Your long read for the week. We reviewed 20 years' worth of property records, permits, county council meeting minutes, assessor data, business records, land plats — and more — to track how a derelict Western Maryland farm became the site of an emerging ICE concentration camp.
Billionaires’ % share of federal election spending in:
2008: 0.3%
2024: 19%
@nytimes.com #GildedAge
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...
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/...
Reminder: DHS is still routinely violating people’s constitutional rights.
Democrats must continue to fight to rein them in.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/sunny-naqvi-us-citizen-detained-dhs-chicago-ohare-airport-sent-broadview-ice-facility-dodge-county-wi-released/18693499/
Cutting cancer and obesity research isn't how you make America healthy, in case you were wondering
Trump's assholery has killed a wonderful advanced X-ray astronomical mission that has been in development for almost a decade.
The moms risking arrest to protect gender-affirming care for trans youth 19thnews.org/2026/03/moms... via @19thnews.org
True but 14-22 is a bit dicey. They are still often parroting talking points of those around them.
Don’t forget the Panama Canal! 😬
GenZ “men” are ages 14-29. Their brains aren’t even developed yet (for the most part). Lots of us believed stupid stuff at their age as well. I do think internet discourse (if you can call it that) is an issue here.
The video of a United States Senator joining the violent removal of U.S. marine from a hearing and hideously breaking his arm in a door is an example of what has been unleashed in this country. They’re tapping in to get in on the violence.
And then he bragged about it on X later.
Fairies.
Any appeasement doesn’t work. *side eye to science societies*
Schön!
Marana/Tucson AZ fighting:
"I’m proud of the fight our community has waged against this horrendous detention center... Hundreds have protested in Marana and they join with millions across the country."
"We will continue to look for any way to shut it down."
www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
The DA in Minneapolis is investigating Bovino and others.
I think of it as 20/60/20 where you’ll have opposite opinions on both ends.
Ahhh yes. People are gonna die but Reuters is worried about economics.
A screenshot from flight radar 24. Showing the airspace over Iran, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Israel/Palestine, UAE, Saudi Arabia, etc. there are no flights over Iran, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Israel/Palestine, and none in and out of Dubai.
Current view. Especially telling that there are no flights currently in and out of Dubai, one of the busiest airports in the world. Wonder where all those Emirates flights are going to divert.
Compare AOC's statement to Schumer's. We desperately need to push out those ancient ineffectual Dems in charge.
This is amazing.
www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com
Border Patrol dropped a blind refugee 5 miles from his home at night.
No English, no call to his family / lawyer.
Nurul Alam, 56, was found dead 5 days later on a Buffalo street.
He had an immigration detainer - not a criminal warrant or order of removal.
www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...
Oh this is a very cool paper!
this article I wrote after Kirk's death is perennially relevant. the reality of the situation is awful, horrifying. but it's never without hope, and preserving your mental fortitude is the simplest and most powerful way to fight back and win.
transnews.network/p/on-survivi...
I’m quoted quite a bit here so perhaps I’m biased but I feel this is a good run down of what the Epstein files tell us about how power works in academia. with some good commentary from @jessicacalarco.com, too:
Actually, it’s hurting children.
As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.
