@penelopemingus.bsky.social
natural science, covid conscious, all science, cats, bicycling, John Oliver fan, celtics and knicks (complicated!), big reader, much time outside w binoculars/handlens, deep concern for the world my 20-something son & his peers are facing. Hope I'm wrong.
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In the CBS statement excerpted above, it uses the term "Russiagate"—a far-right slur—to describe the very real Trump-Russia scandal and speaks of "the president's fitness to serve" without naming a POTUS (to avoid offending anyone). What lies ahead is pandering to MAGA—full stop.
January 2, 2026 at 6:23 PM
In the CBS statement excerpted above, it uses the term "Russiagate"—a far-right slur—to describe the very real Trump-Russia scandal and speaks of "the president's fitness to serve" without naming a POTUS (to avoid offending anyone). What lies ahead is pandering to MAGA—full stop.
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Except that actually the Netanyahu regime can fuck right off and stop thinking it gets even an iota of input into the actions of any government in the U.S., whether local, state or federal
Mamdani canceled *all* corrupt orders Adams issued after his corrupt pardon, and he was exactly right to do so
Mamdani canceled *all* corrupt orders Adams issued after his corrupt pardon, and he was exactly right to do so
Israeli Government Accuses Mamdani of Antisemitism Over Canceled Orders
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Except that actually the Netanyahu regime can fuck right off and stop thinking it gets even an iota of input into the actions of any government in the U.S., whether local, state or federal
Mamdani canceled *all* corrupt orders Adams issued after his corrupt pardon, and he was exactly right to do so
Mamdani canceled *all* corrupt orders Adams issued after his corrupt pardon, and he was exactly right to do so
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Trump promising to rescue non-violent Iranian protesters being brutalized by their government as here at home he authorizes and condones non-violent *American* protesters being brutalized by *his* government (to include urging that they be shot in the legs) is certainly a new take on "America First"
Trump Says U.S. Is ‘Locked and Loaded’ if Iran Kills Protesters
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Trump promising to rescue non-violent Iranian protesters being brutalized by their government as here at home he authorizes and condones non-violent *American* protesters being brutalized by *his* government (to include urging that they be shot in the legs) is certainly a new take on "America First"
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Any media outlet whose diagnosis of what's wrong with corporate media is *this* is about to deliver dogshit coverage the likes of which we've never seen
Corporate media lost its way due to cowardice, profit motive, anti-intellectualism, and confusing neutrality with objectivity
Corporate media lost its way due to cowardice, profit motive, anti-intellectualism, and confusing neutrality with objectivity
January 2, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Any media outlet whose diagnosis of what's wrong with corporate media is *this* is about to deliver dogshit coverage the likes of which we've never seen
Corporate media lost its way due to cowardice, profit motive, anti-intellectualism, and confusing neutrality with objectivity
Corporate media lost its way due to cowardice, profit motive, anti-intellectualism, and confusing neutrality with objectivity
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MAGA always claims to want no more foreign entanglements.
Yet they have cheered every single illegal foreign entanglement Trump has unilaterally launched.
Meanwhile, Trump lies to their faces about ending eight wars—every fact check confirms he's ended none—and they lap it up.
Yet they have cheered every single illegal foreign entanglement Trump has unilaterally launched.
Meanwhile, Trump lies to their faces about ending eight wars—every fact check confirms he's ended none—and they lap it up.
January 3, 2026 at 1:58 PM
MAGA always claims to want no more foreign entanglements.
Yet they have cheered every single illegal foreign entanglement Trump has unilaterally launched.
Meanwhile, Trump lies to their faces about ending eight wars—every fact check confirms he's ended none—and they lap it up.
Yet they have cheered every single illegal foreign entanglement Trump has unilaterally launched.
Meanwhile, Trump lies to their faces about ending eight wars—every fact check confirms he's ended none—and they lap it up.
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You could 25th this asshole on that fact alone.
What sort of sick individual uses the United States Armed Forces to advance—not just a bizarre personal vendetta—but a conspiracy theory *that makes QAnon look sober*.
What sort of sick individual uses the United States Armed Forces to advance—not just a bizarre personal vendetta—but a conspiracy theory *that makes QAnon look sober*.
January 3, 2026 at 2:22 PM
You could 25th this asshole on that fact alone.
What sort of sick individual uses the United States Armed Forces to advance—not just a bizarre personal vendetta—but a conspiracy theory *that makes QAnon look sober*.
What sort of sick individual uses the United States Armed Forces to advance—not just a bizarre personal vendetta—but a conspiracy theory *that makes QAnon look sober*.
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Jesus Christ, I just saw that Trump even ordered the bombing of the dead body of Hugo Chavez in his mausoleum.
You may recall that Trump subscribes to the insane conspiracy theory that Chavez rigged the 2020 presidential election from the grave.
That’s how deranged all this is.
You may recall that Trump subscribes to the insane conspiracy theory that Chavez rigged the 2020 presidential election from the grave.
That’s how deranged all this is.
January 3, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Jesus Christ, I just saw that Trump even ordered the bombing of the dead body of Hugo Chavez in his mausoleum.
You may recall that Trump subscribes to the insane conspiracy theory that Chavez rigged the 2020 presidential election from the grave.
That’s how deranged all this is.
You may recall that Trump subscribes to the insane conspiracy theory that Chavez rigged the 2020 presidential election from the grave.
That’s how deranged all this is.
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He’s a Chaotic Evil stochastic terrorist suffering from dementia. He’s been a below-average-IQ conspiracy theorist, warmonger and malignant narcissistic sociopath his whole life. It was always headed this way.
Some of us saw it. Major media normalized it.
Some of us saw it. Major media normalized it.
Opinion | Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:26 PM
He’s a Chaotic Evil stochastic terrorist suffering from dementia. He’s been a below-average-IQ conspiracy theorist, warmonger and malignant narcissistic sociopath his whole life. It was always headed this way.
Some of us saw it. Major media normalized it.
Some of us saw it. Major media normalized it.
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I'm losing track of how many countries a man livid he wasn't given the Nobel Peace Prize has illegally bombed.
Iran. Venezuela. Nigeria. Afghanistan. Iraq. Libya. Pakistan. Somalia. Syria. Yemen.
Not to mention threatening to annex Greenland and Canada and invade Panama.
Iran. Venezuela. Nigeria. Afghanistan. Iraq. Libya. Pakistan. Somalia. Syria. Yemen.
Not to mention threatening to annex Greenland and Canada and invade Panama.
January 3, 2026 at 1:53 PM
I'm losing track of how many countries a man livid he wasn't given the Nobel Peace Prize has illegally bombed.
Iran. Venezuela. Nigeria. Afghanistan. Iraq. Libya. Pakistan. Somalia. Syria. Yemen.
Not to mention threatening to annex Greenland and Canada and invade Panama.
Iran. Venezuela. Nigeria. Afghanistan. Iraq. Libya. Pakistan. Somalia. Syria. Yemen.
Not to mention threatening to annex Greenland and Canada and invade Panama.
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🤯 batshit cancelling reaches #ornithology
"I don’t know why my fellowship was terminated. I suspect that it has something to do with studying a species that doesn’t fit the binary of what we expect to see in nature, with completely different males and females."
@carlzimmer.com profiles my wonderful coauthor @jjinsing.bsky.social Gift link.
@carlzimmer.com profiles my wonderful coauthor @jjinsing.bsky.social Gift link.
He Studied Why Some Female Birds Look Like Males
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:52 PM
🤯 batshit cancelling reaches #ornithology
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ICE defeated by SNOW
January 2, 2026 at 7:56 PM
ICE defeated by SNOW
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With no algorithm here, I'm especially grateful to all who reposted this & also to those of you who pre-ordered (info is in the thread)!
Since I am not Stephen King, unlikely bookstores will stock my academic book in physical form. Can you please ask your public or academic library to order? Thx.
Since I am not Stephen King, unlikely bookstores will stock my academic book in physical form. Can you please ask your public or academic library to order? Thx.
Cover reveal. It's about how & why colonies/states controlled international & domestic migration until 1888, why in the late 19th c the feds took over, & what it was like for politically disfavored groups to live under that arrangement of power. You can't understand voluntary migration history 1/
January 2, 2026 at 7:25 PM
With no algorithm here, I'm especially grateful to all who reposted this & also to those of you who pre-ordered (info is in the thread)!
Since I am not Stephen King, unlikely bookstores will stock my academic book in physical form. Can you please ask your public or academic library to order? Thx.
Since I am not Stephen King, unlikely bookstores will stock my academic book in physical form. Can you please ask your public or academic library to order? Thx.
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May the wind be at Ireland’s back on this 🔥
Under Irish law Musk can be jailed for 12 months for being a director of a company distributing CSAM. Section 9 of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998. 'X' is a company registered in Ireland.
January 2, 2026 at 11:32 PM
May the wind be at Ireland’s back on this 🔥
Makes me gag, all this performative, competitive piety.
I still don’t really understand who this is supposed to be for. If you want the unabashedly pro-America news you know where to get it and are already receiving it, CBS is for people who still want regular reporting in a non-24/7 format. Do you think they won’t notice and turn it off?
We love frosting and make no apologies
January 2, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Makes me gag, all this performative, competitive piety.
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i was going to joke that was only supposed to happen on elon’s personal version of grok, but this is so vile i couldn’t bring myself to suggest this is in any way worth laughing about. they should be held to account for creating a csam bot.
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X reut.rs/498SoUk
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X
Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements were being made to prevent this.
reut.rs
January 2, 2026 at 2:40 PM
i was going to joke that was only supposed to happen on elon’s personal version of grok, but this is so vile i couldn’t bring myself to suggest this is in any way worth laughing about. they should be held to account for creating a csam bot.
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Happy New Year everyone! Find yourself someone who looks at you like this male Northern Flicker looks at the female in the foreground. 🪶
January 1, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Happy New Year everyone! Find yourself someone who looks at you like this male Northern Flicker looks at the female in the foreground. 🪶
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How cool and rare is it to catch truly #GoodLight in a bird pic?
Every time I do - I name the photo with "good light" or "great light" in it.
Did make it easy to quickly find a pic for #BirdOfTheDay #birds #becurious 🪶
Named this "Steller's great light" in my folder. No lies detected.
Every time I do - I name the photo with "good light" or "great light" in it.
Did make it easy to quickly find a pic for #BirdOfTheDay #birds #becurious 🪶
Named this "Steller's great light" in my folder. No lies detected.
January 2, 2026 at 2:38 PM
How cool and rare is it to catch truly #GoodLight in a bird pic?
Every time I do - I name the photo with "good light" or "great light" in it.
Did make it easy to quickly find a pic for #BirdOfTheDay #birds #becurious 🪶
Named this "Steller's great light" in my folder. No lies detected.
Every time I do - I name the photo with "good light" or "great light" in it.
Did make it easy to quickly find a pic for #BirdOfTheDay #birds #becurious 🪶
Named this "Steller's great light" in my folder. No lies detected.
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Ahahahahahaha *gold*
January 2, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Ahahahahahaha *gold*
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COVID-19 Is Six Today. What We've Learned. To start, we need cleaner air, which requires a change in medical culture, by @crof.bsky.social thetyee.ca/Analysis/202... via @thetyee.ca
COVID-19 Is Six Today. What We’ve Learned | The Tyee
We need cleaner air, which requires changes in medical culture.
thetyee.ca
January 2, 2026 at 4:31 AM
COVID-19 Is Six Today. What We've Learned. To start, we need cleaner air, which requires a change in medical culture, by @crof.bsky.social thetyee.ca/Analysis/202... via @thetyee.ca
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Had a delivery for 9:00 yesterday morning that required driving about 350 miles overnight. Got there at 9:00. Rang the intercom button. Guy comes on that sounds like Carlton the Doorman.
Me: I've got a delivery.
Guy on intercom: You'll have to come back on Monday. There's nobody here.
Me: I've got a delivery.
Guy on intercom: You'll have to come back on Monday. There's nobody here.
January 1, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Had a delivery for 9:00 yesterday morning that required driving about 350 miles overnight. Got there at 9:00. Rang the intercom button. Guy comes on that sounds like Carlton the Doorman.
Me: I've got a delivery.
Guy on intercom: You'll have to come back on Monday. There's nobody here.
Me: I've got a delivery.
Guy on intercom: You'll have to come back on Monday. There's nobody here.
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A very Happy New Year to you all. If you're still mitigating against infection from SARS-CoV-2 you have nothing but my respect and admiration. Wishing each and every one of you a wonderful 2026.
January 1, 2026 at 10:18 AM
A very Happy New Year to you all. If you're still mitigating against infection from SARS-CoV-2 you have nothing but my respect and admiration. Wishing each and every one of you a wonderful 2026.
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Happy New Year! I hope you have a wonderful and successful 2026, however that may be measured for you. Here's a Song Sparrow singing us into the New Year.
Maces Bay, #NewBrunswick, Canada
April 2025
📸 #birds #SOSP #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
Maces Bay, #NewBrunswick, Canada
April 2025
📸 #birds #SOSP #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
January 1, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Happy New Year! I hope you have a wonderful and successful 2026, however that may be measured for you. Here's a Song Sparrow singing us into the New Year.
Maces Bay, #NewBrunswick, Canada
April 2025
📸 #birds #SOSP #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
Maces Bay, #NewBrunswick, Canada
April 2025
📸 #birds #SOSP #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
Happy New Year and thank you for sharing these wonderful creatures with the rest of us
January 1, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Happy New Year and thank you for sharing these wonderful creatures with the rest of us
Ach I am so sorry you are slammed by these horrible things. Here's hoping 2026 brings relief. Glad your medical team is so empathic.
The migraine continues. The whole medical team is now monitoring.
January 1, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Ach I am so sorry you are slammed by these horrible things. Here's hoping 2026 brings relief. Glad your medical team is so empathic.
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The more you know…
December 31, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The more you know…