Tim Verstynen
@tdverstynen.bsky.social
Professor
Department Gadfly
Data Alchemist
Synthetic Psychologist
Zombie Apologist
“The enemy” - JD Vance
This is an anti-ICE account
Opinions are my own. Not gonna let my employer take credit for them.
Department Gadfly
Data Alchemist
Synthetic Psychologist
Zombie Apologist
“The enemy” - JD Vance
This is an anti-ICE account
Opinions are my own. Not gonna let my employer take credit for them.
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Tim Verstynen
@tdverstynen.bsky.social
· Jan 28
I grew up a white kid in a bilingual, majority Hispanic state, in a pueblo region continuously occupied by indigenous peoples for over a thousand years, and in a city whose name is derived from an old Arabic phrase.
This is what America looks like.
This is what America looks like.
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This platform needs way more freaking out about Alysa Liu. Oakland chill yet extreme excellence is the antidote to everything that’s so broken right now.
February 20, 2026 at 7:08 AM
This platform needs way more freaking out about Alysa Liu. Oakland chill yet extreme excellence is the antidote to everything that’s so broken right now.
This week’s episode on DHS is really really really really reeeeeeeeaalllllllyyyyyyy good!
Here’s last night’s story about the Department of Homeland Security, how it’s emboldening ICE, and why it is – for some ungodly reason – allowing Kristi Noem to constantly cosplay as a law enforcement agent. We don’t care what they say, she does not need coast guard fatigues!
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February 20, 2026 at 2:40 AM
This week’s episode on DHS is really really really really reeeeeeeeaalllllllyyyyyyy good!
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Here’s last night’s story about the Department of Homeland Security, how it’s emboldening ICE, and why it is – for some ungodly reason – allowing Kristi Noem to constantly cosplay as a law enforcement agent. We don’t care what they say, she does not need coast guard fatigues!
- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Here’s last night’s story about the Department of Homeland Security, how it’s emboldening ICE, and why it is – for some ungodly reason – allowing Kristi Noem to constantly cosplay as a law enforcement agent. We don’t care what they say, she does not need coast guard fatigues!
This is exactly what a rapist would say.
Trump: "Frankly, if these radical left lunatic Democrats would come and say, 'Please, help us, please,' we'd stop crimes all over the place. Sometimes we have to force ourselves upon them because they're so bad."
February 20, 2026 at 12:29 AM
This is exactly what a rapist would say.
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FEMA disaster response activities are exempt from being impacted by a shutdown but this administration is purposely restricting disaster funding in order to get ICE funding.
They are using FEMA as a political football in order to continue running concentration camps.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/18/p...
They are using FEMA as a political football in order to continue running concentration camps.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/18/p...
Trump administration freezes new FEMA disaster deployments during DHS shutdown | CNN Politics
The Trump administration has ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency to suspend the deployment of hundreds of aid workers to disaster-torn areas around the US while the Department of Homeland ...
www.cnn.com
February 20, 2026 at 12:23 AM
FEMA disaster response activities are exempt from being impacted by a shutdown but this administration is purposely restricting disaster funding in order to get ICE funding.
They are using FEMA as a political football in order to continue running concentration camps.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/18/p...
They are using FEMA as a political football in order to continue running concentration camps.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/18/p...
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Footage of a southern sleeper shark was captured in January 2025 by a baited deep-sea camera in a trench at about 490 meters beneath the sea surface off the South Shetland Islands.🦈 spklr.io/6003DUXG3
📷: Inkfish/UWA/Kelpie Geoscience
🎵: Current Clouds
📷: Inkfish/UWA/Kelpie Geoscience
🎵: Current Clouds
February 19, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Footage of a southern sleeper shark was captured in January 2025 by a baited deep-sea camera in a trench at about 490 meters beneath the sea surface off the South Shetland Islands.🦈 spklr.io/6003DUXG3
📷: Inkfish/UWA/Kelpie Geoscience
🎵: Current Clouds
📷: Inkfish/UWA/Kelpie Geoscience
🎵: Current Clouds
Muppet royale
No country for old muppets
Three Muppets Outside Ebbing, Missouri
February 19, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Muppet royale
I would not be surprised if later we find out that certain shell companies owned by people affiliated with ICE were secretly buying warehouses throughout the country at market rates and then turning around and selling them to ICE for massive profits.
GEORGIA — Trump’s DHS just bought an ICE detention warehouse for $128 MILLION… that sold for $29 MILLION two years ago… from a Russia-based real estate company.🤔
Nothing to see here, folks!
We are being looted so hard by these crooks
Nothing to see here, folks!
We are being looted so hard by these crooks
February 19, 2026 at 7:34 PM
I would not be surprised if later we find out that certain shell companies owned by people affiliated with ICE were secretly buying warehouses throughout the country at market rates and then turning around and selling them to ICE for massive profits.
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the only place this should happen is academic conferences
in america, if you go over your 3 minute allotment to speak, men with guns come to take you away.
February 19, 2026 at 6:14 PM
the only place this should happen is academic conferences
Boy South Korea and the UK are really out here today showing how it’s supposed to be done.
Yoon Suk Yeol sentenced to life in prison for leading insurrection in South Korea
Yoon Suk Yeol sentenced to life in prison for leading insurrection in South Korea
Former South Korean president found guilty over failed martial law declaration in 2024
A South Korean court on Thursday sentenced the former president Yoon Suk Yeol to life imprisonment with labour over his failed martial law declaration in December 2024, finding him guilty of leading an insurrection and making him the first elected head of state in the country’s democratic era to receive the maximum custodial sentence.
Under South Korean law, the charge of leading an insurrection carries three possible sentences: death, life imprisonment with labour, or life imprisonment without labour. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Boy South Korea and the UK are really out here today showing how it’s supposed to be done.
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DOCTOR Rümeysa Öztürk has earned her PhD!!
Hi everyone,
I earned my PhD from the Department of Child Study and Human Development.
My studies, research, and professional work focus on how positive media use among children and young people… |...
Hi everyone,
I earned my PhD from the Department of Child Study and Human Development.
My studies, research, and professional work focus on how positive media use among children and young people ca...
www.linkedin.com
February 19, 2026 at 6:19 PM
DOCTOR Rümeysa Öztürk has earned her PhD!!
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February 19, 2026 at 2:00 PM
We built an app to help you plan your research, guide every step, and make your science more rigorous in the process.
Join our live webinar on March 11 @ 12 pm ET to learn more!
RSVP today @ bit.ly/3ZpQbzp
@kordinglab.bsky.social
@gunnarblohm.bsky.social
@jordan.matelsky.com
Join our live webinar on March 11 @ 12 pm ET to learn more!
RSVP today @ bit.ly/3ZpQbzp
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More please
BREAKING NEWS: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, reports say.
Former Prince Andrew arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office: reports
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, reports say.
n.pr
February 19, 2026 at 11:58 AM
More please
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5 days ago, Aishwarya Khanduja and Stuart Buck posted an article entitled
"Venture Capital Has Lessons for Government and Philanthropy: tackling structural and bureaucratic rot"
Needless to say, this got my attentions.
goodscience.substack.com/p/venture-ca...
1/5
"Venture Capital Has Lessons for Government and Philanthropy: tackling structural and bureaucratic rot"
Needless to say, this got my attentions.
goodscience.substack.com/p/venture-ca...
1/5
Venture Capital Has Lessons for Government and Philanthropy
tackling structural and bureaucratic rot
goodscience.substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 9:39 PM
5 days ago, Aishwarya Khanduja and Stuart Buck posted an article entitled
"Venture Capital Has Lessons for Government and Philanthropy: tackling structural and bureaucratic rot"
Needless to say, this got my attentions.
goodscience.substack.com/p/venture-ca...
1/5
"Venture Capital Has Lessons for Government and Philanthropy: tackling structural and bureaucratic rot"
Needless to say, this got my attentions.
goodscience.substack.com/p/venture-ca...
1/5
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🚨Thrilled to share our new @nber.org WP.
Research and policy often assume teacher effectiveness is essentially fixed.
We revisit this question by studying what happens when high-performing teachers are incentivized to transfer to struggling schools.
🧵
nber.org/papers/w34845
Research and policy often assume teacher effectiveness is essentially fixed.
We revisit this question by studying what happens when high-performing teachers are incentivized to transfer to struggling schools.
🧵
nber.org/papers/w34845
February 18, 2026 at 7:31 PM
🚨Thrilled to share our new @nber.org WP.
Research and policy often assume teacher effectiveness is essentially fixed.
We revisit this question by studying what happens when high-performing teachers are incentivized to transfer to struggling schools.
🧵
nber.org/papers/w34845
Research and policy often assume teacher effectiveness is essentially fixed.
We revisit this question by studying what happens when high-performing teachers are incentivized to transfer to struggling schools.
🧵
nber.org/papers/w34845
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BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
February 18, 2026 at 5:39 PM
BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
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NEW: NIH director Jay Bhattacharya will now run the CDC
NIH director will now run the CDC. Here's what we know
The CDC has lacked a permanent political leader since August.
www.axios.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:34 PM
NEW: NIH director Jay Bhattacharya will now run the CDC
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2026 basically
February 18, 2026 at 4:23 PM
2026 basically
My wife and I are rewatching The Americans and it viscerally reminds me of what it was like when we actually had privacy. Of a time without ubiquitous cameras, devices tracking everywhere you go or everything you say, or “microtargeted" advertising.
The pre-internet world was nicer in that way.
The pre-internet world was nicer in that way.
February 18, 2026 at 4:00 PM
My wife and I are rewatching The Americans and it viscerally reminds me of what it was like when we actually had privacy. Of a time without ubiquitous cameras, devices tracking everywhere you go or everything you say, or “microtargeted" advertising.
The pre-internet world was nicer in that way.
The pre-internet world was nicer in that way.
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New greatest bird photo of all time just dropped
Royal Penguin
📷 JJ Harrison, eBird ebird.org/checklist/S2...
Royal Penguin
📷 JJ Harrison, eBird ebird.org/checklist/S2...
February 18, 2026 at 2:01 PM
New greatest bird photo of all time just dropped
Royal Penguin
📷 JJ Harrison, eBird ebird.org/checklist/S2...
Royal Penguin
📷 JJ Harrison, eBird ebird.org/checklist/S2...
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I compiled a sort of follow up here olivia.science/before/ on the situation with ppl thinking we're in some special moment:
"We have certainly been here before. Many many times in the past, companies — just like artificial intelligence (AI) companies now — have lied to us to sell us products."
1/
"We have certainly been here before. Many many times in the past, companies — just like artificial intelligence (AI) companies now — have lied to us to sell us products."
1/
February 18, 2026 at 2:44 PM
I compiled a sort of follow up here olivia.science/before/ on the situation with ppl thinking we're in some special moment:
"We have certainly been here before. Many many times in the past, companies — just like artificial intelligence (AI) companies now — have lied to us to sell us products."
1/
"We have certainly been here before. Many many times in the past, companies — just like artificial intelligence (AI) companies now — have lied to us to sell us products."
1/
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Climate Science Serving America Fellowship
This Fellowship will help Ph.D.-level scientists and engineers do rigorous research, public outreach, stakeholder engagement, and have a real-world impact.
drawdown.org/careers/clim...
This Fellowship will help Ph.D.-level scientists and engineers do rigorous research, public outreach, stakeholder engagement, and have a real-world impact.
drawdown.org/careers/clim...
Climate Science Serving America Fellowship
Our mission is to help the world reach “Drawdown" as quickly, safely, and equitably as possible.
drawdown.org
February 18, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Climate Science Serving America Fellowship
This Fellowship will help Ph.D.-level scientists and engineers do rigorous research, public outreach, stakeholder engagement, and have a real-world impact.
drawdown.org/careers/clim...
This Fellowship will help Ph.D.-level scientists and engineers do rigorous research, public outreach, stakeholder engagement, and have a real-world impact.
drawdown.org/careers/clim...
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Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.
before antibiotics did people just die all the time from everything?
February 17, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.
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she should have been allowed to kill one guy per season
February 17, 2026 at 10:13 PM
she should have been allowed to kill one guy per season
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Imagine doing this with your one precious life. Other people are out there teaching children and curing cancer and you decide to spend your time telling outrageous, laughably unbelievable lies about a dementia-addled rapist and fraud whose legacy will be nearly ending US democracy
Leavitt: "I think it's frankly ridiculous that anyone in this room would even suggest that President Trump is doing anything for his own benefit. He left a life of luxury and a life of running a very successful real estate empire for public service."
February 18, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Imagine doing this with your one precious life. Other people are out there teaching children and curing cancer and you decide to spend your time telling outrageous, laughably unbelievable lies about a dementia-addled rapist and fraud whose legacy will be nearly ending US democracy
