John Gordon (Faughnan) 🇨🇦🇩🇰
@johngordon.bsky.social
Retired MD. “Avid” cyclist, CrossFit. Familiar with cognitive disability. Curious. TrueName John Faughnan (not the actor). Intergalactic Antifa Coordinator. Not as normal as I may seem.
Also mastodon - https://appdot.net/@jgordon
Also mastodon - https://appdot.net/@jgordon
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10/ as awesome as efficiencies and innovations and publishing for the in underserved middle is … well, it’s not working. The billionaire can see that if he’s self made. Give him his due. He can see that. It turns out this is hard. And this is the kicker: He’s bored. This isn’t fun.
February 4, 2026 at 5:10 PM
10/ as awesome as efficiencies and innovations and publishing for the in underserved middle is … well, it’s not working. The billionaire can see that if he’s self made. Give him his due. He can see that. It turns out this is hard. And this is the kicker: He’s bored. This isn’t fun.
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There's been two decades of writing on how these two organizations are human rights violation factories, they were aware or were capable of being so, they just didn't care enough
February 4, 2026 at 1:34 PM
There's been two decades of writing on how these two organizations are human rights violation factories, they were aware or were capable of being so, they just didn't care enough
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He installed an incompetent and flaccid exec, made a series of dumb and venal decisions & sucked up to Trump to make yet another filthy dollar. He’s so poor, all he has is money and, let’s stop pretending, bad facial surgery that makes him look like he is in some bad remake of The Santa Clause.
February 4, 2026 at 3:45 PM
He installed an incompetent and flaccid exec, made a series of dumb and venal decisions & sucked up to Trump to make yet another filthy dollar. He’s so poor, all he has is money and, let’s stop pretending, bad facial surgery that makes him look like he is in some bad remake of The Santa Clause.
Bezos sincerely believes that the market is the only source of truth — including determining the value of everything.
He is a just and fair god and the market told him so.
The market decided WaPo should die so he killed it.
He is a just and fair god and the market told him so.
The market decided WaPo should die so he killed it.
I’d like to report a murder. Trying to fix a legacy media company is hard — we all know the economics — but Jeff Bezos just killed the @washingtonpost.com in the most cowardly & inept way possible. He would never entertain others who wanted to fix it too like me www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
Washington Post Begins Laying Off More Than 300 Journalists
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Bezos sincerely believes that the market is the only source of truth — including determining the value of everything.
He is a just and fair god and the market told him so.
The market decided WaPo should die so he killed it.
He is a just and fair god and the market told him so.
The market decided WaPo should die so he killed it.
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always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 3:04 PM
always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post
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Most of the footage you see from ICE observers in Minnesota comes from the core cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. I talked to observers in the northern suburbs, who say they're taking on the same mission in very different conditions. (1)
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Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved
After a frightening pursuit by federal agents, suburban ICE observers say fear hasn’t stopped them from protecting their communities.
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February 4, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Most of the footage you see from ICE observers in Minnesota comes from the core cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. I talked to observers in the northern suburbs, who say they're taking on the same mission in very different conditions. (1)
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The early solution to men becoming unable to support a bourgeois family lifestyle on one salary was to go the two income family.
But this meant outsourcing child care. Quality childcare care is fundamentally expensive. So we turned to non-citizen staff whose ages were artificially low. But now…
But this meant outsourcing child care. Quality childcare care is fundamentally expensive. So we turned to non-citizen staff whose ages were artificially low. But now…
Roughly half a million women in the US exited the workforce in 2025, and 42% of those who voluntarily left cited their caregiving responsibilities as the main reason, according to a recent survey from Catalyst.
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42% of women are leaving the workforce over lack of caregiver support
In a tight employment market, employers that offer less flexibility risk losing working caregivers, according to a Catalyst report.
www.hr-brew.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
The early solution to men becoming unable to support a bourgeois family lifestyle on one salary was to go the two income family.
But this meant outsourcing child care. Quality childcare care is fundamentally expensive. So we turned to non-citizen staff whose ages were artificially low. But now…
But this meant outsourcing child care. Quality childcare care is fundamentally expensive. So we turned to non-citizen staff whose ages were artificially low. But now…
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This gets at something deeper: The role of shame and social stigma for those who participate in Trump-Miller's sadistic ethnonationalist project. As I argue in the piece this is clearly showing up now as warehouse buyers are shamed into nixing any sale to ICE:
February 4, 2026 at 3:20 PM
This gets at something deeper: The role of shame and social stigma for those who participate in Trump-Miller's sadistic ethnonationalist project. As I argue in the piece this is clearly showing up now as warehouse buyers are shamed into nixing any sale to ICE:
“yes fascism or no fascism? And I used to be a "let's be careful using the word fascism" guy.”
Same
Same
Incidentally Cato really does do some of the best immigration and trade advocacy and research, and tbh to my mind the main question today is: yes fascism or no fascism? And I used to be a "let's be careful using the word fascism" guy.
February 4, 2026 at 3:31 PM
“yes fascism or no fascism? And I used to be a "let's be careful using the word fascism" guy.”
Same
Same
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How stupid and evil is this administration's immigration policy? Well, let me tell you, we have reached the Daily Kos citing Cato Institute phase of the Trump timeline.
It’s just racism. There’s no immigration problem
The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
February 4, 2026 at 2:19 PM
How stupid and evil is this administration's immigration policy? Well, let me tell you, we have reached the Daily Kos citing Cato Institute phase of the Trump timeline.
We cannot stop them. But we can slow them down and cost them money.
Homan to Minneapolis residents who are setting up ICE roadblocks: "What are you doing? Do you really think you're gonna stop ICE and CBP from doing their job? It's a joke. Stop.
February 4, 2026 at 3:28 PM
We cannot stop them. But we can slow them down and cost them money.
Trump voters have a lot to answer for
So what are we doing about it?
The most important thing is early warning, monitoring the signs of a CME forming.
In 2015, NOAA's Deep Space Climate Observatory began operation & as long as NOAA is funded, we should be fine.
Only an absolute fool would try to defund these agencies...
Oh.
The most important thing is early warning, monitoring the signs of a CME forming.
In 2015, NOAA's Deep Space Climate Observatory began operation & as long as NOAA is funded, we should be fine.
Only an absolute fool would try to defund these agencies...
Oh.
How Prepared Are We for a Rare and Powerful Solar Event?
A coronal mass ejection could knock out power and disrupt communication on Earth
www.smithsonianmag.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Trump voters have a lot to answer for
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One funny thing about cartoonists is that, in my experience, almost all professionals can do excellent calligraphy, even though it almost never comes up in actual comics. There's just a certain type of mind that takes delight in sitting around drawing letters rhythmically.
February 4, 2026 at 3:04 PM
One funny thing about cartoonists is that, in my experience, almost all professionals can do excellent calligraphy, even though it almost never comes up in actual comics. There's just a certain type of mind that takes delight in sitting around drawing letters rhythmically.
Wall of Heroes inductees
Our friends at @workdaymagazine.bsky.social profiled Target workers who went out on strike on January 23 to protest their non-union employer's collaboration with ICE.
One worker said: "For me, it was about speaking out for those who really can’t."
prospect.org/2026/02/04/t...
One worker said: "For me, it was about speaking out for those who really can’t."
prospect.org/2026/02/04/t...
The Minnesota Target Workers Who Walked Out Against ICE - The American Prospect
Target gave $1 million to Trump’s inauguration and has allowed ICE staging and abductions on its property, is feeling pressure from its own employees.
prospect.org
February 4, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Wall of Heroes inductees
A word processor is not as good as a typewriter…
Ok, so he’s obviously wrong on the details but it’s still a fun read to think about things.
The “good enough” threshold was the thesis of “innovators dilemma”, a book that is even more interesting in retrospect.
Ok, so he’s obviously wrong on the details but it’s still a fun read to think about things.
The “good enough” threshold was the thesis of “innovators dilemma”, a book that is even more interesting in retrospect.
Pretty much the entire history of technological innovation is a new product that’s worse but cheaper. Your electric razor is not as good as a barber with a knife, your AI is not as good as an executive assistant, even your mass produced wine is not as good as 500 year old vine grown French wines.
At an industry event last night one (old media) journalist said “we may need institutions like the BBC because internet searches don’t return separate news stories now, but an AI summary that is usually wrong.”
Watching an industry shrug and surrender to a competitor that DOES NOT WORK.
Watching an industry shrug and surrender to a competitor that DOES NOT WORK.
February 4, 2026 at 2:12 PM
A word processor is not as good as a typewriter…
Ok, so he’s obviously wrong on the details but it’s still a fun read to think about things.
The “good enough” threshold was the thesis of “innovators dilemma”, a book that is even more interesting in retrospect.
Ok, so he’s obviously wrong on the details but it’s still a fun read to think about things.
The “good enough” threshold was the thesis of “innovators dilemma”, a book that is even more interesting in retrospect.
This will never-ever be widely sold to totalitarian rulers or applied to all of us in Trumpistan
Can you imagine being the software engineers, engineering managers, product managers, designers, QA testers, and devops that built and run this? Cashing out your palantir equity for "deportation targets"? Accomplices and ghouls, all of them
February 4, 2026 at 2:08 PM
This will never-ever be widely sold to totalitarian rulers or applied to all of us in Trumpistan
“Homeland Security has relied on the use of administrative subpoenas to seek identifiable information about individuals who run anonymous Instagram accounts, which share posts about ICE immigration raids in their local neighborhoods.”
Short must-read article
Short must-read article
Can’t wait to see what kind of deal we make to keep funding this bustling hub of fascism
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Homeland Security is trying to force tech companies to hand over data about Trump critics | TechCrunch
The use of administrative subpoenas, which are not subject to judicial oversight, are used to demand a wealth of information from tech companies, including the owners of anonymous online accounts docu...
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February 4, 2026 at 2:03 PM
“Homeland Security has relied on the use of administrative subpoenas to seek identifiable information about individuals who run anonymous Instagram accounts, which share posts about ICE immigration raids in their local neighborhoods.”
Short must-read article
Short must-read article
LinkedIn: Gemini
X: Grok
Meta: ChatGPT
Bluesky: Claude
X: Grok
Meta: ChatGPT
Bluesky: Claude
February 4, 2026 at 1:51 PM
LinkedIn: Gemini
X: Grok
Meta: ChatGPT
Bluesky: Claude
X: Grok
Meta: ChatGPT
Bluesky: Claude
F* brilliant
Anthropic just took a big swipe at OpenAI's decision to put ads in ChatGPT. Anthropic is airing ads mocking ChatGPT ads during the Super Bowl, and they're hilarious 😅 Anthropic is also committing to no ads in Claude www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
February 4, 2026 at 1:47 PM
F* brilliant
Richard Spencer was a college friend of Stephen Miller at Duke?
The US "immigration policies" that you are seeing unfold in Minneapolis, are the brainchild of far-right friends who met at Duke University.
One was Stephen Miller. The other is the person in the above video.
You can know what is going to happen next, by reading their old ethnic cleansing plans.🤷🏿♂️
One was Stephen Miller. The other is the person in the above video.
You can know what is going to happen next, by reading their old ethnic cleansing plans.🤷🏿♂️
There's nothing that has happened so far in this admin, that I didn't warn about in excruciating detail in the 1st admin.🤷🏿♂️
The last post is from when we narrowly avoided this in 2020... only for centrist dems to screw it up again via racism, and put us right back here for 2024.🤡
They don't learn.
The last post is from when we narrowly avoided this in 2020... only for centrist dems to screw it up again via racism, and put us right back here for 2024.🤡
They don't learn.
February 4, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Richard Spencer was a college friend of Stephen Miller at Duke?
“The best strategy for Democrats is to attack Trumpist authoritarianism as such, and to do so at its weakest point from an electoral perspective, which is its flagrantly open corruption.”
February 4, 2026 at 1:39 PM
“The best strategy for Democrats is to attack Trumpist authoritarianism as such, and to do so at its weakest point from an electoral perspective, which is its flagrantly open corruption.”
Our elites need to be retired.
one thing the trump era has made clear, i think, is that the american people themselves are far more committed to the values of our founding documents than our elites
February 4, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Our elites need to be retired.
“take yet another step back and ask what the multiverse discourse has been good for and whether any broader lessons can be drawn. Ultimately, we conclude that the multiverse does remain a valuable tool; however, we urge against taking it too seriously.”
New preprint! So, what's a multiverse analysis good for anyway?>
With @jessicahullman.bsky.social and @statmodeling.bsky.social
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With @jessicahullman.bsky.social and @statmodeling.bsky.social
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February 4, 2026 at 1:34 PM
“take yet another step back and ask what the multiverse discourse has been good for and whether any broader lessons can be drawn. Ultimately, we conclude that the multiverse does remain a valuable tool; however, we urge against taking it too seriously.”
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The history of the press on this is the Trump campaign released a plan saying they would do what they are now doing and people did the math and said that means massive detention centers everywhere yet every headline about it was "With Project 2025 some Dems think they having a winning issue"
It’s hard to put into perspective how truly massive the warehouse is that was recently sold by the Rockefeller Group to the Department of Homeland Security for $70 million to build a concentration camp in Surprise, AZ. Across the street is a huge neighborhood and a school. It’s 400,000-square-feet.
February 4, 2026 at 1:28 PM
The history of the press on this is the Trump campaign released a plan saying they would do what they are now doing and people did the math and said that means massive detention centers everywhere yet every headline about it was "With Project 2025 some Dems think they having a winning issue"