Emily Conklin
@emzconk.bsky.social
Marine Scientist/Advocate/Enthusiast | I like birds | she/her | Newport, RI hyperlocal | I pay too much attention for my own good | Opinions my own |
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Emily Conklin
@emzconk.bsky.social
· Jan 26
If you're here to follow along with municipal meetings, you're in the right place. I post about #NewportRI #localpolitics to share what's going on (and some editorializing on events) because paying attention is important. Details of meetings and some community resources in this thread 👇
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In fiery remarks, Rep. Goldman tells Lyons if he doesn't want ICE to be called "a fascist regime" or "secret police," then his agency needs "to stop acting like one."
"People are simply just observing what they are seeing. That’s why people are making those comments."
"People are simply just observing what they are seeing. That’s why people are making those comments."
February 10, 2026 at 5:10 PM
In fiery remarks, Rep. Goldman tells Lyons if he doesn't want ICE to be called "a fascist regime" or "secret police," then his agency needs "to stop acting like one."
"People are simply just observing what they are seeing. That’s why people are making those comments."
"People are simply just observing what they are seeing. That’s why people are making those comments."
I would no exaggeration be about to piss my pants if there were this many officers around my car. The calm this observer maintains is amazing. And of course, they and rep @andysmithmn.bsky.social are completely correct that there is no law being broken here by these observers.
Witness the bravery of constitutional observers in #Minnesota
February 9, 2026 at 5:48 PM
I would no exaggeration be about to piss my pants if there were this many officers around my car. The calm this observer maintains is amazing. And of course, they and rep @andysmithmn.bsky.social are completely correct that there is no law being broken here by these observers.
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I'm going to do a thread of all the references and context behind Bad Bunny's performance and what it means for Puerto Ricans to see this on the biggest stage.
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
February 9, 2026 at 5:08 PM
I'm going to do a thread of all the references and context behind Bad Bunny's performance and what it means for Puerto Ricans to see this on the biggest stage.
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
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Shut down all of these concentration camps and provide everyone inside with medical care and US citizenship as reparations, if they want it.
One way concentration camps become zones where law doesn't apply is by neglecting policies & standards that would protect health & provide healthcare. You deny laws & norms & dehumanize your victim.
Read "Illness and Inhumanity in Stalin’s Gulag" by Alexopoulos
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/i...
Read "Illness and Inhumanity in Stalin’s Gulag" by Alexopoulos
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/i...
Two tuberculosis cases detected at Camp East Montana ICE facility
Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."
www.texastribune.org
February 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Shut down all of these concentration camps and provide everyone inside with medical care and US citizenship as reparations, if they want it.
This is amazing. Thank you for doing this! The symbolism and joy are deep deep deep in Bad Bunny’s halftime show. I loved it 😭🇵🇷
Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
February 9, 2026 at 4:03 AM
This is amazing. Thank you for doing this! The symbolism and joy are deep deep deep in Bad Bunny’s halftime show. I loved it 😭🇵🇷
This is incredibly gross. Adoption is not an alternative to abortion. Great thread on reaction to/analysis of this ad and announcement.
a thread of (some of) my thoughts about the Super Bowl ad the National Council for #Adoption is touting. +
February 8, 2026 at 6:17 PM
This is incredibly gross. Adoption is not an alternative to abortion. Great thread on reaction to/analysis of this ad and announcement.
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The March for Life is going to end up killing *actual babies* with measles in the name of non-existent, hypothetical babies.
which is the most perfect distillation of the American MAGA worldview that I think I’ve ever seen.
which is the most perfect distillation of the American MAGA worldview that I think I’ve ever seen.
February 8, 2026 at 4:40 PM
The March for Life is going to end up killing *actual babies* with measles in the name of non-existent, hypothetical babies.
which is the most perfect distillation of the American MAGA worldview that I think I’ve ever seen.
which is the most perfect distillation of the American MAGA worldview that I think I’ve ever seen.
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Happy Superb Owl day to all who celebrate.
February 8, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Happy Superb Owl day to all who celebrate.
A woman in the row behind me on the airplane was wearing a Bills sweatshirt so as we deplaned I said “sorry for your loss” and she didn’t even blink lol she was like - ugh thank you so much.
February 8, 2026 at 5:36 PM
A woman in the row behind me on the airplane was wearing a Bills sweatshirt so as we deplaned I said “sorry for your loss” and she didn’t even blink lol she was like - ugh thank you so much.
3deg in Warwick; high of 80 in sunny San Diego 😎 I am not sad to be getting out of the cold for a little bit but I am so sorry to my #NewportRI #CityCouncil folks because I already lied to you - I will NOT be posting during this week’s school committee or city council meetings due to work travel.
February 8, 2026 at 1:55 PM
3deg in Warwick; high of 80 in sunny San Diego 😎 I am not sad to be getting out of the cold for a little bit but I am so sorry to my #NewportRI #CityCouncil folks because I already lied to you - I will NOT be posting during this week’s school committee or city council meetings due to work travel.
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A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
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Hot take, but no one should be using ChatGPT and any AI products in general.
OpenAI president Greg Brockman and his wife donated $25 million to MAGA Inc in 2025.
There's a push to boycott ChatGPT, that tool is now added to StopICEToday.com
There's a push to boycott ChatGPT, that tool is now added to StopICEToday.com
I gathered a few resources you can use & take action with to protect your communities from ICE:
stopicetoday.com
stopicetoday.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Hot take, but no one should be using ChatGPT and any AI products in general.
Newport This Week wrote about the debate over to receive our EEC communication on the future of gas. I’m quoted and they at least read the letter! Check it out here, page 3: www.newportthisweek.com/pageview/vie...
February 7, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Newport This Week wrote about the debate over to receive our EEC communication on the future of gas. I’m quoted and they at least read the letter! Check it out here, page 3: www.newportthisweek.com/pageview/vie...
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Reminder ahead of this weekend's frigid temperatures...
Landlords in NYC are legally required to provide:
* Heat-- At least 68 degrees during day (6am-10pm) and 62 degrees at night (10pm-6am)
* Hot water-- At least 120 degrees
(1/2)
Landlords in NYC are legally required to provide:
* Heat-- At least 68 degrees during day (6am-10pm) and 62 degrees at night (10pm-6am)
* Hot water-- At least 120 degrees
(1/2)
February 7, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Reminder ahead of this weekend's frigid temperatures...
Landlords in NYC are legally required to provide:
* Heat-- At least 68 degrees during day (6am-10pm) and 62 degrees at night (10pm-6am)
* Hot water-- At least 120 degrees
(1/2)
Landlords in NYC are legally required to provide:
* Heat-- At least 68 degrees during day (6am-10pm) and 62 degrees at night (10pm-6am)
* Hot water-- At least 120 degrees
(1/2)
Update: we’re going to Folk 😭😭😭
None of my Folk Fest crew got tickets and I’m supposed to just go back to work?!? 😭😭
February 6, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Update: we’re going to Folk 😭😭😭
Regardless of the fact that all of these should be 100%, this is extremely strong for polling. Anything over 50% is good. People hate ICE and democrats should not squander this.
New Quinnipiac poll:
63% of voters disapprove of ICE
60% want ICE out of Minneapolis
58% want Kristi Noem removed from office
63% of voters disapprove of ICE
60% want ICE out of Minneapolis
58% want Kristi Noem removed from office
February 5, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Regardless of the fact that all of these should be 100%, this is extremely strong for polling. Anything over 50% is good. People hate ICE and democrats should not squander this.
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If Dem senators vote to extend the DHS CR again, they are instantly going to lose a tremendous amount of support from their base who have been in wait-and-see mode on this. I can only assume Dem senators considering this have completely lost touch with their voters. Don’t do it.
February 5, 2026 at 1:17 PM
If Dem senators vote to extend the DHS CR again, they are instantly going to lose a tremendous amount of support from their base who have been in wait-and-see mode on this. I can only assume Dem senators considering this have completely lost touch with their voters. Don’t do it.
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WaPo laid off one of the guys who broke Watergate. WATERGATE. They laid off a woman reporting in Ukraine while bombs fell around her.
It's not just shameless and greedy. It's cruel.
It's not just shameless and greedy. It's cruel.
Martin Weil, one of hundreds of journalists being let go at The Washington Post, has worked on local news there since 1965.
He Was Laid Off at The Washington Post After Working There 60 Years
Martin Weil, one of hundreds being let go at The Post, has worked on local news there since 1965, witnessing the paper’s rise and now retrenchment.
nyti.ms
February 5, 2026 at 2:43 PM
WaPo laid off one of the guys who broke Watergate. WATERGATE. They laid off a woman reporting in Ukraine while bombs fell around her.
It's not just shameless and greedy. It's cruel.
It's not just shameless and greedy. It's cruel.
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worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
February 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
“get his ass 2026” update: I called Sen @whitehouse.senate.gov office and told the staffer how appalled I am at this continued decision making by the Senator and that he no longer has my financial or electoral support because of it. She said my name is familiar because I call a lot 💀💀💀
Ok I’ve said this before but SENATOR WHITEHOUSE WHAT THE FUCK. You cannot say you are taking opposing the fascism coming out of the White House seriously and then do this. @whitehouse.senate.gov be so for real
BREAKING: Five Senate Democrats (Durbin, Hassan, Kaine, Shaheen, and Whitehouse) just voted to advance one of Trump's lifetime judicial nominees.
The nominee wouldn’t say that Trump lost the 2020 election and dodged questions related to January 6. nominationnotes.substack.com/p/five-senat...
The nominee wouldn’t say that Trump lost the 2020 election and dodged questions related to January 6. nominationnotes.substack.com/p/five-senat...
February 4, 2026 at 10:40 PM
“get his ass 2026” update: I called Sen @whitehouse.senate.gov office and told the staffer how appalled I am at this continued decision making by the Senator and that he no longer has my financial or electoral support because of it. She said my name is familiar because I call a lot 💀💀💀
I am at the Easton’s Beach Update meeting with the beach commission and the City Council. You can stream it online and the recording will be available: www.cityofnewport.com/en-us/city-h... I’m not going to live post but this will be an update on the project and strategy moving forward.
City of Newport | Community TV
www.cityofnewport.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:34 PM
I am at the Easton’s Beach Update meeting with the beach commission and the City Council. You can stream it online and the recording will be available: www.cityofnewport.com/en-us/city-h... I’m not going to live post but this will be an update on the project and strategy moving forward.
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ALERT: Gov. McKee’s Budget proposal for FY27 wants to roll back the renewable energy standard 17 years! Join us next week where we will highlight how these changes undermine the foundation needed to build a secure, stable, and AFFORDABLE clean energy future for RI.
actionnetwork.org/events/clean...
actionnetwork.org/events/clean...
Clean Energy is Affordable Energy
Governor McKee’s FY 2027 Budget Proposal proposes significant rollbacks to renewables and energy efficiency, a disaster for our state's clean energy industry and long term energy affordability for rat...
actionnetwork.org
February 4, 2026 at 9:37 PM
ALERT: Gov. McKee’s Budget proposal for FY27 wants to roll back the renewable energy standard 17 years! Join us next week where we will highlight how these changes undermine the foundation needed to build a secure, stable, and AFFORDABLE clean energy future for RI.
actionnetwork.org/events/clean...
actionnetwork.org/events/clean...
Making “emzconk get his ass” my whole personality
hey @whitehouse.senate.gov wtf are you doing? your yes vote here was completely unnecessary. youve made caring about the courts one of your key issues, why would you do this? @emzconk.bsky.social get his ass
February 4, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Making “emzconk get his ass” my whole personality
None of my Folk Fest crew got tickets and I’m supposed to just go back to work?!? 😭😭
February 4, 2026 at 6:15 PM
None of my Folk Fest crew got tickets and I’m supposed to just go back to work?!? 😭😭
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i feel like we've had a good enough sample size for like two decades on whether or not body cameras on cops do anything whatsoever to stop them from killing people. the guy that murdered renee good was filming it on his phone for fun!
February 4, 2026 at 12:58 PM
i feel like we've had a good enough sample size for like two decades on whether or not body cameras on cops do anything whatsoever to stop them from killing people. the guy that murdered renee good was filming it on his phone for fun!