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Liz Madsen
@paleonut.bsky.social
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Stage Manager. In love with the natural sciences, photography, and Supernatural. Occasionally a DJ.
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thesciencemom.bsky.social
Question for @brunota2003.bsky.social and @alaskawx.bsky.social and any other weather folks.

Is this hoar frost or something else? Long columnar formations coating virtually everything, especially in shady areas. Seems to have grown longer over successive days. No precip. Clear skies. In KTN.
Needle-like frost on branches Frost growing from stick. Fingers from a gloved hand are visible for scale Frost growing on the shaded side of a log near a frozen muskeg pond Column-like fingers of frost grow from a branch
January 24, 2026 at 11:48 PM
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thesciencemom.bsky.social
Some of my favorites were the ones growing vertically from the ice on a muskeg pond. Found a few that were about 2” tall!
January 25, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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davejorgenson.bsky.social
Clarissa explains it all to the DHS Instagram account
January 24, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
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.
1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting. 2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value. 3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE. 4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on. 5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle." 6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground. 7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack. 8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video. 9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk. 10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun. 11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him. 12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes. 13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times. 14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him. 15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1. 16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground. 17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building. 18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values. I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct. Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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davewagner.bsky.social
he has heard about the snowstorm and has decided it is not allowed to happen. thank you, Great Chancleta
The side of an orange and white cat's cat face
January 23, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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coachgowron.com
Honor has no price tag. It is bought only through actions, through conducting yourself with integrity, with kindness towards others, with ferocity towards those who promote hatred and bigotry. Nor can anybody, no matter how wealthy, buy it or take it from you. Honor is priceless.
January 11, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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davewagner.bsky.social
we may never get a convincing photo of Bigfoot, but today we have something rarer: Chancleta in motion. look at his majesty
An orange and white cat is on four legs, implying locomotion of some kind
January 10, 2026 at 11:18 PM
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betsycooley.bsky.social
San Francisco skyline tonight after sun sets. Taken from Emeryville, California.

#sunset #nature #eastcoastkin
Bright pink, red, orange with some blue sky reflected on SF Bay. San Francisco skyline in background, cars and shoreline in foreground, branches of pine tree to the left.
January 11, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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emrazz.bsky.social
Today, the US President claimed to The NYT that the only limits that exist on his power, in domestic or international matters, are “his own morality.”

Where are the elected Democrats?

Articles of Impeachment. EVERY. DAY.

Rallies. EVERY. DAY.

Mourning. EVERY. DAY.

Fucking SAY SOMETHING.
January 9, 2026 at 2:33 AM
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sandibachom.bsky.social
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
― George Orwell, 1984
January 9, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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petekruger.bsky.social
There's this episode of Star Trek where Captain Picard is captured and tortured, and the main way that the torturer tries to break him is by showing him four lights, and telling him that there are five.

There are four lights.

This is not a post about Star Trek.
January 9, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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watchinthesky.bsky.social
#Feathers&Form is the theme for #BirdOfTheDay.
I thought this hummingbird’s feathers were worthy as their feathers diffract the sunlight into a rainbow of colors.
#birds #RainbowWings
A backlit hummingbird is caught flying. The wings and tail feathers break the light into rainbow colors.
January 10, 2026 at 12:27 AM
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middleageriot.bsky.social
If only Republicans spent half the energy defending the Constitution that they do defending pedos, felons, and murderers.
January 9, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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charlotteclymer.bsky.social
He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
January 9, 2026 at 11:25 PM
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captainpooky.bsky.social
Timeline Cleanse: Please enjoy this photo of a praying mantis that was sitting on top of my car windshield, but the angling and lighting were so weird it looks like a giant praying mantis wandering a corn field in Iowa.
What appears to be a giant praying mantis wandering a corn field is actually a normal sized praying mantis that's actually sitting on my windshield
January 10, 2026 at 1:03 AM
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coachfinstock.bsky.social
Holy Jesus I didn't look close enough, saw the green logo quickly and thought this was The Onion and started chuckling man what have we done lol
January 10, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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phaneritic.bsky.social
Well, here’s a good 10 minutes of distraction.
cageosurvey.bsky.social California Geological Survey @cageosurvey.bsky.social · Jan 7
Geologic mapping of California continues with the Regional Geologic & Landslide Mapping Program. Maps include statewide geologic and fault activity maps, geologic atlas and regional geologic map series, and offshore continental margin maps. www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/rgm/prog...
Recent mapping in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
January 8, 2026 at 12:27 AM
paleonut.bsky.social
When ents get festive

Taken with my Samsung S24 Ultra phone at Longwood Gardens in PA
A beautifully structured tree wrapped in colorful lights, dancing in a dark forest with small mysterious lights floating on the horizon
January 8, 2026 at 1:17 AM
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sciencesocks.bsky.social
Let's do a giveaway for my new #Apollo11 bootprint hoodies! 🚀

Enter for a chance to win a #bootprint hoodie! Available in 5 colors. ✨

💫 How to participate:

1) Follow me
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3) Like & repost

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bootprint hoodie graphic with overlaid text reading "lunar bootprint hoodie giveaway." Iconic lunar bootprint photo from apollo 11 in the background
December 3, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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simoncarn.bsky.social
An explosive #eruption of Hayli Gubbi #volcano, located SE of Erta'Ale in the Afar Rift (Ethiopia), began at ~08:30 UTC on Nov 23. Eruption onset was fortuitously captured by a @planet.com overpass at 08:31 UTC. Hayli Gubbi has no record of Holocene eruptions. Toulouse VAAC reporting ash to ~15 km.
November 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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chuckwendig.bsky.social
AI is like this giant fucking boat we all were forced to get on, and it's a boat they stole, and also it barely floats, and also it's not going anywhere good. So it either takes us somewhere we hate, or it fucking sinks, so either way, fuck AI.
eliothiggins.bsky.social Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · Nov 18
So if AI succeeds loads of people lose their jobs as they're replaced by AI, and if AI fails, loads of people lose their jobs as the economy crashes?
carolecadwalla.bsky.social Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · Nov 18
It’s amazing how this story has gone from 0 to 60 in UK press. There’s been no mainstream coverage to date but this morning the story is leading BBC News site & bulletins.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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maxtani.bsky.social
The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”
September 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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wgawest.bsky.social
WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice. As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree. Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich. Silencing us impoverishes the whole world. The WA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM