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A barred owl in a pine tree (with pine needles in front of it). View from below. Can make out eyes and beak.

Very happy to see our first barred owl of the year. Grateful to the people who pointed the very hidden owl out. 🪶

So good to finally get out birding again today! 🪶

What We Do Matters, Especially When Things Are Hardest Four ways to tap into meaning and get yourself unstuck—even when things are hardest.

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind...

New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped

Stand With Minnesota Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.

A great way to support people in Minnesota fighting for their neighbors and our rights.

www.standwithminnesota.com

Conference on the Jewish Left, Feb. 12, 2026 at Boston University http://www.bit.ly/jewishleft

In 7 days . . . @arielleangel.bsky.social @peterbeinart.bsky.social @fadiqu.bsky.social @dovekent.bsky.social @academicsforpeace.bsky.social @concernedjfaculty.bsky.social @splcenter.org @jfrejnyc.bsky.social @ifnotnowmovement.org @rabbis4ceasefire.bsky.social

Register: www.bit.ly/jewishleft

After a year of Trump's cynical exploitation of Jewish fear, this should all be obvious, if it wasn't before. Yet the local pushers of IHRA and anonymous denunciation hotlines aren't stopping. Insta reel below; if you prefer to read, here's the essay again: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Birding For Beginners (U.S. National Park Service)

"Birding can be a gateway into recognizing and appreciating a wider world that was there all along."

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1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

A deadly meningitis outbreak is threatening Gaza’s children Bacterial meningitis is spreading among children in Gaza, including those who are vaccinated. Officials say conditions in Gaza’s displacement camps, widespread malnutrition, and Israeli bans on the...

Bacterial meningitis is spreading among children in Gaza, including those who are vaccinated. Officials say conditions in Gaza's displacement camps, widespread malnutrition, and Israeli bans on the entry of medicines are increasing the deadly risk.

mondoweiss.net/2026/02/a-de...

#Palestine #Israel

For folks who are struggling right now, life coaching sessions with @joshbartok.bsky.social can offer the support and guidance you deserve 👇🏻👇🏻
#therapysky #psychology

Blooming in the Mud Inspired by the example of a lotus growing amid mud, we can notice and cultivate joy and awe amid pain and suffering, preparing us to thrive.

This piece @lizroemer.bsky.social and I wrote for @psychologytoday.com about cultivating joy amid suffering may be helpful right now. #therapistsky #therapysky

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind...

5-year-old and father detained by ICE will return to Minnesota Sunday morning 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father have boarded a flight back to Minnesota, nearly two weeks after being detained by ICE.

Liam Conejo Ramos is on an airplane on his way home to Minnesota. How wonderful.
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Grounding Yourself Amid Overwhelm Try these strategies to make it easier to continue living fully in the presence of overwhelming distress.

@joshbartok.bsky.social and I wrote this for @psychologytoday.com a few months ago, but it feels worth revisiting this morning. I hope you’re all finding ways to ground yourselves amid all this pain and fear. #psychology #therapistsky #psychscisky

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind...

How to Film ICE Filming federal agents in public is legal, but avoiding a dangerous—even deadly—confrontation isn’t guaranteed. Here’s how to record ICE and CBP agents as safely as possible and have an impact.

NEW: The @wired.com Security desk put together a comprehensive guide to filming ICE—with tips for reducing risk at the forefront. No paywall, but please consider subscribing to help find these kinds of resources. And stay safe out there. www.wired.com/story/how-to...

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NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya talks 'replication crisis' at Duke panel, omits funding cuts Throughout the second Trump administration, the NIH has frozen billions of dollars in research funding to universities. Those cuts were not the topic of discussion at a Duke Clinical Research Institut...

“I want the NIH to be a central driver of the MAHA agenda,” Bhattacharya said. “Essentially, it's kind of the research arm of MAHA.”

NIH is not an ideological toy or 'arm'. We must insist on its scientific independence, especially if its Director will not.

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www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...

On it.

Odds of winning NIH grants plummet as new funding policy and spending delays bite Funding multiyear grants up front will sharply cut number of investigators receiving awards

But multi-year funding of grants allows Russell Vought to reduce the number of grants funded this year because he insists that a full five years has to be committed. This is bad. We could see a cut in actual grants by 1/3 or more. Spread the word. www.science.org/content/arti...

Trump links Greenland dispute to not getting Nobel Peace Prize, in letter to Norway's PM - BBC News The US president says he no longer feels obliged to think only of peace, after not being awarded the annual prize.

In any functioning government, this man would be impeached, convicted, and removed from office by close of business today.

If you won’t hear me, hear Jamelle Bouie. He’s right: the ICE operation in Minnesota reads as panic. After Renee Good was killed, the White House escalated force instead of accountability. That choice isn’t strength. It’s fear. And it’s why they’re losing the political fight.
TY @jamellebouie.net

Jackson Synagogue Burning Suspect Tells Judge, 'Jesus Christ Is Lord' A suspect in the arson fire at the Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Mississippi, allegedly admitted to targeting it because of its “Jewish ties.”

Stephen Pittman, a 19-year-old man accused of setting fire to Jackson’s only synagogue, Beth Israel, declared that “Jesus Christ is lord” after the judge asked him if he understood his rights in federal court today.

@nickjudin.bsky.social reports + AP:

If you need inspiration to keep going right now, may I recommend the story of Robert Smalls, who stole a confederate steamboat and piloted his family and almost 20 others to freedom and went on to become one of the first Black people elected to Congress ✊🏽

www.usatoday.com/story/life/b...

Grounding Yourself Amid Overwhelm Try these strategies to make it easier to continue living fully in the presence of overwhelming distress.

@joshbartok.bsky.social and I wrote this for @psychologytoday.com a few months ago, but it feels worth revisiting this morning. I hope you’re all finding ways to ground yourselves amid all this pain and fear. #psychology #therapistsky #psychscisky

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind...

There are several reports of diaspora Jews with residency visas in Israel (A1) who have been illegally deported and their residency was cancelled because of their political views and activity against settler violence.

The Importance—and Impermanence—of Emotions Emotions provide important guides but can also be overwhelming and disruptive to our goals. These suggestions can help you discern when and how to listen to them.

New @psychologytoday.com piece - When we hold the complexity of emotions, we can gather information from them without letting them dictate our actions without discernment. #psychology #therapistsky #psychscisky

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind...

what you clearly see, CLEARLY, is a driver who is spooked by the agents grabbing her door, takes steps to drive away, and is immediately shot as moves her vehicle *away* from the agents.

Just a reminder that George Conway is not fundraising right now to run against a MAGA republican.

He is fundraising to run against progressive Democrats.

Stand Up For Science: Politicizing the Childhood Vaccine Schedule Will Cost Lives Washington, D.C. — Stand Up For Science strongly condemns Health and Human Services (HHS) Deputy Secretary O’Neill’s reported decision to overhaul the U.S. childhood immunization schedule, yet another dangerous escalation in HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s agenda to politicize children’s health and undermine American public health. First, the “peer” countries cited as models differ in fundamental ways. Many are significantly smaller in population and geography and have universal health care systems with strong primary-care access and follow-up. When it comes to public health, these are critical distinctions. We must meet our health where it is, not where we want it to be.

Second, when a vaccine is already known to be safe and effective, it is unethical to withhold it from children for the sake of “placebo-controlled randomized trials.” For diseases like RSV, hepatitis A and B, dengue, and meningococcal disease (ACWY and B), the ethical standard is to compare schedules against existing protocols, not to deny proven protection. Calling placebo trials the “gold standard” in this context is unscientific and a violation of globally accepted research ethics. We will not mince words. Under Secretary Kennedy’s leadership, this change will lead to preventable illness, death, and devastation for American families. Congress must act now to impeach and remove Secretary Kennedy.

Statement from Stand Up For Science: Politicizing the Childhood Vaccine Schedule Will Cost Lives.

"Under Secretary Kennedy’s leadership, this change will lead to preventable illness, death, and devastation for American families. Congress must act now to impeach and remove Secretary Kennedy."

They tried to smear him as an antisemite – but Mayor Zohran Mamdani walks in a rich Jewish tradition | Molly Crabapple When I look at Mamdani, I don’t see some radical departure. I see him as an heir to the Yiddish socialism that helped build New York

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Amazing record for the FIFA