Adam Markham
@adammarkham.bsky.social
Climate, biodiversity, heritage & archaeology.
Co-chair Climate Change Specialist Group of IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas. UHI PhD student researching Viking/Norse birds. Trustee ICOMOS-USA. #HeritageAdapts #archaeobirds #zooarchaeology
Co-chair Climate Change Specialist Group of IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas. UHI PhD student researching Viking/Norse birds. Trustee ICOMOS-USA. #HeritageAdapts #archaeobirds #zooarchaeology
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US citizen. Public servant. Licensed to carry a firearm but had no weapon in hand when killed. Attacked by ICE agents with chemical munitions for no reason, then shot.
The time for talking is over. If you are an elected leader you have to tell us *now* what you are doing to end this nightmare ASAP.
The time for talking is over. If you are an elected leader you have to tell us *now* what you are doing to end this nightmare ASAP.
Minneapolis shooting: What we know about Alex Pretti, the man killed by Border Patrol agent
Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, was fatally shot Saturday morning by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis.
www.fox9.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:53 PM
US citizen. Public servant. Licensed to carry a firearm but had no weapon in hand when killed. Attacked by ICE agents with chemical munitions for no reason, then shot.
The time for talking is over. If you are an elected leader you have to tell us *now* what you are doing to end this nightmare ASAP.
The time for talking is over. If you are an elected leader you have to tell us *now* what you are doing to end this nightmare ASAP.
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In times like these, community is all we have.
If you’re able, please consider donating to our fundraising efforts to help support our neighbors and friends. Sharing the info to your own communities helps hugely, too!
Donate at the link in our bio 🔗!
If you’re able, please consider donating to our fundraising efforts to help support our neighbors and friends. Sharing the info to your own communities helps hugely, too!
Donate at the link in our bio 🔗!
January 24, 2026 at 9:38 PM
In times like these, community is all we have.
If you’re able, please consider donating to our fundraising efforts to help support our neighbors and friends. Sharing the info to your own communities helps hugely, too!
Donate at the link in our bio 🔗!
If you’re able, please consider donating to our fundraising efforts to help support our neighbors and friends. Sharing the info to your own communities helps hugely, too!
Donate at the link in our bio 🔗!
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Alex Pretti, who is identified as the man fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis on Saturday, was an intensive care nurse dedicated to treating veterans.
Read more about him here: https://wapo.st/3M62eyV
Read more about him here: https://wapo.st/3M62eyV
January 24, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Alex Pretti, who is identified as the man fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis on Saturday, was an intensive care nurse dedicated to treating veterans.
Read more about him here: https://wapo.st/3M62eyV
Read more about him here: https://wapo.st/3M62eyV
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ICE are indistinguishable from a terrorist organization
January 24, 2026 at 5:22 PM
ICE are indistinguishable from a terrorist organization
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Another hero.
"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."
January 24, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Another hero.
I’d like to think that President Trump is incandescent with anger about this botched execution. Is he?
Alex Pretti took care of veterans as an ICU nurse. “He was a super nice, super helpful guy – looked after his patients," said @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social, who worked with Pretti both at the hospital and on scientific research. "I’m just stunned.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Man shot in Minneapolis by federal agents identified as VA nurse: ‘He wanted to help people’
Alex Pretti, 37, worked in the ICU at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System and had assisted on scientific research
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:31 PM
I’d like to think that President Trump is incandescent with anger about this botched execution. Is he?
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World Health Organization says it regrets US decision to withdraw reut.rs/3NMEBfc
World Health Organization says it regrets US decision to withdraw
The World Health Organization (WHO) said it regrets that the U.S. has officially withdrawn from the U.N. health agency and it hopes Washington returns to active participation in the future.
reut.rs
January 24, 2026 at 9:25 PM
World Health Organization says it regrets US decision to withdraw reut.rs/3NMEBfc
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That's how you headline coverage of authoritarianism 👏
Federal agents shoot man dead in Minneapolis
Minnesota officials express outrage over second fatal shooting by law enforcement during immigration crackdown in the city
giftarticle.ft.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:23 PM
That's how you headline coverage of authoritarianism 👏
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If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
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Seth Moulton is nobody's idea of a left-wing Dem.
(Four-tour USMC veteran of Iraq; multi-term Congressman from MA; now running against Ed Markey for Senate this year.)
The righteous fury in this message is how decent Americans should feel.
(Four-tour USMC veteran of Iraq; multi-term Congressman from MA; now running against Ed Markey for Senate this year.)
The righteous fury in this message is how decent Americans should feel.
January 24, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Seth Moulton is nobody's idea of a left-wing Dem.
(Four-tour USMC veteran of Iraq; multi-term Congressman from MA; now running against Ed Markey for Senate this year.)
The righteous fury in this message is how decent Americans should feel.
(Four-tour USMC veteran of Iraq; multi-term Congressman from MA; now running against Ed Markey for Senate this year.)
The righteous fury in this message is how decent Americans should feel.
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Too obvious a point even to make, perhaps. But there was no “unrest” in Minneapolis before ICE and CBP showed up. ICE and CBP are the cause of the chaos…and the killings.
Get them out of there.
Get them out of there.
January 24, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Too obvious a point even to make, perhaps. But there was no “unrest” in Minneapolis before ICE and CBP showed up. ICE and CBP are the cause of the chaos…and the killings.
Get them out of there.
Get them out of there.
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#ClimateChange is proving to be a challenge to the survival of the #JoshuaTree of #California, as well as the #ecosystem to which it is key.
#environment #ecology @sfgate.com
www.sfgate.com/news/article...
#environment #ecology @sfgate.com
www.sfgate.com/news/article...
Joshua trees are flowering in the Calif. desert. That’s bad news.
Joshua trees rely on a single moth species to reproduce.
www.sfgate.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:12 PM
#ClimateChange is proving to be a challenge to the survival of the #JoshuaTree of #California, as well as the #ecosystem to which it is key.
#environment #ecology @sfgate.com
www.sfgate.com/news/article...
#environment #ecology @sfgate.com
www.sfgate.com/news/article...
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Agree.
No one outside the US, who has a choice, should be enabling a lawless and lying regime. Which has become a threat to its own people and the entire world.
(Speaking as an American patriot.)
No one outside the US, who has a choice, should be enabling a lawless and lying regime. Which has become a threat to its own people and the entire world.
(Speaking as an American patriot.)
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Agree.
No one outside the US, who has a choice, should be enabling a lawless and lying regime. Which has become a threat to its own people and the entire world.
(Speaking as an American patriot.)
No one outside the US, who has a choice, should be enabling a lawless and lying regime. Which has become a threat to its own people and the entire world.
(Speaking as an American patriot.)
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He did NOT reach for his gun (which he had a licence to carry)
An ICE agent took it from his waistband, and moved away with it.
An ICE agent then shot him as he was helpless.
An ICE agent then continued to shoot him, executing him, as he lay on the ground
This is men doing evil
An ICE agent took it from his waistband, and moved away with it.
An ICE agent then shot him as he was helpless.
An ICE agent then continued to shoot him, executing him, as he lay on the ground
This is men doing evil
The gun was removed by agents from his waistband - he was never pointing it at them. He was already disarmed when they fired "defensive shots," killing the man. They then fired several shots at his lifeless body.
January 24, 2026 at 8:28 PM
He did NOT reach for his gun (which he had a licence to carry)
An ICE agent took it from his waistband, and moved away with it.
An ICE agent then shot him as he was helpless.
An ICE agent then continued to shoot him, executing him, as he lay on the ground
This is men doing evil
An ICE agent took it from his waistband, and moved away with it.
An ICE agent then shot him as he was helpless.
An ICE agent then continued to shoot him, executing him, as he lay on the ground
This is men doing evil
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This is a small immediate action you can take to support the businesses where the murder this morning happened. They were closed yesterday. Now they’re going to have to close today. Few of them can take multiple days without business.
Please share this far and wide. beyondbeurreblanc.substack.com/p/support-ea...
Support Eat Street Right Now
Our restaurants need you.
beyondbeurreblanc.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:09 PM
This is a small immediate action you can take to support the businesses where the murder this morning happened. They were closed yesterday. Now they’re going to have to close today. Few of them can take multiple days without business.
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Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position,
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
January 24, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position,
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
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The world should not come here. There should not be a World Cup here.
I spoke out against the last World Cup because of concerns I had about human rights violations and it’s only right that I express the same concerns and condemnations now.
I spoke out against the last World Cup because of concerns I had about human rights violations and it’s only right that I express the same concerns and condemnations now.
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
bit.ly
January 24, 2026 at 7:21 PM
The world should not come here. There should not be a World Cup here.
I spoke out against the last World Cup because of concerns I had about human rights violations and it’s only right that I express the same concerns and condemnations now.
I spoke out against the last World Cup because of concerns I had about human rights violations and it’s only right that I express the same concerns and condemnations now.
I loved the @empirepoduk.bsky.social pod by @willdalrymple.bsky.social & @anitaanand.bsky.social on the 1857 Indian rebellion, & went back to my grandparents' photo album. They visited Lucknow residency from Meerut in about 1923, my grandfather probably remembered his own Boer War siege experience
January 24, 2026 at 7:38 PM
I loved the @empirepoduk.bsky.social pod by @willdalrymple.bsky.social & @anitaanand.bsky.social on the 1857 Indian rebellion, & went back to my grandparents' photo album. They visited Lucknow residency from Meerut in about 1923, my grandfather probably remembered his own Boer War siege experience
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A remarkable prehistoric hammer made from elephant bone, dating back nearly half a million years ago, has been uncovered in southern England.
📷NHM Photo Unit
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ja...
📷NHM Photo Unit
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ja...
January 24, 2026 at 6:18 PM
A remarkable prehistoric hammer made from elephant bone, dating back nearly half a million years ago, has been uncovered in southern England.
📷NHM Photo Unit
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ja...
📷NHM Photo Unit
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ja...
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Madison was wrong. Separation of powers, checks and balances, and federalism do not prevent tyranny when a demagogue combines with blind partisanship in Congress and a Judiciary selected by the demagogue.
And John Roberts has never looked like more of a fool.
And John Roberts has never looked like more of a fool.
January 24, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Madison was wrong. Separation of powers, checks and balances, and federalism do not prevent tyranny when a demagogue combines with blind partisanship in Congress and a Judiciary selected by the demagogue.
And John Roberts has never looked like more of a fool.
And John Roberts has never looked like more of a fool.
Spectacular! #archaeobirds 🏺
It has been quite a week! We all need a timeline cleanse.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
An Egyptian relief plaque with a face of an #owl 🦉.
The owl hieroglyph represents the sound m.
Late Period–Ptolemaic Period. From Egypt, 400–30 BC.
📷 Metropolitan Museum
Have a great weekend, everyone!
An Egyptian relief plaque with a face of an #owl 🦉.
The owl hieroglyph represents the sound m.
Late Period–Ptolemaic Period. From Egypt, 400–30 BC.
📷 Metropolitan Museum
January 24, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Spectacular! #archaeobirds 🏺
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Many of us are about to be visited by complex weather, possibly including ice storm. Ice can do major damage to trees, even kill them, but an ice-covered tree is hazardous to you. These trees should not be touched. Here are some simple suggestions for managing ice-covered trees.
Tom Kimmerer (@tomkimmerer)
Many of us are about to be visited by complex weather, perhaps including ice more than snow. Ice accumulation on trees is hazardous to you, your structures, and your trees. Here are a few suggestions ...
substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Many of us are about to be visited by complex weather, possibly including ice storm. Ice can do major damage to trees, even kill them, but an ice-covered tree is hazardous to you. These trees should not be touched. Here are some simple suggestions for managing ice-covered trees.
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📺 Reclaiming indigenous history from Amazonian soil and palaeobotany 🌿
Archaeological research is transforming perceptions of the Amazon rainforest, revealing the extent of anthropogenic soils and inviting a critical rethinking of early plant use in South America
https://bit.ly/4sCT5OV
Archaeological research is transforming perceptions of the Amazon rainforest, revealing the extent of anthropogenic soils and inviting a critical rethinking of early plant use in South America
https://bit.ly/4sCT5OV
CRASSH | Reclaiming indigenous history from Amazonian soil and palaeobotany
Decolonising Plant Knowledge Research Network
bit.ly
January 16, 2026 at 5:55 PM
📺 Reclaiming indigenous history from Amazonian soil and palaeobotany 🌿
Archaeological research is transforming perceptions of the Amazon rainforest, revealing the extent of anthropogenic soils and inviting a critical rethinking of early plant use in South America
https://bit.ly/4sCT5OV
Archaeological research is transforming perceptions of the Amazon rainforest, revealing the extent of anthropogenic soils and inviting a critical rethinking of early plant use in South America
https://bit.ly/4sCT5OV
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Thanks to the White House about half the internet learnt that there are actually no penguins in Greenland. Yay #scicomm!
BUT there *is* one 🐧living in the northern hemisphere: the Galapagos penguin, the only species found (just) north of the equator. No, the "penguin" on the WH tweet is not it.
🧪🪶
BUT there *is* one 🐧living in the northern hemisphere: the Galapagos penguin, the only species found (just) north of the equator. No, the "penguin" on the WH tweet is not it.
🧪🪶
January 24, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Thanks to the White House about half the internet learnt that there are actually no penguins in Greenland. Yay #scicomm!
BUT there *is* one 🐧living in the northern hemisphere: the Galapagos penguin, the only species found (just) north of the equator. No, the "penguin" on the WH tweet is not it.
🧪🪶
BUT there *is* one 🐧living in the northern hemisphere: the Galapagos penguin, the only species found (just) north of the equator. No, the "penguin" on the WH tweet is not it.
🧪🪶
One for @rosemarymosco.com - whose "Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching" is, by the way, brilliant.
January 24, 2026 at 4:44 PM
One for @rosemarymosco.com - whose "Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching" is, by the way, brilliant.