John Hodgman
@hodgman.bsky.social
Good evening. My name is John Hodgman. You are invited to join a secret society: hodgman.substack.com
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Don't be like Stellan! Get your tickets to @sfsketchfest.bsky.social now to see @hodgman.bsky.social and @jessethorn.bsky.social judge your disputes LIVE! www.eventbrite.com/e/judge-john...
January 6, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Don't be like Stellan! Get your tickets to @sfsketchfest.bsky.social now to see @hodgman.bsky.social and @jessethorn.bsky.social judge your disputes LIVE! www.eventbrite.com/e/judge-john...
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The clock is ticking! We're less than one week away from our LIVE show at @sfsketchfest.bsky.social ! Don't miss this chance to see @hodgman.bsky.social @jessethorn.bsky.social & intrepid producer @jennifermarmor.bsky.social in the same location for the first time in 2026! EXCLAMATION POINTS !!!
January 12, 2026 at 7:45 PM
The clock is ticking! We're less than one week away from our LIVE show at @sfsketchfest.bsky.social ! Don't miss this chance to see @hodgman.bsky.social @jessethorn.bsky.social & intrepid producer @jennifermarmor.bsky.social in the same location for the first time in 2026! EXCLAMATION POINTS !!!
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What with the nazi invasion of our town and all, I forgot about this fun thing happening in San Francisco next week:
Janet Varney, @hodgman.bsky.social, @frankconniff.bsky.social, @tracebeaulieu.bsky.social, Kevin Murphy, Cole Stratton and me doing funny riffs on some weird short films!
Janet Varney, @hodgman.bsky.social, @frankconniff.bsky.social, @tracebeaulieu.bsky.social, Kevin Murphy, Cole Stratton and me doing funny riffs on some weird short films!
January 13, 2026 at 5:50 PM
What with the nazi invasion of our town and all, I forgot about this fun thing happening in San Francisco next week:
Janet Varney, @hodgman.bsky.social, @frankconniff.bsky.social, @tracebeaulieu.bsky.social, Kevin Murphy, Cole Stratton and me doing funny riffs on some weird short films!
Janet Varney, @hodgman.bsky.social, @frankconniff.bsky.social, @tracebeaulieu.bsky.social, Kevin Murphy, Cole Stratton and me doing funny riffs on some weird short films!
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"Wacky comedian John Hodgman is a highlight of SF Sketchfest 2026" — Lily Janiak, Theater Critic at @sfchronicle
Don't miss @hodgman.bsky.social LIVE in FOUR shows at #SFSketchfest2026!
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/comedy/article/john-hodgman-sf-sketchfest-21266441.php
Don't miss @hodgman.bsky.social LIVE in FOUR shows at #SFSketchfest2026!
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/comedy/article/john-hodgman-sf-sketchfest-21266441.php
January 13, 2026 at 7:03 PM
"Wacky comedian John Hodgman is a highlight of SF Sketchfest 2026" — Lily Janiak, Theater Critic at @sfchronicle
Don't miss @hodgman.bsky.social LIVE in FOUR shows at #SFSketchfest2026!
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/comedy/article/john-hodgman-sf-sketchfest-21266441.php
Don't miss @hodgman.bsky.social LIVE in FOUR shows at #SFSketchfest2026!
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/comedy/article/john-hodgman-sf-sketchfest-21266441.php
Hello I'm coming to San Francisco to Judge you on Sunday, and there are only a few tickets left. bit.ly/JJHOSF26
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January 14, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Hello I'm coming to San Francisco to Judge you on Sunday, and there are only a few tickets left. bit.ly/JJHOSF26
We just unlocked a TRANCHE of bargain balcony seats to our live Judge John Hodgman show at @sfsketchfest.bsky.social this weekend. Mostly I just love the word tranche. Please tranche yourself by clicking the link.
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January 13, 2026 at 3:05 PM
We just unlocked a TRANCHE of bargain balcony seats to our live Judge John Hodgman show at @sfsketchfest.bsky.social this weekend. Mostly I just love the word tranche. Please tranche yourself by clicking the link.
bit.ly/JJHOSF26
bit.ly/JJHOSF26
MYKOMYDK (Maybe you know, or maybe you don't know) that I judge the readers of the NYT Magazine every week. Here's the latest. If you have a dispute you'd like me to settle, please send it to maximumfun.org/jjho or drop it below!
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Is It a Good Idea to Wrap Your Christmas Tree? (Gift Article)
A belated ruling on the limits of holiday magic.
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:01 PM
MYKOMYDK (Maybe you know, or maybe you don't know) that I judge the readers of the NYT Magazine every week. Here's the latest. If you have a dispute you'd like me to settle, please send it to maximumfun.org/jjho or drop it below!
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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ICE deportation agent: “Just to be upfront, the goal is to put as many guns and badges out in the field as possible.”
A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
slate.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:49 PM
ICE deportation agent: “Just to be upfront, the goal is to put as many guns and badges out in the field as possible.”
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Secret police shooting women in the face and kidnapping and teargassing schoolchildren not getting any more popular, for some reason
Wow — New YouGov / Economist poll:
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
January 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Secret police shooting women in the face and kidnapping and teargassing schoolchildren not getting any more popular, for some reason
Nation’s weird stepfather announces at dinner that no one appreciates his hard work, then sulks off to the guest room he claimed as his “den” to watch cable news all night while angrily mashing buttons on his phone.
December 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Nation’s weird stepfather announces at dinner that no one appreciates his hard work, then sulks off to the guest room he claimed as his “den” to watch cable news all night while angrily mashing buttons on his phone.
Sometimes I write you a letter, and today it is about Moby Dick, the abyss, and a teen age mariachi band. Plus a mouse riding a lobster. open.substack.com/pub/hodgman/...
all the waves rolled by like scrolls of silver; and, by their soft, suffusing seethings, made what seemed a silvery silence, not a solitude: on such a silent night
This is a SECRET SOCIETY
open.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Sometimes I write you a letter, and today it is about Moby Dick, the abyss, and a teen age mariachi band. Plus a mouse riding a lobster. open.substack.com/pub/hodgman/...
It was over years ago. Bit.ly/nosando.
December 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It was over years ago. Bit.ly/nosando.
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If you are a SanFran-Oaklandish person, or know someone who is, please know that JUDGE JOHN HODGMAN returns to @sfsketchfest.bsky.social in January, and you can by tickets here please: bit.ly/JJHOSF26
Judge John Hodgman
SF Sketchfest: The San Francisco Comedy Festival presents 3 weeks of non-stop live sketch, improv, stand-up, podcasts, reunions, and more!
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December 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
If you are a SanFran-Oaklandish person, or know someone who is, please know that JUDGE JOHN HODGMAN returns to @sfsketchfest.bsky.social in January, and you can by tickets here please: bit.ly/JJHOSF26
If you are a SanFran-Oaklandish person, or know someone who is, please know that JUDGE JOHN HODGMAN returns to @sfsketchfest.bsky.social in January, and you can by tickets here please: bit.ly/JJHOSF26
Judge John Hodgman
SF Sketchfest: The San Francisco Comedy Festival presents 3 weeks of non-stop live sketch, improv, stand-up, podcasts, reunions, and more!
bit.ly
December 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
If you are a SanFran-Oaklandish person, or know someone who is, please know that JUDGE JOHN HODGMAN returns to @sfsketchfest.bsky.social in January, and you can by tickets here please: bit.ly/JJHOSF26
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Remember April 2009 when about 250,000 people took to America’s streets in Tea Party rallies and the media was like “oh man, the Dems are in trouble?” Approximately 28X as many people took to the streets to protest Trump yesterday. Didn’t even make the NYT front page.
In April of 2009 I observed the Tea Party rally in Salem. As this front page story says, there were a couple hundred people there. This past weekend in Salem there were roughly 2-3000 people at the Hands Off rally. Yet the Tea Party coverage seemed to take that event far more seriously.
October 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Remember April 2009 when about 250,000 people took to America’s streets in Tea Party rallies and the media was like “oh man, the Dems are in trouble?” Approximately 28X as many people took to the streets to protest Trump yesterday. Didn’t even make the NYT front page.
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The top of two prominent newspapers’ mobile editions right now—and the reason that, despite growing up in New York, I always read @theguardian.com first (and rarely open @nytimes.com):
October 19, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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to this i would add a good amount of self-loathing stemming from a belief that liberal political views are somehow “inauthentic” or an affectation of “elites”
I agree with whoever said a rather under-appreciated dynamic is the extent to which Professional Politics Opinion Havers flat out just find the left interpersonally irritating in a way they do not find the right so, and I think a lot of the talk of a vibe shift was wish-casting their irritants away.
October 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
to this i would add a good amount of self-loathing stemming from a belief that liberal political views are somehow “inauthentic” or an affectation of “elites”
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There’s been a lot of well-deserved appreciation for Drew Struzan’s iconic theatrical art, but I’d like to also celebrate the art he did for @carolekingofficial.bsky.social’s 1973 album FANTASY. It has such a sublime warmth and personality to it, and it’s the perfect gateway to a great album.
October 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
There’s been a lot of well-deserved appreciation for Drew Struzan’s iconic theatrical art, but I’d like to also celebrate the art he did for @carolekingofficial.bsky.social’s 1973 album FANTASY. It has such a sublime warmth and personality to it, and it’s the perfect gateway to a great album.
Whoa. I co-host this podcast about state (and commonwealth) mottos and even I am stumped on a bunch of these
I’d like to thank @hodgman.bsky.social and E Pluribus Motto for helping me kick butt at bar trivia tonight.
October 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Whoa. I co-host this podcast about state (and commonwealth) mottos and even I am stumped on a bunch of these
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this man's marriage would not exist if not for a previous generation of people marching for their rights.
Bessent: "This crazy No Kings rally this weekend, which is gonna be the farthest left, the hardest core, the most unhinged in the Democratic Party, which is a big title. No Kings equals no paychecks."
October 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
this man's marriage would not exist if not for a previous generation of people marching for their rights.
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Remember how under Biden the press said this was the biggest issue ever but how now under Trump it’s barely mentioned? Yeah.
A grocery store clerk in Chicago says shoppers see prices “and say, ‘What the f—? .. It happens all the time.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/cons...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/cons...
October 15, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Remember how under Biden the press said this was the biggest issue ever but how now under Trump it’s barely mentioned? Yeah.
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Because this week's eps of their respective podcasts popped back to back in my feed, I couldn't help but think how much @stabert.bsky.social would appreciate @hodgman.bsky.social's musings on Philadelphia on this week's episode of E Pluribus Motto. maximumfun.org/episodes/e-p...
Episode 18: Pennsylvania - “Virtue, liberty and independence” | Maximum Fun
Janet Varney and John Hodgman have arrived in the keystone state! First order of business: What on Earth is a keystone anyway?
maximumfun.org
October 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Because this week's eps of their respective podcasts popped back to back in my feed, I couldn't help but think how much @stabert.bsky.social would appreciate @hodgman.bsky.social's musings on Philadelphia on this week's episode of E Pluribus Motto. maximumfun.org/episodes/e-p...
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NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:
ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.
Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.
www.thehandbasket.co
October 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart: