Violet Vandever
@starsinleo.bsky.social
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Don't bother arguing about whether ICE is a police force or a military force. It's neither. It behaves as a disorganized, violent mob, cursing, shouting contradictory orders, and attacking unarmed citizens on a whim. It is deployed to create fear and chaos, not to enforce laws or establish order.
January 13, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Don't bother arguing about whether ICE is a police force or a military force. It's neither. It behaves as a disorganized, violent mob, cursing, shouting contradictory orders, and attacking unarmed citizens on a whim. It is deployed to create fear and chaos, not to enforce laws or establish order.
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a quiet afternoon moment of reflection with Pines and River
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#ArtistsOnBlueSky #BlueSkyArtShow #WomensArtBlueSky #Photography #PhotographersOnBlueSky #OregonCoast #Clouds #Oregon #Pines #River
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#ArtistsOnBlueSky #BlueSkyArtShow #WomensArtBlueSky #Photography #PhotographersOnBlueSky #OregonCoast #Clouds #Oregon #Pines #River
January 13, 2026 at 1:56 PM
a quiet afternoon moment of reflection with Pines and River
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#ArtistsOnBlueSky #BlueSkyArtShow #WomensArtBlueSky #Photography #PhotographersOnBlueSky #OregonCoast #Clouds #Oregon #Pines #River
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#ArtistsOnBlueSky #BlueSkyArtShow #WomensArtBlueSky #Photography #PhotographersOnBlueSky #OregonCoast #Clouds #Oregon #Pines #River
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@brotherjones.bsky.social brought the message straight into the Tennessee legislative session. Standing against ICE with a massive “ABOLISH ICE” flag. 💙
This is what courage looks like inside the halls of power. Speaking truth, demanding accountability, and putting people over power.
#BlueCrew #ICE
This is what courage looks like inside the halls of power. Speaking truth, demanding accountability, and putting people over power.
#BlueCrew #ICE
January 13, 2026 at 10:26 PM
@brotherjones.bsky.social brought the message straight into the Tennessee legislative session. Standing against ICE with a massive “ABOLISH ICE” flag. 💙
This is what courage looks like inside the halls of power. Speaking truth, demanding accountability, and putting people over power.
#BlueCrew #ICE
This is what courage looks like inside the halls of power. Speaking truth, demanding accountability, and putting people over power.
#BlueCrew #ICE
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Oh, I definitely will remember…
January 12, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Oh, I definitely will remember…
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two fin whales, the second largest animal on planet earth (we also saw humpbacks coming up for air) - awe-inspiring and humbling beyond words 🐋 seen in the waters around Skjervøy, Norway
January 11, 2026 at 9:24 PM
two fin whales, the second largest animal on planet earth (we also saw humpbacks coming up for air) - awe-inspiring and humbling beyond words 🐋 seen in the waters around Skjervøy, Norway
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San Francisco’s Ocean Beach!
January 10, 2026 at 10:57 PM
San Francisco’s Ocean Beach!
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Mathematician Ruth Moufang, known for extending Hilbert's axioms for plane geometry to projective geometry, was born #OTD in 1905.
The Nazis dismissed her from teaching, but she later became the first woman officially titled as professor of mathematics in Germany. 🧪 👩🔬
The Nazis dismissed her from teaching, but she later became the first woman officially titled as professor of mathematics in Germany. 🧪 👩🔬
January 10, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Mathematician Ruth Moufang, known for extending Hilbert's axioms for plane geometry to projective geometry, was born #OTD in 1905.
The Nazis dismissed her from teaching, but she later became the first woman officially titled as professor of mathematics in Germany. 🧪 👩🔬
The Nazis dismissed her from teaching, but she later became the first woman officially titled as professor of mathematics in Germany. 🧪 👩🔬
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Alice Paul--suffragist, women’s rights activist, and author of the original Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)--was born #OTD in 1885.
She devoted her entire life to advocating for women’s #suffrage and equal rights for women.
alicepaul.org
She devoted her entire life to advocating for women’s #suffrage and equal rights for women.
alicepaul.org
January 11, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Alice Paul--suffragist, women’s rights activist, and author of the original Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)--was born #OTD in 1885.
She devoted her entire life to advocating for women’s #suffrage and equal rights for women.
alicepaul.org
She devoted her entire life to advocating for women’s #suffrage and equal rights for women.
alicepaul.org
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Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans.
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
January 10, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans.
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
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“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.
www.forbes.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:29 AM
“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
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RIP Renee sign at the anti-hate rally at Toronto City Hall today (which greatly outnumbered the racist Canada First protest)
January 10, 2026 at 6:07 PM
RIP Renee sign at the anti-hate rally at Toronto City Hall today (which greatly outnumbered the racist Canada First protest)
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Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753–1784) was the first African American woman to publish a book of poetry, breaking racial and gender barriers in 18th-century America.
#GirlPower
#RadicalWomen
#GirlPower
#RadicalWomen
January 10, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753–1784) was the first African American woman to publish a book of poetry, breaking racial and gender barriers in 18th-century America.
#GirlPower
#RadicalWomen
#GirlPower
#RadicalWomen
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January 10, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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Giant phantom #jellyfish spotted deep in #Pacific. These rare sea creatures live where the sun doesn't shine.
Link for ore info and a video: www.popsci.com/environment/...
Link for ore info and a video: www.popsci.com/environment/...
January 9, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Giant phantom #jellyfish spotted deep in #Pacific. These rare sea creatures live where the sun doesn't shine.
Link for ore info and a video: www.popsci.com/environment/...
Link for ore info and a video: www.popsci.com/environment/...
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Let us also not forget
🕯️😓 Keith Porter 🕯️😓
who was shot and killed by an off-duty ICE agent
abc7.com/post/keith-p...
🕯️😓 Keith Porter 🕯️😓
who was shot and killed by an off-duty ICE agent
abc7.com/post/keith-p...
Advocates want legal action after man shot and killed by off-duty ICE agent in Northridge
Advocates argue that the off-duty ICE agent wasn't trained for the situation and should have called police and waited for them to arrive.
abc7.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Let us also not forget
🕯️😓 Keith Porter 🕯️😓
who was shot and killed by an off-duty ICE agent
abc7.com/post/keith-p...
🕯️😓 Keith Porter 🕯️😓
who was shot and killed by an off-duty ICE agent
abc7.com/post/keith-p...
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ICE THUGS arrested a pastor & kept asking him "Are you afraid?" numerous occasions. The pastor said NO. Eventually the THUGS let him go stating that "You're WHITE, you're no fun to us!!"
This is how sick & deranged these THUGS are, thanks to this REGIME‼️
youtu.be/lcSOyVrc5HM?...
This is how sick & deranged these THUGS are, thanks to this REGIME‼️
youtu.be/lcSOyVrc5HM?...
Minneapolis pastor: ICE 'pointed a gun at me' and 'put me in the back of an SUV'
YouTube video by MS NOW
youtu.be
January 10, 2026 at 6:04 PM
ICE THUGS arrested a pastor & kept asking him "Are you afraid?" numerous occasions. The pastor said NO. Eventually the THUGS let him go stating that "You're WHITE, you're no fun to us!!"
This is how sick & deranged these THUGS are, thanks to this REGIME‼️
youtu.be/lcSOyVrc5HM?...
This is how sick & deranged these THUGS are, thanks to this REGIME‼️
youtu.be/lcSOyVrc5HM?...
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My animal crossing island had some cool looking northern lights tonight.
January 10, 2026 at 6:07 AM
My animal crossing island had some cool looking northern lights tonight.
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Garden pastel with lilac tree, a wooden painted sun with a face, a metal candle lamp and petunias in a hanging basket. I do like setting up an easel and just drawing or painting what's in front of me. It takes on a life of its own.
#art #paintoutdoors
#art #paintoutdoors
January 9, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Garden pastel with lilac tree, a wooden painted sun with a face, a metal candle lamp and petunias in a hanging basket. I do like setting up an easel and just drawing or painting what's in front of me. It takes on a life of its own.
#art #paintoutdoors
#art #paintoutdoors
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Dang y'all... 😳
You people are something special, you know that? 🫂💙🙏🏽💙🫂🙏🏽💙🌍🙏🏽
You people are something special, you know that? 🫂💙🙏🏽💙🫂🙏🏽💙🌍🙏🏽
January 10, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Dang y'all... 😳
You people are something special, you know that? 🫂💙🙏🏽💙🫂🙏🏽💙🌍🙏🏽
You people are something special, you know that? 🫂💙🙏🏽💙🫂🙏🏽💙🌍🙏🏽