Ruadh Grian
@ruadhgrian.bsky.social
Retired academic, cat lover, left of center. Formerly dismayed but now horrified at the lack of critical thinking skills among the general US population.
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Geographer Ellen Churchill Semple was born #OTD in 1863.
A founding member of the Assoc. of American Geographers (1904), she was its first female president, 1921.
Significant contributor to the early development of the #geography discipline (US) & a leading figure in #humangeography. #WomenInSTEM
A founding member of the Assoc. of American Geographers (1904), she was its first female president, 1921.
Significant contributor to the early development of the #geography discipline (US) & a leading figure in #humangeography. #WomenInSTEM
January 8, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Geographer Ellen Churchill Semple was born #OTD in 1863.
A founding member of the Assoc. of American Geographers (1904), she was its first female president, 1921.
Significant contributor to the early development of the #geography discipline (US) & a leading figure in #humangeography. #WomenInSTEM
A founding member of the Assoc. of American Geographers (1904), she was its first female president, 1921.
Significant contributor to the early development of the #geography discipline (US) & a leading figure in #humangeography. #WomenInSTEM
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If they could do this to Renee Nicole Good, they could do this to you. This is a lawless regime.
January 7, 2026 at 11:41 PM
If they could do this to Renee Nicole Good, they could do this to you. This is a lawless regime.
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NASA spent years and billions of dollars collecting Martian samples to bring home. But Congress's current proposed budget for the agency would leave them stranded. What's at stake? Take a deep dive with this recent feature:
NASA Found Something on Mars. Now We Might Just Leave It There
NASA spent years and billions of dollars collecting Martian samples to bring home. Now they might be stranded
www.scientificamerican.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:25 PM
NASA spent years and billions of dollars collecting Martian samples to bring home. But Congress's current proposed budget for the agency would leave them stranded. What's at stake? Take a deep dive with this recent feature:
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hey, but at least we denied the presidency to the woman who couldn't prove she worked at McDonald's. so there's that
January 8, 2026 at 4:15 PM
hey, but at least we denied the presidency to the woman who couldn't prove she worked at McDonald's. so there's that
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Stoke fear. Exploit desperation. Suspend the rule of law. Fan brutality.
Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook.
Our duty is to stand up to brutality.
Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.
Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook.
Our duty is to stand up to brutality.
Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.
January 8, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Stoke fear. Exploit desperation. Suspend the rule of law. Fan brutality.
Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook.
Our duty is to stand up to brutality.
Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.
Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook.
Our duty is to stand up to brutality.
Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.
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This is infuriating. The FBI is covering up for the ICE murder. This is obstruction of justice.
Breaking:
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.
January 8, 2026 at 4:34 PM
This is infuriating. The FBI is covering up for the ICE murder. This is obstruction of justice.
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Masked government agents are killing people in the streets, abducting people from their homes in the middle of the night, and arresting those who speak out.
If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?
If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?
January 8, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Masked government agents are killing people in the streets, abducting people from their homes in the middle of the night, and arresting those who speak out.
If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?
If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?
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Swalwell: You better believe that accountability is coming. Immunity is going to be stripped. And to Kristi Noem, Tom “Cashbag” Homan, Greg Bovino—your asses are going to be in these witness chairs.
January 8, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Swalwell: You better believe that accountability is coming. Immunity is going to be stripped. And to Kristi Noem, Tom “Cashbag” Homan, Greg Bovino—your asses are going to be in these witness chairs.
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This is exactly what I told someone yesterday.
Even if I spot you the first shot (I shouldn’t, but let’s go with that), shots 2 and 3 were inexcusable and this officer will lose his case if it ever goes to court.
Even if I spot you the first shot (I shouldn’t, but let’s go with that), shots 2 and 3 were inexcusable and this officer will lose his case if it ever goes to court.
January 8, 2026 at 3:10 PM
This is exactly what I told someone yesterday.
Even if I spot you the first shot (I shouldn’t, but let’s go with that), shots 2 and 3 were inexcusable and this officer will lose his case if it ever goes to court.
Even if I spot you the first shot (I shouldn’t, but let’s go with that), shots 2 and 3 were inexcusable and this officer will lose his case if it ever goes to court.
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i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs
January 8, 2026 at 2:18 PM
i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs
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A woman is dead in Minneapolis after ICE agents opened fire.
I don’t need to be a use-of-force expert to say this plainly: she did not need to be shot.
And no fair investigation is coming from the same system that wanted this confrontation in the first place.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
I don’t need to be a use-of-force expert to say this plainly: she did not need to be shot.
And no fair investigation is coming from the same system that wanted this confrontation in the first place.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
They Didn’t Come to Protect Minneapolis. They Came to Provoke It.
A woman is dead after an encounter with ICE agents in Minneapolis, and the rush to justify it tells us everything about where this country is headed — toward provocation, federalized force, and invest
open.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:13 PM
A woman is dead in Minneapolis after ICE agents opened fire.
I don’t need to be a use-of-force expert to say this plainly: she did not need to be shot.
And no fair investigation is coming from the same system that wanted this confrontation in the first place.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
I don’t need to be a use-of-force expert to say this plainly: she did not need to be shot.
And no fair investigation is coming from the same system that wanted this confrontation in the first place.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
January 8, 2026 at 3:32 PM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
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Across the country, people are taking to the streets to honor—and demand justice for—Renee Nicole Good, the 37-year-old US citizen who a federal immigration agent shot and killed in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
“ICE KILLED GOOD”: Protesters decry Minneapolis shooting
Images from across the country show how people are honoring a 37-year-old woman killed by federal agents.
www.motherjones.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Across the country, people are taking to the streets to honor—and demand justice for—Renee Nicole Good, the 37-year-old US citizen who a federal immigration agent shot and killed in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
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4 pieces of good news today:
1) Hochul and Mamdani are working on free pre-K
2) Tish James got a SECOND Trump makebelieve US Attorney DQed
3) 9 Republicans backed Jeffries' ACA subsidies discharge petition
4) 5 Republicans voted for cloture Kaines' WPR prohibiting more invasion in VZ
1) Hochul and Mamdani are working on free pre-K
2) Tish James got a SECOND Trump makebelieve US Attorney DQed
3) 9 Republicans backed Jeffries' ACA subsidies discharge petition
4) 5 Republicans voted for cloture Kaines' WPR prohibiting more invasion in VZ
January 8, 2026 at 5:48 PM
4 pieces of good news today:
1) Hochul and Mamdani are working on free pre-K
2) Tish James got a SECOND Trump makebelieve US Attorney DQed
3) 9 Republicans backed Jeffries' ACA subsidies discharge petition
4) 5 Republicans voted for cloture Kaines' WPR prohibiting more invasion in VZ
1) Hochul and Mamdani are working on free pre-K
2) Tish James got a SECOND Trump makebelieve US Attorney DQed
3) 9 Republicans backed Jeffries' ACA subsidies discharge petition
4) 5 Republicans voted for cloture Kaines' WPR prohibiting more invasion in VZ
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According to MAGA, Renee Good, just sitting in her car, is a domestic terrorist, but Kyle Rittenhouse, shooting strangers in the street with an assault weapon, is not.
These people are such shameless, twisted liars.
These people are such shameless, twisted liars.
January 8, 2026 at 12:47 AM
According to MAGA, Renee Good, just sitting in her car, is a domestic terrorist, but Kyle Rittenhouse, shooting strangers in the street with an assault weapon, is not.
These people are such shameless, twisted liars.
These people are such shameless, twisted liars.
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The 🇬🇧 British television series "ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL" starring Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy, Peter Davison and Carol Drinkwater was first broadcast #OnThisDay in 1978
📺 BBC TV #tvsky
📺 BBC TV #tvsky
January 8, 2026 at 2:31 PM
The 🇬🇧 British television series "ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL" starring Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy, Peter Davison and Carol Drinkwater was first broadcast #OnThisDay in 1978
📺 BBC TV #tvsky
📺 BBC TV #tvsky
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Happy birthday cousin Zora.
Biography: Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Hurston was a world-renowned writer and anthropologist whose novels, short stories, and plays often depicted African American life in the South.
www.womenshistory.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Happy birthday cousin Zora.
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For anyone that might need a peaceful moment right now, here's a quiet wee bit of Scotland. 💙🤎💚🏴
#nature #landscape #trees #hills #Scotland #eastcoastkin #beauty #hope #peace
#nature #landscape #trees #hills #Scotland #eastcoastkin #beauty #hope #peace
January 8, 2026 at 9:05 AM
For anyone that might need a peaceful moment right now, here's a quiet wee bit of Scotland. 💙🤎💚🏴
#nature #landscape #trees #hills #Scotland #eastcoastkin #beauty #hope #peace
#nature #landscape #trees #hills #Scotland #eastcoastkin #beauty #hope #peace
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Posts may be a bit more sporadic from me today as my kids are home from school because my city is being brutalized by the federal government to the extent that it's unsafe for schools to be open
January 8, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Posts may be a bit more sporadic from me today as my kids are home from school because my city is being brutalized by the federal government to the extent that it's unsafe for schools to be open
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It Was Cold Blooded Murder !
ICE Are Terrorists......
ICE Are Terrorists......
January 8, 2026 at 10:29 AM
It Was Cold Blooded Murder !
ICE Are Terrorists......
ICE Are Terrorists......
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The danger of this moment cannot be overstated. Trump/Noem's vile defense of the killing shows that the heavily-armed government agents roaming our cities are unbound/unaccountable even when they kill Americans.
On the pod, @felipedlh.bsky.social and I dig into this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
On the pod, @felipedlh.bsky.social and I dig into this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
Trump’s ICE Agents Killed a Citizen. Then Damning New Details Emerged.
As the ICE shooting horror in Minneapolis gets worse, a writer who focuses on ICE accountability explains why the government’s cover story is full of holes—and what recourse we have now.
newrepublic.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:40 PM
The danger of this moment cannot be overstated. Trump/Noem's vile defense of the killing shows that the heavily-armed government agents roaming our cities are unbound/unaccountable even when they kill Americans.
On the pod, @felipedlh.bsky.social and I dig into this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
On the pod, @felipedlh.bsky.social and I dig into this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
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Trump wants to take Greenland. How his ‘remarkably stupid’ plan could unfold
Trump wants to take Greenland. How his ‘remarkably stupid’ plan could unfold
Trump wants to take Greenland. How his ‘remarkably stupid’ plan could unfold
www.independent.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Trump wants to take Greenland. How his ‘remarkably stupid’ plan could unfold
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An ICE agent saying "I don't care" and preventing an innocent woman who's been shot from receiving medical care are not the words or actions of officers lawfully protecting themselves and the community. These are the words of sociopaths happy with murder.
January 8, 2026 at 12:59 PM
An ICE agent saying "I don't care" and preventing an innocent woman who's been shot from receiving medical care are not the words or actions of officers lawfully protecting themselves and the community. These are the words of sociopaths happy with murder.