Opal - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉
@opaltiger.bsky.social
Libraries, UBI and the commons.
Pinned
On LBC @zoejardiniere.bsky.social lists 3 previous instances where military aircraft have been targeted by campaigners in order to prevent them being used in war crimes, and she describes the govt banning Palestine Action as terrorists as an abuse of state power.
Well said.
Well said.
This is a barn-stormer.
The part about Keir Starmer is boggling.
The part about Keir Starmer is boggling.
Reposted by Opal - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉
Landing in Dunedin Aotearoa in about 90 minutes for the start of a trip that represents the culmination of a dream I’ve had since I was ten years old.
Visiting academic to address spread of misinformation
For Carl Bergstrom, misinformation is like a living organism — it can travel across networks and spread through populations like pathogens. The...
www.odt.co.nz
February 4, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Landing in Dunedin Aotearoa in about 90 minutes for the start of a trip that represents the culmination of a dream I’ve had since I was ten years old.
Reposted by Opal - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉
In 1981, when I was ten, I visited Christchurch, New Zealand with my parents. I loved birds, especially albatrosses, and learned that tantalizingly close—360 km to the south—was the royal albatross colony in Dunedin.
It was not meant to be that trip. But 44 years later, I finally made it happen.
It was not meant to be that trip. But 44 years later, I finally made it happen.
February 6, 2026 at 9:44 AM
In 1981, when I was ten, I visited Christchurch, New Zealand with my parents. I loved birds, especially albatrosses, and learned that tantalizingly close—360 km to the south—was the royal albatross colony in Dunedin.
It was not meant to be that trip. But 44 years later, I finally made it happen.
It was not meant to be that trip. But 44 years later, I finally made it happen.
Reposted by Opal - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉
And wonderful to see the staff at the albatross center taking such good care of them. Here, egg-weighing time. Which gives you a sense of scale for these massive, beautiful birds.
February 6, 2026 at 9:55 AM
And wonderful to see the staff at the albatross center taking such good care of them. Here, egg-weighing time. Which gives you a sense of scale for these massive, beautiful birds.
Anybody looking for a good Heated Rivalry reactor. This person is brand new to it all, and very, very funny.
www.youtube.com/@georgeous.r...
www.youtube.com/@georgeous.r...
February 6, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Anybody looking for a good Heated Rivalry reactor. This person is brand new to it all, and very, very funny.
www.youtube.com/@georgeous.r...
www.youtube.com/@georgeous.r...
Reposted by Opal - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉
They’re trying to run the Kilmar Abrego Garcia playbook with a five year old boy in a bunny hat because nobody can find peace if they embarrass the Trump administration publicly. Normal people didn’t like it with Garcia and they really aren’t going to like it for Liam.
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:51 AM
They’re trying to run the Kilmar Abrego Garcia playbook with a five year old boy in a bunny hat because nobody can find peace if they embarrass the Trump administration publicly. Normal people didn’t like it with Garcia and they really aren’t going to like it for Liam.
Reposted by Opal - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉
For those who don't know, Luttig was once considered the intellectual heir to Scalia. He was about as conservative a judge as you could find...
Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.
February 6, 2026 at 1:32 AM
For those who don't know, Luttig was once considered the intellectual heir to Scalia. He was about as conservative a judge as you could find...
Reposted by Opal - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉
Mr Nipples is here to curse your timeline
I need everyone to know that on the crochet subreddit the mods made a big post about how they're taking a week off because there was too much fighting/political posts. so there's currently no mods on r/crochet and people are being absolutely insane
February 5, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Mr Nipples is here to curse your timeline
Reposted by Opal - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉
The DOJ redacted the face of the Mona Lisa, a 522-year-old painting, while failing to redact the names, faces, and nude photos of dozens of Epstein’s victims as part of its latest data dump.
DOJ Released Unredacted Nude Images in Epstein Files
A note from investigators in the files said some images Epstein had were "POSSIBLE CSAM."
www.404media.co
February 5, 2026 at 9:54 PM
The DOJ redacted the face of the Mona Lisa, a 522-year-old painting, while failing to redact the names, faces, and nude photos of dozens of Epstein’s victims as part of its latest data dump.
Reposted by Opal - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉
im so sorry, this image arrived in my mind fully formed and i felt obligated to make it real. Saturn Devouring His Bun.
February 5, 2026 at 8:50 PM
im so sorry, this image arrived in my mind fully formed and i felt obligated to make it real. Saturn Devouring His Bun.
Reposted by Opal - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉
No one called it harder than Socko
February 5, 2026 at 7:21 PM
No one called it harder than Socko
Reposted by Opal - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
Reposted by Opal - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉
🔥
FINNEAS defends sister Billie Eilish amid online backlash over her anti-ICE comments at GRAMMYs:
“Seeing a lot of very powerful old white men outraged about what my 24 year old sister said during her acceptance speech. We can literally see your names in the Epstein files.”
“Seeing a lot of very powerful old white men outraged about what my 24 year old sister said during her acceptance speech. We can literally see your names in the Epstein files.”
February 5, 2026 at 2:29 AM
🔥
Reposted by Opal - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉
A small collection of lovely "how to" videos from the National Film Board of Canada, including how to build an igloo and how chain link fences are made. [kottke.org]
How Do They…?
I was poking around on YouTube for “how to” videos (one of my favorite video genres) the other day when I hit a small jackpot: a bunch of How Do They…? videos from the National Film Board of Canada. A f
kottke.org
February 4, 2026 at 6:16 PM
A small collection of lovely "how to" videos from the National Film Board of Canada, including how to build an igloo and how chain link fences are made. [kottke.org]
Reposted by Opal - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉
I don't often wear political t-shirts, but I'm proudly sporting this one today.
I'm an immigrant.
I teach American (and international!) college students, research the U.S. economy, consult with policymakers, write books, raise my kids, pay taxes, and try to make this a better place.
I'm an immigrant.
I teach American (and international!) college students, research the U.S. economy, consult with policymakers, write books, raise my kids, pay taxes, and try to make this a better place.
February 4, 2026 at 6:30 PM
I don't often wear political t-shirts, but I'm proudly sporting this one today.
I'm an immigrant.
I teach American (and international!) college students, research the U.S. economy, consult with policymakers, write books, raise my kids, pay taxes, and try to make this a better place.
I'm an immigrant.
I teach American (and international!) college students, research the U.S. economy, consult with policymakers, write books, raise my kids, pay taxes, and try to make this a better place.
Reposted by Opal - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉
PSA: this article i wrote 6 years ago still holds: www.webworm.co/farrier/
I am not right-wing political pollster David Farrar
Your annual reminder
www.webworm.co
February 4, 2026 at 4:32 AM
PSA: this article i wrote 6 years ago still holds: www.webworm.co/farrier/
Reposted by Opal - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉
Climate resilience $0
Water infrastructure $0
Cutting loads of jobs $18278399
Cancelling projects $29287473
Someone who's good at economy help me it's very sick
Water infrastructure $0
Cutting loads of jobs $18278399
Cancelling projects $29287473
Someone who's good at economy help me it's very sick
February 4, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Climate resilience $0
Water infrastructure $0
Cutting loads of jobs $18278399
Cancelling projects $29287473
Someone who's good at economy help me it's very sick
Water infrastructure $0
Cutting loads of jobs $18278399
Cancelling projects $29287473
Someone who's good at economy help me it's very sick
Reposted by Opal - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉
holy shit
In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.
February 3, 2026 at 6:52 PM
holy shit
Reposted by Opal - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉
What if Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, but with an actual circus with actual clowns
Exclusive: A U.S. official has alleged wrongdoing by U.S. spy chief Tulsi Gabbard in a complaint that is so highly classified it has sparked months of wrangling over how to share it with Congress, according to people familiar with the matter.
Classified Whistleblower Complaint About Tulsi Gabbard Stalls Within Her Agency
Congress hasn’t seen the complaint, which was filed eight months ago with the U.S. intelligence community watchdog’s office.
on.wsj.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:23 AM
What if Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, but with an actual circus with actual clowns
Reposted by Opal - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉
Interesting that libraries seem largely (?) immune to this when even universities and journalistic media orgs climbed right up that blade of grass (to say nothing of tech companies, though no one should have expected them to be resilient to this)
February 2, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Interesting that libraries seem largely (?) immune to this when even universities and journalistic media orgs climbed right up that blade of grass (to say nothing of tech companies, though no one should have expected them to be resilient to this)
Reposted by Opal - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉
This one weird trick to cause information ecosystem megafauna to cordycept themselves
Worth keeping an eye on this story: Heritage Foundation-linked group is trying to frame Netflix as being some super liberal company that puts out super liberal content (it's not).
Same strategy they successfully used against traditional media and social media.
deadline.com/2026/02/netf...
Same strategy they successfully used against traditional media and social media.
deadline.com/2026/02/netf...
Project Netflix: MAGA’s Plan To Sandbag Warner Bros Deal; Streamer Called “Biggest Political & Ideology Messaging Machine In Human History”
Ted Sarandos' testimony tomorrow in front of the Senate could see MAGA forces try to blow up the streamer's plan to buy Warner Bros
deadline.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:29 PM
This one weird trick to cause information ecosystem megafauna to cordycept themselves
Reposted by Opal - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉
An hour-long set of Seu Jorge singing David Bowie covers in Portuguese (from Wes Anderson's Life Aquatic) to mark the 10th anniversary of Bowie's death. "Just an acoustic guitar, a microphone, and the beautiful coastline of São Paulo." [kottke.org]
Seu Jorge’s Lovely Tribute to David Bowie
For his 2004 film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Wes Anderson enlisted Brazilian musical artist Seu Jorge to perform several of David Bowie’s songs in Portuguese. Jorge released an album of the songs about a y
kottke.org
February 2, 2026 at 10:36 PM
An hour-long set of Seu Jorge singing David Bowie covers in Portuguese (from Wes Anderson's Life Aquatic) to mark the 10th anniversary of Bowie's death. "Just an acoustic guitar, a microphone, and the beautiful coastline of São Paulo." [kottke.org]
Reposted by Opal - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉
The ONLY surviving Gullah-Geechee community in Georgia just stopped developers with an 85% vote on Sapelo Island. They protected their language, culture, and ancestral land from gentrification. When Black communities unite, we win. This is power.
Gullah-Geechee People Stopped Gentrification Dead in its Tracks
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
www.theroot.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:03 PM
The ONLY surviving Gullah-Geechee community in Georgia just stopped developers with an 85% vote on Sapelo Island. They protected their language, culture, and ancestral land from gentrification. When Black communities unite, we win. This is power.
Reposted by Opal - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉
“The end of Temporary Protected Status has Holocaust survivors offering to hide Haitian staffers, according to the CEO of a senior-living center in Florida.” The CEO of the center: “That reminds me of Anne Frank.” [jta.org]
'Reminds me of Anne Frank': Jewish seniors are offering to hide their Haitian caregivers as Trump's TPS end looms - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The end of Temporary Protected Status has Holocaust survivors offering to hide Haitian staffers, according to the CEO of a senior-living center in Florida.
www.jta.org
February 1, 2026 at 5:02 PM
“The end of Temporary Protected Status has Holocaust survivors offering to hide Haitian staffers, according to the CEO of a senior-living center in Florida.” The CEO of the center: “That reminds me of Anne Frank.” [jta.org]
Reposted by Opal - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉
Mom and Big Brother must be so glad.☺️
alt-text: photos of Dad Adrian with small smile and son Liam, both in comfy sweats, sitting on stairs; Rep. Castro watching as Liam plays with toys on couch, AMAZING PAINTING of mariachis and astronaut in background; handwritten letter from Rep. Castro to Liam
alt-text: photos of Dad Adrian with small smile and son Liam, both in comfy sweats, sitting on stairs; Rep. Castro watching as Liam plays with toys on couch, AMAZING PAINTING of mariachis and astronaut in background; handwritten letter from Rep. Castro to Liam
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Mom and Big Brother must be so glad.☺️
alt-text: photos of Dad Adrian with small smile and son Liam, both in comfy sweats, sitting on stairs; Rep. Castro watching as Liam plays with toys on couch, AMAZING PAINTING of mariachis and astronaut in background; handwritten letter from Rep. Castro to Liam
alt-text: photos of Dad Adrian with small smile and son Liam, both in comfy sweats, sitting on stairs; Rep. Castro watching as Liam plays with toys on couch, AMAZING PAINTING of mariachis and astronaut in background; handwritten letter from Rep. Castro to Liam