@kuriouscity.bsky.social
Arts and sciences in equal measure. Floridian focused on the common good. Love thy neighbor. No exceptions.
Thank you for your courage and your witness.
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Thank you for your courage and your witness.
Today is a very good day to read a book. I suggest, “Profiles in Courage.” Our generation is not the first to be asked to pay a price to stand up and speak out for our country and our constitution. Courage is badly needed now. Who will show it?
January 17, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Today is a very good day to read a book. I suggest, “Profiles in Courage.” Our generation is not the first to be asked to pay a price to stand up and speak out for our country and our constitution. Courage is badly needed now. Who will show it?
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11. Dennis Goris
January 9, 2026 at 1:38 PM
11. Dennis Goris
Criminal presidency, soliciting bribes and getting them.
Her father faced bribery charges. She donated $2.5M to a pro-Trump Super PAC. Trump's Justice Department gave her father a lenient deal, overruling prosecutors. She gave another $1M. Now Trump has pardoned her dad. @kenvogel.bsky.social @susannecraignyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
Trump Sets Fraudster Free From Prison for a Second Time
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Criminal presidency, soliciting bribes and getting them.
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Flashbangs burn hotter then lava.
They've caused serious burns, severed hands, and even killed.
*That's* what ICE just tossed into a car full of kids.
Here's our investigation from 2015, by @juliaangwin.com:
www.propublica.org/article/flas...
They've caused serious burns, severed hands, and even killed.
*That's* what ICE just tossed into a car full of kids.
Here's our investigation from 2015, by @juliaangwin.com:
www.propublica.org/article/flas...
January 15, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Flashbangs burn hotter then lava.
They've caused serious burns, severed hands, and even killed.
*That's* what ICE just tossed into a car full of kids.
Here's our investigation from 2015, by @juliaangwin.com:
www.propublica.org/article/flas...
They've caused serious burns, severed hands, and even killed.
*That's* what ICE just tossed into a car full of kids.
Here's our investigation from 2015, by @juliaangwin.com:
www.propublica.org/article/flas...
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Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
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News --> Senator Mark Kelly just filed a lawsuit against Pete Hegseth, alleging that his campaign of retribution violates the First Amendment and is designed to silence congressional criticism of Trump. He calls on the court to end this harassment.
Strong stuff here:
Strong stuff here:
January 12, 2026 at 7:04 PM
News --> Senator Mark Kelly just filed a lawsuit against Pete Hegseth, alleging that his campaign of retribution violates the First Amendment and is designed to silence congressional criticism of Trump. He calls on the court to end this harassment.
Strong stuff here:
Strong stuff here:
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Trump continues to make billions from foreign govts and oligarchs with new deals happening around the world every month from people who want a lot from the US government and are getting what they want. And Trump is just getting started obscenely profiting off the presidency.
January 11, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Trump continues to make billions from foreign govts and oligarchs with new deals happening around the world every month from people who want a lot from the US government and are getting what they want. And Trump is just getting started obscenely profiting off the presidency.
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There is a new story daily about a criminal who donated $1 million to a Trump PAC for a pardon or a new business deal with a foreign govt/entity & Trump where that foreigner receives a huge benefit from the US govt. Corruption daily and Republicans turn a blind eye to all of it.
January 11, 2026 at 12:39 PM
There is a new story daily about a criminal who donated $1 million to a Trump PAC for a pardon or a new business deal with a foreign govt/entity & Trump where that foreigner receives a huge benefit from the US govt. Corruption daily and Republicans turn a blind eye to all of it.
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This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 AM
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
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A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
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This post has the energy of a public health worker who is at their wit’s end.
Vaccinate
Mask
Protect yourself and others
Don’t be selfish
Vaccinate
Mask
Protect yourself and others
Don’t be selfish
We don’t know who needs to hear this, but the flu is getting out of hand. And we needed to make a post about it. Here are our pretty direct thoughts, because sometimes our social media manager/infographic designer is tired & can’t think of a way to put it more gently. Please make good choices. (1/2)
January 9, 2026 at 12:22 PM
This post has the energy of a public health worker who is at their wit’s end.
Vaccinate
Mask
Protect yourself and others
Don’t be selfish
Vaccinate
Mask
Protect yourself and others
Don’t be selfish
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Any administration that instantly clears one of its officers of a suspected capital crime is just begging for other trigger-happy poorly trained ICE officers to do the same.
The White House isn't protecting its officers. It's encouraging them to ignore the law. And that puts more Americans at risk.
The White House isn't protecting its officers. It's encouraging them to ignore the law. And that puts more Americans at risk.
January 9, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Any administration that instantly clears one of its officers of a suspected capital crime is just begging for other trigger-happy poorly trained ICE officers to do the same.
The White House isn't protecting its officers. It's encouraging them to ignore the law. And that puts more Americans at risk.
The White House isn't protecting its officers. It's encouraging them to ignore the law. And that puts more Americans at risk.
And her name was “Good.”
January 8, 2026 at 3:29 PM
And her name was “Good.”
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We condemn ICE's killing of a Minneapolis woman today and call on federal agents to withdraw from Minnesota immediately.
This tragedy is further proof that ICE is out of control, endangering our communities, and must end its lawless operations before anyone else is brutally hurt or killed.
This tragedy is further proof that ICE is out of control, endangering our communities, and must end its lawless operations before anyone else is brutally hurt or killed.
January 8, 2026 at 12:05 AM
We condemn ICE's killing of a Minneapolis woman today and call on federal agents to withdraw from Minnesota immediately.
This tragedy is further proof that ICE is out of control, endangering our communities, and must end its lawless operations before anyone else is brutally hurt or killed.
This tragedy is further proof that ICE is out of control, endangering our communities, and must end its lawless operations before anyone else is brutally hurt or killed.
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Fieldfares in the hawthorns at Sutton Bank, North Yorkshire (UK). These beautiful thrushes are winter visitors to the UK, though numbers vary. It’s impressive how such large, striking birds can almost vanish among a tangle of branches, berries and grey winter sky. Watercolour painting.
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January 4, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Fieldfares in the hawthorns at Sutton Bank, North Yorkshire (UK). These beautiful thrushes are winter visitors to the UK, though numbers vary. It’s impressive how such large, striking birds can almost vanish among a tangle of branches, berries and grey winter sky. Watercolour painting.
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My son graduated college and started his first real job in 2025. Here’s what he gave mom for Christmas. I’ve never owned one before. Any tips? What should I make first?
December 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
My son graduated college and started his first real job in 2025. Here’s what he gave mom for Christmas. I’ve never owned one before. Any tips? What should I make first?
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December 17, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Infuriating. I have heard second-hand that a full pardon can be purchased for $1 million to Trump’s political slush fund.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump’s pardons wipe out payments to defrauded victims
In addition to clearing prison sentences, the president’s clemency actions have erased millions in restitution payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Infuriating. I have heard second-hand that a full pardon can be purchased for $1 million to Trump’s political slush fund.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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This is the most amazing thing I’ve seen all day.
Today in “Dudes Rock”:
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
December 12, 2025 at 1:13 AM
This is the most amazing thing I’ve seen all day.