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Sergio Valente
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Bass player, music publisher, tree-hugger, animal-lover, vegan. 🌱
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keezyyoung.bsky.social
welp, this destroyed me first thing upon waking up
But Liam was scared and frequently asked what they had done wrong, where they were and what happened to the little blue knit hat he wore the day he was detained, Conejo said. There wasn’t much he could say to his son, “except hug him and tell him everything would be OK,” Conejo said. Worried about further upsetting his son, Conejo said, he was forced to bite back his own tears. Liam has since been reunited with his hat and continues to wear it, even inside the house, his dad said Thursday. Asked how he might one day explain to Liam everything that has happened, Conejo said he would tell his son that he had become the face of hope and change. "He was the global figure who did all this so that the voices of the people demanding freedom would be heard, especially those of the children who are still locked up," Conejo said. “I would tell him he was very brave and that I am very proud of him.”
February 6, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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thebeaverton.com
News In Photo:
Jeff Bezos clarifies that newspapers also die in darkness
February 5, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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d-macphee.bsky.social
"The U.S. has declared a form of information warfare against us. They're going to use everything that they can to destabilize our country, to disrupt us, potentially to break us apart in order to execute on their national security strategy,"
#Canada #cdnpoli
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ANALYSIS | U.S. interest in Alberta separatism raises red flags over what might come next | CBC News
Communications between the Trump administration and Alberta's separatist movement raised alarm at the highest levels in Canada last week. It also raised questions about Washington's possible intention...
www.cbc.ca
February 5, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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doctorvive.bsky.social
William Nordhaus is the father of the fossil-fuel propaganda that "climate change won't cost that much, but net zero will be too expensive."

Here's how Nordhaus lowballs climate damages in his economic models (screenshot from The Language of Climate Politics):

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adding greenhouse gases to the atmosphere but his goal is to time full decarbonization to maximize capital accumulation. You might say that his approach is to play chicken, as it were, with climate change, stepping off the path of increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere only once economic growth is immediately threatened to be toppled by climate damages— and not a moment before. This moment comes so late for Nordhaus—at the point where the planet has heated up 3°C—because he assumes the cost of cli- mate damages will be low. This is his third major assumption, and 56 THE LANGUAGE OF CLIMATE POLITICS he sustains it by omitting from DICE some of the damages that cli- mate scientists have identified as "the impacts" of global heating. He omits climate damages to labor productivity or to buildings or other infrastructure. He omits damages to manufacturing, transporta- tion, non-coastal real estate, finance, insurance, retail or wholesale trade, communication, and government services. He omits dam- ages caused by climate-influenced wars, coups, or social upheavals. 2s And, finally, he omits damages caused by climate-system tipping points and unlikely but possible civilization-threatening events that
February 5, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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atrupar.com
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
This is absolutely insane: DHS claims the right to subpoena your emails and to send investigators to your house. In this case, because a retiree sent the mildest possible criticism to a prosecutor. No judges involved.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon
Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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vegansearchengine.bsky.social
"As record-breaking cold grips half the country, keeping animals safe isn’t optional, it’s the responsibility you agreed to! Bring animals inside!"

"If you see an animal chained outside wo shelter note location & report immediately."

#PetResponsibility #Dog #Pets

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vegansearchengine.bsky.social The Vegan Search Engine @vegansearchengine.bsky.social · 6d
"Dogs left outside in freezing temperatures are no better equipped to survive the cold than humans are, and many die💔
If you see an animal chained outside without proper shelter, note location & contact local law enforcement immediately."

#AnimalCruelty #Dogs #Pets

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February 1, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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davidho.bsky.social
For peat’s sake, read this thread.
elisewang.bsky.social Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 8d
In case we thought that ecological disasters were a special talent of modernity, let’s talk about how the 13th-century peat trade of Norfolk made it permanently vulnerable to flooding, including 3 catastrophic floods just since 2013.

#medievalstorytime
January 30, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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deechan17.bsky.social
Even though I live in Canada I support this 100% and will not be shopping or spending money tomorrow. But I think it's time to expand it to a week- long strike.

Source: Business Insider
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No work, no school, no shopping: Jan. 30 nationwide general strike to protest ICE gains celebrity endorsements
Minnesotans stayed home from work and took to the streets to protest ICE on Jan. 23. Now, activists want to take it nationwide.
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January 30, 2026 at 6:47 AM
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justinhendrix.bsky.social
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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sciam.bsky.social
JWST just saw a galaxy that existed only 280 million years after the big bang
JWST spots most distant galaxy ever, pushing the limits of the observable universe
The galaxy MoM-z14 could offer clues to what the universe looked like in its early infancy
www.scientificamerican.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
"Who's city is it Chief?
Bovino: "It's our fucking city."

And that, in a nutshell, is the problem. It is not a democracy when men with guns and uniforms believe they have more control over a city than its residents.
adamparkhomenko.bsky.social Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 9d
Seems like a good video for his trial
January 29, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
It's all so "she made me do it" blaming the victim, and this iteration closely echoes a previous admin. one. Rhetoric justifies bloodshed in this frame, and his rhetoric uses the passive tense/vagueness to avoid saying 'we will shed blood.'
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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madisoncondon.bsky.social
just to be clear the science is in no way secret...

you can form your own reasonable guess about what the world will look like when himalayan glaciers and global aquifers disappear thats not necessarily a spy speciality
rupertread.bsky.social Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 15d
FULL UPDATE!: We learn from the Times in this morning’s paper that indeed as I surmised (see thread below) the Govt >haven’t< released an unredacted version of this bombshell report. What a scandal.

www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

Without paywall: archive.ph/2026.01.23-0...

PLEASE SHARE WIDELY!
January 28, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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sethdklein.bsky.social
We're in trouble. And we're gonna greatly regret all these fossil fuel projects being approved...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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vermontgmg.bsky.social
I wrote today about how the events of Minneapolis give the lie to the "Don't Tread On Me" crowd — they're fine with the government "treading" on others who don't look like them. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/minneapoli...
January 27, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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atrupar.com
Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"
January 28, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”
January 28, 2026 at 5:46 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
Abolish. ice. 💔
January 27, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
Screenshot of an X.com post by The Associated Press (@AP) stating that dozens of immigrant families protested for better treatment behind fences at a Texas detention facility, where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent after being detained in Minnesota. Below is a video thumbnail showing a crowd gathered outdoors along a fenced walkway; many people wear bright blue or red outerwear, and some hold signs.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
sergesamson.bsky.social
If a contest were held to determine the biggest loser in the USA, Stephen Miller would come in 2nd.
January 27, 2026 at 5:28 AM
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theonion.com
“What they don’t want you to know is that George Soros and his far-left billionaire friends hired Alex Pretti to act as a dependable, beloved pillar of his community for decades,” said President Donald Trump
Trump Alleges That Democrats Secretly Paid Alex Pretti To Be Model Citizen
WASHINGTON—Claiming that no one would realistically devote their life to serving others without being funded by nefarious actors, President Donald Trump alleged Monday that Democrats had secretly paid...
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January 27, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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hanksingle.bsky.social
Hey, this Bovino thing is a pathetic attempt to make all these horrors the fault of one guy, and it would be a serious, serious crisis if people fell for it. ICE needs to be abolished, bc this - terror, murder - are what it exists for. Nothing else. This is just an attempt to mollify us. Stay angry
January 27, 2026 at 1:14 AM
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socio-steve.bsky.social
They are wounded and flailing. Press the advantage.
January 27, 2026 at 12:08 AM