John B. Cole
@johnbcole.com
Dairy cattle geneticist, mediocre Python programmer, eccentric cat gentleman, Irish bouzouki owner, LSMSA, LSU.
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If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
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First of all, ICE is completely filled with former cops
Second of all, the cops remain violent power-hungry white supremacists
Last of all, plenty of cops are present and ASSISTING ICE with their operations
These are men that have terrorized and beaten people on the streets for a hundred years!
Second of all, the cops remain violent power-hungry white supremacists
Last of all, plenty of cops are present and ASSISTING ICE with their operations
These are men that have terrorized and beaten people on the streets for a hundred years!
January 12, 2026 at 9:59 PM
First of all, ICE is completely filled with former cops
Second of all, the cops remain violent power-hungry white supremacists
Last of all, plenty of cops are present and ASSISTING ICE with their operations
These are men that have terrorized and beaten people on the streets for a hundred years!
Second of all, the cops remain violent power-hungry white supremacists
Last of all, plenty of cops are present and ASSISTING ICE with their operations
These are men that have terrorized and beaten people on the streets for a hundred years!
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It’s alternate universe 2026 and Kamala Harris is president and Tim Walz is vice president.
The only times you looked at your phone today was for checking sports scores and looking up recipes.
Your blood pressure is normal. You don’t have a headache. Your only sigh for the day was in pleasure.
The only times you looked at your phone today was for checking sports scores and looking up recipes.
Your blood pressure is normal. You don’t have a headache. Your only sigh for the day was in pleasure.
January 12, 2026 at 1:07 AM
It’s alternate universe 2026 and Kamala Harris is president and Tim Walz is vice president.
The only times you looked at your phone today was for checking sports scores and looking up recipes.
Your blood pressure is normal. You don’t have a headache. Your only sigh for the day was in pleasure.
The only times you looked at your phone today was for checking sports scores and looking up recipes.
Your blood pressure is normal. You don’t have a headache. Your only sigh for the day was in pleasure.
Holy crap, Illumina has a new bovine BeadChip, 192 samples at 100k SNP on a single array!
January 11, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Holy crap, Illumina has a new bovine BeadChip, 192 samples at 100k SNP on a single array!
Just learned about global worming. It seems bad.
January 10, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Just learned about global worming. It seems bad.
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MINNEAPOLIS, United States -- Paramilitary forces under the command of President Trump expanded their campaign of terrorism to a new major American city, attacking a school and killing an unarmed civilian attempting to flee the violence.
Minneapolis public schools canceled classes officials after Roosevelt High School said armed Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:47 PM
MINNEAPOLIS, United States -- Paramilitary forces under the command of President Trump expanded their campaign of terrorism to a new major American city, attacking a school and killing an unarmed civilian attempting to flee the violence.
MSN rocking deep cuts from...Great White...on the PA this morning. Unexpected.
January 8, 2026 at 3:56 PM
MSN rocking deep cuts from...Great White...on the PA this morning. Unexpected.
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Gentle reminder that EVERYONE shot by ICE or the police is innocent. Every single one. Cops aren't Judge Dredd. A person is innocent until proven guilty IN A COURT, so until a person is found guilty by a judge or jury, they're innocent. They're ALL innocent.
January 8, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Gentle reminder that EVERYONE shot by ICE or the police is innocent. Every single one. Cops aren't Judge Dredd. A person is innocent until proven guilty IN A COURT, so until a person is found guilty by a judge or jury, they're innocent. They're ALL innocent.
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Never mind that this isn’t the definition of doxing in the first place, but you can’t dox a federal employee. If you’re a public servant, your identity isn’t “hidden.” It’s on public records. People can access those public records.
January 8, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Never mind that this isn’t the definition of doxing in the first place, but you can’t dox a federal employee. If you’re a public servant, your identity isn’t “hidden.” It’s on public records. People can access those public records.
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
January 8, 2026 at 5:35 AM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
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“What radicalized you?” Bro I was told to treat people the way I would want to be treated in kindergarten and it made sense idk what else there is to say
November 19, 2024 at 3:56 AM
“What radicalized you?” Bro I was told to treat people the way I would want to be treated in kindergarten and it made sense idk what else there is to say
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Impeachment is good. Make Republicans defend their lust to murder Americans.
So what if the impeachments don't stick, at first. They are the right thing to do.
So what if the impeachments don't stick, at first. They are the right thing to do.
January 8, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Impeachment is good. Make Republicans defend their lust to murder Americans.
So what if the impeachments don't stick, at first. They are the right thing to do.
So what if the impeachments don't stick, at first. They are the right thing to do.
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Just like climate change , there are two sides to this but one side is lying and we can just report the truth.
If the headline is "disputed shooting" rather than straightforwardly telling the public what happened this rewards the DHS for lying about these events
January 8, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Just like climate change , there are two sides to this but one side is lying and we can just report the truth.
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AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
January 8, 2026 at 12:05 AM
AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
Renee Nicole Good wasn't killed, she was murdered. Elected officials need to call things what they are.
January 8, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Renee Nicole Good wasn't killed, she was murdered. Elected officials need to call things what they are.
This is very intriguing.
1. My new preprint has its own bluesky account. Why? The problems facing social media & scientific publishing are similar: both are dominated by powerful oligopolies. The @atproto.com tech underlying bluesky that aims to solve the social media prob might also help solve the scientific pub prob 🧪 🧵
1. Preprint: Menopause averted a midlife energetic crisis with help from older children and parents: A simulation study. zenodo.org/records/1814...
Menopause is rare, known to occur only in humans and toothed whales: 🧵
Menopause is rare, known to occur only in humans and toothed whales: 🧵
January 6, 2026 at 11:19 PM
This is very intriguing.
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Samuel Alito flew two flags used by insurrectionists.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
January 6, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Samuel Alito flew two flags used by insurrectionists.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
@pocan.house.gov, as your constituent, I strongly urge you to back this bill.
🚨 Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
January 6, 2026 at 9:57 PM
@pocan.house.gov, as your constituent, I strongly urge you to back this bill.
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Five years ago today, Donald Trump incited a violent insurrection to overturn the results of a free and fair election he lost. Calling it anything else is a lie. (1/2)
January 6, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Five years ago today, Donald Trump incited a violent insurrection to overturn the results of a free and fair election he lost. Calling it anything else is a lie. (1/2)
Same. I survived Reagan and Bush 2 for this?
I can't believe these idiots are going to get me killed in a dumb fuck war
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 6, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Same. I survived Reagan and Bush 2 for this?
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like with the iraq war, the people yelling "do something" were right and the people saying "dont say mean things to democratic leadership" are wrong
January 5, 2026 at 7:23 PM
like with the iraq war, the people yelling "do something" were right and the people saying "dont say mean things to democratic leadership" are wrong
My son goes to Eau Claire, and I don't think so, but he's also not a sports guy.
Watching the Stagg Bowl (D3 National Championship Game) and curious how all of the Twin Cities-convenient UW schools compare to one another. Do the folks at UW-Eau Claire thumb their noses at River Falls or Stout?
January 5, 2026 at 2:57 AM
My son goes to Eau Claire, and I don't think so, but he's also not a sports guy.
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if I hire an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he instead presents me with a list of reasons he is incapable of doing so while asking for more money so that he can maybe handle it later, I am not angrier at the roaches, I am in the market for a better exterminator
January 3, 2026 at 9:25 PM
if I hire an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he instead presents me with a list of reasons he is incapable of doing so while asking for more money so that he can maybe handle it later, I am not angrier at the roaches, I am in the market for a better exterminator
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"The Republican party is an outright enemy of democratic interests around the world" is an objectively true statement and something that I don't know if the current crop of Dem pols are gonna be able to fully embrace
January 3, 2026 at 11:20 PM
"The Republican party is an outright enemy of democratic interests around the world" is an objectively true statement and something that I don't know if the current crop of Dem pols are gonna be able to fully embrace