Dave Baltrus 🦦
@surtlab.bsky.social
Professor at UArizona interested in genome rummaging, microbial evolution, and occasional tales about having backyard farm animals.
“I’m something of a scientist myself”
Baltrus(at)Arizona.edu
“I’m something of a scientist myself”
Baltrus(at)Arizona.edu
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I beg people to follow Stephen. He knows more about guns and gun policy/law than anyone on this site. He probably has a different view of the Second Amendment than you do, but/and he despises the current administration. He understands conservatives better than most of us and he plays it straight.
A completely insane take.
Also, guess what gun ICE issues to it's officers? That's right, the same Sig P320 Pretti was carrying.
Also, guess what gun ICE issues to it's officers? That's right, the same Sig P320 Pretti was carrying.
From the NY Post. You know they are really scrambling when they are running "The gun was no angel" stories.
January 25, 2026 at 3:35 PM
I beg people to follow Stephen. He knows more about guns and gun policy/law than anyone on this site. He probably has a different view of the Second Amendment than you do, but/and he despises the current administration. He understands conservatives better than most of us and he plays it straight.
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
January 25, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
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Comer on Fox right now urging Trump to pull ICE out of Minneapolis to *punish* Minnesotans — will prove to the state how good it was to have ICE there! This is really some 5-D chess
January 25, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Comer on Fox right now urging Trump to pull ICE out of Minneapolis to *punish* Minnesotans — will prove to the state how good it was to have ICE there! This is really some 5-D chess
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My short term pessimism/long term optimism flows from this
They are gonna keep making things worse, not only because they are hateful but also because they are profoundly stupid people
It will backfire
They are gonna keep making things worse, not only because they are hateful but also because they are profoundly stupid people
It will backfire
they have no ability to back down and recalibrate AND they lack a theory of mind for their opponents
January 25, 2026 at 3:39 PM
My short term pessimism/long term optimism flows from this
They are gonna keep making things worse, not only because they are hateful but also because they are profoundly stupid people
It will backfire
They are gonna keep making things worse, not only because they are hateful but also because they are profoundly stupid people
It will backfire
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January 25, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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Strongly recommend watching every one of Aaron's clips of this Bash/ Bovino interview. This is how you do it. Keep asking the question, show video & photo evidence to do real time, as it happens fact checking.
Also: look out for the new DHS talking point: "freeze frame adjudication"
Also: look out for the new DHS talking point: "freeze frame adjudication"
BOVINO: He was in the scene actively impeding and assaulting law enforceme--
BASH: But he wasn't impeding. He was filming, which is a legal thing to do in the United States
BOVINO: Dana, let's not free frame adjudicate this now
BASH: But he wasn't impeding. He was filming, which is a legal thing to do in the United States
BOVINO: Dana, let's not free frame adjudicate this now
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Strongly recommend watching every one of Aaron's clips of this Bash/ Bovino interview. This is how you do it. Keep asking the question, show video & photo evidence to do real time, as it happens fact checking.
Also: look out for the new DHS talking point: "freeze frame adjudication"
Also: look out for the new DHS talking point: "freeze frame adjudication"
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From the NY Post. You know they are really scrambling when they are running "The gun was no angel" stories.
January 25, 2026 at 1:53 PM
From the NY Post. You know they are really scrambling when they are running "The gun was no angel" stories.
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Concentration camp victims protest! The incredible bravery and fortitude and care involved in doing this ✊🏽
‘some of them holding signs that included “Libertad para los niños,” or “Liberty for the kids.”‘
‘some of them holding signs that included “Libertad para los niños,” or “Liberty for the kids.”‘
Immigrant families protest at Texas facility housing 5-year-old boy, father detained in Minnesota
Dozens of immigrant families protested behind the fences of a Texas detention facility where a 5-year-old boy Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent this week after being detained in Minnesota.
apnews.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Concentration camp victims protest! The incredible bravery and fortitude and care involved in doing this ✊🏽
‘some of them holding signs that included “Libertad para los niños,” or “Liberty for the kids.”‘
‘some of them holding signs that included “Libertad para los niños,” or “Liberty for the kids.”‘
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This thread is giving me the tiniest bit of hope right now and boy do I need it
man the stuff i am seeing on IG from
the most normie, i don’t really talk about politics accounts suggests something different
the most normie, i don’t really talk about politics accounts suggests something different
January 25, 2026 at 5:37 AM
This thread is giving me the tiniest bit of hope right now and boy do I need it
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You know it’s breaking through to the normies when sports shitposting forums are flooded with anti-ICE memes
January 25, 2026 at 3:57 AM
You know it’s breaking through to the normies when sports shitposting forums are flooded with anti-ICE memes
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stuff like this, etc
January 25, 2026 at 2:32 AM
stuff like this, etc
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man the stuff i am seeing on IG from
the most normie, i don’t really talk about politics accounts suggests something different
the most normie, i don’t really talk about politics accounts suggests something different
January 25, 2026 at 2:25 AM
man the stuff i am seeing on IG from
the most normie, i don’t really talk about politics accounts suggests something different
the most normie, i don’t really talk about politics accounts suggests something different
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Chat, is it a good sign when Denmark's Minister of Parliament to the European Union literally says "Fuck Off" to the ostensible President of the United States?
Danish MEP Anders Vistisen to Donald Trump :”Let me put this in words you might understand: Mr. President, fuck off.”
January 25, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Chat, is it a good sign when Denmark's Minister of Parliament to the European Union literally says "Fuck Off" to the ostensible President of the United States?
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
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Also, putting your wipers up in the air during an ice storm is silly. Tarp + bungee cords = no chipping ice off your windshield
January 24, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Also, putting your wipers up in the air during an ice storm is silly. Tarp + bungee cords = no chipping ice off your windshield
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r/Conservative is a cult and will probably end up silently banning most of these protesters a week or two from now, but it's a sign that the dam is breaking
Wow, the MAGA pigs really have lost even the Reddit conservative community now - the one that WAS on board with “well, killing Renee Good was justified because she was a lesbian bitch”
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January 25, 2026 at 12:12 AM
r/Conservative is a cult and will probably end up silently banning most of these protesters a week or two from now, but it's a sign that the dam is breaking
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I know it feels like hopium (and I often think it probably is) but in my life even conservatives are getting fed up with this shit.
I try to think about how fast this moved in a month. We weren't at Abolish ICE is mainstream in December.
I try to think about how fast this moved in a month. We weren't at Abolish ICE is mainstream in December.
Wow, the MAGA pigs really have lost even the Reddit conservative community now - the one that WAS on board with “well, killing Renee Good was justified because she was a lesbian bitch”
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January 25, 2026 at 12:11 AM
I know it feels like hopium (and I often think it probably is) but in my life even conservatives are getting fed up with this shit.
I try to think about how fast this moved in a month. We weren't at Abolish ICE is mainstream in December.
I try to think about how fast this moved in a month. We weren't at Abolish ICE is mainstream in December.
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Dems finally figuring out the energy this regime demands.
January 25, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Dems finally figuring out the energy this regime demands.
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“He was just so sincere and very kind, just a sweet young man and eager to learn,” she told Zeteo.
DHS Shooting Victim in Minneapolis Was a ‘Sweet’ and ‘Principled Person’
Zeteo spoke with two doctors who worked with Alex Pretti, a nurse who is the latest victim of Trump’s violent invasion of Minnesota.
zeteo.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:18 PM
“He was just so sincere and very kind, just a sweet young man and eager to learn,” she told Zeteo.
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this is a small thing but it would be nice to feel good about paying taxes. i would like to write a check to the government and think about kids going to school and freshly paved roads not all the death squads my income helps fund.
The Trump-Vance administration just used your taxes to pay for ICE agents to kill a 37-year-old nurse, who was only there because another ICE agent killed a 37-year-old mother of three, who was only there because ICE agents are kidnapping your neighbors
January 24, 2026 at 9:29 PM
this is a small thing but it would be nice to feel good about paying taxes. i would like to write a check to the government and think about kids going to school and freshly paved roads not all the death squads my income helps fund.
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“Well, why’d he bring a gun to a protest?” asks a man brandishing an assault rifle inside a Jimmy John’s off state road 35 in Muncie, Indiana
January 24, 2026 at 10:41 PM
“Well, why’d he bring a gun to a protest?” asks a man brandishing an assault rifle inside a Jimmy John’s off state road 35 in Muncie, Indiana
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I mean this very sincerely. What are we doing here if we don’t stand up for the basic rights of our friends and neighbors and the rule of law?
January 24, 2026 at 10:12 PM
I mean this very sincerely. What are we doing here if we don’t stand up for the basic rights of our friends and neighbors and the rule of law?