PonderOsa
@rockintheroad.bsky.social
I used to run with the wolves. Recovering texan, New Mexican by choice. Belly dancer for biodiversity. Secular animist. Forest stan. Reader. Known by a dozen dozen other names. If we don't cool the planet, nothing else matters much.
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One day, the bad man will die, as we all will. And no one will miss him when he goes. And no one will welcome him home.
President Donald Trump appeared unsteady on his feet as he touched down on the South Lawn of the White House last night.
Trump struggles to walk in a straight line as he waves to White House TV cameras
www.irishstar.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:57 PM
One day, the bad man will die, as we all will. And no one will miss him when he goes. And no one will welcome him home.
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We wanted to understand how rugged English-Scots-Irish culture has shaped America. So we talked to three white South African billionaires at a sex party in the Bahamas.
February 16, 2026 at 8:58 PM
We wanted to understand how rugged English-Scots-Irish culture has shaped America. So we talked to three white South African billionaires at a sex party in the Bahamas.
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If you have Republican senators, it's especially critical to call [+1 (202) 224-3121] or write (just personalize the letter if you'd like and hit send): earthjustice.org/action/defen.... It takes just minutes to save Boundary Waters' lands and waters for generations. 🌎
Stop Congress from selling out the Boundary Waters to a Chilean-owned mine
Corporate polluters are taking aim at one of North America’s most treasured landscapes.
earthjustice.org
February 17, 2026 at 9:23 PM
If you have Republican senators, it's especially critical to call [+1 (202) 224-3121] or write (just personalize the letter if you'd like and hit send): earthjustice.org/action/defen.... It takes just minutes to save Boundary Waters' lands and waters for generations. 🌎
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"This admin doesn't see parks like Yosemite, Yellowstone & the Grand Canyon as national treasures, but as branding opportunities & profit makers... They'll stop at nothing until they're carved up for profit & turned into playgrounds for the ultra-rich.”
www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2026/02/upda...
www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2026/02/upda...
February 17, 2026 at 9:24 PM
"This admin doesn't see parks like Yosemite, Yellowstone & the Grand Canyon as national treasures, but as branding opportunities & profit makers... They'll stop at nothing until they're carved up for profit & turned into playgrounds for the ultra-rich.”
www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2026/02/upda...
www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2026/02/upda...
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NEW: ‘It’s a coup’.
One year on from when DOGE entered the US treasury & Trump’s blitzkrieg on the rule of law began, I’ve republished an article I wrote then about what the headlines weren’t saying.
NB: They’re still not.
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open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
One year on from when DOGE entered the US treasury & Trump’s blitzkrieg on the rule of law began, I’ve republished an article I wrote then about what the headlines weren’t saying.
NB: They’re still not.
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open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The US coup: one year on
I re-publish my piece from a year ago. It's not yet over. But it's nearly there...
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:21 PM
NEW: ‘It’s a coup’.
One year on from when DOGE entered the US treasury & Trump’s blitzkrieg on the rule of law began, I’ve republished an article I wrote then about what the headlines weren’t saying.
NB: They’re still not.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
One year on from when DOGE entered the US treasury & Trump’s blitzkrieg on the rule of law began, I’ve republished an article I wrote then about what the headlines weren’t saying.
NB: They’re still not.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
February 17, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
Party of Pro Life
"Here are Republican 'family values' for your children in 2026:
- allowing them to be murdered in schools
- making it easier for them to die of communicable diseases
- putting them to work rather than educating them
- hiding the identities of those who traffick and rape them"
- allowing them to be murdered in schools
- making it easier for them to die of communicable diseases
- putting them to work rather than educating them
- hiding the identities of those who traffick and rape them"
Florida: we deported all your hard working employees, but have no fear, we're bringing back child labor to fix it.
Seems like Democrats have all sorts of messaging opportunities here
Seems like Democrats have all sorts of messaging opportunities here
February 17, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Party of Pro Life
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The difference between a judicial warrant and an administrative warrant is the difference between a $20 bill and a napkin that a fascist wrote "twenty dollars" on.
February 17, 2026 at 6:56 PM
The difference between a judicial warrant and an administrative warrant is the difference between a $20 bill and a napkin that a fascist wrote "twenty dollars" on.
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“Look, I’ll help you. But I can’t have my name on it,” one communications employee started telling journalists. “I can’t have my name on anything.”
@ashleyharrell.bsky.social spoke with a handful of park employees about changes to NPS communication guidelines and how awful they've been recently.
@ashleyharrell.bsky.social spoke with a handful of park employees about changes to NPS communication guidelines and how awful they've been recently.
Sweeping new rules restrict nearly all aspects of national park communications
"It's getting more f—ked up every day."
www.sfgate.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
“Look, I’ll help you. But I can’t have my name on it,” one communications employee started telling journalists. “I can’t have my name on anything.”
@ashleyharrell.bsky.social spoke with a handful of park employees about changes to NPS communication guidelines and how awful they've been recently.
@ashleyharrell.bsky.social spoke with a handful of park employees about changes to NPS communication guidelines and how awful they've been recently.
Fight like hell for the hellbenders!
We're fighting like hell for #Hellbenders by suing the Fish and Wildlife Service to force the agency to set a binding date to enact federal protections for them under the #ESA.
This prehistoric #salamander faces tremendous threats from activities that harm rivers and streams ➡️ bit.ly/46XwSBI
This prehistoric #salamander faces tremendous threats from activities that harm rivers and streams ➡️ bit.ly/46XwSBI
February 17, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Fight like hell for the hellbenders!
More cruelty, more death.
The trump brand is rotten and evil.
The trump brand is rotten and evil.
Cuba is facing a humanitarian crisis. Fellow Maria Jose Espinosa wrote in @elpais.com about the impact of oil shortages on the #Cuban people:
“For the last few years, Cuba has had access to a fraction of the oil it needs for daily consumption.
“For the last few years, Cuba has had access to a fraction of the oil it needs for daily consumption.
Out of oil and in pain
While the world is focused on whether the Cuban government will survive, it is critically important to understand what is happening to ordinary people on the island
english-elpais-com.cdn.ampproject.org
February 17, 2026 at 7:13 PM
More cruelty, more death.
The trump brand is rotten and evil.
The trump brand is rotten and evil.
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Pol Pot killed 3 million people. Vought and Musk have him beat three times over.
As a direct result of the obscene actions of Russell Vought and Elon Musk in destroying USAID, we can expect “at least 9.4 million additional deaths by 2030, if the current funding trend continues.
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
One year on from dismantling of USAID, study projects that global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030 | CNN
It’s been one year since the Trump administration dismantled the US Agency for International Development (USAID), with aid cuts leading to the closure of HIV clinics in South Africa, the termination o...
www.cnn.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Pol Pot killed 3 million people. Vought and Musk have him beat three times over.
Oh, my brimming over heart.
February 17, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Oh, my brimming over heart.
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It is remarkable but by now we know that 12% of people also think the Moon is made of cheese from Mars.
February 17, 2026 at 2:53 AM
It is remarkable but by now we know that 12% of people also think the Moon is made of cheese from Mars.
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The National Capital Planning Commission is now accepting public comments on Trump's ballroom that dwarfs the White House and is ugly as sin.
To comment, click on the link below, then click on "Submit Written Comments" button. Next, select "East Wing Modernization Project" off the menu.
Go for it!
To comment, click on the link below, then click on "Submit Written Comments" button. Next, select "East Wing Modernization Project" off the menu.
Go for it!
How to Comment
This is a guide on how to speak at a Commission meeting. Please note that your comments may be recorded, and/or live streamed, and added to the public record.
www.ncpc.gov
February 17, 2026 at 2:29 AM
The National Capital Planning Commission is now accepting public comments on Trump's ballroom that dwarfs the White House and is ugly as sin.
To comment, click on the link below, then click on "Submit Written Comments" button. Next, select "East Wing Modernization Project" off the menu.
Go for it!
To comment, click on the link below, then click on "Submit Written Comments" button. Next, select "East Wing Modernization Project" off the menu.
Go for it!
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joyce is going after elon again
February 17, 2026 at 1:22 AM
joyce is going after elon again
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gotta do investigations into DHS “waste, fraud and abuse” as pretext for killing the agency
The interior of Kristi Noem’s new billionaire-class luxury jet is complete with two bidets and a wet bar with a wine chiller. It will be purchased on our dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
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Let Them Fly First Class: Kristi Noem’s DHS Luxury Jet Scandal
Inside Noem's flying palace. Plus: Pentagon demands obedient, deadly AI. The race to deploy untested nuclear reactors. Lawmakers move to rein in presidential pardons. And remembering Robert Duvall.
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:53 AM
gotta do investigations into DHS “waste, fraud and abuse” as pretext for killing the agency
This would be me.
“Evening types experience reduced sleep and misaligned timing for weeks after [spring forward], due to diminished morning light and excessive evening light.”
February 17, 2026 at 1:22 AM
This would be me.
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ICE is detaining young pregnant women at a facility in Texas without proper medical care—some as young as 13, nearly half are victims of rape. This is not how we treat our most vulnerable. www.tpr.org/news/2026-02...
February 13, 2026 at 5:10 PM
ICE is detaining young pregnant women at a facility in Texas without proper medical care—some as young as 13, nearly half are victims of rape. This is not how we treat our most vulnerable. www.tpr.org/news/2026-02...
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There are concentration camps in the USA. People are being disappeared. One facility has 3,500 people, most of them children.
Now, what are we going to do about it?!
Now, what are we going to do about it?!
February 16, 2026 at 9:43 PM
There are concentration camps in the USA. People are being disappeared. One facility has 3,500 people, most of them children.
Now, what are we going to do about it?!
Now, what are we going to do about it?!
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If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''
On this day in 1921, Congress reluctantly accepted a sculpture memorializing women’s 19th A victory. Congress relegated the memorial to the Capitol’s crypt & painted over the feminist inscription. The statue stayed entombed in the crypt for 76 years. The inscription is still not restored. #WeTheMen
February 16, 2026 at 4:35 PM
If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''
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it’s pretty clear DOGE employees make a big show of saying they’re leaving government to obfuscate what they’re actually still doing within government
and the media aids this effort by reporting stories such as “DOGE ‘doesn’t exist’ anymore”!
and the media aids this effort by reporting stories such as “DOGE ‘doesn’t exist’ anymore”!
Realizing I'm going to need to adjust my staffing charts to handle these boomerang cases (Amanda Scales, Greg Hogan, Brad Smith)
sooo is anyone tracking that Amanda Scales is apparently back at OPM trying to scale up Tech Force (a DOGE-led copycat of 18F that saw folks like @skiles.blue pushed out of govt)?
cc: @jacobharr.is
cc: @jacobharr.is
February 16, 2026 at 7:12 PM
it’s pretty clear DOGE employees make a big show of saying they’re leaving government to obfuscate what they’re actually still doing within government
and the media aids this effort by reporting stories such as “DOGE ‘doesn’t exist’ anymore”!
and the media aids this effort by reporting stories such as “DOGE ‘doesn’t exist’ anymore”!
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Earth-directed CME is inbound! A filament eruption near the center of the Earth-facing disk (and associated with a C1 flare) produced a CME heading in our direction.
Impact has been modeled for Feb 18 afternoon (UTC) or Wednesday morning for NA timezones. G1-G2 potential.
Impact has been modeled for Feb 18 afternoon (UTC) or Wednesday morning for NA timezones. G1-G2 potential.
February 16, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Earth-directed CME is inbound! A filament eruption near the center of the Earth-facing disk (and associated with a C1 flare) produced a CME heading in our direction.
Impact has been modeled for Feb 18 afternoon (UTC) or Wednesday morning for NA timezones. G1-G2 potential.
Impact has been modeled for Feb 18 afternoon (UTC) or Wednesday morning for NA timezones. G1-G2 potential.