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The nurses are pissed
January 25, 2026 at 4:48 AM
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WHO removing Us Flag
January 23, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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This is awesome!
You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer.

In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
January 23, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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my Blackest opinion is that the presumption of conflict between "America has a long and deeply rooted history of violence" and "we can and should fight against today's version of that, as did those who came before us" is less a philosophical debate about how to treat the past and more a skill issue
January 22, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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Great video going into why power strips/extension cords can be stupidly dangerous if used improperly

youtu.be/K_q-xnYRugQ
Perhaps the weakest link in the US electrical system
YouTube video by Technology Connections
youtu.be
January 22, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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Markus Stitz wrote & photographed a stunning story about his 677km (420 mi) bike ride across Norway in mid-winter. Includes my favorite photo in the entire issue.

More inspiring stories on the power of cargo bikes available here: cargobikefestival.com/product/carr...

@cargobikefest.bsky.social
January 18, 2026 at 10:19 AM
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While the world sometimes seems metaphorically on fire right now, global warming is still progressing as well.

In 2025, global warming delivered the 3rd warmest year since measurements began. A modest step down from 2024's records, but still well above 20th century norms.

🧪🧵
January 19, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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“But what deeply troubles me now is that for all the steps we've taken toward integration, I've come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house." 

Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
January 20, 2026 at 3:40 AM
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This is probably the most accurate description.

Someone in their mid-50s today told me that this is the first time he had thought about or been affected by politics. And that guy is actively guarding buildings and his coworkers from ICE.
Minneapolis and Saint Paul have basically mobilized into a war economy of mutual aid and non-violent defense. I’ve never seen anything like it, even during Covid. People who barely vote are guarding their schools from ICE and doing the shopping for neighbors in hiding.
This is so smart. I’m so impressed with all the different ways you’re helping your neighbors.
January 19, 2026 at 2:44 AM
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO

this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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A decade ago, when Trump one the first time, I and other Black writers tried to make us see that racism — both explicit and deeply seeded — was at the root of Trump’s rise. We were dismissed even as late as last year as people attributed economic anxieties to Trump’s wins.
DO YOU BELIEVE US NOW?
January 12, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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“I know, we’ll take this one American city, regarded as a hotbed of seditious sentiment, and subject it to a heavy-handed punitive crackdown. and that will cow the rest of the Americans into quiet submission and snuff out the embers of opposition at their source”

the ghost of General Thomas Gage:
January 10, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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I think that her being a white woman "mouthing off" to him is part of the trigger. He already likely felt "disrespected" by her wife earlier. To me, this explains some white people's "she had it coming" attitude. How DARE a white woman not submit to his authority? He had to put her in her place.
When Renee Good said "I'm not mad at you" what the ICE goon heard was "I'm not scared of you."

That's what enraged him. The populace wasn't fully terrorized and cowed into submission yet, so he acted to make that happen.
January 9, 2026 at 11:18 PM
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It reminds me of this tumblr post:

web.archive.org/web/20150404...
January 9, 2026 at 11:25 PM
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lol the issue is not "lack of training" it's lack of conscience.
ice agents simply aren't trained well enough to be on the street. they are a genuine danger to citizens
January 7, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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January 6, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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Lol: “Imagine calling yourselves the ‘master race’ but forgetting to secure your own website — maybe try mastering to host WordPress before world domination,” Root wrote."
January 5, 2026 at 11:41 PM
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Obsessed w/ possibilities for modern co op org across many domains.”In Switzerland’s member-based cooperative housing, new residents buy shares to the building. The co-op uses the money to maintain the building, keep rents below market rate and, often, provide communal amenities like child care.”
A ‘Third Way’ Between Buying or Renting? Swiss Co-ops Say They’ve Found It.
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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There is an unfortunate error in this newly published @globalchangebio.bsky.social paper.

The caption for this image reads "upper panel with dragon icon symbolising all tetrapod" but this is incorrect. That is either a wyvern (with two wings and two legs) or it is not a tetrapod (6 limbs).
December 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Burgum: "Today we're sending notifications to the 5 large offshore wind projects that are under construction that their leases will be suspended due to national security concerns ... the Dept of War has come back conclusively that these large offshore wind programs create radar interference"
December 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Wishing y’all a mellow Winter Solstice. Found elsewhere, sharing here
December 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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1. First, let's talk about the elephant in the room that he doesn't mention explicitly but haunts the whole piece: climate change is real, we've overshot the goal and the only way to turn the corner is to leave fossil fuel in the ground. To ignore that is to talk about rocketry and ignore gravity.
December 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM