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Mary (geographile)
@geographile.bsky.social
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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.
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Mary (geographile) @geographile.bsky.social · Mar 12
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
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amyhoy.bsky.social
least surprising thing ever: llms are NOT ANALYTICS TOOLS.

“it explained everything so confidently, nobody questioned it”

literally “so confident” is a red flag.
February 14, 2026 at 11:56 PM
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briantylercohen.bsky.social
@barackobama.bsky.social praises those who protest ICE "with the truth and with cameras and with peaceful protest and with shining a light on the behavior that, in the past, we've seen in authoritarian countries and dictatorships, but we have not seen in America."
February 15, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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mikehixenbaugh.com
“I’ve never seen federal agents so out of control and acting in such a malicious manner,” a former federal prosecutor and federal judge said. “They said they were going after ‘the worst of the worst,’ then they became the problem.

Read this by @jonschuppe.bsky.social & @natashakorecki.bsky.social
Broken bones, burning eyes: How Trump's DHS deploys 'less lethal' weapons on protesters
Federal immigration officers have repeatedly used force in ways that appear to violate their own policies or general policing guidelines, NBC News found.
www.nbcnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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lesliemac.com
A whole hero right here.
ziibiing.com ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 4h
Just cloned Stand With Minnesota for another state.

I am so excited someone finally took me up on the offer. I even made them a little logo and redid the site in their colors.
February 15, 2026 at 12:41 AM
geographile.bsky.social
Gah.
February 15, 2026 at 1:07 AM
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annabookwriter.bsky.social
Every time I think I am prepared to read a story like this, it turns out more and more gut clenching. These things are basically being tailor made to harm people.

www.npr.org/2026/02/14/n...
ChatGPT promised to help her find her soulmate. Then it betrayed her
ChatGPT sent screenwriter Micky Small down a fantastical rabbit hole. Now, she's finding her way out.
www.npr.org
February 15, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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parkermolloy.com
Pumbaa with a speech bubble
February 15, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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iwriteok.bsky.social
kid-in-the-brown-hoodie is a whole-ass ideology
razzball.bsky.social Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 1d
get the kid in the brown hoodie a scholarship
February 14, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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cursedpingu.bsky.social
lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
r/analytics • IOh We just found out our AI has been making up analytics data for 3 months and I'm gonna throw up. Support So we've been using an Al agent since November to answer leadership questions about metrics. It seemed amazing at first fast answers, detailed explanations, everyone loved it. I just found out it's been hallucinating numbers this entire time. Our VP of sales made territory decisions based on data that didn't exist. Our CFO showed the board a deck with fake insights. The Al was just inventing plausible sounding percentages. I only caught it by accident when someone asked me to double check something. I started digging, and holy shit, it's bad.
February 14, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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debbienorthway.bsky.social
The top 10% of richest Americans own 87% of stocks. The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks. It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.
February 15, 2026 at 12:46 AM
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reuters.com
Sweden to send fighter jets, rangers to patrol Greenland in NATO mission reut.rs/4kGBMJe
Sweden to send fighter jets, rangers to patrol Greenland in NATO mission
Sweden will patrol Arctic skies with fighter jets and send rangers to exercise on Greenland as part of NATO's Arctic Sentry mission, it said on Thursday, the latest European military contribution in response to Donald Trump's designs on Greenland.
reut.rs
February 12, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
Rep. @aoc shining in Munich
February 13, 2026 at 11:28 PM
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us.theconversation.com
Federal officials used a military laser weapon on what turned out to be a party balloon near El Paso, shutting down the airport. The incident reveals how vulnerable U.S. airports and infrastructure remain to actual drone threats. buff.ly/e53L1SW
Counter-drone technologies are evolving – but there’s no surefire way to defend against drone attacks
Companies are selling a range of anti-drone devices, from guns that fire nets to powerful laser weapons, but no one system is sufficient for defending airports, power plants and other critical sites.
theconversation.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:47 AM
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edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social
The looming snowstorm will not wipe out the Sierra snow drought, but it'll put a dent into it.

The Truckee watershed needs 9.1 in. of snow water equivalent through Wednesday, Feb. 18 to reach median.
Carson: 6.3” SWE
Walker: 4.5” SWE

Warm temperatures, not a lack of precipitation, is the culprit
February 14, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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marcelias.bsky.social
Trump is saying that he will disregard Congress and issue an Excutive order that will violate the Constitution.

Here is my promise: If he does that, we will sue and we will win. Just like we did the last time. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump: ‘There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or not!’
"I have searched the depths of Legal Arguments not yet articulated or vetted on this subject, and will be presenting an irrefutable one in the very near future," wrote Trump, who is not a lawyer.
www.democracydocket.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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owillis.bsky.social
If Mamdani was native born he would be the 2028 front runner right now, practicality be damned
February 14, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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papootx.bsky.social
Fred we're all so sorry for your loss. By all rights Jaime should still be with you.
fredguttenberg.bsky.social Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 12d
This February 14th will be 8 years since our daughter Jaime Guttenberg was murdered in the Parkland shooting. It would mean a lot if you would watch this video to learn more about the work we do in her memory. Please consider donating to our cause: orangeribbonsforjaime.org/donate/

Thank you
February 15, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔

(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )
February 15, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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merriam-webster.com
[flirting]

*you're
February 14, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
Measles is a bellwether. Because it’s the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease, when vaccination rates drop, it’s the first to start spreading.

Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.

Expect more.

This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.
Maryland health officials warn providers about an upsurge in mumps cases
Maryland health officials are warning about an uptick in cases of mumps.
www.thebanner.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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sethcotlar.bsky.social
"White people are becoming second class citizens in America because of the radical left agenda." Is it Jeremy Carl in 2026, or an Oregonian's white supremacist screed written in 1959 in opposition to a proposed Civil Rights bill?
TWO. BUT NOT QUITE ALL OF OUR OREGON LEGISLATORS HAVE VOTED AGAINST US WHITES. There were ten outstanding AMERICANS in last session who opposed these Communist Civil rights measures. ALL HONOR TO THEM. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WIIO ARE SO CRIMINATLY IGNORANT THAT THEY REFUSE TO believe that the Reds are using the Blacks to overthrow the Whites. Thereby they confess their BLIND REFUSAL TO LEARN THE TRUTH AND FACTS. Their ignorance results from their failing to read the PATRIOTIC PRESS THAT IS DESPERATELY TRYING TO INFORM THEM IF THEY ONLY HAD ENOUGH INTELLIGENCE TO SEEK THE TRUTH!!! As is well-known to the INFORMED, Lenin and other Reds revealed to the world years ago THE MASTER RED PROGRAM FOR THE U.S. OF USING THE NEGROES AMONG US TO DESTROY US. AS USUAL, THE REDS ARE PUSHING ONE OR TWO CIVIL RIGHTS BILLS IN THIS 1959 STATE LEGISLATURE to further fetter us Whites and give the Blacks still more advantage over us. Their strategy is always to lead our White legislators to betray us a LITTLE AT A TIME EACH YEAR SO AS TO HAVE US COMPLETELY CHAINED DOWN BEFORE WE WAKE UP. There are four of our State Legislators who are sponsoring these foul and infernal hate bills designed to make FIRST CLASS CITIZENS OF THE BLACKS AND SECOND CLASS CITIZENS OF THE WHITES. One of these poltroon Whites is one of the four Legislators from our East Portland District. He claims to be a doctor. He and another had been defeated in their own District, so they barged into East Central where their Party label elected them after they won nomination. But there will be another election. THE BIG MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE ARE OPPOSED TO SUCH MISTREATMENT BY THEIR OWN WHITE LEGISLATORS, as they showed to the world some years ago in Portland when they petitioned on to the ballot and smashingly defeated a so-called civil rights law that had been inflicted upon them by their own White City Commissioners. AS MANY OF US KNOW, THE GRAND PLOT OF THE REDS IS TO INDUCE US WHITES TO CO-OPERATE WITH THEM IN OUR OWN DEST…
February 15, 2026 at 12:31 AM
geographile.bsky.social
'[WH communications director Steven]
Cheung called Democratic Representative Ro Khanna and Republican Representative Thomas Massie “some of the dumbest r****** ever to be in Congress.”'

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump’s communications chief uses derogatory slur in rant against lawmakers
Steven Cheung used the slur against lawmakers Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie
www.independent.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 12:49 AM
geographile.bsky.social
I would suggest offering this video showing violent arrests and detainments of citizens in the US to people who insist citizens aren't being arrested, but they would say it's PBS so they are lying.
youtu.be/lMgCy9ElOsE?...
U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents describe how they were treated
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
February 14, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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danielleloveswords.bsky.social
When people around you don’t know why the government is partially shut down, read them this story. Tell them the government is partially shut down because Republicans insist on THIS continuing and are willing to sacrifice FEMA and the TSA over it.
thejenniwren.teamlh.social Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 9h
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ICE stopped a U.S. citizen, smashed her car window, dragged her into the street, and tossed her passport after reading it. Agents hid behind masks, refused to identify themselves, then walked away once they decided she “didn’t count” as deportable prey.
February 14, 2026 at 8:36 PM