@rfpatterson.bsky.social
A New Proven Way to Protect Democracy: SWAY
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A New Proven Way to Protect Democracy: SWAY
Sway Is How We Turn Protest Into Power—And We Need All Hands On Deck
open.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:58 AM
A New Proven Way to Protect Democracy: SWAY
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And I read that the state has MORE billionaires now.
Billionaires are fearmongering about California’s proposed billionaire tax.
Baloney. Just look at what happened when Massachusetts raised taxes on the rich.
Baloney. Just look at what happened when Massachusetts raised taxes on the rich.
February 5, 2026 at 11:11 AM
And I read that the state has MORE billionaires now.
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Io from the Juno spacecraft on February 3, 2024. The night side can be seen in reflected light from Jupiter. The quality of this dataset is truly stunning.
February 4, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Io from the Juno spacecraft on February 3, 2024. The night side can be seen in reflected light from Jupiter. The quality of this dataset is truly stunning.
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Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
February 5, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
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Vance is a prick that defies description. My mother said this is the main reason she hopes Trump doesn't die while in office. I still hope he croaks off soon.
JD Vance Won't Apologize For Amplifying Smears Against Alex Pretti
www.huffpost.com/entry/jd-van...
JD Vance Won't Apologize For Amplifying Smears Against Alex Pretti
www.huffpost.com/entry/jd-van...
JD Vance Has Frosty, 2-Word Response When Asked About Apology To Alex Pretti's Family
“For what?” the vice president replied when asked if he'd be apologizing to Pretti's family.
www.huffpost.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Vance is a prick that defies description. My mother said this is the main reason she hopes Trump doesn't die while in office. I still hope he croaks off soon.
JD Vance Won't Apologize For Amplifying Smears Against Alex Pretti
www.huffpost.com/entry/jd-van...
JD Vance Won't Apologize For Amplifying Smears Against Alex Pretti
www.huffpost.com/entry/jd-van...
Inclusion is over www.emilywrites.co.nz/inclusion/ - disabled children's education
Inclusion is over
Last week, my eldest son began high school. He was so excited - he was absolutely fizzing. I volunteered to take him and his friends to school, and they leapt out of the car when we arrived, racing to...
www.emilywrites.co.nz
February 5, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Inclusion is over www.emilywrites.co.nz/inclusion/ - disabled children's education
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Our circadian clock and cancer chronotherapy, a terrific
@scripps.edu review, open-access, related to below!
jci.org/articles/vie...
@scripps.edu review, open-access, related to below!
jci.org/articles/vie...
February 3, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Our circadian clock and cancer chronotherapy, a terrific
@scripps.edu review, open-access, related to below!
jci.org/articles/vie...
@scripps.edu review, open-access, related to below!
jci.org/articles/vie...
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‘It’s sick’: Trump administration uses mascot called ‘Coalie’ to push dirtiest fossil fuel www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘It’s sick’: Trump administration uses mascot called ‘Coalie’ to push dirtiest fossil fuel
Cartoon lump of coal with giant eyes was spotlighted by US interior secretary in X post saying: ‘Mine, Baby, Mine!’
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:24 PM
‘It’s sick’: Trump administration uses mascot called ‘Coalie’ to push dirtiest fossil fuel www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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We’re working on a story about how children’s immune systems and microbiomes develop and we want to hear from you. Have you let your kids eat food that was dropped on the ground? 🍭 Argued with grandparents about cleanliness? 🧼 Saw your child do something incredibly gross? 🤢 Call us at 877 4 SCIFRI.
February 3, 2026 at 11:47 PM
We’re working on a story about how children’s immune systems and microbiomes develop and we want to hear from you. Have you let your kids eat food that was dropped on the ground? 🍭 Argued with grandparents about cleanliness? 🧼 Saw your child do something incredibly gross? 🤢 Call us at 877 4 SCIFRI.
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“Forever chemicals” may have met their match. https://scim.ag/4r576Dy
Battery reactions give clues to fighting forever chemicals
Molecular engineers find a way to destroy pervasive environmental pollutants
scim.ag
February 3, 2026 at 11:48 PM
“Forever chemicals” may have met their match. https://scim.ag/4r576Dy
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... acoustic signals to lift fishing pots from the ocean floor and removes vertical ropes in the water, and lower-breaking links, designed to break at 1,700 pounds of force, meaning it's easier for whales to free themselves if they become entangled.
Canada rolls out whalesafe strategy to curb right whale entanglements | CBC News
The federal government is rolling out its "whalesafe fishing gear strategy," a five-year plan to develop and support the use of new fishing gear to reduce the risk of entangling whales — specifically ...
www.cbc.ca
February 4, 2026 at 12:16 AM
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... acoustic signals to lift fishing pots from the ocean floor and removes vertical ropes in the water, and lower-breaking links, designed to break at 1,700 pounds of force, meaning it's easier for whales to free themselves if they become entangled.
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Retiring Walmart CEO Doug McMillon made $27M last year, over 930 times the median Walmart worker's salary of just $29,469.
Walmart's wages are so low that its workers are among the most likely to rely on SNAP and Medicaid to get by.
Hello?
Walmart's wages are so low that its workers are among the most likely to rely on SNAP and Medicaid to get by.
Hello?
February 3, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Retiring Walmart CEO Doug McMillon made $27M last year, over 930 times the median Walmart worker's salary of just $29,469.
Walmart's wages are so low that its workers are among the most likely to rely on SNAP and Medicaid to get by.
Hello?
Walmart's wages are so low that its workers are among the most likely to rely on SNAP and Medicaid to get by.
Hello?
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This research paper is the first time that a tipping point of a switch from a carbon sink to a carbon emission source in tropical rainforests has been identified clearly – not just for one year but for the last 20 years. Cause is a change in the local climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Australian tropical rainforest trees switch in world first from carbon sink to emissions source
Researchers say carbon emissions change in Queensland tropical rainforests may have global climate implications
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:26 PM
This research paper is the first time that a tipping point of a switch from a carbon sink to a carbon emission source in tropical rainforests has been identified clearly – not just for one year but for the last 20 years. Cause is a change in the local climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Some disabilities are invisible.
You won’t necessarily know a person is disabled unless they tell you.
This woman told agents she was disabled and on her way to a medical appointment … it didn’t even slow them down. They broke her window & dragged her out of the car
Photos by Tim Evans
You won’t necessarily know a person is disabled unless they tell you.
This woman told agents she was disabled and on her way to a medical appointment … it didn’t even slow them down. They broke her window & dragged her out of the car
Photos by Tim Evans
January 14, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Some disabilities are invisible.
You won’t necessarily know a person is disabled unless they tell you.
This woman told agents she was disabled and on her way to a medical appointment … it didn’t even slow them down. They broke her window & dragged her out of the car
Photos by Tim Evans
You won’t necessarily know a person is disabled unless they tell you.
This woman told agents she was disabled and on her way to a medical appointment … it didn’t even slow them down. They broke her window & dragged her out of the car
Photos by Tim Evans
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As Black History Month begins, we honor the generations of Black New Yorkers who built this city into the “gorgeous mosaic” we call home.
Today, we reflect on the words of Mayor David Dinkins: our city’s first Black mayor (and a democratic socialist!).
Today, we reflect on the words of Mayor David Dinkins: our city’s first Black mayor (and a democratic socialist!).
February 1, 2026 at 2:11 PM
As Black History Month begins, we honor the generations of Black New Yorkers who built this city into the “gorgeous mosaic” we call home.
Today, we reflect on the words of Mayor David Dinkins: our city’s first Black mayor (and a democratic socialist!).
Today, we reflect on the words of Mayor David Dinkins: our city’s first Black mayor (and a democratic socialist!).
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The very well-accepted term for "stripping the legal protections of a minority group and then sending a paramilitary force to carry them away" is "ethnic cleansing."
They are planning to ethnically cleanse Springfield, Ohio.
They are planning to ethnically cleanse Springfield, Ohio.
Breaking MS NOW:
The Trump admin is now eyeing Ohio for immigration enforcement operations that could begin as early as next week.
The operation is expected to target Haitian immigrants — with temporary protected status for Haiti expiring on Feb. 3.
The Trump admin is now eyeing Ohio for immigration enforcement operations that could begin as early as next week.
The operation is expected to target Haitian immigrants — with temporary protected status for Haiti expiring on Feb. 3.
ICE eyeing Ohio next, where it is expected to target Haitian immigrants
An estimated 12,000 to 15,000 Haitians live in Springfield, Ohio, a community that President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance targeted during the 2024 campaign, falsely accusing the community ...
www.ms.now
January 31, 2026 at 1:54 AM
The very well-accepted term for "stripping the legal protections of a minority group and then sending a paramilitary force to carry them away" is "ethnic cleansing."
They are planning to ethnically cleanse Springfield, Ohio.
They are planning to ethnically cleanse Springfield, Ohio.
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More Nick Catoggio: “ICE now operates so far above the law in America that victims of its brutality may not have legal remedies available to them in any form. At any level of government….Joining ICE functionally gives you authority to shoot someone in the face without consequences.”
The Fall Gal
Firing Kristi Noem would be a simulacrum of accountability.
thedispatch.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:31 AM
More Nick Catoggio: “ICE now operates so far above the law in America that victims of its brutality may not have legal remedies available to them in any form. At any level of government….Joining ICE functionally gives you authority to shoot someone in the face without consequences.”
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Deportations themselves are big business. It requires a fleet of planes, and they’re virtually all owned by private air charter services who look the other way when people are treated like cattle on their planes.
Read @gbrockell.bsky.social on the prolonged shackling of people being deported.
Read @gbrockell.bsky.social on the prolonged shackling of people being deported.
These Omni ICE trips include the removal of dozens migrants to Ghana, a country they have never been to, and the transfer deportation of legal asylum seekers back to Russia and Iran, via Omni flights to Egypt, Qatar and Kuwait.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
ICE Deportation Flights Are Getting Longer and Crueler
A private equity-owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown.
www.motherjones.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Deportations themselves are big business. It requires a fleet of planes, and they’re virtually all owned by private air charter services who look the other way when people are treated like cattle on their planes.
Read @gbrockell.bsky.social on the prolonged shackling of people being deported.
Read @gbrockell.bsky.social on the prolonged shackling of people being deported.
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If the HPV vaccine had been available 20 years earlier, my beloved Grace might still be alive.
Get vaccinated.
Get vaccinated.
“Healthcare personnel often do not realize that in the U.S., HPV-related mortality far surpasses the mortality from tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis & meningococcal disease combined. Each year, about 4,000 deaths are the result of cervical cancer; most are preventable through pre-exposure vaccination”
Technically Speaking: Why HPV Vaccination Before Age 11 Years Is a Good Idea
Dr. Sean O’Leary, Chair of AAP’s COID, explains why AAP and CDC recommendations about HPV vaccine differ.
www.chop.edu
March 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
If the HPV vaccine had been available 20 years earlier, my beloved Grace might still be alive.
Get vaccinated.
Get vaccinated.
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I can't think of anything less patriotic than allowing a corrupt pedophile to suspend the constitution so he can murder citizens, enrich himself, and imprison journalists.
January 30, 2026 at 9:09 PM
I can't think of anything less patriotic than allowing a corrupt pedophile to suspend the constitution so he can murder citizens, enrich himself, and imprison journalists.
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Well that was weird . Someone responded to my Minneapolis post by saying the only acceptable tactic is to use deadly violence against ICE. That kind of ideological purity test is such nonsense. To claim there is never a place in resistance for non violence is such ignorant and dangerous idiocy
January 30, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Well that was weird . Someone responded to my Minneapolis post by saying the only acceptable tactic is to use deadly violence against ICE. That kind of ideological purity test is such nonsense. To claim there is never a place in resistance for non violence is such ignorant and dangerous idiocy
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It's not the rulers that make America great. It never has been.
The resistance is what makes us great. Keep pushing and never let up.
The resistance is what makes us great. Keep pushing and never let up.
Tell Congress: Impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
January 31, 2026 at 4:09 AM
It's not the rulers that make America great. It never has been.
The resistance is what makes us great. Keep pushing and never let up.
The resistance is what makes us great. Keep pushing and never let up.
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gmgm today's visitor is this lil silvereye
January 31, 2026 at 12:27 AM
gmgm today's visitor is this lil silvereye
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Amazon has cut a combined 28,000 jobs since October. Its CEO made $40M+ in 2024
UPS has announced 78,000 job cuts since last year. Its CEO made $24M.
HP announced up to 6,000 layoffs in November. Its CEO made $21M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS has announced 78,000 job cuts since last year. Its CEO made $24M.
HP announced up to 6,000 layoffs in November. Its CEO made $21M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
January 31, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Amazon has cut a combined 28,000 jobs since October. Its CEO made $40M+ in 2024
UPS has announced 78,000 job cuts since last year. Its CEO made $24M.
HP announced up to 6,000 layoffs in November. Its CEO made $21M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS has announced 78,000 job cuts since last year. Its CEO made $24M.
HP announced up to 6,000 layoffs in November. Its CEO made $21M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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It's a tie
But it's a great start with 95.3% of voters
But it's a great start with 95.3% of voters
January 30, 2026 at 12:30 PM
It's a tie
But it's a great start with 95.3% of voters
But it's a great start with 95.3% of voters