Lark Bird
@lark-bird.bsky.social
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Interests: Science, medicine, public health, history, politics, art, literature, laughing, learning, thinking, music, cooking, my dog, empathy, nature, etc etc etc
Interests: Science, medicine, public health, history, politics, art, literature, laughing, learning, thinking, music, cooking, my dog, empathy, nature, etc etc etc
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After a months-long occupation, Minnesota is still recovering from a retribution campaign waged by the federal government.
Now, Minnesota stands with Houston in demanding accountability for the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. This bloodshed cannot be normalized.
Now, Minnesota stands with Houston in demanding accountability for the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. This bloodshed cannot be normalized.
July 10, 2026 at 6:44 PM
After a months-long occupation, Minnesota is still recovering from a retribution campaign waged by the federal government.
Now, Minnesota stands with Houston in demanding accountability for the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. This bloodshed cannot be normalized.
Now, Minnesota stands with Houston in demanding accountability for the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. This bloodshed cannot be normalized.
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The Voting Rights Act is essentially dead and it’s quite possible that we will, like when a similar SCOTUS gutted civil rights at the fall of Reconstruction, see a disappearance of much of the Black congressional representation, especially in the most heavily Black states, which are in the South.
April 29, 2026 at 3:04 PM
The Voting Rights Act is essentially dead and it’s quite possible that we will, like when a similar SCOTUS gutted civil rights at the fall of Reconstruction, see a disappearance of much of the Black congressional representation, especially in the most heavily Black states, which are in the South.
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I say it again and again: Because we don’t learn the real history of this country, we do not understand what this country is capable of. After 1870, 22 Black men served in Congress. By 1901, because of racist SCOTUS rulings, electoral coups and election cheating and violence, there were none.
April 29, 2026 at 3:27 PM
I say it again and again: Because we don’t learn the real history of this country, we do not understand what this country is capable of. After 1870, 22 Black men served in Congress. By 1901, because of racist SCOTUS rulings, electoral coups and election cheating and violence, there were none.
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Federal agents “took off his pants and shirt, handcuffed him, and drove him 65 kilometers to the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, where he was fingerprinted, photographed, and jailed.”
Sounds… fascist.
Sounds… fascist.
April 30, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Federal agents “took off his pants and shirt, handcuffed him, and drove him 65 kilometers to the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, where he was fingerprinted, photographed, and jailed.”
Sounds… fascist.
Sounds… fascist.
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Hydrogen sulfide (toxic gas) levels last night near river and at coast in @sandiegocounty.bsky.social. 1000-10000x above normal. Indoor air filter after 4 mo (beachhouse). Industrial waste and raw sewage dumping must be stopped ASAP. @supervisoraguirre.bsky.social @repscottpeters.bsky.social
March 14, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Hydrogen sulfide (toxic gas) levels last night near river and at coast in @sandiegocounty.bsky.social. 1000-10000x above normal. Indoor air filter after 4 mo (beachhouse). Industrial waste and raw sewage dumping must be stopped ASAP. @supervisoraguirre.bsky.social @repscottpeters.bsky.social
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If Trump doesn't like your coverage of the war, his FCC will pull your broadcast license.
That is flagrantly unconstitutional.
That is flagrantly unconstitutional.
March 14, 2026 at 11:08 PM
If Trump doesn't like your coverage of the war, his FCC will pull your broadcast license.
That is flagrantly unconstitutional.
That is flagrantly unconstitutional.
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Donald Trump letting you know how the authoritarian capture of the media is going, in case you missed it. Unlike other authoritarians in places like Hungary and Poland he has no worries about advertising his authoritarian take over of the media.
March 14, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Donald Trump letting you know how the authoritarian capture of the media is going, in case you missed it. Unlike other authoritarians in places like Hungary and Poland he has no worries about advertising his authoritarian take over of the media.
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Trump Admin starts war.
Trump Admin shocked by consequences of war.
Trump Admin urgently (!) tells Americans caught by those consequences to get out! get out! and no there's no help coming from the Trump Admin, and good luck finding a land route out somewhere.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...
Trump Admin shocked by consequences of war.
Trump Admin urgently (!) tells Americans caught by those consequences to get out! get out! and no there's no help coming from the Trump Admin, and good luck finding a land route out somewhere.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...
March 14, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Trump Admin starts war.
Trump Admin shocked by consequences of war.
Trump Admin urgently (!) tells Americans caught by those consequences to get out! get out! and no there's no help coming from the Trump Admin, and good luck finding a land route out somewhere.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...
Trump Admin shocked by consequences of war.
Trump Admin urgently (!) tells Americans caught by those consequences to get out! get out! and no there's no help coming from the Trump Admin, and good luck finding a land route out somewhere.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...
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Under a new policy released Thursday, the Trump Administration will test conversion therapy on trans people in prisons. It explicitly states that it aims to help trans people “recover,” all the while forcibly detransitioning them both medically and socially.
transitics.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
transitics.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
The Trump Administration is Testing Conversion Therapy By Medically Experimenting on Trans People in Prisons
The Bureau of Prisons is subjecting trans people to conversion therapy and denying them care with the goal of helping them "recover." It's trying to prove dangerous conversion practices can work.
transitics.substack.com
February 23, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Under a new policy released Thursday, the Trump Administration will test conversion therapy on trans people in prisons. It explicitly states that it aims to help trans people “recover,” all the while forcibly detransitioning them both medically and socially.
transitics.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
transitics.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
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I deeply resent having to live in the absolutely most stupid of timelines
February 28, 2026 at 2:03 PM
I deeply resent having to live in the absolutely most stupid of timelines
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things every single republican president of your lifetime has done
- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy
- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy
February 28, 2026 at 2:20 PM
things every single republican president of your lifetime has done
- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy
- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy
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ICE agents grabbed a 16-year-old asylum seeker--which they aren't supposed to do
They kept him from his parents -which they aren't supposed to do
They shipped him out of state, to a Christian ministry, which they aren't supposed to do.
Then they *lost* him.
www.startribune.com/how-ice-labe...
They kept him from his parents -which they aren't supposed to do
They shipped him out of state, to a Christian ministry, which they aren't supposed to do.
Then they *lost* him.
www.startribune.com/how-ice-labe...
ICE detained a Minnesota teen, labeled him an ‘unaccompanied minor,’ and lost him
The Trump administration is apprehending and designating immigrant kids as “unaccompanied,” even as their parents in the U.S. search for them.
www.startribune.com
February 22, 2026 at 8:40 PM
ICE agents grabbed a 16-year-old asylum seeker--which they aren't supposed to do
They kept him from his parents -which they aren't supposed to do
They shipped him out of state, to a Christian ministry, which they aren't supposed to do.
Then they *lost* him.
www.startribune.com/how-ice-labe...
They kept him from his parents -which they aren't supposed to do
They shipped him out of state, to a Christian ministry, which they aren't supposed to do.
Then they *lost* him.
www.startribune.com/how-ice-labe...
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Less than one year ago, immigrants' rights activists watched in frustration as Maryland Dems gave up on ICE ban in final hours of the session.
Times have changed.
Governor Moore on Tuesday signed into law ban on ICE contracts. Nine sheriffs have to end their partnerships.
Times have changed.
Governor Moore on Tuesday signed into law ban on ICE contracts. Nine sheriffs have to end their partnerships.
Maryland, New Mexico Become Latest Blue States to Ban Local Contracts with ICE - Bolts
Governors Lujan Grisham and Moore signed laws barring local sheriffs and police from partnering with ICE’s 287(g) program, joining a string of eight states with similar prohibitions.
boltsmag.org
February 19, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Less than one year ago, immigrants' rights activists watched in frustration as Maryland Dems gave up on ICE ban in final hours of the session.
Times have changed.
Governor Moore on Tuesday signed into law ban on ICE contracts. Nine sheriffs have to end their partnerships.
Times have changed.
Governor Moore on Tuesday signed into law ban on ICE contracts. Nine sheriffs have to end their partnerships.
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I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!
February 18, 2026 at 1:07 PM
I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!
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Read it all please.
‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
February 5, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Read it all please.
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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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No one who has seen the Epstein case unfold should have any doubt left about why victims don’t report. When reporting means facing more abuse, more exploitation, and more betrayal at the institutional level, while the perpetrators are the leaders of the very systems of “justice” supposed to help you
February 2, 2026 at 5:15 PM
No one who has seen the Epstein case unfold should have any doubt left about why victims don’t report. When reporting means facing more abuse, more exploitation, and more betrayal at the institutional level, while the perpetrators are the leaders of the very systems of “justice” supposed to help you
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Last fall, Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, was appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security to help oversee election security.
(Published Aug. 2025)
(Published Aug. 2025)
She Pushed to Overturn Trump’s Loss in the 2020 Election. Now She’ll Help Oversee U.S. Election Security.
Heather Honey has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security. State election officials and voting experts are concerned.
www.propublica.org
February 3, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Last fall, Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, was appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security to help oversee election security.
(Published Aug. 2025)
(Published Aug. 2025)
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Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
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ICE is running a “conveyor belt” of illegally detained Minnesota families.
Agents are arresting entire families with legal status and immediately shipping them off to Texas to deny them legal representation and avoid the federal courts in Minnesota.
The cruelty is endless.
Agents are arresting entire families with legal status and immediately shipping them off to Texas to deny them legal representation and avoid the federal courts in Minnesota.
The cruelty is endless.
‘ICE conveyor belt’ illegally detaining, moving Minnesota children to Texas faster than courts can respond
ICE is pulling Minnesota immigrant families with legal status out of their driveways, homes and school commutes and send
www.mprnews.org
February 3, 2026 at 1:01 AM
ICE is running a “conveyor belt” of illegally detained Minnesota families.
Agents are arresting entire families with legal status and immediately shipping them off to Texas to deny them legal representation and avoid the federal courts in Minnesota.
The cruelty is endless.
Agents are arresting entire families with legal status and immediately shipping them off to Texas to deny them legal representation and avoid the federal courts in Minnesota.
The cruelty is endless.
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When they say Me Too "went too far," they mean "got too close."
January 31, 2026 at 4:25 PM
When they say Me Too "went too far," they mean "got too close."
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This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
January 31, 2026 at 6:13 PM
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
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It's official: the Trump admin is making American government dumber.
*11 times more STEM PhDs were lost than gained in 2025
*3 times the rate of STEM PhDs left in 2025 compared to 2024
*-17% decrease in STEM PhDs across 14 agencies
www.science.org/content/arti...
*11 times more STEM PhDs were lost than gained in 2025
*3 times the rate of STEM PhDs left in 2025 compared to 2024
*-17% decrease in STEM PhDs across 14 agencies
www.science.org/content/arti...
January 28, 2026 at 2:37 AM
It's official: the Trump admin is making American government dumber.
*11 times more STEM PhDs were lost than gained in 2025
*3 times the rate of STEM PhDs left in 2025 compared to 2024
*-17% decrease in STEM PhDs across 14 agencies
www.science.org/content/arti...
*11 times more STEM PhDs were lost than gained in 2025
*3 times the rate of STEM PhDs left in 2025 compared to 2024
*-17% decrease in STEM PhDs across 14 agencies
www.science.org/content/arti...
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ugh why is everybody calling my masked armed death squads who kidnap kindergartners the gestapo
January 26, 2026 at 3:39 PM
ugh why is everybody calling my masked armed death squads who kidnap kindergartners the gestapo