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University physics lecturer and Associate Dean, Learning. Physics demystifier. Supporter of girls and women in physics. CAP Teaching Medal 2018, 3MNTF 2023. She/her Ph.D.

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B.C. billionaire Jim Pattison's Virginia warehouse could become ICE facility | CBC News The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is in talks to buy a Virginia warehouse owned by British Columbia billionaire Jim Pattison and plans to turn it into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (IC...

BC peeps, now's a good time to consider boycotting Jim Pattison's companies if he lets this sale go through. Pattison owns Save-on-Foods, Quality Foods, Western Foods, and Everything Wine, among other outlets. 🇨🇦

27.01.2026 04:28 — 👍 10    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0
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Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.

His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.

27.01.2026 00:30 — 👍 10747    🔁 5249    💬 288    📌 278
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ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives.

We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.

26.01.2026 22:14 — 👍 38640    🔁 10338    💬 626    📌 378
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[V3cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (south Halemaʻumaʻu crater) YouTube video by USGS

Your Monday Moment of Zen brought to you by the Kilauea volcano, Hawaii. 🌋

(Webcam video (V3cam) of the Kilauea volcano quietly steaming away.)

26.01.2026 21:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Alt-text: Medical workers in blue scrubs line a long hallway in a hospital with their heads lowered. Some are visibly crying.

26.01.2026 21:34 — 👍 25    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

I'm voting for hegemon. 🇨🇦

26.01.2026 21:18 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

LOL

26.01.2026 21:02 — 👍 16    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

@alt-text.bsky.social

26.01.2026 21:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The little boy in the blue bunny hat who was kidnapped by ICE agents (and used as bait) rather than return him to his family.

The little boy in the blue bunny hat who was kidnapped by ICE agents (and used as bait) rather than return him to his family.

They are literally kidnapping. It's not a lie.

26.01.2026 21:00 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

This is so true. They just can't imagine a group that is motivated by empathy and caring for other people.

26.01.2026 20:57 — 👍 14    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
I am sending Tom Homan to Minnesota tonight. He has not been involved in that area, but knows and likes many of the people there. Tom is tough but fair, and will report directly to me. Separately, a major investigation is going on with respect to the massive 20 Billion Dollar, Plus, Welfare Fraud that has taken place in Minnesota, and is at least partially responsible for the violent organized protests going on in the streets.
Additionally, the DOJ and Congress are looking at "Congresswoman" Illhan Omar, who left Somalia with NOTHING, and is now reportedly worth more than 44 Million Dollars. Time will tell all. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT

I am sending Tom Homan to Minnesota tonight. He has not been involved in that area, but knows and likes many of the people there. Tom is tough but fair, and will report directly to me. Separately, a major investigation is going on with respect to the massive 20 Billion Dollar, Plus, Welfare Fraud that has taken place in Minnesota, and is at least partially responsible for the violent organized protests going on in the streets. Additionally, the DOJ and Congress are looking at "Congresswoman" Illhan Omar, who left Somalia with NOTHING, and is now reportedly worth more than 44 Million Dollars. Time will tell all. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT

Sorry, Trump, your support is collapsing and you’re panicking.

Right on cue, you’re deflecting from your failures with lies and conspiracy theories about me. Years of “investigations" have found nothing.

Get your goons out of Minnesota.

26.01.2026 16:12 — 👍 2594    🔁 437    💬 92    📌 32

And, of course, US cities should also be safe for every human being present there, no matter what their citizenship is.

26.01.2026 17:53 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Fred Rogers with a big old timey cassette player smiling at the camera captioned 

always record the police because they are fucking liars

Fred Rogers with a big old timey cassette player smiling at the camera captioned always record the police because they are fucking liars

PSA

26.01.2026 04:22 — 👍 2378    🔁 548    💬 3    📌 5

It makes you wonder…

26.01.2026 06:04 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Percy, a tabby cat, asleep on my lap

Percy, a tabby cat, asleep on my lap

Percy agrees

26.01.2026 06:02 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I feel for them. Having to leave X/Twitter was hard for me. I never actually joined TikTok. Mostly because I'm not a fan of making videos of myself.

26.01.2026 04:45 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

20! Wow. That's amazing.

26.01.2026 04:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@alt-text.bsky.social

26.01.2026 03:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

@alt-text.bsky.social

26.01.2026 03:39 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

So true.

26.01.2026 03:38 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I think @sarahjeong.bsky.social said it's because they devalue women's labor and a LOT of this Scary Logistics stuff comes from people who don't understand that basically all of the civic life they enjoy is created with the help of free labor, largely by women.

26.01.2026 01:48 — 👍 4210    🔁 876    💬 26    📌 91
Collage photo of our cats: Saoirse, Annie and Percy. Bought as part of a fund-raiser for the BCSPCA.

Collage photo of our cats: Saoirse, Annie and Percy. Bought as part of a fund-raiser for the BCSPCA.

Awwww. So glad you adopted a rescue. All of our cats are rescues from the Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association (VOKRA).

26.01.2026 03:36 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

During the Soviet era, at times of govt instability, the state broadcaster would typically preempt scheduled broadcasts by airing performances of Swan Lake

26.01.2026 02:59 — 👍 7008    🔁 1833    💬 78    📌 29
Screenshot of a TikTok video with error message at top saying “your video is under review and can’t be shared right now.”

Screenshot of a TikTok video with error message at top saying “your video is under review and can’t be shared right now.”

This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.

Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.

Well, here’s a link:

georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...

26.01.2026 02:00 — 👍 10036    🔁 4206    💬 455    📌 359

Yet another reason not to waste your time on TikTok.

26.01.2026 03:27 — 👍 28    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0

Lot of conservative dudes out there telling on themselves by being astounded by a level of ”logistics” that the average mom has to manage every fucking day

26.01.2026 00:59 — 👍 8249    🔁 1388    💬 134    📌 78

"American Cities should be Safe Sanctuaries for Law Abiding American Citizens" - I agree. That's why ICE needs to be abolished.

26.01.2026 03:16 — 👍 23    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

@alt-text.bsky.social

26.01.2026 03:07 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Google "don't be evil" became, "just don't ask!"

26.01.2026 00:09 — 👍 10    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0

hey everybody lifelong tech expert here

> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility

that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps

25.01.2026 17:26 — 👍 15290    🔁 6108    💬 254    📌 117

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