Helixx
@helixandra.bsky.social
Interested in stuff; no time for bigots. Fond of nature and science, the differences between cultures, board gaming. I like to learn about things I didn't know I didn't know.
ALT: Profile picture is two eyeballs on stalks, photo is inside Froghall tunnel.
ALT: Profile picture is two eyeballs on stalks, photo is inside Froghall tunnel.
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
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Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
December 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
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LMAO McGovern is on fire right now 🔥🔥🔥
December 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
LMAO McGovern is on fire right now 🔥🔥🔥
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NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
December 17, 2025 at 4:14 AM
NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
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Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
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BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
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A firm with deep ties to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem reportedly secretly received funding from a $220 million taxpayer-funded DHS ad campaign.
The public deserves answers on how the firm ended up getting this money. The DHS inspector general must open an investigation.
The public deserves answers on how the firm ended up getting this money. The DHS inspector general must open an investigation.
December 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A firm with deep ties to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem reportedly secretly received funding from a $220 million taxpayer-funded DHS ad campaign.
The public deserves answers on how the firm ended up getting this money. The DHS inspector general must open an investigation.
The public deserves answers on how the firm ended up getting this money. The DHS inspector general must open an investigation.
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Curzon is missing. I let him out back to do his business and he just disappeared. I've looked and I haven't found them. Anybody if you're in the Potomac/ Bethesda area please keep an eye out.
December 15, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Curzon is missing. I let him out back to do his business and he just disappeared. I've looked and I haven't found them. Anybody if you're in the Potomac/ Bethesda area please keep an eye out.
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In a highly unusual move, the EPA is revising an assessment of the health dangers posed by formaldehyde, a widespread pollutant that causes far more cancer than any other chemical in the air.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
In a highly unusual move, the EPA is revising an assessment of the health dangers posed by formaldehyde, a widespread pollutant that causes far more cancer than any other chemical in the air.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
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“We almost had a midair collision up here,” the JetBlue pilot said, according to a recording of his conversation with air traffic control. “They passed directly in our flight path. … They don’t have their transponder turned on, it’s outrageous.” www.cnn.com/2025/12/14/p...
JetBlue plane near Venezuela avoids ‘midair collision’ with US Air Force aircraft | CNN Politics
A JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curaçao halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a US Air Force refueling tanker on Friday, and the pilot blamed the military plane for crossing hi...
www.cnn.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
“We almost had a midair collision up here,” the JetBlue pilot said, according to a recording of his conversation with air traffic control. “They passed directly in our flight path. … They don’t have their transponder turned on, it’s outrageous.” www.cnn.com/2025/12/14/p...
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ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
December 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
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Armed ICE agents trapped U.S. citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers.
Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN.
They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers.
Every single person was a U.S. citizen.
Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN.
They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers.
Every single person was a U.S. citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Armed ICE agents trapped U.S. citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers.
Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN.
They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers.
Every single person was a U.S. citizen.
Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN.
They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers.
Every single person was a U.S. citizen.
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Excited to announce that my wife Karen has taken up the bagpipes
December 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Excited to announce that my wife Karen has taken up the bagpipes
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The Luhansk region once buzzed with Christmas lights, carols, and festive markets, full of life and tradition.
For over 10 years, war and occupation have silenced streets and destroyed towns.
We dream of the day Luhansk returns to Ukraine and can celebrate freely again.
For over 10 years, war and occupation have silenced streets and destroyed towns.
We dream of the day Luhansk returns to Ukraine and can celebrate freely again.
December 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The Luhansk region once buzzed with Christmas lights, carols, and festive markets, full of life and tradition.
For over 10 years, war and occupation have silenced streets and destroyed towns.
We dream of the day Luhansk returns to Ukraine and can celebrate freely again.
For over 10 years, war and occupation have silenced streets and destroyed towns.
We dream of the day Luhansk returns to Ukraine and can celebrate freely again.
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Together For Palestine: Lullaby - their single released today, December 12, 2025; featuring Brian Eno, Neneh Cherry and more on vocals www.youtube.com/watch?v=G957...
Together For Palestine - Lullaby (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Together For Palestine
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December 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Together For Palestine: Lullaby - their single released today, December 12, 2025; featuring Brian Eno, Neneh Cherry and more on vocals www.youtube.com/watch?v=G957...
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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A+ trolling from Zelenskyy
December 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A+ trolling from Zelenskyy
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The Trump administration said it plans to cancel the union contract that applies to about 47,000 Transportation Security Administration employees, claiming the agreement interferes with the agency’s security responsibilities.
December 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The Trump administration said it plans to cancel the union contract that applies to about 47,000 Transportation Security Administration employees, claiming the agreement interferes with the agency’s security responsibilities.
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Report Leading Cause Of Death In U.S. Is God Needing Another Angel
December 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Report Leading Cause Of Death In U.S. Is God Needing Another Angel
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Reform UK animal lovers, will you be joining your leader at the hunt?
December 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Reform UK animal lovers, will you be joining your leader at the hunt?
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ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
December 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
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There’s too much noise out there distracting from things like this, and the exposure of the Everglades Concentration camp using full on torture devices. All of this is only the tip of this genocidal iceberg. You can’t simply vote this away.
Also this is Seattle, in a blue state.
Also this is Seattle, in a blue state.
I’ve heard from immigration attorneys that clients say ICE guards lay out the WRAP device (essentially a full-body straitjacket) on the tarmac as a threat — “do what we say or you’re getting the WRAP on the whole flight.”
And here’s proof, from Seattle livestream today via @lalabote.bsky.social.
And here’s proof, from Seattle livestream today via @lalabote.bsky.social.
December 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
There’s too much noise out there distracting from things like this, and the exposure of the Everglades Concentration camp using full on torture devices. All of this is only the tip of this genocidal iceberg. You can’t simply vote this away.
Also this is Seattle, in a blue state.
Also this is Seattle, in a blue state.
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"Several nursing mothers had seen their milk dry up due to poor nutrition while they were held in detention in the United States. A woman who was four months pregnant was denied medication for gestational diabetes."
A gift from the American people.
A gift from the American people.
Trump’s Deportations Are Ripping Mothers from Their Babies
The president’s immigration policy is “beyond inhumane.”
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"Several nursing mothers had seen their milk dry up due to poor nutrition while they were held in detention in the United States. A woman who was four months pregnant was denied medication for gestational diabetes."
A gift from the American people.
A gift from the American people.