Dirt Dad
@skylinegardener.bsky.social
Dad, Information organizer, plants guy He/Him
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza cases are on the rise, and Kansas is seeing the most severe outbreak in the country with nearly 414,000 birds affected.
via @kansasreflector.com
via @kansasreflector.com
Kansas bird flu outbreak is worst in nation
TOPEKA — Kansas is suffering from the worst outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the country, with nearly 414,000 birds affected, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. HPAI, an…
www.newsfromthestates.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Highly pathogenic avian influenza cases are on the rise, and Kansas is seeing the most severe outbreak in the country with nearly 414,000 birds affected.
via @kansasreflector.com
via @kansasreflector.com
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another layer: Libby (OverDrive) is owned by KKR, the private equity firm that also owns Instructure—the company that produces learning management system Canvas—and publisher Simon & Schuster.
KKR is a recent customer of Palantir: investors.palantir.com/news-details...
KKR is a recent customer of Palantir: investors.palantir.com/news-details...
January 12, 2026 at 11:53 PM
another layer: Libby (OverDrive) is owned by KKR, the private equity firm that also owns Instructure—the company that produces learning management system Canvas—and publisher Simon & Schuster.
KKR is a recent customer of Palantir: investors.palantir.com/news-details...
KKR is a recent customer of Palantir: investors.palantir.com/news-details...
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PBS Kids says it is NOT shutting down following the closure of its longtime funder, CPB:
“We’re still here for you and your family.”
“We’re still here for you and your family.”
January 10, 2026 at 6:51 PM
PBS Kids says it is NOT shutting down following the closure of its longtime funder, CPB:
“We’re still here for you and your family.”
“We’re still here for you and your family.”
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For a literal decade the official CBP policy has been “don’t stand in front of or behind vehicles” because the decade before that their internally commissioned studies found that agents were putting themselves in front of vehicles so as to shoot the occupants
Because he put himself in front of the car to have an excuse to shoot!
January 10, 2026 at 12:01 AM
For a literal decade the official CBP policy has been “don’t stand in front of or behind vehicles” because the decade before that their internally commissioned studies found that agents were putting themselves in front of vehicles so as to shoot the occupants
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If you don't want ICE to know you were at a protest, taking a burner phone is not going to help you stay anonymous if you go home afterwards. www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 9, 2026 at 7:45 AM
If you don't want ICE to know you were at a protest, taking a burner phone is not going to help you stay anonymous if you go home afterwards. www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
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they want to do insider trading, send out scam emails to raise money to give to their consultant friends, & otherwise just kinda occupy space to prevent things from changing. as far as they even have an opinion about trump hurting poor people and foreigners, it's as an excuse for more scam emails
January 9, 2026 at 8:48 AM
they want to do insider trading, send out scam emails to raise money to give to their consultant friends, & otherwise just kinda occupy space to prevent things from changing. as far as they even have an opinion about trump hurting poor people and foreigners, it's as an excuse for more scam emails
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This is useful. open.substack.com/pub/cardcata...
The Verification Ladder: A Framework for Evaluating Video When You Can’t Tell What’s Real
"Is this real?" isn't a straightforward question anymore. What to ask instead, and why the source often matters more than the footage itself.
open.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:48 PM
This is useful. open.substack.com/pub/cardcata...
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On the personal info front, I use DeleteMe to ensure my information is regularly scrubbed from data broker sites. It's not something everyone can afford, but if you are worried about public exposure and want to get it, you can use my discount code: joindeleteme.com/refer?coupon...
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When someone Googles you or your family - data brokers are selling your personal info.
joindeleteme.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:00 PM
On the personal info front, I use DeleteMe to ensure my information is regularly scrubbed from data broker sites. It's not something everyone can afford, but if you are worried about public exposure and want to get it, you can use my discount code: joindeleteme.com/refer?coupon...
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Google is forcing more generative AI on Gmail users. I couldn’t think of a better moment to finally drop Gmail (and other Google services)!
I have a guide to do just that here: disconnect.blog/getting-off-...
I have a guide to do just that here: disconnect.blog/getting-off-...
January 8, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Google is forcing more generative AI on Gmail users. I couldn’t think of a better moment to finally drop Gmail (and other Google services)!
I have a guide to do just that here: disconnect.blog/getting-off-...
I have a guide to do just that here: disconnect.blog/getting-off-...
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New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
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Oh sorry, I haven’t been online that much tonight, I’ve been forced to help organize a safety patrol at my kid’s daycare, because ICE stopped by today.
January 8, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Oh sorry, I haven’t been online that much tonight, I’ve been forced to help organize a safety patrol at my kid’s daycare, because ICE stopped by today.
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A Black man named Keith Porter was shot and killed by an ICE officer on New Year’s Eve.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Your reminder that what happened to Renee Nicole Good is something that happens regularly in America. This is not new, but it is an expanded version of militarized people targeting Black people in particular.
From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
January 8, 2026 at 12:21 AM
A Black man named Keith Porter was shot and killed by an ICE officer on New Year’s Eve.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
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RENEE NICOLE GOOD
SAY HER NAME
SAY HER NAME
January 7, 2026 at 10:15 PM
RENEE NICOLE GOOD
SAY HER NAME
SAY HER NAME
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300,000 Wondrous Nature Illustrations Put Online by The Biodiversity Heritage Library | Open Culture
300,000 Wondrous Nature Illustrations Put Online by The Biodiversity Heritage Library
Are we truly in the midst of a human-caused sixth mass extinction, an era of “biological annihilation”?
www.openculture.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:16 PM
300,000 Wondrous Nature Illustrations Put Online by The Biodiversity Heritage Library | Open Culture
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Sigh. The NPR national news brief at the top of the hour mentioned the shooting and simply cited the DHS statement.
I truly don't think mainstream journalists in the U.S are prepared to cover state violence
January 7, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Sigh. The NPR national news brief at the top of the hour mentioned the shooting and simply cited the DHS statement.
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Absolutely horrific details about an ICE shooting in Minneapolis.
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 7, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Absolutely horrific details about an ICE shooting in Minneapolis.
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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It is now confirmed from multiple sources that ICE shot a legal observer dead on Portland in Minneapolis between 34th and 33rd street. The victim is dead
January 7, 2026 at 4:28 PM
It is now confirmed from multiple sources that ICE shot a legal observer dead on Portland in Minneapolis between 34th and 33rd street. The victim is dead
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we simply do not talk enough about how much of modern capitalism has pivoted away from providing goods and services in exchange for money and into inconveniencing and harassing people with fees, surcharges, and delayed invoicing for long enough that they give you money just to make it stop
October 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
we simply do not talk enough about how much of modern capitalism has pivoted away from providing goods and services in exchange for money and into inconveniencing and harassing people with fees, surcharges, and delayed invoicing for long enough that they give you money just to make it stop
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I'm not some kinda medicine scienceist but this seems less than ideal
3. Subclade K, the new #H3N2 variant, is really managing to infect a lot of people. This year's epicurve, in red, has risen like a rocket. The other seasons it's compared to in this graph were all big seasons. This one has joined that gang.
January 6, 2026 at 2:06 PM
I'm not some kinda medicine scienceist but this seems less than ideal
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The nasty strain currently circulating is apparently not one selected for this year's vaccine, so even if you are vaccinated remember your pandemic-era protocols like masking and sufficient handwashing
“These viruses are serious, dangerous, and life-threatening. We are seeing children who are seriously ill, families grieving devastating losses, and hospitals under capacity strain.”
www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/h...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/h...
Flu reaches highest levels in the US in 25 years | CNN
Flu continues to visit misery across the US, with all but four states showing high or very high levels of activity as a new virus strain called subclade K continues to spread.
www.cnn.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:04 PM
The nasty strain currently circulating is apparently not one selected for this year's vaccine, so even if you are vaccinated remember your pandemic-era protocols like masking and sufficient handwashing
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
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Mechanical models of the mind, mechanical models of the body, mechanical models of culture all reduce the person to systems that interact incidentally rather than transactionally, which means that patients aren't people anymore: they're collections of systems which need to be addressed individually.
January 5, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Mechanical models of the mind, mechanical models of the body, mechanical models of culture all reduce the person to systems that interact incidentally rather than transactionally, which means that patients aren't people anymore: they're collections of systems which need to be addressed individually.