Elizabeth
@kitabet.bsky.social
earthquake aficionado & disaster studies scholar at large. "you know istanbul is always the first stop."
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(!) Newly-released State Department docs show the Trump-Vance-Rubio admin detained Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi for fake news *initially propelled by Columbia itself* — including that he was yelling at "Jewish bystanders," when what he was actually doing was confronting an antisemitic disruptor.
January 23, 2026 at 3:52 PM
(!) Newly-released State Department docs show the Trump-Vance-Rubio admin detained Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi for fake news *initially propelled by Columbia itself* — including that he was yelling at "Jewish bystanders," when what he was actually doing was confronting an antisemitic disruptor.
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Looking at some old Forest Service photos. Here's the Visitors Information Center at Spirit Lake, circa 1970.
It was here that Ranger Sharon Burchard felt the M4.1 earthquake on March 20, 1980, that indicated something was up at the mountain.
It was here that Ranger Sharon Burchard felt the M4.1 earthquake on March 20, 1980, that indicated something was up at the mountain.
January 22, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Looking at some old Forest Service photos. Here's the Visitors Information Center at Spirit Lake, circa 1970.
It was here that Ranger Sharon Burchard felt the M4.1 earthquake on March 20, 1980, that indicated something was up at the mountain.
It was here that Ranger Sharon Burchard felt the M4.1 earthquake on March 20, 1980, that indicated something was up at the mountain.
my elementary school PE teacher, my grandparents' next-door neighbor, the older generation of the family that lived across the street. Manzanar and Minidoka.
Being raised in Seattle in the 1970s and 1980s when internment was still a fresh wound meant knowing a lot of people who were interned. My stepmother's father was pulled from UW school of Medicine and sent to Camp Harmony and then Minidoka. 1/4
i like how this person thinks this is an own instead of the fact that Japanese-Americans believed in America more than the fucking idiots that interned them
January 22, 2026 at 6:46 PM
my elementary school PE teacher, my grandparents' next-door neighbor, the older generation of the family that lived across the street. Manzanar and Minidoka.
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ICE detained a 5-year-old Minnesota boy coming home from school + took him and his dad to Texas, school officials say. The family has an active asylum case + entered the US at a port of entry.
"They’re taking children. They're not violent criminals. They're little kids," the superintendent told me.
"They’re taking children. They're not violent criminals. They're little kids," the superintendent told me.
ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy as he came home, say school officials
Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:21 AM
ICE detained a 5-year-old Minnesota boy coming home from school + took him and his dad to Texas, school officials say. The family has an active asylum case + entered the US at a port of entry.
"They’re taking children. They're not violent criminals. They're little kids," the superintendent told me.
"They’re taking children. They're not violent criminals. They're little kids," the superintendent told me.
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grim to think about all the things we would have known
January 21, 2026 at 4:27 AM
grim to think about all the things we would have known
I see many of us are having a moment of nostalgia for under-regulated intercity transport on the eastern seaboard in the early 2000s
I used to take the Fung Wah chinatown to chinatown buses which were very cheap and only a few times started on fire
Fondly remembering the time in 2009 when my friend texted me from a Bolt Bus “haha this is so weird, a cop pulled over our bus AND is making the driver do a field sobriety test??” and then five minutes later texted me “oh my God he failed”
January 20, 2026 at 6:10 AM
I see many of us are having a moment of nostalgia for under-regulated intercity transport on the eastern seaboard in the early 2000s
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Fung Wah was so good.. so awfully horribly good...
a PORTAL between Boston Chinatown and NYC Chinatown, wrapped in a bus
a PORTAL between Boston Chinatown and NYC Chinatown, wrapped in a bus
January 20, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Fung Wah was so good.. so awfully horribly good...
a PORTAL between Boston Chinatown and NYC Chinatown, wrapped in a bus
a PORTAL between Boston Chinatown and NYC Chinatown, wrapped in a bus
this but for fung wah and other chinatown bus companies whose names I can no longer recall but who certainly live on in my memories
back in the early bolt/mega bus days you could get a ticket for NY to DC for like 15 bucks. When it went well you were like “this is the best deal on earth!” and when it went badly you’d spend the whole trip thinking that no amount of savings could make this worth it.
January 20, 2026 at 6:04 AM
this but for fung wah and other chinatown bus companies whose names I can no longer recall but who certainly live on in my memories
Zencefil, a vegetarian restaurant un Beyoğlu that this incredible slightly dense herby bread + butter and pretty decent ev yemekleri. Closed years ago but I will always remember it fondly.
Sunday night timeline cleanse
please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
January 20, 2026 at 5:49 AM
Zencefil, a vegetarian restaurant un Beyoğlu that this incredible slightly dense herby bread + butter and pretty decent ev yemekleri. Closed years ago but I will always remember it fondly.
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When you listen to The Mountain Goats once
January 20, 2026 at 4:53 AM
When you listen to The Mountain Goats once
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I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
Into the abyss
The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:37 AM
I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
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Rashid Shaheed got things started right away with an opening kickoff return touchdown, the 12s rocked the house, and the Seahawks never looked back!
SEAHAWKS WIN 41-6 and move onto the NFC Championship Game!
@seahawks @nfl
SEAHAWKS WIN 41-6 and move onto the NFC Championship Game!
@seahawks @nfl
January 18, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Rashid Shaheed got things started right away with an opening kickoff return touchdown, the 12s rocked the house, and the Seahawks never looked back!
SEAHAWKS WIN 41-6 and move onto the NFC Championship Game!
@seahawks @nfl
SEAHAWKS WIN 41-6 and move onto the NFC Championship Game!
@seahawks @nfl
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Seahawks running into halftime with a comfy lead of 26-6 against the 49ers!! We are hard at work here at the PNSN, providing live annotations on the fan-generated seismograms coming in from Lumen Field. Let's go Hawks!!
Watch the live feed and beat the delay at pnsn.org/experiment/2....
Watch the live feed and beat the delay at pnsn.org/experiment/2....
January 18, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Seahawks running into halftime with a comfy lead of 26-6 against the 49ers!! We are hard at work here at the PNSN, providing live annotations on the fan-generated seismograms coming in from Lumen Field. Let's go Hawks!!
Watch the live feed and beat the delay at pnsn.org/experiment/2....
Watch the live feed and beat the delay at pnsn.org/experiment/2....
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Almost time for kickoff at Lumen Field! Follow the full game seismogram at seahawks.pnsn.org as the Seahawks take on the 49ers!
QuickShake Link with all 6 stations: pnsn.org/experiment/2...
@seahawks @nfl @nflonfox
QuickShake Link with all 6 stations: pnsn.org/experiment/2...
@seahawks @nfl @nflonfox
January 18, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Almost time for kickoff at Lumen Field! Follow the full game seismogram at seahawks.pnsn.org as the Seahawks take on the 49ers!
QuickShake Link with all 6 stations: pnsn.org/experiment/2...
@seahawks @nfl @nflonfox
QuickShake Link with all 6 stations: pnsn.org/experiment/2...
@seahawks @nfl @nflonfox
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#EarthquakeReport for M 6.0 #Earthquake offshore of #Oregon #USA
Right-lateral strike-slip earthquake along Blanco transform fault
Common location for M 5-6+ earthquakes
No #Tsunami hazard
Tectonic setting in 2019 report earthjay.com?p=8935
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
Right-lateral strike-slip earthquake along Blanco transform fault
Common location for M 5-6+ earthquakes
No #Tsunami hazard
Tectonic setting in 2019 report earthjay.com?p=8935
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
January 16, 2026 at 4:30 AM
#EarthquakeReport for M 6.0 #Earthquake offshore of #Oregon #USA
Right-lateral strike-slip earthquake along Blanco transform fault
Common location for M 5-6+ earthquakes
No #Tsunami hazard
Tectonic setting in 2019 report earthjay.com?p=8935
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
Right-lateral strike-slip earthquake along Blanco transform fault
Common location for M 5-6+ earthquakes
No #Tsunami hazard
Tectonic setting in 2019 report earthjay.com?p=8935
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
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gotta be honest, dawg: if I promised to do something for you before last Wednesday I'm really gonna need you to remind me
January 15, 2026 at 5:41 AM
gotta be honest, dawg: if I promised to do something for you before last Wednesday I'm really gonna need you to remind me
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Curious about how the fans are going to shake the stadium at the Seahawks vs 49ers game this Saturday? Check out our blog on pnsn.org on how the seismometers PNSN installed in Lumen Field will monitor & report data live during the game! pnsn.org/blog/2026-se...
January 14, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Curious about how the fans are going to shake the stadium at the Seahawks vs 49ers game this Saturday? Check out our blog on pnsn.org on how the seismometers PNSN installed in Lumen Field will monitor & report data live during the game! pnsn.org/blog/2026-se...
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Federal prosecutors in the U.S. attorney's office in Minnesota are resigning after the DOJ is pushing the office to investigate the widow of Renee Good.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Federal prosecutors in the U.S. attorney's office in Minnesota are resigning after the DOJ is pushing the office to investigate the widow of Renee Good.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
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Sixteen years ago today. Ayiti pap peri.
January 12, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Sixteen years ago today. Ayiti pap peri.
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A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
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they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.
January 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
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Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:
archive.is/ur35j
archive.is/ur35j
January 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:
archive.is/ur35j
archive.is/ur35j
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the ICE officer calling a woman he just murdered a “fucking bitch” is visceral, but imo the most material new information in the latest video is that she very clearly turns the wheel away from the officer right before it happens
January 9, 2026 at 7:15 PM
the ICE officer calling a woman he just murdered a “fucking bitch” is visceral, but imo the most material new information in the latest video is that she very clearly turns the wheel away from the officer right before it happens