devilsnordevines
@devilsnordevine.bsky.social
I share cats, arts, science, interesting tidbits, and occasional comments on politics, think pieces, and whatever else I find in this lovely space.
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Shortly before his fatal encounter with federal immigration agents on Saturday, Alex Pretti was confronted on a Minneapolis street by an officer who was later on the scene of his shooting, video analyzed by CNN shows. https://cnn.it/4t0HgSA
January 26, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Shortly before his fatal encounter with federal immigration agents on Saturday, Alex Pretti was confronted on a Minneapolis street by an officer who was later on the scene of his shooting, video analyzed by CNN shows. https://cnn.it/4t0HgSA
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Carney's speech is brilliant. Here is a transcript. I suspect we will be feeling some serious pain in Canada shortly from the reaction
open.substack.com/pub/paulwell...
open.substack.com/pub/paulwell...
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
open.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Carney's speech is brilliant. Here is a transcript. I suspect we will be feeling some serious pain in Canada shortly from the reaction
open.substack.com/pub/paulwell...
open.substack.com/pub/paulwell...
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New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 12:29 AM
New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
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Bluesky proves today what a force for good it can be in a darkening world. Our friend Alan @alan678.bsky.social is posting a daily #WinterRobin #ForJanet after my lovely wife left this world last week. He also invited others to join in. Here is our Roberto who Janet loved. #birds #EastCoastKin
January 19, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Bluesky proves today what a force for good it can be in a darkening world. Our friend Alan @alan678.bsky.social is posting a daily #WinterRobin #ForJanet after my lovely wife left this world last week. He also invited others to join in. Here is our Roberto who Janet loved. #birds #EastCoastKin
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I went to Minneapolis last week. What I saw was horrifying and inspiring in equal measure. Gift link to my latest column: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:56 PM
I went to Minneapolis last week. What I saw was horrifying and inspiring in equal measure. Gift link to my latest column: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
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I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 1:57 AM
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
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Ashamed to say I'd never heard Dr Martin Luther King Jr's acceptance of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. Such a contrast to discussions today about the award. So we played King's comments on-air.
January 20, 2026 at 5:49 AM
Ashamed to say I'd never heard Dr Martin Luther King Jr's acceptance of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. Such a contrast to discussions today about the award. So we played King's comments on-air.
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Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center.
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
January 14, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center.
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
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ICE is claiming that the officer feared that Renee Good was about to seriously injure or kill him at this moment.
January 9, 2026 at 6:52 PM
ICE is claiming that the officer feared that Renee Good was about to seriously injure or kill him at this moment.
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Hey, a quick hint for anyone trying to follow the news in Minneapolis from out of state: if you add ?utm_source=gift to any Star Tribune URL, it'll let you read it.
Also, some reliable local outlets that are both better and free:
www.mprnews.org
www.minnpost.com
sahanjournal.com
Also, some reliable local outlets that are both better and free:
www.mprnews.org
www.minnpost.com
sahanjournal.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Hey, a quick hint for anyone trying to follow the news in Minneapolis from out of state: if you add ?utm_source=gift to any Star Tribune URL, it'll let you read it.
Also, some reliable local outlets that are both better and free:
www.mprnews.org
www.minnpost.com
sahanjournal.com
Also, some reliable local outlets that are both better and free:
www.mprnews.org
www.minnpost.com
sahanjournal.com
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Even before menopause begins, hormone shifts change how your body uses energy and builds muscle.
Strength training, protein and sleep can help women counter rising insulin resistance and muscle loss.
buff.ly/Cqo6hv5
Strength training, protein and sleep can help women counter rising insulin resistance and muscle loss.
buff.ly/Cqo6hv5
Midlife weight gain can start long before menopause – but you can take steps early on to help your body weather the hormonal shift
What you do in the years leading up to menopause can help counter the natural hormonal effects of aging, setting you up for a healthier transition.
theconversation.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Even before menopause begins, hormone shifts change how your body uses energy and builds muscle.
Strength training, protein and sleep can help women counter rising insulin resistance and muscle loss.
buff.ly/Cqo6hv5
Strength training, protein and sleep can help women counter rising insulin resistance and muscle loss.
buff.ly/Cqo6hv5
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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#TheLensNola🔍 At age 15, Jahmad Randolph gave his club an anti-violence theme and christened it the Young Rollers, to imbue the club with a certain state of mind, rooted in freedom and motion.
✍ Katy Reckdahl with photos by Gus Bennett
Read full story🗞: buff.ly/LWDgFS5
✍ Katy Reckdahl with photos by Gus Bennett
Read full story🗞: buff.ly/LWDgFS5
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
#TheLensNola🔍 At age 15, Jahmad Randolph gave his club an anti-violence theme and christened it the Young Rollers, to imbue the club with a certain state of mind, rooted in freedom and motion.
✍ Katy Reckdahl with photos by Gus Bennett
Read full story🗞: buff.ly/LWDgFS5
✍ Katy Reckdahl with photos by Gus Bennett
Read full story🗞: buff.ly/LWDgFS5
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How an attempt to standardize Switzerland’s least known national language ignited quarrels that engulfed classrooms, newspapers, and eventually local politics.
A Very Big Fight Over a Very Small Language
In the Swiss Alps, a plan to tidy up Romansh—spoken by less than one per cent of the country—set off a decades-long quarrel over identity, belonging, and the sound of authenticity.
www.newyorker.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
How an attempt to standardize Switzerland’s least known national language ignited quarrels that engulfed classrooms, newspapers, and eventually local politics.
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"What we need includes an independent investigation into the malpractice surrounding repair project bidding, the failure of the current monitoring system and the inaction of government authorities upon receiving complaints."
Critics say Hong Kong fire was due to negligence, not scaffolding
What we need includes an independent investigation into the malpractice surrounding repair project bidding, the failure of the current monitoring system and the inaction of government authorities upon receiving complaints.
globalvoices.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
"What we need includes an independent investigation into the malpractice surrounding repair project bidding, the failure of the current monitoring system and the inaction of government authorities upon receiving complaints."
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Probation officers pause in-person visits and home searches for offenders facing an arrest warrant. That reduced supervision can last for months — in one case it was over a year. Six mothers died during this gap, WPLN and ProPublica found. www.propublica.org/article/tenn...
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Probation officers pause in-person visits and home searches for offenders facing an arrest warrant. That reduced supervision can last for months — in one case it was over a year. Six mothers died during this gap, WPLN and ProPublica found. www.propublica.org/article/tenn...
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The new doumentary “Free Joan Little” chronicles the case of the first woman in U.S. history to be acquitted on the grounds of self-defense against sexual violence.
Little’s 1975 trial inspired a national campaign for racial justice and survivors’ rights to self-defense.
Little’s 1975 trial inspired a national campaign for racial justice and survivors’ rights to self-defense.
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The new doumentary “Free Joan Little” chronicles the case of the first woman in U.S. history to be acquitted on the grounds of self-defense against sexual violence.
Little’s 1975 trial inspired a national campaign for racial justice and survivors’ rights to self-defense.
Little’s 1975 trial inspired a national campaign for racial justice and survivors’ rights to self-defense.
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South Africa has returned over 130 gold and bronze artefacts taken between the 1870s and early 20th century to a Ghanaian traditional king.
South Africa returns looted treasures to Ghanaian traditional king
South Africa has returned over 130 gold and bronze artefacts taken between the 1870s and early 20th century to a Ghanaian traditional king.
www.thesouthafrican.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
South Africa has returned over 130 gold and bronze artefacts taken between the 1870s and early 20th century to a Ghanaian traditional king.
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btw if you like her Posting I actually think you might like reading Joyce Carol Oates, grab "High Lonesome: New and Selected Stories, 1966-2006" that's a really good anthology of shorts or "Bellefleur" for the first in her series of gothic almost-fantasy novels about an American family of oddities
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
btw if you like her Posting I actually think you might like reading Joyce Carol Oates, grab "High Lonesome: New and Selected Stories, 1966-2006" that's a really good anthology of shorts or "Bellefleur" for the first in her series of gothic almost-fantasy novels about an American family of oddities
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This week’s astonishing artifact is an ancient Egyptian human-hair wig found in the tomb of a royal architect and his wife. 🏺🧪
Merit's wig: A 3,400-year-old Egyptian headpiece smoothed down with ancient homemade hair gel
Merit's head covering was made from real human hair and was buried with her in its own wooden cabinet.
www.livescience.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This week’s astonishing artifact is an ancient Egyptian human-hair wig found in the tomb of a royal architect and his wife. 🏺🧪
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One of these is not like the other.
#cats #BlueskyCats #gato #adoptdontshop #fosterkittens #DMV #adoptme
And yes, you should follow our fosters on the ‘gram @littletailfosters
#cats #BlueskyCats #gato #adoptdontshop #fosterkittens #DMV #adoptme
And yes, you should follow our fosters on the ‘gram @littletailfosters
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
One of these is not like the other.
#cats #BlueskyCats #gato #adoptdontshop #fosterkittens #DMV #adoptme
And yes, you should follow our fosters on the ‘gram @littletailfosters
#cats #BlueskyCats #gato #adoptdontshop #fosterkittens #DMV #adoptme
And yes, you should follow our fosters on the ‘gram @littletailfosters
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How is the UAE involved in Sudan’s civil war?
Despite denials, evidence is growing of the gold and arms deals funding the violent struggle that is tearing the country apart
Despite denials, evidence is growing of the gold and arms deals funding the violent struggle that is tearing the country apart
How is the UAE involved in Sudan’s civil war?
How is the UAE involved in Sudan’s civil war?
www.thetimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
How is the UAE involved in Sudan’s civil war?
Despite denials, evidence is growing of the gold and arms deals funding the violent struggle that is tearing the country apart
Despite denials, evidence is growing of the gold and arms deals funding the violent struggle that is tearing the country apart
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If you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.
If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:32 AM
If you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.