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In more than three years, #NASAWebb has “supercharged” what astronomers can learn about star formation—reshaping what we know with its sharp near- and mid-infrared observations.

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI. 🔭 🧪

Webb: Transforming Our Understanding of Star Formation

YouTube video by Space Telescope Science Institute

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February 12, 2026 at 3:55 PM

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@xavkoenig.bsky.social

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Epstein co-conspirators.

FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY on Instagram: "It's me, Sammy K, reporting for duty since @fbidirectorkash won't 🫡😂 I think I figured out 3 names on the co-conspirator list 😋 #notanofficialnewssource...

85K likes, 2,490 comments - not.an.official.news.source on February 12, 2026: "It's me, Sammy K, reporting for duty since @fbidirectorkash won't 🫡😂 I think I figured out 3 names on the co-conspirator ...

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February 13, 2026 at 1:12 PM

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Victor Ray

@victorerikray.bsky.social

I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.

Great work everyone.

The Board of Governors decided, unilaterally, that no published textbook in the field of sociology could be used in compliance with the law for an Intro to Sociology class. None.
Victor: There's not a single existing textbook on the market that could be used that would qualify under state law?
Zachary: Correct.
Victor: I'm sorry, that's kind of funny. Like, the absurdity of not a single sociology textbook getting past the censors. I mean, it makes me kind of proud of our colleagues, but...

February 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM

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Karen Attiah

@karenattiah.bsky.social

Here is Tim Wise and I on the hidden history of murdered white civil rights figures.

For more on this, register for our virtual lecture on Feb.10th, at 6:00 pm!

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February 6, 2026 at 5:50 PM

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♡✦!valentina!✦♡

@valentinainat1.bsky.social

My commissions are open! Currently booking April and May <3 More info below!

January 30, 2026 at 9:00 PM

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christine e. norrie

@christinenorrie.bsky.social

I am so happy that Liam is home!!!

@comixaction.com put out the call and @ethansacks.bsky.social gave me inspiration and the words — a good community is everything 💫 #Comics4Liam / comics4liam.com

FREE ALL THE CHILDREN caged in these horrifying detention centers… ABOLISH ICE!

Christine Norrie illustration of Liam Ramos sailing through the air in a Spidey costume wearing his flannel coat and bunny hat, smiling.

Text by Ethan Sacks reads: "To Liam-- You are braver than Spider-Man. You are stronger than the Hulk. You inspire us to be better. That's why you are our favorite superhero. --Your friends"

February 1, 2026 at 9:32 PM

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christine e. norrie

@christinenorrie.bsky.social

Maybe Liam is too wee yet for Spider-Verse, but I ❤️ Miles Morales and Nueva York is covered in snow too!

Much thanks to @julioanta.bsky.social for the translation so that I could include both spideys.

#Comics4Liam FREE THE CHILDREN!!! Shutter forever these evil detention centers; ABOLISH ICE.

Christine Norrie illustration of Liam Ramos sailing through the air in a Spidey costume wearing his flannel coat and bunny hat, smiling. Text reads: "Para Liam, Eres más valiente que Spider-Man. Eres más fuerte que el Hulk. Nos inspiras a ser mejores. Por eso eres nuestro superhéroe favorito. —Tus amigos"

February 1, 2026 at 10:25 PM

xavkoenig.bsky.social

@xavkoenig.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/b... womp womp

U.S. Trade Deficit Bounces Back as Tariffs Cause Volatility

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January 29, 2026 at 1:57 PM

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Bruce Springsteen

@brucespringsteen.net

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM

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Adam Serwer

@adamserwer.bsky.social

1. Wasn’t at a protest
2. Was disarmed when they shot him while he was face down
3. New gun rights rule: the second amendment is when conservatives can carry guns everywhere, but if anyone else has a gun we can kill him on sight

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19d

KARL: He was an ICU use who worked for the VA and there's no evidence he brandished the gun whatsoever

BESSENT: But he brought a gun

KARL: I mean, we do have a Second Amendment

BESSENT: I've been to a protest -- guess what? I didn't bring a gun. I brought a billboard

January 25, 2026 at 5:15 PM

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting.
2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value.
3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE.
4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on.
5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle."
6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground.

7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack.
8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video.
9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk.
10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun.
11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him.
12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes.

13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times.
14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him.
15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1.
16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground.
17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building.
18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear

witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values.
I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct.

Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.

January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM

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Bucks County Beacon

@buckscountybeacon.com

This video released by @dropsitenews.com clearly shows that what happened in Minnesota this morning was state sanctioned murder when an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, whose last act on this earth was trying to help a woman being roughed up by some out-of-control ICE agent.

Another Angle of Federal Agents Killing a Minnesota Legal Observer, Obtained by Drop Site

YouTube video by Drop Site News

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January 24, 2026 at 8:25 PM

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Cooper Lund

@cooperlund.online

Think about all of the absurd and stupid things that are going to be said with that Freedom 250 branding in the background this year, think of all the dumb shit that’s about to happen.

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 24d

US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent:

What I am urging everyone here to do is sit back, take a deep breath, and let things play out. The worst thing countries can do is escalate against the United States.

January 20, 2026 at 1:45 PM

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Nico Ritschel

@nicoritschel.com

I built an alternative Jupyter frontend as a native Mac app. It's also reactive (no weird state issues), supports SQL as first class, has autocomplete, is uv-native amd works with agents (like an *existing* ChatGPT subscription that you already pay for)

January 18, 2026 at 7:51 PM

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The Tennessee Holler

@thetnholler.bsky.social

Truly

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25d

This is utterly deranged.

Screenshot of a post by Nick Schifrin (@nickschifrin) on X/Twitter. The post reads:

“NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:

Dear Ambassador:

President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]

‘Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT’”

At the bottom of the screenshot: “8:31 PM · Jan 18, 2026 · 25.6K Views.”

January 19, 2026 at 5:52 AM

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Marisa Kabas

@marisakabas.bsky.social

ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.

January 19, 2026 at 5:41 AM

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muscular baby jeb lund

@mobute.bsky.social

traveling back in time and ignoring his cries of "it hardly seems necessary" and digging a revolver into jemmy madison's temple until he writes federalist #86, "what if the president is the biggest most corrupt shit-for-brains in history and also going insane"

January 19, 2026 at 5:42 AM

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Mr Global 🌎

@mrglobaltoo.bsky.social

Republicans Now Want Over A Billion Dollars To Buy Venezuelan Oil.

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Republicans Now Want To Buy 1.1 Billion Worth Of Venezuelan Oil. Money Trump Would Control

YouTube video by Mr Global

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January 16, 2026 at 10:40 PM

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Joseph Zucker

@josephzucker.bsky.social

Minneapolis residents are painting tunnels onto brick walls and ICE agents are running into them. This is not funny.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28d

Naaaaaaailed it

January 15, 2026 at 11:58 PM

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CJ Fogler

@cjzero.bsky.social

That is what was relayed

January 15, 2026 at 4:09 AM

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Street Sharks Explained 🇨🇺🇵🇸

@gaykwon.bsky.social

This woman is harder than goddamn steel dealing with these goddamn thugs. I want her to be my neighbor.

January 12, 2026 at 6:47 PM

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Former Ebike Owner, Kevin Elliott

@kjephd.bsky.social

This story is full of gems. Read the whole thing. Here's just one:

Uruguay’s strategy had three elements: regulatory reform, competitive auctions, and diversified domestic resources. The government eliminated longstanding subsidies for fossil fuels and introduced long-term contracts for renewable projects, providing investors with predictable returns. Auctions for wind and solar projects have fostered competition, resulting in lower prices. Customers pay at least 20% less than they did before the transition, while the government has more funds available for education and public services.

January 10, 2026 at 1:16 PM

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Will Stancil

@whstancil.bsky.social

if a Democrat had said “I can’t wait to host the oil companies at my 90,000 square foot golden self-commemorative ballroom that I tore down the White House and solicited $300 million in bribes to build” it would literally be considered the worst scandal and gaffe in human history

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jan 9

REPORTER: The Capital Planning Commission is concerned the 89,000 square foot ballroom is going to dwarf the rest of the rest of the WH. Do you worry about that?

TRUMP: No no. People love the ballroom. We need it. If we would've had the ballroom today, we could've had all the oil companies there.