Naomi Ruff

Interesting thread on the biases of a diaspora, in this case the Iranian diaspora.

I mean, I loved Battlestar Galactica, but the ending was terrible.

Caprica

An announcement that the Senate voted to reauthroize the SBIR/STTR program.

The Senate has (finally) voted to reauthorize the small business SBIR/STTR program.

Not reauthorized yet, but this was likely the biggest hurdle.

Remembering the Iraqi Uprising Twenty-Five Years Ago | Council on Foreign Relations On February 15, 1991, four weeks into Operation Desert Storm, President George H.W. Bush, using identical language twice—at the White House and later at a Raytheon defense plant in Massachusetts—encou...

In 1991 George H.W. Bush urged the Iraqis to rise up against Saddam Hussein

“In the end, the regime, using…helicopters..,artillery, and armored..forces.. counterattacked the uprising, killing 30,000-60,000 Shias in south, and 20,000 Kurds in the north.

The US offered them no assistance

If you are feeling helpless in the face of All Of It (and it's a lot), I am telling you: find a way to plug in locally.

Figure out who is doing something-- anything-- meaningful, and see if you can help.

The first org you find may not be the one. But you will get there.

It will help your heart.

if the media had any integrity — and it doesn’t anymore — they’d be pointing out on a loop that Obama made a deal with Iran, Trump cancelled it because Obama is Black, and then Trump started a war on the pretense there is no deal

Just a reminder that every time Bondi, Trump, or any tame media figures try to tell you that "there is no evidence that Trump was involved in Epstein's crimes," THEY ARE LYING.

Here's one of several sworn affidavits naming Trump.

The full court record is at www.courtlistener.com/docket/41544...

I successfully evaded it for 6 years, but #covid finally caught up with me. I am fully vaccinated and I even still mask in most public places, but it is impossible to avoid all exposure and still have a life. I can confirm that it is no fun.

We have seen lots of evidence of this, although it seems to be getting better. (Our household owns 2 EVs)

My theory of the moment: The extraordinary courage of ordinary people in places like Minneapolis is reawakening us to our social and economic ties to immigrants. It's making "love thy neighbor" cool again. That's the ultimate antidote to MAGA hate.

Thoughts on this:

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What a great analogy

Ooh, I’d watch that!

"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.” 9:12 AM Feb 12, 2026 604.8K Views

In terms of what cures are being lost:

- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

<chef’s kiss>

This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Please don’t forget about us and our neighbors!

standwithminnesota.com

Hmm, seems like a good reason to boost the recognition.

'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once

Billy Bragg - City Of Heroes Listen to City Of Heroes by Billy Bragg.

CITY OF HEROES, my song celebrating the courage of the people of Minneapolis defending their community from Tяump's goons, is now available to stream on numerous platforms via this link: bbragg.lnk.to/cityofheroes

I think it is OUTRAGEOUS that people are LEAPING to the conclusion that some our post prominent Americans are child rapists when it is EQUALLY PLAUSIBLE that they are simply indifferent to whether other people are child rapists so long as those other people can offer them access to power.

Thank you—I needed these today!

Black-and-white head-and-shoulders portrait of a Nazi SS officer Henrich Himmler wearing glasses. He is dressed in a decorated uniform with visible insignia and ribbons. His expression is stern and formal, consistent with official documentation photos.

Long ass thread but my fingers are somehow not hurting this afternoon. 🧵1/

We’ve been here before. Nazi death camps weren’t the result of “bad guards.” They were engineered by architects: Himmler (system), Heydrich (policy), Eichmann (logistics).

#NaziArchitects
#Noem
#Miller

Screenshot of TruthSocial post by President Trump complaining that Mayor Frey won't enforce federal immigration law, and calling it a "very serious violation of the Law."

In Printz v. United States, #SCOTUS held that the Constitution bars the federal government from forcing or otherwise compelling local or state governments to enforce federal law.

The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:

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Lines that go straight up in charts that track disease = VERY BAD.

Thank you for the continuing reminders. We should never look away.

Gives me hope!

people aren't protesting because they want to make a point, they're doing it because they feel like they have to. because they've been forced to. because circumstances are totally and completely intolerable

Tens of thousands of demonstrators filling the streets with signs and banners

Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.