Driftless Dan
@driftlessregion.bsky.social
Perspectives on nature and culture from a scientist living in the Driftless Region.
Damn...it turns out "may you live in interesting times" actually IS a curse.
You can't spell revolution without evolution.
Damn...it turns out "may you live in interesting times" actually IS a curse.
You can't spell revolution without evolution.
Pinned
I joined Twitter 16 years ago, but (literally) never posted anything. I got enough enjoyment reading everyone else's posts.
I joined BlueSky a few months ago, planning to post but avoid politics (who needs the extra stress?)
I cannot in good conscience stay silent any longer.
This is the way.
I joined BlueSky a few months ago, planning to post but avoid politics (who needs the extra stress?)
I cannot in good conscience stay silent any longer.
This is the way.
Q: Why do fed. agents shoot protesters?
A: Because they know they'll get away with it.
Minnesota Attorney Mary Moriarty will wake up today, go to her office, and NOT bring charges against criminals who murdered the people she is supposed to protect.
(but she WILL deposit her paycheck on Friday)
A: Because they know they'll get away with it.
Minnesota Attorney Mary Moriarty will wake up today, go to her office, and NOT bring charges against criminals who murdered the people she is supposed to protect.
(but she WILL deposit her paycheck on Friday)
If you want someone to blame for the lack of justice...Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty has had more than enough evidence to bring charges for the murder of protestors for weeks, but she hasn't. She's avoiding the obvious question: Why?
February 17, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Q: Why do fed. agents shoot protesters?
A: Because they know they'll get away with it.
Minnesota Attorney Mary Moriarty will wake up today, go to her office, and NOT bring charges against criminals who murdered the people she is supposed to protect.
(but she WILL deposit her paycheck on Friday)
A: Because they know they'll get away with it.
Minnesota Attorney Mary Moriarty will wake up today, go to her office, and NOT bring charges against criminals who murdered the people she is supposed to protect.
(but she WILL deposit her paycheck on Friday)
"The requests reportedly went to platforms including Google, Meta (which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp), Reddit, and Discord."
I assume they didn't request the data from BlueSky because they just assume we all hate ICE, and not from X because Elmo would give it to them without a subpoena.
I assume they didn't request the data from BlueSky because they just assume we all hate ICE, and not from X because Elmo would give it to them without a subpoena.
BREAKING: Trump Subpoena's EVERY US Tech Platform To Hand Over Private Data/Communications Of Users Who "Disparaged/Tracked ICE" For Potential Prosecution
Names. Phone numbers. Emails. DHS is demanding the identities of ICE critics — and 2026 is the context.
open.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:44 PM
"The requests reportedly went to platforms including Google, Meta (which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp), Reddit, and Discord."
I assume they didn't request the data from BlueSky because they just assume we all hate ICE, and not from X because Elmo would give it to them without a subpoena.
I assume they didn't request the data from BlueSky because they just assume we all hate ICE, and not from X because Elmo would give it to them without a subpoena.
Reminder that Elon Musk is in the Epstein files and has already been named by one of the survivors. Anyone still using X is helping a pedophile succeed.
February 16, 2026 at 8:02 AM
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Let me tell you a tale of how completely the normies have been mobilized. My 14 year-old niece has done School of Rock for the past 5 years; last summer she was part of their touring band, and the kids loved playing together so much that they decided to keep doing it. (1/?)
February 16, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Let me tell you a tale of how completely the normies have been mobilized. My 14 year-old niece has done School of Rock for the past 5 years; last summer she was part of their touring band, and the kids loved playing together so much that they decided to keep doing it. (1/?)
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February 16, 2026 at 2:49 AM
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It's opening weekend of Lake Winnebago sturgeon spearing, so I sketched a sturgeon! This is the largest and best managed Lake Sturgeon population in the world and supports a 16 day fishery each year. If harvest quotas are approached, the season closes the next day. #SundayFishSketch
February 16, 2026 at 1:36 AM
It's opening weekend of Lake Winnebago sturgeon spearing, so I sketched a sturgeon! This is the largest and best managed Lake Sturgeon population in the world and supports a 16 day fishery each year. If harvest quotas are approached, the season closes the next day. #SundayFishSketch
Now if they would just shelve the dipshit who thought this was a good idea.
The U.S. Navy's Trump-Class Battleship Will Be 'Quietly Shelved'
The Trump-Class BBG(X) “battleship” sounds bold, but it’s a costly, vulnerable missile ship that doesn’t solve China’s A2/AD problem—or U.S. shipyard shortages.
share.google
February 16, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Now if they would just shelve the dipshit who thought this was a good idea.
Unable to rely on the United States anymore, the rest of NATO needs to rethink its rules.
Countries sympathetic to the enemy (like Hungary and Turkey) currently have too much power to prevent the alliance from functioning and developing as it must.
Countries sympathetic to the enemy (like Hungary and Turkey) currently have too much power to prevent the alliance from functioning and developing as it must.
February 15, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Unable to rely on the United States anymore, the rest of NATO needs to rethink its rules.
Countries sympathetic to the enemy (like Hungary and Turkey) currently have too much power to prevent the alliance from functioning and developing as it must.
Countries sympathetic to the enemy (like Hungary and Turkey) currently have too much power to prevent the alliance from functioning and developing as it must.
They are either afraid of going to prison when they lose power, or they are not afraid of going to prison when they lose power.
I'm not sure which one is worse.
I'm not sure which one is worse.
February 15, 2026 at 4:32 AM
They are either afraid of going to prison when they lose power, or they are not afraid of going to prison when they lose power.
I'm not sure which one is worse.
I'm not sure which one is worse.
If anything is making America great again, it's neighbors helping neighbors, providing sanctuary to immigrants, and uniting against a would-be king.
February 15, 2026 at 2:48 AM
If anything is making America great again, it's neighbors helping neighbors, providing sanctuary to immigrants, and uniting against a would-be king.
Somewhere in Minnesota in the past week, a small group of state officials probably gathered in a room and breathed a collective sigh of relief that the pressure was off them so that they wouldn't have to pursue criminal charges against ICE murder suspects. Don't let them weasel out of their duty.
February 14, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Somewhere in Minnesota in the past week, a small group of state officials probably gathered in a room and breathed a collective sigh of relief that the pressure was off them so that they wouldn't have to pursue criminal charges against ICE murder suspects. Don't let them weasel out of their duty.
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The Golden Age of Trump.
February 13, 2026 at 11:51 AM
The Golden Age of Trump.
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I asked Attorney General Pam Bondi whether she would create a federal-state-local task force to investigate the horrific abuses perpetrated through Jeffrey Epstein's human trafficking ring.
Her prolonged response: *crickets*
Her prolonged response: *crickets*
February 11, 2026 at 9:28 PM
I asked Attorney General Pam Bondi whether she would create a federal-state-local task force to investigate the horrific abuses perpetrated through Jeffrey Epstein's human trafficking ring.
Her prolonged response: *crickets*
Her prolonged response: *crickets*
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Regulations are what keeps ordinary Americans healthy and, often, alive.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
February 13, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Regulations are what keeps ordinary Americans healthy and, often, alive.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
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Groups like the Brownstone Institute have been pushing to get mRNA technology banned.
The FDA commissioner is an ally of Brownstone.
The director of CBER is an ally of Brownstone.
The director of CDER is an ally of Brownstone.
For those keeping tabs.
The FDA commissioner is an ally of Brownstone.
The director of CBER is an ally of Brownstone.
The director of CDER is an ally of Brownstone.
For those keeping tabs.
February 13, 2026 at 6:52 AM
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Groups like the Brownstone Institute have been pushing to get mRNA technology banned.
The FDA commissioner is an ally of Brownstone.
The director of CBER is an ally of Brownstone.
The director of CDER is an ally of Brownstone.
For those keeping tabs.
The FDA commissioner is an ally of Brownstone.
The director of CBER is an ally of Brownstone.
The director of CDER is an ally of Brownstone.
For those keeping tabs.
February 11, 2026 at 5:31 AM
Groups like the Brownstone Institute have been pushing to get mRNA technology banned.
The FDA commissioner is an ally of Brownstone.
The director of CBER is an ally of Brownstone.
The director of CDER is an ally of Brownstone.
For those keeping tabs.
The FDA commissioner is an ally of Brownstone.
The director of CBER is an ally of Brownstone.
The director of CDER is an ally of Brownstone.
For those keeping tabs.
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A look at the type of filth being hired by ICE right now and why they cover their faces in shame. If you guessed pedophiles and sexual predators, then you are right!
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Here’s How Many ICE and CBP Agents Allegedly Preyed on Children
Apparently the institutions are riddled with accused sex criminals.
www.yahoo.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:49 PM
A look at the type of filth being hired by ICE right now and why they cover their faces in shame. If you guessed pedophiles and sexual predators, then you are right!
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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February 12, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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Yeah, just LOOK at that stock market...
A back-of-the-envelope curve-fitting exercise for S&P 500 data extrapolated into the near future doesn't look pretty.
DISCLAIMER: For entertainment purposes only (I don't have a crystal ball, just some basic skills with Excel).
A back-of-the-envelope curve-fitting exercise for S&P 500 data extrapolated into the near future doesn't look pretty.
DISCLAIMER: For entertainment purposes only (I don't have a crystal ball, just some basic skills with Excel).
February 12, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Any other day (at least when Trump was not in office) this would be a pretty important headline.
Instead, it's probably 4th or 5th behind other stupid things happening just today.
Instead, it's probably 4th or 5th behind other stupid things happening just today.
Trump repeals EPA’s ability to regulate climate pollution | CNN
The Trump Environmental Protection Agency delivered a significant blow to longstanding US climate policy on Thursday, finalizing rules to revoke a 2009 scientific finding that human-caused climate cha...
www.cnn.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Any other day (at least when Trump was not in office) this would be a pretty important headline.
Instead, it's probably 4th or 5th behind other stupid things happening just today.
Instead, it's probably 4th or 5th behind other stupid things happening just today.
Corporate donations paying off:
Justice Department’s antitrust chief has been fired, sources say | CNN Politics
Gail Slater, who ran the antitrust division for the Justice Department for nearly a year, was forced out by the Trump administration this week, two people familiar with the matter told CNN.
www.cnn.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Corporate donations paying off:
Dems should ask the Trump administration to abolish the Trump administration.
That should be the only thing they ask for.
One should not negotiate with traitors and terrorists and racists. It only to legitimizes their positions.
That should be the only thing they ask for.
One should not negotiate with traitors and terrorists and racists. It only to legitimizes their positions.
February 12, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Dems should ask the Trump administration to abolish the Trump administration.
That should be the only thing they ask for.
One should not negotiate with traitors and terrorists and racists. It only to legitimizes their positions.
That should be the only thing they ask for.
One should not negotiate with traitors and terrorists and racists. It only to legitimizes their positions.
We can't believe anything from CBS about 60 Minutes, so why would we believe anything from them about 1 minute?
Mystery of the missing minute from Epstein jail video solved
Documents that were part of the Epstein files release help explain why a video released from the night of Epstein's death was missing one minute close to midnight.
www.cbsnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:03 PM
We can't believe anything from CBS about 60 Minutes, so why would we believe anything from them about 1 minute?
How about a new law where every public statement made by any elected or appointed government official (TV, radio, SM) is legally considered to be "under oath"?
That would be fun.
That would be fun.
February 12, 2026 at 5:47 PM
How about a new law where every public statement made by any elected or appointed government official (TV, radio, SM) is legally considered to be "under oath"?
That would be fun.
That would be fun.
The behavior of the Trump regime suggests they believe there will be no serious repercussions for their crimes. Is it because:
1) they are delusional.
2) they think the next administration will focus more on "healing the nation" than pursuing justice.
3) they have a plan.
All three are disturbing.
1) they are delusional.
2) they think the next administration will focus more on "healing the nation" than pursuing justice.
3) they have a plan.
All three are disturbing.
February 12, 2026 at 5:31 PM
The behavior of the Trump regime suggests they believe there will be no serious repercussions for their crimes. Is it because:
1) they are delusional.
2) they think the next administration will focus more on "healing the nation" than pursuing justice.
3) they have a plan.
All three are disturbing.
1) they are delusional.
2) they think the next administration will focus more on "healing the nation" than pursuing justice.
3) they have a plan.
All three are disturbing.