Paula
@notsoencrypted.bsky.social
I love people & learning anything & everything. Love your neighbor as yourself. she/her but they/them is fine too. Expat Minnesotan in Wisconsin. aka Sha. ADD. Struggling with life. Avatar: @lullindo
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Dems need to start running right now on a platform of "This is what we are going to do to fix **all of this** and here's why each of our decisions conforms with established law and is informed by the evidence of recent misuse."
Democrats who want to abolish ice should start introducing legislation to roll back the creation of DHS. It was a specific post 9/11 law that combined previously extant functions into a single new department. Let’s start getting that model legislation out there. (Is it already?)
January 10, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Dems need to start running right now on a platform of "This is what we are going to do to fix **all of this** and here's why each of our decisions conforms with established law and is informed by the evidence of recent misuse."
"We have average wind and solar. We understood that we must change the rules of the game for renewables to compete. When we eliminate the strong biases that favor fossil fuels, renewables emerge as the clear winner."
“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.
www.forbes.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:52 PM
"We have average wind and solar. We understood that we must change the rules of the game for renewables to compete. When we eliminate the strong biases that favor fossil fuels, renewables emerge as the clear winner."
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I want to emphasize for people again: there's a bunch of AI stuff going around of people confronting ICE agents. It's fake. It's slop.
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January 10, 2026 at 3:36 PM
I want to emphasize for people again: there's a bunch of AI stuff going around of people confronting ICE agents. It's fake. It's slop.
Verify before reposting.
Verify before reposting.
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Here are the brands and sizes recalled 👇🏻
this is a serious recall. please check your fridge if you buy these brands.
this is a serious recall. please check your fridge if you buy these brands.
January 9, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Here are the brands and sizes recalled 👇🏻
this is a serious recall. please check your fridge if you buy these brands.
this is a serious recall. please check your fridge if you buy these brands.
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You cannot tell voters that this regime is an existential threat one day and aid and abet it every other day. Either you're lying or you are complicit, neither of which makes you fit for office.
7 Democrats just voted today to confirm a Trump judicial nominee who refused to say what happened on January 6 or answer who won the 2020 election:
Durbin
Hassan
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Shaheen
Welch
Durbin
Hassan
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Shaheen
Welch
January 10, 2026 at 12:49 AM
You cannot tell voters that this regime is an existential threat one day and aid and abet it every other day. Either you're lying or you are complicit, neither of which makes you fit for office.
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Discord wants to know how you feel about AI.
Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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January 10, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Discord wants to know how you feel about AI.
Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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There's a million ethical reasons to mask up more, but if nothing else avoiding illness is fantastic motivation. I'm disgustingly sick for the first time in years and can't believe we used to just accept this as normal every few months.
January 6, 2026 at 11:50 AM
There's a million ethical reasons to mask up more, but if nothing else avoiding illness is fantastic motivation. I'm disgustingly sick for the first time in years and can't believe we used to just accept this as normal every few months.
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The world’s ocean absorbed more heat in 2025 than in any other year on record
Ocean Temperatures Just Hit a Dire New Record
The world’s ocean absorbed more heat in 2025 than in any other year on record
www.scientificamerican.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:50 PM
The world’s ocean absorbed more heat in 2025 than in any other year on record
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"Residents will be able to submit evidence through this link...,posted on social media and on our website. The most important element of this situation is collecting and preserving the maximum amount of evidence so a case file can be as complete as possible." www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/20...
Submission Portal: HCAO and MNAGO announce joint effort to collect and preserve evidence to support investigation into killing of Renee Nicole Good
Hennepin County Attorney’s Office and Minnesota Attorney General’s Office announces effort to collect and preserve evidence to support investigation (release January 2026)
www.hennepinattorney.org
January 9, 2026 at 6:02 PM
"Residents will be able to submit evidence through this link...,posted on social media and on our website. The most important element of this situation is collecting and preserving the maximum amount of evidence so a case file can be as complete as possible." www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/20...
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hi! i would like to reup my request for ANY AND ALL PEOPLE FIGHTING DATA CENTERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME
i am now covering data center conflicts for @heatmap.news
my email is jael@heatmap.news
i am now covering data center conflicts for @heatmap.news
my email is jael@heatmap.news
January 9, 2026 at 5:33 PM
hi! i would like to reup my request for ANY AND ALL PEOPLE FIGHTING DATA CENTERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME
i am now covering data center conflicts for @heatmap.news
my email is jael@heatmap.news
i am now covering data center conflicts for @heatmap.news
my email is jael@heatmap.news
I love these things!
My stepdad was a long-haul trucker and I went on a trip with him, and this is one of the first of these maps to have a good way to indicate passing through, which is what I did for a fair bit of states to my west. I differentiated "staying" as staying with friends/family.
My stepdad was a long-haul trucker and I went on a trip with him, and this is one of the first of these maps to have a good way to indicate passing through, which is what I did for a fair bit of states to my west. I differentiated "staying" as staying with friends/family.
January 9, 2026 at 5:25 PM
I love these things!
My stepdad was a long-haul trucker and I went on a trip with him, and this is one of the first of these maps to have a good way to indicate passing through, which is what I did for a fair bit of states to my west. I differentiated "staying" as staying with friends/family.
My stepdad was a long-haul trucker and I went on a trip with him, and this is one of the first of these maps to have a good way to indicate passing through, which is what I did for a fair bit of states to my west. I differentiated "staying" as staying with friends/family.
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🗃️ Time to rewrite immigration history with Native history in mind. The US was founded on the conquest, dispossession, removal, exploitation, or genocide of Native people. Denial of that fact generated counter-myths: empty land, waste land, Manifest Destiny—and the slogan “nation of immigrants.” 🧵1/7
January 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
🗃️ Time to rewrite immigration history with Native history in mind. The US was founded on the conquest, dispossession, removal, exploitation, or genocide of Native people. Denial of that fact generated counter-myths: empty land, waste land, Manifest Destiny—and the slogan “nation of immigrants.” 🧵1/7
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On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
Renee Macklin Good’s wife says she ‘nurtured kindness’
On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
www.mprnews.org
January 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
"Photos of the crashed work van ... appeared to show a bullet hole on the passenger’s side of the windshield. And a bystander’s video of the aftermath reviewed by The Banner showed several agents running to the driver’s side door of the van ... There was no indication of a passenger in the video."
After Minneapolis, now the ICE shooting on Christmas Eve in Maryland is getting some scrutiny from local police: “…county police confirmed The Banner’s reporting that the second person injured in the encounter was already in ICE custody, in one of the agency’s vehicles, when he was hurt.”
Anne Arundel County Police dispute ICE’s account of Glen Burnie shooting
A deadly shooting by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis on Wednesday renewed scrutiny of a violent Christmas Eve incident involving ICE agents in Glen Burnie, with Anne Arundel County ...
www.thebanner.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:18 PM
"Photos of the crashed work van ... appeared to show a bullet hole on the passenger’s side of the windshield. And a bystander’s video of the aftermath reviewed by The Banner showed several agents running to the driver’s side door of the van ... There was no indication of a passenger in the video."
Sorry for the lack of alt text on those political cartoons. I'm always unsure the best way to deal with reposting stuff that I find very important or interesting but lacks alt text.
January 9, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Sorry for the lack of alt text on those political cartoons. I'm always unsure the best way to deal with reposting stuff that I find very important or interesting but lacks alt text.
CW just in case: political cartoon blood
January 9, 2026 at 2:55 PM
CW just in case: political cartoon blood
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10. Mike Luckovich
January 9, 2026 at 1:37 PM
10. Mike Luckovich
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We don’t know who needs to hear this, but the flu is getting out of hand. And we needed to make a post about it. Here are our pretty direct thoughts, because sometimes our social media manager/infographic designer is tired & can’t think of a way to put it more gently. Please make good choices. (1/2)
January 8, 2026 at 6:23 PM
We don’t know who needs to hear this, but the flu is getting out of hand. And we needed to make a post about it. Here are our pretty direct thoughts, because sometimes our social media manager/infographic designer is tired & can’t think of a way to put it more gently. Please make good choices. (1/2)
I got blocked by someone for telling them that ICE has the legal authority to arrest citizens.
The amount of disinformation on this topic on this site is really upsetting. People need to be aware that citizenship isn't a magic defense when protesting or observing ICE.
The amount of disinformation on this topic on this site is really upsetting. People need to be aware that citizenship isn't a magic defense when protesting or observing ICE.
January 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM
I got blocked by someone for telling them that ICE has the legal authority to arrest citizens.
The amount of disinformation on this topic on this site is really upsetting. People need to be aware that citizenship isn't a magic defense when protesting or observing ICE.
The amount of disinformation on this topic on this site is really upsetting. People need to be aware that citizenship isn't a magic defense when protesting or observing ICE.
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January 7, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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Today, the US President claimed to The NYT that the only limits that exist on his power, in domestic or international matters, are “his own morality.”
Where are the elected Democrats?
Articles of Impeachment. EVERY. DAY.
Rallies. EVERY. DAY.
Mourning. EVERY. DAY.
Fucking SAY SOMETHING.
Where are the elected Democrats?
Articles of Impeachment. EVERY. DAY.
Rallies. EVERY. DAY.
Mourning. EVERY. DAY.
Fucking SAY SOMETHING.
January 9, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Today, the US President claimed to The NYT that the only limits that exist on his power, in domestic or international matters, are “his own morality.”
Where are the elected Democrats?
Articles of Impeachment. EVERY. DAY.
Rallies. EVERY. DAY.
Mourning. EVERY. DAY.
Fucking SAY SOMETHING.
Where are the elected Democrats?
Articles of Impeachment. EVERY. DAY.
Rallies. EVERY. DAY.
Mourning. EVERY. DAY.
Fucking SAY SOMETHING.
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New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
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good morning, you are loved, hate won't win, one step at a time, let's get the fuck at it
January 8, 2026 at 2:33 PM
good morning, you are loved, hate won't win, one step at a time, let's get the fuck at it
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Good morning. I'd like to invite anyone who is interested to make a small gesture of kindness today. It's up to you to decide what that can be. The key is for you to act on the idea. With so much out of our control, we can choose how to be with each other today and every day.
January 8, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Good morning. I'd like to invite anyone who is interested to make a small gesture of kindness today. It's up to you to decide what that can be. The key is for you to act on the idea. With so much out of our control, we can choose how to be with each other today and every day.
Waking up after only 5 hours of sleep really sucks.
January 8, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Waking up after only 5 hours of sleep really sucks.