Riley Rogerson
@rileyrogerson.bsky.social
my thoughts are my own • Senior Program Associate with Planetary Politics @ New America • Anthropology, global politics 🇺🇦, climate change, & more • My blog ➡️ https://rileyrogerson.blog/ • Banner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1e3NWn3KHU
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
So the official numbers show #climatechange is worsening severe weather events, and that the costs of disaster relief + recovery are exorbitant?
Just stop tracking those pesky numbers -- the "crisis" goes away!
Because that always works out well. 👺
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/c...
Just stop tracking those pesky numbers -- the "crisis" goes away!
Because that always works out well. 👺
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/c...
U.S. Government to Stop Tracking the Costs of Extreme Weather
www.nytimes.com
May 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
So the official numbers show #climatechange is worsening severe weather events, and that the costs of disaster relief + recovery are exorbitant?
Just stop tracking those pesky numbers -- the "crisis" goes away!
Because that always works out well. 👺
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/c...
Just stop tracking those pesky numbers -- the "crisis" goes away!
Because that always works out well. 👺
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/c...
oh fr we're trying to...rename greenland
H.R.1161 - Red, White, and Blueland Act of 2025
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
H.R.1161 - Red, White, and Blueland Act of 2025
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov
May 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
oh fr we're trying to...rename greenland
H.R.1161 - Red, White, and Blueland Act of 2025
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
H.R.1161 - Red, White, and Blueland Act of 2025
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
Call them concentration camps. That's what we're talking about here
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
‘Home growns are next’: Trump tells Bukele to build more jails for citizens
Trump says he’s ‘all for’ jailing American citizens in El Salvador’s notorious mega prison
www.independent.co.uk
April 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Call them concentration camps. That's what we're talking about here
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Trump said today he'd like to deport American citizens to a gulag in El Salvador and later urged the Bukele to build more camps to house them.
There's no trolling. Ever.
It's always trial balloons for the real thing.
If SCOTUS & Congress don't act to free Garcia now, America as we know it is over
There's no trolling. Ever.
It's always trial balloons for the real thing.
If SCOTUS & Congress don't act to free Garcia now, America as we know it is over
April 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Trump said today he'd like to deport American citizens to a gulag in El Salvador and later urged the Bukele to build more camps to house them.
There's no trolling. Ever.
It's always trial balloons for the real thing.
If SCOTUS & Congress don't act to free Garcia now, America as we know it is over
There's no trolling. Ever.
It's always trial balloons for the real thing.
If SCOTUS & Congress don't act to free Garcia now, America as we know it is over
Trump wants to cut NOAA's 2026 budget by a whopping 25%
This destruction of American national weather infrastructure is abominable.
This destruction of American national weather infrastructure is abominable.
The forecast under the #Trump admin's #Project2025 playbook? Dark, and not just metaphorically.
My latest dives into how the far right is dismantling national weather infrastructure + our ability to respond to severe weather. #NOAA #FEMA #NWS
Read it here: rileyrogerson.blog/2025/04/10/h...
My latest dives into how the far right is dismantling national weather infrastructure + our ability to respond to severe weather. #NOAA #FEMA #NWS
Read it here: rileyrogerson.blog/2025/04/10/h...
Honey, You’ve Got a Big Storm Comin’: Trump, Project 2025, and the Gutting of National Weather Infrastructure
The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season predictions are out. Under the Trump administration, we have a lot to worry about.
rileyrogerson.blog
April 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Trump wants to cut NOAA's 2026 budget by a whopping 25%
This destruction of American national weather infrastructure is abominable.
This destruction of American national weather infrastructure is abominable.
This is abhorrent. This is FASCISM.
We need to send a SUSTAINED message to this administration that this is unacceptable. How many families will be ripped apart, how many lives ruined???
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
We need to send a SUSTAINED message to this administration that this is unacceptable. How many families will be ripped apart, how many lives ruined???
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
April 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This is abhorrent. This is FASCISM.
We need to send a SUSTAINED message to this administration that this is unacceptable. How many families will be ripped apart, how many lives ruined???
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
We need to send a SUSTAINED message to this administration that this is unacceptable. How many families will be ripped apart, how many lives ruined???
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
Okay this is actually SO sick. I've remained hopeful that we found find #Denisovan remains already in our collections, just waiting to be properly ID'd. This bodes really well.
Really excited about what we can learn from the successful protein extraction.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/10/s...
Really excited about what we can learn from the successful protein extraction.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/10/s...
Jawbone dredged up from the seafloor expands the range of a mysterious species of ancient human | CNN
A jawbone dredged up from the seafloor off Taiwan belongs to an ancient human species known as Denisovans, protein fragments extracted from the fossil have revealed.
www.cnn.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Okay this is actually SO sick. I've remained hopeful that we found find #Denisovan remains already in our collections, just waiting to be properly ID'd. This bodes really well.
Really excited about what we can learn from the successful protein extraction.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/10/s...
Really excited about what we can learn from the successful protein extraction.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/10/s...
The #SAVEAct is preparing to disenfranchise millions.
Make sure your passports are up to date. If you don't have one, NOW IS THE TIME.
Tell everyone you know, and tell them to spread the word too. As many folks as possible need to understand what this means for their civic engagement
Make sure your passports are up to date. If you don't have one, NOW IS THE TIME.
Tell everyone you know, and tell them to spread the word too. As many folks as possible need to understand what this means for their civic engagement
April 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The #SAVEAct is preparing to disenfranchise millions.
Make sure your passports are up to date. If you don't have one, NOW IS THE TIME.
Tell everyone you know, and tell them to spread the word too. As many folks as possible need to understand what this means for their civic engagement
Make sure your passports are up to date. If you don't have one, NOW IS THE TIME.
Tell everyone you know, and tell them to spread the word too. As many folks as possible need to understand what this means for their civic engagement
How about we name + shame the traitors who voted to disenfranchise millions via the CASE Act.
1️⃣ Ed Case (HI), 202-224-2726
2️⃣ Henry Cuellar (TX), 202-225-1640
3️⃣ Jared Golden (ME), 202-225-6306
4️⃣ Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA), 202-225-3536
If you're one of their consituents, wanna give em a ring?
1️⃣ Ed Case (HI), 202-224-2726
2️⃣ Henry Cuellar (TX), 202-225-1640
3️⃣ Jared Golden (ME), 202-225-6306
4️⃣ Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA), 202-225-3536
If you're one of their consituents, wanna give em a ring?
April 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
How about we name + shame the traitors who voted to disenfranchise millions via the CASE Act.
1️⃣ Ed Case (HI), 202-224-2726
2️⃣ Henry Cuellar (TX), 202-225-1640
3️⃣ Jared Golden (ME), 202-225-6306
4️⃣ Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA), 202-225-3536
If you're one of their consituents, wanna give em a ring?
1️⃣ Ed Case (HI), 202-224-2726
2️⃣ Henry Cuellar (TX), 202-225-1640
3️⃣ Jared Golden (ME), 202-225-6306
4️⃣ Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA), 202-225-3536
If you're one of their consituents, wanna give em a ring?
The forecast under the #Trump admin's #Project2025 playbook? Dark, and not just metaphorically.
My latest dives into how the far right is dismantling national weather infrastructure + our ability to respond to severe weather. #NOAA #FEMA #NWS
Read it here: rileyrogerson.blog/2025/04/10/h...
My latest dives into how the far right is dismantling national weather infrastructure + our ability to respond to severe weather. #NOAA #FEMA #NWS
Read it here: rileyrogerson.blog/2025/04/10/h...
Honey, You’ve Got a Big Storm Comin’: Trump, Project 2025, and the Gutting of National Weather Infrastructure
The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season predictions are out. Under the Trump administration, we have a lot to worry about.
rileyrogerson.blog
April 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The forecast under the #Trump admin's #Project2025 playbook? Dark, and not just metaphorically.
My latest dives into how the far right is dismantling national weather infrastructure + our ability to respond to severe weather. #NOAA #FEMA #NWS
Read it here: rileyrogerson.blog/2025/04/10/h...
My latest dives into how the far right is dismantling national weather infrastructure + our ability to respond to severe weather. #NOAA #FEMA #NWS
Read it here: rileyrogerson.blog/2025/04/10/h...
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This can be true of foraging (Sahlins and the original affluent society, which is not uncontested, etc), but is IN NO WAY true of agriculture. The whole point of agriculture is that you trade leisure for a more secure food supply/surpluses for lean times. #anthrosky
April 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
This can be true of foraging (Sahlins and the original affluent society, which is not uncontested, etc), but is IN NO WAY true of agriculture. The whole point of agriculture is that you trade leisure for a more secure food supply/surpluses for lean times. #anthrosky
Now I'm just standing in my living room laughing and crying while my dog just looks confused.
Fucking chemtrails and weather-changing magic conspiracies in the goddamn House.
Fucking chemtrails and weather-changing magic conspiracies in the goddamn House.
April 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Now I'm just standing in my living room laughing and crying while my dog just looks confused.
Fucking chemtrails and weather-changing magic conspiracies in the goddamn House.
Fucking chemtrails and weather-changing magic conspiracies in the goddamn House.
"The House version of the bill does not forbid the practice of weather modification outright, just without a license."
🫥 From where and/or who the actual fuck would I obtain a license to CHANGE THE WEATHER & be a ✨certified geoengineer✨
www.wfla.com/news/florida...
🫥 From where and/or who the actual fuck would I obtain a license to CHANGE THE WEATHER & be a ✨certified geoengineer✨
www.wfla.com/news/florida...
DeSantis announces support as Florida Senate takes up ‘chemtrails’ bill
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis expressed his support for a bill banning what he called weather modification “nonsense” before it hits the Senate floor on Thursday.
www.wfla.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
"The House version of the bill does not forbid the practice of weather modification outright, just without a license."
🫥 From where and/or who the actual fuck would I obtain a license to CHANGE THE WEATHER & be a ✨certified geoengineer✨
www.wfla.com/news/florida...
🫥 From where and/or who the actual fuck would I obtain a license to CHANGE THE WEATHER & be a ✨certified geoengineer✨
www.wfla.com/news/florida...
Just took it myself and it revealed 8/15 of my tracked personal data points exposed to the whims of #DOGE.
Incredible tool. Reveals frightening truths about DOGE and what it can pull about us with no real oversight.
Incredible tool. Reveals frightening truths about DOGE and what it can pull about us with no real oversight.
Welp this is terrifying. Just took a #DOGE data quiz created by my colleagues at @newamerica.org, and the results aren’t pretty. Shout out to @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social for bringing this tool to life. If you’re curious to take the quiz yourself: www.newamerica.org/oti/briefs/q...
April 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Just took it myself and it revealed 8/15 of my tracked personal data points exposed to the whims of #DOGE.
Incredible tool. Reveals frightening truths about DOGE and what it can pull about us with no real oversight.
Incredible tool. Reveals frightening truths about DOGE and what it can pull about us with no real oversight.
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You truly could not make it up.
You could not.
You could not.
March 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
You truly could not make it up.
You could not.
You could not.
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March 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Jeffrey Goldberg released it all.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
DM me if you're paywalled, folks need to see this.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
DM me if you're paywalled, folks need to see this.
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.
www.theatlantic.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Jeffrey Goldberg released it all.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
DM me if you're paywalled, folks need to see this.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
DM me if you're paywalled, folks need to see this.
17% of surveyed Americans favor invading #Canada. 26% is "unsure."
=43% think annexation is a great idea or are weighing it as an option, which is insane. Support is a bit higher for annexing #Greenland, with 51% onboard or still unsure.
These numbers are WAY too high.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
=43% think annexation is a great idea or are weighing it as an option, which is insane. Support is a bit higher for annexing #Greenland, with 51% onboard or still unsure.
These numbers are WAY too high.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
17% of surveyed Americans favor invading #Canada. 26% is "unsure."
=43% think annexation is a great idea or are weighing it as an option, which is insane. Support is a bit higher for annexing #Greenland, with 51% onboard or still unsure.
These numbers are WAY too high.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
=43% think annexation is a great idea or are weighing it as an option, which is insane. Support is a bit higher for annexing #Greenland, with 51% onboard or still unsure.
These numbers are WAY too high.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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Happy week, everyone!
March 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Happy week, everyone!
(1/2) Maksym Chernyak, 44, died in ICE custody from a brain bleed on Feb 20.
"We called the officers and they didn't want to come until we told him that he was dead...They didn't wanna come because they didn't have no staff until hours later...”
www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/t...
"We called the officers and they didn't want to come until we told him that he was dead...They didn't wanna come because they didn't have no staff until hours later...”
www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/t...
‘There's a pattern': Ukrainian man is 3rd to die in ICE custody at Krome Detention Center
A Ukrainian woman says she finds herself alone in the United States after her husband fell ill and died in the custody of ICE in Miami-Dade County.
www.nbcmiami.com
March 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
(1/2) Maksym Chernyak, 44, died in ICE custody from a brain bleed on Feb 20.
"We called the officers and they didn't want to come until we told him that he was dead...They didn't wanna come because they didn't have no staff until hours later...”
www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/t...
"We called the officers and they didn't want to come until we told him that he was dead...They didn't wanna come because they didn't have no staff until hours later...”
www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/t...
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It’s striking how much events in Georgia mirror US trajectory, attacking institutions, firing perceived “disloyal” civil servants, suppressing media, restricting protests, making criminal offense to criticize leader, deals w Russia, scorn for EU and EU values. US no longer has any moral authority
🇬🇪With global attention fixed on Ukraine, the EU, and the new US admin, Georgia is quietly sliding into dictatorship. Georgian Dream (GD), under oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili, is dismantling democracy at alarming speed—largely unnoticed by the West
🧵A new dictatorship thread
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🧵A new dictatorship thread
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March 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
It’s striking how much events in Georgia mirror US trajectory, attacking institutions, firing perceived “disloyal” civil servants, suppressing media, restricting protests, making criminal offense to criticize leader, deals w Russia, scorn for EU and EU values. US no longer has any moral authority
My museum anthro MA just became useless overnight.
Sonderling:
“We will revitalize IMLS and restore focus on patriotism, ensuring we preserve our country’s core values, promote American exceptionalism and cultivate love of country in future generations." 🤢
content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USI...
Sonderling:
“We will revitalize IMLS and restore focus on patriotism, ensuring we preserve our country’s core values, promote American exceptionalism and cultivate love of country in future generations." 🤢
content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USI...
White House Announces Keith E. Sonderling as IMLS Acting Director
content.govdelivery.com
March 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
My museum anthro MA just became useless overnight.
Sonderling:
“We will revitalize IMLS and restore focus on patriotism, ensuring we preserve our country’s core values, promote American exceptionalism and cultivate love of country in future generations." 🤢
content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USI...
Sonderling:
“We will revitalize IMLS and restore focus on patriotism, ensuring we preserve our country’s core values, promote American exceptionalism and cultivate love of country in future generations." 🤢
content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USI...
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