Steph
@observingangel.bsky.social
Proud Mom of 2 adult LGTBQ humans & 1 were-cat
COVID is never going to be over.
Climate change may be the death of all.
Biology/Botany/Geology and weirdly enough, Accounting?
My youngest thinks I'm a reptilian overlord & we're both artists.
COVID is never going to be over.
Climate change may be the death of all.
Biology/Botany/Geology and weirdly enough, Accounting?
My youngest thinks I'm a reptilian overlord & we're both artists.
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Steph
@observingangel.bsky.social
· Sep 2
Rough day. SUV pulled alongside my car at the bumper on a single lane right turn only road. I was ahead of them waiting to turn right. When an opportunity came to turn right, they floored it & cut right in front of me. Thankfully, I was ready for it bc bad vibes.
#beaverton #tigard
#beaverton #tigard
January 29, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Rough day. SUV pulled alongside my car at the bumper on a single lane right turn only road. I was ahead of them waiting to turn right. When an opportunity came to turn right, they floored it & cut right in front of me. Thankfully, I was ready for it bc bad vibes.
#beaverton #tigard
#beaverton #tigard
Increased risk taking behaviors? Executive function impairment affecting spatial awareness?
I really hate living not far from train tracks but at least this one wasn't trapped on the track and didn't result in the crossing arm getting struck by the train.
I really hate living not far from train tracks but at least this one wasn't trapped on the track and didn't result in the crossing arm getting struck by the train.
January 27, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Increased risk taking behaviors? Executive function impairment affecting spatial awareness?
I really hate living not far from train tracks but at least this one wasn't trapped on the track and didn't result in the crossing arm getting struck by the train.
I really hate living not far from train tracks but at least this one wasn't trapped on the track and didn't result in the crossing arm getting struck by the train.
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“This is a preschool you stupid motherf*ckers!”
(From Somali Snaps)
(From Somali Snaps)
January 27, 2026 at 5:08 PM
“This is a preschool you stupid motherf*ckers!”
(From Somali Snaps)
(From Somali Snaps)
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Just days after a group of Trump-aligned billionaires officially took over TikTok in the U.S., users reported their videos criticizing ICE and the shooting of Alex Pretti were suppressed or delayed.
The oligarchy is tightening its grip over even more of our media.
Beware.
The oligarchy is tightening its grip over even more of our media.
Beware.
January 27, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Just days after a group of Trump-aligned billionaires officially took over TikTok in the U.S., users reported their videos criticizing ICE and the shooting of Alex Pretti were suppressed or delayed.
The oligarchy is tightening its grip over even more of our media.
Beware.
The oligarchy is tightening its grip over even more of our media.
Beware.
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I hiss. You hiss. We all hisssssssss to this catastrophic failure in public health
January 27, 2026 at 6:57 AM
I hiss. You hiss. We all hisssssssss to this catastrophic failure in public health
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Trump is the one with a following but it's Miller, Vance, and Yarvin that are the ones behind most of what is going on in the US. Not a single one of them has an ounce of charisma even combined so they use Trump & his following to do what they want. They'd kill 2/3rds of us if they could.
The reality of the situation is that whatever Trump personally thinks about anything, he is allowing Stephen Miller to run his administration because he is lazy and stupid, and the entire decision-making apparatus on immigration has been infested with Nazis.
kayfabe
January 27, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Trump is the one with a following but it's Miller, Vance, and Yarvin that are the ones behind most of what is going on in the US. Not a single one of them has an ounce of charisma even combined so they use Trump & his following to do what they want. They'd kill 2/3rds of us if they could.
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"CBP stays at the border" might sound like a win, but keep in mind that this is what "the border" means to them www.aclumaine.org/know-your-ri...
January 27, 2026 at 3:03 PM
"CBP stays at the border" might sound like a win, but keep in mind that this is what "the border" means to them www.aclumaine.org/know-your-ri...
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Ellison: "We have the right as a state, as a co-sovereign, to do our own business with our own tax money. What the federal govt has said is, 'if you don't do it our way, we're gonna saturate your state with 4,000 ICE agents until you cry uncle and obey us.' That's unconstitutional and illegal."
January 27, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Ellison: "We have the right as a state, as a co-sovereign, to do our own business with our own tax money. What the federal govt has said is, 'if you don't do it our way, we're gonna saturate your state with 4,000 ICE agents until you cry uncle and obey us.' That's unconstitutional and illegal."
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To avoid the possibility Holocaust remembrance might lead to empathy for migrants, Trump's antisemitism envoy claims Anne Frank "was in Amsterdam legally."
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
January 27, 2026 at 3:28 PM
To avoid the possibility Holocaust remembrance might lead to empathy for migrants, Trump's antisemitism envoy claims Anne Frank "was in Amsterdam legally."
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
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Rep. Veronica Escobar on a homicide in a Texas immigrant detention facility: "I've learned nothing else from DHS, and I think what's also very telling is DHS tried to deport the witnesses to this homicide"
January 27, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Rep. Veronica Escobar on a homicide in a Texas immigrant detention facility: "I've learned nothing else from DHS, and I think what's also very telling is DHS tried to deport the witnesses to this homicide"
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I find it hilarious when I occasionally talk about zero COVID, and the “but it’s not that harmful anymore” crowd come out.
You haven’t been chucked “by the wayside” already. Good for you.
Millions were. Every year more join them…
And then there’s long COVID.
You haven’t been chucked “by the wayside” already. Good for you.
Millions were. Every year more join them…
And then there’s long COVID.
January 27, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I find it hilarious when I occasionally talk about zero COVID, and the “but it’s not that harmful anymore” crowd come out.
You haven’t been chucked “by the wayside” already. Good for you.
Millions were. Every year more join them…
And then there’s long COVID.
You haven’t been chucked “by the wayside” already. Good for you.
Millions were. Every year more join them…
And then there’s long COVID.
Miller needs to go.
January 27, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Miller needs to go.
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They can't even contain their insanity.
January 25, 2026 at 2:02 PM
They can't even contain their insanity.
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ABC: Noem said Pretti committed an act of domestic terrorism. Stephen Miller labeled him a domestic terrorist. Does the president agree?
LEAVITT: I have not heard the president characterize Mr Pretti in that way
LEAVITT: I have not heard the president characterize Mr Pretti in that way
January 26, 2026 at 6:34 PM
ABC: Noem said Pretti committed an act of domestic terrorism. Stephen Miller labeled him a domestic terrorist. Does the president agree?
LEAVITT: I have not heard the president characterize Mr Pretti in that way
LEAVITT: I have not heard the president characterize Mr Pretti in that way
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Reporter: Will Stephen Miller be apologizing to the family of Alex Pretti for calling him an assassin?
Leavitt: This incident remains under investigation.
Leavitt: This incident remains under investigation.
January 26, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Reporter: Will Stephen Miller be apologizing to the family of Alex Pretti for calling him an assassin?
Leavitt: This incident remains under investigation.
Leavitt: This incident remains under investigation.
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Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning
January 26, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning
A federal government that is capable of indiscriminately killing its own people without recourse will do it again. And again. And again. And again. And probably again.
#kentstate #pretti #good
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#kentstate #pretti #good
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January 26, 2026 at 8:21 PM
A federal government that is capable of indiscriminately killing its own people without recourse will do it again. And again. And again. And again. And probably again.
#kentstate #pretti #good
youtu.be/E-gbYjLd93g?...
#kentstate #pretti #good
youtu.be/E-gbYjLd93g?...
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This is fantastic reporting. Award-worthy.
Everyone should read this and understand that the problem is not limited to Australia. This think tank, dark money problem is American too.
Read this and understand how the world got fucked up.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Everyone should read this and understand that the problem is not limited to Australia. This think tank, dark money problem is American too.
Read this and understand how the world got fucked up.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
A discreet intellectual network has been reshaping the world for 70 years. Here's how
A constant battle of ideas reshapes the world we live in, and few groups have been more successful in winning the war than the little-known Atlas Network.
www.abc.net.au
January 26, 2026 at 12:03 AM
This is fantastic reporting. Award-worthy.
Everyone should read this and understand that the problem is not limited to Australia. This think tank, dark money problem is American too.
Read this and understand how the world got fucked up.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Everyone should read this and understand that the problem is not limited to Australia. This think tank, dark money problem is American too.
Read this and understand how the world got fucked up.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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"ICE will leave Minnesota if you hand over your voter rolls" tells you everything you need to know.
This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
January 25, 2026 at 11:01 PM
"ICE will leave Minnesota if you hand over your voter rolls" tells you everything you need to know.
This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
Not "increasingly under assault". They're literally being murdered in cold blood on a snowy street.
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Not "increasingly under assault". They're literally being murdered in cold blood on a snowy street.
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Call the piece of legislation that ultimately abolishes ICE the Pretti-Good Act
January 25, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Call the piece of legislation that ultimately abolishes ICE the Pretti-Good Act
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One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
January 24, 2026 at 9:29 PM
One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
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We’re going to have to systematically dismantle this cancerous movement.
- Strip the dark money groups and political churches of tax exempt status
- Target right-wing media with antitrust
- Oust right-wing bullshit from academia and law schools
- Root out fascists in government and law enforcement
- Strip the dark money groups and political churches of tax exempt status
- Target right-wing media with antitrust
- Oust right-wing bullshit from academia and law schools
- Root out fascists in government and law enforcement
“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
January 24, 2026 at 6:58 PM
We’re going to have to systematically dismantle this cancerous movement.
- Strip the dark money groups and political churches of tax exempt status
- Target right-wing media with antitrust
- Oust right-wing bullshit from academia and law schools
- Root out fascists in government and law enforcement
- Strip the dark money groups and political churches of tax exempt status
- Target right-wing media with antitrust
- Oust right-wing bullshit from academia and law schools
- Root out fascists in government and law enforcement
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Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."