Tom von Alten

@fortboise
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Writing about politics, religion, economics, engineering, life
Bloghttps://fortboise.org/blog/
Place#Boise #Idaho
AgeAnthropocene

@GurdeepPandher

Our world is better for your presence.

The Trump regime is routinely telling US judges to go screw themselves -- ignoring and violating court orders, and flagrantly spitting on people's constitutional rights.

So far, not even one regime apparatchik has been held accountable in any serious way.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/world/africa/us-secret-deportation-cameroon.html?unlocked_article_code=1.MVA.rP52.v68z1-9CPLv1&smid=nytcore-ios-share

U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections

Most had court orders protecting them from removal to their home countries, so they were sent to detention in Cameroon.

The New York Times

"Pete Arnold was able to get this shot of burrowing owls on the east side of Cheyenne this spring by leaving a GoPro video camera near their burrow."

https://www.wyomingnews.com/features/todo/burrowing-owls-put-on-show-for-local-photographer/article_5129f4e0-49de-11ef-b692-7327b2da8f6d.html

#Nature #Animals

There is a major political organization allied with the president that got so mad a Latino artist was tapped to play at the Super Bowl they made a whole alternative show. We should all take a moment to reflect on that. It is so blatantly racist.
"God bless America" and then listing all the countries in the Americas... what a move. What a statement. Loved it.

As of 08:00 09.02.2026, Day 1,447 of russia’s invasion: 312 clashes, 11 missiles, 65 airstrikes, 148 guided bombs, 3,960 drones, 2,741 shellings.

#Ukraine repelled attacks in multiple directions, inflicting 1,250+ russian losses.

Source: Ukrainian Army

Related: Many of you were horrified to see that a kindergarten teacher would call ICE on her own 6 year old Hispanic student.

https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/116010708111794832

For some reason this is more shocking for US folk than the fact that there are cops stationed *in elementary schools*, to quickly arrest Black children at teachers' requests.

30,000 kids under 7 have been arrested. Of course they are disproportionately Black. Because racism.

mekka okereke :verified: (@[email protected])

Kindergarten teacher called a prank ICE hotline thinking it was real. She called to report her 6 year old student to ICE to try to get them and their family deported. 6 years old. She does not enjoy hearing her own words and actions played back to her. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zJnkikcrHA0

Hachyderm.io
What a world we live in

If I told you that a formerly straight-A student whose dad was detained by ICE at gunpoint, was now food insecure, housing insecure, traumatized, and not doing as well in school? That would make sense to you.

There are ~100K people in ICE detention.

There are ~400K people in pretrial detention.

Again, all of the people in pretrial detention are legally innocent, and most of them are actually innocent.

Being in pretrial detention usually means that you are innocent, have been accused of a crime that you didn't do, but are too poor to post bail before your trial, which can be years away.

Think of how cruel and evil it would be to wait until ICE detention warehouses reach a capacity of 400,000 people, with ICE officers stationed in elementary schools, and then started a campaign of "Where are all the immigrant dads?! They just don't want to be around! No family values!🤡"

The US education system sucks at educating Black boys, because there are armed cops in the hallways, and because teachers spend time looking at Black boys like this.

We need to get to a point where this isn't true.

https://youtube.com/shorts/lJlIeGep_TM

Implicit bias starts in preschool #shorts

YouTube