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
A little below this is the cutoff for middle-class-bourgeois existence. The American dream.
Inaccessible to about half of Americans. Anyone think that is a stable situation?
Inaccessible to about half of Americans. Anyone think that is a stable situation?
If your household, not you, all of the income earners in your household, make over $130,500/yr, you are better off than 60% of American households.
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February 5, 2026 at 5:12 PM
A little below this is the cutoff for middle-class-bourgeois existence. The American dream.
Inaccessible to about half of Americans. Anyone think that is a stable situation?
Inaccessible to about half of Americans. Anyone think that is a stable situation?
The MAGA hate universities. I think they have just cause.
Academia and intellectuals had lots of opportunities to understand the implications of a market that favored only those with academic skills.
The clues were all there. We failed.
Academia and intellectuals had lots of opportunities to understand the implications of a market that favored only those with academic skills.
The clues were all there. We failed.
I’m neither a sociologist nor an economist. I have studied both as a layperson and as a student - including undergrad sociology currently.
So I’m a neural party when I say the divorce of sociology and economics was a gross failure of academia.
So I’m a neural party when I say the divorce of sociology and economics was a gross failure of academia.
February 5, 2026 at 5:06 PM
The MAGA hate universities. I think they have just cause.
Academia and intellectuals had lots of opportunities to understand the implications of a market that favored only those with academic skills.
The clues were all there. We failed.
Academia and intellectuals had lots of opportunities to understand the implications of a market that favored only those with academic skills.
The clues were all there. We failed.
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Is AI already making us more productive? It's easy to scoff, but the world is rubbish so for my @financialtimes.com column this week I went searching for glimmers of hope in the data.
1st 300 clicks free to read:
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1st 300 clicks free to read:
as.ft.com/r/55317e0a-f...
Where is AI showing up in the productivity data?
[FREE TO READ] Signs of its effects are already starting to peek through
as.ft.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Is AI already making us more productive? It's easy to scoff, but the world is rubbish so for my @financialtimes.com column this week I went searching for glimmers of hope in the data.
1st 300 clicks free to read:
as.ft.com/r/55317e0a-f...
1st 300 clicks free to read:
as.ft.com/r/55317e0a-f...
I’m neither a sociologist nor an economist. I have studied both as a layperson and as a student - including undergrad sociology currently.
So I’m a neural party when I say the divorce of sociology and economics was a gross failure of academia.
So I’m a neural party when I say the divorce of sociology and economics was a gross failure of academia.
February 5, 2026 at 4:58 PM
I’m neither a sociologist nor an economist. I have studied both as a layperson and as a student - including undergrad sociology currently.
So I’m a neural party when I say the divorce of sociology and economics was a gross failure of academia.
So I’m a neural party when I say the divorce of sociology and economics was a gross failure of academia.
By Trump standards this is a declaration of surrender.
(He is trying to deceive of course. He is incapable of adjustment)
(He is trying to deceive of course. He is incapable of adjustment)
Trump on Minnesota: "If we didn't have to fight this horrible governor and this horrible fake mayor -- Frey. 'This is the Constitution of the United States.' People don't want to be mugged!"
February 5, 2026 at 4:21 PM
By Trump standards this is a declaration of surrender.
(He is trying to deceive of course. He is incapable of adjustment)
(He is trying to deceive of course. He is incapable of adjustment)
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In the entryway of a cramped two-bedroom house in Shakopee, a pair of pink backpacks idle on coat hooks. The two girls haven’t been to school in weeks.
What’s it like to live in Minnesota right now? Life in the shadow of ICE.
We asked people how their lives have changed, or not changed.
www.startribune.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:02 PM
In the entryway of a cramped two-bedroom house in Shakopee, a pair of pink backpacks idle on coat hooks. The two girls haven’t been to school in weeks.
For almost 20y I've ranted about "mass disability" -- how a mismatch between relatively fixed human skillsets and job market demands created a population majority cohort that has no hope of the "American Dream".
A week ago I learned Marta Russell said the same ...
notes.kateva.org/2026/02/mass...
A week ago I learned Marta Russell said the same ...
notes.kateva.org/2026/02/mass...
February 5, 2026 at 2:13 PM
For almost 20y I've ranted about "mass disability" -- how a mismatch between relatively fixed human skillsets and job market demands created a population majority cohort that has no hope of the "American Dream".
A week ago I learned Marta Russell said the same ...
notes.kateva.org/2026/02/mass...
A week ago I learned Marta Russell said the same ...
notes.kateva.org/2026/02/mass...
You never know what will break something like X/Musk. Maybe this will quickly pass, maybe it will stay a bit.
February 5, 2026 at 1:28 PM
You never know what will break something like X/Musk. Maybe this will quickly pass, maybe it will stay a bit.
This piece is really valuable as an overview of MAGA and the bizarre worldview of Kirk, his allies, and his MAGA opponents. I learned several new things.
A great piece from @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social on how Charlie Kirk’s assassination unleashed infighting among maga elites www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Second Death of Charlie Kirk
The activist’s assassination unleashed anti-Semitism that is pulling the Trump coalition apart.
www.theatlantic.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:14 PM
This piece is really valuable as an overview of MAGA and the bizarre worldview of Kirk, his allies, and his MAGA opponents. I learned several new things.
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Was not expecting to be the biggest surprise of this regime to be learning that Charlie Kirk was the brains holding the volk together.
A great piece from @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social on how Charlie Kirk’s assassination unleashed infighting among maga elites www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Second Death of Charlie Kirk
The activist’s assassination unleashed anti-Semitism that is pulling the Trump coalition apart.
www.theatlantic.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Was not expecting to be the biggest surprise of this regime to be learning that Charlie Kirk was the brains holding the volk together.
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Killing the CIA World Factbook might seem like small potatoes, but it was a touchstone of curated facts in a sea of disinformation.
February 5, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Killing the CIA World Factbook might seem like small potatoes, but it was a touchstone of curated facts in a sea of disinformation.
It’s a curious situation where the specific crimes of the attacking forces are legislated during the assault.
Lukewarm civil war
Lukewarm civil war
NEW: since last year, a pair of "highly trained" feds have been involved in an array of incidents attacking crowds with chemical weapons.
We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team.
Read more:
We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team.
Read more:
Identified: the El Paso BORTAC crew rampaging through the Midwest
One violent duo in particular, U.S. Border Patrol agents Michael Sveum (EZ-2) and Edgar Vazquez (EZ-17), have been frequently seen alongside former commander-at-large Greg Bovino terrorizing crowds wi...
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February 5, 2026 at 12:51 PM
It’s a curious situation where the specific crimes of the attacking forces are legislated during the assault.
Lukewarm civil war
Lukewarm civil war
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Within a month of our President calling all Somalis "garbage," saying "they contribute nothing" that "they come from hell," "I don't want them in our country," the DOJ appears to be creating a separate process for deportation proceedings based on nationality just for Somalis.
February 4, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Within a month of our President calling all Somalis "garbage," saying "they contribute nothing" that "they come from hell," "I don't want them in our country," the DOJ appears to be creating a separate process for deportation proceedings based on nationality just for Somalis.
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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.
www.hr-brew.com/stories/2026...
www.hr-brew.com/stories/2026...
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.