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"the police said he fell down an open elevator shaft, onto some bullets"
"you know I've always suspected a bit of foul play there"

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

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.

Holy cats that's a weird looking crab! Different family than this one though.

They munch on little stuff--algae, detritus, tiny invertebrates.

Hell yeah

"ethically barren, politically vapid" is...just so fucking correct.

A bellicose-looking crab with a broad orange-red carapace edged in yellow reaches up with white-tipped claws to signify that it is ready to rumble.

Are you talkin' to me? Are YOU talkin' to ME?!?!? Slender cancer crab (Cancer gracilis) ready to throw down. 🦑 #diving #scuba #NAUIdiver #crabs #crustaceans #oceanlife #oceans #PugetSound #pacificnorthwest #invertebrates

A very handsome bristly crab with a yellowish tooth-edged carapace highlighted in orange-brown sits on greyish sand looking upwards.

Helmet crab (Telmessus cheiragonus) hanging out in the sediment, as they do. 🦑 #oceans #scuba #diving #crustaceans #crabs #invertebrates #pacificnorthwest

Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com

Catherine O'Hara was fucking amazing. Gave me so many laugh out loud moments. Sad news.

No arrests of the ICE thugs who murdered Alex Pretti, Renee Good, or Keith Porter. No arrests of anyone in the Epstein Files. But they arrested Don Lemon because of his journalism.

Kansas Advancing Anti-Trans Bill Allowing Bounty Hunters To Patrol Private Business Bathrooms The bill, which is racing through the Kansas legislature, stands a significant chance of passing the Senate.

1. The most extreme anti-trans bill ever proposed is currently rocketing through the Kansas legislature.

It would empower bounty hunters to search for trans people in bathrooms, even in private businesses, and sue them for large sums of money.

The House is voting on it today.

A massive lightning bolt splits into three over Fort Myers, Florida, and is reflected on the ocean surface

“I have seen tempests when the scolding winds …and… th’ ambitious ocean swell and rage and foam to be exalted with the threat’ning clouds; but never till now, did I go through a tempest dropping fire.” #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #ShakespeareSunday

YouTube video by Dolly Parton Dolly Parton - Light of a Clear Blue Morning ft. Lainey Wilson, Miley Cyrus, Queen Latifah & Reba

Happy birthday, Ms. Parton. You're an amazing human being. youtu.be/McaD2PG8jOE?...

“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.”

-Edward R. Murrow

List of Minnesota businesses closing for Jan. 23 anti-ICE strike First announced by faith leaders and unions on Jan. 13, Minnesota businesses have begun announcing plans to join the action.

This is a list of businesses across Minnesota that are closing tomorrow in solidarity with the economic shutdown. Huge thanks to every one of them for stepping up. If your business is also closing, drop it below.

She should! When we adopted her she was named Ice (the litter was named for margarita ingredients). We wanted to keep the starting letter and thought a volcanic moon seemed appropriate.

A chonky black cat with white chin, chest, toes, and belly is sprawled inelegantly on her back with her hind feet splayed against the back of a futon. I adore her.

Io is a ridiculous creature, but I envy her perfect & deep contentment. P.s. the belly is not a trap. 🐈 #catsofbluesky

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.

He should just say the 1st Amendment doesn't apply to the queers.

When Art Meets Science: A Rice-Paper Rubbing Technique for Measuring Bark Beetle Damage A simple rubbing technique from grade-school art class offers an easy way for scientists to measure damage to trees caused by bark beetles.

So obvious and yet so elegant. entomologytoday.org/2026/01/15/a... #insects #entomology #invertebrates

Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"

map with points for raids and other events

To organize local news events we are counting days since Dec. 2, regarded as the beginning of what fed authorities call “Operation Metro Surge.”
The “Twin Cities Metro Activity Dashboard” page shows updates re police activity. It has ~1300 data points.

Missing Link in Amber: Wormlion Fossil Fills in Knowledge Gaps Researchers in China detail their discovery of the earliest known wormlion in 99‑million‑year‑old amber, closing a large gap in the fossil record and revealing how these rare fly pollinators evolved a...

Wormlions!!!! #entomology #insects
entomologytoday.org/2026/01/14/m...

Morning.

We saw an octopus hunt, hamlets mate, a nurse shark super close, a barracuda’s teeth, manatees and their bellies, and hosted an interspecies parrotfish party. But it was the jack crevalles that stole the show, swimming back and forth throughout the day #coralcitycamera #miami #biscaynebay #coralcity

A big heavy-bodied fish with a sloping head against a rocky kelp background. The head and tail are dark and the center of the body is paler, and the chin is white.

California Sheephead, Catalina Island. This species has wild sexual dimorphism--they're all born female (which are small, slender & bright orange) then morph into this male form depending on environmental conditions. They can live for 50 yrs and grow up to 3 feet! 🦑 #scuba #diving #oceans #fish