theoriginalhare 💍
@rabbittopia.bsky.social
smelling roses and thrifty gardening in the pnw
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🧵 During the pandemic we decided make five wide flowerbeds along the edges of our lawn. Our criteria was low $ and I wanted a lot of perennial color. I’d grown veggies for 15 years but my experience with flowers was buying assorted annuals and perennials in pots and crossing my fingers 🤞🌱
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Yeah I mean the *2024 exit polls* found 56% support path to legal status for most undocumented versus only 40% deportations. Entire commentariat has pretended not to know this for the last year or so
Here's the thing: This was true in 2024. In the very same surveys where media shouted from rooftops that majorities supported "mass deportation" MORE people supported having people stay. But the latter didn't merit airtime. Chart credit: @mikepod.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Yeah I mean the *2024 exit polls* found 56% support path to legal status for most undocumented versus only 40% deportations. Entire commentariat has pretended not to know this for the last year or so
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Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
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February 13, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
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“More than 40 measles cases have been reported at Ave Maria University in southwest Florida, the largest outbreak on a college campus in recent history.
The outbreak at the private Catholic college has raised concerns among university leaders and public health experts” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
The outbreak at the private Catholic college has raised concerns among university leaders and public health experts” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
Measles Outbreak Hits Florida College
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:05 PM
“More than 40 measles cases have been reported at Ave Maria University in southwest Florida, the largest outbreak on a college campus in recent history.
The outbreak at the private Catholic college has raised concerns among university leaders and public health experts” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
The outbreak at the private Catholic college has raised concerns among university leaders and public health experts” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
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There are some shows I have given up on because of the constant constant re-stating of exposition. Exposition is a thing that is definitely needed in normal amounts. The amounts being demanded right now by executives at some streamers is excessive & annoying & has killed my interest in some shows
February 14, 2026 at 3:38 AM
There are some shows I have given up on because of the constant constant re-stating of exposition. Exposition is a thing that is definitely needed in normal amounts. The amounts being demanded right now by executives at some streamers is excessive & annoying & has killed my interest in some shows
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no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.
A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released by the National Science Foundation.https://cnn.it/3MoF7zU
February 14, 2026 at 3:43 AM
no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.
This made me cry
For more on how conditions at Dilley are affecting children, read my latest for @nbcnews.com
I interviewed a family of Russian asylum seekers who’ve been held more than four months at the Dilley detention center in Texas.
As we spoke over Zoom this week, their daughter Kamilla was one day shy of turning 12. I asked her what she wanted for her birthday.
She replied: “To get out of here.”
As we spoke over Zoom this week, their daughter Kamilla was one day shy of turning 12. I asked her what she wanted for her birthday.
She replied: “To get out of here.”
February 14, 2026 at 2:28 AM
This made me cry
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WOW. Incredible. This is the case in which DHS claimed that ICE officers had been attacked with a shovel and fired back in self-defense. Evidence since suggests an ICE officer fired through a closed door and struck someone on the other side.
Will DHS retract the prior claims?
Will DHS retract the prior claims?
February 13, 2026 at 7:24 PM
WOW. Incredible. This is the case in which DHS claimed that ICE officers had been attacked with a shovel and fired back in self-defense. Evidence since suggests an ICE officer fired through a closed door and struck someone on the other side.
Will DHS retract the prior claims?
Will DHS retract the prior claims?
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In other words, the vast majority of the $45 billion in reconciliation funding is going to go to the new system of warehouse detention camps.
The other $6.8 billion will presumably serve mainly to keep the existing system of detention running without any other major changes.
The other $6.8 billion will presumably serve mainly to keep the existing system of detention running without any other major changes.
"ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers."
Senate Democrats: Do not appropriate any more funds for ICE.
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Senate Democrats: Do not appropriate any more funds for ICE.
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ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
wapo.st
February 13, 2026 at 9:08 PM
In other words, the vast majority of the $45 billion in reconciliation funding is going to go to the new system of warehouse detention camps.
The other $6.8 billion will presumably serve mainly to keep the existing system of detention running without any other major changes.
The other $6.8 billion will presumably serve mainly to keep the existing system of detention running without any other major changes.
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DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law. They are tear-gassing schools, killing American citizens, and disappearing legal immigrants. Democrats shouldn’t fund an out of control ICE.
February 13, 2026 at 4:53 PM
DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law. They are tear-gassing schools, killing American citizens, and disappearing legal immigrants. Democrats shouldn’t fund an out of control ICE.
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In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
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Yep. This will have a huge impact on the availability of habeas for people who are still being arrested in Minnesota.
In other words, long enough that habeas petitions can be filed on their behalf in Minnesota before they're whisked off to an immigration detention facility somewhere in the Fifth Circuit (where, under that court's current law, they wouldn't be eligible for a bond hearing).
Incredibly powerful opinion chronicling the awfulness in Whipple and the ways it interfered with the right to counsel.
One key part of the ruling (that ICE will likely appeal ASAP); Judge Brasel bars ICE from transferring anyone out of Minnesota within 72 hours of arrest.
One key part of the ruling (that ICE will likely appeal ASAP); Judge Brasel bars ICE from transferring anyone out of Minnesota within 72 hours of arrest.
February 13, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Yep. This will have a huge impact on the availability of habeas for people who are still being arrested in Minnesota.
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Incredibly powerful opinion chronicling the awfulness in Whipple and the ways it interfered with the right to counsel.
One key part of the ruling (that ICE will likely appeal ASAP); Judge Brasel bars ICE from transferring anyone out of Minnesota within 72 hours of arrest.
One key part of the ruling (that ICE will likely appeal ASAP); Judge Brasel bars ICE from transferring anyone out of Minnesota within 72 hours of arrest.
February 13, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Incredibly powerful opinion chronicling the awfulness in Whipple and the ways it interfered with the right to counsel.
One key part of the ruling (that ICE will likely appeal ASAP); Judge Brasel bars ICE from transferring anyone out of Minnesota within 72 hours of arrest.
One key part of the ruling (that ICE will likely appeal ASAP); Judge Brasel bars ICE from transferring anyone out of Minnesota within 72 hours of arrest.
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The DHS funding deadline is tomorrow — and a bill can’t pass without Democratic votes. We need Democrats to keep holding the line by refusing to fund DHS without ironclad limits on ICE and CBP, actual accountability for abuses, and clear guardrails to stop raids and intimidation. Let’s get to work.
Tell Your Members of Congress to rein in ICE NOW
On January 24, federal forces with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This was just over two weeks after the killing of Renee Good. These killings are a direc...
act.indivisible.org
February 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM
The DHS funding deadline is tomorrow — and a bill can’t pass without Democratic votes. We need Democrats to keep holding the line by refusing to fund DHS without ironclad limits on ICE and CBP, actual accountability for abuses, and clear guardrails to stop raids and intimidation. Let’s get to work.
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Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Flock off
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February 12, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
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Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
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NEW: We’re publishing a full list of the 373 federal judges who have ruled against ICE’s mass detention policy and the 28 who have endorsed it — as well as links to key rulings by each.
Trump appointees have split 44 against/ 20 for the policy.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Trump appointees have split 44 against/ 20 for the policy.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 12, 2026 at 10:01 PM
NEW: We’re publishing a full list of the 373 federal judges who have ruled against ICE’s mass detention policy and the 28 who have endorsed it — as well as links to key rulings by each.
Trump appointees have split 44 against/ 20 for the policy.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Trump appointees have split 44 against/ 20 for the policy.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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Get ICE out. Lawless thugs are terrorizing entire communities, have murdered and injured innocent people with impunity, and are surveilling and targeting protestors. Not another dime for ICE. Defund. Abolish.
February 12, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Get ICE out. Lawless thugs are terrorizing entire communities, have murdered and injured innocent people with impunity, and are surveilling and targeting protestors. Not another dime for ICE. Defund. Abolish.
This is extremely relevant to my interests but I don’t have a nyt subscription 🤔
This 10-minute version of sticky toffee pudding is made for one or two people and doesn’t require turning on the oven — just the microwave.
Microwave Sticky Toffee Pudding Recipe
You’re just 10 minutes away from a bowl of soft, date-flecked cake draped in a brown sugary sauce This speedy take on sticky toffee pudding is made for one or two people and doesn’t require turning on the oven — just the microwave Topping your warm cake with cold ice cream, whipped cream or sour cream is a welcome contrast and helps temper the sweetness
nyti.ms
February 12, 2026 at 6:40 PM
This is extremely relevant to my interests but I don’t have a nyt subscription 🤔
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I realize that Daphne odora is very common here in the PNW! However when February begins to open the flowers and fill the air with its lemony-Jasmine perfume, it is almost intoxicating! When I owned Winterbloom, for 41 years, I made sure to plant one near each Client’s front door! 🌱 PNWGardening
February 12, 2026 at 4:11 PM
I realize that Daphne odora is very common here in the PNW! However when February begins to open the flowers and fill the air with its lemony-Jasmine perfume, it is almost intoxicating! When I owned Winterbloom, for 41 years, I made sure to plant one near each Client’s front door! 🌱 PNWGardening
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AMERICANS – not foreign companies – pay 96% of the cost of Donald Trump’s tariffs.
He enacted an enormous sales tax, and it’s a big part of why prices keep going up.
He enacted an enormous sales tax, and it’s a big part of why prices keep going up.
February 12, 2026 at 6:01 PM
AMERICANS – not foreign companies – pay 96% of the cost of Donald Trump’s tariffs.
He enacted an enormous sales tax, and it’s a big part of why prices keep going up.
He enacted an enormous sales tax, and it’s a big part of why prices keep going up.
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ICE out of Minnesota was our first goal, not the last.
Congress still needs to deliver justice and accountability for Alex, Renee and every Minnesotan who has spent the better part of 2026 in paralyzing fear.
Congress still needs to deliver justice and accountability for Alex, Renee and every Minnesotan who has spent the better part of 2026 in paralyzing fear.
February 12, 2026 at 4:39 PM
ICE out of Minnesota was our first goal, not the last.
Congress still needs to deliver justice and accountability for Alex, Renee and every Minnesotan who has spent the better part of 2026 in paralyzing fear.
Congress still needs to deliver justice and accountability for Alex, Renee and every Minnesotan who has spent the better part of 2026 in paralyzing fear.
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Boy sounds like a great time to fire tens of thousands of Haitians with TPS working in the healthcare sector, I’m sure that’s going to go well!
February 12, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Boy sounds like a great time to fire tens of thousands of Haitians with TPS working in the healthcare sector, I’m sure that’s going to go well!
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New poll: In 2024, low-engagement voters went for Trump over Harris by 11 percentage points. But now they disapprove of the way he's handling the presidency by 13. They have moved 25 points against Trump — 2x as large as the shift for high-knowledge voters www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-lost...
Trump has lost the voters who weren’t paying attention in 2024
The least-engaged Americans have swung 25 points against him since 2024 — about twice the shift among everyone else. Trump has flattened the engagement gap.
www.gelliottmorris.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:01 PM
New poll: In 2024, low-engagement voters went for Trump over Harris by 11 percentage points. But now they disapprove of the way he's handling the presidency by 13. They have moved 25 points against Trump — 2x as large as the shift for high-knowledge voters www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-lost...
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Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
www.propublica.org
February 12, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
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We’ve invested millions in Leach, with Nick Fish (inner NE) & me (outer SW) securing funding for it. I thought district representation was supposed to increase advocacy for East Portland. What are @councilordunphy.bsky.social @counciloravalos.bsky.social Councilor Smith are doing about this?
I dont know how many of you Portlanders frequent Leach, but it's in danger of closing, which would ve a huge shame. Its such a cool space in East PDX. Please donate to them if you can!!
Leach Botanical Garden in Portland Oregon share.google/VnRkjBDbJPEh...
Leach Botanical Garden in Portland Oregon share.google/VnRkjBDbJPEh...
Leach Botanical Garden
Aerial Tree Walk, four season Pollinator Garden, native plants, meandering, wooded trails, and riparian area pathways along Johnson Creek.
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February 12, 2026 at 5:42 AM
We’ve invested millions in Leach, with Nick Fish (inner NE) & me (outer SW) securing funding for it. I thought district representation was supposed to increase advocacy for East Portland. What are @councilordunphy.bsky.social @counciloravalos.bsky.social Councilor Smith are doing about this?