Miles Graves
@miriquidigoat.bsky.social
„all work and no cycling makes Jack a dull boy“
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Gabriel Zucman on the shocking concentration of extreme wealth in the United States….
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January 19, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Gabriel Zucman on the shocking concentration of extreme wealth in the United States….
gzucman.substack.com?r=nle0&utm_c...
gzucman.substack.com?r=nle0&utm_c...
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Norway apologises for not presenting Trump with a Nobel Prize and sends an alternative as a peace offering #trumpawards
January 19, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Norway apologises for not presenting Trump with a Nobel Prize and sends an alternative as a peace offering #trumpawards
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Germany has Stolpersteine, "stumbling blocks," small plaques memorialize the locations where Jews were abducted during the Holocaust. Inspired by that project, Minnesotans have been making signs to mark the locations where ICE has abducted community members. www.npr.org/2026/01/13/n...
How Minnesota faith communities are resisting aggressive immigration operations
As immigration enforcement actions have ramped up in Minnesota, people of faith have been at the forefront of the response to ICE detentions and the killing of Renee Macklin Good by a federal agent.
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January 18, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Germany has Stolpersteine, "stumbling blocks," small plaques memorialize the locations where Jews were abducted during the Holocaust. Inspired by that project, Minnesotans have been making signs to mark the locations where ICE has abducted community members. www.npr.org/2026/01/13/n...
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This is just dumb. Yet the new administrator is called for "more science missions" during his confirmation hearing. The Advisory and Analysis groups serve as a conduit between NASA and the various science communities. Without walking with the science community, NASA will be walking in the dark.
With all these considerations, over the last year, we in [NASA] have been evaluating potential options for the AGs (Advisory Groups). Unfortunately, despite the recognized value of the AGs, PSD can no longer formally support the AGs.
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Letter from the NASA Planetary Science Director: the Future of the Planetary Science Analysis and Assessment Groups (AGs) - NASA Science
A Letter from the NASA Planetary Science Director, Dr. Louise M. Prockter: the Future of the Planetary Science Analysis and Assessment Groups (AGs)
science.nasa.gov
January 19, 2026 at 12:19 AM
This is just dumb. Yet the new administrator is called for "more science missions" during his confirmation hearing. The Advisory and Analysis groups serve as a conduit between NASA and the various science communities. Without walking with the science community, NASA will be walking in the dark.
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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 2:57 PM
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.
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And the Dutch should withdraw all ASML lithography chip machines exports to the US.
Honestly all Denmark needs to do is to withdraw all Ozempic exports to the US and Americans will finally revolt
January 17, 2026 at 6:26 PM
And the Dutch should withdraw all ASML lithography chip machines exports to the US.
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This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
January 16, 2026 at 4:14 AM
This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
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I've commented repeatedly on the parallels between Erdogan and Trump. Here are a few *disadvantages* that Trump has in asserting the kind of authoritarian rule that Erdogan now enjoys.
January 15, 2026 at 10:30 PM
I've commented repeatedly on the parallels between Erdogan and Trump. Here are a few *disadvantages* that Trump has in asserting the kind of authoritarian rule that Erdogan now enjoys.
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I've seen some folks giving into doomerism by citing the US's history of paramilitary violence shutting down fair elections in the South, and I want to add some historical context to support Jamelle here (as an historian of Reconstruction paramilitary violence)
the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?
Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 8:22 PM
I've seen some folks giving into doomerism by citing the US's history of paramilitary violence shutting down fair elections in the South, and I want to add some historical context to support Jamelle here (as an historian of Reconstruction paramilitary violence)
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US higher education was a crown jewel, generating knowledge, wealth, prestige, and power unrivaled by anyone.
And the US is throwing it away, because Americans elected a govt ideologically opposed to truth, science, merit, and racial/gender equality, preferring to weaken the country to reduce that.
And the US is throwing it away, because Americans elected a govt ideologically opposed to truth, science, merit, and racial/gender equality, preferring to weaken the country to reduce that.
Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip
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January 15, 2026 at 1:01 PM
US higher education was a crown jewel, generating knowledge, wealth, prestige, and power unrivaled by anyone.
And the US is throwing it away, because Americans elected a govt ideologically opposed to truth, science, merit, and racial/gender equality, preferring to weaken the country to reduce that.
And the US is throwing it away, because Americans elected a govt ideologically opposed to truth, science, merit, and racial/gender equality, preferring to weaken the country to reduce that.
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I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this
January 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this
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January 10, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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PPS: JD Vance is the worst. Ich hoffe (naiv und) inständig, dass er mit seinem Verhalten in dieser Angelegenheit seine politische Zukunft beschädigt hat. Und ich hoffe genauso naiv und genauso inständig, dass sie alle irgendwann vor Gerichten stehen werden.
January 10, 2026 at 12:08 PM
PPS: JD Vance is the worst. Ich hoffe (naiv und) inständig, dass er mit seinem Verhalten in dieser Angelegenheit seine politische Zukunft beschädigt hat. Und ich hoffe genauso naiv und genauso inständig, dass sie alle irgendwann vor Gerichten stehen werden.
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The works of Plato are now being banned at schools in the United States.
Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔
Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔
Plato Has Been Censored; What Next?
PEN America condemns and calls absurd Texas A&M censoring Plato readings and discussions related to race and gender
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January 8, 2026 at 9:34 AM
The works of Plato are now being banned at schools in the United States.
Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔
Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔
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Acting Prussian interior minister (and major Nazi) has published a decree, directed at the police forces under his command. Vossische prints that decree in full. It's not all that long. 3/
October 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Acting Prussian interior minister (and major Nazi) has published a decree, directed at the police forces under his command. Vossische prints that decree in full. It's not all that long. 3/
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Wenn Systeme kippen, erkennt man es selten sofort. Was als Währungsprotest begann, ist zur existenziellen Machtfrage für die Islamische Republik geworden. Iran 2026 zeigt Muster, die an den Ostblock 1989 erinnern. Steht Iran vor einer „Mauer-Phase“?
www.journal21.ch/artikel/vor-...
www.journal21.ch/artikel/vor-...
Vor der Machtfrage
Wenn in Teheran die Basarhändler ihre Läden schliessen, ist das mehr als ein wirtschaftlicher Protest. Es ist ein politisches Signal von historischer Tragweite. Die Bazaris, jene traditionelle Kaufman...
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January 9, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Wenn Systeme kippen, erkennt man es selten sofort. Was als Währungsprotest begann, ist zur existenziellen Machtfrage für die Islamische Republik geworden. Iran 2026 zeigt Muster, die an den Ostblock 1989 erinnern. Steht Iran vor einer „Mauer-Phase“?
www.journal21.ch/artikel/vor-...
www.journal21.ch/artikel/vor-...
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Das autoritäre System der islamischen Republik in Iran ist aufgrund des inneren Machtgeflechts, seiner ideologischen Verhärtung und seines Selbstbetrugs weitgehend unfähig zu Reformen. Das erinnert an das Schicksal der späten UdSSR, die sogar ohne Protestbewegung zerbrach.👇🏽
January 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Das autoritäre System der islamischen Republik in Iran ist aufgrund des inneren Machtgeflechts, seiner ideologischen Verhärtung und seines Selbstbetrugs weitgehend unfähig zu Reformen. Das erinnert an das Schicksal der späten UdSSR, die sogar ohne Protestbewegung zerbrach.👇🏽
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Here's a small timeline cleanse.
This is part of a much larger deep-field image from #JWST, and shows just how absurdly big the Universe is.
It's a tiny part of the Boötes constellation, about 2.4 arc minutes across. Every six-sided feature is a star in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
This is part of a much larger deep-field image from #JWST, and shows just how absurdly big the Universe is.
It's a tiny part of the Boötes constellation, about 2.4 arc minutes across. Every six-sided feature is a star in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
January 7, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Here's a small timeline cleanse.
This is part of a much larger deep-field image from #JWST, and shows just how absurdly big the Universe is.
It's a tiny part of the Boötes constellation, about 2.4 arc minutes across. Every six-sided feature is a star in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
This is part of a much larger deep-field image from #JWST, and shows just how absurdly big the Universe is.
It's a tiny part of the Boötes constellation, about 2.4 arc minutes across. Every six-sided feature is a star in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
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Another scientist of unknown birthday: my #linocut of Chinese Han Dynasty #polymath & statesman Zhang Heng (78-139) who invented a seismoscope (simplified seismometer which does not make a record of earth motions) to detect distant earthquakes & indicate their direction 2000 years ago! 🐡🧪⚒️#histsci
January 4, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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We can’t pay for USAid, science research, daycare, school lunches, or healthcare, but there’s no problem launching an illegal war that will cost taxpayers billions of dollars and enrich all the grifters, goons, and ghouls in this administration.
January 3, 2026 at 5:42 PM
We can’t pay for USAid, science research, daycare, school lunches, or healthcare, but there’s no problem launching an illegal war that will cost taxpayers billions of dollars and enrich all the grifters, goons, and ghouls in this administration.
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Vom Stabilitätsorgan zum Risikofaktor: Teherans Großer Bazar steht still. Händler schließen ihre Läden – aus Protest gegen wirtschaftlichen Kollaps, nicht aus pol. Kalkül. Wenn das Herz des iranischen Handels streikt, gerät das System ins Wanken. Meine Beobachtungen www.journal21.ch/artikel/vom-...
Vom Stabilitätsanker zum Risikofaktor oder: Wo der Handel endet, beginnt der Protest
Am 28. Dezember 2025 begannen Händler und Geschäftsleute im Herzen von Teherans historischem Basar, ihre Geschäfte zu schliessen und gegen den rapiden Verfall der iranischen Währung zu protestieren. D...
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January 1, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Vom Stabilitätsorgan zum Risikofaktor: Teherans Großer Bazar steht still. Händler schließen ihre Läden – aus Protest gegen wirtschaftlichen Kollaps, nicht aus pol. Kalkül. Wenn das Herz des iranischen Handels streikt, gerät das System ins Wanken. Meine Beobachtungen www.journal21.ch/artikel/vom-...
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They're going to *throw out* one-of-a-kind NASA archives?!
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
December 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
They're going to *throw out* one-of-a-kind NASA archives?!
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
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“The Trump administration is closing NASA’s largest research library on Friday, a facility that houses tens of thousands of books, documents and journals — many of them not digitized or available anywhere else.”
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:35 PM
“The Trump administration is closing NASA’s largest research library on Friday, a facility that houses tens of thousands of books, documents and journals — many of them not digitized or available anywhere else.”
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USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
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Wer glaubt, dass Primärarztsystem (etc) unser Hauptproblem sein wird, wenn zigtausend Flüchtlinge, evakuierte ZivilpatientInnen und später die Verwundeten von der Front hier auf kaum finanzierte & vorbereitete Gesundheitsinfra treffen, dem kann man nur viel Glück wünsche.
December 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Wer glaubt, dass Primärarztsystem (etc) unser Hauptproblem sein wird, wenn zigtausend Flüchtlinge, evakuierte ZivilpatientInnen und später die Verwundeten von der Front hier auf kaum finanzierte & vorbereitete Gesundheitsinfra treffen, dem kann man nur viel Glück wünsche.