estee beck
@esteebeck.bsky.social
academic somewhere; views represent my personal opinion and do not represent any current or past employer or organization.
NYT Video (shot by the woman in the pink jacket) shows ICE Agent clearly removing his handgun and shooting the unarmed and contained man after the man was trying to protect someone from getting hurt by ICE agents.
January 25, 2026 at 12:05 AM
NYT Video (shot by the woman in the pink jacket) shows ICE Agent clearly removing his handgun and shooting the unarmed and contained man after the man was trying to protect someone from getting hurt by ICE agents.
Reposted by estee beck
Sid the cat who was abandoned in Wolverhampton has been given the best life ever.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sid the cat abandoned in Wolverhampton gets his happy ever after
Sid has a nasal deformity which affects his breathing and now lives with a blind cat in Berkshire.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Sid the cat who was abandoned in Wolverhampton has been given the best life ever.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Time to take a break and log-in to my Vanity Fair subscription . . .
December 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Time to take a break and log-in to my Vanity Fair subscription . . .
Yes, Hegseth threw Bradley under the bus. Awkward, since Bradley spent his entire career making sure buses and troops were safe.
Remind me again: Who do you think knows more about the Geneva Convention? Decorated, Naval Academy, SEAL, JSOC, Admiral, or "I-read-headlines-once-on television" guy?
Remind me again: Who do you think knows more about the Geneva Convention? Decorated, Naval Academy, SEAL, JSOC, Admiral, or "I-read-headlines-once-on television" guy?
December 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Yes, Hegseth threw Bradley under the bus. Awkward, since Bradley spent his entire career making sure buses and troops were safe.
Remind me again: Who do you think knows more about the Geneva Convention? Decorated, Naval Academy, SEAL, JSOC, Admiral, or "I-read-headlines-once-on television" guy?
Remind me again: Who do you think knows more about the Geneva Convention? Decorated, Naval Academy, SEAL, JSOC, Admiral, or "I-read-headlines-once-on television" guy?
Oof, reading that Chronicle article about the student who got a zero on a paper... the student should not have been marked a zero per the rubric, but the paper did not meet the assignment criteria completely.
December 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Oof, reading that Chronicle article about the student who got a zero on a paper... the student should not have been marked a zero per the rubric, but the paper did not meet the assignment criteria completely.
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Everything you do online is tracked, saved, and shared for what feels like a lifetime. But there are some steps you can take to minimize what data is out there. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
How to: Manage Your Digital Footprint
Search for your name in any search engine and you’ll likely encounter dozens of results, some of which might include personal information like addresses, email accounts, usernames, or family members. Each piece of information is often public and not typically seen as harmful. But together these parts of your identity...
ssd.eff.org
November 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Everything you do online is tracked, saved, and shared for what feels like a lifetime. But there are some steps you can take to minimize what data is out there. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
No. No, no, no, no. NO!
As more and more states roll out some form of mobile driver’s license, you might be asking yourself: should I use this thing? www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Should I Use My State’s Digital Driver’s License?
A mobile driver’s license (often called an mDL) is a version of your ID that you keep on your phone instead of in your pocket. In theory, it would work wherever your regular ID works—TSA, liquor
www.eff.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:55 AM
No. No, no, no, no. NO!
Apparently, I have over 4 million unread emails in my work inbox. When am I getting that pay raise? 😂
November 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Apparently, I have over 4 million unread emails in my work inbox. When am I getting that pay raise? 😂
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One year ago this week, California made history in pushing toward clean, sustainable aviation fuel.
The result? Clean fuels are taking flight in the Golden State:
⬆️ Sustainable aviation fuel use up 300%
⬇️ Dirty diesel fuel use down 80%
The result? Clean fuels are taking flight in the Golden State:
⬆️ Sustainable aviation fuel use up 300%
⬇️ Dirty diesel fuel use down 80%
October 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
One year ago this week, California made history in pushing toward clean, sustainable aviation fuel.
The result? Clean fuels are taking flight in the Golden State:
⬆️ Sustainable aviation fuel use up 300%
⬇️ Dirty diesel fuel use down 80%
The result? Clean fuels are taking flight in the Golden State:
⬆️ Sustainable aviation fuel use up 300%
⬇️ Dirty diesel fuel use down 80%
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As part of today's historic return of ancestral land in the Sierra Nevada foothills and Central Valley back to the Tule River Tribe, the Department of Fish and Wildlife is helping reintroduce tule elk to the area.
It's a critical step in restoring balance to the lands and waters of their ancestors.
It's a critical step in restoring balance to the lands and waters of their ancestors.
October 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
As part of today's historic return of ancestral land in the Sierra Nevada foothills and Central Valley back to the Tule River Tribe, the Department of Fish and Wildlife is helping reintroduce tule elk to the area.
It's a critical step in restoring balance to the lands and waters of their ancestors.
It's a critical step in restoring balance to the lands and waters of their ancestors.
Finally received my formal PSLF eligibility notification. I now have a 30-day wait, and I could not be more excited to have this take place. Wishing the same for all those in PSLF who have been in limbo waiting for their notices.
October 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Finally received my formal PSLF eligibility notification. I now have a 30-day wait, and I could not be more excited to have this take place. Wishing the same for all those in PSLF who have been in limbo waiting for their notices.
Folks, people are all up in arms about the $200M ballroom, and 1) it's funded privately, 2) no taxpayer expense.
More interested in who's funding it & what other deals are happening. And raising $200M for a ballroom at a time with sky high everything, where else could that money have been directed?
More interested in who's funding it & what other deals are happening. And raising $200M for a ballroom at a time with sky high everything, where else could that money have been directed?
October 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Folks, people are all up in arms about the $200M ballroom, and 1) it's funded privately, 2) no taxpayer expense.
More interested in who's funding it & what other deals are happening. And raising $200M for a ballroom at a time with sky high everything, where else could that money have been directed?
More interested in who's funding it & what other deals are happening. And raising $200M for a ballroom at a time with sky high everything, where else could that money have been directed?
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Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."
October 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."
It's the trash collection during the peaceful protest that gets me. Portland, hats off. www.youtube.com/shorts/pmjpt...
Portland Oregon War zone. Reporting live as a volunteer combat journalist. #showmeyourhellhole
YouTube video by Awkwardly Audrey
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October 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
It's the trash collection during the peaceful protest that gets me. Portland, hats off. www.youtube.com/shorts/pmjpt...
Thank you, Portland. Thank you.
October 8, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Thank you, Portland. Thank you.
Any government that uses invasive spyware on its citizens, on visitors, on migrants throttles and disrupts freedom.
Summer Lee and other lawmakers have sent a letter to the DHS demanding information on any plans ICE has to use Graphite, a spyware program that can access — without the owner’s knowledge or consent — a phone’s location data, photos, and encrypted applications, including WhatsApp and Signal.
Lawmakers Demand Information About Potential Use of Paragon Spyware by ICE
The lawmakers warned that allowing ICE to use spyware “threatens Americans’ freedom of movement and freedom of speech.”…
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Any government that uses invasive spyware on its citizens, on visitors, on migrants throttles and disrupts freedom.
fake news.
Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"
October 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
fake news.
If anything, the anti-vacc rhetoric reminded me to schedule annual vaccinations for me and my family. So, thanks?
Setting aside the bad science, these recommendations will amplify the personal and professional burden that women face as family health managers. Because kids will need more medical visits and be more likely to get sick and very sick, meaning more time that moms will have to take off from paid work.
September 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
If anything, the anti-vacc rhetoric reminded me to schedule annual vaccinations for me and my family. So, thanks?
What a waste of taxpayer money, operational readiness, and ongoing military planning.
As a citizen, I would feel much more safe and comfortable knowing that the top brass are in their command posts around the world than coming to DC for a "pep rally".
www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/p...
As a citizen, I would feel much more safe and comfortable knowing that the top brass are in their command posts around the world than coming to DC for a "pep rally".
www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/p...
Hegseth’s surprise gathering of top military brass is to deliver speech on ‘warrior ethos,’ sources say | CNN Politics
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s surprise gathering of hundreds of generals and admirals in Virginia next week is being called so he can describe the administration’s reinvention of the Department ...
www.cnn.com
September 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
What a waste of taxpayer money, operational readiness, and ongoing military planning.
As a citizen, I would feel much more safe and comfortable knowing that the top brass are in their command posts around the world than coming to DC for a "pep rally".
www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/p...
As a citizen, I would feel much more safe and comfortable knowing that the top brass are in their command posts around the world than coming to DC for a "pep rally".
www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/p...
Logs in first time in four months. Logs right back out.
homer simpson from the simpsons is standing in a grassy field
Alt: homer simpson from the simpsons is moving backwards into a green hedge to disappear.
media.tenor.com
September 11, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Logs in first time in four months. Logs right back out.
WaPo realizing that anyone under 50 isn't reading the news anymore: "What if we fed our journalism to the thing everyone is talking to?"
www.avclub.com/washington-p...
www.avclub.com/washington-p...
The Washington Post now willingly handing reporting to OpenAI
The Washington Post now willingly handing reporting to OpenAI
www.avclub.com
April 23, 2025 at 4:36 AM
WaPo realizing that anyone under 50 isn't reading the news anymore: "What if we fed our journalism to the thing everyone is talking to?"
www.avclub.com/washington-p...
www.avclub.com/washington-p...
War correspondent Pete Hegseth, because nothing says “I understand the stakes” like treating top-secret ops like a forwarded chain email in 2003: “If you don’t send this to five friends, the Navy won’t strike Yemen.”
NEW: Pete Hegseth’s Signal chats about pending strikes in Yemen included information from a top general’s secure messages to him, three U.S. officials with direct knowledge tell NBC News.
Info Pete Hegseth shared with wife, brother came from top general’s secure messages
Hegseth has denied the information he shared was classified, but it was given to him on a system for sensitive and classified information, sources told NBC News.
nbcnews.to
April 23, 2025 at 4:28 AM
War correspondent Pete Hegseth, because nothing says “I understand the stakes” like treating top-secret ops like a forwarded chain email in 2003: “If you don’t send this to five friends, the Navy won’t strike Yemen.”
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Made this out of grocery store flowers.
April 22, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Made this out of grocery store flowers.
This is the equivalent of "I never heard of racism when I was a kid" (whispers: because it was an all white neighborhood).
And, I also support banning petroleum-based food dyes, but not under the rhetoric of this presser.
And, I also support banning petroleum-based food dyes, but not under the rhetoric of this presser.
RFK JR: ADD, ADHD, Tourette syndrome, Narcolepsy, Autism.. All of these are injuries that I never heard of when I was a kid.
April 23, 2025 at 4:12 AM
This is the equivalent of "I never heard of racism when I was a kid" (whispers: because it was an all white neighborhood).
And, I also support banning petroleum-based food dyes, but not under the rhetoric of this presser.
And, I also support banning petroleum-based food dyes, but not under the rhetoric of this presser.