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Dr. Jennifer Krauel

@freetailed.bsky.social

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Ecologist @ South Dakota State University, organizer @ Scientist Rebellion, member/organizer @ Working Families Party Portland OR https://www.krauel.com/ I study animal migration, esp bats and insects, but now I'm mostly fighting for climate justice

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Dr. Jennifer Krauel @freetailed.bsky.social · Nov 14

This place is just so gosh-darned wholesome.
Pocket #bat pic just for you.
Who knew there was social media that didn't require a shower afterward

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Dr. Jennifer Krauel @freetailed.bsky.social · 5h

I worked for him back in the day and I never bought the ‘good billionaire’ thing

Dr. Jennifer Krauel @freetailed.bsky.social · 7h

Spread the word to scientists 🧪

Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 7h

Journalist here

I’m interested in talking to a federal agency scientist who was fired, then rehired. I can keep you anonymous. I’m on Signal ginnyg.04

Reposts are appreciated!

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Dr. Jennifer Krauel @freetailed.bsky.social · 7h

I heard it’s something about plywood

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Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 9h

It's gonna fuck him up if he finds out we have a store called Mr. Plywood.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Dr. Jennifer Krauel @freetailed.bsky.social · 12h

👀 make it make sense pls

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

Dr. Jennifer Krauel @freetailed.bsky.social · 12h

Abolish billionaires, that will fix so many problems

elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 13h

rightist plutocrats are doing politics. liberal plutocrats are doing charity. it’s an entirely different mindset.

Dr. Jennifer Krauel @freetailed.bsky.social · 15h

❤️ @councilormorillo.bsky.social making me proud yet again 🔥

“War Ravaged” Portland Jobs with Justice @jwjpdx.bsky.social · 16h

"A Portland City Council member [Angelita Morillo] made a CNN anchor chuckle Thursday after calling Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem a 'renowned puppy killer' who is 'afraid of protesters wearing frog costumes and chicken costumes.'"

CNN anchor can't help but laugh as Trump Cabinet member brutally mocked by official

A Portland City Council member made a CNN anchor chuckle Thursday after calling Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem a "renowned puppy killer" who is "afraid of protesters wearing frog costumes ...

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Dr. Jennifer Krauel @freetailed.bsky.social · 15h

Happy to follow your amazing work wherever you go! Congratulations 🎉

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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 16h

A couple of years ago, the Democrats in the Oregon legislature passed a domestic terrorism law over of the objection of civil liberties advocates, environmentalists, and ordinarily reasonable Oregonians who told them this would only be used against the left.

It fits right in with Trump’s strategy.

emily @soupmuse.bsky.social · 16h

This is why we collectively needed to reject the terrorism framework long ago. There is no equivalent to the counter-terror framework in eroding rights and legal norms.

Every “counter-terror” response has been an act of overreach that paints an entire community as guilty.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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“War Ravaged” Portland Jobs with Justice @jwjpdx.bsky.social · 1d

To Noem, an entire state worth of officials and residents is just simply running a massive cover-up.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

“I … met with the governor, met with the mayor, met with the chief of police, and the superintendent of the highway patrol. They’re all lying, and disingenuous, and dishonest people,” Noem said, because they wouldn’t back up her baseless claims that the streets were overrun with terrorists.

ICE Barbie Says an Entire State’s Worth of Officials Are “Lying”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is convinced, against all evidence, that Portland is a war zone.

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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 1d

RE: the question of what does it mean if the courts say it is ok for the President to deploy military in the cities based on bullshit claims…

The Nazis also had courts.

The law is inherently political.

Lawyers & judges approving of something blatantly unconstitutional is a reflection of that.

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Dr. Jennifer Krauel @freetailed.bsky.social · 1d

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Jonathan Maus @jonathanmaus.bsky.social · 1d

So much of what Trump and his cronies say that their enemies are doing is just projection… So the fact that they’re latest line of attack is that Portland/Oregon is “covering up terrorism” is a real tell.

Dr. Jennifer Krauel @freetailed.bsky.social · 1d

Release the Epstein Files

Jeff Merkley @jeff-merkley.bsky.social · 1d

House Republicans fled D.C. to avoid re-opening the government and fixing people’s health care, but let’s recognize there’s another reason the GOP doesn’t want to be in the building…

Release the Epstein Files.

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Diane @tonawandagirl.bsky.social · 1d

2500 events so far and more new ones being created every day (many more than last spring's protest). Sign up here for an event in your area: www.nokings.org If you don't see one, create one! #Resist #NoKings October 18, 2025

Map of the United States and Canada with 2500 blue dots in every state on the map representing No Kings events scheduled for October 18, 2025

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Dr. Jennifer Krauel @freetailed.bsky.social · 3d

Please take a moment to do this, your kids will thank you

Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 3d

Everything is stupid and dangerous right now, *but* we have an opportunity to make a least one thing less stupid and dangerous.

Please submit a comment to the PDX city planners asking them to prevent any further expansion of liquid fuel storage at the CEI Hub and mandate a fuel drawdown.

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Demand a Safer Portland! Stop the CEI Hub Time Bomb!

Tell City Hall to Choose Public Health and Safety Over Corporate Profits at the CEI Hub Portland faces a historic choice—one that will determine our city’s safety and environmental legacy for generat...

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 3d

Kristi Noem is cosplaying as a public official. In reality, she's been sent by Trump to incite violence. Don't tar and feather her as Speaker Johnson suggested for Governor Newsom. The best response to her playacting as cop? Ignore her and keep supporting our community.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem expected in Portland for ICE facility visit

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem could be coming to Portland today.

katu.com

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Dr. Jennifer Krauel @freetailed.bsky.social · 6d

Frustrated by the D party's lack of spine? Messaging expert @anatosaurus.bsky.social lays out clearly why it's happening + unlikely to change, and a very powerful + viable alternative path (@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 👀)

👉 @workingfamilies.org shows how to win with it:
💥 TELL THE TRUTH 💥

Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight

“Pollingism” Has Failed Democrats and Voters. Here’s Why, and What to Do Instead.

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Dr. Jennifer Krauel @freetailed.bsky.social · 6d

Super important and useful info, please share widely

Oregon for All @oregonforall.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 Federal agents are in Oregon: 50–100 CBP personnel in Portland, plus 200 National Guard troops deployed. This could mean more profiling, raids & force.

📱 Film evidence
☎️ PIRC: 1-888-622-1510
⚖️ ECO legal help: 1-888-274-7292

#OregonIsHome #ShareFactsNotFear

Dr. Jennifer Krauel @freetailed.bsky.social · 7d

Hey Portland! We're putting on a show on the 18th at the Barrel Room - after the No Kings rally. We could all use a bit of fun right now. Come and party with us!

Samba Carnaval featuring Bloco Alegria!

Brown Paper Tickets - The first and only fair trade ticketing company!

www.brownpapertickets.com

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Dacia Grayber @djgrayber.bsky.social · 7d

Courtesy of @harebrained.bsky.social

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 9d

if you aren’t super tuned into COVID news it is unlikely you know just how easily the newest variant spreads.

vaccinate. mask. act like it is 2021. or you are probably going to get it. (ask me how i know!)

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Taylor Griggs @taylorgriggs.bsky.social · 10d

“What the people think is one thing; what is publicized about what they think can be quite something else. The media cannot mold every political feeling we have, but they can fill the air with pronouncements about what our feelings allegedly are.”

-Michael Parenti, “Inventing Reality”

There exists not only public opinion but opinions about public opinion. What the people think is one thing; what is publicized about what they think can be quite something else. The media cannot mold
every political feeling we have, but they can fill the air with pronouncements about what our feelings allegedly are. The press may not be able to create a conservative mood within us but it can repeatedly announce that a conservative mood exists, thereby doing much to create the impression of such a mood and encouraging conservative forces to come to the fore. The press cannot stop protests, but it can discredit them, ignore them, and declare them to be things of the past, of no interest to people nowadays, thereby discouraging popular political actions. In short, even more than manipulating actual opinions, the media have a great deal of power in controlling opinion visibility.
They create a media image of public opinion that often plays a more crucial role in setting the issue agenda than does actual public opinion
and which has a feedback effect on actual opinion.
The institutions of this society whose job, among other things, is to socialize people into patterns of conventional belief and acceptable behavior, do not operate with perfect effect. Despite persistent conditioning, some people will still become disaffected. Longstanding grievances can erupt at unexpected moments. Sometimes extraordinary
events play on the public's discontents, galvanizing a kind of protest that not even the most skillful media propagandist, the smoothest
educator, or the slickest political leader can mollify.

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Dr. Jennifer Krauel @freetailed.bsky.social · 11d

❤️ my councilor!
Share this with vets and active service members you know

Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 12d

Trump’s deployment of troops to Portland is a dangerous escalation of authoritarianism. Now is the time to find our own ways of standing up and fighting back to preserve our democracy. Fellow vets: we need you to muster. And those serving: you can refuse an unlawful order as you may receive it.

Dr. Jennifer Krauel @freetailed.bsky.social · 12d

Gov Kotek: “Oregonians know this is bullshit”
@pdxoregon50501.bsky.social

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Dr. Jennifer Krauel @freetailed.bsky.social · 12d

I see at least a couple of city councilors in this clip. But no war zone

Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 12d

Today, Portland ICE facility. Peaceful protesters came with flowers and signs.