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Dow is down 1,000. Unemployment is up. We’re spending over $800M a day on bombing Iran. Deficit up $2Tn. Such winning 🫠

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

There are a lot of posts out there with the close-up visual of Markwayne Mullin on January 6, but this is a better perspective.

He’s not protecting others; he’s protecting himself and hiding. You can see plenty of people at the entry door, ready to take on the insurrectionists, but not Markwayne.

I love orangutans and it absolutely terrifies me that we are so close to losing them! #Primates

As our attention is distracted by war, ICE is detaining US citizens at O'Hare and shipping them off to undisclosed prisons.

Seemingly because they have foreign-sounding names and had visited the Middle East.

They've now been released, but this is outrageous.

QAnon luminaries say they’ve drafted the Trump “national emergency” declaration to scuttle the midterm elections:

Still - WTAF is wrong with yall?!

That’s still active? Probably my Facebook page I’ve had since 2004 or 2005? Dinochick (which was my former Hotmail too circa 2000? 1999?)

This Sunday I'll be at Paleofest speaking on recent advances in azhdarchid research - including the Burpee Museum's own Infernodrakon, reappraisal of their evolution, and a secret upcoming thing! BE THERE

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WTAF Guys?!

ICE has spun a massive surveillance web. We talked to people caught in it The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE and Border Patrol, is using a broad web of surveillance tools — purchased as its budget has ballooned under this administration — to monitor, ap...

Deeply, deeply disturbing and a very important read.

Story by Kat Lonsdorf, Jude Joffe-Block, Meg Anderson @npr.org

www.npr.org/2026/03/04/n...

If not war, then why is it war?

Alex Pretti and Renée Good were murdered by federal agents. Soon after, Secretary Noem labeled them 'domestic terrorists.’

I gave her the chance to recant and apologize for the pain she's caused their families with these outrageous lies. She refused.

Jayapal to Noem: "I want to introduce you to just four of the US citizens unlawfully detained by ICE ... they're in this room with us."

NOEM: I would disagree with the judge

CROCKETT: I'm sure you would, but can you tell me whether or not you have a law degree?

NOEM: A what?

CROCKETT: A law degree

NOEM: No I do no-

CROCKETT: Okay

If you ever want to read a paper for free and can't find it otherwise, email the lead author and politely ask for a copy. You will not be bothering the person. You will in fact make their whole entire day. I have had scientists get so excited I asked they sent me everything they ever published.

Pregnant migrant girls are being sent to a Texas shelter flagged as medically risky Government officials and advocates for the children worry the goal is to concentrate them in Texas, where abortion is banned.

Government officials and advocates for the children worry the goal is to concentrate them in Texas, where abortion is banned. n.pr/4lgOdeX

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I hope the day went well!

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Unelected bureaucrats led by Russell Vought at the Office of Management and Budget are destroying the scientific capabilities and credibility of the United States.

Israel launches strike against Iran, declares state of emergency across country | CNN Israel launched what it called a “preemptive strike” against Iran Saturday morning, according to Defense Minister Israel Katz, as a state of emergency was declared across the country.

Israel launches what it calls a "preemptive strike" against Iran, according to defense minister, as a state of emergency is declared across country.

Quantifying fossil displays at natural history museums Over the last few years, I’ve gradually been assembling what I imaginatively call the Big Spreadsheet. It’s a record of every single vertebrate fossil on display at a number of natural …

New blog post: what can we learn from quantifying the kinds of fossils on display at different natural history museums? extinctmonsters.net/2026/02/27/q...

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MAKE AN EMERGENCY DONATION to Trans Continental Pipeline right now.

They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.

GO DONATE.

tcpipeline.org

3 days notice from when this letter is dated (not when it was received) to get a new driver‘s license.

The cruelty is the point.

Paywall protecting predators @nature.com ? Seems like the kind of info that should NOT be subscription only. But guess that only matters if you actually care about scientists and keeping them safe. Bottom line/almighty dollar is clearly more important to Nature.

Don’t forget that tomorrow is the @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social new town hall - An Explanation of SVP’s Ethics Policies and Practices. “It is anticipated that the town hall will last approximately one hour.”

(Thursday), February 26, 2026, at 10:30 AM PST / 1:30 PM EST

my uncle runs a place in Anchorage that serves fish and chips, and he named the half portion the "Texas size" which is just an incredible troll