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Bird (he/they)
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Lao diaspora, anti imperialist disabled veteran. Bi wifeguy with a small zoo + TNR colony. Here for art/nature/science/books/unbiased journalists. 🐶🐶🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠) #alttext on all images, I block anyone posting AI slop 🪩🦐 18+, minors DNI
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If you know anyone that is active duty or reserves right now, please send them this. It's the most fundamental part of training that troops have a duty to refuse illegal orders.
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but if we get rid of the unaccountable and unrestrained murderous criminal gang that's acting as an ethnic cleansing paramilitary force for a demented Nazi authoritarian, who will keep the streets safe?
February 3, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Chocobo! Spacesuit! 🐥
The #FFXIV Patch 7.41 notes have been updated with a list of new items and recipes! 📜 sqex.to/Z59qS

Make sure you check out all goodies the latest Cosmic Exploration update has to offer! 🪐🧑‍🚀
February 3, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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Many people have wondered why the Chien-Shiung Wu never won the Nobel Prize for Physics. New findings from the Nobel archives, exclusively revealed in Physics World, show she was nominated 23 times by 18 different physicists - and yet was still left empty-handed. 🧪⚛️
physicsworld.com/a/twenty-thr...
Twenty-three nominations, yet no Nobel prize: how Chien-Shiung Wu missed out on the top award in physics – Physics World
Mats Larsson and Ramon Wyss reveal why Chien-Shiung Wu never won a Nobel prize
physicsworld.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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"It does seem like people are generally less healthy and less safe when ICE raids happen" @sciencevs.bsky.social

First half is on the science of what tear gas does to the human body (what we know is not good)

Second half is the impact of ICE raids on communities.

TL;DR our govt is torturing us
What Do Tear Gas and ICE Raids Do to People?
Podcast Episode · Science Vs · 01/29/2026 · 41m
podcasts.apple.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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Green Day and Bad Bunny are about to put MAGA into a bad place a week from today and I love that for everyone involved. 🫡
February 2, 2026 at 5:07 AM
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Please don’t turn the Epstein files into a joke.
This is real for survivors.
Many former victims are realizing for the first time they were used by a system.
How this is discussed online matters.
Tread carefully.
February 1, 2026 at 6:01 AM
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Biometric locks for phones aren’t just convenient for you, they are convenient for the cops.

“explicitly authorized law enforcement personnel to obtain Natanson’s phone and both hold the device in front of her face and to forcibly use her fingers to unlock it”
theintercept.com/2026/01/30/w...
Washington Post Raid Is a Frightening Reminder: Turn Off Your Phone’s Biometrics Now
The search warrant to raid a Washington Post reporter’s home shows how authorities can open your phone without your consent.
theintercept.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:22 AM
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Ferbruary #oldknees
February 1, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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This article is a very good example of why "more training" and "more vetting" isn't the answer. Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez joined Border Patrol in 2018 and 2014 respectively. These aren't new agents. www.propublica.org/article/alex...
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a Texas state Senate election in a reliably Republican district that Trump won by 17 points in 2024
GOP STUNNED: Democrat Flips Reliably Republican Texas State Senate Seat
Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a special election in a Texas state Senate district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024.
www.huffpost.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:45 AM
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They’re taking kids from Minnesota and sending them to detention camps. They’re shooting American citizens in the street and locking investigators out of the crime scenes. The world is watching what happens next.
Hundreds of people spelled out the distress signal "SOS" on Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis on Friday, Jan. 30.

📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad
January 31, 2026 at 10:19 PM
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I forgot I got a still of proud mama harbor seal!!! #sealsky 🦑 🦭
February 1, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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xbox live took stronger action against jeffrey epstein than the entire us government
January 30, 2026 at 11:10 PM
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It’s driving me a little insane to see all this “protester” lingo.
Like yea there are protests..

But if masked, armed thugs invade your neighborhood and terrorize your community, standing against that is not “protesting”.

That’s an attempt to maintain safety. The government made itself the danger.
January 29, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Wdym I get an Alzheimer's pedophile Hitler ass president and they get this man???
January 30, 2026 at 2:21 AM
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I have been laughing at this for a solid five minutes.
January 29, 2026 at 4:33 PM
we co-workin', we art'in
twitch.tv/bird_beech
January 29, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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the feds saying theyll end their campaign of terror against an american city if their demands are met is the biggest domestic scandal of my lifetime
January 29, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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Community is key 🔥
January 25, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.

“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
January 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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English, Spanish, Somali, and Hmong versions of the community warning poster for 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐨 𝐆𝐨𝐧𝐳𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐳, an ICE kidnapper from Miami, FL, who threatened a Minneapolis observer by saying "You raise your voice, I'll erase your voice." Please print, distribute, and post. #OneOfOursAllOfYours #UnmaskICE #MPLS
January 28, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Good things are happening.
January 28, 2026 at 3:17 AM
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Ilhan Omar has more courage in her little pinky than the entire Democratic Party leadership has. And the party has repeatedly thrown her to the wolves over the years because she speaks the truth.

And who was around her caring for her after this attack? BLACK WOMEN. So protect them all.
January 28, 2026 at 2:49 AM
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READ: Leqaa Kordia has been held by ICE since her arrest in March 2025. Her attorneys say the White House is targeting the last remaining Columbia University protester in custody for her activism, using racism and procedural tricks to prevent her release.
mondoweiss.net/2026/01/the-...
The last Columbia protester in ICE detention: Leqaa Kordia on her 9 months in captivity
Leqaa Kordia has been held by ICE since her arrest in March 2025. Her attorneys say the White House is targeting the last remaining Columbia University protester in custody for her activism, using racism...
mondoweiss.net
January 28, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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Also, uh, we have more than 100,000 people registered for this ICE watch training tonight. Largest training of it type in history by a long shot. Please join if you've not be trained yet, and share to friends/fam/neighbors!
I recorded this week's newsletter in case you want to watch instead of read. Are we pro or anti Gadsden flag hat? On the one hand, I like reclaiming it. On the other hand, it's hard for me to shake my visceral response to it from the Tea Party days. ezralevin.substack.com/p/how-to-mak...
How to make political violence backfire
Watch now | Indivisible's weekly newsletter with analysis and action
ezralevin.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:39 PM