Paul Wren
@elevenpointtwo.bsky.social
Avionics software engineer, adjunct Astronomy professor, occasional planetary scientist, former developer of @jmars_gis.bsky.social he/him #SaveOurOceans #BlackLivesMatter #SaveOurRepublic
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Wouldn’t NYT style be F.A.F.O?
January 30, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Wouldn’t NYT style be F.A.F.O?
Halt! This is a book checkpoint 📚
Last: Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
Current: Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
Next: System Collapse by Martha Wells
#booksky
Last: Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
Current: Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
Next: System Collapse by Martha Wells
#booksky
Halt! This is a book checkpoint 📚
Last: The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O-Meara
Current: Phengaris by Anna Orridge and In Bloom by Eva Verde
Next: Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
#booksky
Last: The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O-Meara
Current: Phengaris by Anna Orridge and In Bloom by Eva Verde
Next: Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
#booksky
Halt! This is a book checkpoint 📚
Last: Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman (available February 10)
Current: Secret Nights and Northern Lights by Megan Oliver
Next: Second Time's a Charm by Taylor Epperson (available in April)
#booksky
Last: Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman (available February 10)
Current: Secret Nights and Northern Lights by Megan Oliver
Next: Second Time's a Charm by Taylor Epperson (available in April)
#booksky
January 31, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Halt! This is a book checkpoint 📚
Last: Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
Current: Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
Next: System Collapse by Martha Wells
#booksky
Last: Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
Current: Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
Next: System Collapse by Martha Wells
#booksky
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The fact that giving one donation means I will receive both paper and e-mail from an organization until the end of time really discourages me from expanding the list of charities I support.
January 30, 2026 at 10:49 PM
The fact that giving one donation means I will receive both paper and e-mail from an organization until the end of time really discourages me from expanding the list of charities I support.
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So if I’m understanding this sequence correctly, from Thanksgiving to Christmas 2012, Elon Musk was essentially pestering registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to throw him a wild party on the island.
January 30, 2026 at 9:24 PM
So if I’m understanding this sequence correctly, from Thanksgiving to Christmas 2012, Elon Musk was essentially pestering registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to throw him a wild party on the island.
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Dhillon is subject to DC Rule of Professional Conduct 3.8(f), which prohibits prosecutors from making “extrajudicial comments which serve to heighten condemnation of the accused.”
c: @glowlaw.org
c: @glowlaw.org
January 30, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Dhillon is subject to DC Rule of Professional Conduct 3.8(f), which prohibits prosecutors from making “extrajudicial comments which serve to heighten condemnation of the accused.”
c: @glowlaw.org
c: @glowlaw.org
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Will SOMEONE in this godforsaken Congress actually take their oath to protect and defend the United States constitution with the same degree of seriousness as every person in Minneapolis?
January 30, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Will SOMEONE in this godforsaken Congress actually take their oath to protect and defend the United States constitution with the same degree of seriousness as every person in Minneapolis?
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"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
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Jesus weeping and throwing up Christ it's not a goddamned "shadow network" it's NEIGHBORS protecting their NEIGHBORS
January 29, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Jesus weeping and throwing up Christ it's not a goddamned "shadow network" it's NEIGHBORS protecting their NEIGHBORS
Not five minutes into catching up this a.m. and my rage has derailed me. Nothing new to see! The admin lies, Dems posture, and Schumer's ready to cut a deal for new rules that repeat what laws and Constitution already require.
Gonna tell my senators to have a spine, and try to get some work done.
Gonna tell my senators to have a spine, and try to get some work done.
January 29, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Not five minutes into catching up this a.m. and my rage has derailed me. Nothing new to see! The admin lies, Dems posture, and Schumer's ready to cut a deal for new rules that repeat what laws and Constitution already require.
Gonna tell my senators to have a spine, and try to get some work done.
Gonna tell my senators to have a spine, and try to get some work done.
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Rakel Kristiansen, from a family of shamanic practitioners, said Inuit people saw themselves as temporary guardians of the land. “In our understanding, owning land is the wrong question...The question should be who is responsible for the land. The land existed before us, and it will exist after us.”
No one owns our Arctic land, we share it, say Greenland’s Inuit
Inuit in Greenland reject the idea of buying land, holding it collectively as their identity, even as remote villages like Kapisillit struggle to survive and retain tradition.
www.reuters.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Rakel Kristiansen, from a family of shamanic practitioners, said Inuit people saw themselves as temporary guardians of the land. “In our understanding, owning land is the wrong question...The question should be who is responsible for the land. The land existed before us, and it will exist after us.”
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The deadline to register for the upcoming Planetary Science Community Workshop (2026) in Louisville KY is January 31. If you are interested in attending, please register as soon as possible!
planetaryworkshop.org
planetaryworkshop.org
PSCW 2026
planetaryworkshop.org
January 28, 2026 at 8:54 PM
The deadline to register for the upcoming Planetary Science Community Workshop (2026) in Louisville KY is January 31. If you are interested in attending, please register as soon as possible!
planetaryworkshop.org
planetaryworkshop.org
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Chuck Schumer just announced demands on DHS to avoid shutdown:
1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants
2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents
3. No more masks & require bodycams
There are *already* standards on much of this.
The issue is DHS isn't following them!
1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants
2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents
3. No more masks & require bodycams
There are *already* standards on much of this.
The issue is DHS isn't following them!
January 28, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Chuck Schumer just announced demands on DHS to avoid shutdown:
1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants
2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents
3. No more masks & require bodycams
There are *already* standards on much of this.
The issue is DHS isn't following them!
1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants
2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents
3. No more masks & require bodycams
There are *already* standards on much of this.
The issue is DHS isn't following them!
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HARLEM ALERT
ICE are alllll over Harlem right now, 116 & Frederick Douglass, checking IDs and targeting the area’s African community. Multiple people have been detained.
Community members are advising folks to carry citizenship documents - or stay away if they are at risk
Community members are advising folks to carry citizenship documents - or stay away if they are at risk
January 28, 2026 at 7:21 PM
HARLEM ALERT
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No shit.
"As someone who has spent a significant amount of time in the West Bank of Palestine, I know an occupation when I see one—and what is happening in Minnesota right now is an occupation."
https://bit.ly/4rE82z1
https://bit.ly/4rE82z1
Occupied Minnesota
Minneapolis right now reminds me of what I've seen during my time in the West Bank.
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 4:32 PM
No shit.
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Tuesday morning:
New CBS boss promises “huge emphasis on scoops.”
Tuesday evening:
CBS Evening News anchor interviews his mom.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
New CBS boss promises “huge emphasis on scoops.”
Tuesday evening:
CBS Evening News anchor interviews his mom.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
‘CBS Evening News’: Tony Dokoupil Under Fire for Interviewing His Own Mom
Viewers accuse CBS News of 'dumbing down.'
www.yahoo.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Tuesday morning:
New CBS boss promises “huge emphasis on scoops.”
Tuesday evening:
CBS Evening News anchor interviews his mom.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
New CBS boss promises “huge emphasis on scoops.”
Tuesday evening:
CBS Evening News anchor interviews his mom.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
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Kill the electricity and water to the building. Do emergency road construction on ALL roads leading into or out of the facility. Condemn the building for human code violations and have it demolished.
If the roles were reversed and dems were doing this, Republicans would have ended it months ago.
If the roles were reversed and dems were doing this, Republicans would have ended it months ago.
January 27, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Kill the electricity and water to the building. Do emergency road construction on ALL roads leading into or out of the facility. Condemn the building for human code violations and have it demolished.
If the roles were reversed and dems were doing this, Republicans would have ended it months ago.
If the roles were reversed and dems were doing this, Republicans would have ended it months ago.
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As calls grow to abolish ICE, Alec Karakatsanis warns activists not fall for “copaganda,” which “takes ordinary people who are outraged over what’s happening and converts them into supporting meaningless reforms that actually don’t reduce the size or power or budget of these bureaucracies.”
In Battle Over DHS Funding, Reforms Like Body Cameras Are a “Copaganda” Myth
Let’s focus on changes that will actually reduce the violence these agencies commit, says author Alec Karakatsanis.
truthout.org
January 27, 2026 at 8:02 PM
As calls grow to abolish ICE, Alec Karakatsanis warns activists not fall for “copaganda,” which “takes ordinary people who are outraged over what’s happening and converts them into supporting meaningless reforms that actually don’t reduce the size or power or budget of these bureaucracies.”
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The thing about Greg Bovino being pulled out of the fray is that he’s not in charge of ICE. That’s Todd Lyon.
In either case we’re gonna need to Abolish CBP and Abolish ICE
In either case we’re gonna need to Abolish CBP and Abolish ICE
January 27, 2026 at 1:51 PM
The thing about Greg Bovino being pulled out of the fray is that he’s not in charge of ICE. That’s Todd Lyon.
In either case we’re gonna need to Abolish CBP and Abolish ICE
In either case we’re gonna need to Abolish CBP and Abolish ICE
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When they tell you "CBP stays at the border," this is what they mean:
January 27, 2026 at 3:10 PM
When they tell you "CBP stays at the border," this is what they mean:
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New evidence reveals how Greenland's seaweed locks away carbon in the deep ocean - @pml.ac.uk
pml.ac.uk/news/new-evi...
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New evidence reveals how Greenland’s seaweed locks away carbon in the deep ocean
An interdisciplinary study confirms, for the first time, the oceanographic pathways that transport floating macroalgae from the coastal waters of Southwest Greenland to deep-sea carbon reservoirs, pot
pml.ac.uk
January 26, 2026 at 9:42 PM
New evidence reveals how Greenland's seaweed locks away carbon in the deep ocean - @pml.ac.uk
pml.ac.uk/news/new-evi...
pml.ac.uk/news/new-evi...
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The location I went to on Gilbert & Warner had assistance from Gilbert PD. People came to observe but most missed the raid. However I spoke to Zipps employees who showed me footage of their co-worker getting taken. They told me that agents ordered all non-white employees show proof of citizenship.
January 27, 2026 at 4:35 AM
The location I went to on Gilbert & Warner had assistance from Gilbert PD. People came to observe but most missed the raid. However I spoke to Zipps employees who showed me footage of their co-worker getting taken. They told me that agents ordered all non-white employees show proof of citizenship.
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we are witnessing historic backpedaling here
January 27, 2026 at 1:15 AM
we are witnessing historic backpedaling here
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I want to say clearly:
LPI staff and scientists are NOT the problem. Let's not attack them. The problem is failure of leadership at USRA, and the decision of LPI leadership to delete abstracts without having a conversation with the community.
LPI staff and scientists did not make the decision.
LPI staff and scientists are NOT the problem. Let's not attack them. The problem is failure of leadership at USRA, and the decision of LPI leadership to delete abstracts without having a conversation with the community.
LPI staff and scientists did not make the decision.
January 27, 2026 at 2:18 AM
I want to say clearly:
LPI staff and scientists are NOT the problem. Let's not attack them. The problem is failure of leadership at USRA, and the decision of LPI leadership to delete abstracts without having a conversation with the community.
LPI staff and scientists did not make the decision.
LPI staff and scientists are NOT the problem. Let's not attack them. The problem is failure of leadership at USRA, and the decision of LPI leadership to delete abstracts without having a conversation with the community.
LPI staff and scientists did not make the decision.
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