𝓜𝔂𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓪 𝓡𝓸𝓼𝓮

Yikes😬

Distant planet Neptune, showing a featureless blue-green disk

A while since I've tried for Neptune.
This is the most distant planet a few nights ago, sporting a tiny 2.5" disc.
Seeing wasn't great, so it's a bit fuzzy!
I'd like to try for its moon Triton next time, which may be a challenge!
🔭

No they didn't 🤣🤡

DHS top lawyer says 'no legal barrier' to actions officers can take to defend federal property In a memo obtained exclusively by The Handbasket, Federal Protective Service (FPS) officers were given free rein.

"The limits to FPS's authority off federal property are the edges of the constitution on one side and necessity on the other.”

Accordingly, if an individual across the street from a federal building throws a rock or bottle at FPS officers on federal property, as many of these rioters are wont to do, FPS can leave federal property and either arrest the malefactors or take other appropriate action in line with FPS's continuum of force policies. FPS could even enter a private residence containing an identified sniper blocks away from a federal facility in order to eliminate that exigent threat. There is simply no legal barrier to FPS taking action off federal property where a reasonable nexus to protecting that property exists.

Pretty insane stuff from DHS Acting General Counsel Joseph Mazzara:

www.thehandbasket.co/p/dhs-fps-me...

DHS top lawyer says 'no legal barrier' to actions officers can take to defend federal property In a memo obtained exclusively by The Handbasket, Federal Protective Service (FPS) officers were given free rein.

Trump has sent the National Guard to Chicago and Portland under the guise of protecting DHS agents from threats that don't exist. With this new guidance, it appears FPS agents (who are able to call on ICE, CBP, etc for backup at any time) have been empowered to do their own "protecting."

DHS top lawyer says 'no legal barrier' to actions officers can take to defend federal property In a memo obtained exclusively by The Handbasket, Federal Protective Service (FPS) officers were given free rein.

EXCLUSIVE — DHS Acting General Counsel sent out a memo Wednesday to all Federal Protective Service staff (the sub-agency that guards federal buildings) letting officers know they could take any action necessary "in the vicinity" federal property to protect themselves.

The Handbasket reports:

Social Security workers say the shutdown has them unable to help with benefit letters Employees at Social Security field offices say the government shutdown has left them unable to carry out an important service: help recipients with benefit verification letters.

Employees at Social Security field offices say the government shutdown has left them unable to carry out an important service: help recipients with benefit verification letters. n.pr/3KNzJF8

The Corporate Coup Eroding UK Sovereignty Through Freeports, SEZs and AI Growth Zones Welcome to "Zone Fever": the bipartisan Ponzi scheme turning Britain's ports, factories, and public services into corporate feeding grounds.

Former Labour MP Ruth Kelly appointed as Chair of Thames Freeport.
Blackrock 80% stakes in 3🇬🇧freeports, inc Thames Freeport
Kelly’s post-MP career blur the line between public service & private gain, potentially aligning Thames Freeport’s with BlackRock's interests
open.substack.com/pub/european...

As someone who was facilitating an org's political education during the last big fascist push in Venezuela, it's extremely depressing to see the US "left" still stuck on "well Maduro is a dictator, but..."

She's okay with the economic sanctions on Venezuela that are causing massive suffering of the Venezuelan population. That's called collective punishment and it's a crime against humanity. Iow, she's a Nazi.

…that’s not better than

bury weiss

"Cease fire."

Lord give us the Democrats that Republicans warn us about.

you guys if you only listen to me once this year: this is the book

She’s a State Dept tool, yet another regime change sock puppet.

Another reason to mask at protests, aside from COVID safety and protection from doxxing, is that a lot of responsible documenters don't want to publish protesters' faces (esp without their consent) right now. Your face being in a shot may prevent people from sharing a worthwhile image publicly.

This is amazing. Every time I think I’m done crying someone does something kind like this and I’m in tears again. A weird mixture of happiness and gratitude and just missing him so bad.

Trans friends - have your say and help shape Trans+ History Week 🏳️‍⚧️

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But we all know these guys are expendable to the US. The US will throw away the terror colony when it has outlived it's use. All these investment banks can be struck off by a single change of law. They are and always will be parasites that are tolerated, not the host, however intermingled they feel.

So I hate to fucking say it.

But Zionists are a parasite on the US and have infiltrated every aspect of American society where money is power. The US deep state thinks this is all fine bc these mega ultra rich zionists help fund the terror colony that they use to menace the middle east.

This bank got rolled up for illegal practices but every banker & strategist associated with the bank, ALL SELF-SELECTED ZIONISTS MADE RICH BY these PREDATORY PRACTICES, started their own evil banks attacking US economy & hostile take-over, asset stripping debt-loading corporations still legal today.

In 70's Michael Hudson was Wall Street economist during period Zionism took hold of WS via invention of predatory capital in firm Drexel Burnham (liquidated 1990).CEO Mike Milken promoted Zionism & went to jail for insider trading w/ his jewish zionist clients who HAD TO donate a % to israel.

#OtD 10 Oct 1889 a nationwide wave of schoolchildren's strikes was sparked in East London, when kids from a dozen schools walked out of class and took to the streets waving red flags, and banners emblazoned with "No cane" and "Shorter hours" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8241...

Ummm... Covid is still a pandemic so they're probably really sick 😷

This is a different comet. There are two in the northern hemisphere now. This is C/2025 A6 LEMMON, a single 60-second exposure on very low ISO so it wouldn't be too noisy. Kind of noisy anyway. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

Ro Khanna (@rokhannausa) on Threads I don't take a dime from any PAC or lobbyist, including AIPAC. I am proud to be one of the handful of Democrats standing up against Big Money.

you have stock in palantir @rokhanna.bsky.social www.threads.com/@rokhannausa...?

Lawyers have been publicizing a new term to describe ICE's racially targeted detainments: a “Kavanaugh stop.”

Mother Jones reporter Pema Levy explains in this new video: