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Wheel snipe celly!

When I was young and foolish I feared that one day a charismatic figure who was a transphobe but otherwise great would rise and split us from our allies. But nope. Turns out transphobia is a shockingly accurate test for being across-the-board one of the worst people on earth.

🗣️HEADS UP!

I was just made aware libro.fm has an audiobook sale for THE POISONS WE DRINK. It's $4.99 for the next 16 hours. ☺️

If you figure it out, I also wonder.

Cocofloss is weirdly good.

Well.

Close-up macro of a tiny spiny red-and-black insect with horn-like projections and bright red eyes standing on a green leaf.

Enjoy this little demon, #Bugsky

At first I thought this was just a small fly, but when I got my macro on it I found this alien creature. I think it's in the genus Poppea, a type of treehopper. Found at @casabentbill.bsky.social #CostaRica #nature #insects

Those things are so useful. Good for bug bites, too. My youth would have been more enjoyable with those.

Leak Exposes Kansas City’s Secret Police Misconduct List A major breach of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department reveals, for the first time, a list of alleged officer misconduct including dishonesty, sexual harassment, excessive force, and false…

After months in the coming - Leak Exposes Kansas City’s Secret Police Misconduct List www.wired.com/story/hack-e... #DDoSecrets

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Whoa.

I knew I was in The Bad Place when my lightbulbs began requiring their own password- protected app.

Trump Administration Halts I.R.S. Crackdown on Major Tax Shelters

“The administration, bowing to pressure from industry groups, right-wing activists and congressional Republicans, is quickly rolling back several IRS law enforcement efforts, including one aimed at a lucrative tax shelter used by companies like Occidental Petroleum and AT&T.“

Missouri House Democrats plan to continue sit-in over weekend Missouri Democrats have surpassed 24 hours of their sit-in on the House floor protesting a special session.

I didn’t know about this, and if I didn’t know about this, then you probably didn’t either.

This should be my entire feed and it’s not and that’s a problem

This sit in has now been going on over 48 hours and I am just hearing about it now
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Opinion | Here’s a source for critical minerals — hiding in plain sight The federal government should invest in ways to recover what mines are already producing.

The United States can do a lot more to recover critical minerals from existing mining operations. Most minerals are not separated because it is uneconomic to do so. Small steps to find out what's in mine waste, new processing techniques, & incentives to separate would go a long way. wapo.st/4g2cbrL

NEW: Social Security’s chief data officer, Charles Borges, has resigned, three days after submitting a whistle-blower complaint that alleged members of DOGE had uploaded the confidential personal information of hundreds of millions of Americans to an insecure cloud server.

What happened with the sativa? Also why?

The pure innocence, love, awareness of all beings. Let’s continue to nurture them.

via @plumesofficiel on IG
#GreenSky #wildlife

Glow-in-the-dark marsupial shows off its luminous fur — July’s best science images The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team.

Scientists 🧪 thought we did something special when we learned how to make mammals fluoresce, but as always, Mother Nature did it first. The photographer for this image (@benalldridge.bsky.social‬) earned a finalist position in the Beaker Street Science Photography Prize 2025. 🤩

a stick insect that huge just being discovered is like big bird winning hide and seek

His Former Company Got Caught Employing Undocumented Workers. Now He’s Profiting Off an Immigrant Detention Camp. Disaster Management Group is one contractor behind the nation’s largest detention camp, to be built at Fort Bliss. It’s run by Nathan Albers, who previously co-owned a company that pleaded guilty to…

Disaster Management Group is one contractor behind the nation’s largest detention camp, to be built at Fort Bliss.

It’s run by Nathan Albers, who previously co-owned a company that pleaded guilty to a scheme to hire and conceal undocumented workers.

Oh... their calves.

A small, colorful bird with a striking crest of long, curved feathers stands perched on a green plant stem. Its chest is speckled with orange and white, while the face and throat are iridescent green and black. The background is a soft blur of green foliage.

Black-crested Coquette in the rain at @tapirvalley.bsky.social

#birds #nature #hummingbirds #costarica

The Research Data Management Workbook: Building a Collection of Data Management Exercises to Bridge Data Information Literacy and Data Management Implementation Objective: There are limited opportunities and resources for data information literacy at small universities, requiring instructors to make the most of the time they have in the classroom. This articl...

New eScience in Action! 📓 The Research Data Management Workbook: Building a Collection of Data Management Exercises to Bridge Data Information Literacy and Data Management Implementation by Kristin Briney @caltech.edu doi.org/10.7191/jesl...

#DataLibs #InformationLiteracy

As an aside, I'm told multiple major outlets were not interested in this story and passed on covering it. Mind-boggling.

As set forth in the attached Report, the Government of El Salvador responded to the UN inquiry opened by the four families asking about the disappearance of their family members: 1 The attached exhibit has redacted personal identifying information for the four men discussed in the WGEID report. Petitioners can file an unredacted version of the exhibit under seal at the Court's request, with the exception of one of the cases for particular privacy reasons related to that individual. 1 Case 1:25-cv-00766-JEB Document 160 Filed 07/07/25 Page 2 of 4 The Salvadoran State emphatically states that its authorities have not arrested, detained, or transferred the persons referred to in the communications of the Working Group. The actions of the State of El Salvador have been limited to the implementation of a bilateral cooperation mechanism with another State, through which it has facilitated the use of the Salvadoran prison infrastructure for the custody of persons detained within the scope of the justice system and law enforcement of that other State. In this context, the jurisdiction and legal responsibility for these persons lie exclusively with the competent foreign authorities, by virtue of international agreements signed and in accordance with the principles of sovereignty and international cooperation in criminal matters. In this regard, the actions attributable to the Salvadoran State are limited to its sovereignty and territorial jurisdiction, and therefore it cannot be held responsible for the failure to observe the principle of non-refoulement with respect to the persons mentioned. Ex. 1 at 6, 9 (emphasis added).

BREAKING: Documents filed in court today assert that officials from El Salvador told the United Nations that it "facilitated the use of the Salvadoran prison infrastructure" by the U.S. but that "the jurisdiction and legal responsibility for these persons lie exclusively with the" U.S.

Mr. Abrego's Account of Torture at CECOT in El Salvador Mr. Abrego has filed an amended complaint asking the court to declare the government's actions unlawful and to order his release. He describes his torture in El Salvador in the complaint.

NEW: There is a hearing right now concerning Mr Abrego’s amended complaint in which he details his torture at CECOT prison in El Salvador. You can read his account here, but CONTENT WARNING. open.substack.com/pub/muellers...

A surprise find in Michigan shows the extent of ancient Native American agriculture Hundreds of acres in Michigan are covered in parallel rows of earth that are the remains of an ancient Native American agricultural system. The surprise find has archaeologists amazed.

A recent discovery of ancient farming systems in northern forests is revealing just how advanced Indigenous agriculture really was.

Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology John Marston spoke with NPR about a newly uncovered network of crop fields in northern Michigan.

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