Jon Rienstra-Kiracofe
@jonrk1.bsky.social
Husband of Ed. Prof, Christine RK, Father of: Micah RK & Caleb RK, Chem Prof @ Purdue. Whitesox fan. EV enthusiast. Views & opinions are my own.
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"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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Should Your Next Car be a Battery-Electric or Fossil-Fuel One?
If you really need a car, should your next one be powered by batteries or fossil fuels? Even if you don’t care about the planet, the answer is batteries.
www.youtube.com/shorts/aYl8m...
If you really need a car, should your next one be powered by batteries or fossil fuels? Even if you don’t care about the planet, the answer is batteries.
www.youtube.com/shorts/aYl8m...
Should Your Next Car be a Battery-Electric or Fossil-Fuel One? #electriccar #renewables
YouTube video by Mark Z. Jacobson
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Should Your Next Car be a Battery-Electric or Fossil-Fuel One?
If you really need a car, should your next one be powered by batteries or fossil fuels? Even if you don’t care about the planet, the answer is batteries.
www.youtube.com/shorts/aYl8m...
If you really need a car, should your next one be powered by batteries or fossil fuels? Even if you don’t care about the planet, the answer is batteries.
www.youtube.com/shorts/aYl8m...
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"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
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About half of what it was going to cost to fully fund SNAP in November during the shutdown.
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
About half of what it was going to cost to fully fund SNAP in November during the shutdown.
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The people who have been pushing the “electric cars are too expensive” myth apparently forgot to tell folks in Nepal, Sri Lanka, Djibouti, Tajikistan, Ethiopia ….
@davidfickling.bsky.social:
The Whole World Is Switching to EVs Faster Than You:
"BloombergNEF forecasts EVs will be displacing about 5.3 million barrels of oil a day, equivalent to about a 10th of all road fuel consumed globally at present."
⚡️⚡️⚡️
#alwaysbecharging
The Whole World Is Switching to EVs Faster Than You:
"BloombergNEF forecasts EVs will be displacing about 5.3 million barrels of oil a day, equivalent to about a 10th of all road fuel consumed globally at present."
⚡️⚡️⚡️
#alwaysbecharging
August 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The people who have been pushing the “electric cars are too expensive” myth apparently forgot to tell folks in Nepal, Sri Lanka, Djibouti, Tajikistan, Ethiopia ….
😢😢😢
JUST IN: The Trump administration late Saturday directed states that they must "immediately undo" any actions they have made to provide benefits to low-income families via SNAP.
Trump tells states to 'immediately undo' steps to fund November SNAP benefits
The Trump administration late Saturday directed states that they must "immediately undo" any actions they have made to provide benefits to low-income families via SNAP.
n.pr
November 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
😢😢😢
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We live in a paranoid nation with over 400 million civilian owned guns.
Maria was a house cleaner. She accidentally went to a wrong house & got shot in the head. Now, her 4 children are motherless.
#GunsDontMakeUsSafer
Maria was a house cleaner. She accidentally went to a wrong house & got shot in the head. Now, her 4 children are motherless.
#GunsDontMakeUsSafer
November 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We live in a paranoid nation with over 400 million civilian owned guns.
Maria was a house cleaner. She accidentally went to a wrong house & got shot in the head. Now, her 4 children are motherless.
#GunsDontMakeUsSafer
Maria was a house cleaner. She accidentally went to a wrong house & got shot in the head. Now, her 4 children are motherless.
#GunsDontMakeUsSafer
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What the hell are we doing?
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
What the hell are we doing?
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This should be getting more attention.
November 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This should be getting more attention.
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
November 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Chemistry so simple General Chemistry students can understand! #iteachchem
A new reaction that takes place inside stainless-steel reactors, like those shown here, grinds polytetrafluoroethylene with sodium metal to make useful chemical building blocks.
cen.acs.org/materials/po... #chemsky 🧪
cen.acs.org/materials/po... #chemsky 🧪
This reaction turns Teflon into toothpaste’s key ingredient
Grinding PTFE with chunks of sodium metal creates sodium fluoride in a solvent-free reaction that aims to avoid landfills
cen.acs.org
October 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Chemistry so simple General Chemistry students can understand! #iteachchem
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🚨 JUST IN: Kathryn Bigelow's latest film, A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE, is a welcome and useful reminder that the dangers of nuclear weapons never went away—and an invitation to discuss how to deal with them, Mark Goodman writes in @thebulletin.org.
#kathrynbigelow #ahouseofdynamite #nuclearweapons #nukesky
#kathrynbigelow #ahouseofdynamite #nuclearweapons #nukesky
What we should be talking about after watching Bigelow's 'A House of Dynamite' nuclear thriller
Kathryn Bigelow's latest film, A House of Dynamite, is a welcome and useful reminder that the dangers of nuclear weapons never went away—and an invitation to discuss how to deal with them.
thebulletin.org
October 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
🚨 JUST IN: Kathryn Bigelow's latest film, A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE, is a welcome and useful reminder that the dangers of nuclear weapons never went away—and an invitation to discuss how to deal with them, Mark Goodman writes in @thebulletin.org.
#kathrynbigelow #ahouseofdynamite #nuclearweapons #nukesky
#kathrynbigelow #ahouseofdynamite #nuclearweapons #nukesky
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The stakes couldn’t be higher, and the outlook isn’t rosy. SCOTUS is set to hear an emergency appeal from the order barring federal troops from being deployed to Chicago. My guide to the legal challenge, and tips on how to survive the fallout, in my piece today. Link in the replies.
October 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The stakes couldn’t be higher, and the outlook isn’t rosy. SCOTUS is set to hear an emergency appeal from the order barring federal troops from being deployed to Chicago. My guide to the legal challenge, and tips on how to survive the fallout, in my piece today. Link in the replies.
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![Comic. Two-column table. Column A lists planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. Column B has checkmark boxes for whether the planets have rings: the outer planets’ boxes are checked, and Earth has a red check. [Earth with a ring with an array pf points around it. An arrow labeled “Geostationary Satellite Bel”t points to the ring.] [caption] Astronomy fact: A century ago, Earth didn’t have rings, but we have one now! It’s where all the satellite dishes are pointed.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifauh76r3os5nnzjvkcz5sl2pgx5iz4sgkxebqjw3aogjn6e677aa@jpeg)
October 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This is not normal behavior. Do not excuse it.
Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America
October 19, 2025 at 2:45 AM
This is not normal behavior. Do not excuse it.
“The U.S. has relied heavily on foreign-born doctors; half the country's oncology workforce, for example, comes from overseas. Now, …the Trump administration's cuts to science, medicine and research funding, as well as new immigration policies, fewer physicians can — or want to — come to the U.S” 😢
Conspiracy theories about health fill a vacuum created by the lack of doctors in many rural communities. Meanwhile, doctors in these areas say patients have become increasingly distrustful and sometimes hostile. n.pr/4nRqsdT
In rural America, scarce doctors battle misinformation as they practice medicine
Conspiracy theories about health fill a vacuum created by the lack of doctors in many rural communities. Meanwhile, doctors in these areas say patients have become increasingly distrustful and sometimes hostile.
n.pr
October 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM
“The U.S. has relied heavily on foreign-born doctors; half the country's oncology workforce, for example, comes from overseas. Now, …the Trump administration's cuts to science, medicine and research funding, as well as new immigration policies, fewer physicians can — or want to — come to the U.S” 😢
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“When crops are burned for fuel, new land can be needed to grow new crops for food or fuel. This can lead to indirect land clearance and deforestation. Staggeringly, biofuels globally therefore today emit 16% more CO₂ emissions than the fossil fuels they replace.”
October 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
“When crops are burned for fuel, new land can be needed to grow new crops for food or fuel. This can lead to indirect land clearance and deforestation. Staggeringly, biofuels globally therefore today emit 16% more CO₂ emissions than the fossil fuels they replace.”
This is so demonstrably false.
Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."
October 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
This is so demonstrably false.
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I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America
October 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America
This is not how our government should act.
I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.
US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies, w/ @reneehickman.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
October 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This is not how our government should act.
This is not the way we should treat people. Disgusting
This must not be what America is. But it will be what America is unless the American people say “no fucking way” and vote against it.👇
ICE rappel from Black Hawk helicopters—detain U.S. citizens.
Grab everyone at apartment complex—even zip tie the children together.
"They had the Black people in one van, and immigrants in another van," said witness.
"One agent literally laughed... He said, 'F them kids.'"
Chicago, Illinois
Grab everyone at apartment complex—even zip tie the children together.
"They had the Black people in one van, and immigrants in another van," said witness.
"One agent literally laughed... He said, 'F them kids.'"
Chicago, Illinois
October 3, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This is not the way we should treat people. Disgusting
This is racist. Disgusting
September 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This is racist. Disgusting