MaBear
@mabear.bsky.social
Lover of insects, nature and the well written word.
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Federal law required the Jan. 6 plaque to be hung on Capitol grounds by March 2023.
It still has not been put up.
It still has not been put up.
🚨 🚨 🚨
IT’S PHONE CALLS ☎️📱
FOR THE PLAQUE DAY
Join us!
1. Like and REPOST this
2. Call 202-224-3121, ask for your House Rep, and (courteously) tell them you expect ACTION on the Plaque
3. Do Speaker Johnson’s office, too 202-225-4000
4. Post a comment with how it went 👇🏼
IT’S PHONE CALLS ☎️📱
FOR THE PLAQUE DAY
Join us!
1. Like and REPOST this
2. Call 202-224-3121, ask for your House Rep, and (courteously) tell them you expect ACTION on the Plaque
3. Do Speaker Johnson’s office, too 202-225-4000
4. Post a comment with how it went 👇🏼
January 6, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Federal law required the Jan. 6 plaque to be hung on Capitol grounds by March 2023.
It still has not been put up.
It still has not been put up.
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Given all the insane things that the Trump regime has done, nothing should surprise us. But I’m still shocked and angry that they are going to dismantle NCAR.
Trump Administration Plans to Break Up NCAR - Eos
The Trump administration is planning to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, one of the world’s leading climate and Earth science research laboratories, according to a statement fro...
eos.org
December 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Given all the insane things that the Trump regime has done, nothing should surprise us. But I’m still shocked and angry that they are going to dismantle NCAR.
Movie Date TBA
What a crazy-ass story this is. I want to read the book and watch the movie… www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Did the C.I.A. Lose a Nuclear Device in the Himalayas?
A plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of the world’s highest mountains in a covert mission that the U.S. will not talk about.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Movie Date TBA
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I lost my job, my kids have measles, and my town is flooded with cocaine now that Trump pardoned all the traffickers. But at least the State Department is using Times New Roman again.
December 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I lost my job, my kids have measles, and my town is flooded with cocaine now that Trump pardoned all the traffickers. But at least the State Department is using Times New Roman again.
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day 1 is "penzeys revolution blend" and i cant stop laughing at "we have to GET RID of this lying, cheating, CORRUPT SCUMBAG PRESIDENT!! RESIST! REVOLT! REVOLUTION NOW!! good on roast poultry and carrots"
December 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
day 1 is "penzeys revolution blend" and i cant stop laughing at "we have to GET RID of this lying, cheating, CORRUPT SCUMBAG PRESIDENT!! RESIST! REVOLT! REVOLUTION NOW!! good on roast poultry and carrots"
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The US House of Representatives committee calendar for October 2025
It's .... quite something
It's .... quite something
October 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The US House of Representatives committee calendar for October 2025
It's .... quite something
It's .... quite something
Minneapolis renters did something similar back in the 70s. Way cool!
This is kinda incredible that renters from multiple units in a realtor's portfolio are organizing for tenants' rights.
Tenants Seek to Unionize One Private Equity Firm's Entire Housing Portfolio
By organizing renters across Capital Realty Group’s affordable housing complexes, the Tenant Union Federation hopes to bring sectoral bargaining to negotiations with large landlords.
www.bloomberg.com
September 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Minneapolis renters did something similar back in the 70s. Way cool!
Made My Day!!!
SPERM WHALE EATING A GIANT SQUID--filmed probably for the first time *ever*!!! 🌊🦑🐳
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Made My Day!!!
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August 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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While defending the luddite argument in Discord, I stumbled into this IMO succinct explanation for opposing generative AI:
At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.
At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.
August 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
While defending the luddite argument in Discord, I stumbled into this IMO succinct explanation for opposing generative AI:
At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.
At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.
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Love this photo of Monarch Butterflies in Ontario Canada probably Point Peel National that i went to yearly in Sept in my twenties as they gathered to cross Lake erie migrating south waited for the wind to change
August 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Love this photo of Monarch Butterflies in Ontario Canada probably Point Peel National that i went to yearly in Sept in my twenties as they gathered to cross Lake erie migrating south waited for the wind to change
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The amount of force needed to create 40 ft waves across such a huge swath of the ocean. 😱
Source: www.forbes.com/sites/robina...
Source: www.forbes.com/sites/robina...
August 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The amount of force needed to create 40 ft waves across such a huge swath of the ocean. 😱
Source: www.forbes.com/sites/robina...
Source: www.forbes.com/sites/robina...
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Stating that Capitalism is better than Socialism because one man gets to be a trillionaire instead of everyone getting health care, is not the compelling argument you think it is. 🧪 #USA
August 14, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Stating that Capitalism is better than Socialism because one man gets to be a trillionaire instead of everyone getting health care, is not the compelling argument you think it is. 🧪 #USA
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"For their whole lives, Trump and Kennedy have gotten away with contemptible behavior. They occupy high office after living sordid lives...The contrast with David Rose, Marine and police officer, who lived a life of courage and public service, is striking."
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-worst-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-worst-...
The Worst People Have the Most Power
The CDC shooting reveals who is worth of admiration—and who is not.
www.thebulwark.com
August 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"For their whole lives, Trump and Kennedy have gotten away with contemptible behavior. They occupy high office after living sordid lives...The contrast with David Rose, Marine and police officer, who lived a life of courage and public service, is striking."
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-worst-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-worst-...
Black-tipped Darner Minnesota N Shore of Lake Superior
August 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Black-tipped Darner Minnesota N Shore of Lake Superior
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Thanks for the good science and climate news, @billmckibben.bsky.social! We need this.
Among all the big bad things happening on our planet, there's one Big Good Thing, the sudden, startling rise of solar energy.
It changes the power dynamic, in every sense of the word 'power.'
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
It changes the power dynamic, in every sense of the word 'power.'
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Thanks for the good science and climate news, @billmckibben.bsky.social! We need this.
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"Despite the latest setback to EVs in Washington D.C., the world remains firmly on track for sustained EV adoption." insideevs.com/news/764730/... (I think we're already past the "decimate" point but yeah...)
EVs Will Decimate Big Oil. Even Without U.S. Tax Credits.
Electric vehicles are already displacing millions of barrels of oil per day globally. Oil demand is expected to fall spectacularly over the next decade.
insideevs.com
July 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"Despite the latest setback to EVs in Washington D.C., the world remains firmly on track for sustained EV adoption." insideevs.com/news/764730/... (I think we're already past the "decimate" point but yeah...)
I saw this one Black-throated Green Warbler in with all the Cape May's last week. #USbirds, #Minnesotabirds. They dropped out of migration into Grand Marais, MN last week during a wind event on Lake Superior. The wet rocks are from spray of giant waves breaking just behind him. Warblers everywhere!
May 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I saw this one Black-throated Green Warbler in with all the Cape May's last week. #USbirds, #Minnesotabirds. They dropped out of migration into Grand Marais, MN last week during a wind event on Lake Superior. The wet rocks are from spray of giant waves breaking just behind him. Warblers everywhere!
Cape May Warbler migration on the North Shore
#addBirder
#addBirder
May 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Cape May Warbler migration on the North Shore
#addBirder
#addBirder
So AI is actually designed for Misinformation rather than Information?
Librarian here. Got an email from a patron about our "poor selection" of books on AI, w/ list of new books that we HAD to get so ppl could stay informed about this important subject. Title, author, synopsis.
Of 11 titles on the list, 10 Did Not Exist. At all.
"Yeah, I got it from Ch*tGPT, why?"
Of 11 titles on the list, 10 Did Not Exist. At all.
"Yeah, I got it from Ch*tGPT, why?"
May 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
So AI is actually designed for Misinformation rather than Information?
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This, from the Holocaust Memorial Museum.
April 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This, from the Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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Studies show a massive return of fish and marine megafauna to sites with these underwater tidal turbines. How?
Simple: overfishing is prevented.
If they proved suitable for Irish locations, it would be *such* a win-win, generating clean electricity AND providing a haven for marine ecosystems.
Simple: overfishing is prevented.
If they proved suitable for Irish locations, it would be *such* a win-win, generating clean electricity AND providing a haven for marine ecosystems.
France’s new tidal turbines aim to power thousands of homes with clean energy supplying electricity to 8 million people.
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
World’s most powerful underwater turbines are coming to French coast
One of France's first commercial-scale tidal energy pilot projects, NH1 is due to supply thousands of locals with clean electricity.
www.euronews.com
March 30, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Studies show a massive return of fish and marine megafauna to sites with these underwater tidal turbines. How?
Simple: overfishing is prevented.
If they proved suitable for Irish locations, it would be *such* a win-win, generating clean electricity AND providing a haven for marine ecosystems.
Simple: overfishing is prevented.
If they proved suitable for Irish locations, it would be *such* a win-win, generating clean electricity AND providing a haven for marine ecosystems.
I have seen comments about conditions in Detention Centers. This article details conditions at a rural detention center in north Florida. The sources are volunteers who have been contacting and visiting detainees for many years. If you have doubts read on.
www.alligator.org/article/2025...
www.alligator.org/article/2025...
Detainees allege abuse, isolation at Baker County Detention Center - The Independent Florida Alligator
The U.S. Immigration and Enforcement detention center in Macclenny, about 50 minutes north of Gainesville, is one of four facilities in Florida that houses undocumented immigrants. Yet according to ad...
www.alligator.org
March 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I have seen comments about conditions in Detention Centers. This article details conditions at a rural detention center in north Florida. The sources are volunteers who have been contacting and visiting detainees for many years. If you have doubts read on.
www.alligator.org/article/2025...
www.alligator.org/article/2025...
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Politics affects everyone.
March 22, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Politics affects everyone.