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Kirsten W
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Science illustrator, sports fan, gamer girl, nature educator, DisNerd, beer league goalie, bookworm, Salesforce administrator, sci-fi nut, and dreamer.
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brianbarrish.bsky.social
Everyone watches women's sports.
jtannenwald.bsky.social Jonathan Tannenwald @jtannenwald.bsky.social · 6h
The announced attendance is 21,490 - the largest announced crowd in this building's history.

The prior record for basketball was 21,305 for 76ers-Bulls in 1998.

The prior record for any crowd was 21,424 for a Backstreet Boys concert in 1999.

The smaller court made room for more seats tonight.
January 31, 2026 at 2:13 AM
xfkirsten.bsky.social
Anyone wanna go halvsies? 👀https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47781260/sources-seahawks-go-sale-super-bowl-lx
January 31, 2026 at 12:07 AM
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coachfinstock.bsky.social
Lol Xbox Live having more spine than Congress
January 30, 2026 at 11:23 PM
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wilwheaton.net
Hey, shoutout and solidarity to all the people who really need to work today, but are choosing to participate in this General Strike.

Shoutout and solidarity to all the people who want to participate, but are unable to.

We are all doing our best. Maybe it will happen today.
January 30, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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brandyjensen.bsky.social
Catherine O’Hara didn’t steal scenes she just showed up and ownership automatically defaulted to her
January 30, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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themonorailtimes.com
God has terrible aim
January 30, 2026 at 6:14 PM
xfkirsten.bsky.social
I am I AM ON FIRE; KEEP CLEAR OF ME
pdfmerchant.bsky.social Old Sam @pdfmerchant.bsky.social · 1d
tag yourself i’m I AM MANOEUVRING WITH DIFFICULTY
January 30, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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joshuaerlich.bsky.social
interested to learn what “at my direction” means because it sounds like “without a warrant”
Attorney General Pamela... * @AGPamBondi X.com At my direction, early this morning federal agents arrested Don Lemon, Trahern Jeen Crews, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lydell Lundy, in connection with the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. More details soon. 8:09 AM • 1/30/26 • 35K Views 384 0 565 2K 49
January 30, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: Judge Margaret Garnett tosses out the murder count faced by Luigi Mangione in federal court, with the "practical effect" that he cannot face the death penalty.

This is, Garnett writes, a result of her application of the "categorical approach" employed by the Supreme Court to his case.
Case 1:25-cr-00176-MMG Document 103 Filed 01/30/26 Page 1 of 39 USDC SDNY DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC #: DATE FILED: 1/30/2026 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, -against- LUIGI NICHOLAS MANGIONE, Defendant. 25-CR-00176 (MMG) OPINION & ORDER MARGARET M. GARNETT, United States District Judge: Defendant Luigi Nicholas Mangione is charged in a four-count indictment with interstate travel for the purpose of stalking Brian Thompson, causing his death, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2261(1)(A) and 2261(b)(1) (Count One); use of electronic communication systems for the purpose of stalking Brian Thompson, causing his death, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2261A(2)(A) and 2261(b)(1) (Count Two); murder of Brian Thompson through use of a firearm during and in relation to the stalking crimes charged in Counts One and Two, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924) (Count Three); and use of a firearm, which was brandished, discharged, and equipped with a silencer, during and in relation to the stalking crimes charged in Counts One and Two, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c)(1)(A)(i), (ii), (iii) and (c)(1)(B)(ii) (Count Four). Dkt. No. 21. The crimes charged in Counts Three and Four require that the stalking crimes in Counts One and Two meet the federal statutory definition of a "crime of violence" as a matter of law. The Defendant has moved to dismiss Counts Three and Four on the ground that this requirement is not satisfied. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is GRANTED. This case will proceed to trial on Counts One and Two, which charge the Defendant with causing Brian Thompson's death under two federal stalking laws. The potential maximum punishment for each of those offenses is life in prison without parole. Count Three is a capital- Case 1:25-cr-00176-MMG Document 103 Filed 01/30/26 Page 2 of 39 eligible offense, on which the Government filed a notice of intent to seek the death penalty. Consequently, the chief practical effect of the legal infirmities of Counts Three and Four, and this Cout's decision that they must be dismissed, is solely to foreclose the death penalty as an available punishment to be considered by the jury that will otherwise determine, at trial, whether to convict the Defendant for causing Brian Thompson's death. over the course of the last two decades or so, the Supreme Court has embarked upon a legal journey, explained herein, that now requires lower courts to engage in an analysis totally divorced from the conduct at issue and centered on the hypothetically least serious conduct that the charged crime could possibly cover. This is typically shorthanded as the "categorical approach." Each of these arguments is analyzed at length below, but, in sum, the Court finds i) that the stalking statute is divisible into four distinct crimes; (ii) that accordingly the "modified categorical approach" must be used; iii) that neither of the charged stalking crimes necessarily requires the Government to prove use of force as the Supreme Court has defined it, in large part because the only element that could potentially satisfy that standard can be committed recklessly, which does not meet the standard; (iv) the penalty element of "death resulting" does not change the analysis because it likewise does not require the necessary mens rea, and, finally, (v) in the alternative, the pertinent element can be satisfied through threats of self-harm and thus the requirement that the "use of physical force" be "against the person of another" is not met. For all of these reasons, the stalking offenses charged in Counts One and Two are not "crimes of violence" as a matter of law, and Counts Three and Four must be dismissed.
January 30, 2026 at 4:05 PM
xfkirsten.bsky.social
This timeline is the WORST 😭
January 30, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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eileen4ever.bsky.social
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
Cumulative US measles cases As of January 27, there have been more cases than there were by the same week last year. Fairly horizontal lines for 2023 and 2024, a steep diagonal line for 2025, and a vertical line for ytd 2026. 2026 478 cases 2025 2253 cases 2024 283 cases 2023 63 cases Note: Data updated on January 27, 2026, at 3 p.m. ET. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Johns Hopkins University, Center for Outbreak Response Innovation Graphic: Alex Leeds Matthews and Matt Stiles, CNN
January 28, 2026 at 12:54 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
xfkirsten.bsky.social
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 😭
January 27, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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indiviseastside.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 4:21 AM
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muellershewrote.com
This isn't about "training issues." The murderer who executed Renee Good has been with ICE for 10 years, and according to DHS, the murderer who executed Alex Pretti has been there for 8 years.

These aren't "new recruits," or officers that can be "retrained." ICE can't be reformed. Abolish ICE.
January 26, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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mollyploofkins.bsky.social
Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning
January 26, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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trumpton.bsky.social
It turns out that when the good guys do have guns they still get shot in the back by Federal thugs.
January 26, 2026 at 6:45 AM
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jerilryan.bsky.social
WHAT. The ACTUAL. FUCK?!?
dawnssunnyside.bsky.social dawnssunnyside.bsky.social @dawnssunnyside.bsky.social · 4d
Just stay home or you will die.
January 26, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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wilwheaton.net
Alex Pretti was the best of us. He was murdered by the worst of us. May his memory be a blessing.

May his killers face swift justce.
polgreen.bsky.social Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 4d
The execution of Alex Pretti is playing so badly because you can look at his actions and life story - his last act was helping, boy scout, athlete, health care worker to veterans - and compare those to the men who killed him and know which you would want to be your son, brother, father, uncle.
January 26, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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my-random-name.bsky.social
Jason E. Dunlap, Valeyard @redeyedjedi.bsky.social You can't "dox" law enforcement by identifying them That's literally the purpose of a badge June 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM 19 reposts 2 quotes 201 likes
January 26, 2026 at 6:42 PM
xfkirsten.bsky.social
Passed a brushfire alongside I-5 last night on my way to a hockey game in Everett. Based on the timing, my gut tells me someone was shooting off celebratory Seahawks fireworks. 👀
January 26, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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johnpboyle.bsky.social
To get to the Super Bowl, the Seahawks have won nine straight, including a closing stretch of Rams, Panthers, 49ers, 49ers again, Rams again. That's five straight wins over teams that made the playoffs, four over teams that won 12 or more games.
January 26, 2026 at 6:06 AM
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photodave219.fightins.online
A reminder that Patriots owner Robert Kraft regularly leases his team place to ice For deportations.
panasonicdx4500.bsky.social one dozen rats at a keyboard @panasonicdx4500.bsky.social · 5d
Masked federal agents attacking US citizens in the streets. A Department of Justice waging war on America’s judicial system. The Patriots back in the Super Bowl.

Don’t ask yourself what you would do if fascism came to your door. Ask yourself what you’re doing now.
January 26, 2026 at 12:12 AM
xfkirsten.bsky.social
SEAHAWWWWWWWWKKKKKSSSS!

Super Bowl rematch: ENGAGE
January 26, 2026 at 2:57 AM
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nbcnews.com
DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:
January 25, 2026 at 4:27 PM