Mary (geographile)
@geographile.bsky.social
Natural/scientific pantheist, I homeschool, I am an earth sciences fan if I define earth science to also include the science of things on the Earth and in the cosmos.
Disabled queer parent.
Lots of speech to text errors!
No unsolicited DMs please.
Disabled queer parent.
Lots of speech to text errors!
No unsolicited DMs please.
Pinned
Once again I ask activists and allies to watch this documentary. It's on Netflix in the US, find it where you can. It is so well done and shows you what we're fighting for.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crip_Camp
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crip_Camp
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There are some questions we all find ourselves asking at one point or another:
"Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret."
"Where is that large automobile?"
"What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"
And, of course: "Cratons, Why Are You Still Here?"
eos.org/features/cra...
"Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret."
"Where is that large automobile?"
"What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"
And, of course: "Cratons, Why Are You Still Here?"
eos.org/features/cra...
Cratons, Why Are You Still Here? - Eos
How have these continental relics from Earth’s early history survived the plate tectonic mixing machine?
eos.org
February 11, 2026 at 4:21 PM
There are some questions we all find ourselves asking at one point or another:
"Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret."
"Where is that large automobile?"
"What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"
And, of course: "Cratons, Why Are You Still Here?"
eos.org/features/cra...
"Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret."
"Where is that large automobile?"
"What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"
And, of course: "Cratons, Why Are You Still Here?"
eos.org/features/cra...
I really hope he sees this.
Enten: "If Canadians really don't like Donald Trump, how do Americans feel about Canada? Well, they actually like Canada! ... even among Republicans, it's +30 ... Canada -- more popular than Donald Trump in Trump's own country"
February 11, 2026 at 4:22 PM
I really hope he sees this.
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WHY? Why is Raskin asking Pam Bondi to "please do your job." We ALL know she is not here for the American people. She is as corrupt as they come and that's never going to change. Every word out of Pam Bondi is absolute lies and bullshit.
February 11, 2026 at 3:27 PM
WHY? Why is Raskin asking Pam Bondi to "please do your job." We ALL know she is not here for the American people. She is as corrupt as they come and that's never going to change. Every word out of Pam Bondi is absolute lies and bullshit.
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Why you ask dear fellow?
All My Best Friends are either
Corrupt, Pedophiles, Liars, and Grifters
All My Best Friends are either
Corrupt, Pedophiles, Liars, and Grifters
Q: Do you still feel comfortable working with Lutnick after the new ties to Epstein were revealed?
HASSETT: Secretary Lutnick is one of my best friends in the whole wide world so I'm very comfortable working with him
HASSETT: Secretary Lutnick is one of my best friends in the whole wide world so I'm very comfortable working with him
February 11, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Why you ask dear fellow?
All My Best Friends are either
Corrupt, Pedophiles, Liars, and Grifters
All My Best Friends are either
Corrupt, Pedophiles, Liars, and Grifters
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A lot of people have been trying to jailbreak Ring cameras for a long time.
TMK the best you can do is bounce the footage off of Ring's servers to a local storage device using their 3rd party streaming support.
It's less effort and expense to just buy a new camera, unfortunately.
TMK the best you can do is bounce the footage off of Ring's servers to a local storage device using their 3rd party streaming support.
It's less effort and expense to just buy a new camera, unfortunately.
February 11, 2026 at 3:53 PM
A lot of people have been trying to jailbreak Ring cameras for a long time.
TMK the best you can do is bounce the footage off of Ring's servers to a local storage device using their 3rd party streaming support.
It's less effort and expense to just buy a new camera, unfortunately.
TMK the best you can do is bounce the footage off of Ring's servers to a local storage device using their 3rd party streaming support.
It's less effort and expense to just buy a new camera, unfortunately.
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Archaeocursor asiaticus for #DrawDinosDaily here taking a sit-down from all the running. I added the little head portrait after I decided I wanted to get deeper into speculative head wattles for this guy. Ornamentation like that is common in modern cursorial birds.
🎨🪶 #SciArt #PaleoArt
🎨🪶 #SciArt #PaleoArt
February 10, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Archaeocursor asiaticus for #DrawDinosDaily here taking a sit-down from all the running. I added the little head portrait after I decided I wanted to get deeper into speculative head wattles for this guy. Ornamentation like that is common in modern cursorial birds.
🎨🪶 #SciArt #PaleoArt
🎨🪶 #SciArt #PaleoArt
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I just published:
The Taken
Inside the ICE Detention Pipeline for US Citizens and Residents: From Minnesota to Texas
Documented through court records.
Including worms in food, sewage water flooding into eating areas, returned to Minnesota in chains and shackles after courts order release, more.
The Taken
Inside the ICE Detention Pipeline for US Citizens and Residents: From Minnesota to Texas
Documented through court records.
Including worms in food, sewage water flooding into eating areas, returned to Minnesota in chains and shackles after courts order release, more.
The Taken: Inside the ICE Detention Pipeline for US Citizens and Residents From Minnesota to Texas
We document these patterns through the use of sworn declarations and court filings.
www.justsecurity.org
February 11, 2026 at 1:32 PM
I just published:
The Taken
Inside the ICE Detention Pipeline for US Citizens and Residents: From Minnesota to Texas
Documented through court records.
Including worms in food, sewage water flooding into eating areas, returned to Minnesota in chains and shackles after courts order release, more.
The Taken
Inside the ICE Detention Pipeline for US Citizens and Residents: From Minnesota to Texas
Documented through court records.
Including worms in food, sewage water flooding into eating areas, returned to Minnesota in chains and shackles after courts order release, more.
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The words "Hegseth", "Duffy", and "work together" cannot exist anywhere in the same sentence unless the sentence also contains "cannot", "will not", "willfully irresponsible", "incompetent", "worried about his hair", "because he's heavily inebriated", "abject failure", and/or "don't be ridiculous".
FAA shuts down El Paso Airport because of security concerns about testing of a secret DoD anti-drone device, apparently because they failed to communicate with DoD. A perfect demonstration of how Hegseth and Sean Duffy work together.
FAA lifts temporary closure of airspace over El Paso, Texas, saying all flights to resume
The agency says it will ground all flights to and from the airport for "special security reasons."
apnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:47 PM
The words "Hegseth", "Duffy", and "work together" cannot exist anywhere in the same sentence unless the sentence also contains "cannot", "will not", "willfully irresponsible", "incompetent", "worried about his hair", "because he's heavily inebriated", "abject failure", and/or "don't be ridiculous".
I didn't think I would live long enough to watch it happening so fast.
Are wetter winters and frequent flooding here to stay?
Met Office predicts that at current rates of global warming, wet winters will go from being once in 80-year events to once in 20, with significant impacts for housing, transport and food supply.
Met Office predicts that at current rates of global warming, wet winters will go from being once in 80-year events to once in 20, with significant impacts for housing, transport and food supply.
UK rain: Are wetter winters and frequent flooding here to stay?
Many places across the UK have experienced their wettest January in more than 100 years.
buff.ly
February 11, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I didn't think I would live long enough to watch it happening so fast.
Writers, this is pretty important.
The book club scam has taken an exciting new leap forward. I got one today from a "curated literary platform and newsletter" that, unusually, offered a link to its website. I'm in edits, so obviously I took the opportunity to procrastinate. /1
February 11, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Writers, this is pretty important.
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Kudos to the mayors who are leading soft secessions. Soft secession means “…states, cities, and municipalities quietly building the capacity to govern without federal cooperation, so that when the federal government turns hostile, they already have the infrastructure to say no.”
Are America’s Mayors Leading a Soft Secession?
The fight against fascism in the US has had legitimate victories.
open.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Kudos to the mayors who are leading soft secessions. Soft secession means “…states, cities, and municipalities quietly building the capacity to govern without federal cooperation, so that when the federal government turns hostile, they already have the infrastructure to say no.”
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Yeah except when do they shut down an airport for 10 days? Then again Trump has no respect for his citizenry and loves to show it.
re: the el paso thing, I will say as a defense nerd that the answer is probably very, very stupid and benign
but given [gestures at world] there is of course always a chance it is very, very stupid and awful
but given [gestures at world] there is of course always a chance it is very, very stupid and awful
February 11, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Yeah except when do they shut down an airport for 10 days? Then again Trump has no respect for his citizenry and loves to show it.
I have never added up all my expenses for medical care including premiums: premiums plus deductibles plus copays must be at least $1,000 a month. And guess what happens when you have a mandatory ambulance ride and your insurance company isn't contracted with the company your city is contracted with.
More than half of working-age adults get their health insurance through an employer, but in many states premium contributions and deductibles take a significant bite out of household incomes.
From @stateline.org
From @stateline.org
Many middle-income families spend at least a tenth of their income on health insurance • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
More than half of working-age adults get their health insurance through an employer, but in many states premium contributions and deductibles take a significant bite out of household incomes.
penncapital-star.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:20 PM
I have never added up all my expenses for medical care including premiums: premiums plus deductibles plus copays must be at least $1,000 a month. And guess what happens when you have a mandatory ambulance ride and your insurance company isn't contracted with the company your city is contracted with.
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Thank you, @weratedogs.com for this reportage: www.youtube.com/shorts/-ITnL...
The Very Dystopian Dog Super Bowl Ad
YouTube video by WeRateDogs
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Thank you, @weratedogs.com for this reportage: www.youtube.com/shorts/-ITnL...
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Will the law prevent summary execution by ICE?
After Renee Good’s death, Republicans in Georgia are working to make it a felony to use a vehicle to obstruct police operations.
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
After ICE shootings, Georgia mulls stiffer penalties for obstructing police
A bill in the state Legislature would make it a felony to obstruct law enforcement operations with a vehicle.
www.ajc.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Will the law prevent summary execution by ICE?
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Understanding where airborne disease transmission is likely to occur, & how ventilation, occupancy, & activity levels shape that risk, is essential for developing better risk‑management strategies & reducing global burden of airborne infections, & future pandemics.
www.ijidonline.com/article/S120...
www.ijidonline.com/article/S120...
February 11, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Understanding where airborne disease transmission is likely to occur, & how ventilation, occupancy, & activity levels shape that risk, is essential for developing better risk‑management strategies & reducing global burden of airborne infections, & future pandemics.
www.ijidonline.com/article/S120...
www.ijidonline.com/article/S120...
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📣 Are you an RAS Fellow or Friend? 📣
We're calling on our members to help force the Government to reconsider its proposed cuts to astronomy and space science, which would be the most drastic in a generation.
Send our template letter to your MP and seek their support 👉️ ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
We're calling on our members to help force the Government to reconsider its proposed cuts to astronomy and space science, which would be the most drastic in a generation.
Send our template letter to your MP and seek their support 👉️ ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
February 11, 2026 at 11:14 AM
📣 Are you an RAS Fellow or Friend? 📣
We're calling on our members to help force the Government to reconsider its proposed cuts to astronomy and space science, which would be the most drastic in a generation.
Send our template letter to your MP and seek their support 👉️ ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
We're calling on our members to help force the Government to reconsider its proposed cuts to astronomy and space science, which would be the most drastic in a generation.
Send our template letter to your MP and seek their support 👉️ ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
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Ask an actual homeland security expert and…yeah, we don’t know what this is
!!! No explanation except vague special security concerns. No notice to airlines or passengers. If we were going to use military action in Mexico, it would include closing the airport called the “gateway to Mexico.”
apnews.com/article/faa-...
apnews.com/article/faa-...
FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, grounding all flights
The Federal Aviation Administration is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport.
apnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Ask an actual homeland security expert and…yeah, we don’t know what this is
In the USA, it's almost like school shootings have become memory holed. We remember some of the big ones but so many just disappear down the river. They are far too everyday.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
10 dead, including suspect, and at least 25 injured in mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. | CBC
www.cbc.ca
February 11, 2026 at 11:41 AM
In the USA, it's almost like school shootings have become memory holed. We remember some of the big ones but so many just disappear down the river. They are far too everyday.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Ending today with a bit of good news.
Turns out that telling the military not to break the law is...not breaking the law. Glad a grand jury could clear that up.
Goodnight 💚
www.timesunion.com/news/politic...
Turns out that telling the military not to break the law is...not breaking the law. Glad a grand jury could clear that up.
Goodnight 💚
www.timesunion.com/news/politic...
Grand jury refuses to indict Democratic lawmakers in connection with illegal military orders video
A grand jury in Washington has refused to indict Democratic lawmakers in connection with a video in which they urged U.S. military members to resist “illegal orders,” according to a person...
www.timesunion.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Ending today with a bit of good news.
Turns out that telling the military not to break the law is...not breaking the law. Glad a grand jury could clear that up.
Goodnight 💚
www.timesunion.com/news/politic...
Turns out that telling the military not to break the law is...not breaking the law. Glad a grand jury could clear that up.
Goodnight 💚
www.timesunion.com/news/politic...
Holy cow, the request for the corner to recuse herself? That is really bold. CW about a parent murdering his daughter. What a horrible human. And imagine being his other daughters in reading this about him.
February 11, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Holy cow, the request for the corner to recuse herself? That is really bold. CW about a parent murdering his daughter. What a horrible human. And imagine being his other daughters in reading this about him.
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ICE chief Todd Lyons testified today that ICE has arrested 379,000 people since Trump came to office, of which 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists. That's 2%. And as we know from legal proceedings, they're wrong on their claims about gang membership about 3 times out of 4
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
www.huffpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:33 PM
ICE chief Todd Lyons testified today that ICE has arrested 379,000 people since Trump came to office, of which 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists. That's 2%. And as we know from legal proceedings, they're wrong on their claims about gang membership about 3 times out of 4
Good
JUST IN: Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol agent, expected to file lawsuit and release evidence Wednesday
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol agent, expected to file lawsuit, release evidence
Body-cam video, text messages and other evidence tied to shooting during Operation Midway Blitz is set for a Wednesday release.
chicago.suntimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Good
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Do you know how terrible you have to be for the words "Did it happen?" to have a singular international meaning so narrow that literally every plausible It scenario is excluded so that only the one remains?
February 9, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Do you know how terrible you have to be for the words "Did it happen?" to have a singular international meaning so narrow that literally every plausible It scenario is excluded so that only the one remains?