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Ride your bike. Have a burrito. Study benthic diversity. Have a beer. UGA Professor. He/him. PRO diversity. PRO equity. PRO inclusion. www.wareslab.net

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Fire flows through gutters meant to carry water to trees in Tehran.

Death flows where life once did.

May God forgive us.

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08.03.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 371 πŸ” 160 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 5

There's something deeply obscene and broken about the fact that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are bombing elementary schools in an illegal war of aggression, and there's still a sense among the opposition that it has to be explained in terms of gas prices in order to get American voters to care.

08.03.2026 02:12 πŸ‘ 5990 πŸ” 1596 πŸ’¬ 244 πŸ“Œ 90
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Deaf 6-year-old boy is deported to Colombia without his medical devices, attorney says A Hayward woman and her two young children were detained and deported to Colombia after they showed up earlier this week for an asylum appointment in San Francisco, her attorney said.

Another tragic example of how Trump’s indiscriminate immigration raids are targeting the most vulnerable among us, including the family of a deaf child seeking asylum.

The cruelty is astounding.

Will do all I can to try to reverse this. www.latimes.com/california/s...

08.03.2026 01:50 πŸ‘ 495 πŸ” 206 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 8

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08.03.2026 01:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The killing of Iranian children during an illegal war is an impeachable offense (not to mention a grave crime) and Congress should really act like it.

15 Republicans in the Senate could end this nightmare before it somehow gets even worse.

07.03.2026 02:13 πŸ‘ 12834 πŸ” 3584 πŸ’¬ 469 πŸ“Œ 165

This is no different from Putin saying MH17 was shot down by Ukraine or Assad saying rebels gassed themselves.

07.03.2026 23:52 πŸ‘ 5110 πŸ” 1589 πŸ’¬ 174 πŸ“Œ 37
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The flowing edge of a Hart’s tongue fern leaf - Kew Gardens, London

#fern #hartsTongueFern #leaf #BlueSkyArtShow #flowing #classicMono

07.03.2026 12:49 πŸ‘ 140 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1
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Exclusive | Epstein prison guard googled him minutes before his body was found β€” and made mysterious deposit days before his suicide: DOJ Tova Noel was one of the two Metropolitan Correctional Center workers accused of falsifying records to say they checked on Epstein throughout the night before his suicide.

New records show a guard searched Jeffrey Epstein’s name minutes before his body was found. This follows thousands in unexplained cash deposits to that guard’s account days prior. These aren't coincidences; they’re receipts. We need a full independent investigation now.

07.03.2026 22:16 πŸ‘ 934 πŸ” 472 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 42

Renee Good was also shot at point-blank range through her side window by an ICE agent who was in no danger

Alex Pretti wasn’t in a car, but he too was shot at point-blank range by an ICE agent who was in no danger

It seems every time ICE kills someone they lie to cover up shooting innocent people

07.03.2026 21:28 πŸ‘ 646 πŸ” 315 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 7
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On way back home from grocery a crazy cloudburst of early march hail oh no I had to take refuge at my favorite pub. Hail 3 minutes ago, sun now.

07.03.2026 22:16 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Whoof.

07.03.2026 20:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for

07.03.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 17210 πŸ” 5298 πŸ’¬ 78 πŸ“Œ 125

This woman, US citizen living in Skokie, was detained at Ohare yesterday, taken to Broadview, then transferred to a detention facility in Wisconsin, now released. We know all this not because of DHS, who repeatedly denied that they even had her, but because her phone was pinging in those locations.

07.03.2026 14:51 πŸ‘ 3003 πŸ” 1167 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 33

Funny I’m no expert and I started to question this ages ago

07.03.2026 17:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just spent $250 on plant therapy

07.03.2026 17:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

THIS
IS
SO GREAT

07.03.2026 14:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So much review of civics and geography thanks to this admin

07.03.2026 14:18 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So many things breaking all at once.

07.03.2026 14:17 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

I’m so sorry. I know this heartbreaking feeling too well.

07.03.2026 14:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hegseth and Stephen Miller ridiculed "rules of engagement" and vowed this war won't be "politically correct." Now it looks like we may have bombed an elementary school. Hegseth/Miller's certainty that their version of "strength" would have support is imploding. 3/

newrepublic.com/article/2074...

07.03.2026 12:49 πŸ‘ 1346 πŸ” 273 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 22

agree.
Admitting and talking about what’s happening - in Iran, in US science, in Minneapolis, in public health, in DC - is simply essential now.

07.03.2026 04:20 πŸ‘ 101 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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There is No Consensus on Biological Sex At this critical moment when misinformation about sex is being applied to policy globally, scientific clarification on the definition of biological sex is valuable. Here, we evaluate the primary appr...

New paper out in ecology letters! with @andylee.bsky.social @allydefduf.bsky.social

We synthesized the active debate on how scientists define sex, including limitations and assumptions. We believe this discussion will lead to more accurate science.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

06.03.2026 20:14 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

If we survive this, I really hope parents take a long look at how they are teaching empathy to their children. It's so obvious that that is the missing ingredient in huge chunks of the population, amplified by social media algorithms and cultural rewards for reactions rather than thoughtfulness.

07.03.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 2880 πŸ” 662 πŸ’¬ 129 πŸ“Œ 24

Hegseth said, β€œquiet death”. He’s a psychopath.

07.03.2026 03:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hegseth needs to stand trial after this as a war criminal. Between this attack and the girls' school, there's no ambiguity. He is responsible for mass murder and must be held accountable.

07.03.2026 01:32 πŸ‘ 5886 πŸ” 1715 πŸ’¬ 109 πŸ“Œ 54

in 2030 the US economy will be 20% investigations.

07.03.2026 02:10 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid Footage obtained by The Handbasket’s lawsuit shows a hostile takeover on March 17, 2025.

SCOOP β€” Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors.

My report:

06.03.2026 22:04 πŸ‘ 7873 πŸ” 2931 πŸ’¬ 94 πŸ“Œ 109

Imagine being a US service member - or a member of a military family - in harm’s way right now thanks to Trump, and watching him refuse to answer a reporter's question about Russia helping Iran kill Americans because they dared to ask during a college sports roundtable on the sixth day of the war.

06.03.2026 23:16 πŸ‘ 700 πŸ” 110 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 3

I can't seem to get Black Sabbath's War pigs out of my head. Weird.

07.03.2026 01:00 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
Little guys emerging from a shell on the beach

Little guys emerging from a shell on the beach

Brilliant sun across acres of tide pool rocks

Brilliant sun across acres of tide pool rocks

Mollusks exposed by low tide

Mollusks exposed by low tide

Sun captured in a tidal pool

Sun captured in a tidal pool

Scenes from a week of wandering the wild Oregon coast!

#oregoncoast #tidepools #beachlife #ocean #adventure #wander #love

07.03.2026 02:08 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0