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nofan.bsky.social @nofan.bsky.social · Aug 29
Decided I wasn’t adding enough to Bluesky conversation with my posts so I am deleting a bunch of old posts and sticking to reposting.
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mikeblack114.bsky.social
So there was a $2.9B appropriation in the reconciliation bill that was supposed to be sent to the BAH account as a supplement to (I assume) allow for BAH increases in line with higher costs of living etc etc

I think they're just gonna disburse most of that in one (taxable) lump sum lmfao
December 18, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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propublica.org
NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.

Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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maxkennerly.bsky.social
Some Dems have told themselves only ~1% of the population is trans so they can dip their toe in the anti-trans filth and come out clean.

I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
billcorbett.bsky.social Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 2d
We are parents of a trans kid and our family takes this very, very personally. If you intentionally make life harder for our beloved daughter, it’s EXTREMELY hard to think of you as an ally, to say the least. @amyklobuchar.com - you still send us requests for money, while hurting our kid. Disgusted.
fascistdemtracker.bsky.social Fascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 6d
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
December 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
NEW: Florida's year of executions mask broader discontent with the death penalty.

Beneath an alarming number of executions in 2025, there are signs of continued growing opposition.

Tonight, at Law Dork:
Florida's year of executions mask broader discontent with the death penalty
Beneath an alarming number of executions in 2025, there are signs of continued growing opposition. Also: USA Today's ICE propaganda. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.
www.lawdork.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:35 AM
There was a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) under NEPA for the new White House ballroom in August 2025??

parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm...
December 16, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
Apart from the fact the leader of the right mocked Reiner, one small difference is that Reiner's day job was making movies that people loved, while Kirk's starting point was creating enemies list of professors to be fired or harassed. These are not the same things.
December 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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tamslick.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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sylviad.bsky.social
This is such sad news, seems like you can’t be a kind, empathetic person, who believes in the truth and justice for all and work at the BBC. Utterly appalling news.
robinince.bsky.social Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 5d
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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montrose.bsky.social
Interesting Scottish history fact
December 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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mjsdc.bsky.social
While ICE continues to torment Kilmar Abrego Garcia in Maryland, federal prosecutors in Tennessee are trying to rig his forthcoming trial by suppressing any discussion of his unlawful deportation or the suspicious favors witnesses will get in exchange for their testimony. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Meanwhile, lawyers are fighting over jury selection and preparing for trial. Incredibly, the government has moved to exclude from trial any mention of its unlawful deportation of Abrego Garcia or his eventual return. And as Abrego Garcia’s lawyers explained in opposing this motion, that would be an egregious violation of his rights under the Fifth and Sixth amendments. All of the witnesses against him came forward only after top Trump officials defamed him as a violent criminal and made it abundantly clear that they wanted to lock him up by any means necessary. These witnesses clearly understood that they could extract unusually generous benefits in exchange for testimony against him. And indeed, they all obtained rare perks, including early release from prison and relief from deportation.
December 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Correcting myself on this thread: DHS did in fact submit a filing to the judge claiming that there was a "scrivener's error," so there was a filing at the immigration court.

That still does not make the issuance of a removal order six years after the fact "correcting a scrivener's error."
ORDER OF THE IMMIGRATION JUDGE Immigration Court's Sua Sponte Order Correcting Scrivener's Error Order: On December 11, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) filed a District Court Order with the Immigration Court. That District Court Order ordered the Respondent released from DHS custody based on a belief the Respondent had not been previously ordered removed by the Immigration Court. The DHS filing with the Immigration Court noted a scrivener's error in the Immigration Judge's original final written decision in this case. That scrivener's error was that while the Respondent was granted the benefit of withholding of removal to El Salvador, the Immigration Judge had not expressly stated in the written order that the Respondent was ordered removed to El Salvador. Although the parties have not raised this issue with the Immigration Court throughout the past five years of litigation in this matter, the Immigration Court will take this opportunity now to correct that scrivener's error. Procedurally, the Respondent admitted the factual allegations contained in the Notice to Appear and conceded removability as charged at a master calendar hearing on May 29, 2019. Based on the Respondent’s admissions and concessions, the Court found his removability was established by clear and convincing evidence. The Court further designated El Salvador as the country of removal. The Respondent agreed with that country designation. On July 25, 2019, the Respondent filed a form I-589 application for asylum, withholding of removal, and for protection under the Convention Against Torture. A full evidentiary individual merits hearing was held on September 27, 2019, and the Immigration Court issued a written decision on October 10, 2019. That decision is incorporated by reference herein (See Immigration Judge's written decision of October 10, 2019). In the written decision, the Immigration Judge found that the Respondent's removability was established by clear and convincing evidence (Immigration Judge's October 10, 2019, decision, p. 2.) Following the full evidentiary trial, the Immigration Judge denied the Respondent's request for asylum and for protection under the Convention Against Torture. (This order does not amend or change those determinations.) The Immigration Judge, however, granted the Respondent the benefit of withholding of removal to El Salvador. While the Respondent was previously found to be removable and El Salvador was designated as the country of removal, the Immigration Judge's final written order stated that "the Respondent’s application for withholding of removal pursuant to INA § 241(b)(3) is GRANTED," but the order of removal to El Salvador, which should have preceded the order granting him withholding of removal to El Salvador, was erroneously omitted. Matter of I-S- & C-S-, 24 I&N Dec. 432, 434 (BIA 2008) clarified that “when an Immigration Judge decides to grant withholding of removal, an explicit order of removal must be included in the decision.” The Immigration Court now corrects that scrivener's error and amends the written decision in this case by adding the following: The Respondent is ordered removed to El Salvador based on the charge contained in the Notice to Appear, but the Respondent’s application for withholding of removal to El Salvador pursuant to INA § 241(b)(3) is granted. The Court also corrects the reference to Guatemala to read El Salvador at page 13 of the written decision. These corrections are hereby issued nunc pro tunc to the Immigration Court's written decision and order of October 10, 2019. (The Judge issuing this correction states that he has familiarized himself with the record in this matter as required pursuant to 8 CFR 1240.1(b)).
December 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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gabrielmalor.bsky.social
FN12. Yikes.
12 Cantú is the sixth witness whom the Court directed Respondents to prepare for either deposition or in-court testimony concerning this case. See, e.g., Abrego I, ECF Nos. 117 & 146 (collecting testimony of three deponents); ECF No. 234 at 36:23–39:9 (Giles testimony); see also ECF No. 52 at 108:3–17 (Schultz testimony); ECF No. 107 at 42:2–25 (Cantú testimony). Each witness was either unprepared or defiant in their refusal to answer questions. The Court will consider the entire course of conduct when it reaches the motions pending in Abrego I.
December 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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avitek.bsky.social
This does actually change the entire story. Assuming it's correct, it was an entirely lawful seizure.
December 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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theduncanmackay.bsky.social
I’ve posted this before but the light was perfect today- a little Victorian cat paw in a brick at the front of the old Norfolk & Norwich Hospital. As this is on the front-facing corner of the main gates, the bricklayer quite clearly put it there on purpose, at a height where children would spot it.
Cat paw print in a red brick wall.
December 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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faineg.bsky.social
have you seen the video about teaching an octopus to play piano yet

it contains the breadth of human/cephalopod experience

youtu.be/PcWnQ7fYzwI?...
I had too much hope in you Tako I don't think an octopus can play a piano. man looking sad at a beseeching octopus
November 9, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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asls.org.uk
In to thir dirk and drublie dayis,
Quhone sabill all the hewin arrayis
With mystie vapouris, cluddis and skyis,
Nature all curage me denyis
Off sangis, ballattis, and of playis…

—William Dunbar (c.1459–1530), “Meditatioun in Wyntir”
#poem #poetry #medievalsky
Meditatioun in Wyntir William Dunbar (c. 1459-1530) In to thir dirk and drublie dayis, Quhone sabill all the hewin arrayis With mystie vapouris, cluddis and skyis, Nature all curage me denyis Off sangis, ballattis, and of playis. Quhone that the nycht dois lenthin houris, With wind, with haill, and havy schouris, My dule spreit dois lurk for schoir. My hairt for langour dois forloir For laik of Symmer with his flouris. I walk, I turne, sleip may I nocht, I vexit am with havie thocht. This warld all ouir I cast about, And ay the mair I am in dout, The mair that I remeid have socht. I am assayit on euerie syde. Despair sayis ay, "In tyme provyde And get sum thing quhairon to leif, Or with grit trouble and mischeif Thow sall into this court abyd." Than Patience sayis, "Be not agast, Hald Hoip and Treuthe within the fast, And lat Fortoun wirk furthe hir rage, Quhone that no rasoun may assuage Quill that hir glas be run and past." And Prudence in my eir sayis ay, "Quhy wald thow hald that will away? Or craif that thow may have no space, Thow tending to ane uther place, A journay going everie day?" And than sayis Age, "My freind, cum neir, And be not strange, I the requeir. Cum, brodir, by the hand me tak. Remember thow hes compt to mak Off all thi tyme thow spendit heir." Syne Deid castis upe his gettis wyd Saying, "Thir oppin sall thee abyd; Albeid that thow wer neuer sa stout, Undir this lyntall sall thow lowt, Thair is nane uther way besyde." For feir of this all day I drowp. No gold in kist nor wine in cowp, No ladeis bewtie, nor luiffis blys May lat me to remember this, How glaid that euer I dyne or sowp. 3it quhone the nycht begynnis to schort It dois my spreit sum pairt confort, Off thocht oppressit with the schowris. Cum lustie Symmer with thi flowris, That I may leif in sum disport.
December 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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doctorzen.net
This picture has been making the rounds again, and is being misidentified again.

This is a GOOSEFISH.

This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark.

It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one.

fullfact.org/online/tasse...
GOOSEFISH
December 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
THREAD.

A collection of photographs of excellent goats I have met during walks in the British countryside.

You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
Some goats who grew up during the heyday of Slipknot, Linkin Park and Korn, and had always wanted to form their own band within the nu metal subgenre, but now, having finally been brave enough to commit and go for it, are trying to brave it out and conceal their concern that they might have left it too late to fit in with prevailing musical trends.
December 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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hellabarnes.bsky.social
those who leave snow on their car roofs are without honor
December 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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bsbicountries.bsky.social
I promised listeners of my BSBI talk last night that I'd post a picture of an endemic orchid today. This is Epipactis sancta, the Lindisfarne Helleborine.

This orchid is only found on Lindisfarne, just off the Northumberland coast, and nowhere else on Earth.
December 4, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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funkelly.bsky.social
this is a work of art
December 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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rosemarymosco.com
Another comic from this past year. Sometimes I'm in awe about how incredibly small birds can be.
In a comic strip panel, person in a red shirt walks through a sunlit forest. The text says "Sometimes I go looking for a tiny part of the universe." "This part only takes up as much space as: half an apple, a salt shaker, or 2 ping pong balls." Each of these items is shown. Galaxies and stars swirl as the text says "But somehow, in an unfathomably huge universe," and then there's a complex mess of forest leaves, with one tiny Wilson's warbler in one corner, and the text says "this one tiny part". There's a close up of the warbler, blazing yellow against a sparkly yellow background, and the text says "can fill up my whole heart."
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Meet two heroes of our times.
A PBS News tweet explains how two laid-off USAID employees created a website to match donors with canceled programs, keeping nearly 80 projects running in 30 countries. Below the text is an image of two people—Caitlin Tulloch and Rob Rosenbaum—appearing in a split-screen video interview, each seated in their respective rooms.
December 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
@profanity.accountant
I’m curious. Any swears?
November 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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introvertproblems.bsky.social
I'm thankful for:
- headphones
- self-checkout
- friends (all three of them)
- netflix
- the “leave at the door” delivery option
- people who text instead of call
- haircuts where the barber doesn't talk
November 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM