Justin Robertson
@justinrobertson.bsky.social
Solidarity wins. “Forget the damned motor car and build cities for lovers and friends.” - Lewis Mumford
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No one is coming to save us. We are all that we have. Take care of each other.
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For folks working in transportation justice, evacuation, wildfire, and/or public health, please join us next Thursday Jan 29 for a free webinar about the evacuation of transit riders during the 2025 LA wildfires.
www.lewis.ucla.edu/event/prepar...
Study funded by @hazcenter.bsky.social & UCLA
www.lewis.ucla.edu/event/prepar...
Study funded by @hazcenter.bsky.social & UCLA
Preparing for the Future After the 2025 LA Fires: How did transit riders evacuate in 2025? - UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies
www.lewis.ucla.edu
January 23, 2026 at 5:20 AM
For folks working in transportation justice, evacuation, wildfire, and/or public health, please join us next Thursday Jan 29 for a free webinar about the evacuation of transit riders during the 2025 LA wildfires.
www.lewis.ucla.edu/event/prepar...
Study funded by @hazcenter.bsky.social & UCLA
www.lewis.ucla.edu/event/prepar...
Study funded by @hazcenter.bsky.social & UCLA
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I just thought everyone should see this
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I just thought everyone should see this
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Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
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my own mother told me that Trump clearly did not do anything wrong because he did not go to prison. i have heard this over and over.
Like a very common refrain here is basically “this is not me, never me, but I am going to hypothesize a normie and say that their reaction to continue to support Trump in response to Trump’s capture of the judiciary and resultant impunity is rational.”
January 23, 2026 at 2:35 AM
my own mother told me that Trump clearly did not do anything wrong because he did not go to prison. i have heard this over and over.
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If every Democrat voted NO on funding ICE, it would not have passed the House. But, 7 House Democrats voted to fund Trump's lawless, masked goons, so it passed.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
NEW: DHS appropriations bill funding ICE passes 220-207
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
January 22, 2026 at 9:50 PM
If every Democrat voted NO on funding ICE, it would not have passed the House. But, 7 House Democrats voted to fund Trump's lawless, masked goons, so it passed.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
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The elites and institutions have folded but regular people haven’t
I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.
January 22, 2026 at 4:48 PM
The elites and institutions have folded but regular people haven’t
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Deporting children with cancer.
Using a 5-year-old as bait.
Shooting moms.
ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.
Using a 5-year-old as bait.
Shooting moms.
ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.
January 22, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Deporting children with cancer.
Using a 5-year-old as bait.
Shooting moms.
ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.
Using a 5-year-old as bait.
Shooting moms.
ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.
Where the fuck is Liam tonight?
January 22, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Where the fuck is Liam tonight?
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This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
January 22, 2026 at 2:13 AM
This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
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"School district officials in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, say their sense of security is shaken and their hearts shattered after four students from the district have recently been taken by officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement."
ICE has arrested four children in same Minnesota school district
School district officials in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, say their sense of security is shaken and their hearts shattered after four students from the district have recently been taken by officers wi...
www.cbsnews.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:19 AM
"School district officials in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, say their sense of security is shaken and their hearts shattered after four students from the district have recently been taken by officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement."
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Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
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state-sponsored child trafficking
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 11:25 PM
state-sponsored child trafficking
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Just saw on KARE 11 that this boy was sent to a detainment facility in Texas and that his family didn't know his whereabouts for almost 24 hours.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Just saw on KARE 11 that this boy was sent to a detainment facility in Texas and that his family didn't know his whereabouts for almost 24 hours.
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Buzz Aldrin, pilot of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module and the second person to set foot on the Moon, was born #OTD in 1930.
At 96, Aldrin is the oldest of the four living people who have walked on the Moon. All four are in their 90s. 🧪 🔭
Image credit: NASA
At 96, Aldrin is the oldest of the four living people who have walked on the Moon. All four are in their 90s. 🧪 🔭
Image credit: NASA
January 21, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Buzz Aldrin, pilot of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module and the second person to set foot on the Moon, was born #OTD in 1930.
At 96, Aldrin is the oldest of the four living people who have walked on the Moon. All four are in their 90s. 🧪 🔭
Image credit: NASA
At 96, Aldrin is the oldest of the four living people who have walked on the Moon. All four are in their 90s. 🧪 🔭
Image credit: NASA
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Mayor Brandon Johnson said Tuesday City Hall has dropped out of the competition to take back Chicago parking meters after determining that the $3 billion asking price “would have made a bad deal even worse.”
Unwilling to make 'a bad deal even worse,' Mayor Johnson drops out of competition to buy back parking meters
chicago.suntimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Mayor Brandon Johnson said Tuesday City Hall has dropped out of the competition to take back Chicago parking meters after determining that the $3 billion asking price “would have made a bad deal even worse.”
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“ICE isn’t the Gestapo. The Gestapo was…” (proceeds to describe qualities that apply to what ICE is currently doing)
January 20, 2026 at 5:45 PM
“ICE isn’t the Gestapo. The Gestapo was…” (proceeds to describe qualities that apply to what ICE is currently doing)
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Also, @chrislhayes.bsky.social, this seems to be confirmation of your Mercator Theory.
"I love maps. And I always said: ‘Look at the size of this. It’s massive. That should be part of the United States.’”
"I love maps. And I always said: ‘Look at the size of this. It’s massive. That should be part of the United States.’”
January 20, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Also, @chrislhayes.bsky.social, this seems to be confirmation of your Mercator Theory.
"I love maps. And I always said: ‘Look at the size of this. It’s massive. That should be part of the United States.’”
"I love maps. And I always said: ‘Look at the size of this. It’s massive. That should be part of the United States.’”
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Incredible quote here from a Somali small business owner in Minneapolis who voted for Trump. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/19/a...
January 20, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Incredible quote here from a Somali small business owner in Minneapolis who voted for Trump. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/19/a...
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Meanwhile its 16th largest metropolitan area is occupied by unaccountable armed masked paramilitaries who are disappearing neighbors as part of a federal government-led ethnic cleansing campaign that has ground all social and economic life almost to a complete halt.
We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
January 19, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Meanwhile its 16th largest metropolitan area is occupied by unaccountable armed masked paramilitaries who are disappearing neighbors as part of a federal government-led ethnic cleansing campaign that has ground all social and economic life almost to a complete halt.
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COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows
Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:06 PM
COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
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Congress shall make no* law
Judge Kacsmaryk rejects challenge by West Texas A&M University's LGBQT club to drag show ban, saying the First Amendment doesn't protect "self-expression in all forms, and certainly not the libertine 'expressive conduct' absolutism envisioned" by the group. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #168 in Spectrum WT v. Wendler (N.D. Tex., 2:23-cv-00048) – CourtListener.com
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW (Ordered by Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk on 1/17/2026) (vls)
storage.courtlistener.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Congress shall make no* law
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here's the other view. early arctic exploration is insane
January 17, 2026 at 9:51 AM
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This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
January 17, 2026 at 7:12 AM
This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
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The story of Robert Landsburg, who took photos of an approaching pyroclastic flow when Mt. St. Helens erupted and then, knowing he was going to die, rewound the film, put the camera in his backpack, and curled his body over it to protect it, always destroys me.
January 17, 2026 at 4:30 PM
The story of Robert Landsburg, who took photos of an approaching pyroclastic flow when Mt. St. Helens erupted and then, knowing he was going to die, rewound the film, put the camera in his backpack, and curled his body over it to protect it, always destroys me.