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Clsmith
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Writing, drawing, the Well, and Alaska. It’s my living room. Behave or leave. Not here to argue. If you are follower-shopping, don’t bother
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My anger at having to stand outside my kid’s school for two hours to ensure none of their classmates, parents, or teachers get kidnapped by my own government is only slightly tempered by the amazing outpouring of support from other parents and especially neighbors who stand against this bullshit.
January 9, 2026 at 12:41 AM
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Anchorage friends! I am doing a presentation at the Loussac Library next week and I would love to see you there! I'll be talking political satire, picture books, small business, moms, dads, libraries, arts and culture... Everything. #akleg #alaskasky
January 9, 2026 at 12:54 AM
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On the scene near the site of the shooting
January 9, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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Planetary friends!

Don't want to go to Houston in March, or support an institute that's bending the knee?

Then join us for the very first Planetary Science Community Workshop in Louisville, KY on April 14–16, 2026.

It's our community. Fight for it!

Details at the link:

planetaryworkshop.org
PSCW 2026
planetaryworkshop.org
January 9, 2026 at 1:27 AM
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Are you an Alaska history nerd? Sign up to help judge the contest or teach kids through Alaska History Day projects! ak.nhd.org
January 8, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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January 8, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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“God damn them all.”
January 8, 2026 at 1:35 PM
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“Emerson does not have a mother today because one of you murdered a woman in cold blood yesterday.”
January 8, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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“The SUV did move toward the ICE agent as he stood in front of it. But the agent was able to move out of the way and fire at least two of three shots from the side.”

Strong Washpost video analysis of the Mpls shooting.

Gift link ⤵️

wapo.st/3LzkKzu
Video shows ICE agent in Minneapolis fired at driver as vehicle veered past him
An analysis of video footage raises questions about claims by President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem about the fatal shooting in Minneapolis.
wapo.st
January 8, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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“'The guy, I’m telling him like, "Please step off the school grounds," and this dude comes up and bumps into me and then tells me that I pushed him, and he knocked me down,' an official at Roosevelt High School said. 'They don’t care. They’re just animals. I’ve never seen people behave like this.'"
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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Minneapolis.
January 8, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."
January 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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This is an excellent eyewitness
Local Fox9 interviews a witness in Minneapolis at the site of the murder
January 7, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Yes.
January 7, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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ICE is responsible for the *only* shooting and homicide in Minneapolis so far in 2026.
January 7, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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Bellingcat is an organization that excels in exactly this kind of digital forensics.
Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
January 7, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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Fed. agents "wouldn’t allow a man who said he is a physician to examine the driver, Heller said. Emergency medical technicians arrived 15 minutes later [but] were unable to get close to the scene because ICE agents did not move their cars to let them through."

minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/07/i...
ICE officer fatally shoots driver through car window in Minneapolis • Minnesota Reformer
The driver then slowly backs up and appears to be leaving, when another officer fires three shots.
minnesotareformer.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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Federal agents blocked a man identifying himself as a doctor from reaching the woman killed by ICE in Minneapolis, video shared with HuffPost shows www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
January 7, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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"Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” her mother said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.” www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
‘She was an amazing human being:’ Mother identifies woman shot, killed by ICE agent
Renee Nicole Good, 37, lived in the Twin Cities with her partner.
www.startribune.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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“ICE kills Good” is awfully on-the-nose.
January 7, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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6.4 magnitude earthquake hits off the coast of the Philippines
January 7, 2026 at 6:08 AM
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Amid a big agency push to use AI models in weather prediction, the National Weather Service shared a forecast map riddled with spelling mistakes, non-existent locations and other geographical errors.
‘Whata Bod’: An AI-generated NWS map invented fake towns in Idaho
Amid a big agency push to use AI models in weather prediction, an AI-generated forecast graphic with errors was pulled from NWS sites.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:30 AM