@neotoma.bsky.social
Birder, gardener, and fiber arts hobbyist.
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extremely realistic basilosaurus reconstruction
December 12, 2025 at 2:47 AM
extremely realistic basilosaurus reconstruction
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This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.
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Yes, I remember the NBC execs I had to wrestle with "rich people betting on crime? The idea of a secret betting market where you can just bet on anything is insane" for THE PLAYER. As usual, being ten years ahead of anything ain't that good, actually.
We could 100% sell that show right now.
We could 100% sell that show right now.
Yeah. What's next? A massive conspiracy where all these guys are just betting on the results of crime?
Damn, I wish that show had taken off like it deserved
Damn, I wish that show had taken off like it deserved
December 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Yes, I remember the NBC execs I had to wrestle with "rich people betting on crime? The idea of a secret betting market where you can just bet on anything is insane" for THE PLAYER. As usual, being ten years ahead of anything ain't that good, actually.
We could 100% sell that show right now.
We could 100% sell that show right now.
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"The jury verdict from 10 years ago contains a scrivener's error insofar as it states that the defendant was not guilty. We are changing that, nunc pro tunc, to guilty."
Yeah, no.
Yeah, no.
It is not! A “scrivener’s error” is for things like fixing typos or very minor non-material errors, not retroactively adding a deportation order that doesn’t current exist!
Is "correcting" a previous order like this a real thing?
December 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"The jury verdict from 10 years ago contains a scrivener's error insofar as it states that the defendant was not guilty. We are changing that, nunc pro tunc, to guilty."
Yeah, no.
Yeah, no.
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Prairie Band Potawatomi intends to ditch $30M ICE contract, chairman announces | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg
Prairie Band Potawatomi intends to ditch $30M ICE contract, chairman announces • Kansas Reflector
The Prairie Band Potawatomi Tribe’s chairman compared immigrant detention to Indian reservations in an online video address Friday, and declared the tribe’s intention to jettison a recently secured co...
kansasreflector.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Prairie Band Potawatomi intends to ditch $30M ICE contract, chairman announces | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg
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I'm searching Getty Images and found some photos credited to the Boston Herald that redact the faces of ICE/federal agents. They don't redact the face of the guy they're arresting.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
December 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I'm searching Getty Images and found some photos credited to the Boston Herald that redact the faces of ICE/federal agents. They don't redact the face of the guy they're arresting.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
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this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw
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As we wait for the @fallout.bethesdastudios.com
season 2 premiere December 17th, I share another song I sang as Magnolia in Fallout 4: “I’m the One You’re Looking For.” John Jarvis and Kerry Marx were my brilliant songwriting partners, and this track is deceptively simple…
season 2 premiere December 17th, I share another song I sang as Magnolia in Fallout 4: “I’m the One You’re Looking For.” John Jarvis and Kerry Marx were my brilliant songwriting partners, and this track is deceptively simple…
December 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
As we wait for the @fallout.bethesdastudios.com
season 2 premiere December 17th, I share another song I sang as Magnolia in Fallout 4: “I’m the One You’re Looking For.” John Jarvis and Kerry Marx were my brilliant songwriting partners, and this track is deceptively simple…
season 2 premiere December 17th, I share another song I sang as Magnolia in Fallout 4: “I’m the One You’re Looking For.” John Jarvis and Kerry Marx were my brilliant songwriting partners, and this track is deceptively simple…
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Reposting because this really is an excellent thread.
December 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Reposting because this really is an excellent thread.
He jumped in their car and threatened them with a gun while they drive to a police station — and they’re the ones who got arrested?! I sense a grand jury “no bill” In the future.
The agent, who’s assigned to another HSI office and is in Minnesota on “temporary detail for an operation,” is unfamiliar with the Twin Cities, did not know where they were going, and “was in fear that he was being abducted.”
FBI: Man, woman drive to police station with Homeland Security agent trapped in vehicle
A man and a woman are facing charges of assaulting a federal officer after Homeland Security Investigations agents tried to arrest the man Wednesday for overstaying his student visa. The pair drove to...
www.mprnews.org
December 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
He jumped in their car and threatened them with a gun while they drive to a police station — and they’re the ones who got arrested?! I sense a grand jury “no bill” In the future.
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ICYMI: Last night @jeremyfaust.bsky.social revealed that Drs. Makary and Prasad of the FDA have lied to all of us with their claims that COVID19 vaccines “killed 10 children”.
The scientists that did the work found that there were ZERO deaths that they could be certain were caused by the vaccines.
The scientists that did the work found that there were ZERO deaths that they could be certain were caused by the vaccines.
Scoop: FDA vaccine chief’s memo cited 10 pediatric Covid-19 vaccine deaths—but the agency’s own analysis found 0–7.
Dr. Vinay Prasad circulated a memo before FDA scientists finished their work. His conclusions overshot what the agency’s own analysts ultimately found.
insidemedicine.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
ICYMI: Last night @jeremyfaust.bsky.social revealed that Drs. Makary and Prasad of the FDA have lied to all of us with their claims that COVID19 vaccines “killed 10 children”.
The scientists that did the work found that there were ZERO deaths that they could be certain were caused by the vaccines.
The scientists that did the work found that there were ZERO deaths that they could be certain were caused by the vaccines.
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Kathleen's work (and her character) has come under attack in the States. Her statement in response is an important read. Solidarity to all communities feeling even more vulnerable in the final minutes of 2025.
Some thoughts on some things I've been dealing with lately. 1/6
![text: In it was a link to an article where a man in another country, in a place I have never visited, who does not know me, calls me a [censored] and sinister and a [censored] because 'JO' features a lesbian protagonist.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zhqdngpmdgdhor72bzwjmf7p/bafkreiclqziznmzxscos6cqihunshbnn4i6hfcrotfl6psktcqv72ojf2i@jpeg)
December 12, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Kathleen's work (and her character) has come under attack in the States. Her statement in response is an important read. Solidarity to all communities feeling even more vulnerable in the final minutes of 2025.
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Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra said DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
(Published Oct.)
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
(Published Oct.)
How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
www.propublica.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra said DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
(Published Oct.)
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
(Published Oct.)
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I’ve heard from immigration attorneys that clients say ICE guards lay out the WRAP device (essentially a full-body straitjacket) on the tarmac as a threat — “do what we say or you’re getting the WRAP on the whole flight.”
And here’s proof, from Seattle livestream today via @lalabote.bsky.social.
And here’s proof, from Seattle livestream today via @lalabote.bsky.social.
December 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I’ve heard from immigration attorneys that clients say ICE guards lay out the WRAP device (essentially a full-body straitjacket) on the tarmac as a threat — “do what we say or you’re getting the WRAP on the whole flight.”
And here’s proof, from Seattle livestream today via @lalabote.bsky.social.
And here’s proof, from Seattle livestream today via @lalabote.bsky.social.
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Harlequin's statement is a truly incredible lukewarm word salad that addresses none of the concerns of readers and the author in why the paperback of Heated Rivalry is out of stock everywhere.
Enraging and embarrassing.
Enraging and embarrassing.
NEW: It’s not just readers that suffer due to Harlequin’s mismanagement of the' Heated Rivalry' books. Reid misses out on royalties, & booksellers miss out on commissions—which is especially painful during the holiday season when many small businesses make the bulk of their money.
was ‘heated rivalry’ failed by its publisher?
everyone's devouring the new TV series, so why can't people buy a copy of the book the show is based on?
www.thefrankiedlc.news
December 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Harlequin's statement is a truly incredible lukewarm word salad that addresses none of the concerns of readers and the author in why the paperback of Heated Rivalry is out of stock everywhere.
Enraging and embarrassing.
Enraging and embarrassing.
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I'm so used to telling people "you're not interesting enough to be targeted by spies", but ever since DPRK went all in on state-sponsored cybercrime, now it's more like "no, actually it's entirely plausible the dude who stole your Roblox works for a foreign intelligence agency".
December 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I'm so used to telling people "you're not interesting enough to be targeted by spies", but ever since DPRK went all in on state-sponsored cybercrime, now it's more like "no, actually it's entirely plausible the dude who stole your Roblox works for a foreign intelligence agency".
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The fact that AI hype-driven imperatives have apparently overwhelmed Disney Legal's protective instincts is kinda concerning.
December 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The fact that AI hype-driven imperatives have apparently overwhelmed Disney Legal's protective instincts is kinda concerning.
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We have our answer: 4 million.
Senate Republicans just voted to kick 4 million Americans off their health insurance to fund their tax cuts for billionaires & mega-corporations.
I agree with those who say we need to drastically reform the system, but this isn't reform, it's regression.
Senate Republicans just voted to kick 4 million Americans off their health insurance to fund their tax cuts for billionaires & mega-corporations.
I agree with those who say we need to drastically reform the system, but this isn't reform, it's regression.
December 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
We have our answer: 4 million.
Senate Republicans just voted to kick 4 million Americans off their health insurance to fund their tax cuts for billionaires & mega-corporations.
I agree with those who say we need to drastically reform the system, but this isn't reform, it's regression.
Senate Republicans just voted to kick 4 million Americans off their health insurance to fund their tax cuts for billionaires & mega-corporations.
I agree with those who say we need to drastically reform the system, but this isn't reform, it's regression.
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The weirdly (not entirely devastating) news is we can now grow tea as far north as Baltimore. There’s a small tea farm there (link) and Bigelow has a garden outside of Charleston, SC, so it’s not impossible.
At Maryland’s Only True Tea Farm, a Couple Faces the Ups and Downs of Harvesting Their Own Blends
Ten years after purchasing Heron’s Meadow Farm in Woodbine, Lori and Bob Baker continue to develop their tea-growing skills in a challenging environment—but it’s still their “little slice of heaven.”
www.baltimoremagazine.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:03 AM
The weirdly (not entirely devastating) news is we can now grow tea as far north as Baltimore. There’s a small tea farm there (link) and Bigelow has a garden outside of Charleston, SC, so it’s not impossible.
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i like these home details designed for pets
IG meredithsterninteriors
IG meredithsterninteriors
December 11, 2025 at 7:31 AM
i like these home details designed for pets
IG meredithsterninteriors
IG meredithsterninteriors
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Bye, scientific conferences in the USA!
US is hosting the World Cup and Olympics, but I can see a lot of professional associations just pushing members not to host in the US any longer.
bsky.app/profile/carl...
bsky.app/profile/carl...
December 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Bye, scientific conferences in the USA!
Ready to start the thumb gusset on my Eclipse Endpaper mitts. I’d forgotten how much fun knitting colorwork is, and how easy it is to do on the bus. 🧶
December 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Ready to start the thumb gusset on my Eclipse Endpaper mitts. I’d forgotten how much fun knitting colorwork is, and how easy it is to do on the bus. 🧶
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Folk singer Eliza Gilkyson, a two-time Grammy nominee...
"So keep your light on,
Vow to fight on
Through the dark night of your soul.
Call on Martin, call on Ida,
whose fight for justice did not cease."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGbP...
"So keep your light on,
Vow to fight on
Through the dark night of your soul.
Call on Martin, call on Ida,
whose fight for justice did not cease."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGbP...
Eliza Gilkyson - Dark Night of the Soul
YouTube video by Eliza Gilkyson
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Folk singer Eliza Gilkyson, a two-time Grammy nominee...
"So keep your light on,
Vow to fight on
Through the dark night of your soul.
Call on Martin, call on Ida,
whose fight for justice did not cease."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGbP...
"So keep your light on,
Vow to fight on
Through the dark night of your soul.
Call on Martin, call on Ida,
whose fight for justice did not cease."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGbP...
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Piracy to provoke. Piracy to intimidate. Piracy to frighten. Piracy as a casus belli.
December 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Piracy to provoke. Piracy to intimidate. Piracy to frighten. Piracy as a casus belli.