felinecannonball
@felinecannon.bsky.social
“There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something... but it is not always quite the something you were after.”
Pseudonymous geologist in the San Francisco Bay Area. Signed up for too many starter packs.
Pseudonymous geologist in the San Francisco Bay Area. Signed up for too many starter packs.
Pinned
he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed
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After having scaled back environmental regulations and made it easier for industry to pollute the air, the Trump regime now wants to strip federal protections about 85 percent of all wetlands in the United States. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
E.P.A. Rule Would Drastically Curb Protections for Wetlands
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
After having scaled back environmental regulations and made it easier for industry to pollute the air, the Trump regime now wants to strip federal protections about 85 percent of all wetlands in the United States. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
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Technology innovation is transforming ocean science. This #BlueTechMonth, global experts showcase bold ideas driving the next era of the blue economy. MBARI’s Chris Scholin joins a panel on collaboration and tech. Learn more: tmabluetech.org/bluetech-month-2025
November 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Technology innovation is transforming ocean science. This #BlueTechMonth, global experts showcase bold ideas driving the next era of the blue economy. MBARI’s Chris Scholin joins a panel on collaboration and tech. Learn more: tmabluetech.org/bluetech-month-2025
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license plate data merged with credit header data, marriage records, vehicle ownership, and voter registrations, in one app for ICE agents. oh and it sends push notifications when someone they're seeking is nearby.
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country
Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future.
www.404media.co
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
license plate data merged with credit header data, marriage records, vehicle ownership, and voter registrations, in one app for ICE agents. oh and it sends push notifications when someone they're seeking is nearby.
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
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A newly elected Pennsylvania sheriff vows to end an ICE contract, telling Bolts, “What I can do is prevent the 17 deputies who were trained to be de facto ICE agents from doing that work.”
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE
A populous swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A newly elected Pennsylvania sheriff vows to end an ICE contract, telling Bolts, “What I can do is prevent the 17 deputies who were trained to be de facto ICE agents from doing that work.”
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New from me: The same tactics marketers use to get you to find their toothbrushes or photography business on Google were also used by Jeffrey Epstein & co. to try to launder his reputation online. SEO to try to cover up the most infamous pedophile ring.
www.theverge.com/report/82231...
www.theverge.com/report/82231...
How Jeffrey Epstein used SEO to bury news about his crimes
“the google page is not good,” Epstein wrote
www.theverge.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
New from me: The same tactics marketers use to get you to find their toothbrushes or photography business on Google were also used by Jeffrey Epstein & co. to try to launder his reputation online. SEO to try to cover up the most infamous pedophile ring.
www.theverge.com/report/82231...
www.theverge.com/report/82231...
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Not like I'm a big fan of American hegemony, but he's giving up a few decades of air superiority to a non-alliance country that has ongoing security agreements with China. Should throw in six piece set of ginsu knives.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
November 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Not like I'm a big fan of American hegemony, but he's giving up a few decades of air superiority to a non-alliance country that has ongoing security agreements with China. Should throw in six piece set of ginsu knives.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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At least we all got some free protons this week. Something to feel positive about.
Those were beautiful #aurorae in the past days. A solar storm brought a lot of protons to Earth. Not only to Earth but also to #ESAEuclid – but does #Euclid notice? Oh yes.
www.euclid-ec.org/here-comes-t...
#ESA #Sun #SpaceWeather #space
www.euclid-ec.org/here-comes-t...
#ESA #Sun #SpaceWeather #space
November 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
At least we all got some free protons this week. Something to feel positive about.
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Sentinel-6B cataloged in a 1308 x 1327 km x 66.1 deg orbit, confirming successful launch
November 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Sentinel-6B cataloged in a 1308 x 1327 km x 66.1 deg orbit, confirming successful launch
Parasitic ant threatens to sue ScienceNews for five billion dollars for repeating claims that she incited riot and attempted coup d'état.
This is such a cool study. A parasitic ant queen tricks worker ants into murdering their own queen, so the parasite can take over the colony.
This parasitic ant tricks workers into committing matricide
Newly mated parasitic queen ants invade colonies and spray their victims with a chemical irritant that provokes the workers to kill their mother.
www.sciencenews.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Parasitic ant threatens to sue ScienceNews for five billion dollars for repeating claims that she incited riot and attempted coup d'état.
"Russia plans to manufacture up to 120,000 of its cheap and devastating glide bombs this year, a senior Ukrainian intelligence official said, including 500 of a new, longer-range version which can reach more towns and cities"
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
www.reuters.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
"Russia plans to manufacture up to 120,000 of its cheap and devastating glide bombs this year, a senior Ukrainian intelligence official said, including 500 of a new, longer-range version which can reach more towns and cities"
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
"Hasina has been living in exile – and under protection – in neighbouring India, and the Indian government has ignored requests for her extradition to face trial."
More than a thousand people were killed during the crackdown on student protesters.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_Re...
More than a thousand people were killed during the crackdown on student protesters.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_Re...
November 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"Hasina has been living in exile – and under protection – in neighbouring India, and the Indian government has ignored requests for her extradition to face trial."
More than a thousand people were killed during the crackdown on student protesters.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_Re...
More than a thousand people were killed during the crackdown on student protesters.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_Re...
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Immature Common Bird's Nest Fungus (Crucibulum laeve) we saw this weekend. (2nd macro is from last January, to show them at maturity.)💚
#MacroMonday #MushroomMonday #FungiFriends #Fungi #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
#MacroMonday #MushroomMonday #FungiFriends #Fungi #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
November 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Immature Common Bird's Nest Fungus (Crucibulum laeve) we saw this weekend. (2nd macro is from last January, to show them at maturity.)💚
#MacroMonday #MushroomMonday #FungiFriends #Fungi #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
#MacroMonday #MushroomMonday #FungiFriends #Fungi #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
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The Trump regime has fired an estimated 70 immigration judges since February. This is happening as immigration courts face a record backlog of cases.
Remember: it was never about legal immigration. It was always about cruelty.
Remember: it was never about legal immigration. It was always about cruelty.
“I think most don’t realize how hard it is to immigrate legally to the United States,” says former senior policy official @margyoh.bsky.social. She explains other surprising facts about the immigration system in a wide-ranging new Q&A:
An Insider’s View of the Immigration System
A former senior immigration policy official offers insight into how the system works and highlights urgent problems that must be addressed.
www.brennancenter.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The Trump regime has fired an estimated 70 immigration judges since February. This is happening as immigration courts face a record backlog of cases.
Remember: it was never about legal immigration. It was always about cruelty.
Remember: it was never about legal immigration. It was always about cruelty.
Balloon riots of the 18th and 19th centuries. Things people did before they protested vaccines or celebrated super bowl victories.
overcast.fm/+AA36Re_UnjY
"hot or gas air balloons were a dangerous fad that was infecting the populace with ‘ballomania.’"
daily.jstor.org/hot-air-ball...
overcast.fm/+AA36Re_UnjY
"hot or gas air balloons were a dangerous fad that was infecting the populace with ‘ballomania.’"
daily.jstor.org/hot-air-ball...
November 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Balloon riots of the 18th and 19th centuries. Things people did before they protested vaccines or celebrated super bowl victories.
overcast.fm/+AA36Re_UnjY
"hot or gas air balloons were a dangerous fad that was infecting the populace with ‘ballomania.’"
daily.jstor.org/hot-air-ball...
overcast.fm/+AA36Re_UnjY
"hot or gas air balloons were a dangerous fad that was infecting the populace with ‘ballomania.’"
daily.jstor.org/hot-air-ball...
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field trip this weekend for my Sedimentary Basins course –– we went from earliest Cambrian rift basin to Cambro-Ordovician passive margin to the three main foreland-basin phases of the rest of the Paleozoic (>240 Myr of history in two days 😅) ⚒️
November 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
field trip this weekend for my Sedimentary Basins course –– we went from earliest Cambrian rift basin to Cambro-Ordovician passive margin to the three main foreland-basin phases of the rest of the Paleozoic (>240 Myr of history in two days 😅) ⚒️
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Homeland Security is not protecting us. It’s terrorizing us.
Man films Border Patrol agents smashing his car window in Charlotte
Willy Aceituno, a Honduran-born U.S. citizen, was stopped twice by Border Patrol agents in Charlotte, North Carolina.
apnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Homeland Security is not protecting us. It’s terrorizing us.
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My main takeaway from this book is that these people don't give a single fuck about the constitution. They will use it cynically to benefit themselves but otherwise they're all about their bronze age philosophies. They have no interest in laws, because they have a telephone to god.
Good book. I feel like I finally know what the hell @sharonk.bsky.social is posting about now.
November 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
My main takeaway from this book is that these people don't give a single fuck about the constitution. They will use it cynically to benefit themselves but otherwise they're all about their bronze age philosophies. They have no interest in laws, because they have a telephone to god.
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Poland railway blast was unprecedented act of sabotage, says Donald Tusk
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Poland railway blast was unprecedented act of sabotage, says Donald Tusk
Polish PM vows to ‘catch the perpetrators, regardless of who their backers are’ after blast on track used for deliveries to Ukraine
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Poland railway blast was unprecedented act of sabotage, says Donald Tusk
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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but the times says he's "too powerful to ignore"
Opinion | MBS comes to Washington. Regrettably.
The U.S. gains nothing by legitimizing the crown prince’s repressions.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
but the times says he's "too powerful to ignore"
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"Congress should revive the Bivens Act and strike qualified immunity. Anything less is an endorsement of a two-tiered system of justice—one for the rulers and another for the ruled."
www.wsj.com/opinion/a-se...
www.wsj.com/opinion/a-se...
Opinion | A Senators-Only Right to Sue in Shutdown Deal
In their legislation reopening the government, senators awarded themselves a legal power to sue the government that should be universal.
www.wsj.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
"Congress should revive the Bivens Act and strike qualified immunity. Anything less is an endorsement of a two-tiered system of justice—one for the rulers and another for the ruled."
www.wsj.com/opinion/a-se...
www.wsj.com/opinion/a-se...
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A federal judge ORDERS the disclosure of James Comey's grand jury minutes to the defense, citing a "disturbing pattern pattern of profound investigative missteps" and casting doubt on Lindsey Halligan's declaration about the gap in the record.
Background www.allrisenews.com/p/halligan-c...
Background www.allrisenews.com/p/halligan-c...
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A federal judge ORDERS the disclosure of James Comey's grand jury minutes to the defense, citing a "disturbing pattern pattern of profound investigative missteps" and casting doubt on Lindsey Halligan's declaration about the gap in the record.
Background www.allrisenews.com/p/halligan-c...
Background www.allrisenews.com/p/halligan-c...
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Is it bad if a sitting federal judge was (allegedly) part of a conspiracy to commit murder? It seems bad ....
OMFG-ex DOJ official (& now federal judge) Emil Bove was involved in the administration's plots to murder individuals via lethal strikes
"At a DOJ conference ... Bove told drug prosecutors the ... administration wasn't interested in interdicting ... Instead... the U.S. should "just sink the boats."
"At a DOJ conference ... Bove told drug prosecutors the ... administration wasn't interested in interdicting ... Instead... the U.S. should "just sink the boats."
November 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Is it bad if a sitting federal judge was (allegedly) part of a conspiracy to commit murder? It seems bad ....
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Russia published its budget report for Q3 of 2025. Military spending is not slowing down. In Q3, it was 38% higher than last year (3.6 trillion rubles in Q3, 11.9 trillion rubles so far for the year). Good news: Federal recruitment data is back!
November 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Russia published its budget report for Q3 of 2025. Military spending is not slowing down. In Q3, it was 38% higher than last year (3.6 trillion rubles in Q3, 11.9 trillion rubles so far for the year). Good news: Federal recruitment data is back!