Michelle A. Rodrigues 🐒
@marspidermonkey.bsky.social
Primatologist. Biological anthropologist. Recovering academic. Mammal Madness fan. Dog mom to the cutest rescue dog. Expertise in social relationships and stress in monkeys, apes, & humans, and the systemic inequities in academia & science. She/her
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Time for a book review! Starting out with Apes on the Edge: Chimpanzee Life on the West African Savanna by Jill Pruetz (University of Chicago Press, 2025)! (1/11)
🧪🦊 #Primates #Booksky #ScienceBooks #BookReview
🧪🦊 #Primates #Booksky #ScienceBooks #BookReview
Starting a pinned thread of book reviews! This is the review for Apes on the Edge, by Jill Pruetz!
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leaving the scene of a car accident is a crime and i’m so fuckin sick of these lawless criminals in my neighborhood
NOW: At 32nd and 15th in South Minneapolis. federal agents smash up their car, leaving the car there while hopping in another vehicle, per bystanders. Reports of a person taken as well.
Minneapolis January 23, 2026
Minneapolis January 23, 2026
January 23, 2026 at 7:48 PM
leaving the scene of a car accident is a crime and i’m so fuckin sick of these lawless criminals in my neighborhood
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They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
January 23, 2026 at 8:56 PM
They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
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The people of the USA owe the people of Minnesota a massive debt of gratitude for teaching us how to resist.
January 23, 2026 at 9:21 PM
The people of the USA owe the people of Minnesota a massive debt of gratitude for teaching us how to resist.
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Okay sorry one more shot:
January 23, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Okay sorry one more shot:
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“…despite a judge ordering the toddler’s release.”
January 23, 2026 at 9:54 PM
“…despite a judge ordering the toddler’s release.”
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This is the first example I’ve seen of an American government using AI to meaningfully misrepresent actual events with the intent to deceive the public. We are at Stalinesque levels of propaganda.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
January 23, 2026 at 2:23 PM
This is the first example I’ve seen of an American government using AI to meaningfully misrepresent actual events with the intent to deceive the public. We are at Stalinesque levels of propaganda.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
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Okay sorry one more shot:
January 23, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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How much property damage is being racked up by ICE right now? And who ends up paying for it?
ICE just crashed a car at my intersection (due to their own shitty driving) and immediately got out and tear gassed observers.
January 23, 2026 at 9:56 PM
How much property damage is being racked up by ICE right now? And who ends up paying for it?
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Before ICE, I never realized how much of "keeping the public safe" involved wrecking cars.
ICE just crashed a car at my intersection (due to their own shitty driving) and immediately got out and tear gassed observers.
January 23, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Before ICE, I never realized how much of "keeping the public safe" involved wrecking cars.
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It annoys me when people including in the trump administration say; don’t get in the way of lawful immigration enforcement, because…. there’s nothing lawful about constant open violent racial profiling and Fourth Amendment shredding, and also you’re not enforcing immigration laws when your main…
January 23, 2026 at 9:52 PM
It annoys me when people including in the trump administration say; don’t get in the way of lawful immigration enforcement, because…. there’s nothing lawful about constant open violent racial profiling and Fourth Amendment shredding, and also you’re not enforcing immigration laws when your main…
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Billboards with an ICE atrocity on one side and the candidate on the other with the caption “XYZ voted for this.”
January 23, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Billboards with an ICE atrocity on one side and the candidate on the other with the caption “XYZ voted for this.”
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Every one of those Dems should get every inbox they've got flooded with every picture of every ICE atrocity until they're driven from office.
The seven Democrats who sided with Republicans were Reps. Henry Cuellar (Texas), Jared Golden (Maine), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.), Laura Gillen (N.Y.), Don Davis (N.C.), Tom Suozzi (N.Y.) and Vicente Gonzalez (Texas).
NEW: Federal agents have detailed a Spokane 10-year-old and her father.
They remain in a Texas immigration detention center.
The judge that is set to oversee the case has a 90%+ denial rate for asylum claims. www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
They remain in a Texas immigration detention center.
The judge that is set to oversee the case has a 90%+ denial rate for asylum claims. www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
January 23, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Every one of those Dems should get every inbox they've got flooded with every picture of every ICE atrocity until they're driven from office.
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listening to a British podcast and one of the hosts just described Minneapolis as the place where "everything happens"
January 23, 2026 at 7:43 PM
listening to a British podcast and one of the hosts just described Minneapolis as the place where "everything happens"
So amazing to see clergy truly walking the walk.
I think for a lot of us, including myself, there have been a lot of reason to feel cynical and distrustful of the religious organizations we grew up with, but it’s nice to see evidence of them showing up for human rights.
I think for a lot of us, including myself, there have been a lot of reason to feel cynical and distrustful of the religious organizations we grew up with, but it’s nice to see evidence of them showing up for human rights.
It's this! They are explicitly echoing Dr. King's call. They got in yesterday to train. @jackjenkins.me was reporting 1,500 clergy: www.marchminnesota.org
MARCH
www.marchminnesota.org
January 23, 2026 at 9:46 PM
So amazing to see clergy truly walking the walk.
I think for a lot of us, including myself, there have been a lot of reason to feel cynical and distrustful of the religious organizations we grew up with, but it’s nice to see evidence of them showing up for human rights.
I think for a lot of us, including myself, there have been a lot of reason to feel cynical and distrustful of the religious organizations we grew up with, but it’s nice to see evidence of them showing up for human rights.
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Essentially, what stops abductions is when crowds outnumber the masked kidnappers. When people aggressively follow ICE with whistles and horns, crowds are ready to show up. If they show up fast enough, ICE leaves and a family is not broken. (People here understand the stakes).
January 23, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Essentially, what stops abductions is when crowds outnumber the masked kidnappers. When people aggressively follow ICE with whistles and horns, crowds are ready to show up. If they show up fast enough, ICE leaves and a family is not broken. (People here understand the stakes).
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Another question I came here with was: how effective are the whistles and honking? Does it stop abductions? And the answer is, surprisingly to my cynical self, yes, and often. I have talked to so many people who have successfully interrupted kidnappings.
January 23, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Another question I came here with was: how effective are the whistles and honking? Does it stop abductions? And the answer is, surprisingly to my cynical self, yes, and often. I have talked to so many people who have successfully interrupted kidnappings.
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While JFREJ rabbis march as part of a delegation of clergy to Minneapolis, their fellow New Yorkers home in NYC are taking to streets with in solidarity. Our JFREJ crew is starting to gather.
January 23, 2026 at 9:14 PM
While JFREJ rabbis march as part of a delegation of clergy to Minneapolis, their fellow New Yorkers home in NYC are taking to streets with in solidarity. Our JFREJ crew is starting to gather.
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Cannot see the end of it.
January 23, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Cannot see the end of it.
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I'm on & off today because I'm doing whistle admin but are clergy just popping up all over Minneapolis in groups to shame folks who aren't acting right?!?
Happening now: From Target HQ in Minneapolis hundreds of clergy ask Target to be good neighbors and Support the 4th Ammemdment stop Cooperating with ICE!
Action by Interfaith Alliance 👏👏👏 #ICEOUTforGood #AbolishICE
Action by Interfaith Alliance 👏👏👏 #ICEOUTforGood #AbolishICE
January 23, 2026 at 9:35 PM
I'm on & off today because I'm doing whistle admin but are clergy just popping up all over Minneapolis in groups to shame folks who aren't acting right?!?
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January 23, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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Sticking with the baby-on-board theme, here’s a baby Panamanian White-faced Capuchin hanging on its mom’s back 🧑🍼🐒
#monkeys #mammals #photography #CostaRica
#monkeys #mammals #photography #CostaRica
January 23, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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Watching these videos of ICE attacking children, I can’t help but think about how many of these men first practiced their violence in their own homes.
Domestic violence teaches our oppressors to dehumanize the most vulnerable among us.
Domestic violence teaches our oppressors to dehumanize the most vulnerable among us.
January 23, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Watching these videos of ICE attacking children, I can’t help but think about how many of these men first practiced their violence in their own homes.
Domestic violence teaches our oppressors to dehumanize the most vulnerable among us.
Domestic violence teaches our oppressors to dehumanize the most vulnerable among us.
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MSP airport. Clergy risking risking arrest and a huge gathering of protesters. The song is, “Down to the River to Pray.”
January 23, 2026 at 6:39 PM
MSP airport. Clergy risking risking arrest and a huge gathering of protesters. The song is, “Down to the River to Pray.”