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@neonastronaut.bsky.social
Jersey native in Mass. Interests include fog harvesting, food forestry and oyster farming. “Know your plant friends.”
Scarlet begonias volunteering in my herb bucket 🌱
November 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Scarlet begonias volunteering in my herb bucket 🌱
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FINALLY I have time to sit down with this read on Black oyster farmers from @iamtabari.bsky.social
that I have been looking forward to all day!!
that I have been looking forward to all day!!
The Legacy of Black Oyster Farmers - Offrange
Steeped in a rich history, Black oystermen and women across U.S. coastal regions have been disappearing for decades — a revival may be underway.
ambrook.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
FINALLY I have time to sit down with this read on Black oyster farmers from @iamtabari.bsky.social
that I have been looking forward to all day!!
that I have been looking forward to all day!!
What a marvelous little insect, sitting in the middle of a moonflower leaf #gardensky #bugsky
August 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
What a marvelous little insect, sitting in the middle of a moonflower leaf #gardensky #bugsky
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Nearly every trans person I know reading the summary of the decision picked up on this within the first 30 minutes of it dropping. Yet newsrooms think hiring trans people to report on our issues is biased.
OK i’ve seen almost no media outlet pick up on the fact the Supreme Court ruling endorsed conversion therapy
and opens a portal to the normalization of conversion therapy nationally
so here’s a thread explaining how they did so, and why you should care
(1/x)
and opens a portal to the normalization of conversion therapy nationally
so here’s a thread explaining how they did so, and why you should care
(1/x)
June 20, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Nearly every trans person I know reading the summary of the decision picked up on this within the first 30 minutes of it dropping. Yet newsrooms think hiring trans people to report on our issues is biased.
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this is not legal advice but there are like twenty circuit court cases holding that you do in fact have a first amendment right to record the police
"There's no recording allowed out here, per FBI rights"
Senator Padilla’s office sends me this video of his take-down and detention at Sec. Noem’s press conference in L.A.
June 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
this is not legal advice but there are like twenty circuit court cases holding that you do in fact have a first amendment right to record the police
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First iris to bloom in the backyard this spring! 🌱
May 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
First iris to bloom in the backyard this spring! 🌱
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Just a friendly reminder/PSA that it helps those who have to have posts read to them by text reading services to capitalize each word in a tag. Like this #WitchSky #WitchMadness #OccultSky #PaganSky Otherwise it tries to pronounce the tags as just one word.
May 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Just a friendly reminder/PSA that it helps those who have to have posts read to them by text reading services to capitalize each word in a tag. Like this #WitchSky #WitchMadness #OccultSky #PaganSky Otherwise it tries to pronounce the tags as just one word.
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After lawless & deranged ICE stormtroopers destroyed Juan Francisco Méndez's car & terrorized him & his family, the case against him was thrown out after Department of Homeland Security attorneys failed to even present a charging document turnto10.com/news/local/j...
Judge dismisses ICE case against New Bedford man
A federal immigration judge has dismissed the case against a New Bedford man whose dramatic detainment by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents was c
turnto10.com
May 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
After lawless & deranged ICE stormtroopers destroyed Juan Francisco Méndez's car & terrorized him & his family, the case against him was thrown out after Department of Homeland Security attorneys failed to even present a charging document turnto10.com/news/local/j...
Protect yourselves and loved ones. Keep phones charged and ready to record. Don’t talk to strangers. They’re spying on targeted people before kidnapping them.
Massachusetts is under siege.
Massachusetts is under siege.
I’m so glad papers like the Berkshire Eagle still exist. this reporter covered every detail of these arrests, including quashing a rumor that the building’s maintainance guy called ICE on these men (he didn’t). support your local journalists!
Masked, armed ICE agents arrest two men in Great Barrington apartment building as witnesses taunt, shoot video
The arrests this morning in Great Barrington were witnessed and videotaped by multiple bystanders in The Triplex Cinema parking lot. Tenants of the building say ICE has surveilled the building
www.berkshireeagle.com
May 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Protect yourselves and loved ones. Keep phones charged and ready to record. Don’t talk to strangers. They’re spying on targeted people before kidnapping them.
Massachusetts is under siege.
Massachusetts is under siege.
They are coming for us. Don’t talk to strangers. Don’t trust a cop. Where are our elected officials?
Massachusetts is under siege by masked federal goons.
Massachusetts is under siege by masked federal goons.
Federal officers detain two on Watertown/Newton line on Monday morning.
figcitynews.com/2025/05/over...
figcitynews.com/2025/05/over...
May 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
They are coming for us. Don’t talk to strangers. Don’t trust a cop. Where are our elected officials?
Massachusetts is under siege by masked federal goons.
Massachusetts is under siege by masked federal goons.
Read this account of unidentified federal agents terrorizing a Worcester community, with WPD’s support.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is under siege.
Happy Mother’s Day
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is under siege.
Happy Mother’s Day
"The crowd chants 'Don’t take the mother!' over and over again as the daughter keeps trying to get back on the hood of the car. More Worcester cops arrive, all helping the ICE agents carry out their rotten senseless work." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“They’re trying to kidnap someone”
On the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts.
www.motherjones.com
May 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Read this account of unidentified federal agents terrorizing a Worcester community, with WPD’s support.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is under siege.
Happy Mother’s Day
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is under siege.
Happy Mother’s Day
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Rümeysa Öztürk has been freed!!
Tufts student detained by ICE in viral video is released, thanks supporters
Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk was released from ICE detention on Friday, offering brief words of thanks to supporters gathered outside the Louisiana facility.
www.nbcboston.com
May 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Rümeysa Öztürk has been freed!!
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I am outraged by the unjust arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka earlier this afternoon outside of Delaney Hall in Newark.
I am calling for his immediate release by federal law enforcement.
I am calling for his immediate release by federal law enforcement.
May 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I am outraged by the unjust arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka earlier this afternoon outside of Delaney Hall in Newark.
I am calling for his immediate release by federal law enforcement.
I am calling for his immediate release by federal law enforcement.
I have lots of thoughts on everything re: Harvard these days, but I think this Crimson reporting from last month needs to be reupped— www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Trump Admin’s $9 Billion Review of Harvard’s Grants Could Hit Boston’s Hospitals Hardest | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Trump administration’s sweeping federal review of nearly $9 billion in multi-year research funding tied to Harvard has sparked uncertainty across the University — but the brunt of the planned cuts will be felt by Boston hospitals, not the University.
www.thecrimson.com
May 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I have lots of thoughts on everything re: Harvard these days, but I think this Crimson reporting from last month needs to be reupped— www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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Our Legal Advisor Duncan Currie also warns that the ramifications of this decision could resonate beyond deep-sea mining, affecting agreements on fishing, shipping, navigation and marine research!
📣 It’s time for governments to stand up-for people, for planet, for the ocean. #DefendTheDeep
📣 It’s time for governments to stand up-for people, for planet, for the ocean. #DefendTheDeep
Fears Trump’s deep-sea mining order will irreparably harm ecosystems
Fears Trump’s deep-sea mining order will irreparably harm ecosystems
Environment groups say Thursday order ignores effort to adopt rules to prevent harmful mining of ocean floor
www.theguardian.com
April 28, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Our Legal Advisor Duncan Currie also warns that the ramifications of this decision could resonate beyond deep-sea mining, affecting agreements on fishing, shipping, navigation and marine research!
📣 It’s time for governments to stand up-for people, for planet, for the ocean. #DefendTheDeep
📣 It’s time for governments to stand up-for people, for planet, for the ocean. #DefendTheDeep
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ACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM
Implementation of Schedule F
This is what a lot of us have been worried about.
This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs.
BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD...
1/n
Implementation of Schedule F
This is what a lot of us have been worried about.
This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs.
BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD...
1/n
the word alert is in a purple circle
ALT: the word alert is in a purple circle
media.tenor.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
ACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM
Implementation of Schedule F
This is what a lot of us have been worried about.
This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs.
BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD...
1/n
Implementation of Schedule F
This is what a lot of us have been worried about.
This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs.
BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD...
1/n
The federal government is illegally disappearing more people from Massachusetts than anywhere else: public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
public.tableau.com
April 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The federal government is illegally disappearing more people from Massachusetts than anywhere else: public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
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Here is an article and a list of NOAA datasets expected to end and be unavailable in the next few weeks. Please make sure you get in and download what you need!!
eos.org/research-and...
eos.org/research-and...
NOAA Datasets Will Soon Disappear - Eos
NOAA has quietly reported that they will soon decommission 14 datasets, products, and catalogs related to earthquakes and marine, coastal, and estuary science.
eos.org
April 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Here is an article and a list of NOAA datasets expected to end and be unavailable in the next few weeks. Please make sure you get in and download what you need!!
eos.org/research-and...
eos.org/research-and...
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Donation link. No excuses. Just run the money.
April 15, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Donation link. No excuses. Just run the money.
March 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Just imagine the other timeline in which Waltz admits to adding Jeffrey Goldberg to the chat intentionally bc this shit can’t go on anymore and congress + the public need to know
Wow — Mike Waltz on Fox News suggests Jeffrey Goldberg somehow schemed his way into the Signal group instead of just being invited by accident
March 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Just imagine the other timeline in which Waltz admits to adding Jeffrey Goldberg to the chat intentionally bc this shit can’t go on anymore and congress + the public need to know
TIL most medical insurance companies have been flatly denying coverage for ice therapy machines for patients post-op since the beginning of the year. Too inspired by Trump, et al., not inspired enough by Luigi. #medsky
March 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
TIL most medical insurance companies have been flatly denying coverage for ice therapy machines for patients post-op since the beginning of the year. Too inspired by Trump, et al., not inspired enough by Luigi. #medsky
Today, I see the 6th doctor in 5 weeks to talk about possible skeleton-altering surgery.
Can somebody beer me strength, please?
Can somebody beer me strength, please?
February 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Today, I see the 6th doctor in 5 weeks to talk about possible skeleton-altering surgery.
Can somebody beer me strength, please?
Can somebody beer me strength, please?