StephJChild
@stephjchild.bsky.social
Virologist, artist, unapologetic defender of democracy 🇺🇸 and science, gardener, ❤️ music and animals, living in the beautiful PNW. Lover of bad dad jokes with a Ph.D. in genetics 🧬. I also love cooking Mexican, Indian, Italian…really just all food.
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Movie review from Guardian on Melania.
January 30, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Movie review from Guardian on Melania.
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I keep hearing the same argument from MAGA:
"What about all the citizens murdered by illegals".
Then get a warrant and go arrest them!
Don't patrol the streets terrorizing everyone, arresting children at schools and US citizens because you don't know who to arrest. See the difference?
"What about all the citizens murdered by illegals".
Then get a warrant and go arrest them!
Don't patrol the streets terrorizing everyone, arresting children at schools and US citizens because you don't know who to arrest. See the difference?
January 29, 2026 at 2:53 PM
I keep hearing the same argument from MAGA:
"What about all the citizens murdered by illegals".
Then get a warrant and go arrest them!
Don't patrol the streets terrorizing everyone, arresting children at schools and US citizens because you don't know who to arrest. See the difference?
"What about all the citizens murdered by illegals".
Then get a warrant and go arrest them!
Don't patrol the streets terrorizing everyone, arresting children at schools and US citizens because you don't know who to arrest. See the difference?
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I just checked—it turns out that Art. II, Sec. 1 of the Constitution of the United States does *not* say "The executive Power shall be vested in a bunch of sociopaths who think they can do whatever the fuck they want and make shit up as they go along."
January 25, 2026 at 6:25 PM
I just checked—it turns out that Art. II, Sec. 1 of the Constitution of the United States does *not* say "The executive Power shall be vested in a bunch of sociopaths who think they can do whatever the fuck they want and make shit up as they go along."
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Alex Pretti, Renee Good, and Keith Porter Jr. were murdered. Marimar Martinez was shot. Mahmoud Khalil was arrested and jailed.
The next could be you.
What’s at stake isn’t just our democracy. It’s also your safety and security and that of your loved ones.
This is personal — to every one of us.
The next could be you.
What’s at stake isn’t just our democracy. It’s also your safety and security and that of your loved ones.
This is personal — to every one of us.
January 25, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Alex Pretti, Renee Good, and Keith Porter Jr. were murdered. Marimar Martinez was shot. Mahmoud Khalil was arrested and jailed.
The next could be you.
What’s at stake isn’t just our democracy. It’s also your safety and security and that of your loved ones.
This is personal — to every one of us.
The next could be you.
What’s at stake isn’t just our democracy. It’s also your safety and security and that of your loved ones.
This is personal — to every one of us.
While videos of Renee Good's murder weren't 100% clear, those of Alex Pretti's are. Armed thugs in Minneapolis are endangering everyone. The Trump clan's narrative isn't an echo of authoritarianism from the past, but an intentional attempt to destroy democracy. www.cnn.com/2026/01/24/u...
Videos appear to show federal officer took gun from Alex Pretti just before fatal shooting, CNN analysis finds | CNN
A CNN analysis of video appears to show a federal immigration officer removing a gun from Alex Pretti just prior to officers fatally shooting him.
www.cnn.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:50 AM
While videos of Renee Good's murder weren't 100% clear, those of Alex Pretti's are. Armed thugs in Minneapolis are endangering everyone. The Trump clan's narrative isn't an echo of authoritarianism from the past, but an intentional attempt to destroy democracy. www.cnn.com/2026/01/24/u...
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Folks chose Project 2025 over Kamala Harris in Nov-2024.
Mind you, all that genocide shit was right there in Proj 2025.
Mind you, all that genocide shit was right there in Proj 2025.
January 23, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Folks chose Project 2025 over Kamala Harris in Nov-2024.
Mind you, all that genocide shit was right there in Proj 2025.
Mind you, all that genocide shit was right there in Proj 2025.
We need to find a way to stop this insane cruelty. 🤬
This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
January 22, 2026 at 5:52 AM
We need to find a way to stop this insane cruelty. 🤬
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Today is the most humiliating day in the history of the United States of America.
At least until tomorrow.
At least until tomorrow.
January 21, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Today is the most humiliating day in the history of the United States of America.
At least until tomorrow.
At least until tomorrow.
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No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.
January 21, 2026 at 2:49 PM
No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.
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The world is so broken that somehow Cow Tools are real now -
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows
Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in different ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:10 PM
The world is so broken that somehow Cow Tools are real now -
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
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this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities
January 19, 2026 at 4:40 AM
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We must stop this authoritarian takeover. What is happening in Minnesota is so anti-American and 100% fucking insane!!!
January 17, 2026 at 6:44 AM
We must stop this authoritarian takeover. What is happening in Minnesota is so anti-American and 100% fucking insane!!!
Tragulus javanicus is the smallest deer. Not really a deer, but still the smallest hoofed animal on earth. AKA the mouse-deer. Only extant species of the infraorder Tragulina. Yes, this is the nerdy way I dissociate from a seemingly futile job search... (photo credit unknown).
January 16, 2026 at 6:52 AM
Tragulus javanicus is the smallest deer. Not really a deer, but still the smallest hoofed animal on earth. AKA the mouse-deer. Only extant species of the infraorder Tragulina. Yes, this is the nerdy way I dissociate from a seemingly futile job search... (photo credit unknown).
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Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
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An announcement from Noah Wyle and the CDC:
January 14, 2026 at 7:49 PM
An announcement from Noah Wyle and the CDC:
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“Born from Pain”
Some days, there are no words, only grief, shock & a heaviness that sits in the body. Yesterday’s violence in Minneapolis has left many of us reeling. I’m holding space for that sorrow. This piece was created understanding that pain doesn’t disappear simply because we wish it away.
Some days, there are no words, only grief, shock & a heaviness that sits in the body. Yesterday’s violence in Minneapolis has left many of us reeling. I’m holding space for that sorrow. This piece was created understanding that pain doesn’t disappear simply because we wish it away.
January 8, 2026 at 10:05 PM
“Born from Pain”
Some days, there are no words, only grief, shock & a heaviness that sits in the body. Yesterday’s violence in Minneapolis has left many of us reeling. I’m holding space for that sorrow. This piece was created understanding that pain doesn’t disappear simply because we wish it away.
Some days, there are no words, only grief, shock & a heaviness that sits in the body. Yesterday’s violence in Minneapolis has left many of us reeling. I’m holding space for that sorrow. This piece was created understanding that pain doesn’t disappear simply because we wish it away.
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Stephen Miller’s cousin 👇🏽
January 9, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Stephen Miller’s cousin 👇🏽
This is a detailed analysis of the ICE killing in Minnesota. Makes the misstatements by the Trump “regime” clear. youtu.be/CQCvNExBDjE
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
YouTube video by The New York Times
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January 8, 2026 at 11:23 PM
This is a detailed analysis of the ICE killing in Minnesota. Makes the misstatements by the Trump “regime” clear. youtu.be/CQCvNExBDjE
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No way Drumpf would EVER understand this.
December 31, 2025 at 2:15 AM
No way Drumpf would EVER understand this.