Westcott
@s-b-w.bsky.social
Living in the Upper Left with New England values. Strong-willed, dog-loving, independent & sometimes humorous. Paddling with goats; I’ve done that. Prankster.
Educator, neurodiversity for the win.
“Travel while you’re young.” - Dad
Educator, neurodiversity for the win.
“Travel while you’re young.” - Dad
Just a dog and his beach lemon.
November 23, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Just a dog and his beach lemon.
Mushrooming a few weeks ago.
November 23, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Mushrooming a few weeks ago.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
This.
if benson and stabler were on the case we’d already have the epstein files.
November 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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The violence and cruelty that Trump’s ICE is inflicting on our communities is unacceptable. The American people are seeing it with their own eyes, and they are horrified. It must end.
November 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The violence and cruelty that Trump’s ICE is inflicting on our communities is unacceptable. The American people are seeing it with their own eyes, and they are horrified. It must end.
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Maybe we should all apply and then wash out of the academy.
Omg, this detail from CNN about the ICE hiring snafu is wild. This seems like an HR 101 level thing to get right.
They turned a hiring bonus into something much closer to an application bonus.
Seems like a great way to burn a ton of cash. Also? Here’s some waste for sure!
They turned a hiring bonus into something much closer to an application bonus.
Seems like a great way to burn a ton of cash. Also? Here’s some waste for sure!
October 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Maybe we should all apply and then wash out of the academy.
When will it be enough?
Watch this.
Open your eyes to this brutality.
ICE beats up, drags & abducts this disabled visually impaired man.
Now share this.
Everyone must see the brutality of this administration & ask themselves what they are doing to push back.
You have power.
Even sharing this video exerts that power.
Open your eyes to this brutality.
ICE beats up, drags & abducts this disabled visually impaired man.
Now share this.
Everyone must see the brutality of this administration & ask themselves what they are doing to push back.
You have power.
Even sharing this video exerts that power.
October 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
When will it be enough?
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ICE Secret Police shoots a priest point blank in the mouth with a 40mm tear gas grenade during a protest near the USCG Base in Alameda, CA (in the Bay Area of CA)
October 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
ICE Secret Police shoots a priest point blank in the mouth with a 40mm tear gas grenade during a protest near the USCG Base in Alameda, CA (in the Bay Area of CA)
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We need to support family farmers and ranchers, not squeeze them out.
October 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We need to support family farmers and ranchers, not squeeze them out.
I will always adore Diane Keaton. Rest in Peace.
October 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I will always adore Diane Keaton. Rest in Peace.
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Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.
They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.
They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.
October 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.
They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.
They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.
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A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.
BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)
Follow @heartlandsignal for more.
Follow @heartlandsignal for more.
October 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.
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Bored National Guard Goes Door To Door Asking If Chicagoans Have Any Order They Need Restored https://theonion.com/bored-national-guard-goes-door-to-door-asking-if-chicagoans-have-any-order-they-need-restored/
October 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Bored National Guard Goes Door To Door Asking If Chicagoans Have Any Order They Need Restored https://theonion.com/bored-national-guard-goes-door-to-door-asking-if-chicagoans-have-any-order-they-need-restored/
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This is an old formula used by authoritarian regimes. Stoke chaos and blame scapegoats to justify the use of force.
October 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This is an old formula used by authoritarian regimes. Stoke chaos and blame scapegoats to justify the use of force.
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Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’
Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’
Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has told Swedish officials she is being subjected to harsh treatment in Israeli custody after her detention and removal from a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, according to correspondence seen by the Guardian.
According to the correspondence, Israeli forces are also reported by another detainee to have taken photographs where Thunberg was allegedly forced to hold flags. The identity of the flags are unknown. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’
Important thread re: unaccompanied minors and ICE.
Shelters that house unaccompanied minors are bracing for "Freaky Friday," the start of an ICE operation that will first issue letters to children, seeking to pressure them to return to the countries they've fled in exchange for a cash payment. If they decline, their parents will be targeted by ICE.
October 4, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Important thread re: unaccompanied minors and ICE.
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We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.
"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.
Every. Day.
BREAKING: Multiple people have been shot at a Mormon church in Michigan and the shooter is down, police say.
Multiple people shot at Mormon church in Michigan and shooter is down, police say
Police say multiple people have been shot at a Mormon church in Michigan and the shooter is down. Local police said in a social media post that the shooting occurred at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, about 50 miles north of Detroit.
bit.ly
September 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Every. Day.
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From Ken Burns' “The 2025 Battle of Portland”
🎶Sweet Betsy From Pike🎶
“Dearest Prunella: As I write to you, a silent war rages in Portland. ANTIFA is the sneakiest foe of any war. Being invisible, they are difficult to find. Please pray for me as I enjoy my delicious coffee. Your Loving Husband”
🎶Sweet Betsy From Pike🎶
“Dearest Prunella: As I write to you, a silent war rages in Portland. ANTIFA is the sneakiest foe of any war. Being invisible, they are difficult to find. Please pray for me as I enjoy my delicious coffee. Your Loving Husband”
September 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
From Ken Burns' “The 2025 Battle of Portland”
🎶Sweet Betsy From Pike🎶
“Dearest Prunella: As I write to you, a silent war rages in Portland. ANTIFA is the sneakiest foe of any war. Being invisible, they are difficult to find. Please pray for me as I enjoy my delicious coffee. Your Loving Husband”
🎶Sweet Betsy From Pike🎶
“Dearest Prunella: As I write to you, a silent war rages in Portland. ANTIFA is the sneakiest foe of any war. Being invisible, they are difficult to find. Please pray for me as I enjoy my delicious coffee. Your Loving Husband”
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COLORADO—“someone just shot up the school mom… im so scared mom.”
Text messages from a senior at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colo., the site of yet another school shooting in America. #gunsicknation www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...
Text messages from a senior at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colo., the site of yet another school shooting in America. #gunsicknation www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...
September 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
COLORADO—“someone just shot up the school mom… im so scared mom.”
Text messages from a senior at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colo., the site of yet another school shooting in America. #gunsicknation www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...
Text messages from a senior at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colo., the site of yet another school shooting in America. #gunsicknation www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...
There is no room for violence on any side.
September 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
There is no room for violence on any side.
We need sensible #guncontrol now. As both a school employee and a gun owner, I have some irons in this fire. Will give my life for my students. Took a gun from a student last year…an unloaded pellet gun, but it sure looked real. Kids shouldn’t be scared to go to school; neither should I.
Three teens were critically wounded Wednesday in a shooting at a high school in the foothills of suburban Denver, including the suspected shooter, authorities say.
3 teenagers wounded in shooting at Colorado high school
A suspected shooter was also wounded in the shooting at Evergreen High School, about 30 miles west of Denver, authorities said.
www.nbcnews.com
September 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
We need sensible #guncontrol now. As both a school employee and a gun owner, I have some irons in this fire. Will give my life for my students. Took a gun from a student last year…an unloaded pellet gun, but it sure looked real. Kids shouldn’t be scared to go to school; neither should I.