allison levin
@allisonlevin.bsky.social
birder, aesthetic pruner, olden wild child. likes rocks.
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There is a devastating report in the NYT this afternoon that one the US-destroyed fishing boats washed ashore in Columbia and contained only evidence of marijuana.
Trump’s claim that he is saving the US from fentanyl smuggling by Venezuela is a disprovable lie.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Trump’s claim that he is saving the US from fentanyl smuggling by Venezuela is a disprovable lie.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Grim Evidence of Trump’s Airstrikes Washes Ashore on a Colombian Peninsula
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
There is a devastating report in the NYT this afternoon that one the US-destroyed fishing boats washed ashore in Columbia and contained only evidence of marijuana.
Trump’s claim that he is saving the US from fentanyl smuggling by Venezuela is a disprovable lie.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Trump’s claim that he is saving the US from fentanyl smuggling by Venezuela is a disprovable lie.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
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I'm going through all the court cases that had big moments in the days before Xmas that piled up in my in-box.
Notably, a consortium of nonprofits and municipalities obtained a preliminary injunction against HUD, enjoining the Department from issuing its FY24-25 Notice of Funding.
Notably, a consortium of nonprofits and municipalities obtained a preliminary injunction against HUD, enjoining the Department from issuing its FY24-25 Notice of Funding.
Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction – #52 in National Alliance to End Homelessness v. United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (D.R.I., 1:25-cv-00636) – CourtListener.com
ORDER for Relief Under 5 U.S.C. § 705 and for Preliminary Injunction. So Ordered by District Judge Mary S. McElroy on 12/23/2025. (Attachments: # 1 Appendix) (Potter, Carrie)
www.courtlistener.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I'm going through all the court cases that had big moments in the days before Xmas that piled up in my in-box.
Notably, a consortium of nonprofits and municipalities obtained a preliminary injunction against HUD, enjoining the Department from issuing its FY24-25 Notice of Funding.
Notably, a consortium of nonprofits and municipalities obtained a preliminary injunction against HUD, enjoining the Department from issuing its FY24-25 Notice of Funding.
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Ding,ding! We have a winner. National Archives reported missing documents and that classified documents were inappropriately handled to the FBI. The NA spent months trying to get Trump to return docs and then contacted the FBI when a batch was returned and classified docs were mixed in.
December 29, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Ding,ding! We have a winner. National Archives reported missing documents and that classified documents were inappropriately handled to the FBI. The NA spent months trying to get Trump to return docs and then contacted the FBI when a batch was returned and classified docs were mixed in.
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Keep this in mind as tax season approaches.
The existence of billionaires is antithetical to a just and fair society.
Billionaires should not exist; they should be taxed out of existence.
The funds from that taxation should be used to end hunger and homelessness.
Billionaires should not exist; they should be taxed out of existence.
The funds from that taxation should be used to end hunger and homelessness.
December 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Keep this in mind as tax season approaches.
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Challenge 2026: Stop letting voters off the hook. If we are to truly be a government "of the people, by the people and for the people" then the people gotta start acting like it.
1) Understand the government you have and how it operates; and
2) Participate regularly and consistently
1) Understand the government you have and how it operates; and
2) Participate regularly and consistently
We told everyone the best course of action was via the ballot in November 2024. America failed itself. Garland didn't fail us. Smith didn't fail us.
America failed to do the very basic civic duty of voting against Trump in numbers too massive to manipulate.
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America failed to do the very basic civic duty of voting against Trump in numbers too massive to manipulate.
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a close up of a man 's face with the words `` that 's all i have to say about that '' above him .
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words `` that 's all i have to say about that '' above him .
media.tenor.com
December 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Challenge 2026: Stop letting voters off the hook. If we are to truly be a government "of the people, by the people and for the people" then the people gotta start acting like it.
1) Understand the government you have and how it operates; and
2) Participate regularly and consistently
1) Understand the government you have and how it operates; and
2) Participate regularly and consistently
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“this small population is likely to have been highly vulnerable to the many other widespread threats that accompanied or followed settlement of the island, including feral cats, clearing, black rats, yellow crazy ants and wolf snakes,” the assessment adds.”
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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Christmas Island shrew officially declared extinct: IUCN
The Christmas Island shrew, a tiny mammal once found only on the Australian island of the same name, has been declared officially extinct. It’s at least the fourth small mammal species to be wiped out...
news.mongabay.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
“this small population is likely to have been highly vulnerable to the many other widespread threats that accompanied or followed settlement of the island, including feral cats, clearing, black rats, yellow crazy ants and wolf snakes,” the assessment adds.”
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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Former Watergate prosecutor Nick Ackerman thinks Trump was an FBI informant when Epstein was prosecuted, and that's why Trump was not also charged, pointing to both the "dog that hasn't barked" email, and Mike Johnson's later retracted statement that he was.
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
'What did the FBI have on Trump?' Watergate prosecutor makes bombshell claim about Epstein
Donald Trump has been trying to stall the release of the Epstein files because of the bombshell revelation the documents are hiding, according to Watergate lawyer Nick Ackerman.Ackerman, who has often...
www.rawstory.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Former Watergate prosecutor Nick Ackerman thinks Trump was an FBI informant when Epstein was prosecuted, and that's why Trump was not also charged, pointing to both the "dog that hasn't barked" email, and Mike Johnson's later retracted statement that he was.
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
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And detainees are held for much long periods of time than needed so that these companies can charge more and make billions extra. It’s state sanctioned human trafficking.
December 29, 2025 at 12:41 AM
And detainees are held for much long periods of time than needed so that these companies can charge more and make billions extra. It’s state sanctioned human trafficking.
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JFK in 1960 defined a liberal as someone who who fights for justice and civil rights, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigidity, who defends the vulnerable, and acts with principle. His bold words still challenge every one of us to stand up and do what's right.
December 28, 2025 at 11:47 PM
JFK in 1960 defined a liberal as someone who who fights for justice and civil rights, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigidity, who defends the vulnerable, and acts with principle. His bold words still challenge every one of us to stand up and do what's right.
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"...82% of ChatGPT's factual claims, most of which are supposedly "hard numbers" are flat out wrong, in many cases wildly so.
And this is what millions of college & high school students are now using as their primary source for term papers & the like.
I weep for the future."~ @charlesgaba.com Ty! 🙏
And this is what millions of college & high school students are now using as their primary source for term papers & the like.
I weep for the future."~ @charlesgaba.com Ty! 🙏
Then, two years later, I ran the exact same experiment, and the results were far more disturbing: acasignups.net/25/05/07/whi...
In which ChatGPT again attempts to write one of my blog entries...and gets nearly every data point dead wrong.
Two years ago, with all the controversy over the frighteningly quick expansion of machine learning technology (popularly known as Artificial Intelligence (AI), even though it's not really that) over t...
acasignups.net
December 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
"...82% of ChatGPT's factual claims, most of which are supposedly "hard numbers" are flat out wrong, in many cases wildly so.
And this is what millions of college & high school students are now using as their primary source for term papers & the like.
I weep for the future."~ @charlesgaba.com Ty! 🙏
And this is what millions of college & high school students are now using as their primary source for term papers & the like.
I weep for the future."~ @charlesgaba.com Ty! 🙏
Four years?! He's sorry?! What do people buy handguns for if not to kill people?
Man Charged in Fatal Shooting During Backyard Target Practice
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Four years?! He's sorry?! What do people buy handguns for if not to kill people?
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There are 5,500 tigers in the world.
There are 1,000,000,000 house cats in the world.
There are 1,000,000,000 house cats in the world.
December 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
There are 5,500 tigers in the world.
There are 1,000,000,000 house cats in the world.
There are 1,000,000,000 house cats in the world.
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it’s pretty nuts how a throwaway line in so many stories about various public figures is like “btw the president of the united states said this person should be killed”
December 28, 2025 at 3:20 AM
it’s pretty nuts how a throwaway line in so many stories about various public figures is like “btw the president of the united states said this person should be killed”
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“Orphan wells have no known owner, and Ohio has a program to plug them in an effort to ‘protect public health and safety, conserve natural resources, and allow the efficient development of Ohio’s oil and gas resources,’ according to the program’s website.”
A second death announced following August orphan well-plugging explosion in Wayne National Forest. Eric Bevin News and Sentinel: bit.ly/3KVZtzL
And BLM and U.S. Forest Service claim there will be "no significant impact" from fracking the Wayne...
@buckeyeenviro.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social
And BLM and U.S. Forest Service claim there will be "no significant impact" from fracking the Wayne...
@buckeyeenviro.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social
2 injured in Washington County well explosion have died
PARKERSBURG – Two people have died since being injured in an orphan well explosion in Washington County in August — the most recent on Dec. 14. Chris Pinkerton, 48, of Woodsfield, was an employee of M...
bit.ly
December 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
“Orphan wells have no known owner, and Ohio has a program to plug them in an effort to ‘protect public health and safety, conserve natural resources, and allow the efficient development of Ohio’s oil and gas resources,’ according to the program’s website.”
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America, take notes.
After several days of intense anti-corruption protesting by thousands of Bulgarians, demanding accountability and transparency, the government of Bulgaria has resigned. Never believe protest doesn’t matter.
December 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
America, take notes.
the marin headlands (a national park) is always a shitshow on big holiday weekends with people mindlessly driving off the golden gate bridge into it just because they don't know what to do with themselves, but today was extra terrifying. 1/2
December 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
the marin headlands (a national park) is always a shitshow on big holiday weekends with people mindlessly driving off the golden gate bridge into it just because they don't know what to do with themselves, but today was extra terrifying. 1/2
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Villagers say Jabo, which was one of the cities Trump ordered a strike on in Nigeria, is not known for terrorist activity and that local Christians coexist peacefully with the Muslim majority.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/26/a...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/26/a...
Fear and confusion in Nigerian village hit in US strike, as locals say no history of ISIS in area | CNN
A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and c...
www.cnn.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Villagers say Jabo, which was one of the cities Trump ordered a strike on in Nigeria, is not known for terrorist activity and that local Christians coexist peacefully with the Muslim majority.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/26/a...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/26/a...
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This is called pillaging.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This is called pillaging.
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Karma knows your address.
December 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Karma knows your address.
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At least 11 congressmen from 1865-1871 were arguably not citizens under Trump's interpretation of 14th A, our research finds. Yet no one challenged their eligibility to serve. Why not? Obviously, b/c no one who drafted or ratified the 14th A shared Trump's view.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The Dog That Didn't Bark: Eligibility To Serve In Congress And The Original Understanding Of The Citizenship Clause
President Donald J. Trump's 2025 Executive Order restricting birthright citizenship has prompted new interest in the interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment'
papers.ssrn.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
At least 11 congressmen from 1865-1871 were arguably not citizens under Trump's interpretation of 14th A, our research finds. Yet no one challenged their eligibility to serve. Why not? Obviously, b/c no one who drafted or ratified the 14th A shared Trump's view.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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joining the "cybertruck owners only" group on fb is one of the best decisions i've ever made. every so often when i'm scrolling through fb getting pissed off, i get to see a little treat like this
December 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
joining the "cybertruck owners only" group on fb is one of the best decisions i've ever made. every so often when i'm scrolling through fb getting pissed off, i get to see a little treat like this
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Texas Universities are now like police departments who would prefer to pay out the inevitable lawsuits rather than stop breaking the law
Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.
Texas A&M won’t reinstate fired lecturer despite findings
A vice chancellor upheld the firing of Melissa McCoul, seen in a viral video being confronted by a student on her gender identity teachings, saying the termination was done with “good cause.”
www.texastribune.org
December 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Texas Universities are now like police departments who would prefer to pay out the inevitable lawsuits rather than stop breaking the law
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Hi, this is a time sensitive query: tomorrow was made a Federal holiday by executive order. I'm trying to figure out if immigration court hearings are in session at 26 Federal Plaza and can't get clear information. Please help.
December 26, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Hi, this is a time sensitive query: tomorrow was made a Federal holiday by executive order. I'm trying to figure out if immigration court hearings are in session at 26 Federal Plaza and can't get clear information. Please help.