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Catherine Keyser

@profkeyser.bsky.social

Former prof. China specialist. Foster/adoptive Mom. Think globally, act locally, but do not forget to look up to the stars. It's where we came from.

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Mark Follman@markfollman.bsky.social · yesterday

My new investigation into a mass shooter’s harrowing history with ChatGPT reveals numerous red flags—and some very disturbing ChatGPT replies—from long before his attack on Florida State University www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0... 1x 🧵

Inside a mass shooter’s harrowing history with ChatGPT

A year of chats reveals glaring red flags—and disturbing ChatGPT replies—from long before a rampage at Florida State University.

motherjones.com

NPR@npr.org · yesterday

Far out in the Pacific Ocean, there are tiny islands that few have seen. The oceans around them are full of marine life, from thriving coral reefs to sharks and tuna. The Trump administration is rolling back protections for these places. NPR got a rare visit to a remote area to see what’s at stake.

These are some of the last pristine ocean ecosystems. Now, they're losing protections

The largest conservation areas in the U.S. are in the Pacific Ocean, where tiny islands are epicenters of biodiversity. The Trump administration is now opening their waters to commercial fishing, sparking a battle over some of the country’s most pristine ecosystems.

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Elizabeth Warren@warren.senate.gov · yesterday

While American families are getting flattened by skyrocketing costs, Donald Trump is spending $1.4 billion to keep troops on the streets in Washington for years on end. The National Guard are not pawns, and taxpayer dollars are not a piggy bank for Trump’s political stunts.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · yesterday

The Pentagon’s deployment of National Guard troops to D.C. is set to cost an additional $1.4 billion through the end of the Trump administration, according to information reviewed by The Post. The estimate encompasses October 2026 through January 2029.

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · yesterday

Zeteo has a crucial series out this week: "Start the Steal." It details exactly what sort of schemes Trump & allies may use to try to steal the elections. No longer can we be on the back foot. Installment one, from @swin24.bsky.social and @justinglawe.bsky.social —> ‘Doomsday Scenario’

‘Doomsday Scenario’: How Trump and Republicans Could Steal Power – Even If They Lose

Jan. 3 could be the new Jan. 6 if Republicans challenge election wins by Democrats and try to steal power in the House.

zeteo.com

PBS News@pbsnews.org · yesterday

An association of thousands of FBI agents and other groups are backing a lawsuit filed by three bureau employees who were fired last year for their roles in an investigation into President Donald Trump's efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election. https://to.pbs.org/4xowHdG

3 FBI agents fired over Trump investigation get broad backing in lawsuit against administration

The agents were terminated as part of a broader personnel purge by FBI Director Kash Patel that has targeted employees who investigated Trump or are perceived as being against the administration's int...

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Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · yesterday

DOJ is now 0-20 in cases to obtain state voter files. Here is the list: Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Illinois Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin

Norm Eisen@normeisen.bsky.social · yesterday

Davey Hearn was facing up to 10 years over a pool that looks identical in the govt's own before & after pictures We put those pictures in front of the court the day after his arraignment The Interior Dept's explanation does not hold water The full sequence, on @cnn.com👇 -TN

Barb McQuade@barbmcquade.bsky.social · yesterday

Tillis and Cornyn have caved to Trump’s $100 million IRS immunity, but that’s just one reason to reject him as AG. Here are many more:

Barb McQuade@barbmcquade.bsky.social · 4d ago

Blanche should be blocked for IRS/slush fund AND - targeting Comey, James, Hearn, Powell, Walz, Frey, MOCs - Epstein - payouts to Flynn, Page, Babbitt, Vaughn - rejecting ethics advice to recuse from Trump cases - “war” on judiciary - “cleaning house” of DOJ personnel who worked on Trump cases

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d ago

Direct, full-time jobs opening Rosebank oilfield would create: 450 D, f-t jobs opening Jackdaw gasfield would create: 27 D, f-t jobs in UK's net-zero economy: 300,000 + 400,000 more on the way D, f-t jobs in the rest of the green economy: 600,000 Is that really the hill Burnham wants to die on?

Catherine Keyser@profkeyser.bsky.social · yesterday

@weatherprof.bsky.social This should be required viewing. Moving pictures are always useful.

Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · yesterday

NASA: Warming Effects of Carbon Pollution since the 1800s. Wait for it. Since human’s industrialized the Earth has warmed 1.5°C/2.7°F due to heat-trapping greenhouse gases released from the burning of fossil fuels, changes in land use, and the feedbacks of both. This may not sound like much but 1/

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Trump: "We have photographs or tapes -- like moving cameras, right? -- where people are on the side cutting it with a box knife."

Gravel Influencer@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 2d ago

Also like that Buffalo case, it's worth noting that Daphy Michel was taken by ICE after an arrest by local police. In this case, Michel had a mental health crisis. In Buffalo, someone called the cops because they found a blind man navigating with a curtain rod "menacing."

Michel had been arrested by police last September after a member of the public made an emergency call saying she appeared to be having a mental health crisis in the street in Charleroi, which has a substantial Haitian immigrant community. She was screaming, apparently in response to imaginary voices, and brandishing a knife. She was locked up in the Washington county jail to the south-west of Pittsburgh, awaiting court hearings that were repeatedly rescheduled. A judge eventually dismissed the charges and ordered her freed from jail in late February. She had an immigration hearing a few weeks later, but ICE arrested her and took her in the opposite direction from home, to its office in south Pittsburgh, then released her.On the morning of Saturday, February 15, 2025, Shah Alam left his West Side home for a walk, according to his attorney and a Buffalo police report, Shah Alam, his wife and two sons had arrived in Buffalo as refugees just weeks prior in December 2024 and were in the country legally. Cooped up due to the cold, his attorney said, Shah Alam set out for a stroll when a sunny day arrived. In need of a walking stick — and with $20 in hand — Shah Alam went to a store near his home and purchased a curtain rod, his attorney, Benjamin Macaluso of the Legal Aid Bureau, told Investigative Post. When the weather turned bad, Shah Alam headed for home but got lost, Macaluso said. Shortly before 10:30 a.m. he wandered into the backyard of Tracy Chicone on the 500 block of Tonawanda Street in the Riverside neighborhood. Chicone reported to Buffalo police that Shah Alam had opened her back gate, let her dog out and damaged her shed door with his curtain rod walking stick. Upon arrival, police alleged Shah Alam was “swinging them in a menacing manner.” Officer Christopher Mordino later wrote he believed Shah Alam intended to hurt police with his curtain rod. Macaluso said that wasn’t true, and that his client was merely startled by the dog and the commotion.
Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 2d ago

"Her case echoes a similar one a week earlier in Buffalo, New York, where a 56-year-old Rohingya refugee with significant vision impairment and limited English was found dead after the US border patrol dropped him off alone at a closed Tim Hortons coffee shop." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Catherine Keyser@profkeyser.bsky.social · 2d ago

@katelynstarrpdx.bsky.social The law is the last line of defense of our democracy. Its holding like the tattered bottom of a rattan chair. It holds the weight until the shredding of each weave weakens and all at once we plunge through the bottom.

Katelyn Oldham *Abolish ICE. Defund DHS.*@katelynstarrpdx.bsky.social · 2d ago

An absolute travesty for democracy, freedom and any independence at the DOJ. This is what rank corruption of the GOP and American politics looks like. It will be devastating and will further imperil free and fair elections in a country whose approval of the president is less than 35%.