Colleen Redding
@creddingvye.bsky.social
Health Psychologist, Strong Woman, Mom, Human, amplify Science, Democracy, Environmentalism, Feminism, & Health related posts.
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🔥 work in @boltsmag.org this week, and I don’t want you to miss any of it
1️⃣ Massachusetts is BY FAR the bluest state where a state agency has joined ICE’s 287(g) program.
@burness.bsky.social spent a while reporting on what’s going on & fighting MA for denying him records—I hope you read.
1️⃣ Massachusetts is BY FAR the bluest state where a state agency has joined ICE’s 287(g) program.
@burness.bsky.social spent a while reporting on what’s going on & fighting MA for denying him records—I hope you read.
Inside ICE’s Only Contract with a Blue State - Bolts
As part of a 287(g) contract between state officials and ICE, Massachusetts continues to release prisoners into deportation—even as state lawmakers look to ban other forms of ICE collaboration.
boltsmag.org
February 14, 2026 at 7:10 PM
🔥 work in @boltsmag.org this week, and I don’t want you to miss any of it
1️⃣ Massachusetts is BY FAR the bluest state where a state agency has joined ICE’s 287(g) program.
@burness.bsky.social spent a while reporting on what’s going on & fighting MA for denying him records—I hope you read.
1️⃣ Massachusetts is BY FAR the bluest state where a state agency has joined ICE’s 287(g) program.
@burness.bsky.social spent a while reporting on what’s going on & fighting MA for denying him records—I hope you read.
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3️⃣ Iowa prosecutors have gotten used to a pretty shocking practice: pressuring defendants to plead guilty or else risk suffering major financial harm.
The Supreme Court struck down but now prosecutors and some lawmakers want to bring it back, @laurengill.bsky.social reports:
The Supreme Court struck down but now prosecutors and some lawmakers want to bring it back, @laurengill.bsky.social reports:
In Iowa, Prosecutors Want to Bring Back Court Fees as Bargaining Chips - Bolts
Iowa's high court recently ended the practice of making defendants pay fees for charges that get dismissed. Prosecutors are backing legislation to undo the court’s ruling so they can keep using fees a...
boltsmag.org
February 14, 2026 at 7:14 PM
3️⃣ Iowa prosecutors have gotten used to a pretty shocking practice: pressuring defendants to plead guilty or else risk suffering major financial harm.
The Supreme Court struck down but now prosecutors and some lawmakers want to bring it back, @laurengill.bsky.social reports:
The Supreme Court struck down but now prosecutors and some lawmakers want to bring it back, @laurengill.bsky.social reports:
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That is fucking grotesque.
3️⃣ Iowa prosecutors have gotten used to a pretty shocking practice: pressuring defendants to plead guilty or else risk suffering major financial harm.
The Supreme Court struck down but now prosecutors and some lawmakers want to bring it back, @laurengill.bsky.social reports:
The Supreme Court struck down but now prosecutors and some lawmakers want to bring it back, @laurengill.bsky.social reports:
In Iowa, Prosecutors Want to Bring Back Court Fees as Bargaining Chips - Bolts
Iowa's high court recently ended the practice of making defendants pay fees for charges that get dismissed. Prosecutors are backing legislation to undo the court’s ruling so they can keep using fees a...
boltsmag.org
February 14, 2026 at 8:19 PM
That is fucking grotesque.
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Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
academic.oup.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
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The last time Brenda Ogden saw her prosthetic leg, waves were sweeping it away. She had gone to the beach to see if her first ocean swim might become a new hobby. But it was over before she had really started. Then, almost a year later, an improbable discovery brought the leg back to her.
The Sea Took Her Prosthetic Leg. Months Later, It Gave It Back.
Brenda Ogden lost her waterproof prosthetic leg 10 months ago, and with it, her zest for swimming. Then a local fossil hunter stumbled upon it.
nyti.ms
February 14, 2026 at 6:30 PM
The last time Brenda Ogden saw her prosthetic leg, waves were sweeping it away. She had gone to the beach to see if her first ocean swim might become a new hobby. But it was over before she had really started. Then, almost a year later, an improbable discovery brought the leg back to her.
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Be afraid, America.
🧵🧵🧵 TRUMP'S BRAIN IS BROKEN 🧵🧵🧵
This thread offers 50 examples of unhinged behavior unfit for the presidency.
1. Trump blamed Rob Reiner for his own murder, citing “the anger he caused others” by criticizing Trump.
2. He told a rally that dead golfer Arnold Palmer had a large penis.
This thread offers 50 examples of unhinged behavior unfit for the presidency.
1. Trump blamed Rob Reiner for his own murder, citing “the anger he caused others” by criticizing Trump.
2. He told a rally that dead golfer Arnold Palmer had a large penis.
February 14, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Be afraid, America.
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🧵🧵🧵 TRUMP'S BRAIN IS BROKEN 🧵🧵🧵
This thread offers 50 examples of unhinged behavior unfit for the presidency.
1. Trump blamed Rob Reiner for his own murder, citing “the anger he caused others” by criticizing Trump.
2. He told a rally that dead golfer Arnold Palmer had a large penis.
This thread offers 50 examples of unhinged behavior unfit for the presidency.
1. Trump blamed Rob Reiner for his own murder, citing “the anger he caused others” by criticizing Trump.
2. He told a rally that dead golfer Arnold Palmer had a large penis.
February 14, 2026 at 6:21 PM
🧵🧵🧵 TRUMP'S BRAIN IS BROKEN 🧵🧵🧵
This thread offers 50 examples of unhinged behavior unfit for the presidency.
1. Trump blamed Rob Reiner for his own murder, citing “the anger he caused others” by criticizing Trump.
2. He told a rally that dead golfer Arnold Palmer had a large penis.
This thread offers 50 examples of unhinged behavior unfit for the presidency.
1. Trump blamed Rob Reiner for his own murder, citing “the anger he caused others” by criticizing Trump.
2. He told a rally that dead golfer Arnold Palmer had a large penis.
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Trump is the most corrupt president in history.
February 14, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Trump is the most corrupt president in history.
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Adding a bit of lettuce not only provides tasty variety, but makes for a healthy addition. But which type are you eating?
Yes, lettuce is healthy. But the type you eat matters.
Adding a bit of lettuce not only provides tasty variety, but makes for a healthy addition. But which type are you eating?
bit.ly
February 14, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Adding a bit of lettuce not only provides tasty variety, but makes for a healthy addition. But which type are you eating?
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Trump’s Truth Social post blasting the Gordie Howe bridge echoed misleading claims made by a competing bridge company.
Hours before Trump posted, its billionaire owner met with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, @nytimes.com reported.
Hours before Trump posted, its billionaire owner met with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, @nytimes.com reported.
Trump Threatens to Block Michigan-Canada Bridge He Once Championed
The president’s targeting of the bridge shows just how drastically U.S.-Canada relations have fallen between his two terms.
www.propublica.org
February 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Trump’s Truth Social post blasting the Gordie Howe bridge echoed misleading claims made by a competing bridge company.
Hours before Trump posted, its billionaire owner met with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, @nytimes.com reported.
Hours before Trump posted, its billionaire owner met with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, @nytimes.com reported.
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For those of you who grew up after 9/11, we got along just fine without a Department of Homeland Security for 212 years.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
Never reactivate it.
BREAKING: The Department of Homeland Security shuts down as the White House and Democratic leaders continue to discuss changes to U.S. immigration enforcement.
February 14, 2026 at 5:24 AM
For those of you who grew up after 9/11, we got along just fine without a Department of Homeland Security for 212 years.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
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People don't remember, but so many spoke out against forming DHS saying it would go to have the exact problems we are facing today. Let it die. Reset and reform the functions.
For those of you who grew up after 9/11, we got along just fine without a Department of Homeland Security for 212 years.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
Never reactivate it.
February 14, 2026 at 4:32 PM
People don't remember, but so many spoke out against forming DHS saying it would go to have the exact problems we are facing today. Let it die. Reset and reform the functions.
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Just spent the last hour and a half along the water with my binoculars spotting all these (several for the first time) and more:
Common pochard
Common golden eye
Bufflehead
Long tailed duck (photo below, not mine but from online)
Red breasted & Common merganser
Greater scaup
Common pochard
Common golden eye
Bufflehead
Long tailed duck (photo below, not mine but from online)
Red breasted & Common merganser
Greater scaup
February 14, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Just spent the last hour and a half along the water with my binoculars spotting all these (several for the first time) and more:
Common pochard
Common golden eye
Bufflehead
Long tailed duck (photo below, not mine but from online)
Red breasted & Common merganser
Greater scaup
Common pochard
Common golden eye
Bufflehead
Long tailed duck (photo below, not mine but from online)
Red breasted & Common merganser
Greater scaup
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February 14, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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BREAKING: DHS waives dozens of laws to rush border wall construction through Big Bend State Park.
They want to rob this iconic western landscape from all of us, locking away our fishing holes & campsites behind concrete and steel. It's a grotesque act of political vandalism.
They want to rob this iconic western landscape from all of us, locking away our fishing holes & campsites behind concrete and steel. It's a grotesque act of political vandalism.
February 13, 2026 at 6:49 PM
BREAKING: DHS waives dozens of laws to rush border wall construction through Big Bend State Park.
They want to rob this iconic western landscape from all of us, locking away our fishing holes & campsites behind concrete and steel. It's a grotesque act of political vandalism.
They want to rob this iconic western landscape from all of us, locking away our fishing holes & campsites behind concrete and steel. It's a grotesque act of political vandalism.
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Part of the Trump Administration's campaign against immigrants is the false assertion that they vote illegally in elections. @cato.org shows that audits in multiple states contradict the claim of massive election fraud by immigrants.
Facts matter.
Facts matter.
February 14, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Part of the Trump Administration's campaign against immigrants is the false assertion that they vote illegally in elections. @cato.org shows that audits in multiple states contradict the claim of massive election fraud by immigrants.
Facts matter.
Facts matter.
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I'm going to need you to sit down and read this headline slowly
🚨 President Trump’s Claim of an “Irrefutable” Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text in the Shadows of a Microfilm Copy of the U.S. Constitution electionlawblog.org?p=154326
President Trump's Claim of an "Irrefutable" Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text ...
Yesterday I noted the latest set of unhinged social media posts from President Trump in which he declared that voter id requirements and other election changes would be imposed in the midterms via exe...
electionlawblog.org
February 14, 2026 at 6:15 PM
I'm going to need you to sit down and read this headline slowly
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Read it twice. Then a third time. This is the legal theory now: hidden constitutional messages discovered by a Marriott hotel manager in microfilm shadows. Authoritarianism isn’t coming with jackboots, it’s arriving via conspiracy fanfic dressed up as executive power.
I'm going to need you to sit down and read this headline slowly
🚨 President Trump’s Claim of an “Irrefutable” Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text in the Shadows of a Microfilm Copy of the U.S. Constitution electionlawblog.org?p=154326
February 14, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Read it twice. Then a third time. This is the legal theory now: hidden constitutional messages discovered by a Marriott hotel manager in microfilm shadows. Authoritarianism isn’t coming with jackboots, it’s arriving via conspiracy fanfic dressed up as executive power.
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🚨ICE just got access to one of its biggest private detention center operators last night, thanks to a Navy contract.
The move lets ICE bypass normal contracting processes to tap GEO Group to operate its detention centers as they race to buy detention sites to house 92,000 detainees nationwide.
The move lets ICE bypass normal contracting processes to tap GEO Group to operate its detention centers as they race to buy detention sites to house 92,000 detainees nationwide.
ICE Gains Fast-Track Access to Private Prison Giant as It Plans to Nearly Double Detention Capacity
Navy contract allows immigration agency to bypass normal bidding and hire one of its largest detention operators directly as it plans to add 92,000 beds by November
projectsaltbox.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:19 PM
🚨ICE just got access to one of its biggest private detention center operators last night, thanks to a Navy contract.
The move lets ICE bypass normal contracting processes to tap GEO Group to operate its detention centers as they race to buy detention sites to house 92,000 detainees nationwide.
The move lets ICE bypass normal contracting processes to tap GEO Group to operate its detention centers as they race to buy detention sites to house 92,000 detainees nationwide.
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Trump on track to raise debt by 40 TRILLION DOLLARS ‼️Spending like Drunken Sailors…. to enrich his criminal cronies .
🚨ICE just got access to one of its biggest private detention center operators last night, thanks to a Navy contract.
The move lets ICE bypass normal contracting processes to tap GEO Group to operate its detention centers as they race to buy detention sites to house 92,000 detainees nationwide.
The move lets ICE bypass normal contracting processes to tap GEO Group to operate its detention centers as they race to buy detention sites to house 92,000 detainees nationwide.
ICE Gains Fast-Track Access to Private Prison Giant as It Plans to Nearly Double Detention Capacity
Navy contract allows immigration agency to bypass normal bidding and hire one of its largest detention operators directly as it plans to add 92,000 beds by November
projectsaltbox.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Trump on track to raise debt by 40 TRILLION DOLLARS ‼️Spending like Drunken Sailors…. to enrich his criminal cronies .
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When Monet first exhibited this impression of a sunrise at Le Havre, most critics were appalled, claiming they could not recognise what the painting was supposed to show.
The energy transition to renewables is not dissimilar: “What? Electricity without combustion? Ridiculous!”
The rest is history.
The energy transition to renewables is not dissimilar: “What? Electricity without combustion? Ridiculous!”
The rest is history.
February 14, 2026 at 5:20 PM
When Monet first exhibited this impression of a sunrise at Le Havre, most critics were appalled, claiming they could not recognise what the painting was supposed to show.
The energy transition to renewables is not dissimilar: “What? Electricity without combustion? Ridiculous!”
The rest is history.
The energy transition to renewables is not dissimilar: “What? Electricity without combustion? Ridiculous!”
The rest is history.
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Pelosi calls out Trump over FBI raid in Georgia ahead of midterms: 'Not right'
Pelosi calls out Trump over FBI raid in Georgia ahead of midterms: 'Not right'
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Saturday blasted President Trump and his administration over what she called "surveillance" ahead of November's midterms, citing the recent FBI raid on an election office in Georgia. "I hear that all over the United States, not just in Europe, that there is concern about the election," Pelosi told...
thehill.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Pelosi calls out Trump over FBI raid in Georgia ahead of midterms: 'Not right'
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◾️Putin wants Donbas to "sell" this victory to Russians. We cannot give up our territory. It's not just territory, there's 200,000 of our people there;
◾️We don't have a lot of Flamingo missiles; we've used them several days ago on the territory where Oreshnik system is located;
◾️We don't have a lot of Flamingo missiles; we've used them several days ago on the territory where Oreshnik system is located;
February 14, 2026 at 6:22 PM
◾️Putin wants Donbas to "sell" this victory to Russians. We cannot give up our territory. It's not just territory, there's 200,000 of our people there;
◾️We don't have a lot of Flamingo missiles; we've used them several days ago on the territory where Oreshnik system is located;
◾️We don't have a lot of Flamingo missiles; we've used them several days ago on the territory where Oreshnik system is located;
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🔥 Top Campaigns, Last 24 Hours:
1️⃣ “Defend the Clean Air Act—Stop the EPA Rollback” (+13,501)
2️⃣ “Pam Bondi broke laws at her Oversight Committee appearance” (+5,340)
3️⃣ “Congress Must Act: The Attorney General Has Disqualified Herself” (+4,690)
1️⃣ “Defend the Clean Air Act—Stop the EPA Rollback” (+13,501)
2️⃣ “Pam Bondi broke laws at her Oversight Committee appearance” (+5,340)
3️⃣ “Congress Must Act: The Attorney General Has Disqualified Herself” (+4,690)
Resistbot Petitions
Trending campaigns organized by Resistbot members.
resist.bot
February 14, 2026 at 5:49 PM
🔥 Top Campaigns, Last 24 Hours:
1️⃣ “Defend the Clean Air Act—Stop the EPA Rollback” (+13,501)
2️⃣ “Pam Bondi broke laws at her Oversight Committee appearance” (+5,340)
3️⃣ “Congress Must Act: The Attorney General Has Disqualified Herself” (+4,690)
1️⃣ “Defend the Clean Air Act—Stop the EPA Rollback” (+13,501)
2️⃣ “Pam Bondi broke laws at her Oversight Committee appearance” (+5,340)
3️⃣ “Congress Must Act: The Attorney General Has Disqualified Herself” (+4,690)
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🖋️ “Kristi Noem is a threat to Democracy” hit 250 signers!
💬 Text SIGN PCBHXL to 50409
💬 Text SIGN PCBHXL to 50409
Kristi Noem is a threat to Democracy
Text SIGN PCBHXL to 50409 — Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
That is some election-rigging rhetoric. Kristi Noem is dangerous to democracy.
resist.bot
February 14, 2026 at 5:48 PM
🖋️ “Kristi Noem is a threat to Democracy” hit 250 signers!
💬 Text SIGN PCBHXL to 50409
💬 Text SIGN PCBHXL to 50409