Ed VanDyke
edv42.bsky.social
Ed VanDyke
@edv42.bsky.social
Ret PacNW native
Bleeding-heart-on-sleeve lib/prog, cisM, Scientific Pantheish
#TBI #H2G2

We are but ideas of the Universe.
Go forth and be a good idea.
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Folks, I hate to say it but the Dow closed at 49,500. People are going to be able to start talking about the Epstein Files again this weekend
February 13, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Pam Bondi-
Because Courtney Love needs an Oscar.
February 13, 2026 at 1:04 AM
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If we are required to show a passport in order to vote, doesn’t that make passport fees an illegal poll tax?
February 12, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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February 12, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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February 12, 2026 at 9:27 AM
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Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @redistrictingaction.org and tell your member of Congress to vote no: act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-saveact-cte
February 11, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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February 11, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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February 11, 2026 at 3:37 AM
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🚨BREAKING: Puerto Rico has been part of the United States since 1898, and people still act confused that Puerto Ricans are American.

States that joined after Puerto Rico:
• Oklahoma — 1907
• New Mexico — 1912
• Arizona — 1912
• Alaska — 1959
• Hawaii — 1959

Yet somehow this is still news to folks.
February 10, 2026 at 4:36 AM
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February 10, 2026 at 6:25 AM
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#FeedMinneapolis is doing the work — funding trusted local food shelves and community kitchens with an urgent goal of feeding 10,000 people in just two weeks.
Minneapolis residents are facing a growing food crisis. Fear from ICE is keeping families—especially elders, parents, and the homebound from groceries.

Feed Minneapolis funds trusted local food shelves and kitchens, with a goal of feeding 10,000 people in 2 weeks.

www.gofundme.com/f/support-fe...
February 10, 2026 at 2:54 AM
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Let’s be clear!
#Epstein
February 9, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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February 9, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Well, EBT dropped today. It went from $180ish per month to $24.
I guess I'll need ti tighten some belts. 🤨
February 8, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Always terrifying to imagine how he’ll make a popular event about himself, when he’s too chickenshit to go. 😬🤞
The real reason the president is skipping the Super Bowl is because he knows he’d be drowned in a sea of 69,000 boos. Advisers privately warned him that the chances he’d be jeered were high, making lots of fodder for viral clips, according to four sources familiar with the conversations.
Trump Will Skip Super Bowl After Embarrassing Warning From His Team
President Trump and his team know exactly how unpopular he is.
newrepublic.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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February 7, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Just gonna drop this photo of January 6 insurrectionist Jake Lang destroying a "Prosecute ICE" sculpture in Minneapolis. He's been arrested for this, btw.
February 6, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Bigoted trolling can't unrape children, (nor free them from disease and suffering infested concentration camps).

Keep your eye on the ball.
This is what being “restrained only by your own morality” looks like.
February 6, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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DHS must provide answers about what is happening to children at this facility.

No child should be detained in these conditions.
BREAKING: A young girl in immigration detention reportedly attempted to take her own life, at the same Texas facility experiencing a measles outbreak and where Liam Ramos was detained.
February 6, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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Epstein survivor Anouska De Georgiou: The fact that the very people who are meant to lead this country have completely retraumatized us… it’s—I mean—it’s like being raped by the Department of Justice.
February 6, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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Keep being the brightest light President Obama! Michelle, you are one of greatest First Ladies we have ever had. We love you both!🇺🇸
@barackobama.bsky.social
@obamafoundation.bsky.social
February 6, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM