Clio2
@clio2.bsky.social
Observer of #polycrisis; excursions into history, nature, oddments. Degrees: philosophy, history of science. Former teacher, writer,
editor, spokesperson, contract researcher, journalist. Occasional fictioneer. NB. No LLMs/other AI need apply. :-)
editor, spokesperson, contract researcher, journalist. Occasional fictioneer. NB. No LLMs/other AI need apply. :-)
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Did I MISS the MASS OUTRAGE about this?
Or has there been some perfectly reasonable, rational, plausible explanation offered as to why a TEENAGED GIRL would be arrested by ICE and then FORCED TO SPEND THE NIGHT in their hotel room?
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Or has there been some perfectly reasonable, rational, plausible explanation offered as to why a TEENAGED GIRL would be arrested by ICE and then FORCED TO SPEND THE NIGHT in their hotel room?
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
After arrest, teen refugee held overnight in hotel room by ICE agents
A girl who entered the United States as a refugee alleges that immigration authorities separated her from her family and detained her overnight in a hotel, where she was forced to share a room with fe...
www.mprnews.org
February 14, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Did I MISS the MASS OUTRAGE about this?
Or has there been some perfectly reasonable, rational, plausible explanation offered as to why a TEENAGED GIRL would be arrested by ICE and then FORCED TO SPEND THE NIGHT in their hotel room?
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Or has there been some perfectly reasonable, rational, plausible explanation offered as to why a TEENAGED GIRL would be arrested by ICE and then FORCED TO SPEND THE NIGHT in their hotel room?
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Important story by @eshockmanwrites.bsky.social
“We had reached a saturation point”... ICE agents were “literally swarming all over the schools, day in and day out, in the morning, in the middle of the day ... on the weekends. We just decided that we couldn't even have a bigger target on our back.”
“We had reached a saturation point”... ICE agents were “literally swarming all over the schools, day in and day out, in the morning, in the middle of the day ... on the weekends. We just decided that we couldn't even have a bigger target on our back.”
When U.S. Immigration and Customs agents first descended on families in Columbia Heights schools, superintendent Zena Stenvik smoldered but stayed quiet.
Then federal agents came for 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, and silence was no longer an option.
Then federal agents came for 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, and silence was no longer an option.
‘Time to speak up’: In Columbia Heights, school leaders stepped in to protect families as ICE surged
As federal immigration agents descended on Columbia Heights families, the school superintendent expected to stay silent. Then federal agents came for 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, and s...
www.mprnews.org
February 13, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Important story by @eshockmanwrites.bsky.social
“We had reached a saturation point”... ICE agents were “literally swarming all over the schools, day in and day out, in the morning, in the middle of the day ... on the weekends. We just decided that we couldn't even have a bigger target on our back.”
“We had reached a saturation point”... ICE agents were “literally swarming all over the schools, day in and day out, in the morning, in the middle of the day ... on the weekends. We just decided that we couldn't even have a bigger target on our back.”
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Pressure to achieve at school at age 15 is linked to depressive symptoms and risk of self-harm, and the association appears to persist into adulthood, finds study led by Prof Gemma Lewis, UCL Psychiatry.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/fe...
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/fe...
Academic pressure linked to increased risk of depression risk in teens
Pressure to achieve at school at age 15 is linked to depressive symptoms and risk of self-harm, and the association appears to persist into adulthood, finds a study led by UCL researchers.
www.ucl.ac.uk
February 13, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Pressure to achieve at school at age 15 is linked to depressive symptoms and risk of self-harm, and the association appears to persist into adulthood, finds study led by Prof Gemma Lewis, UCL Psychiatry.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/fe...
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/fe...
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Jeffrey Epstein's December 20, 2016 email to Bill Gates: "come to visit the island. new administration people visiting."
What was the upcoming administration in December2016? Oh!
What was the upcoming administration in December2016? Oh!
February 13, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Jeffrey Epstein's December 20, 2016 email to Bill Gates: "come to visit the island. new administration people visiting."
What was the upcoming administration in December2016? Oh!
What was the upcoming administration in December2016? Oh!
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DOGE allegedly used ChatGPT to identify 1,400 NEH grants it said were DEI. Grants were terminated April 2025, according to a court filing. E.g.
Film: 1873 Colfax massacre
Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII
Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
Film: 1873 Colfax massacre
Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII
Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
ChatGPT cuts in action
www.politico.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:49 PM
DOGE allegedly used ChatGPT to identify 1,400 NEH grants it said were DEI. Grants were terminated April 2025, according to a court filing. E.g.
Film: 1873 Colfax massacre
Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII
Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
Film: 1873 Colfax massacre
Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII
Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
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This. Only if. But meantime, let’s work hard to nominate someone else.
Californian here. Gavin is not our guy. And a bunch of us have been trying to warn y'all.
Obviously if he wins the nomination, I'll vote for him, just like here. But we will all be better off if he doesn't. Don't get mad at people trying to warn you that he will always disappoint ... now or later.
Obviously if he wins the nomination, I'll vote for him, just like here. But we will all be better off if he doesn't. Don't get mad at people trying to warn you that he will always disappoint ... now or later.
February 14, 2026 at 1:09 AM
This. Only if. But meantime, let’s work hard to nominate someone else.
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Not sure who needs to hear this but the voter fraud rate is a mere 0.000003%. Anyone telling you otherwise is making shit up so they can take away your right to vote.
February 14, 2026 at 12:37 AM
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No one can tell what will happen next month let alone 3 years. Focus on what is happening now and take care of that. The rest is just noise.
February 14, 2026 at 12:46 AM
No one can tell what will happen next month let alone 3 years. Focus on what is happening now and take care of that. The rest is just noise.
"when we feel time pressure or a sense of scarcity we can make worse choices"
Thank you for the overall reminder too.
Thank you for the overall reminder too.
I often remind folks that when we feel time pressure or a sense of scarcity we can make worse choices, Newsom backers want us all to feel a sense of time pressure and (good candidate) scarcity so we get on board with their shit choice.
February 14, 2026 at 1:04 AM
"when we feel time pressure or a sense of scarcity we can make worse choices"
Thank you for the overall reminder too.
Thank you for the overall reminder too.
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I often remind folks that when we feel time pressure or a sense of scarcity we can make worse choices, Newsom backers want us all to feel a sense of time pressure and (good candidate) scarcity so we get on board with their shit choice.
February 14, 2026 at 12:37 AM
I often remind folks that when we feel time pressure or a sense of scarcity we can make worse choices, Newsom backers want us all to feel a sense of time pressure and (good candidate) scarcity so we get on board with their shit choice.
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Anyone insisting we all have to support Gavin Newsom right now should be under suspicion of being a campaign surrogate
February 14, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Anyone insisting we all have to support Gavin Newsom right now should be under suspicion of being a campaign surrogate
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A UK high court decision has implemented a full bathroom ban on trans employees. It does not apply to the public. So a trans woman working at tesco could be fired for using the bathroom at work that would be ok for her to use on her day off. Absurd.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/02/comp...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/02/comp...
"Completely incoherent": UK court says trans people can use the bathroom at pubs but not at work - LGBTQ Nation
The court found that workplaces have to separate bathrooms by sex assigned at birth other places don't have to.
www.lgbtqnation.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:54 AM
A UK high court decision has implemented a full bathroom ban on trans employees. It does not apply to the public. So a trans woman working at tesco could be fired for using the bathroom at work that would be ok for her to use on her day off. Absurd.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/02/comp...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/02/comp...
Chaplin wept.
Bo French, who is currently running for Texas Railroad Commission on a vow to fight radical Islam, has on the “advice of his security team” just pulled out of a candidate forum tonight after realizing it was being held at a Muslim community center.
February 14, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Chaplin wept.
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Devastating. Abolish ICE and the "detention centers" and let's prosecute everyone involved in making these horrors happen - including the disgusting people running this camp
February 13, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Devastating. Abolish ICE and the "detention centers" and let's prosecute everyone involved in making these horrors happen - including the disgusting people running this camp
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Seems to require a special kind of personality to do something like that 😳
February 13, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Seems to require a special kind of personality to do something like that 😳
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This is something the Nazis used to do to Jewish children in the camps. It happened to a man I knew when he was a child in Auschwitz. The camp guards thought it was funny as hell.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 8:09 PM
This is something the Nazis used to do to Jewish children in the camps. It happened to a man I knew when he was a child in Auschwitz. The camp guards thought it was funny as hell.
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I mean what kind of propaganda do you expect Nazis to circulate?
The US government won't stop sharing Nazi propaganda.
This past year, official social media accounts from the Department of Homeland Security, the White House, and other government agencies have adopted a distinct voice online. But if you look closer, a pattern emerges.
This past year, official social media accounts from the Department of Homeland Security, the White House, and other government agencies have adopted a distinct voice online. But if you look closer, a pattern emerges.
February 13, 2026 at 11:33 PM
I mean what kind of propaganda do you expect Nazis to circulate?
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I think that by any definition what Rep. Raskin saw was a concentration camp. In Baltimore. On US soil.
February 14, 2026 at 12:40 AM
I think that by any definition what Rep. Raskin saw was a concentration camp. In Baltimore. On US soil.
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Eliminating gender studies courses helps to ensure that universities and other institutions will continue to protect men who benefit from the abuse of women and girls, either directly or through their connections to those who exploit girls and women for profit.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach Scott
Texas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Eliminating gender studies courses helps to ensure that universities and other institutions will continue to protect men who benefit from the abuse of women and girls, either directly or through their connections to those who exploit girls and women for profit.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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NEWS: LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas — a massive facility that could detain up to 9,500 people.
LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas
The unwelcome facility would detain up to 9,500 people
meidasnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:04 AM
NEWS: LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas — a massive facility that could detain up to 9,500 people.
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Introducing Koi 247097
She is a 5 yr old, 16.6 lb girl
Has been at #NYCACC 6 days
Intensely fearful, trembles in fear
Needs home exp with fearful dogs
Let's help Koi find her happily ever after!
nycacc.app/browse/247097
#Pledge4Rescue #foster #adopt
She is a 5 yr old, 16.6 lb girl
Has been at #NYCACC 6 days
Intensely fearful, trembles in fear
Needs home exp with fearful dogs
Let's help Koi find her happily ever after!
nycacc.app/browse/247097
#Pledge4Rescue #foster #adopt
February 12, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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Police don’t wear masks. State troopers don’t wear masks. The National Guard doesn’t wear masks. But you know who does?
White supremacists, militia groups, insurrectionists, and ICE.
White supremacists, militia groups, insurrectionists, and ICE.
February 13, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Police don’t wear masks. State troopers don’t wear masks. The National Guard doesn’t wear masks. But you know who does?
White supremacists, militia groups, insurrectionists, and ICE.
White supremacists, militia groups, insurrectionists, and ICE.