Carolyn Barthel ❌👑
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Carolyn Barthel ❌👑
@carolyncbarthel.bsky.social
Longtime climate activist, mom, wife, grandmom, UU, singer

Avoiding climate breakdown will require cathedral thinking. We must lay the foundation while we may not know exactly how to build the ceiling. --Greta Thunberg
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Abolish ICE is not enough.

Stern words for Greg Bovino or Kristi Noem is not enough.

We need prosecutions and trials.

Anything short of this position fails to address the gravity of this moment.
January 26, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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Gallego: I think it's ridiculous that Kristi Noem just went out right away and basically called this poor victim, a violent terrorist. That right there is impeachable. She lied about a citizen to justify his murder. The president should ask for her resignation.
January 26, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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Pics from 4 of the 5 biggest geomagnetic storms so far from Solar Cycle 25. Alas, it was midnight sun season and cloudy during the biggest storm of the cycle in May 2024.

As solar maximum wains, we will see less big displays, but I bet we have a few shows left.
#northernlights #aurora #iceland
January 26, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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Naming someone is not doxxing. They aren’t undercover. They aren’t intelligence agents overseas. This is outrageous - we are supposed to be a free Republic and these people want an authoritarian police state. Lawsuits should be filed & ranking Dems in Congress should act.
January 26, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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Bird Snuggles into Photographer’s Chest And Stayed With Her for Warmth on a Snowy Day (LOOK) www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bird-snuggle...
Bird Snuggles into Photographer’s Chest And Stayed With Her for Warmth on a Snowy Day (LOOK)
A photographer Fay was visiting a park when a friendly robin came over and nestled right atop her camera near the warmth of her jacket.
www.goodnewsnetwork.org
January 26, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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It turns out that when the good guys do have guns they still get shot in the back by Federal thugs.
January 26, 2026 at 6:45 AM
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Needless to say that Renee Good and Alex Pretti will go down as heroes here in Minnesota and nationally, their names synonymous with sacrifice and caring for vulnerable neighbors even at the risk of your own life. And hopefully no more innocent lives are lost.
January 26, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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ALEX JEFFREY PRETTI. Gone, but never forgotten...

#RIP_Alex 💔
January 26, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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I'm at a loss for words. I'm glad someone else has them.
January 25, 2026 at 8:51 AM
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evening!🕯
on my latest trip to the big town, the sky called.
it had painted wonderful things in the last hours of daylight, it wanted me to see.
i kept me awake, so that i could try to loosen all tension in me, and feel the days grow longer - each day a second more.

santeramo, italy; 24/01 4:53pm.
January 25, 2026 at 11:39 PM
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Not only do 77% of HRM residents depend upon their car for trips (22/23 Dal survey) but an increasing number are large gas guzzlers - 86% new motor vehicle purchases in NS are SUV's or trucks.
Worsening trends for safety, pollution and congestion

phys.org/news/2026-01...
Adoption of electric vehicles tied to real-world reductions in air pollution
When California neighborhoods increased their number of zero-emissions vehicles (ZEV) between 2019 and 2023, they also experienced a reduction in air pollution. For every 200 vehicles added, nitrogen ...
phys.org
January 25, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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Exactly how long does it take to hold someone in contempt, when there is blatant defiance of a court order?

Keep asking until the Epstein Files are released.
January 25, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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Let's hope. Cause Kent State entered the chat
January 25, 2026 at 5:52 AM
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Judge orders regime to free immigrant who needs daily insulin shots - and to fly her back her from the Louisiana gulag it stuck her in
www.universalhub.com/2026/judge-o...

#Boston #immigrants #ICE #lawsuits
January 26, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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January 26, 2026 at 1:16 AM
The Trump Administration Is Lying to Our Faces. Congress Must Act to require accountability for ALL the deaths under ICE & CBP shootings & jurisdiction. That includes deaths in ICE facililties.

@housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...
Opinion | The Trump Administration Is Lying to Our Faces. Congress Must Act.
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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Walz: "If it was the intention of Donald Trump to make an example of Minnesota, then I'm damn proud of the example that the world is seeing"
January 25, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.
January 26, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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January 25, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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oh commuters just found the motherlode of ice agents at a suburban hotel, including, potentially, bovino himself. a bunch of confirmed ICE and CBP cars from the bovino convoy there. spring hill suites in maple grove.

people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
January 26, 2026 at 3:44 AM
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Klobuchar: "When they're killing 2 constituents in my state, and they're taking 2 year olds our of the arms of their mom, and they're taking an elder Hmong man out of his house & putting him out there in his underwear & then figuring out the have the wrong man -- no, I'm not voting for this funding"
January 25, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Oh, the magic and innocence of making snow happen as a child! I love this gentle, loving romp. Thank you.

It's a wonderful respite from all the awful adult stuff going on right now.
www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
How Children Conjure a Snow Day
Spoons under pillows, ice cubes in the toilet, and other rituals to call forth snow
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:48 AM
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This is an animal. And it’s not a jellyfish.
It’s a comb jelly (ctenophore), one of the most ancient animals on Earth.
And yes… it makes its own light. Many comb jellies actually produce bioluminescent flashes when disturbed

#ocean #animals #scuba #photography #nature #jellyfish
January 25, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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Way to go, Chicago! Tons of people showed up, even in a snowstorm. ❄️👏
January 25, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.

Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.

Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.

ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
January 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM