Rikonius.bsky.social
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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Tolerating these bad faith parlor games, devoid of an attachment to actual history or the plain meaning of words, as paths to elite success in legal academia & the federal judiciary was a grave mistake. We need to stop doing that & never do it again.
During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Tolerating these bad faith parlor games, devoid of an attachment to actual history or the plain meaning of words, as paths to elite success in legal academia & the federal judiciary was a grave mistake. We need to stop doing that & never do it again.
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I hate the stupid girls vs boys memes, especially the time travel related ones... so I LOVE this one :)
December 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I hate the stupid girls vs boys memes, especially the time travel related ones... so I LOVE this one :)
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"I am Spartacus" but for sex pests
December 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"I am Spartacus" but for sex pests
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Rep. Ilhan Omar: "When I think about Stephen Miller and his white supremacist rhetoric, it reminds me of the way the Nazis described Jewish people in Germany."
December 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Rep. Ilhan Omar: "When I think about Stephen Miller and his white supremacist rhetoric, it reminds me of the way the Nazis described Jewish people in Germany."
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Anyone who says “be normal” betrays that they have an implicit value system of who is considered normal and who is not, and when you have that, you will always value some people and traits over another. They will always replicate hierarchies of power in the long run.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Anyone who says “be normal” betrays that they have an implicit value system of who is considered normal and who is not, and when you have that, you will always value some people and traits over another. They will always replicate hierarchies of power in the long run.
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December 7, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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it rules to pivot at this point in time from metaverse to ai wearables. it's like if your 8-track tape company finally realized no one was going to want them in the age of the CD, so you changed the business model to only recording nursery rhymes on wax cylinder.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the ‘Metaverse’ has cost Meta more than $77B
The company now plans to cut spending on it and shift focus to AI wearables instead
(via WSJ)
The company now plans to cut spending on it and shift focus to AI wearables instead
(via WSJ)
December 7, 2025 at 3:46 AM
it rules to pivot at this point in time from metaverse to ai wearables. it's like if your 8-track tape company finally realized no one was going to want them in the age of the CD, so you changed the business model to only recording nursery rhymes on wax cylinder.
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Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
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A Yahoo/YouGov poll conducted late Nov. found 49% say Trump has raised prices since taking office for his second term. 63% disapprove of his handling of the cost of living, 58% disapprove of his handling of the economy & 60% say inflation is getting worse.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
December 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
A Yahoo/YouGov poll conducted late Nov. found 49% say Trump has raised prices since taking office for his second term. 63% disapprove of his handling of the cost of living, 58% disapprove of his handling of the economy & 60% say inflation is getting worse.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
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Nothing sends terror into the souls of local MAGA and Moms for liberty like normies showing up for local politics. When they say things like "Trans witches from Satan's bedroom are going to feast on your children's dreams" and normies say "Haha, no." local politicians side with normies regularly.
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Nothing sends terror into the souls of local MAGA and Moms for liberty like normies showing up for local politics. When they say things like "Trans witches from Satan's bedroom are going to feast on your children's dreams" and normies say "Haha, no." local politicians side with normies regularly.
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A lot of conservative local politics is ridiculously unpopular. That's why they focus on off year elections and hide behind closed doors. You gotta show up and force the doors open.
December 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
A lot of conservative local politics is ridiculously unpopular. That's why they focus on off year elections and hide behind closed doors. You gotta show up and force the doors open.
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Cool Bird Alert
Today I spotted a wild bird called a “NOSURI” in the nearby fields. It looked really cool.
#birdphotography
#birdphotography
December 7, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Cool Bird Alert
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How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
December 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
Yes
Is every single tech bro a clinical psychopath?
Serious question.
Serious question.
December 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Yes
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“ACIP has recommended a universal birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine since 1991, after realizing a risk-based strategy wasn’t working. Annual hepatitis B infections among infants and children have dropped 99% from 16,000 to less than 20.”
December 7, 2025 at 7:20 AM
“ACIP has recommended a universal birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine since 1991, after realizing a risk-based strategy wasn’t working. Annual hepatitis B infections among infants and children have dropped 99% from 16,000 to less than 20.”
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This is horrific and exactly what those of us in Black studies, gender studies, women’s studies have been warning our colleagues in the sciences about. Their seeming neutrality will not save them.
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
December 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM
This is horrific and exactly what those of us in Black studies, gender studies, women’s studies have been warning our colleagues in the sciences about. Their seeming neutrality will not save them.
How did he manage to get TWO Tommy Wisaeus?
fam our government is a fucking fascist wax museum
I see Stallone sent a cardboard standee instead
December 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
How did he manage to get TWO Tommy Wisaeus?
Hmm, I looked it up, and gotta say, I do think the blue edition is an improvement.
December 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Hmm, I looked it up, and gotta say, I do think the blue edition is an improvement.
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Daily reminder. You have a sexual predator in the WH. Hold him & everyone involved accountable.
The survivors deserve justice.
The public deserves answers.
The predators deserve consequences.
Support survivors, not predators & accomplices.
The survivors deserve justice.
The public deserves answers.
The predators deserve consequences.
Support survivors, not predators & accomplices.
December 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Daily reminder. You have a sexual predator in the WH. Hold him & everyone involved accountable.
The survivors deserve justice.
The public deserves answers.
The predators deserve consequences.
Support survivors, not predators & accomplices.
The survivors deserve justice.
The public deserves answers.
The predators deserve consequences.
Support survivors, not predators & accomplices.
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Crowds are showing up🔥
Brooklyn and the Bronx both hit capacity as New Yorkers train to protect their communities from #ICE and stand up for their neighbors.
More trainings are coming, and a full weekend of community action is set for Dec 12–14.
Sign up: HandsOffNYC.com
Brooklyn and the Bronx both hit capacity as New Yorkers train to protect their communities from #ICE and stand up for their neighbors.
More trainings are coming, and a full weekend of community action is set for Dec 12–14.
Sign up: HandsOffNYC.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Crowds are showing up🔥
Brooklyn and the Bronx both hit capacity as New Yorkers train to protect their communities from #ICE and stand up for their neighbors.
More trainings are coming, and a full weekend of community action is set for Dec 12–14.
Sign up: HandsOffNYC.com
Brooklyn and the Bronx both hit capacity as New Yorkers train to protect their communities from #ICE and stand up for their neighbors.
More trainings are coming, and a full weekend of community action is set for Dec 12–14.
Sign up: HandsOffNYC.com
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Victims of #Project2025
🚨 ALERT: Unsafe food hitting shelves. Shredded cheese with metal, Pecorino cheese with listeria, Ritz crackers, milk with chemicals, dog food with plastic. Weak FDA oversight means it could be in your pantry‼️‼️
December 7, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Victims of #Project2025
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Inside ICE Detention: Stripped, Shackled, Starved
Overcrowded facilities, poor medical care, and deaths in custody.
Systematic violations of civil and constitutional rights.
What are you still waiting for, America?
ICE continues to kidnap people & use violent tactics!
Thread 1/2🧵
Overcrowded facilities, poor medical care, and deaths in custody.
Systematic violations of civil and constitutional rights.
What are you still waiting for, America?
ICE continues to kidnap people & use violent tactics!
Thread 1/2🧵
December 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Inside ICE Detention: Stripped, Shackled, Starved
Overcrowded facilities, poor medical care, and deaths in custody.
Systematic violations of civil and constitutional rights.
What are you still waiting for, America?
ICE continues to kidnap people & use violent tactics!
Thread 1/2🧵
Overcrowded facilities, poor medical care, and deaths in custody.
Systematic violations of civil and constitutional rights.
What are you still waiting for, America?
ICE continues to kidnap people & use violent tactics!
Thread 1/2🧵
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ICE is moving from illegal raids & brutality to ethnic cleansing, just like any good Gestapo would do...
U.S. citizen was detained by ICE on her way to work during a traffic stop.
“Why are you doing this to me?”
No masks, no swapped out plates, no badgeless enforcement!
#StopGestapoICE
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U.S. citizen was detained by ICE on her way to work during a traffic stop.
“Why are you doing this to me?”
No masks, no swapped out plates, no badgeless enforcement!
#StopGestapoICE
2/2🧵
December 5, 2025 at 11:12 AM
ICE is moving from illegal raids & brutality to ethnic cleansing, just like any good Gestapo would do...
U.S. citizen was detained by ICE on her way to work during a traffic stop.
“Why are you doing this to me?”
No masks, no swapped out plates, no badgeless enforcement!
#StopGestapoICE
2/2🧵
U.S. citizen was detained by ICE on her way to work during a traffic stop.
“Why are you doing this to me?”
No masks, no swapped out plates, no badgeless enforcement!
#StopGestapoICE
2/2🧵
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December 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM