@sleevine.bsky.social
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I may be slightly biased as I am a loyal Bruce Springsteen fan, but be sure to give this a listen.
It’s just what many of us need right about now.
It’s time to take care of each other like never before.
youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w
It’s just what many of us need right about now.
It’s time to take care of each other like never before.
youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 3:20 PM
I may be slightly biased as I am a loyal Bruce Springsteen fan, but be sure to give this a listen.
It’s just what many of us need right about now.
It’s time to take care of each other like never before.
youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w
It’s just what many of us need right about now.
It’s time to take care of each other like never before.
youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w
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Hubble Space Telescope: old and busted or bold and trusted?
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
[My words, on Sciam]
🧪 🔭
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
[My words, on Sciam]
🧪 🔭
The Hubble Space Telescope is old, but it’s far from busted
The venerable Hubble observatory is going strong despite its decades in space and the advent of next-generation successors
www.scientificamerican.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Hubble Space Telescope: old and busted or bold and trusted?
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
[My words, on Sciam]
🧪 🔭
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
[My words, on Sciam]
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Canadian civil society organizations condemn ICE violence in Minnesota, support calls from U.S. allies for “ICE Out of Everywhere!”
canadians.org/media/canadi...
canadians.org/media/canadi...
Canadian civil society organizations condemn ICE violence in Minnesota, support calls from U.S. allies for “ICE Out of Everywhere!”
Various cities across Canada—We are horrified by the violent and deadly actions of the U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency and previous threats from President Trump to dispatch the…
canadians.org
January 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Canadian civil society organizations condemn ICE violence in Minnesota, support calls from U.S. allies for “ICE Out of Everywhere!”
canadians.org/media/canadi...
canadians.org/media/canadi...
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January 30, 2026 at 12:32 AM
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January 30, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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Wrote something about what we're facing in funding for fundamental science - and why it matters: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-01... 🔭 🧪 #academicsky #Oxford cc @ox.ac.uk
Expert Comment: Cuts to fundamental research will hurt the UK’s
Chris Lintott, Professor of Astrophysics at Oxford’s Department of Physics, responds to the news that University funding for astronomy and physics research will be cut by almost a third.
www.ox.ac.uk
January 30, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Wrote something about what we're facing in funding for fundamental science - and why it matters: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-01... 🔭 🧪 #academicsky #Oxford cc @ox.ac.uk
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A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:55 AM
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
🇨🇦 Canada’s privacy laws are DECADES old and fail to protect us from corporate misuse & government overreach. ✊ Tell MPs it’s time for real Privacy Law Reform and to make #Privacy4Canadians a priority! 📨 openmedia.org/Privacy4Cana...
@openmedia.org
@openmedia.org
Canada Needs Privacy Law Reforms Now!
🇨🇦 Canada’s privacy laws are DECADES old and fail to protect us from corporate misuse & government overreach. ✊ Tell MPs it’s time for real Privacy Law Reform and to make #Privacy4Canadians a priority...
openmedia.org
January 30, 2026 at 4:57 PM
🇨🇦 Canada’s privacy laws are DECADES old and fail to protect us from corporate misuse & government overreach. ✊ Tell MPs it’s time for real Privacy Law Reform and to make #Privacy4Canadians a priority! 📨 openmedia.org/Privacy4Cana...
@openmedia.org
@openmedia.org
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The UK is set to cut its budget for astronomy research by a third.
Since the few high-profile projects they are likely to continue to support, like ELT, tend to be the most expensive, it means even more drastic cuts to the rest of the field. It is effectively the end.
🧪🔭
ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
Since the few high-profile projects they are likely to continue to support, like ELT, tend to be the most expensive, it means even more drastic cuts to the rest of the field. It is effectively the end.
🧪🔭
ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
Proposed budget cuts a catastrophe for UK astronomy
The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is gravely concerned at the drastic cuts to support for UK astronomy outlined by the Science and Technology Facilities
Council (...
ras.ac.uk
January 29, 2026 at 8:03 PM
The UK is set to cut its budget for astronomy research by a third.
Since the few high-profile projects they are likely to continue to support, like ELT, tend to be the most expensive, it means even more drastic cuts to the rest of the field. It is effectively the end.
🧪🔭
ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
Since the few high-profile projects they are likely to continue to support, like ELT, tend to be the most expensive, it means even more drastic cuts to the rest of the field. It is effectively the end.
🧪🔭
ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
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Needed something to get us moving today...
youtu.be/28E8WKZ614w?...
youtu.be/28E8WKZ614w?...
Carlos Santana / Rob Thomas - Smooth 1999 Live Video
YouTube video by NEA ZIXNH
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Needed something to get us moving today...
youtu.be/28E8WKZ614w?...
youtu.be/28E8WKZ614w?...
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WATCH: The Crab Nebula is an expanding remnant of a star's supernova explosion. Located 6,500 light-years away, this glowing relic has been expanding since the star exploded, and it is now approximately 11 light-years in width.
Zoom into the Crab Nebula
YouTube video by Space Telescope Science Institute
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 8:36 PM
WATCH: The Crab Nebula is an expanding remnant of a star's supernova explosion. Located 6,500 light-years away, this glowing relic has been expanding since the star exploded, and it is now approximately 11 light-years in width.
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Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
Shady crypto 💸 transfers are a threat to our democracy: keep them out of 🇨🇦 politics! Speak up - write your MP today! openmedia.org/CryptoBanCA-... @openmedia.org
Keep crypto corruption out of Canada
Shady crypto 💸 transfers are a threat to our democracy: keep them out of 🇨🇦 politics! Speak up - write your MP today! https://openmedia.org/CryptoBanCA
openmedia.org
January 29, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Shady crypto 💸 transfers are a threat to our democracy: keep them out of 🇨🇦 politics! Speak up - write your MP today! openmedia.org/CryptoBanCA-... @openmedia.org
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I don't think masked men cavalierly pepper-spraying white women in Santa Barbara is going to improve the administration's PR situation
ICE agents just seem to consider pepper spraying people in the face to be an appropriate casual greeting. www.noozhawk.com/federal-ice-...
Federal ICE Agent Pepper Sprays Person in Face in Santa Barbara Eastside Incident
A masked federal agent wearing a vest labeled “police” pepper sprayed a person in the face at close range Wednesday morning on Santa Barbara’s Eastside.
www.noozhawk.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:29 PM
I don't think masked men cavalierly pepper-spraying white women in Santa Barbara is going to improve the administration's PR situation
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The movement now has its own “Ohio” thanks to Bruce Springsteen‘s “Streets of Minneapolis”:
youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 12:44 AM
The movement now has its own “Ohio” thanks to Bruce Springsteen‘s “Streets of Minneapolis”:
youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
Trump's America is not a “safe” country for anyone.
That's why Canada must to end the Safe Third Country agreement, and reopen legal pathways for those who seek asylum at our borders. Sign the petition now:
you.leadnow.ca/petitions/st...
That's why Canada must to end the Safe Third Country agreement, and reopen legal pathways for those who seek asylum at our borders. Sign the petition now:
you.leadnow.ca/petitions/st...
Stand up to Trump: End the Safe Third Country Agreement
Sign the petition calling on Canada to end the Safe Third Country agreement, and reopen legal pathways for those who seek asylum at our borders.
you.leadnow.ca
January 29, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Trump's America is not a “safe” country for anyone.
That's why Canada must to end the Safe Third Country agreement, and reopen legal pathways for those who seek asylum at our borders. Sign the petition now:
you.leadnow.ca/petitions/st...
That's why Canada must to end the Safe Third Country agreement, and reopen legal pathways for those who seek asylum at our borders. Sign the petition now:
you.leadnow.ca/petitions/st...
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Sand dunes. On Mars.
Well, basalt grains, not sand. But still. ON MARS.
Well, basalt grains, not sand. But still. ON MARS.
ESP_014159_1180 - From UAHiRISE (NASA) (uahirise.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/FsKDz6
January 28, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Sand dunes. On Mars.
Well, basalt grains, not sand. But still. ON MARS.
Well, basalt grains, not sand. But still. ON MARS.
@Hootsuite.com promised to cut ties with ICE in 2020. Now they’re seeking billion-dollar contracts to help ICE monitor social media. 🚩 As a B Corp, they should protect rights—not build surveillance tools. Tell them to drop the deal: #NoTechForICE openmedia.org/NoTech4Ice-b... @openmedia.org
Tell Hootsuite: No Tech for ICE!
Hootsuite.com promised to cut ties with ICE in 2020. Now they’re seeking billion-dollar contracts to help ICE monitor social media. 🚩 As a B Corp, they should protect rights—not build surveillance too...
openmedia.org
January 28, 2026 at 11:02 PM
@Hootsuite.com promised to cut ties with ICE in 2020. Now they’re seeking billion-dollar contracts to help ICE monitor social media. 🚩 As a B Corp, they should protect rights—not build surveillance tools. Tell them to drop the deal: #NoTechForICE openmedia.org/NoTech4Ice-b... @openmedia.org
ACTION: Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, will chill free expression, free assembly and criminalize dissent. C-9 must be withdrawn: iclmg.ca/withdraw-bil... #cdnpolitics
UPDATED: Stop Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, as it will criminalize dissent! - International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group
Since you’re here… … we have a small favour to ask. Here at ICLMG, we are working very hard to protect and promote human rights and civil liberties in the context of the so-called “war on terror” in C...
iclmg.ca
January 25, 2026 at 2:35 PM
ACTION: Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, will chill free expression, free assembly and criminalize dissent. C-9 must be withdrawn: iclmg.ca/withdraw-bil... #cdnpolitics
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/me...
Mercury Justice for Grassy Narrows
I just signed the Grassy Narrows petition calling on Justin Trudeau to honour his treaty obligations and commitment to reconciliation. Join me in signing here https://you.leadnow.ca/org/petitions/merc...
you.leadnow.ca
January 20, 2026 at 3:34 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/me...
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Genuinely delighted by this news. Mock had become one of my favourite places to discover new comedians in its later years
Dara Ó Briain is returning to host Mock The Week he has confirmed, as returning panellists for the show are named as including Hugh Dennis, Russell Howard, Angela Barnes, Ed Byrne and Katherine Ryan.
www.comedy.co.uk/tv/fyi/998/d...
www.comedy.co.uk/tv/fyi/998/d...
Dara Ó Briain returns to host Mock The Week, with panellists revealed - British Comedy Guide
p]Dara Ó Briain[/p] is returning to host Mock The Week he has confirmed, as returning panellists for the show are named as Hugh Dennis, Russell Howard, Angela Barnes, Ed Byrne, Katherine Ryan, Rhys Ja...
www.comedy.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Genuinely delighted by this news. Mock had become one of my favourite places to discover new comedians in its later years
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Good advertising for Nike, I hope they're OK with being associated with this. And if not, they should say they're not.
ICE just broke a woman’s windows and yanked her out of her car at Park and 34 in Minneapolis. This is after a crowd gathered while ICE raided a home.
January 13, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Good advertising for Nike, I hope they're OK with being associated with this. And if not, they should say they're not.
