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@mfwebb.bsky.social
Screaming into the zeitgeist.
Literary, musical misc. Cats (also possums, deer, and bears). TNR.
She/her. Ex-TX. 🇺🇸 🇨🇦
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Literary, musical misc. Cats (also possums, deer, and bears). TNR.
She/her. Ex-TX. 🇺🇸 🇨🇦
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@mfwebb.bsky.social
· Jul 27
There's nothing to make you feel more like an impostor than realizing you've spent years misspelling the word impostor.
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Stelter: "That Canadian copy also means media critics will be able to compare the original report to the Weiss-approved version that airs tonight."
January 18, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Stelter: "That Canadian copy also means media critics will be able to compare the original report to the Weiss-approved version that airs tonight."
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If you're following the unbuilding of CBS News, there's a development.
@brianstelter.bsky.social says the Inside CECOT report is to air tonight, "according to sources at CBS."
view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/176...
This part interested me most: "The promised interview did not materialize."
@brianstelter.bsky.social says the Inside CECOT report is to air tonight, "according to sources at CBS."
view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/176...
This part interested me most: "The promised interview did not materialize."
January 18, 2026 at 7:02 PM
If you're following the unbuilding of CBS News, there's a development.
@brianstelter.bsky.social says the Inside CECOT report is to air tonight, "according to sources at CBS."
view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/176...
This part interested me most: "The promised interview did not materialize."
@brianstelter.bsky.social says the Inside CECOT report is to air tonight, "according to sources at CBS."
view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/176...
This part interested me most: "The promised interview did not materialize."
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The more I think about this, the angrier I get. It takes a particularly virulent strain of sociopathy to sit and let hard-working people serve you a meal knowing that you plan to arrest them and send them off for deportation once they're off of work.
Really depraved shit.
Really depraved shit.
A few days ago, Fox News was whining about ICE agents getting heckled at a Mexican restaurant in Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
ICE agents ate at a Minnesota Mexican restaurant before arresting staff
Immigration law enforcement agents reportedly followed employees out of the restaurant after they closed for the evening
www.independent.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 12:13 AM
The more I think about this, the angrier I get. It takes a particularly virulent strain of sociopathy to sit and let hard-working people serve you a meal knowing that you plan to arrest them and send them off for deportation once they're off of work.
Really depraved shit.
Really depraved shit.
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reading about companies who fired all their employees only to realize that the AI they intended to replace them with straight up does not work and putting asside how obvious that outcome was for a second, i'm left wondering why the choice was made to do it in that order
January 17, 2026 at 10:23 PM
reading about companies who fired all their employees only to realize that the AI they intended to replace them with straight up does not work and putting asside how obvious that outcome was for a second, i'm left wondering why the choice was made to do it in that order
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(I show this map/diagram to my stats class every year. Tufte called it "the best statistical graph ever written.")
ICE heads to Minnesota as the triple dip polar vortex starts
January 17, 2026 at 11:46 PM
(I show this map/diagram to my stats class every year. Tufte called it "the best statistical graph ever written.")
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My friends local to Minnesota, whom I trust a great deal, would like to share the following resources that could use support.
PowWowGrounds - Native American Coffee Shop doing direct food and supply aid to their communities-
Venmo @powwowgrounds
www.powwowgrounds.com
PowWowGrounds - Native American Coffee Shop doing direct food and supply aid to their communities-
Venmo @powwowgrounds
www.powwowgrounds.com
Pow Wow Grounds
www.powwowgrounds.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:30 AM
My friends local to Minnesota, whom I trust a great deal, would like to share the following resources that could use support.
PowWowGrounds - Native American Coffee Shop doing direct food and supply aid to their communities-
Venmo @powwowgrounds
www.powwowgrounds.com
PowWowGrounds - Native American Coffee Shop doing direct food and supply aid to their communities-
Venmo @powwowgrounds
www.powwowgrounds.com
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Ask yourself: If Donald Trump was intentionally trying to destroy the United States, how could you tell the difference?
January 17, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Ask yourself: If Donald Trump was intentionally trying to destroy the United States, how could you tell the difference?
I don't think there's another industrialized country in the world where it would be this hard to get an antibiotic you've already been prescribed.
January 17, 2026 at 10:11 PM
I don't think there's another industrialized country in the world where it would be this hard to get an antibiotic you've already been prescribed.
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It's a shame more white men over 35 aren't yelling at them then. Get to work.
ICE seems to get completely flummoxed when they’re being yelled at by white men over 35. They kind of put their heads down and shuffle their feet. It’s like their kryptonite.
January 17, 2026 at 6:08 PM
It's a shame more white men over 35 aren't yelling at them then. Get to work.
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This is @gettymuseum.bsky.social photographer www.instagram.com/john_abernat...
John Abernathy. He tossed his camera to another photographer so it wouldn't be confiscated, while he put his life in danger to take photos of ICEstapo.
Go to his Instagram. This is American journalism as it should be.
John Abernathy. He tossed his camera to another photographer so it wouldn't be confiscated, while he put his life in danger to take photos of ICEstapo.
Go to his Instagram. This is American journalism as it should be.
January 17, 2026 at 2:12 PM
This is @gettymuseum.bsky.social photographer www.instagram.com/john_abernat...
John Abernathy. He tossed his camera to another photographer so it wouldn't be confiscated, while he put his life in danger to take photos of ICEstapo.
Go to his Instagram. This is American journalism as it should be.
John Abernathy. He tossed his camera to another photographer so it wouldn't be confiscated, while he put his life in danger to take photos of ICEstapo.
Go to his Instagram. This is American journalism as it should be.
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Based on today's CDC & Biobot data, we estimate the following for the week of Jan 19:
🔸1 in 52 people in the U.S. actively infectious
🔸25% chance of exposure in a room of 15 ppl
🔸Nearly 1 million new daily infections
🔸5 cumulative infections per person all-time (avg)
🧵1/5
🔸1 in 52 people in the U.S. actively infectious
🔸25% chance of exposure in a room of 15 ppl
🔸Nearly 1 million new daily infections
🔸5 cumulative infections per person all-time (avg)
🧵1/5
January 17, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Based on today's CDC & Biobot data, we estimate the following for the week of Jan 19:
🔸1 in 52 people in the U.S. actively infectious
🔸25% chance of exposure in a room of 15 ppl
🔸Nearly 1 million new daily infections
🔸5 cumulative infections per person all-time (avg)
🧵1/5
🔸1 in 52 people in the U.S. actively infectious
🔸25% chance of exposure in a room of 15 ppl
🔸Nearly 1 million new daily infections
🔸5 cumulative infections per person all-time (avg)
🧵1/5
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Some relief from xAI/Musk data center pollution for Memphis’ Black community: “In its ruling, the agency revised the policies around gas turbines, saying that operating the machines still requires air permits even if they are used on a portable or temporary basis” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk’s xAI datacenter generating extra electricity illegally, regulator rules
Win for Memphis activists who say ‘Colossus’ facilities add extra pollution to already overburdened communities
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Some relief from xAI/Musk data center pollution for Memphis’ Black community: “In its ruling, the agency revised the policies around gas turbines, saying that operating the machines still requires air permits even if they are used on a portable or temporary basis” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Not even Fox News will pretend there are real threats to ICE from civilians
This is what Stephen Miller is calling an “insurrection”
January 17, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Not even Fox News will pretend there are real threats to ICE from civilians
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Hi. Can you repost this beautiful dog. Her name is MELIA. At the shelter 843 days. She needs a quiet adult only home. No dogs. Cats are ok.
Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
January 16, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Hi. Can you repost this beautiful dog. Her name is MELIA. At the shelter 843 days. She needs a quiet adult only home. No dogs. Cats are ok.
Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
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Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration
The Companies Behind ICE
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration
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I understand that a lot of reactions are going to be along the lines of “well they’re just going to claim literally any protest is non-peaceful” and I’m sure they will do that in some cases
but these kinds of TROs have actually made a difference in other places
don’t hand it to them preemptively
but these kinds of TROs have actually made a difference in other places
don’t hand it to them preemptively
BREAKING: Judge enters TRO blocking feds from interfering with or arresting peaceful protesters in Minnesota. Judge Kate Menendez, Biden appointee. Order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 17, 2026 at 1:32 AM
I understand that a lot of reactions are going to be along the lines of “well they’re just going to claim literally any protest is non-peaceful” and I’m sure they will do that in some cases
but these kinds of TROs have actually made a difference in other places
don’t hand it to them preemptively
but these kinds of TROs have actually made a difference in other places
don’t hand it to them preemptively
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
My grandmother had to teach me some tricks for that, similar reason. I don't know if they would help him, but maybe?
January 17, 2026 at 4:23 AM
My grandmother had to teach me some tricks for that, similar reason. I don't know if they would help him, but maybe?
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Currently climbing at about 200 blocks/minute.
Keep it up, y'all!
Keep it up, y'all!
January 17, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Currently climbing at about 200 blocks/minute.
Keep it up, y'all!
Keep it up, y'all!
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Happy #FieldworkFriday! The PNSN is all set to monitor tomorrow's Seahawks game vs the 49ers. Field staff installed stations HWK 1-6 this week to record live shaking caused by excited 12s. To follow along tomorrow and see seismograms from past games, visit seahawks.pnsn.org!
January 16, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Happy #FieldworkFriday! The PNSN is all set to monitor tomorrow's Seahawks game vs the 49ers. Field staff installed stations HWK 1-6 this week to record live shaking caused by excited 12s. To follow along tomorrow and see seismograms from past games, visit seahawks.pnsn.org!
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This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
January 16, 2026 at 4:14 AM
This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
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You have to block them immediately. The full nuclear. They are only here to make folks angry, and that can’t happen if we lock them out.
✅ @icegov.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.
January 16, 2026 at 11:59 PM
You have to block them immediately. The full nuclear. They are only here to make folks angry, and that can’t happen if we lock them out.
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AIM are the good guys. If you see folks sporting this flag, you can relax knowing they're here to help us get ICE off our backs.
American Indian Movement (AIM) patrol trucks have been spotted around NE and folks are flagging them as suspicious and giving them unwelcoming glances because they don’t know who they are. This is the AIM logo and flag, which you might see on their trucks. They are friends!
January 16, 2026 at 8:54 PM
AIM are the good guys. If you see folks sporting this flag, you can relax knowing they're here to help us get ICE off our backs.
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Company: We have to raise our prices because the new AI features are expensive for us to maintain 🤷♂
Me: I never asked for those features 🤔
C: We gave them to you anyway 🤷♂
M: I'm not going to use them 🤨
C: Money, please 💸
Me: I never asked for those features 🤔
C: We gave them to you anyway 🤷♂
M: I'm not going to use them 🤨
C: Money, please 💸
January 16, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Company: We have to raise our prices because the new AI features are expensive for us to maintain 🤷♂
Me: I never asked for those features 🤔
C: We gave them to you anyway 🤷♂
M: I'm not going to use them 🤨
C: Money, please 💸
Me: I never asked for those features 🤔
C: We gave them to you anyway 🤷♂
M: I'm not going to use them 🤨
C: Money, please 💸
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They grab people from their jobs.
They grab children from school.
They’re going door to door and grabbing people from their homes.
Now they’re pulling people out of a food bank line.
They want you to starve or be deported.
The cruelty is the point.
They grab children from school.
They’re going door to door and grabbing people from their homes.
Now they’re pulling people out of a food bank line.
They want you to starve or be deported.
The cruelty is the point.
ICE detained people while waiting in line at a food pantry.
Again, ICE DETAINED PEOPLE WHILE WAITING IN LINE AT A FOOD PANTRY.
Again, ICE DETAINED PEOPLE WHILE WAITING IN LINE AT A FOOD PANTRY.
ICE detained people waiting at a food pantry, Salvation Army says
A foodbank in New Jersey cautioned its partners to have a plan in place in case of an ICE raid.
www.nj.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:56 PM
They grab people from their jobs.
They grab children from school.
They’re going door to door and grabbing people from their homes.
Now they’re pulling people out of a food bank line.
They want you to starve or be deported.
The cruelty is the point.
They grab children from school.
They’re going door to door and grabbing people from their homes.
Now they’re pulling people out of a food bank line.
They want you to starve or be deported.
The cruelty is the point.