Howard Lee
@hlee.bsky.social
Geologist and Science Writer: If you want to see what climate change can do to the planet just look at Earth's past!
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Revealing the hidden patterns of shark and ray diversity over the past 145 million years 🧪⚒️
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Revealing the hidden patterns of shark and ray diversity over the past 145 million years
Gardiner et al. reconstruct the diversity of sharks and rays across the past 145 million
years using deep learning and an extensive dataset. Their results unveil previously
hidden patterns, including ...
www.cell.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Revealing the hidden patterns of shark and ray diversity over the past 145 million years 🧪⚒️
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Trump's buddies now control TikTok in the U.S. www.cnn.com/2026/01/22/t...
The deal to secure TikTok’s future in the US has finally closed | CNN Business
The joint venture acquiring TikTok’s US assets has been formally established and has announced its leadership team, according to the company, one day before the deadline set by President Donald Trump ...
www.cnn.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Trump's buddies now control TikTok in the U.S. www.cnn.com/2026/01/22/t...
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And just like that, the US has left the World Health Organization.
Link goes to the official announcement—lies pretending to justify a decision that will kill countless numbers—from people too stupid to even include a proper twittercard.
www.hhs.gov/press-room/u...
Link goes to the official announcement—lies pretending to justify a decision that will kill countless numbers—from people too stupid to even include a proper twittercard.
www.hhs.gov/press-room/u...
January 23, 2026 at 3:05 AM
And just like that, the US has left the World Health Organization.
Link goes to the official announcement—lies pretending to justify a decision that will kill countless numbers—from people too stupid to even include a proper twittercard.
www.hhs.gov/press-room/u...
Link goes to the official announcement—lies pretending to justify a decision that will kill countless numbers—from people too stupid to even include a proper twittercard.
www.hhs.gov/press-room/u...
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We can actually predict polar vortex events now by monitoring Ted Cruz flight patterns
Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was spotted earlier today, January 20, 2026, on a plane heading to Laguna Beach as the state of Texas braces for a rare ice threat and arctic cold front.
January 23, 2026 at 12:38 AM
We can actually predict polar vortex events now by monitoring Ted Cruz flight patterns
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Reading the emails from the DOE Climate Working Group and am glad to see I continue living rent-free in their heads
January 23, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Reading the emails from the DOE Climate Working Group and am glad to see I continue living rent-free in their heads
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The White House is just outright admitting that it's posting fake and misleading information about a defendant who has been criminally charged by the feds.
January 22, 2026 at 10:07 PM
The White House is just outright admitting that it's posting fake and misleading information about a defendant who has been criminally charged by the feds.
Protostar detected spewing olivine & pyroxene crystals during 'bursts'👇⚒️🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Accretion bursts crystallize silicates in a planet-forming disk - Nature
The detection of forsterite and enstatite emissions in EC 53 during accretion bursts marks one of the first pieces of direct evidence of in situ silicate crystallization in young stars.
www.nature.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Protostar detected spewing olivine & pyroxene crystals during 'bursts'👇⚒️🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Statement from the entire Minneapolis City Council in support of a General Strike and Day of Truth & Freedom on January 23rd.
January 22, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Statement from the entire Minneapolis City Council in support of a General Strike and Day of Truth & Freedom on January 23rd.
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Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
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This place is not very enjoyable.
January 22, 2026 at 11:36 PM
This place is not very enjoyable.
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Didn't lose his leg climbing the topsails but he did suffer a heart attack and traumatic brain injury after being beaten with a flagpole by NAZIs. So I'd say he's earned the right to wear that t-shirt.
Michael Fanone is rocking a "Dropkick Murphys….FIGHTING NAZIS SINCE 1996" shirt at the Jack Smith hearing 🔥
January 22, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Didn't lose his leg climbing the topsails but he did suffer a heart attack and traumatic brain injury after being beaten with a flagpole by NAZIs. So I'd say he's earned the right to wear that t-shirt.
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Please return to Gwen.
January 22, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Please return to Gwen.
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The House just passed the DHS funding bil— 220 to 207. Seven Democrats voted along with every single Republican in the house except for Thomas Massie. Abolish ICE. Abolish the Republican Party. And abolish any Democrat, corporation, or business that is going along with this.
January 22, 2026 at 11:46 PM
The House just passed the DHS funding bil— 220 to 207. Seven Democrats voted along with every single Republican in the house except for Thomas Massie. Abolish ICE. Abolish the Republican Party. And abolish any Democrat, corporation, or business that is going along with this.
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Here's the updated Key Messages from this afternoon, now highlighting the potential for locally catastrophic ice accumulations. The snow and ice is going nowhere any time soon in the east. In fact, some guidance shows much of the Northeast may struggle to get above freezing before the end of January
January 22, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Here's the updated Key Messages from this afternoon, now highlighting the potential for locally catastrophic ice accumulations. The snow and ice is going nowhere any time soon in the east. In fact, some guidance shows much of the Northeast may struggle to get above freezing before the end of January
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Hi everyone -- there is a general strike in Minnesota tomorrow to protest what the Trump administration and DHS are doing to our community. In solidarity with the action, I am going to donate my revenue from tmrw's newsletter to People over Papers, the Midway-Hamline Diaper Bank, & Every Meal. (1/2)
January 22, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Hi everyone -- there is a general strike in Minnesota tomorrow to protest what the Trump administration and DHS are doing to our community. In solidarity with the action, I am going to donate my revenue from tmrw's newsletter to People over Papers, the Midway-Hamline Diaper Bank, & Every Meal. (1/2)
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Tom Suozzi represents the NY-3 district on northwestern Long Island.
If there's any mayor or town council member in Syosset or Great Neck or wherever who wants to make their move, this is the time.
Denounce this vote, promise you'd stand up to the goons, and you'd raise a million in a week.
If there's any mayor or town council member in Syosset or Great Neck or wherever who wants to make their move, this is the time.
Denounce this vote, promise you'd stand up to the goons, and you'd raise a million in a week.
FWIW:
Golden is retiring.
The filing deadline has passed in NC; Davis is the only Dem running.
The filing deadline has passed in TX; Gonzalez & Cuellar both have primary opponents.
Gillen has several Dem opponents as well, as does Perez.
If you want to primary Suozzi, you still have until 3/30.
Golden is retiring.
The filing deadline has passed in NC; Davis is the only Dem running.
The filing deadline has passed in TX; Gonzalez & Cuellar both have primary opponents.
Gillen has several Dem opponents as well, as does Perez.
If you want to primary Suozzi, you still have until 3/30.
January 22, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Tom Suozzi represents the NY-3 district on northwestern Long Island.
If there's any mayor or town council member in Syosset or Great Neck or wherever who wants to make their move, this is the time.
Denounce this vote, promise you'd stand up to the goons, and you'd raise a million in a week.
If there's any mayor or town council member in Syosset or Great Neck or wherever who wants to make their move, this is the time.
Denounce this vote, promise you'd stand up to the goons, and you'd raise a million in a week.
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Under Secretary Kristi Noem’s leadership, DHS and ICE have made America less safe and less free every day, trampling our Constitution, terrifying our people and blocking congressional oversight. I am of course voting to oppose legislation to fund Donald Trump’s DHS.
January 22, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Under Secretary Kristi Noem’s leadership, DHS and ICE have made America less safe and less free every day, trampling our Constitution, terrifying our people and blocking congressional oversight. I am of course voting to oppose legislation to fund Donald Trump’s DHS.
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CA's AG, also openly supporting the protest movements: “Crowds are super important. That is the rawest, most powerful expression of our democracy. When people show up, whether it’s Hands Off or No Kings, we are speaking about what we will never accept and what we demand.”
January 22, 2026 at 8:27 PM
CA's AG, also openly supporting the protest movements: “Crowds are super important. That is the rawest, most powerful expression of our democracy. When people show up, whether it’s Hands Off or No Kings, we are speaking about what we will never accept and what we demand.”
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ME's AG: "We see a Congress, led by Republicans, in the House and the Senate, that have failed at their stewardship job of being the first branch of government and holding the second branch of government accountable under our laws.”
January 22, 2026 at 8:22 PM
ME's AG: "We see a Congress, led by Republicans, in the House and the Senate, that have failed at their stewardship job of being the first branch of government and holding the second branch of government accountable under our laws.”
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MN's AG: “We will not save our country in a courtroom. ... ultimately, this country will be saved by the people of the United States. And so that — you protesting, you gathering evidence, you sharing it with us, you communicating with us — is action. It’s actually how we’re going to win.”
January 22, 2026 at 8:23 PM
MN's AG: “We will not save our country in a courtroom. ... ultimately, this country will be saved by the people of the United States. And so that — you protesting, you gathering evidence, you sharing it with us, you communicating with us — is action. It’s actually how we’re going to win.”
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HI's AG: "The sycophants who are following this president are willing to sell their souls...what they’re saying, what they’re doing, is so unconscionable on a daily basis, so immoral, that all of us need to be able to understand, there’s no way that they’re ever going to let up. We have to fight.”
January 22, 2026 at 8:05 PM
HI's AG: "The sycophants who are following this president are willing to sell their souls...what they’re saying, what they’re doing, is so unconscionable on a daily basis, so immoral, that all of us need to be able to understand, there’s no way that they’re ever going to let up. We have to fight.”
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Trump envoy and Russian puppet Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are now meeting Putin about Ukraine.
January 22, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Trump envoy and Russian puppet Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are now meeting Putin about Ukraine.
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The director of the FBI: "I don't read."
His staff (paraphrased): "he doesn’t like meetings in office settings. What he wants is social events."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
His staff (paraphrased): "he doesn’t like meetings in office settings. What he wants is social events."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 22, 2026 at 7:21 PM
The director of the FBI: "I don't read."
His staff (paraphrased): "he doesn’t like meetings in office settings. What he wants is social events."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
His staff (paraphrased): "he doesn’t like meetings in office settings. What he wants is social events."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...