Steven
@rauwst.bsky.social
Elder millennial. Photographer. Banjo player. Probably in a swamp somewhere.
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📸: Nikon D7200/Tamron 150-600mm G2
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📸: Nikon D7200/Tamron 150-600mm G2
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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Not even exaggerating when I say the biggest enemy to progressive politics are the centrists who are determined to keep the status quo.
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Not even exaggerating when I say the biggest enemy to progressive politics are the centrists who are determined to keep the status quo.
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This is the thing that drives me insane. Things aren't normal; this isn't politics as usual. And when you accurately describe everything this administration is doing, it's so lawless, radical, and authoritarian that *you* sound like a partisan extremist.
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This is the thing that drives me insane. Things aren't normal; this isn't politics as usual. And when you accurately describe everything this administration is doing, it's so lawless, radical, and authoritarian that *you* sound like a partisan extremist.
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This is important. Where these minerals lie, this admin will aggressively use taxpayer money to find. Extraction will enrich members of this admin, their corporate enablers. This is what we are up against. All of these entities working together to profit from the fall of democracy and demise of law.
🚨 - Final - USGS 2025 Critical Minerals List
• Posted to U.S. Fed Register 11/07/2025
• Notably adds: copper, silver, uranium, metallurgical coal, boron, + phosphate
• Covers terrestrial + offshore 🌊🧪
[Links below]
• Posted to U.S. Fed Register 11/07/2025
• Notably adds: copper, silver, uranium, metallurgical coal, boron, + phosphate
• Covers terrestrial + offshore 🌊🧪
[Links below]
November 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This is important. Where these minerals lie, this admin will aggressively use taxpayer money to find. Extraction will enrich members of this admin, their corporate enablers. This is what we are up against. All of these entities working together to profit from the fall of democracy and demise of law.
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RFKJ is right, therefore whatever he decides is right. CDC is “corrupt” therefore whatever CDC does is wrong. RKFJ knows he doesn’t have the qualifications to make health policy decisions. He admitted so himself. So instead he belittles the qualifications of all those around him who dare to disagree
September 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
RFKJ is right, therefore whatever he decides is right. CDC is “corrupt” therefore whatever CDC does is wrong. RKFJ knows he doesn’t have the qualifications to make health policy decisions. He admitted so himself. So instead he belittles the qualifications of all those around him who dare to disagree
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🧵rant #2 (we are in a mood over here) 😡
How arrogant do you have to be to think the ENTIRE GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC ESTABLISHMENT is wrong and you and your friends are right? We are in a post-data environment. Decisions are not being made based on data. They are being made based on the decision maker.
How arrogant do you have to be to think the ENTIRE GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC ESTABLISHMENT is wrong and you and your friends are right? We are in a post-data environment. Decisions are not being made based on data. They are being made based on the decision maker.
September 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
🧵rant #2 (we are in a mood over here) 😡
How arrogant do you have to be to think the ENTIRE GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC ESTABLISHMENT is wrong and you and your friends are right? We are in a post-data environment. Decisions are not being made based on data. They are being made based on the decision maker.
How arrogant do you have to be to think the ENTIRE GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC ESTABLISHMENT is wrong and you and your friends are right? We are in a post-data environment. Decisions are not being made based on data. They are being made based on the decision maker.
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“A top cybersecurity official for the Israeli government was arrested in Nevada during an undercover operation targeting child sex predators…”
Already released and back in Israel.
www.mediaite.com/crime/israel...
Already released and back in Israel.
www.mediaite.com/crime/israel...
August 16, 2025 at 3:50 AM
“A top cybersecurity official for the Israeli government was arrested in Nevada during an undercover operation targeting child sex predators…”
Already released and back in Israel.
www.mediaite.com/crime/israel...
Already released and back in Israel.
www.mediaite.com/crime/israel...
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Don’t let this fade away
August 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Don’t let this fade away
This is red wolf 2191M, the breeding male of the Milltail pack. USFWS just released some great news: his mate 2503F just produced a litter of 8 pups!
Taken with a telephoto lens and cropped
Alligator River NWR
East Lake, NC
March 21, 2025
#wolf #redwolf #wildlife #mammals #endangeredspecies
Taken with a telephoto lens and cropped
Alligator River NWR
East Lake, NC
March 21, 2025
#wolf #redwolf #wildlife #mammals #endangeredspecies
August 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This is red wolf 2191M, the breeding male of the Milltail pack. USFWS just released some great news: his mate 2503F just produced a litter of 8 pups!
Taken with a telephoto lens and cropped
Alligator River NWR
East Lake, NC
March 21, 2025
#wolf #redwolf #wildlife #mammals #endangeredspecies
Taken with a telephoto lens and cropped
Alligator River NWR
East Lake, NC
March 21, 2025
#wolf #redwolf #wildlife #mammals #endangeredspecies
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ProPublica has revealed nearly 50 instances of officers shattering windows while conducting immigration-related arrests in the last six months.
Although not comprehensive and hard to verify, only 8 occurrences were found in the decade preceding Trump's return to office.
reason.com/2025/08/01/s...
Although not comprehensive and hard to verify, only 8 occurrences were found in the decade preceding Trump's return to office.
reason.com/2025/08/01/s...
Shattering norms: Federal agents aren’t afraid to smash your car window
Immigration officers are using more forceful tactics to keep up with the Trump administration’s mass deportation goals.
reason.com
August 2, 2025 at 12:19 AM
ProPublica has revealed nearly 50 instances of officers shattering windows while conducting immigration-related arrests in the last six months.
Although not comprehensive and hard to verify, only 8 occurrences were found in the decade preceding Trump's return to office.
reason.com/2025/08/01/s...
Although not comprehensive and hard to verify, only 8 occurrences were found in the decade preceding Trump's return to office.
reason.com/2025/08/01/s...
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"Scientists slam Trump administration climate report as a ‘farce’ full of misinformation." 🧪
Scientists slam Trump administration climate report as a ‘farce’ full of misinformation
Experts say the report being used to justify the mass rollback of climate regulations has many claims based on long-debunked research
www.theguardian.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"Scientists slam Trump administration climate report as a ‘farce’ full of misinformation." 🧪
A barred owl was resting on a branch when a grackle came out of nowhere and decided absolutely not. The grackle harassed the sleepy owl for about five minutes before finally giving up.
Alligator River NWR
East Lake, NC
June 5, 2025
🪶 #wildlifephotography #nature #animals #photography #birds #owl
Alligator River NWR
East Lake, NC
June 5, 2025
🪶 #wildlifephotography #nature #animals #photography #birds #owl
August 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A barred owl was resting on a branch when a grackle came out of nowhere and decided absolutely not. The grackle harassed the sleepy owl for about five minutes before finally giving up.
Alligator River NWR
East Lake, NC
June 5, 2025
🪶 #wildlifephotography #nature #animals #photography #birds #owl
Alligator River NWR
East Lake, NC
June 5, 2025
🪶 #wildlifephotography #nature #animals #photography #birds #owl
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"An old item from the New York Post shows that the poaching and the creeping were two sides of the same coin."
The latest by @beyerstein.bsky.social for the EB.
www.editorialboard.com/trump-knew-e...
The latest by @beyerstein.bsky.social for the EB.
www.editorialboard.com/trump-knew-e...
Trump knew Epstein used Mar-a-Lago ‘to try to procure girls’
The nation is consumed by speculation about the Epstein files. Trump’s admission may provide a critical clue, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.
www.editorialboard.com
July 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"An old item from the New York Post shows that the poaching and the creeping were two sides of the same coin."
The latest by @beyerstein.bsky.social for the EB.
www.editorialboard.com/trump-knew-e...
The latest by @beyerstein.bsky.social for the EB.
www.editorialboard.com/trump-knew-e...
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Great @nytimes.com story by @dmain.bsky.social on @biologicaldiversity.org report showing the cruelty and stupidity of Trump's latest border wall in one of the most biodiverse regions in the US
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/c...
Trump Wants a New Border Wall. It Would Block a Key Wildlife Corridor.
www.nytimes.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Great @nytimes.com story by @dmain.bsky.social on @biologicaldiversity.org report showing the cruelty and stupidity of Trump's latest border wall in one of the most biodiverse regions in the US
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/c...
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This nice telescopic skyscape shows, just below its center, the supergiant star Gamma Cygni, one of the brightest in the night sky.
The field of view includes emission nebula IC 1318 & open star cluster NGC 6910.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap22061...
Credit: Min Xie, Chen Wu, Y. Zhang, B. Tang
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This nice telescopic skyscape shows, just below its center, the supergiant star Gamma Cygni, one of the brightest in the night sky.
The field of view includes emission nebula IC 1318 & open star cluster NGC 6910.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap22061...
Credit: Min Xie, Chen Wu, Y. Zhang, B. Tang
🔭 🧪
July 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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This nice telescopic skyscape shows, just below its center, the supergiant star Gamma Cygni, one of the brightest in the night sky.
The field of view includes emission nebula IC 1318 & open star cluster NGC 6910.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap22061...
Credit: Min Xie, Chen Wu, Y. Zhang, B. Tang
🔭 🧪
This nice telescopic skyscape shows, just below its center, the supergiant star Gamma Cygni, one of the brightest in the night sky.
The field of view includes emission nebula IC 1318 & open star cluster NGC 6910.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap22061...
Credit: Min Xie, Chen Wu, Y. Zhang, B. Tang
🔭 🧪
It recently occurred to me Trump is a malignant Don Quixote and MAGA are his army of Sancho Panzas. Might explain his hatred of windmills. I could see him attacking a wind turbine while mounted upon his noble steed (a golf cart)
Of course, you won't find Don Quixote in the Epstein files
Of course, you won't find Don Quixote in the Epstein files
July 28, 2025 at 3:33 AM
It recently occurred to me Trump is a malignant Don Quixote and MAGA are his army of Sancho Panzas. Might explain his hatred of windmills. I could see him attacking a wind turbine while mounted upon his noble steed (a golf cart)
Of course, you won't find Don Quixote in the Epstein files
Of course, you won't find Don Quixote in the Epstein files
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“Louisiana has an incarceration rate comparable to any 20th century police state” is a 100% true statement you almost never hear
"Texans 17% more likely to be murdered than Californians
Texans 34% more likely to be raped
earn 13% less
and pay 3.8% more in taxes" (overall)
Every MSM only mentions the word "crime" right before an election!
"Germans call this "a permanent bailout." We just call it "Missouri."
Texans 34% more likely to be raped
earn 13% less
and pay 3.8% more in taxes" (overall)
Every MSM only mentions the word "crime" right before an election!
"Germans call this "a permanent bailout." We just call it "Missouri."
July 26, 2025 at 2:08 AM
“Louisiana has an incarceration rate comparable to any 20th century police state” is a 100% true statement you almost never hear
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the science is “this is the single best set of interventions against teen and also adult suicide we have for affected populations”
July 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
the science is “this is the single best set of interventions against teen and also adult suicide we have for affected populations”
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Only in America could a white man with a current net worth of $2 billion see himself as part of a victimized group. 🤦♂️
July 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Only in America could a white man with a current net worth of $2 billion see himself as part of a victimized group. 🤦♂️
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The fact that Trump has a set of VERY public-facing women in his administration may seem to contradict this, but there's a logic to it.
Bondi, Melania Trump, Noem all conform to a very specific and plastic surgery-endowed Trumpian aesthetic that is expensive, medicalized, and labor-intensive.
Bondi, Melania Trump, Noem all conform to a very specific and plastic surgery-endowed Trumpian aesthetic that is expensive, medicalized, and labor-intensive.
July 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The fact that Trump has a set of VERY public-facing women in his administration may seem to contradict this, but there's a logic to it.
Bondi, Melania Trump, Noem all conform to a very specific and plastic surgery-endowed Trumpian aesthetic that is expensive, medicalized, and labor-intensive.
Bondi, Melania Trump, Noem all conform to a very specific and plastic surgery-endowed Trumpian aesthetic that is expensive, medicalized, and labor-intensive.
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According to a new report by those hippies at Morgan Stanley, in the past year 55% of North American companies have experienced a #ClimateChange related event that impacted their operations or business.
That's a lot!
That's a lot!
July 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
According to a new report by those hippies at Morgan Stanley, in the past year 55% of North American companies have experienced a #ClimateChange related event that impacted their operations or business.
That's a lot!
That's a lot!
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Nasa astronaut on ISS, caught this sprite over Mexico and the US this morning. Sprites are TLEs or Transient Luminous Events, that happen above the clouds and are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms below. Source: NASA Astronaut Nichole Ayers
July 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Nasa astronaut on ISS, caught this sprite over Mexico and the US this morning. Sprites are TLEs or Transient Luminous Events, that happen above the clouds and are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms below. Source: NASA Astronaut Nichole Ayers
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Far-right parties have undermined climate action by spreading lies and opposing climate policies, so despite the increasing frequency and severity of heatwaves, public support for climate action is declining. To stop climate change, we need to fight these lies and the liars who tell them.
‘A war of the truth’: Europe’s heatwaves are failing to spur support for climate action
Voters may feel hotter summers are ‘too much’ but they appear to tolerate roll-back of policies to stop global heating
www.theguardian.com
July 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Far-right parties have undermined climate action by spreading lies and opposing climate policies, so despite the increasing frequency and severity of heatwaves, public support for climate action is declining. To stop climate change, we need to fight these lies and the liars who tell them.