vaccinated women following the human papillomavirus (HPV) immunisation at age 12-13 since the programme started in Scotland in 2008."
publichealthscotland.scot/news/2024/ja...
No cervical cancer cases detected in vaccinated women following HPV immunisation - News - Public Health Scotland
An exciting new study from PHS, in collaboration with the Universities of Strathclyde and Edinburgh, shows that no cervical cancer cases have been detected in women vaccinated at age 12-13 since the H...
publichealthscotland.scot
January 26, 2026 at 11:33 PM
The enormous problem is that RFK Jr has fixed firm conspiracy theory-based beliefs that are unshakeable, and he has no regard for scientific data or evidence—there’s *no amount* of evidence you could show him that would convince him that HPV vaccination is critical in eliminating cervical cancer.
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This needs to be confirmed. If it is, it very well could be a turning point. At least one would hope.
January 26, 2026 at 11:30 PM
This needs to be confirmed. If it is, it very well could be a turning point. At least one would hope.
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Running list of athletes who have spoken out or taken action amid the Trump-Vance administration spending billions of US tax dollars on masked agents who have racially profiled, beaten, and kidnapped thousands of people — and murdered Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti:
January 27, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Running list of athletes who have spoken out or taken action amid the Trump-Vance administration spending billions of US tax dollars on masked agents who have racially profiled, beaten, and kidnapped thousands of people — and murdered Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti:
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I honestly believe this is some of Leni Riefenstahl’s best work. If the Oscar’s don’t at least throw her a nomination it’ll be downright criminal!
An insane, perfect encapsulation of it all:
The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files
The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files
January 25, 2026 at 4:44 AM
I honestly believe this is some of Leni Riefenstahl’s best work. If the Oscar’s don’t at least throw her a nomination it’ll be downright criminal!
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If you're a nail polish person, the MN-based small polish maker Atomic Polish is selling Ice Out, and 100% of the proceeds of it are going to the Immigrant Rapid Response Fund
ICE Out - Fundraising Nail Polish
**Shipping Update** Shipping will continue once more ingredients have arrived for this polish. Orders should go out in about 2 weeks. Ice Out is a blurple based polish with a blue/aqua shift and pink ...
www.atomicpolish.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:42 PM
If you're a nail polish person, the MN-based small polish maker Atomic Polish is selling Ice Out, and 100% of the proceeds of it are going to the Immigrant Rapid Response Fund
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In case you're wondering why the US Holocaust Memorial Museum is more mad about Tim Walz saying kids are hiding in fear of the regime like Anne Frank, than they are about kids literally hiding in fear of the regime like Anne Frank www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
Trump Names Eight New Appointees to US Holocaust Memorial Museum Board
They will replace the board members appointed by former President Joe Biden, who Trump removed just a few days ago.
www.artnews.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:43 PM
In case you're wondering why the US Holocaust Memorial Museum is more mad about Tim Walz saying kids are hiding in fear of the regime like Anne Frank, than they are about kids literally hiding in fear of the regime like Anne Frank www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
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Father at toddler swim class with his lawyer’s phone number conspicuously written in dark sharpie on his arm
January 26, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Father at toddler swim class with his lawyer’s phone number conspicuously written in dark sharpie on his arm
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ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:06 PM
ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
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Trump tried to break the Twin Cities but we stood strong, and now *they* are backing down. Makes me feel proud to live here.
January 26, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Trump tried to break the Twin Cities but we stood strong, and now *they* are backing down. Makes me feel proud to live here.
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for me it was the fact that the author is one of the main driving forces behind the global movement to kill my trans friends and erase their existence
hope that helps
hope that helps
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Opinion | Why Gen Z Doesn’t Love ‘Harry Potter’
The wizarding worldview is naïve.
nyti.ms
January 26, 2026 at 9:47 PM
for me it was the fact that the author is one of the main driving forces behind the global movement to kill my trans friends and erase their existence
hope that helps
hope that helps
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It’s good news that Bovino and some border patrol agents could be leaving our City. This shows that what we’ve been doing is working, which means we can’t let up! We continue to need people on the streets and pressuring our federal representatives not to fund DHS.
Keep it up, Minneapolis.
Keep it up, Minneapolis.
January 26, 2026 at 11:20 PM
It’s good news that Bovino and some border patrol agents could be leaving our City. This shows that what we’ve been doing is working, which means we can’t let up! We continue to need people on the streets and pressuring our federal representatives not to fund DHS.
Keep it up, Minneapolis.
Keep it up, Minneapolis.
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Please help spread the word about our open position for a history editor in the @uncpress.bsky.social acquisitions department! This person will be overseeing exciting, key lists for the publishing program.
Are you a creative and intellectually curious editor ready to grow lists in environmental history, history of medicine, urban history, and labor history?
We’re hiring an Acquisitions Editor to help shape our history lists 🙌 Interested? You can learn more here👇
uncpress.org/now-hiring-a...
We’re hiring an Acquisitions Editor to help shape our history lists 🙌 Interested? You can learn more here👇
uncpress.org/now-hiring-a...
Now Hiring: Acquisitions Editor, History
Acquisitions Editor, History UNC Press is seeking a creative, intellectually curious, and mission-driven publishing professional who will acquire general
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January 26, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Please help spread the word about our open position for a history editor in the @uncpress.bsky.social acquisitions department! This person will be overseeing exciting, key lists for the publishing program.
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Boss
The woman who survived five gunshots from a Border Patrol agent in Chicago, only to be criminally charged and then cleared, now wants a judge’s permission to share records showing how the feds respond when agents use deadly force.
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Woman shot by Border Patrol in Chicago asks judge to let her release evidence
Marimar Martinez is blocked from releasing evidence in her case by what's known as a "protective order." Though standard, her attorney says it's “become an albatross” around her neck and “keeps the en...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Boss
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Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling on ICE: "They are an undisciplined militia and the leadership is awful...This is not policing and it's not military service. It's something dangerously undefined."
January 26, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling on ICE: "They are an undisciplined militia and the leadership is awful...This is not policing and it's not military service. It's something dangerously undefined."
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The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
January 26, 2026 at 10:56 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
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#Measles cases and #deaths are unnecessary. They can be prevented by #vaccination. If everyone, who can, becomes vaccinated, this will establish herd immunity that will also protect those with immune conditions, who cannot protect themselves. 🧪 #MedSky #PoliSky
UK loses WHO status as measles-free after rise in deaths and fall in jab uptake
UN health body says Britain is one of six countries in Europe and central Asia where disease has become re-established
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:14 PM
#Measles cases and #deaths are unnecessary. They can be prevented by #vaccination. If everyone, who can, becomes vaccinated, this will establish herd immunity that will also protect those with immune conditions, who cannot protect themselves. 🧪 #MedSky #PoliSky
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Secretary Noem has blood on her hands. She needs to resign now or be removed from office.
January 26, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Secretary Noem has blood on her hands. She needs to resign now or be removed from office.
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NEW: Marimar Martinez, the woman shot by Border Patrol in Chicago only to be criminally charged (and cleared), seeks to modify a court order so she can "disclose case materials … to the public."
Her atty, Chris Parente, points to events in Minneapolis as well as writings by Justice Samuel Alito:
Her atty, Chris Parente, points to events in Minneapolis as well as writings by Justice Samuel Alito:
January 26, 2026 at 7:57 PM
NEW: Marimar Martinez, the woman shot by Border Patrol in Chicago only to be criminally charged (and cleared), seeks to modify a court order so she can "disclose case materials … to the public."
Her atty, Chris Parente, points to events in Minneapolis as well as writings by Justice Samuel Alito:
Her atty, Chris Parente, points to events in Minneapolis as well as writings by Justice Samuel Alito: