Sue
@modcur.bsky.social
Biocurator, Scientist, Photographer
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profile painting by Jaber Lutfi
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January 24, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
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You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
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approaching the rally at Hancock Park, near DHS buildings in downtown DC
January 24, 2026 at 10:57 PM
approaching the rally at Hancock Park, near DHS buildings in downtown DC
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WHISTLES
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I have 1000 whistles inbound.
We'll bag them in quantities from 1-100. I hope to have Whistle Code cards w/each one, along with the SALUTE info needed when you text/call Maine ICE Watch Hotline (207-544-9989).
Want to help? Email address on our pinned post.
Thank you!
WHISTLES
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I have 1000 whistles inbound.
We'll bag them in quantities from 1-100. I hope to have Whistle Code cards w/each one, along with the SALUTE info needed when you text/call Maine ICE Watch Hotline (207-544-9989).
Want to help? Email address on our pinned post.
Thank you!
January 23, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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WHISTLES
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I have 1000 whistles inbound.
We'll bag them in quantities from 1-100. I hope to have Whistle Code cards w/each one, along with the SALUTE info needed when you text/call Maine ICE Watch Hotline (207-544-9989).
Want to help? Email address on our pinned post.
Thank you!
WHISTLES
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I have 1000 whistles inbound.
We'll bag them in quantities from 1-100. I hope to have Whistle Code cards w/each one, along with the SALUTE info needed when you text/call Maine ICE Watch Hotline (207-544-9989).
Want to help? Email address on our pinned post.
Thank you!
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It’s so cold but there are tens of thousands of people out here
January 23, 2026 at 9:22 PM
It’s so cold but there are tens of thousands of people out here
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Trump's own US attorney admits ICE transferred someone they grabbed up out of Maine in violation of a federal court order prohibiting them from doing so. #MEpolitics
January 23, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Trump's own US attorney admits ICE transferred someone they grabbed up out of Maine in violation of a federal court order prohibiting them from doing so. #MEpolitics
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NEW: We're getting declarations in Tincher v. Noem (the MN TRO case), where residents are testifying that ICE/CBP agents continue to harass and abuse protestors and observers.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/72047...
Here is part of Zoë Cantu's declaration.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/72047...
Here is part of Zoë Cantu's declaration.
January 22, 2026 at 7:34 PM
NEW: We're getting declarations in Tincher v. Noem (the MN TRO case), where residents are testifying that ICE/CBP agents continue to harass and abuse protestors and observers.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/72047...
Here is part of Zoë Cantu's declaration.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/72047...
Here is part of Zoë Cantu's declaration.
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Portland, Maine. This is the federal apparatus and policy regime that Susan Collins and Jared Golden continue to vote for and embrace rhetorically. #MEpolitics (via @nathantbernard.bsky.social)
January 23, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Portland, Maine. This is the federal apparatus and policy regime that Susan Collins and Jared Golden continue to vote for and embrace rhetorically. #MEpolitics (via @nathantbernard.bsky.social)
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I was quoted in @thetransmitter.bsky.social today saying that the NIH budget bill is bad because it doesn't go far enough to stop this administration from remaking NIH.
I want to add some context not covered in the piece.
First, much credit to all the traditional advocacy...
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I want to add some context not covered in the piece.
First, much credit to all the traditional advocacy...
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Neuroscience, BRAIN Initiative gain budget in ‘bad’ NIH funding bill
The bill goes before the House of Representatives today and outlines increases for neuroscience-related research—including a 33 percent increase to the BRAIN Initiative—but maintains a multiyear…
www.thetransmitter.org
January 22, 2026 at 11:28 PM
I was quoted in @thetransmitter.bsky.social today saying that the NIH budget bill is bad because it doesn't go far enough to stop this administration from remaking NIH.
I want to add some context not covered in the piece.
First, much credit to all the traditional advocacy...
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1/
I want to add some context not covered in the piece.
First, much credit to all the traditional advocacy...
🧪
1/
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Every representative who voted yes voted for more brutalization of our neighbors, more kidnapping of our children, more trampling of our rights, and more murder from this government.
January 22, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Every representative who voted yes voted for more brutalization of our neighbors, more kidnapping of our children, more trampling of our rights, and more murder from this government.
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23 January 1912 | French Jew, Jacob Mestmann, was born in Paris.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from Compiegne on 5 June 1942.
No. 38786
He perished in the camp on 19 July 1942.
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📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
He was deported to #Auschwitz from Compiegne on 5 June 1942.
No. 38786
He perished in the camp on 19 July 1942.
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📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
January 23, 2026 at 12:00 AM
23 January 1912 | French Jew, Jacob Mestmann, was born in Paris.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from Compiegne on 5 June 1942.
No. 38786
He perished in the camp on 19 July 1942.
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📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
He was deported to #Auschwitz from Compiegne on 5 June 1942.
No. 38786
He perished in the camp on 19 July 1942.
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📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
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During the Bicentennial Celebration at Independence Hall on July 4, 1976, President Gerald Ford sat symbolically behind Marian Anderson as she read the text of the Declaration aloud. On this 250th anniversary, the President is ordering factual information about slavery to be removed from that site.
Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
January 22, 2026 at 11:17 PM
During the Bicentennial Celebration at Independence Hall on July 4, 1976, President Gerald Ford sat symbolically behind Marian Anderson as she read the text of the Declaration aloud. On this 250th anniversary, the President is ordering factual information about slavery to be removed from that site.
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I know I don't have a ton of media followers, but I'll put this out there anyway: if you need someone to comment/offer context on the removal of the slavery exhibit at the President's House site in Philly, get in touch. I just finished an entire book on Americans' fight over Washington and slavery.
January 23, 2026 at 12:04 AM
I know I don't have a ton of media followers, but I'll put this out there anyway: if you need someone to comment/offer context on the removal of the slavery exhibit at the President's House site in Philly, get in touch. I just finished an entire book on Americans' fight over Washington and slavery.
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Kristi Noem is telling ICE agents they can forcibly enter your home without a judicial warrant.
That is unconstitutional.
History will judge us if we do not stand up to the lawlessness and cruelty of this administration.
That is unconstitutional.
History will judge us if we do not stand up to the lawlessness and cruelty of this administration.
January 23, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Kristi Noem is telling ICE agents they can forcibly enter your home without a judicial warrant.
That is unconstitutional.
History will judge us if we do not stand up to the lawlessness and cruelty of this administration.
That is unconstitutional.
History will judge us if we do not stand up to the lawlessness and cruelty of this administration.
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Today I am publishing what I believe to be the most detailed available map of Trump's job approval rating. Powered by over 12,000 interviews for our Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll. I hope this generates many stories, and hours wasted exploring data!
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-very-det...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-very-det...
A very detailed map of Trump's job approval
Explore our new interactive map of Trump's job approval, powered by 12,000 survey interviews conducted in 2025 and 2026
www.gelliottmorris.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Today I am publishing what I believe to be the most detailed available map of Trump's job approval rating. Powered by over 12,000 interviews for our Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll. I hope this generates many stories, and hours wasted exploring data!
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-very-det...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-very-det...
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IMPORTANT
High volume: If you see police agents likely to be ICE, start by TEXTING SALUTE info w/photos when possible.
If you are personally facing a threat by ICE in your neighborhood, at your door or at your car, do not hesitate to call.
Videos should be emailed to: [email protected]
High volume: If you see police agents likely to be ICE, start by TEXTING SALUTE info w/photos when possible.
If you are personally facing a threat by ICE in your neighborhood, at your door or at your car, do not hesitate to call.
Videos should be emailed to: [email protected]
January 22, 2026 at 4:52 PM
IMPORTANT
High volume: If you see police agents likely to be ICE, start by TEXTING SALUTE info w/photos when possible.
If you are personally facing a threat by ICE in your neighborhood, at your door or at your car, do not hesitate to call.
Videos should be emailed to: [email protected]
High volume: If you see police agents likely to be ICE, start by TEXTING SALUTE info w/photos when possible.
If you are personally facing a threat by ICE in your neighborhood, at your door or at your car, do not hesitate to call.
Videos should be emailed to: [email protected]
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A major coalition is launching a general strike in Minnesota tomorrow, aimed at pushing out ICE.
It includes:
-Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005
-The MN AFL-CIO
-SEIU Local 26
-UNITE HERE Local 17
-CWA Local 7250
-Saint Paul and Minneapolis Federations of Educators
-Faith leaders
And more. 🧵
It includes:
-Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005
-The MN AFL-CIO
-SEIU Local 26
-UNITE HERE Local 17
-CWA Local 7250
-Saint Paul and Minneapolis Federations of Educators
-Faith leaders
And more. 🧵
January 22, 2026 at 2:30 PM
A major coalition is launching a general strike in Minnesota tomorrow, aimed at pushing out ICE.
It includes:
-Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005
-The MN AFL-CIO
-SEIU Local 26
-UNITE HERE Local 17
-CWA Local 7250
-Saint Paul and Minneapolis Federations of Educators
-Faith leaders
And more. 🧵
It includes:
-Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005
-The MN AFL-CIO
-SEIU Local 26
-UNITE HERE Local 17
-CWA Local 7250
-Saint Paul and Minneapolis Federations of Educators
-Faith leaders
And more. 🧵
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Maine is reeling from ICE’s latest assault. Those incarcerated, and their families, need our support.
I’m asking you, if you have anything to spare, to consider contributing to the Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition.
See reply for link, and please spread this far and wide.
I’m asking you, if you have anything to spare, to consider contributing to the Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition.
See reply for link, and please spread this far and wide.
January 22, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Maine is reeling from ICE’s latest assault. Those incarcerated, and their families, need our support.
I’m asking you, if you have anything to spare, to consider contributing to the Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition.
See reply for link, and please spread this far and wide.
I’m asking you, if you have anything to spare, to consider contributing to the Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition.
See reply for link, and please spread this far and wide.
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🧑🏽🔬🌊🤖 Hey undergrads! Looking to get paid, hands-on experience in ocean science or engineering? Experience the magic of a Woods Hole summer with the WHOI Summer Student Fellowship!
Applications are due on February 1—get all the details:whoi.edu/summerfellow
Applications are due on February 1—get all the details:whoi.edu/summerfellow
January 22, 2026 at 4:59 PM
🧑🏽🔬🌊🤖 Hey undergrads! Looking to get paid, hands-on experience in ocean science or engineering? Experience the magic of a Woods Hole summer with the WHOI Summer Student Fellowship!
Applications are due on February 1—get all the details:whoi.edu/summerfellow
Applications are due on February 1—get all the details:whoi.edu/summerfellow
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22 January 1944 | A transport of 1,115 Jews deported from Drancy in German-occupied France arrived at Auschwitz. After selection, 236 men and 55 women were registered in the camp. The remaining 864 people were murdered in gas chambers.
Among them Daniel, Samek (Jamec), Paulette & Rosa Lisoprawski
Among them Daniel, Samek (Jamec), Paulette & Rosa Lisoprawski
January 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM
22 January 1944 | A transport of 1,115 Jews deported from Drancy in German-occupied France arrived at Auschwitz. After selection, 236 men and 55 women were registered in the camp. The remaining 864 people were murdered in gas chambers.
Among them Daniel, Samek (Jamec), Paulette & Rosa Lisoprawski
Among them Daniel, Samek (Jamec), Paulette & Rosa Lisoprawski
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We will host a workshop entitled AI in Biocuration as part of the ISB 2026 Virtual Biocuration Conference Series
📅 February 9th at 17.00 CET / 8AM PT (90 minutes) - calendar.app.google/6n6HmdGEyUgx...
ℹ️ More info www.biocuration.org/events/biocu...
📅 February 9th at 17.00 CET / 8AM PT (90 minutes) - calendar.app.google/6n6HmdGEyUgx...
ℹ️ More info www.biocuration.org/events/biocu...
AI in Biocuration Show and Tell — Invitation via Google Calendar
calendar.app.google
January 22, 2026 at 2:24 PM
We will host a workshop entitled AI in Biocuration as part of the ISB 2026 Virtual Biocuration Conference Series
📅 February 9th at 17.00 CET / 8AM PT (90 minutes) - calendar.app.google/6n6HmdGEyUgx...
ℹ️ More info www.biocuration.org/events/biocu...
📅 February 9th at 17.00 CET / 8AM PT (90 minutes) - calendar.app.google/6n6HmdGEyUgx...
ℹ️ More info www.biocuration.org/events/biocu...
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NEWS: While Hakeem Jeffries has announced he's opposing the DHS/ICE funding bill tomorrow, his team is not whipping the vote. Several frontliners are expected to vote yes. There's a difference in leadership between personal vote decisions & unifying the caucus.
From me:
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
From me:
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect
While the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same.
prospect.org
January 21, 2026 at 8:22 PM
NEWS: While Hakeem Jeffries has announced he's opposing the DHS/ICE funding bill tomorrow, his team is not whipping the vote. Several frontliners are expected to vote yes. There's a difference in leadership between personal vote decisions & unifying the caucus.
From me:
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
From me:
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
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South Carolina measles cases rise to 646, Clemson exposure widens outbreak risk reut.rs/4sRqWUb
South Carolina measles cases rise to 646, Clemson exposure widens outbreak risk
South Carolina's health department on Tuesday reported 646 measles cases tied to the state's ongoing outbreak, an increase of 88 since Friday, with new public exposures at Clemson and Anderson universities raising the risk of a wider spread.
reut.rs
January 21, 2026 at 12:15 AM
South Carolina measles cases rise to 646, Clemson exposure widens outbreak risk reut.rs/4sRqWUb