Andromeda Yelton
@thatandromeda.bsky.social
Libraries, software, math, Latin, nonprofit governance, weightlifting, knitting, singing, my cats, Somerville (MA), planes planes planes. Hi! 👋
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NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:13 PM
NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
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Highlights from judging the elementary school science fair.
An investigation of which household objects conduct electricity.
Can cheese conduct electricity? Apparently so.
Me: You and cheese both conduct electricity. What do you two have in common?
Student: We are both thick
Me: Ah yes of course
An investigation of which household objects conduct electricity.
Can cheese conduct electricity? Apparently so.
Me: You and cheese both conduct electricity. What do you two have in common?
Student: We are both thick
Me: Ah yes of course
February 10, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Highlights from judging the elementary school science fair.
An investigation of which household objects conduct electricity.
Can cheese conduct electricity? Apparently so.
Me: You and cheese both conduct electricity. What do you two have in common?
Student: We are both thick
Me: Ah yes of course
An investigation of which household objects conduct electricity.
Can cheese conduct electricity? Apparently so.
Me: You and cheese both conduct electricity. What do you two have in common?
Student: We are both thick
Me: Ah yes of course
(Horrifyingly they needed that to meet the intensive parenting expectations of that class with 3+ kids. Of course many rather less rich parents are subject to the same expectations without being able to afford all the nannies, which is why so many of the moms you know are having a breakdown)
February 10, 2026 at 5:29 PM
(Horrifyingly they needed that to meet the intensive parenting expectations of that class with 3+ kids. Of course many rather less rich parents are subject to the same expectations without being able to afford all the nannies, which is why so many of the moms you know are having a breakdown)
I taught at a boarding school once and there were definitely families with multiple nannies and that was certainly unlike when I went to public school in West Virginia!
February 10, 2026 at 5:29 PM
I taught at a boarding school once and there were definitely families with multiple nannies and that was certainly unlike when I went to public school in West Virginia!
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"[I]mmediate release is appropriate for two reasons. First, this Court has no faith that the Government would comply with an order to hold a bond hearing. ... Second, a bond hearing would be futile."
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February 10, 2026 at 4:12 PM
"[I]mmediate release is appropriate for two reasons. First, this Court has no faith that the Government would comply with an order to hold a bond hearing. ... Second, a bond hearing would be futile."
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storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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I’m glad to see people protesting Discord forcing IDs for age verification, but what I need everyone to understand is that there’s immense bipartisan pressure to make the entire internet like this, and they are likely going to succeed unless something drastic happens
February 10, 2026 at 1:23 PM
I’m glad to see people protesting Discord forcing IDs for age verification, but what I need everyone to understand is that there’s immense bipartisan pressure to make the entire internet like this, and they are likely going to succeed unless something drastic happens
new Braveheart just dropped
Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
February 10, 2026 at 2:42 PM
new Braveheart just dropped
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/10/s... in case you're curious
Massachusetts wants to bleed more horseshoe crabs. What if there was a better way? - The Boston Globe
Massachusetts want to increase the number of horseshoe crabs captured and bled for their life-saving blue blood, even as a man-made alternative gains traction.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:41 PM
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/10/s... in case you're curious
if only we lived in a world where all our news stories could be this weird, instead of the world we actually live in
February 10, 2026 at 2:41 PM
if only we lived in a world where all our news stories could be this weird, instead of the world we actually live in
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BONUS RULING: Judge Thomas Johnston, a George W. Bush appoiintee in West Virginia, used a recent ruling to warn of the dangers of defying due process for immigrants because of what it could also mean for Americans. It's worth a read.
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February 10, 2026 at 11:48 AM
BONUS RULING: Judge Thomas Johnston, a George W. Bush appoiintee in West Virginia, used a recent ruling to warn of the dangers of defying due process for immigrants because of what it could also mean for Americans. It's worth a read.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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like boy, the hospital has been INCREDIBLE at getting my kid back to reliably maintaining homeostasis, seriously, absolutely A+ work.
but
they really should have given us a heads-up about the symptoms of PTSD in oneself and others and what to do about that
but
they really should have given us a heads-up about the symptoms of PTSD in oneself and others and what to do about that
February 10, 2026 at 2:14 PM
like boy, the hospital has been INCREDIBLE at getting my kid back to reliably maintaining homeostasis, seriously, absolutely A+ work.
but
they really should have given us a heads-up about the symptoms of PTSD in oneself and others and what to do about that
but
they really should have given us a heads-up about the symptoms of PTSD in oneself and others and what to do about that
rare disease mom and this is SO true
medicine can be amazing at making people Not Sick but there is a big gap between that and Well
(one into which, unfortunately, the grifters flood)
medicine can be amazing at making people Not Sick but there is a big gap between that and Well
(one into which, unfortunately, the grifters flood)
February 10, 2026 at 2:14 PM
rare disease mom and this is SO true
medicine can be amazing at making people Not Sick but there is a big gap between that and Well
(one into which, unfortunately, the grifters flood)
medicine can be amazing at making people Not Sick but there is a big gap between that and Well
(one into which, unfortunately, the grifters flood)
it's actually very funny because I look a great deal like my Mx19 but everyone overestimates their age by like a decade, so when we are together everyone can tell we are related but nobody can piece together *how*, because "mother and daughter" is clearly mathematically implausible 😂
February 10, 2026 at 1:27 PM
it's actually very funny because I look a great deal like my Mx19 but everyone overestimates their age by like a decade, so when we are together everyone can tell we are related but nobody can piece together *how*, because "mother and daughter" is clearly mathematically implausible 😂
yyyyyyeah for sure
February 10, 2026 at 1:26 PM
yyyyyyeah for sure
I am definitely keenly aware that if I leave the dates off my degrees and drop the first career - well, I look a decade younger than I am and it’s disturbingly handy to let people draw their own conclusions
February 10, 2026 at 12:39 PM
I am definitely keenly aware that if I leave the dates off my degrees and drop the first career - well, I look a decade younger than I am and it’s disturbingly handy to let people draw their own conclusions
Sweet backsplash
February 10, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Sweet backsplash
I’m not familiar with THIS app and not sanguine about its acquirer, but the product category is not obviously terrible to be. /fin
February 10, 2026 at 12:28 PM
I’m not familiar with THIS app and not sanguine about its acquirer, but the product category is not obviously terrible to be. /fin
I mean. As the mom of a teen I can imagine good things that one would describe this way. Teens need to develop financial literacy skills, which actually suggests a different app than adults might use for money management. And teen bank accounts these days are mysteriously terrible. 1/
February 10, 2026 at 12:28 PM
I mean. As the mom of a teen I can imagine good things that one would describe this way. Teens need to develop financial literacy skills, which actually suggests a different app than adults might use for money management. And teen bank accounts these days are mysteriously terrible. 1/
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so i talked to one of the bushes at the super bowl
www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...
www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...
What it was like to be a bush at Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance
The bushes on the field during the halftime show became a meme after the internet found out they were actually human performers.
www.nbcnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:30 AM
so i talked to one of the bushes at the super bowl
www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...
www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...
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always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 2:51 AM
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
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NEW: An immigration court has terminated removal proceedings against Tufts doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk, finding that DHS did not meet its burden of establishing that she was removable, her lawyers tell the Second Circuit. live-awp-vermont.pantheonsite.io/app/uploads/...
February 9, 2026 at 11:38 PM
NEW: An immigration court has terminated removal proceedings against Tufts doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk, finding that DHS did not meet its burden of establishing that she was removable, her lawyers tell the Second Circuit. live-awp-vermont.pantheonsite.io/app/uploads/...
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“Collection of Handwritten Letters from Children in Detention Center” sounds like an exhibit in the Holocaust Museum.
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 6:31 PM
“Collection of Handwritten Letters from Children in Detention Center” sounds like an exhibit in the Holocaust Museum.
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In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
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i see we are doing owl content today so once again time to share owlsintowels.org
Owls in Towels
Wildlife rehabilitators often wrap owls in fabric so they can be weighed, treated, and fed. If not, the owls get in a flap.
owlsintowels.org
February 8, 2026 at 8:42 PM
i see we are doing owl content today so once again time to share owlsintowels.org