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Niki Dykstra

@enephdee.bsky.social

Biologist, veterans advocate & labor union enthusiast. Rutgers PhD. New Englander. Cleared CIF for the last time.

983 Followers  |  1,350 Following  |  1,158 Posts  |  Joined: 28.06.2023  |  2.2504

Latest posts by enephdee.bsky.social on Bluesky

Benny loves pb&j *and* balls? He’s a man of refined taste

10.02.2026 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m so fucking tired man

09.02.2026 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming

09.02.2026 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 6003    πŸ” 1794    πŸ’¬ 107    πŸ“Œ 927

GM: Charisma check.

Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]

GM: that’s a d6 how did you

Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

07.02.2026 05:01 β€” πŸ‘ 31989    πŸ” 6631    πŸ’¬ 209    πŸ“Œ 152
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Child at the podium: β€œA woo woo woo.”

Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our cityβ€”and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.

06.02.2026 04:11 β€” πŸ‘ 42895    πŸ” 7430    πŸ’¬ 1067    πŸ“Œ 1892
Screenshot of a map and table listing ICE warehouse purchase data.

Screenshot of a map and table listing ICE warehouse purchase data.

🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.

Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.

Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...

04.02.2026 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2843    πŸ” 1878    πŸ’¬ 100    πŸ“Œ 131

We've been having this conversion about how a certain kind of man feels entitled to women and their bodies and I think we're a little past the time when we should be having a conservation about how some of those men work for news organizations and they don't think what Trump is doing is wrong

05.02.2026 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

The longer you look at it, the weirder it gets. Are those skylights in a converted closet? Why is that second ceiling fan there? Why are the doors like that?

04.02.2026 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: β€œHe might have thought β€˜how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said β€˜this site was not subject to local zoning.’”

04.02.2026 06:43 β€” πŸ‘ 8736    πŸ” 3823    πŸ’¬ 164    πŸ“Œ 792

It will never not be wild to me that they make hurting other people their entire personality

04.02.2026 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I wish I could have been a fly on the wall when his team discussed and ultimately decided to send it to me. Amazing stuff

04.02.2026 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I had to just laugh, it was so absurd. If he has a challenger at the convention in May, I will be there

04.02.2026 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A hand-written letter on official stationary from Congressman Jim Himes, dated May 17, 2025. It says β€œNikki, This is one of the best books I’ve ever read on how we Democrats should communicate better. Hope you enjoy! Jim”

A hand-written letter on official stationary from Congressman Jim Himes, dated May 17, 2025. It says β€œNikki, This is one of the best books I’ve ever read on how we Democrats should communicate better. Hope you enjoy! Jim”

The book I was mailed from Rep. Himes. It is β€œThe Political Brain” by Drew Weston. The cover has a faux Rorschach test meant to look like silhouettes of an elephant and a donkey.

The book I was mailed from Rep. Himes. It is β€œThe Political Brain” by Drew Weston. The cover has a faux Rorschach test meant to look like silhouettes of an elephant and a donkey.

No I mean he sent me a literal book.

04.02.2026 00:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Genuinely, what the fuck is wrong with Jim Himes?

03.02.2026 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I sent an angry email after his vote to censure Rep. Al Green, and I shit you not, he mailed me a book in response

03.02.2026 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

All the stars are here: Brantley Gilbert, Brice Bradley, Gabby Babby, Bibb Glibsy, Slab Gabbert, Brice Bryce,

02.02.2026 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 5411    πŸ” 845    πŸ’¬ 303    πŸ“Œ 67

Academics vying for a spot in Epsteinβ€˜s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/

31.01.2026 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2939    πŸ” 1449    πŸ’¬ 75    πŸ“Œ 221

Part of the reason this (gestures widely) is happening is because men will always rush to the defense of other men, no matter how grotesque their actions

01.02.2026 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Some folks in the Yard Goats Facebook comments are upset about them posting a message of unity.

Yard Goats: "if caring about people is woke I ain't sleeping"

30.01.2026 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 119    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 5
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Hartford Vigil For Alex Pretti Set For Saturday CT Nurses United is organizing a vigil Saturday outside the Capitol to honor and remember an ICU nurse killed in Minneapolis last weekend.

Hartford Vigil For Alex Pretti Set For Saturday #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

30.01.2026 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Democrats Condemn ICE For Murdering Without Proper Warrants

Democrats Condemn ICE For Murdering Without Proper Warrants

Democrats Condemn ICE For Murdering Without Proper Warrants https://theonion.com/democrats-condemn-ice-for-murdering-without-proper-warrants/

30.01.2026 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4880    πŸ” 1175    πŸ’¬ 57    πŸ“Œ 63

I recently disabled all the smart features in Gmail, which dumps everything into a single inbox. Very annoying, but this has forced me to deal with everything that was previously sorted into Promotions, like a lot of campaign fundraising emails, and I’ve been unsubscribing from every one of them.

30.01.2026 02:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Watched β€œSecret Mall Apartment” on Netflix tonight. I grew up just north of there, in central MA. So wild to think that I might have been walking around Providence Place Mall at the exact moment the artists were.

30.01.2026 02:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Michael Bay made an AI skibidi toilet trailer" I say to the judge when he asks me why I was shooting flaming arrows at the guy in the Optimus Prime costume on Hollywood Blvd

29.01.2026 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 95    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I was thinking this exact thing yesterday. I'd like to change my hairstyle but everything on Google Images is blatant AI slop

29.01.2026 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This post forced me to remember what Powerade tastes like, and now I’m sad

29.01.2026 03:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Someone replied to one of my comments with some stupid bullshit and I deleted the response I wrote and just blocked them instead. Enjoy the void, dickhead!

29.01.2026 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am introducing the Cut It Out And This Time I Really Mean It bill. It provides an additional $57 billion to the murder goons but they will agree to wear business casual Monday through Thursday and if they do any murders they have to put a dollar in this jar.

28.01.2026 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 6844    πŸ” 1638    πŸ’¬ 77    πŸ“Œ 37

Are you even listening? No funding at all, that’s what we want. Abolish ICE. These new guardrails are useless when they’ve just been plowing through the ones already in place

28.01.2026 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Went to go see a guy I worked with (technically he was a DA civilian, but he has been in the Air Force) during lunch time, he was at his desk eating an entire 10-pack of hot dogs, uncooked, cold, and without buns, right out of the package

28.01.2026 04:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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