Inyalowda
@inyalowda.bsky.social
A Legitimate Salvage
Conservation ecology | Social ecology | Geographic information systems | Leftist | Baseball | Earther | he/him
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Inyalowda
@inyalowda.bsky.social
· May 20
"I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest."
~ John Buchan
Sunset, near Le Croisic (1890)
🎨 Ferdinand du Puigaudeau
~ John Buchan
Sunset, near Le Croisic (1890)
🎨 Ferdinand du Puigaudeau
What if Skynet comes at us from another direction . . . 🤔
“When his homegrown remote control app started talking to DJI’s servers, it wasn’t just one vacuum cleaner that replied. Roughly 7,000 of them, all around the world, began treating Azdoufal like their boss.”
The DJI Romo robovac had security so poor, this man remotely accessed thousands of them
DJI may have fixed it now.
www.theverge.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:38 AM
What if Skynet comes at us from another direction . . . 🤔
Take a moment, and recognize why Trump and his flying monkeys are afraid to let ICE run rampant in red states.
They're afraid of this guy right here.
They're afraid of this guy right here.
“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔
(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )
(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )
February 15, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Take a moment, and recognize why Trump and his flying monkeys are afraid to let ICE run rampant in red states.
They're afraid of this guy right here.
They're afraid of this guy right here.
""The men and women of ICE are entrusted with upholding the rule of law and are held to the highest standards of professionalism, integrity, and ethical conduct," McLaughlin said in Friday's statement."
Men will continue to commit atrocities as long as they continue to believe absurdities.
Men will continue to commit atrocities as long as they continue to believe absurdities.
DHS says immigration agents appear to have lied about shooting in Minnesota
Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis was shot in the leg during the incident. Another Venezuelan man was also accused of attacking an immigration officer.
www.npr.org
February 14, 2026 at 6:50 PM
""The men and women of ICE are entrusted with upholding the rule of law and are held to the highest standards of professionalism, integrity, and ethical conduct," McLaughlin said in Friday's statement."
Men will continue to commit atrocities as long as they continue to believe absurdities.
Men will continue to commit atrocities as long as they continue to believe absurdities.
"According to internal administration documents reviewed by [AP], there are 47 third-country agreements at various stages of negotiation. Of those, 15 have been concluded and 10 are at or near conclusion."
Remember when we didn't prosecute anyone for illegal rendition during Bush II?
Remember when we didn't prosecute anyone for illegal rendition during Bush II?
US spent $40 million on roughly 300 deportations to third nations, Democratic report finds
The Trump administration spent at least $40 million to deport roughly 300 migrants to countries other than their own, according to a report compiled by the Democratic staff of the Senate Foreign Relat...
apnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:04 PM
"According to internal administration documents reviewed by [AP], there are 47 third-country agreements at various stages of negotiation. Of those, 15 have been concluded and 10 are at or near conclusion."
Remember when we didn't prosecute anyone for illegal rendition during Bush II?
Remember when we didn't prosecute anyone for illegal rendition during Bush II?
" . . . about 7 in 10 U.S. adults disapprove of how Trump is handling the issue of Greenland . . . . That’s higher than the share who dislike how he’s handling foreign policy generally, suggesting that Trump’s Greenland approach has created a weak spot for the administration."
Trump's push for Greenland reveals a political weak spot, new AP-NORC poll finds
A new AP-NORC poll finds that Trump's recent push to seize control of Greenland is divisive even within his own party.
apnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
" . . . about 7 in 10 U.S. adults disapprove of how Trump is handling the issue of Greenland . . . . That’s higher than the share who dislike how he’s handling foreign policy generally, suggesting that Trump’s Greenland approach has created a weak spot for the administration."
Brought to you by the same people who brought you “DOUBLE SECRET probation” . . .
They knew this policy was so unconstitutional that they kept the “legal memo” authorizing this practice hidden, wouldn't let physical copies of it circulate, and a whistleblower had to alert Congress about its very existence.
February 14, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Brought to you by the same people who brought you “DOUBLE SECRET probation” . . .
'We need a businessman for president!"
[economy goes its up and civil liberties erode]
"No, not like that!"
[economy goes its up and civil liberties erode]
"No, not like that!"
Of VC-backed products, 78% fail:
42% fail because nobody wants them.
17% because they don't really solve the problem they claim to solve.
19% because they were no different from competing products or couldn't evolve with the market.
And that's just VC-backed companies.
1/2
42% fail because nobody wants them.
17% because they don't really solve the problem they claim to solve.
19% because they were no different from competing products or couldn't evolve with the market.
And that's just VC-backed companies.
1/2
February 14, 2026 at 1:19 AM
'We need a businessman for president!"
[economy goes its up and civil liberties erode]
"No, not like that!"
[economy goes its up and civil liberties erode]
"No, not like that!"
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February 12 - The Most Dangerous Woman in America
On this day in Labor History the year was 1913. That was the day that the labor leader known as “Mother” Jones was arrested in West Virginia. She was there to support coal miners during the Paint and Cabin Creek strike of 1912-1913. The West Virgi
On this day in Labor History the year was 1913. That was the day that the labor leader known as “Mother” Jones was arrested in West Virginia. She was there to support coal miners during the Paint and Cabin Creek strike of 1912-1913. The West Virgi
February 12 - The Most Dangerous Woman in America
On this day in Labor History the year was 1913. That was the day that the labor leader known as “Mother” Jones was arrested in West Virginia. She was there to support coal miners during the Paint and Cabin Creek strike of 1912-1913. The West Virginia coalfields were one of the bloodiest sites of labor conflict in US History.
laborhistoryin2.podbean.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:30 PM
February 12 - The Most Dangerous Woman in America
On this day in Labor History the year was 1913. That was the day that the labor leader known as “Mother” Jones was arrested in West Virginia. She was there to support coal miners during the Paint and Cabin Creek strike of 1912-1913. The West Virgi
On this day in Labor History the year was 1913. That was the day that the labor leader known as “Mother” Jones was arrested in West Virginia. She was there to support coal miners during the Paint and Cabin Creek strike of 1912-1913. The West Virgi
Sec. Noem sees and utilizes the USCG the way Himmler saw the Schutzstaffel, as her private paramilitary.
February 13, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Sec. Noem sees and utilizes the USCG the way Himmler saw the Schutzstaffel, as her private paramilitary.
Reposted by Inyalowda
🚨BREAKING: An election-denying former Donald Trump campaign staffer who was subpoenaed by the FBI over his role in the attempt to steal the 2020 election is now taking credit for writing the sweeping voter suppression bill passed by the House Wednesday that could disenfranchise millions.
Election denier involved in fake electors plot wrote much of SAVE America Act, Trump-aligned think tank claims
“I’m here to do everything I can to make this work,” Thomas Lane wrote in a December 2020 email to other organizers of the Trump campaign’s fake electoral plot in Arizona.
www.democracydocket.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:30 PM
🚨BREAKING: An election-denying former Donald Trump campaign staffer who was subpoenaed by the FBI over his role in the attempt to steal the 2020 election is now taking credit for writing the sweeping voter suppression bill passed by the House Wednesday that could disenfranchise millions.
Now here it is, your moment of zen.
Cascade from Hidden Falls down to Jenny Lake in #GrandTeton #NationalPark. Happy #WaterfallWednesday #Wyoming #EastCoastKin
February 12, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Now here it is, your moment of zen.
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From me: ‘Plan to keep Navajo coal mine open for 110 years runs into opposition’
Plan to keep Navajo coal mine open for 110 years runs into opposition
Navajo officials want to keep a coal mine open for another 110 years, a plan critics say ignores a nationwide transition away from fossil fuels.
www.azcentral.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:58 PM
From me: ‘Plan to keep Navajo coal mine open for 110 years runs into opposition’
When American traders first settled in California, they learned Spanish, married into Mexican families.
Latino culture is integral to my state’s history, as it for large swaths of the 🇺🇸.
#VivaLaCultura
Latino culture is integral to my state’s history, as it for large swaths of the 🇺🇸.
#VivaLaCultura
Rep Andy Ogles ...
American Culture is due to the diversity of its people !
We are a nation that is a tapestry of cultures, races, and traditions that are GREAT
YOUR CONSTITUENTS are not all WHITE & they DESERVE better than your hate & white supremacy rhetoric
Our Country is better than this
⬇️⬇️
American Culture is due to the diversity of its people !
We are a nation that is a tapestry of cultures, races, and traditions that are GREAT
YOUR CONSTITUENTS are not all WHITE & they DESERVE better than your hate & white supremacy rhetoric
Our Country is better than this
⬇️⬇️
February 12, 2026 at 6:11 PM
When American traders first settled in California, they learned Spanish, married into Mexican families.
Latino culture is integral to my state’s history, as it for large swaths of the 🇺🇸.
#VivaLaCultura
Latino culture is integral to my state’s history, as it for large swaths of the 🇺🇸.
#VivaLaCultura
“Cartoonishly incompetent,” yes, but also murderously lawless and wildly reckless.
In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
February 12, 2026 at 6:03 PM
“Cartoonishly incompetent,” yes, but also murderously lawless and wildly reckless.
I made shepherd’s pie for dinner last night. 😋
February 12, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I made shepherd’s pie for dinner last night. 😋
Now here it is, your moment of zen.
In a world drowning in grief and conflict, we crave what keeps us alive: joy—our daily bread; hope—our living water; kindness—the roof over our souls.
February 12, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Now here it is, your moment of zen.
🎯
REPORTER: You drowned your 2 boys, 3 year-old Michael and 14 month-old Alex. Do you have anything to say for yourself?
SUSAN SMITH: Yes I do. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the NASDAQ is smashing records, and that’s what we should be talkin' about!"
#PamBondi
SUSAN SMITH: Yes I do. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the NASDAQ is smashing records, and that’s what we should be talkin' about!"
#PamBondi
February 12, 2026 at 5:55 PM
🎯
God bless the US Constitution.
under questioning by Rand Paul, ICE officials confirm that yelling at officers is not assault and recording officers is not a crime
February 12, 2026 at 5:46 PM
God bless the US Constitution.
🥃 . . .
"Gallup assesses people who rate their current life at a 7 or higher and their anticipated future at an 8 or higher as “thriving.” Fewer than half of Americans, about 48%, are now in that category."
"Gallup assesses people who rate their current life at a 7 or higher and their anticipated future at an 8 or higher as “thriving.” Fewer than half of Americans, about 48%, are now in that category."
What a new Gallup poll shows about the depth of Americans' gloom
A new Gallup poll reveals that Americans' optimism about their future is at a low. Only 59% of U.S. adults rate their future life satisfaction highly, which is the lowest measure since Gallup began as...
apnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:07 AM
🥃 . . .
"Gallup assesses people who rate their current life at a 7 or higher and their anticipated future at an 8 or higher as “thriving.” Fewer than half of Americans, about 48%, are now in that category."
"Gallup assesses people who rate their current life at a 7 or higher and their anticipated future at an 8 or higher as “thriving.” Fewer than half of Americans, about 48%, are now in that category."
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During Trump's first debacle, I read a lot about fascism before WWII, not in Germany or Italy, but in Spain and France. We don't talk enough about the parallels between 2020s 🇺🇸 and 1930s 🇪🇸.
That Trump's admin would quote the Christian authoritarian Falangists isn't surprising in the least.
That Trump's admin would quote the Christian authoritarian Falangists isn't surprising in the least.
This is very good from @bernybelvedere.bsky.social on little-noticed examples of DHS echoing fascist language on the agency's official twitter feed, and how that illuminates Trump/MAGA's broader project of state violence and terror:
www.theunpopulist.net/p/trumps-vil...
www.theunpopulist.net/p/trumps-vil...
February 10, 2026 at 6:50 PM
During Trump's first debacle, I read a lot about fascism before WWII, not in Germany or Italy, but in Spain and France. We don't talk enough about the parallels between 2020s 🇺🇸 and 1930s 🇪🇸.
That Trump's admin would quote the Christian authoritarian Falangists isn't surprising in the least.
That Trump's admin would quote the Christian authoritarian Falangists isn't surprising in the least.
"A Florida handyman who received a pardon from President Trump for [1/6] has been convicted of multiple state charges of child molestation and exposing himself to children; [he] attempted to bribe one victim with money he claimed he would receive as part of restitution . . . "
A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was convicted of sexually abusing children
A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child.
www.npr.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:29 AM
"A Florida handyman who received a pardon from President Trump for [1/6] has been convicted of multiple state charges of child molestation and exposing himself to children; [he] attempted to bribe one victim with money he claimed he would receive as part of restitution . . . "
"USDA's final estimates in January for how many corn acres farmers planted and harvested in 2025 represented unprecedented increases from initial estimates in June. . . .
"USDA data last month "appeared to reflect an agency in disarray" . . . "
"USDA data last month "appeared to reflect an agency in disarray" . . . "
There goes the commodity markets
USDA's reputation suffers after massive revisions in US corn acres
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, long the world's gold standard for crop estimates, faces mounting doubts about the reliability of its data from farmers, grain traders and economists following deep...
www.reuters.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:11 AM
"USDA's final estimates in January for how many corn acres farmers planted and harvested in 2025 represented unprecedented increases from initial estimates in June. . . .
"USDA data last month "appeared to reflect an agency in disarray" . . . "
"USDA data last month "appeared to reflect an agency in disarray" . . . "
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The state will also fine the Department of Energy millions for violating groundwater standards.
New Mexico demands fix for federal nuclear waste management - High Country News
The state will also fine the Department of Energy millions for violating groundwater standards.
www.hcn.org
February 12, 2026 at 3:21 AM
The state will also fine the Department of Energy millions for violating groundwater standards.
"Coal is the second most expensive source of power for the US grid, eclipsed by gas, wind, solar, hydro—everything other than nuclear power. It also produces the most pollution [and] emits the most carbon dioxide per unit of energy produced."
Trump orders the military to make agreements with coal power plants
The administration's "reasoning" for doing so has little connection to reality.
arstechnica.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:02 AM
"Coal is the second most expensive source of power for the US grid, eclipsed by gas, wind, solar, hydro—everything other than nuclear power. It also produces the most pollution [and] emits the most carbon dioxide per unit of energy produced."