Captain Cliff ⛵🇺🇸 🇺🇦
@properlookout.bsky.social
A skilled mariner who never relies on any one aid to navigation.
"Amateurs advertise." - TMR, USMC
Proud to be one and proud of my fellow #Resisters. #TheResistance #Resist #FBR #AllFollowersVetted #StandUpInOpposition #DoNotObeyInAdvance
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"Amateurs advertise." - TMR, USMC
Proud to be one and proud of my fellow #Resisters. #TheResistance #Resist #FBR #AllFollowersVetted #StandUpInOpposition #DoNotObeyInAdvance
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Activism works!
Huge congratulations to @xrnl.bsky.social
Amsterdam is planning to ban all cruise ships by 2035 but if @xrnl.bsky.social has their say, it will be even sooner.
Video of their successful blockade:
tube.xrtv.nl/w/crEnX45n9T...
#cruiseships #Amsterdam
Huge congratulations to @xrnl.bsky.social
Amsterdam is planning to ban all cruise ships by 2035 but if @xrnl.bsky.social has their say, it will be even sooner.
Video of their successful blockade:
tube.xrtv.nl/w/crEnX45n9T...
#cruiseships #Amsterdam
ACTIEVOEREN WERKT!!!
Na meerdere acties tegen de extreem vervuilende cruise-industrie heeft het stadsbestuur van Amsterdam eindelijk besloten te stoppen met zeecruises. Wat een overwinning! Een overwinning die we samen hebben behaald!
Na meerdere acties tegen de extreem vervuilende cruise-industrie heeft het stadsbestuur van Amsterdam eindelijk besloten te stoppen met zeecruises. Wat een overwinning! Een overwinning die we samen hebben behaald!
January 23, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Activism works!
Huge congratulations to @xrnl.bsky.social
Amsterdam is planning to ban all cruise ships by 2035 but if @xrnl.bsky.social has their say, it will be even sooner.
Video of their successful blockade:
tube.xrtv.nl/w/crEnX45n9T...
#cruiseships #Amsterdam
Huge congratulations to @xrnl.bsky.social
Amsterdam is planning to ban all cruise ships by 2035 but if @xrnl.bsky.social has their say, it will be even sooner.
Video of their successful blockade:
tube.xrtv.nl/w/crEnX45n9T...
#cruiseships #Amsterdam
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We are off the cliff, folks 🇺🇸
ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."
January 23, 2026 at 5:37 PM
We are off the cliff, folks 🇺🇸
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UK PM Keir Starmer reacts to Cadet Bone Spurs claiming that allied troops stayed back behind the front lines in Afghanistan to avoid combat: “457 of our armed services lost their lives, many more were injured. So I consider Trump’s remarks to be insulting and apalling.”
January 23, 2026 at 5:36 PM
UK PM Keir Starmer reacts to Cadet Bone Spurs claiming that allied troops stayed back behind the front lines in Afghanistan to avoid combat: “457 of our armed services lost their lives, many more were injured. So I consider Trump’s remarks to be insulting and apalling.”
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“There was ample opportunity to be able to safely hand that 5 year old child off to adults."
January 23, 2026 at 5:36 PM
“There was ample opportunity to be able to safely hand that 5 year old child off to adults."
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Apropos of this thread (x.com/MichaelEMann...) is email (which Trump DOE was forced to release) between climate deniers John Christy & Ross McKitrick worrying about the numerous studies over past 25 year that have reaffirmed original late 90s "Hockey Stick" conclusions:
www.edf.org/media/newly-...
www.edf.org/media/newly-...
January 23, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Apropos of this thread (x.com/MichaelEMann...) is email (which Trump DOE was forced to release) between climate deniers John Christy & Ross McKitrick worrying about the numerous studies over past 25 year that have reaffirmed original late 90s "Hockey Stick" conclusions:
www.edf.org/media/newly-...
www.edf.org/media/newly-...
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ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."
January 23, 2026 at 5:32 PM
ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."
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THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL! This picket line runs the entire length of the departures terminal! Y’all there are massive actions happening not just in Minneapolis, but across the country today to support their day of action against ICE’s occupation.
January 23, 2026 at 5:29 PM
THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL! This picket line runs the entire length of the departures terminal! Y’all there are massive actions happening not just in Minneapolis, but across the country today to support their day of action against ICE’s occupation.
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JD Vance speaks at the March for Life behind bulletproof glass
January 23, 2026 at 5:24 PM
JD Vance speaks at the March for Life behind bulletproof glass
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Polio is still circulatig in the world. In 2022, a case of paralytic polio was reported in an unvaccinated adult in NY. Genetically linked detections were reported in multiple New York counties, England, Israel, and Canada. Polio was detected in wastewater in MULTIPLE New York counties.
The new chair of the #ACIP was on the Why Should I Trust You? podcast. The interview was ... enlightening. Among other things, Kirk Milhoan seemed to question whether kids still need to be vaccinated against polio & said he doesn't like “established science.” www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/v...
Top CDC vaccine adviser questions need for polio shot, other longstanding recommendations
The chair of a federal vaccine advisory panel charted a new course for the committee in a podcast released Thursday, questioning longstanding recommendations.
www.statnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Polio is still circulatig in the world. In 2022, a case of paralytic polio was reported in an unvaccinated adult in NY. Genetically linked detections were reported in multiple New York counties, England, Israel, and Canada. Polio was detected in wastewater in MULTIPLE New York counties.
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Absolutely disgusting and shameful. This baby should be home with his family, not in an ICE detention facility.
The Trump administration’s cruelty knows no bounds, targeting a preschooler instead of the violent criminals they claim to be removing.
The child & his father must be released.
The Trump administration’s cruelty knows no bounds, targeting a preschooler instead of the violent criminals they claim to be removing.
The child & his father must be released.
ICE just used a 5-year-old boy as bait, forcing him to knock on his own door so they could arrest his father.
Trump, ICE and CBP don’t see these families as people, and that’s exactly how they’re treating them.
Trump, ICE and CBP don’t see these families as people, and that’s exactly how they’re treating them.
January 23, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Absolutely disgusting and shameful. This baby should be home with his family, not in an ICE detention facility.
The Trump administration’s cruelty knows no bounds, targeting a preschooler instead of the violent criminals they claim to be removing.
The child & his father must be released.
The Trump administration’s cruelty knows no bounds, targeting a preschooler instead of the violent criminals they claim to be removing.
The child & his father must be released.
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If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it?
[Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
[Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
January 23, 2026 at 5:17 PM
If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it?
[Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
[Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
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Republicans are raising the stakes of enacting a new voter suppression law this year. Today, I lay out how the SAVE Act will only save Trump's ability to exercise authoritarian power.
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January 23, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Republicans are raising the stakes of enacting a new voter suppression law this year. Today, I lay out how the SAVE Act will only save Trump's ability to exercise authoritarian power.
Democracy Docket members can access this and all premium content while also supporting its work. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
Democracy Docket members can access this and all premium content while also supporting its work. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
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Elon Musk’s DOGE has:
❌ Forced out 7,000 of the Social Security Administration workers
❌ Abused the Social Security database to falsely mark people as dead
❌ Put the entire Social Security database on an insecure server
❌ Forced out 7,000 of the Social Security Administration workers
❌ Abused the Social Security database to falsely mark people as dead
❌ Put the entire Social Security database on an insecure server
January 23, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Elon Musk’s DOGE has:
❌ Forced out 7,000 of the Social Security Administration workers
❌ Abused the Social Security database to falsely mark people as dead
❌ Put the entire Social Security database on an insecure server
❌ Forced out 7,000 of the Social Security Administration workers
❌ Abused the Social Security database to falsely mark people as dead
❌ Put the entire Social Security database on an insecure server
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"A ‘Perfect Storm’: Extreme Winter Weather, Bitter Cold, and Climate Change" | My Jan 2018 commentary for @climaterealityproject.org: www.climaterealityproject.org/blog/perfect...
January 23, 2026 at 5:06 PM
"A ‘Perfect Storm’: Extreme Winter Weather, Bitter Cold, and Climate Change" | My Jan 2018 commentary for @climaterealityproject.org: www.climaterealityproject.org/blog/perfect...
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House Oversight & Judiciary Committee Democrats say they'll be making official visit to federal prison in Bryan, Texas next month amid accusations of preferential treatment for inmate Ghislaine Maxwell
January 23, 2026 at 5:04 PM
House Oversight & Judiciary Committee Democrats say they'll be making official visit to federal prison in Bryan, Texas next month amid accusations of preferential treatment for inmate Ghislaine Maxwell
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My 8th grade chorus teacher swung himself around the junior high on crutches because polio struck both his legs.
Kirk Milhoan looks like he's old enough to remember meeting polio survivors, too. What would they think of getting rid of the polio vaccine?
www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/v...
Kirk Milhoan looks like he's old enough to remember meeting polio survivors, too. What would they think of getting rid of the polio vaccine?
www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/v...
Top CDC vaccine adviser questions need for polio shot, other longstanding recommendations
The chair of a federal vaccine advisory panel charted a new course for the committee in a podcast released Thursday, questioning longstanding recommendations.
www.statnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:03 PM
My 8th grade chorus teacher swung himself around the junior high on crutches because polio struck both his legs.
Kirk Milhoan looks like he's old enough to remember meeting polio survivors, too. What would they think of getting rid of the polio vaccine?
www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/v...
Kirk Milhoan looks like he's old enough to remember meeting polio survivors, too. What would they think of getting rid of the polio vaccine?
www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/v...
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File this under:
Something the British said at the start of the American Revolution.
Something southerners said about northerners before the Civil War.
REALLY bad take.
Study history, you num-num.
Something the British said at the start of the American Revolution.
Something southerners said about northerners before the Civil War.
REALLY bad take.
Study history, you num-num.
Rep. Greg Steube: "You see Macron and the French sending troops to Greenland. I would love to see the US military up against French troops in Greenland, because it would not last very long. It would be a very small skirmish ... we don't care about what Macron and the French want."
January 23, 2026 at 5:01 PM
File this under:
Something the British said at the start of the American Revolution.
Something southerners said about northerners before the Civil War.
REALLY bad take.
Study history, you num-num.
Something the British said at the start of the American Revolution.
Something southerners said about northerners before the Civil War.
REALLY bad take.
Study history, you num-num.
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Saudi envoy Jared Kushner meets with Putin for 4 hours www.axios.com/2026/01/23/p...
Trump's envoys meet Putin for four hours on Ukraine
They'll head to Abu Dhabi next for trilateral talks.
www.axios.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Saudi envoy Jared Kushner meets with Putin for 4 hours www.axios.com/2026/01/23/p...
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our recent #PNAS article "The intensification of the strongest nor'easters"
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
January 23, 2026 at 4:57 PM
our recent #PNAS article "The intensification of the strongest nor'easters"
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Politicians from across Britain’s political spectrum united on Friday to condemn claims made by President Trump that NATO troops had stayed “a little off the front lines” during the war in Afghanistan. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/w...
British Lawmakers Unite in Anger Over Trump’s Afghanistan War Claim
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Politicians from across Britain’s political spectrum united on Friday to condemn claims made by President Trump that NATO troops had stayed “a little off the front lines” during the war in Afghanistan. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/w...
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Minneapolis shows us the only way out www.thefarce.org/minneapolis-... via @thefarce.org
Minneapolis shows us the only way out
This year will decide the rest of our lives. And the people will decide it.
www.thefarce.org
January 23, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Minneapolis shows us the only way out www.thefarce.org/minneapolis-... via @thefarce.org
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🇬🇧 WATCH: “How dare he say this? A man who dodged the draft. Absolute disgrace.”
UK soldiers who served alongside us and mothers of the fallen react to Trump disparaging their sacrifice to denigrate NATO. (H/T @lbc.co.uk @mrjamesob.bsky.social )
Putin is pleased.
UK soldiers who served alongside us and mothers of the fallen react to Trump disparaging their sacrifice to denigrate NATO. (H/T @lbc.co.uk @mrjamesob.bsky.social )
Putin is pleased.
January 23, 2026 at 4:40 PM
🇬🇧 WATCH: “How dare he say this? A man who dodged the draft. Absolute disgrace.”
UK soldiers who served alongside us and mothers of the fallen react to Trump disparaging their sacrifice to denigrate NATO. (H/T @lbc.co.uk @mrjamesob.bsky.social )
Putin is pleased.
UK soldiers who served alongside us and mothers of the fallen react to Trump disparaging their sacrifice to denigrate NATO. (H/T @lbc.co.uk @mrjamesob.bsky.social )
Putin is pleased.
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Wow.
Definitely worth reading.
Turns out that there IS a bottom for news. At least I hope so. Because…here it is. SO close to the movie Network’s” style.
Definitely worth reading.
Turns out that there IS a bottom for news. At least I hope so. Because…here it is. SO close to the movie Network’s” style.
“It’s going horrendously. I don’t mean there have been a few minor speed bumps; I mean the bus is pancaked, Wile E. Coyote–style, against the side of the mountain.“ www.theringer.com/2026/01/21/m...
The Five Farcical Principles of the ‘CBS Evening News’
Tony Dokoupil and Bari Weiss’s new broadcast has been one debacle after another. Let's try to make sense of it all, with or without whiskey.
www.theringer.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Wow.
Definitely worth reading.
Turns out that there IS a bottom for news. At least I hope so. Because…here it is. SO close to the movie Network’s” style.
Definitely worth reading.
Turns out that there IS a bottom for news. At least I hope so. Because…here it is. SO close to the movie Network’s” style.
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"I waited for the landscape to change and when the landscape changed, I was still there, so I was able to get some of these roles... that I always wanted to do, but never got the chance to do in my 20s and 30s." Isiah Whitlock, Jr. on NPR's @bullseye.maximumfun.org, 2021 www.npr.org/2026/01/23/n...
Remembering Isiah Whitlock Jr. : Bullseye with Jesse Thorn
We’re taking a look back at the life and work of the great actor Isiah Whitlock Jr. Whitlock died in December, he was 71. Whitlock performed in hit movies and TV shows like The Wire, Da 5 Bloods and G...
www.npr.org
January 23, 2026 at 4:36 PM
"I waited for the landscape to change and when the landscape changed, I was still there, so I was able to get some of these roles... that I always wanted to do, but never got the chance to do in my 20s and 30s." Isiah Whitlock, Jr. on NPR's @bullseye.maximumfun.org, 2021 www.npr.org/2026/01/23/n...