Clsmith
@clsmithak.bsky.social
Writing, drawing, the Well, and Alaska. It’s my living room. Behave or leave. Not here to argue. If you are follower-shopping, don’t bother
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Ice-over of the Chukchi Sea (northwest of Alaska) on December 3 as open water area dropped to under 5 percent of the basin in NSIDC data. Similar timing to last year but earlier than most autumns 2013-2023. Of course, still later than most years before 2002. #akwx #Arctic #SeaIce
December 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
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This whole “double tap” language makes it seem like someone playing Call of Duty and not the United States government murdering fishermen.
December 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This whole “double tap” language makes it seem like someone playing Call of Duty and not the United States government murdering fishermen.
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It's wild but not surprising that last week the White House was leaning into "these seditious Democrats dared suggest that troops were receiving illegal orders!!!" and this week they are scrambling to figure out who to blame for issuing illegal orders.
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
It's wild but not surprising that last week the White House was leaning into "these seditious Democrats dared suggest that troops were receiving illegal orders!!!" and this week they are scrambling to figure out who to blame for issuing illegal orders.
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O'Hara: "There's folks that are masked, they may be kidnapping people. We have had those reports. The community should know that if you see something like that, you should call 911. Let's not forget -- we very recently had tragedy in this state by someone who was purporting to be law enforcement."
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
O'Hara: "There's folks that are masked, they may be kidnapping people. We have had those reports. The community should know that if you see something like that, you should call 911. Let's not forget -- we very recently had tragedy in this state by someone who was purporting to be law enforcement."
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The Minneapolis police chief has urged Somali and local residents to call 911 if ICE arrests migrants while masked, warning that obstructing them could lead to prison, Fox reports. “We will immediately respond to it,” the chief says.
December 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The Minneapolis police chief has urged Somali and local residents to call 911 if ICE arrests migrants while masked, warning that obstructing them could lead to prison, Fox reports. “We will immediately respond to it,” the chief says.
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November 2025 #Arctic sea ice extent was the 2nd lowest on record for the month...
This was 1,930,000 km² below the 1981-2010 average. November ice extent is decreasing at about 4.85% per decade. Data: @nsidc.bsky.social at nsidc.org/data/seaice_...
This was 1,930,000 km² below the 1981-2010 average. November ice extent is decreasing at about 4.85% per decade. Data: @nsidc.bsky.social at nsidc.org/data/seaice_...
December 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
November 2025 #Arctic sea ice extent was the 2nd lowest on record for the month...
This was 1,930,000 km² below the 1981-2010 average. November ice extent is decreasing at about 4.85% per decade. Data: @nsidc.bsky.social at nsidc.org/data/seaice_...
This was 1,930,000 km² below the 1981-2010 average. November ice extent is decreasing at about 4.85% per decade. Data: @nsidc.bsky.social at nsidc.org/data/seaice_...
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Nearly 2k affordable apartment units sit empty in Portland, according to data crunched by the O.
A chief reason: Rising rents have closed the gap between market rate & so-called "affordable" housing, keeping subsidized units out of reach for low-income renters.
A chief reason: Rising rents have closed the gap between market rate & so-called "affordable" housing, keeping subsidized units out of reach for low-income renters.
Nearly 1,900 affordable Portland apartments sit empty while thousands need homes
“Even affordable rents are too high,” one affordable housing provider told The Oregonian/OregonLive.
www.oregonlive.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Nearly 2k affordable apartment units sit empty in Portland, according to data crunched by the O.
A chief reason: Rising rents have closed the gap between market rate & so-called "affordable" housing, keeping subsidized units out of reach for low-income renters.
A chief reason: Rising rents have closed the gap between market rate & so-called "affordable" housing, keeping subsidized units out of reach for low-income renters.
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'Restaurant' comes from the same French word that gave us 'restore.' This is the reason why there is no 'n' in 'restaurateur.'
December 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
'Restaurant' comes from the same French word that gave us 'restore.' This is the reason why there is no 'n' in 'restaurateur.'
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On this World AIDS Day, we leave you all with a message from @drdemetre.bsky.social former Director of CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.
#WorldAIDSDay #2025 #AIDS #HIV #PublicHealth #Prevention #Treatment #Remember
#WorldAIDSDay #2025 #AIDS #HIV #PublicHealth #Prevention #Treatment #Remember
December 2, 2025 at 2:33 AM
On this World AIDS Day, we leave you all with a message from @drdemetre.bsky.social former Director of CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.
#WorldAIDSDay #2025 #AIDS #HIV #PublicHealth #Prevention #Treatment #Remember
#WorldAIDSDay #2025 #AIDS #HIV #PublicHealth #Prevention #Treatment #Remember
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It’s important to note from a military perspective that if a subordinate is about to give an unlawful order & his senior knows about it, it’s also a requirement for the senior official to stop him from executing it. And then counsel/discipline him.
So there’s that, too.
So there’s that, too.
December 2, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It’s important to note from a military perspective that if a subordinate is about to give an unlawful order & his senior knows about it, it’s also a requirement for the senior official to stop him from executing it. And then counsel/discipline him.
So there’s that, too.
So there’s that, too.
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Fall 2025 temperature rank since 1895 using Prism climate data. 🔥🔥🔥
December 2, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Fall 2025 temperature rank since 1895 using Prism climate data. 🔥🔥🔥
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Yep, let’s have the active duty guy take the fall
WAPO: “.. Officials in Congress and the Pentagon said Monday they are increasingly concerned that the Trump administration intends to scapegoat the military officer who directed U.S. forces to kill two survivors of a targeted strike ..”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
December 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Yep, let’s have the active duty guy take the fall
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Under the bus you go.
CNN: 'The White House said Monday that Adm. Frank M. Mitch Bradley, commander of the US Special Operations Command, was responsible for ordering a second, targeted strike on an alleged drug vessel operating in the Caribbean…after the first strike did not kill everyone aboard.'
CNN: 'The White House said Monday that Adm. Frank M. Mitch Bradley, commander of the US Special Operations Command, was responsible for ordering a second, targeted strike on an alleged drug vessel operating in the Caribbean…after the first strike did not kill everyone aboard.'
December 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Under the bus you go.
CNN: 'The White House said Monday that Adm. Frank M. Mitch Bradley, commander of the US Special Operations Command, was responsible for ordering a second, targeted strike on an alleged drug vessel operating in the Caribbean…after the first strike did not kill everyone aboard.'
CNN: 'The White House said Monday that Adm. Frank M. Mitch Bradley, commander of the US Special Operations Command, was responsible for ordering a second, targeted strike on an alleged drug vessel operating in the Caribbean…after the first strike did not kill everyone aboard.'
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“I kind of feel betrayed, to be honest. We do everything that we can to protect and serve our country. And then they betray us by treating us like we’ve never done anything.”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
ICE arrests at San Diego green card interviews include military spouses
These kinds of arrests began Nov. 12, multiple immigration attorneys say, many adding they had never seen anything like this before.
www.nbcnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
“I kind of feel betrayed, to be honest. We do everything that we can to protect and serve our country. And then they betray us by treating us like we’ve never done anything.”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Ocean temperatures across much of the northern Pacific remained well above average through October. Really the only sizable cooler patch shows up near the traditional region for the ongoing La Niña.
Sea surface temperature data from NOAA OISSTv2.1 (downloads.psl.noaa.gov/Datasets/noa...).
Sea surface temperature data from NOAA OISSTv2.1 (downloads.psl.noaa.gov/Datasets/noa...).
November 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Ocean temperatures across much of the northern Pacific remained well above average through October. Really the only sizable cooler patch shows up near the traditional region for the ongoing La Niña.
Sea surface temperature data from NOAA OISSTv2.1 (downloads.psl.noaa.gov/Datasets/noa...).
Sea surface temperature data from NOAA OISSTv2.1 (downloads.psl.noaa.gov/Datasets/noa...).
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The Chukchi Sea is approaching ice-over, though substantial areas of now disconnected open water remain. With colder weather this week, ice will grow. Ice is also growing out from the coast in the Bering Sea, and ice extent is near the 1991-2020 median for the end of November. #akwx #Arctic #seaIce
November 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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You don’t get to pick. That’s the whole damn point of the rule of law.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
You don’t get to pick. That’s the whole damn point of the rule of law.
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Honestly, when there is a reporter on the story with the expertise to say it, they can simply say it. Some things are just true. Like "FDA offical makes unprecedented claim, with no evidence, that Covid vaccines killed children." Nothing here needs an "experts say" to back it.
So it’s important not to posit false equivalence here: FDA says X, other experts say Y. This stages the story as a disagreement between experts. This is not the case. This entire year has been a sustained attack on vaccines. This is the story.
November 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Honestly, when there is a reporter on the story with the expertise to say it, they can simply say it. Some things are just true. Like "FDA offical makes unprecedented claim, with no evidence, that Covid vaccines killed children." Nothing here needs an "experts say" to back it.
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Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."