Aunty Bear
@auntybear.bsky.social
In my Queer Aunty era. 🏳️🌈⚖️📚🌿 She/her
Profile pic: Close-up of a bear statue at Chautauqua park in Boulder, CO. The bear statue has a blue-gray face with yellow eyes, and a white scarf around its neck.
Profile pic: Close-up of a bear statue at Chautauqua park in Boulder, CO. The bear statue has a blue-gray face with yellow eyes, and a white scarf around its neck.
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Passing this along: "We've heard from our friends at the VA that the staff at the Minneapolis VA are asking everyone to wear black tomorrow. Healthcare workers will be joining in solidarity and we'd like to ask everyone from across agencies to join in as well. Please spread the word!"
January 26, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Passing this along: "We've heard from our friends at the VA that the staff at the Minneapolis VA are asking everyone to wear black tomorrow. Healthcare workers will be joining in solidarity and we'd like to ask everyone from across agencies to join in as well. Please spread the word!"
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It’s more than a Great Basin, it’s a GREAT basin.
Sirius and Orion above the Toiyabe Range.
Sirius and Orion above the Toiyabe Range.
January 26, 2026 at 7:45 AM
It’s more than a Great Basin, it’s a GREAT basin.
Sirius and Orion above the Toiyabe Range.
Sirius and Orion above the Toiyabe Range.
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May I interrupt the horrors to show you pictures of my sister's chickens in cowboy hats
January 25, 2026 at 1:17 AM
May I interrupt the horrors to show you pictures of my sister's chickens in cowboy hats
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www.5calls.org
Not one rep should have an empty voicemail by Monday ☎️
If you’re not calling, you’re not doing enough
Not one rep should have an empty voicemail by Monday ☎️
If you’re not calling, you’re not doing enough
January 24, 2026 at 7:28 PM
www.5calls.org
Not one rep should have an empty voicemail by Monday ☎️
If you’re not calling, you’re not doing enough
Not one rep should have an empty voicemail by Monday ☎️
If you’re not calling, you’re not doing enough
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Anything is a pillow if you put your head to it 🤔
January 24, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Anything is a pillow if you put your head to it 🤔
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A new ope.
Lots of good signs here, but I have to confess my favorite is a rebel alliance where they replaced the red insignia with blue and the Minnesota loon.
January 23, 2026 at 8:31 PM
A new ope.
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The NSF just released a "dear colleague" asking for ideas to inform its plans to restructure the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
This includes proposals to repurpose NCAR's Mesa Lab, an architectural icon below the Boulder Flatirons, for "private use."
This includes proposals to repurpose NCAR's Mesa Lab, an architectural icon below the Boulder Flatirons, for "private use."
January 23, 2026 at 11:20 PM
The NSF just released a "dear colleague" asking for ideas to inform its plans to restructure the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
This includes proposals to repurpose NCAR's Mesa Lab, an architectural icon below the Boulder Flatirons, for "private use."
This includes proposals to repurpose NCAR's Mesa Lab, an architectural icon below the Boulder Flatirons, for "private use."
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Frosty faces on the chickadees today. These tiny birds maintain a body temperature of 40C - that's a 70C gradient across only a few centimeters from the outside air to the bird's core! These little guys blow my mind. #birds 🌿
January 23, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Frosty faces on the chickadees today. These tiny birds maintain a body temperature of 40C - that's a 70C gradient across only a few centimeters from the outside air to the bird's core! These little guys blow my mind. #birds 🌿
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In addition to this, there is a feed you can use called "the Gram" which will only show you posts with images posted (no reposts) by people you follow, and I find that is a great feed to default to when I'm stressed! I rarely go on my "Following" feed tbh.
January 21, 2026 at 4:28 PM
In addition to this, there is a feed you can use called "the Gram" which will only show you posts with images posted (no reposts) by people you follow, and I find that is a great feed to default to when I'm stressed! I rarely go on my "Following" feed tbh.
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Colorado AG launches online form to report federal agent misconduct
“If you see misconduct from a federal agent, we want to hear about it. Please document it and report it to our office.”
sentinelcolorado.com/metro/colora...
#ICEraids #ICE #copolitics
“If you see misconduct from a federal agent, we want to hear about it. Please document it and report it to our office.”
sentinelcolorado.com/metro/colora...
#ICEraids #ICE #copolitics
Colorado AG launches online form to report federal agent misconduct - Sentinel Colorado
"If you see misconduct from a federal agent, we want to hear about it. Please document it and report it to our office."
sentinelcolorado.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Colorado AG launches online form to report federal agent misconduct
“If you see misconduct from a federal agent, we want to hear about it. Please document it and report it to our office.”
sentinelcolorado.com/metro/colora...
#ICEraids #ICE #copolitics
“If you see misconduct from a federal agent, we want to hear about it. Please document it and report it to our office.”
sentinelcolorado.com/metro/colora...
#ICEraids #ICE #copolitics
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#feedingtime for #birdoftheday, here’s one of my favorite little guys, a Northern Pygmy Owl with a dragonfly meal. Video clip in comments showing its very hungry chicks after it landed with what’s left of a chipmunk, with vocalizations. Lake Tahoe, California
January 21, 2026 at 3:26 AM
#feedingtime for #birdoftheday, here’s one of my favorite little guys, a Northern Pygmy Owl with a dragonfly meal. Video clip in comments showing its very hungry chicks after it landed with what’s left of a chipmunk, with vocalizations. Lake Tahoe, California
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Some beautiful aurora from Williamsburg, Virginia tonight during a G3/4 solar storm!
#aurora #eastcoastkin #photography
#aurora #eastcoastkin #photography
January 21, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Some beautiful aurora from Williamsburg, Virginia tonight during a G3/4 solar storm!
#aurora #eastcoastkin #photography
#aurora #eastcoastkin #photography
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"Research would tell us that most ICE agents entered into these jobs in part because they want approval, and they want to affirm their masculinity in public," said sociologist Nicole Bedera. "An ICE watch works by surrounding these people ... with disapproval."
Observing ICE agents is 'a de-escalation tactic,' sociologist says
The federal government has accused ICE watchers of breaking the law. Sociologist Nicole Bedera said ICE watchers have science behind them. She spoke with MPR News host Clay Masters.
www.mprnews.org
January 21, 2026 at 1:27 AM
"Research would tell us that most ICE agents entered into these jobs in part because they want approval, and they want to affirm their masculinity in public," said sociologist Nicole Bedera. "An ICE watch works by surrounding these people ... with disapproval."
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please pause your doomscrolling for this breaking news re: dogs and fries 👇
January 20, 2026 at 9:15 PM
please pause your doomscrolling for this breaking news re: dogs and fries 👇
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“One notable MIT study found that 95 percent of companies that integrated AI saw zero meaningful growth in revenue. For coding tasks, one of AI’s most widely hyped applications, another study showed that programmers who used AI coding tools actually became slower at their jobs.”
AI Completely Failing to Boost Productivity, Says Top Analyst
AI may or may not excel at a lot of things, but from an economic standpoint, it's definitely not making us more productive.
futurism.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:52 AM
“One notable MIT study found that 95 percent of companies that integrated AI saw zero meaningful growth in revenue. For coding tasks, one of AI’s most widely hyped applications, another study showed that programmers who used AI coding tools actually became slower at their jobs.”
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"In the next ten to twenty years, automation will grind jobs to dust as it grinds out unbelievable volumes of production . . . labor will have to intervene in the political life of the nation to chart a course which distributes the abundance to all instead of concentrating it among a few." #MLKDay
“The contemporary tendency ... is to base distribution on scarcity, which has vanished, and to compress our abundance into the overfed mouths of the middle and upper classes until they gag with superfluity. If democracy is to have breadth of meaning it is necessary to adjust this inequity.” —MLK
Unfinished Revolution
Dr. King’s goal was full employment and universal health care.
www.bostonreview.net
January 19, 2026 at 12:59 PM
"In the next ten to twenty years, automation will grind jobs to dust as it grinds out unbelievable volumes of production . . . labor will have to intervene in the political life of the nation to chart a course which distributes the abundance to all instead of concentrating it among a few." #MLKDay
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Every time the Trump regime uses the words "funded protesters" and "outside agitators" news outlets need to cut to this photo from last week.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
January 18, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Every time the Trump regime uses the words "funded protesters" and "outside agitators" news outlets need to cut to this photo from last week.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
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American kestrel on the utility line on a blustery Indiana day.
Jan 18, 2025
Jan 18, 2025
January 18, 2026 at 1:49 PM
American kestrel on the utility line on a blustery Indiana day.
Jan 18, 2025
Jan 18, 2025
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Viola watching her fave podcast, the dogbone podcast.
January 17, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Viola watching her fave podcast, the dogbone podcast.
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Nature valentines. This comic is now available as a set of 6 Valentines cards: topatoco.com/collections/...
January 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Nature valentines. This comic is now available as a set of 6 Valentines cards: topatoco.com/collections/...
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I think the only way out is *with* (all of us working together to drag the arc of history back toward justice - kicking and screaming if necessary, using whatever lawful means are at our disposal/ in our wheelhouse/ within our abilities… the smaller and more clever, the better)
I am once again asking
has anyone figured out a way out that isn’t through
January 15, 2026 at 3:02 AM
I think the only way out is *with* (all of us working together to drag the arc of history back toward justice - kicking and screaming if necessary, using whatever lawful means are at our disposal/ in our wheelhouse/ within our abilities… the smaller and more clever, the better)
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It's Wednesday, Lemon.
January 14, 2026 at 8:30 PM
It's Wednesday, Lemon.