Kerri Koenig
@kerriko7.bsky.social
Nebraskan/ pro-flourishing/ reparations now /napping is my hobby
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Concerned callers to the brokerage firm handling the sale of a massive Orlando warehouse to ICE now hear only the 1987 Rick Astley song “Never Gonna Give You Up.”
www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/02/06/p...
www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/02/06/p...
Potential ICE facility in Orlando: Rickrolls, removed listings and a backlash as a sale appears near
Callers to the number listed on the brokerage firm’s website now hear only the 1987 Rick Astley song “Never Gonna Give You Up.”
www.orlandosentinel.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Concerned callers to the brokerage firm handling the sale of a massive Orlando warehouse to ICE now hear only the 1987 Rick Astley song “Never Gonna Give You Up.”
www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/02/06/p...
www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/02/06/p...
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because, turns out, the base prefers "we are trying to deliver for you but they are stopping us" to "they are gonna stop us from delivering for you so we're just not gonna bother trying"
February 4, 2026 at 4:47 PM
because, turns out, the base prefers "we are trying to deliver for you but they are stopping us" to "they are gonna stop us from delivering for you so we're just not gonna bother trying"
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my go-to example is how the GOP, when they wanted to kill the ACA but didn't have the votes, didn't talk about how they looked forward to working with their Democratic colleagues to rein in the excesses of the ACA, they held one hundred votes to repeal the ACA knowing none of them could succeed.
February 4, 2026 at 4:46 PM
my go-to example is how the GOP, when they wanted to kill the ACA but didn't have the votes, didn't talk about how they looked forward to working with their Democratic colleagues to rein in the excesses of the ACA, they held one hundred votes to repeal the ACA knowing none of them could succeed.
Thread!! Read it. Follow Andrea Pitzer
Some people are asking what I want Schumer to do. He should be screaming over medical care and access to facilities. He should be going to detention facilities himself and putting his body on the line, as he did at the border in 2019. He should lean into stories about New Yorkers in detention. [1/4]
February 6, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Thread!! Read it. Follow Andrea Pitzer
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Listen up! Andrea Pitzer is a clear, vital, voice with a historical perspective on the situation we're living thru. And, lots of practical ideas about what can be done.
Worth everyone's time. And, never boring!
Follow: @andreapitzer.bsky.social
Worth everyone's time. And, never boring!
Follow: @andreapitzer.bsky.social
Some people are asking what I want Schumer to do. He should be screaming over medical care and access to facilities. He should be going to detention facilities himself and putting his body on the line, as he did at the border in 2019. He should lean into stories about New Yorkers in detention. [1/4]
February 4, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Listen up! Andrea Pitzer is a clear, vital, voice with a historical perspective on the situation we're living thru. And, lots of practical ideas about what can be done.
Worth everyone's time. And, never boring!
Follow: @andreapitzer.bsky.social
Worth everyone's time. And, never boring!
Follow: @andreapitzer.bsky.social
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I fear I must continue discussing Brad Karp and asking questions like “did the nonsensical decisions of major corporate law firms that directly undermined legal resistance to fascism in this country last year stem from the lemmings following a guy who knew he was in the Epstein files?”
February 6, 2026 at 2:43 PM
I fear I must continue discussing Brad Karp and asking questions like “did the nonsensical decisions of major corporate law firms that directly undermined legal resistance to fascism in this country last year stem from the lemmings following a guy who knew he was in the Epstein files?”
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Love how the presumption here is that the President doesn't know what he's sharing and that's fine and normal.
Sorry, no, if the President doesn't know what he's sending out then that is indisputable proof of gross incompetence, cognitive unfitness, or both.
Sorry, no, if the President doesn't know what he's sending out then that is indisputable proof of gross incompetence, cognitive unfitness, or both.
The New York Times has finally covered the Trump video of Obama as an ape — and they are still providing cover for him. Fuck the Times.
February 6, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Love how the presumption here is that the President doesn't know what he's sharing and that's fine and normal.
Sorry, no, if the President doesn't know what he's sending out then that is indisputable proof of gross incompetence, cognitive unfitness, or both.
Sorry, no, if the President doesn't know what he's sending out then that is indisputable proof of gross incompetence, cognitive unfitness, or both.
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“Llamas said ‘right’ more than 30 times and ‘yeah’ more than 130 times, over the course of the interview.”
As I note in my piece, these are ACTUAL questions that NBC News's Tom Llamas asked Donald Trump in his 'extended' interview, while not asking a single question about Epstein, or challenging him on a single lie.
zeteo.com/p/nbc-softba...
zeteo.com/p/nbc-softba...
February 6, 2026 at 2:39 PM
“Llamas said ‘right’ more than 30 times and ‘yeah’ more than 130 times, over the course of the interview.”
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As I note in my piece, these are ACTUAL questions that NBC News's Tom Llamas asked Donald Trump in his 'extended' interview, while not asking a single question about Epstein, or challenging him on a single lie.
zeteo.com/p/nbc-softba...
zeteo.com/p/nbc-softba...
February 6, 2026 at 2:11 AM
As I note in my piece, these are ACTUAL questions that NBC News's Tom Llamas asked Donald Trump in his 'extended' interview, while not asking a single question about Epstein, or challenging him on a single lie.
zeteo.com/p/nbc-softba...
zeteo.com/p/nbc-softba...
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We're all we've got. Best to spend time figuring out how to live into this truth.
February 5, 2026 at 9:21 PM
We're all we've got. Best to spend time figuring out how to live into this truth.
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Katie Paris founded Red, Wine & Blue to harness suburban women's political power — now more than 600,000 members are deploying it to oppose ICE in their communities.
The original ‘wine moms’ are in Ohio. They’re mobilizing to support Haitians in Springfield.
Katie Paris founded Red, Wine & Blue to harness suburban women's political power — now more than 600,000 members are deploying it to oppose ICE in their communities.
19thnews.org
February 5, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Katie Paris founded Red, Wine & Blue to harness suburban women's political power — now more than 600,000 members are deploying it to oppose ICE in their communities.
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We need our elected officials to understand and act in accordance with the urgency of the moment we’re in.
February 5, 2026 at 11:22 PM
We need our elected officials to understand and act in accordance with the urgency of the moment we’re in.
So gross.
Good reporting, Yale Daily News!
Good reporting, Yale Daily News!
Yale prof David Gelernter defends his letter urging Epstein to hire "v small goodlooking blonde" student by saying that he was "keep[ing] the potential boss's habits in mind."
This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
February 6, 2026 at 6:23 AM
So gross.
Good reporting, Yale Daily News!
Good reporting, Yale Daily News!
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Watching commentators still refusing to see the white nationalism of this administration and arguingTrump is targeting Atlanta, Philadelphia and Detroit because they are blue cities is just, it’s got to be intentional at this point. There are a ton of blue cities. These are majority Black cities.
February 5, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Watching commentators still refusing to see the white nationalism of this administration and arguingTrump is targeting Atlanta, Philadelphia and Detroit because they are blue cities is just, it’s got to be intentional at this point. There are a ton of blue cities. These are majority Black cities.
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I need people to understand that if you’ve dealt with ice, if you’ve had to worry about you or your kids or neighbors disappearing, if you see the govt giving nazis carte blanche to kill you, every “reform”’ from democrats who currently reject abolition sounds insane. and frankly fucking stupid
February 5, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I need people to understand that if you’ve dealt with ice, if you’ve had to worry about you or your kids or neighbors disappearing, if you see the govt giving nazis carte blanche to kill you, every “reform”’ from democrats who currently reject abolition sounds insane. and frankly fucking stupid
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A good thing you can do about this instead of dooming is Google “how to become a poll observer in [your town]”
Breaking:
The White House press secretary just said she "can't guarantee" that ICE won't be around polling locations in November.
The White House press secretary just said she "can't guarantee" that ICE won't be around polling locations in November.
February 5, 2026 at 9:39 PM
A good thing you can do about this instead of dooming is Google “how to become a poll observer in [your town]”
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Swear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left.
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
February 6, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Swear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left.
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
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This level of apologia (from Megan McArdle in a podcast with Josh Barro and Ross Douthat) is fucking appalling. Idk what else there is to say.
February 5, 2026 at 4:33 PM
This level of apologia (from Megan McArdle in a podcast with Josh Barro and Ross Douthat) is fucking appalling. Idk what else there is to say.
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Good. "But DHS isn't just ICE, it's also..." nope, wrong. DHS no longer serves any useful functions, the whole thing has been reassigned to repression. FEMA isn't even paying out to states. All DHS does is shooting, teargassing, facial recognition, and administrative warrants. Shut it down.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House.
Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democratic demands for ICE
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Secu…
trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Good. "But DHS isn't just ICE, it's also..." nope, wrong. DHS no longer serves any useful functions, the whole thing has been reassigned to repression. FEMA isn't even paying out to states. All DHS does is shooting, teargassing, facial recognition, and administrative warrants. Shut it down.
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As ever, I think doomerism is just an excuse for already having surrendered.
February 6, 2026 at 12:37 AM
As ever, I think doomerism is just an excuse for already having surrendered.
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This is incredible reporting and incredible story ABOUT reporting--Unravelled journos clearly lay out the steps they took and why and that their results were.
NEW: since last year, a pair of "highly trained" feds have been involved in an array of incidents attacking crowds with chemical weapons.
We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team.
Read more:
We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team.
Read more:
Identified: the El Paso BORTAC crew rampaging through the Midwest
One violent duo in particular, U.S. Border Patrol agents Michael Sveum (EZ-2) and Edgar Vazquez (EZ-17), have been frequently seen alongside former commander-at-large Greg Bovino terrorizing crowds wi...
unraveledpress.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:47 PM
This is incredible reporting and incredible story ABOUT reporting--Unravelled journos clearly lay out the steps they took and why and that their results were.
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Name them
shame them
shame them
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Name them
shame them
shame them
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mcardle: exposing yourself to a 14-year-old girl was not an abnormal thing for a person to do, and sure, he was arrested for that, but who's to say what he did was wrong?
February 5, 2026 at 2:57 PM
mcardle: exposing yourself to a 14-year-old girl was not an abnormal thing for a person to do, and sure, he was arrested for that, but who's to say what he did was wrong?
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Does … does it say National Prayer Breakfast behind him
Trump: "Mike Johnson is a very religious person. He does not hide it. He'll say to me sometimes at lunch, 'Sir, may we pray.' I'll say, 'Excuse me? We're having lunch.'"
February 5, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Does … does it say National Prayer Breakfast behind him