Maureen Flaherty
@maureenflaherty.bsky.social
woman in construction working on climate adaptation - magpie - twin mama - Flatbush public school parent - beachlarker - mutual aid welcoming our newest neighbors in Flatbush -
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All day yesterday, as I braced for disappointment, I repeated this quote to myself.
To all of you hopeful fighters, good morning. You won a round.
To all of you hopeful fighters, good morning. You won a round.
They’re building a concentration camp in Chester NY and you’re gently encouraging them to follow the law? IT’S ON A RAIL SPUR, CHUCK. That should make it really easy to move human beings in railroad cars. Stop negotiating.
February 10, 2026 at 12:45 PM
They’re building a concentration camp in Chester NY and you’re gently encouraging them to follow the law? IT’S ON A RAIL SPUR, CHUCK. That should make it really easy to move human beings in railroad cars. Stop negotiating.
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Crucially, many local governments are furious with ICE over these purchases, because they were not consulted or even told. Because they are federal property now, it's taking a commercial property off the tax rolls while likely imposing dramatic additional infrastructure costs.
February 9, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Crucially, many local governments are furious with ICE over these purchases, because they were not consulted or even told. Because they are federal property now, it's taking a commercial property off the tax rolls while likely imposing dramatic additional infrastructure costs.
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In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
Im in Brooklyn, so most of my stuff freezes by late October, but I leave my flowering weeds for the late flyers. We’ve got so many weirdo little wasps and bees now. My friend and I think we spotted a couple blueberry bees this year.
February 9, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Im in Brooklyn, so most of my stuff freezes by late October, but I leave my flowering weeds for the late flyers. We’ve got so many weirdo little wasps and bees now. My friend and I think we spotted a couple blueberry bees this year.
Love this framing and simple solution!
February 9, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Love this framing and simple solution!
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Dr. Sammy part 2. So many plants we eat aren’t native. So many of the plants we call native are NOT. Like honey bees and Mexican milkweed, many are naturalized, having been here hundreds of years. There’s an elitist snobbery about “native only,” that’s not inspiring.
🌱 Original viral video in 🗯️
🌱 Original viral video in 🗯️
February 9, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Dr. Sammy part 2. So many plants we eat aren’t native. So many of the plants we call native are NOT. Like honey bees and Mexican milkweed, many are naturalized, having been here hundreds of years. There’s an elitist snobbery about “native only,” that’s not inspiring.
🌱 Original viral video in 🗯️
🌱 Original viral video in 🗯️
It’s a balmy 25 degrees and sunny and beautiful today in Brooklyn.
Everywhere I’ve gone today, people have their windows open, blasting Bad Bunny.
No te puedo borrar…..
Everywhere I’ve gone today, people have their windows open, blasting Bad Bunny.
No te puedo borrar…..
February 9, 2026 at 6:50 PM
It’s a balmy 25 degrees and sunny and beautiful today in Brooklyn.
Everywhere I’ve gone today, people have their windows open, blasting Bad Bunny.
No te puedo borrar…..
Everywhere I’ve gone today, people have their windows open, blasting Bad Bunny.
No te puedo borrar…..
As I sit here scrolling through the delightful Bad Bunny exaltation and historical context, I am putting key rings on ice alert whistles with renewed purpose.
February 9, 2026 at 3:13 AM
As I sit here scrolling through the delightful Bad Bunny exaltation and historical context, I am putting key rings on ice alert whistles with renewed purpose.
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Shutting it down for the night. I hope everyone revels in the fact that antifascists are going to win. May tomorrow bring us more justice and some peace.
February 9, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Shutting it down for the night. I hope everyone revels in the fact that antifascists are going to win. May tomorrow bring us more justice and some peace.
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Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
The end of DOE’s grid work in Puerto Rico
The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island.
www.latitudemedia.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
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thank you bad bunny for highlighting the importance of critical power distribution infrastructure bsky.app/profile/cost...
It’s the weekend everyone, so you know what that means. Time to drink two polar seltzers and do a thread on the power transformer shortage. Without transformers, we don’t get a clean energy transition. And as energysky knows, there’s been a shortage due to covid, supply chain, & labor constraints 🔌🔋
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
thank you bad bunny for highlighting the importance of critical power distribution infrastructure bsky.app/profile/cost...
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🧵 If you care about our Haitian neighbors in Ohio, please debunk & “call in” folks with large platforms claiming the churches are trafficking children.
The community is bracing for what could possibly be the largest family separation operation in US history.
Video via @haitianbridge.bsky.social
The community is bracing for what could possibly be the largest family separation operation in US history.
Video via @haitianbridge.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 11:11 PM
🧵 If you care about our Haitian neighbors in Ohio, please debunk & “call in” folks with large platforms claiming the churches are trafficking children.
The community is bracing for what could possibly be the largest family separation operation in US history.
Video via @haitianbridge.bsky.social
The community is bracing for what could possibly be the largest family separation operation in US history.
Video via @haitianbridge.bsky.social
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RESPECT and LISTEN to the Haitian community that lives there.
Locals have shared “leftists influencers” as agressive as the administration is threatening to do an ethnic cleansing.
Here is a video debunking the claims.
Locals have shared “leftists influencers” as agressive as the administration is threatening to do an ethnic cleansing.
Here is a video debunking the claims.
February 8, 2026 at 11:11 PM
RESPECT and LISTEN to the Haitian community that lives there.
Locals have shared “leftists influencers” as agressive as the administration is threatening to do an ethnic cleansing.
Here is a video debunking the claims.
Locals have shared “leftists influencers” as agressive as the administration is threatening to do an ethnic cleansing.
Here is a video debunking the claims.
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Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
February 7, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
I have passed this valuable life advice on to my 14 year old and she pointed out that now we need a baby goat.
February 7, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I have passed this valuable life advice on to my 14 year old and she pointed out that now we need a baby goat.
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to have adhd, the answer to that 3 am urgent question “I wonder if the yolk will fall out neatly and look cool if you carefully cut the white in a spiral” is …YES.
But it should probably cooked more firmly than I like them, because its cooked but too delicate.
But it should probably cooked more firmly than I like them, because its cooked but too delicate.
February 7, 2026 at 4:41 PM
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to have adhd, the answer to that 3 am urgent question “I wonder if the yolk will fall out neatly and look cool if you carefully cut the white in a spiral” is …YES.
But it should probably cooked more firmly than I like them, because its cooked but too delicate.
But it should probably cooked more firmly than I like them, because its cooked but too delicate.
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This is why they must be challenged every single time. Not accommodated. Not bargained with. Just challenged.
White House says it won’t withhold funding from NH schools with DEI programs
Lawsuits challenging New Hampshire laws that ban DEI initiatives and limit teaching about racism and discrimination remain unresolved.
www.nhpr.org
February 6, 2026 at 9:32 PM
This is why they must be challenged every single time. Not accommodated. Not bargained with. Just challenged.
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My sister used to live there and that feels like a sea change for Jenks!
My sister used to live there and that feels like a sea change for Jenks!
February 6, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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My sister used to live there and that feels like a sea change for Jenks!
My sister used to live there and that feels like a sea change for Jenks!
I’ve been so skeeved out by all the DHS slopaganda.
And gigachad or whatever he is that they think is some ideal dude just looks like Bluto to me. (Yes, Popeye’s nemesis.)
And gigachad or whatever he is that they think is some ideal dude just looks like Bluto to me. (Yes, Popeye’s nemesis.)
Under Trump, state propaganda marshals Americana in the service of nativism.
@paulbmoses.bsky.social on Trump's propaganda posters:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/moses-trump-...
@paulbmoses.bsky.social on Trump's propaganda posters:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/moses-trump-...
ICE Wants You!
Under Trump, state propaganda marshals Americana in the service of nativism.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
February 6, 2026 at 11:31 PM
I’ve been so skeeved out by all the DHS slopaganda.
And gigachad or whatever he is that they think is some ideal dude just looks like Bluto to me. (Yes, Popeye’s nemesis.)
And gigachad or whatever he is that they think is some ideal dude just looks like Bluto to me. (Yes, Popeye’s nemesis.)
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I know that they will always do the cruelest thing and the most racist thing, but the extent to which these particular fuckers will also do the stupidest thing.
Fire up the phones. Make every fucking member of the GOP own this.
Fuck them.
Fire up the phones. Make every fucking member of the GOP own this.
Fuck them.
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:56 AM
I know that they will always do the cruelest thing and the most racist thing, but the extent to which these particular fuckers will also do the stupidest thing.
Fire up the phones. Make every fucking member of the GOP own this.
Fuck them.
Fire up the phones. Make every fucking member of the GOP own this.
Fuck them.
Someone I know has an expired green card. His appointment for renewal is FOUR YEARS AWAY because there is no staff to process the renewal paperwork. He’s been told to carry the original of his appointment letter.
February 6, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Someone I know has an expired green card. His appointment for renewal is FOUR YEARS AWAY because there is no staff to process the renewal paperwork. He’s been told to carry the original of his appointment letter.
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Sanctuary School is 30% off this month using the code BHM2026. hep.gse.harvard.edu/979889557009...
Sanctuary School
A compassionate examination of a topic of urgent concern in US education In Sanctuary School, Chandler Patton Miranda highlights the many ways that K–1...
hep.gse.harvard.edu
February 5, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Sanctuary School is 30% off this month using the code BHM2026. hep.gse.harvard.edu/979889557009...
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🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
February 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Of all these fruit watercolors, I think I love the freckled apples the most.
I started painting because of this feed. I’m *terrible* and it is sooo hard and I still like it.
I started painting because of this feed. I’m *terrible* and it is sooo hard and I still like it.
stanard apples, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1895
February 5, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Of all these fruit watercolors, I think I love the freckled apples the most.
I started painting because of this feed. I’m *terrible* and it is sooo hard and I still like it.
I started painting because of this feed. I’m *terrible* and it is sooo hard and I still like it.
Currently listening to Eric Foner on the Underground Railroad and carefully reading every BS memo from DHS in the context of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and the language is absolutely parallel.
February 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Currently listening to Eric Foner on the Underground Railroad and carefully reading every BS memo from DHS in the context of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and the language is absolutely parallel.