Roger Freedman
@rogerfreedman.bsky.social
Physics educator at UC Santa Barbara, textbook author, and San Diego Comic-Con OG. he/him/his
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Gavin Newsom just announced that California will be the first state to join the World Health Organization.
This is in direct defiance of Donald Trump, who just pulled the United States out of the organization.
This is in direct defiance of Donald Trump, who just pulled the United States out of the organization.
January 23, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Gavin Newsom just announced that California will be the first state to join the World Health Organization.
This is in direct defiance of Donald Trump, who just pulled the United States out of the organization.
This is in direct defiance of Donald Trump, who just pulled the United States out of the organization.
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In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
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We're going to win this election one House and Senate seat at a time!
Let's all follow @janetmillsforme.bsky.social for U.S. Senate in Maine and get her followers from 1,000 to 3,000.
1) I'm sharing this with my 77,000 followers
2) Share this with your followers
3) Rinse
4) Repeat
Let's all follow @janetmillsforme.bsky.social for U.S. Senate in Maine and get her followers from 1,000 to 3,000.
1) I'm sharing this with my 77,000 followers
2) Share this with your followers
3) Rinse
4) Repeat
January 22, 2026 at 3:36 AM
We're going to win this election one House and Senate seat at a time!
Let's all follow @janetmillsforme.bsky.social for U.S. Senate in Maine and get her followers from 1,000 to 3,000.
1) I'm sharing this with my 77,000 followers
2) Share this with your followers
3) Rinse
4) Repeat
Let's all follow @janetmillsforme.bsky.social for U.S. Senate in Maine and get her followers from 1,000 to 3,000.
1) I'm sharing this with my 77,000 followers
2) Share this with your followers
3) Rinse
4) Repeat
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Carney:
"In a time of rising populism and ethnic nationalism, Canada can show how diversity is a strength, not a weakness... Canada can't solve all the world's problems. But we can show that another way is possible. That the arc of history isn't destined to be warped toward authoritarianism".
"In a time of rising populism and ethnic nationalism, Canada can show how diversity is a strength, not a weakness... Canada can't solve all the world's problems. But we can show that another way is possible. That the arc of history isn't destined to be warped toward authoritarianism".
January 22, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Carney:
"In a time of rising populism and ethnic nationalism, Canada can show how diversity is a strength, not a weakness... Canada can't solve all the world's problems. But we can show that another way is possible. That the arc of history isn't destined to be warped toward authoritarianism".
"In a time of rising populism and ethnic nationalism, Canada can show how diversity is a strength, not a weakness... Canada can't solve all the world's problems. But we can show that another way is possible. That the arc of history isn't destined to be warped toward authoritarianism".
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206 House Democrats voted to shut down DHS today. 7 Democrats voted to fund it.
That’s like 3% of democrats. Easily fixable. No need to abandon the party over 3%.
However, 100% of ICE sucks. Abolish ICE.
That’s like 3% of democrats. Easily fixable. No need to abandon the party over 3%.
However, 100% of ICE sucks. Abolish ICE.
January 23, 2026 at 2:54 AM
206 House Democrats voted to shut down DHS today. 7 Democrats voted to fund it.
That’s like 3% of democrats. Easily fixable. No need to abandon the party over 3%.
However, 100% of ICE sucks. Abolish ICE.
That’s like 3% of democrats. Easily fixable. No need to abandon the party over 3%.
However, 100% of ICE sucks. Abolish ICE.
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Seriously, @people.com has been meeting the moment better than 90% of publications with direct reporting and crystal clear headlines.
This is a good way for the low-information voters who are usually detached from the news cycle to get turned around.
This is a good way for the low-information voters who are usually detached from the news cycle to get turned around.
What America will read this weekend while in line at the grocery checkout:
@peoplemag.bsky.social #ICE
people.com/ice-detains-...
@peoplemag.bsky.social #ICE
people.com/ice-detains-...
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Seriously, @people.com has been meeting the moment better than 90% of publications with direct reporting and crystal clear headlines.
This is a good way for the low-information voters who are usually detached from the news cycle to get turned around.
This is a good way for the low-information voters who are usually detached from the news cycle to get turned around.
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Please read this piece by my incredible colleague @maanvisingh.bsky.social. It's such a critically imporant account of her experience in MN and captures the horror of what is happening in its totality and with necessary context www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Minneapolis leaders call the ICE surge a ‘siege’. My reporting from there concurs
After covering Trump’s immigration policies from Chicago and LA, the Twin Cities operation feels like a marked escalation
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Please read this piece by my incredible colleague @maanvisingh.bsky.social. It's such a critically imporant account of her experience in MN and captures the horror of what is happening in its totality and with necessary context www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.
January 22, 2026 at 3:45 AM
The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.
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PHOTO: Republicans searching unsuccessfully for the balls to stand up to Donald Trump.
January 21, 2026 at 3:11 PM
PHOTO: Republicans searching unsuccessfully for the balls to stand up to Donald Trump.
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They are targeting children because they are trying incite violence. I have talked to many journalists today, and they all made the same observation: Border Patrol and ICE have been rolling around with maximum aggression, lingering for ages as crowds, gather, seemingly trying to cause a riot.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 11:39 PM
They are targeting children because they are trying incite violence. I have talked to many journalists today, and they all made the same observation: Border Patrol and ICE have been rolling around with maximum aggression, lingering for ages as crowds, gather, seemingly trying to cause a riot.
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I am not exaggerating when I say ICE functions as a terrorist organization in the Twin Cities. The goal seems to be to harass and frighten people (the ones who are lucky enough to not be abducted, at least) and it's deeply unsettling when you learn they're in your neighborhood.
January 20, 2026 at 5:07 AM
I am not exaggerating when I say ICE functions as a terrorist organization in the Twin Cities. The goal seems to be to harass and frighten people (the ones who are lucky enough to not be abducted, at least) and it's deeply unsettling when you learn they're in your neighborhood.
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If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status.
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
January 19, 2026 at 7:23 PM
If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status.
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
Very disappointed to see otherwise creative speakers at #AAPTWM26 using AI “slop” images in their talks. Doing so is just saying that you’re too lazy to search for an image created by an actual artist or photographer. You can do better. 1/2 🎢
January 19, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Very disappointed to see otherwise creative speakers at #AAPTWM26 using AI “slop” images in their talks. Doing so is just saying that you’re too lazy to search for an image created by an actual artist or photographer. You can do better. 1/2 🎢
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If only there had been some clue that he was like this.
January 19, 2026 at 8:18 PM
If only there had been some clue that he was like this.
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People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.
January 17, 2026 at 9:08 PM
People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.
About to board the plane for #AAPTWM26 in Las Vegas! #ITeachPhysics
January 17, 2026 at 6:16 PM
About to board the plane for #AAPTWM26 in Las Vegas! #ITeachPhysics
Accurate.
Everybody thinks 'https://' stands for 'hypertext transfer protocol secure' but it actually stands for 'head to this place, sucka' followed by a colon and two laser sounds
January 14, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Accurate.
A few decades back I was both a physics grad student and a comic book letterer (under the pseudonym “R. Duke”). Here’s a one-pager by writer (and later Grammy nominee) Barry Alfonso, artist (and later Emmy winner) Scott Shaw!, and inker Dave Stevens (creator of THE ROCKETEER)… 1/2
January 14, 2026 at 12:49 PM
A few decades back I was both a physics grad student and a comic book letterer (under the pseudonym “R. Duke”). Here’s a one-pager by writer (and later Grammy nominee) Barry Alfonso, artist (and later Emmy winner) Scott Shaw!, and inker Dave Stevens (creator of THE ROCKETEER)… 1/2
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January 14, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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Under Trump's watch, a DHS agent shot a protestor in the face with a non-lethal round at close range, fractured his skull, and then dragged him around as he choked and bled. He is now permanently blind in his left eye.
Anti-ICE protester blinded by federal agent during demonstration in Santa Ana, family says
A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a Santa Ana protest last week...
www.latimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Under Trump's watch, a DHS agent shot a protestor in the face with a non-lethal round at close range, fractured his skull, and then dragged him around as he choked and bled. He is now permanently blind in his left eye.
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Our commitment to Ukraine remains unwavering.
We are strengthening EU financial support through new legislative proposals, ensuring continuity, stability, and long-term assistance.
We are strengthening EU financial support through new legislative proposals, ensuring continuity, stability, and long-term assistance.
January 14, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Our commitment to Ukraine remains unwavering.
We are strengthening EU financial support through new legislative proposals, ensuring continuity, stability, and long-term assistance.
We are strengthening EU financial support through new legislative proposals, ensuring continuity, stability, and long-term assistance.
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"The vindictive, oil-loving Mr. T**, who equates green with woke and views climate change as heresy, has worked assiduously to undo it, working to cancel consumer tax incentives and billions in funds for E.V. charging and battery manufacturing projects." Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/o...
Opinion | $25 Billion. That’s What Trump Cost Detroit.
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:29 AM
"The vindictive, oil-loving Mr. T**, who equates green with woke and views climate change as heresy, has worked assiduously to undo it, working to cancel consumer tax incentives and billions in funds for E.V. charging and battery manufacturing projects." Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/o...
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BREAKING: Donald Trump announces 25 percent tariff on anyone who posts this photo.
January 13, 2026 at 6:33 PM
BREAKING: Donald Trump announces 25 percent tariff on anyone who posts this photo.
“I’m sorry, but the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department has to reject your application to join the force. You failed to burst into tears when we gave you a cup with a cute drawing of a pig on it. You’re simply not fragile or delicate enough to be one of us.”
LA Sheriff Condemns Starbucks After Deputy Given Pig-Drawn Cup
Sheriff Robert Luna blasted Starbucks after a deputy received a coffee cup with a pig drawing at a Norwalk store. The company has apologized.
lamag.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:34 PM
“I’m sorry, but the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department has to reject your application to join the force. You failed to burst into tears when we gave you a cup with a cute drawing of a pig on it. You’re simply not fragile or delicate enough to be one of us.”