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Handsome!
Here's something to make you smile: I adopted this big gentle orange boi on Saturday. Meet Leo!
February 19, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Handsome!
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Ready to pitch your project for this year’s cycle? The application is now open!
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SCIENCE IRL: SciComm mini-grant 2026
Skype a Scientist is offering $300-$1,000 mini-grants to support boots-on-the-ground science communication. The Science IRL mini-grants will support projects that put either 1) important science mess...
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February 19, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Ready to pitch your project for this year’s cycle? The application is now open!
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Last year we were able to give out $8500 thanks to donors who supported this program.
This year we’re starting at a baseline of $3000 (from advent calendar sales). Anything additional raised on this page will go directly to supporting more 2026 projects!
givebutter.com/Science_IRL2...
This year we’re starting at a baseline of $3000 (from advent calendar sales). Anything additional raised on this page will go directly to supporting more 2026 projects!
givebutter.com/Science_IRL2...
Help fund our 2026 Science IRL mini-grant program!
By Skype a Scientist
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February 18, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Last year we were able to give out $8500 thanks to donors who supported this program.
This year we’re starting at a baseline of $3000 (from advent calendar sales). Anything additional raised on this page will go directly to supporting more 2026 projects!
givebutter.com/Science_IRL2...
This year we’re starting at a baseline of $3000 (from advent calendar sales). Anything additional raised on this page will go directly to supporting more 2026 projects!
givebutter.com/Science_IRL2...
New word: polycrisis
Definitely feel tired. Trying to find small ways to feel engaged, especially now that there's a wee bit more sunlight later in the day.
Definitely feel tired. Trying to find small ways to feel engaged, especially now that there's a wee bit more sunlight later in the day.
If you’ve felt exhausted, anxious, or numb in the face of nonstop political turmoil, you’re not imagining it and you're definitely not alone.
@sarahsloat.bsky.social looks at the research on the psychological and physical toll of polycrisis.
@sarahsloat.bsky.social looks at the research on the psychological and physical toll of polycrisis.
How Political Chaos Is Affecting Americans’ Mental Health - Dame Magazine
As political instability rises, so do anxiety, depression, and disengagement. New research shows how national turmoil is reshaping Americans’ mental health.
www.damemagazine.com
February 19, 2026 at 2:45 AM
New word: polycrisis
Definitely feel tired. Trying to find small ways to feel engaged, especially now that there's a wee bit more sunlight later in the day.
Definitely feel tired. Trying to find small ways to feel engaged, especially now that there's a wee bit more sunlight later in the day.
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In honor of DHS spokesliar Tricia McLaughlin's resignation, let's revisit how her husband's company won a $220 million no-bid contract to run a stupid propaganda campaign featuring her boss, Kristi Noem, bashing immigrants while sitting on a horse in front of Mt. Rushmore.
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
February 19, 2026 at 12:43 AM
In honor of DHS spokesliar Tricia McLaughlin's resignation, let's revisit how her husband's company won a $220 million no-bid contract to run a stupid propaganda campaign featuring her boss, Kristi Noem, bashing immigrants while sitting on a horse in front of Mt. Rushmore.
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BREAKING — WE WON! DC Superior Court Judge Darlene Soltys ordered the DC Metropolitan Police to produce ALL body cam footage of the March 2025 DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace within 14 days.
Thanks to my @rcfp.org lawyers for their tireless work.
Details on thehandbasket.co later today!
Thanks to my @rcfp.org lawyers for their tireless work.
Details on thehandbasket.co later today!
February 18, 2026 at 3:40 PM
BREAKING — WE WON! DC Superior Court Judge Darlene Soltys ordered the DC Metropolitan Police to produce ALL body cam footage of the March 2025 DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace within 14 days.
Thanks to my @rcfp.org lawyers for their tireless work.
Details on thehandbasket.co later today!
Thanks to my @rcfp.org lawyers for their tireless work.
Details on thehandbasket.co later today!
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A system built to eat people never stops eating people.
The concentration camps will not only be for immigrants, documented or otherwise. They already aren't.
They won't only be for brown and Black people.
The targets will keep expanding. It will not end.
The only way it will is if we stop it. Both in and out of the system. There is no other way.
They won't only be for brown and Black people.
The targets will keep expanding. It will not end.
The only way it will is if we stop it. Both in and out of the system. There is no other way.
February 18, 2026 at 12:10 AM
A system built to eat people never stops eating people.
I'm exhausted. I'd like a sabbatical, please.
a cartoon of bugs bunny reading a book while eating a carrot
ALT: a cartoon of bugs bunny reading a book while eating a carrot
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February 17, 2026 at 3:24 AM
I'm exhausted. I'd like a sabbatical, please.
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Linda Davis was killed by ICE today. A Black woman, a beloved teacher, killed by ICE in Savannah, Georgia.
Her name is Linda Davis and she was killed by our government.
Her name is Linda Davis and she was killed by our government.
ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.
Savannah teacher killed in crash by man fleeing from ICE
According to the Chatham County Police Department, Monday morning’s fatal crash was the result of a chase between Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a suspect.
www.wtoc.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Linda Davis was killed by ICE today. A Black woman, a beloved teacher, killed by ICE in Savannah, Georgia.
Her name is Linda Davis and she was killed by our government.
Her name is Linda Davis and she was killed by our government.
👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾
February 17, 2026 at 1:26 AM
👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾
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This is awesome. University of California employees — Your retirement is invested with the private equity firm that owns ICE’s charter airline for Africa and Asia deportations. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I moved my money! A @uofcalifornia.bsky.social faculty initiative to divest our retirement savings from state violence, war, fossil fuels is up and running. It's simple: 1) open your retirement portfolio, 2) move your money into UC's Social Equity Fund!
Learn more here: www.ucmoveyourmoney.org/home
Learn more here: www.ucmoveyourmoney.org/home
February 16, 2026 at 11:36 PM
This is awesome. University of California employees — Your retirement is invested with the private equity firm that owns ICE’s charter airline for Africa and Asia deportations. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Jezebel is expanding our freelance roster. If you have strong opinions, chaotic takes, or a deeply unserious ranking yearning for a home, we want to hear from you.
Email submissions@jezebel.com with two headline ideas (please no full drafts!) and any clips you’ve got.
Email submissions@jezebel.com with two headline ideas (please no full drafts!) and any clips you’ve got.
February 16, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Jezebel is expanding our freelance roster. If you have strong opinions, chaotic takes, or a deeply unserious ranking yearning for a home, we want to hear from you.
Email submissions@jezebel.com with two headline ideas (please no full drafts!) and any clips you’ve got.
Email submissions@jezebel.com with two headline ideas (please no full drafts!) and any clips you’ve got.
*nods slowly*
February 17, 2026 at 1:21 AM
*nods slowly*
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Hey many people are reading this thread and if those of you with a little cash donated to this GFM we could ensure that a great place right here in my neighborhood outlasts ICE's visit
www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-...
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February 16, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Hey many people are reading this thread and if those of you with a little cash donated to this GFM we could ensure that a great place right here in my neighborhood outlasts ICE's visit
www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-...
This is what ICE does every day. Hunt little kids who are here legally. They get sent to a place called the “baby jail” in Texas. Very little of it ends up on video like this. But it’s routine. And disgusting.
February 16, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted child sex trafficker, gets gardening time, sports, therapy dogs, and spa products in prison.
Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water.
Our priorities are so fucked.
Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water.
Our priorities are so fucked.
February 16, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted child sex trafficker, gets gardening time, sports, therapy dogs, and spa products in prison.
Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water.
Our priorities are so fucked.
Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water.
Our priorities are so fucked.
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If I were a Democrat concerned about winning elections and was hearing that a significant number of voters wouldn’t support Gavin Newsom in 2028, I would simply stop pushing Gavin Newsom in 2026.
look if you want to freak out about people not voting newsom if he's the nominee a week before the 2028 general election, I kinda get it (but don't say you weren't warned). doing it now though is just a weird attempt to strong arm people into supporting him in the primary.
I think most (not all) of the "I will never vote for Gavin Newsom" people are communists who are mad that Americans don't like communism and want to destroy the Democratic party out of revenge. They don't care how many elections Republicans win or how many trans people die as long as the Dems fall.
February 15, 2026 at 9:50 PM
If I were a Democrat concerned about winning elections and was hearing that a significant number of voters wouldn’t support Gavin Newsom in 2028, I would simply stop pushing Gavin Newsom in 2026.
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Another ICE plane landed in Cameroon eight hours ago. bsky.app/profile/gbro...
Also overnight, this Omni 767 landed in Cameroon. This is likely a third-country removal of non-Cameroonian migrants with withholding of removal orders to their countries of origin.
Cameroon has been in an armed civil conflict since 2017, with deadly clashes occurring as recently as last Monday.
Cameroon has been in an armed civil conflict since 2017, with deadly clashes occurring as recently as last Monday.
February 16, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Another ICE plane landed in Cameroon eight hours ago. bsky.app/profile/gbro...
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with alt text, because everyone needs to be able to read this 😭
February 15, 2026 at 6:24 PM
with alt text, because everyone needs to be able to read this 😭
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If you don't have spare cash right now, but still want to help, share this thread, or share any posts where I talk about our merch. Keeping merch funding coming allows me to be a little braver financially with projects like this without relying on philanthropy.
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The Squid Facts shop supports Skype a Scientist! We match scientists with classrooms, scout troops, and libraries. We also connect people with...
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February 16, 2026 at 3:13 PM
If you don't have spare cash right now, but still want to help, share this thread, or share any posts where I talk about our merch. Keeping merch funding coming allows me to be a little braver financially with projects like this without relying on philanthropy.
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Alright bsky science + art community, I need your help.
I was p confident we could get a grant to fund our upcoming biodiversity mural in Kensington. Last night, they called to say our partner school is 2 blocks outside of their service area.
But ya know what? We're gonna do it anyway.
I was p confident we could get a grant to fund our upcoming biodiversity mural in Kensington. Last night, they called to say our partner school is 2 blocks outside of their service area.
But ya know what? We're gonna do it anyway.
February 16, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Alright bsky science + art community, I need your help.
I was p confident we could get a grant to fund our upcoming biodiversity mural in Kensington. Last night, they called to say our partner school is 2 blocks outside of their service area.
But ya know what? We're gonna do it anyway.
I was p confident we could get a grant to fund our upcoming biodiversity mural in Kensington. Last night, they called to say our partner school is 2 blocks outside of their service area.
But ya know what? We're gonna do it anyway.
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As a heads up, if you are not Black please don’t look away from the posts where folks are asking for support and donations. This year, mutual aid and community care is more important than ever. In the US, more than 40,000 Black women and femmes have been laid off for their race and gender alone.
a cartoon of a dog sitting in front of a laptop with a speech bubble saying it 's fine
ALT: a cartoon of a dog sitting in front of a laptop with a speech bubble saying it 's fine
media.tenor.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:48 PM
As a heads up, if you are not Black please don’t look away from the posts where folks are asking for support and donations. This year, mutual aid and community care is more important than ever. In the US, more than 40,000 Black women and femmes have been laid off for their race and gender alone.
King is being an asshole. What's going on? #MarriedToMedicine
February 16, 2026 at 2:41 AM
King is being an asshole. What's going on? #MarriedToMedicine
What is #MarriedToMedicine right now? Heavenly shouldn't be on this show while she's running for office.
That should just be a rule. Unfortunately people would vote for her.
That should just be a rule. Unfortunately people would vote for her.
February 16, 2026 at 2:18 AM
What is #MarriedToMedicine right now? Heavenly shouldn't be on this show while she's running for office.
That should just be a rule. Unfortunately people would vote for her.
That should just be a rule. Unfortunately people would vote for her.
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Happy World Whale Day! #worldwhaleday 🐋🦑🌊💙
February 15, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Happy World Whale Day! #worldwhaleday 🐋🦑🌊💙