Plainfield
@plainfield.bsky.social
Dogs, Cats, Wildlife native plant gardening.
Graphic novels, storytelling, and art.
Kindness matters.
Graphic novels, storytelling, and art.
Kindness matters.
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Here's my panorama of dusk in Death Valley/Badwater Basin on Saturday. This was an error filled session and the water isn't perfectly aligned. I was glad to capture the ripples but couldnt get them totally aligned right. Maybe someday I'll spend more time on it digitally, but not soon.
January 12, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Here's my panorama of dusk in Death Valley/Badwater Basin on Saturday. This was an error filled session and the water isn't perfectly aligned. I was glad to capture the ripples but couldnt get them totally aligned right. Maybe someday I'll spend more time on it digitally, but not soon.
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this is a very good sign
January 12, 2026 at 4:22 PM
this is a very good sign
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With Trump going full authoritarian on Venezuela-Greenland, ICE, and the Fed, the response has to be serious. Four Republican senators (Tillis, McConnell, Murkowski, Collins?) could announce they’ll caucus for now with the Dems to give them control of the Senate to check Trump.
January 12, 2026 at 2:14 AM
With Trump going full authoritarian on Venezuela-Greenland, ICE, and the Fed, the response has to be serious. Four Republican senators (Tillis, McConnell, Murkowski, Collins?) could announce they’ll caucus for now with the Dems to give them control of the Senate to check Trump.
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In my head I definitely imagined a tardis situation where the interior was somehow much larger than the exterior
January 11, 2026 at 10:31 PM
In my head I definitely imagined a tardis situation where the interior was somehow much larger than the exterior
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In my world, there's a certain reluctance to being merely, or in a knee-jerk way, a resist lib. That's understandable, even commendable. On the other hand, let's be clear: It's a hell of lot better, morally and intellectually and politically, to be a resist lib than a Vichy conservative.
January 11, 2026 at 2:59 PM
In my world, there's a certain reluctance to being merely, or in a knee-jerk way, a resist lib. That's understandable, even commendable. On the other hand, let's be clear: It's a hell of lot better, morally and intellectually and politically, to be a resist lib than a Vichy conservative.
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The “if she had complied, she’d still be alive” line that we’re hearing from ICE defenders is the mantra of apologists for security forces in dictatorships through the ages.
January 11, 2026 at 12:42 AM
The “if she had complied, she’d still be alive” line that we’re hearing from ICE defenders is the mantra of apologists for security forces in dictatorships through the ages.
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Everyone's excited about the 2025 Bears, and you want to join the fun. Here's what to know if you just started following the team.
What you should know about 2025 Chicago Bears if you're a new fan
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January 10, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Everyone's excited about the 2025 Bears, and you want to join the fun. Here's what to know if you just started following the team.
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The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same
January 10, 2026 at 11:24 PM
The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same
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Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
From the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
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January 10, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
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It’s true they want a kingly president who guarantees the vast holdings of a court of billionaire lords
January 10, 2026 at 1:46 PM
It’s true they want a kingly president who guarantees the vast holdings of a court of billionaire lords
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The way they think of it is that we live in the police state and they still live in a democracy
January 10, 2026 at 3:17 PM
The way they think of it is that we live in the police state and they still live in a democracy
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A reminder that people think Adam Vintatieri is the best clutch kicker ever because:
1) He had 47 clutch attempts, and no other kicker since 1978 has had more than 36.
2) He was 5-for-5 in the playoffs.
From a career percentage persective, he was actually kind of average!
1) He had 47 clutch attempts, and no other kicker since 1978 has had more than 36.
2) He was 5-for-5 in the playoffs.
From a career percentage persective, he was actually kind of average!
Jim Armstrong has updated our clutch FG records.
The best kicker (min 10 attempts) is in the playoffs: Jake Elliott of the Eagles at 13 of 13.
The best kicker (min 20 attempts) is in the playoffs: Matt Prater of the Bills at 25 of 26.
The best kicker (min 30 attempts) is Justin Tucker: 29 of 33.
The best kicker (min 10 attempts) is in the playoffs: Jake Elliott of the Eagles at 13 of 13.
The best kicker (min 20 attempts) is in the playoffs: Matt Prater of the Bills at 25 of 26.
The best kicker (min 30 attempts) is Justin Tucker: 29 of 33.
January 10, 2026 at 9:22 PM
A reminder that people think Adam Vintatieri is the best clutch kicker ever because:
1) He had 47 clutch attempts, and no other kicker since 1978 has had more than 36.
2) He was 5-for-5 in the playoffs.
From a career percentage persective, he was actually kind of average!
1) He had 47 clutch attempts, and no other kicker since 1978 has had more than 36.
2) He was 5-for-5 in the playoffs.
From a career percentage persective, he was actually kind of average!
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yes! a good number of MAHA-approved products are just repurposed waste from beef production
i'm not saying this as anyone who knows anything about health; i'm saying it as someone who is an alleged expert in interest group politics: the American beef industry is all over MAHA, wellness, and podcast spaces.
remember "bacon mania?" totally a marketing strategy by the pork industry.
remember "bacon mania?" totally a marketing strategy by the pork industry.
New federal dietary guidelines give federal approval to beef tallow, a fat that both cardiologists and the U.S. government told Americans to avoid for nearly half a century.
January 10, 2026 at 4:57 PM
yes! a good number of MAHA-approved products are just repurposed waste from beef production
He’s too emotional.
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 5:08 PM
He’s too emotional.
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In which the English editors that Jeff Bezos hired from Rupert Murdoch to run WaPo demonstrate (1) that they don't understand the First Amendment and how it works and (2) that they're also basically illiterate.
January 10, 2026 at 4:02 PM
In which the English editors that Jeff Bezos hired from Rupert Murdoch to run WaPo demonstrate (1) that they don't understand the First Amendment and how it works and (2) that they're also basically illiterate.
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My suspicion, cannot prove it: Stephen Miller responded to 12/24 SCOTUS ruling that he can't deploy the Guard bc the Regular Forces have to fail first by figuring out what crimes he would need to commit to invoke the Insurrection Act.
So Bovino's dudes shooting like wildcats.
So Bovino's dudes shooting like wildcats.
January 9, 2026 at 1:00 AM
My suspicion, cannot prove it: Stephen Miller responded to 12/24 SCOTUS ruling that he can't deploy the Guard bc the Regular Forces have to fail first by figuring out what crimes he would need to commit to invoke the Insurrection Act.
So Bovino's dudes shooting like wildcats.
So Bovino's dudes shooting like wildcats.
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I love the fact that Bari Weiss' desire to ideologically micromanage reporting while failing to understand distribution has burned her at least twice already
A career federal agent says that in 25 years, a fleeing vehicle has never justified killing its occupant, and officers should never stand in front of a running car. CBS reportedly pulled the interview, but it posted on YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
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Retired ICE agent breaks down deadly Minneapolis shooting
YouTube video by CBS Evening News
www.youtube.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:57 AM
I love the fact that Bari Weiss' desire to ideologically micromanage reporting while failing to understand distribution has burned her at least twice already
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Sen. Tina Smith: "I don't know how I could vote for a funding bill for ICE and DHS when so much of what they are doing is illegal, is lawless."
January 10, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Sen. Tina Smith: "I don't know how I could vote for a funding bill for ICE and DHS when so much of what they are doing is illegal, is lawless."
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If the executive branch can unilaterally cut off federal funding to specific states the union has already been dissolved.
January 10, 2026 at 1:34 AM
If the executive branch can unilaterally cut off federal funding to specific states the union has already been dissolved.
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At Status_ @oliverdarcy.bsky.social has learned that Bari Weiss, CBS News' Trump-approved minder, has held up another “60 Minutes” report:
An Anderson Cooper investigation of Trump’s acceptance of white S. African refugees, which is “guaranteed to provoke Trump and inflame his MAGA base.”
An Anderson Cooper investigation of Trump’s acceptance of white S. African refugees, which is “guaranteed to provoke Trump and inflame his MAGA base.”
The Shadow Over ‘60’
As Sharyn Alfonsi's “60 Minutes” report remains shelved, Status has learned that an Anderson Cooper piece is also caught in a prolonged editorial review process, frustrating the veteran producer attac...
www.status.news
January 9, 2026 at 11:43 AM
At Status_ @oliverdarcy.bsky.social has learned that Bari Weiss, CBS News' Trump-approved minder, has held up another “60 Minutes” report:
An Anderson Cooper investigation of Trump’s acceptance of white S. African refugees, which is “guaranteed to provoke Trump and inflame his MAGA base.”
An Anderson Cooper investigation of Trump’s acceptance of white S. African refugees, which is “guaranteed to provoke Trump and inflame his MAGA base.”
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the fact that this is Yglesias’ only post about ICE murdering an American really just goes to show how his excessively poll-tested popularist philosophy completely fails when faced with a rapidly shifting public narrative
it’s an entirely backwards-looking worldview
it’s an entirely backwards-looking worldview
January 9, 2026 at 2:52 PM
the fact that this is Yglesias’ only post about ICE murdering an American really just goes to show how his excessively poll-tested popularist philosophy completely fails when faced with a rapidly shifting public narrative
it’s an entirely backwards-looking worldview
it’s an entirely backwards-looking worldview
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AOC: “I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, & I do not — That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance & I — I do not believe the American people should be assassinated in the street”
January 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
AOC: “I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, & I do not — That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance & I — I do not believe the American people should be assassinated in the street”
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In 1916, the United States ceded any interest it had in Greenland to Denmark as part of its compensation for the Danish West Indies, which are now the US Virgin Islands. News you won't hear on Rupert Murdoch TV, nor, indeed, any actual facts or history. www.diis.dk/en/research/...
Why is Greenland part of the Kingdom of Denmark? A Short History
From the Vikings to Trump: Greenland’s historic development negates recent White House territorial demands.
www.diis.dk
January 9, 2026 at 7:10 PM
In 1916, the United States ceded any interest it had in Greenland to Denmark as part of its compensation for the Danish West Indies, which are now the US Virgin Islands. News you won't hear on Rupert Murdoch TV, nor, indeed, any actual facts or history. www.diis.dk/en/research/...