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
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What Do We Owe the Insufferable?
When mental illness exhausts our emotional capacities
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/what-do-we...
When mental illness exhausts our emotional capacities
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/what-do-we...
What Do We Owe the Insufferable?
When mental illness exhausts our emotional capacities
www.psychiatrymargins.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:50 PM
What Do We Owe the Insufferable?
When mental illness exhausts our emotional capacities
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/what-do-we...
When mental illness exhausts our emotional capacities
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/what-do-we...
It’s been extraordinary since 9/11. Now it’s more visible
Extraordinary US government surveillance of ordinary people is beginning
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon
Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:46 AM
It’s been extraordinary since 9/11. Now it’s more visible
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NANCY MACE: I don't drink because if I did it could kill me
ALSO NANCY MACE:
ALSO NANCY MACE:
February 4, 2026 at 2:07 AM
NANCY MACE: I don't drink because if I did it could kill me
ALSO NANCY MACE:
ALSO NANCY MACE:
He’s got a distinctive style
He literally pulled a "you should smile more" IN RESPONSE TO AN EPSTEIN QUESTION.
KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo---
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
February 4, 2026 at 2:41 AM
He’s got a distinctive style
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My new one @slate.com : I Wrote a Book in Support of Nationalizing Elections. Trump Changed My Mind.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
I Wrote a Book in Support of Nationalizing Elections. Trump Changed My Mind.
President Donald Trump on Monday escalated his rhetoric against the American electoral system.
slate.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:12 PM
My new one @slate.com : I Wrote a Book in Support of Nationalizing Elections. Trump Changed My Mind.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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How is Melania different from every prior first lady? In every possible way. Start with the fact that she doesn't speak English and proceed through the fact that before Jeffrey Epstein introduced her to Trump, most of her life is an untraceable blur. www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...
Melania Trump und ihre Doku: Warum ist Rolle der First Lady so schwer?
Von Eleanor Roosevelt bis Melania Trump: Über den härtesten Nebenjob der Welt
www.sueddeutsche.de
February 4, 2026 at 2:37 AM
How is Melania different from every prior first lady? In every possible way. Start with the fact that she doesn't speak English and proceed through the fact that before Jeffrey Epstein introduced her to Trump, most of her life is an untraceable blur. www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...
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This isn’t some anonymous tip. This is sworn testimony, under penalty of perjury, from someone who said Trump threatened to kill her if she exposed Epstein’s sexual abuse.
February 3, 2026 at 5:04 PM
This isn’t some anonymous tip. This is sworn testimony, under penalty of perjury, from someone who said Trump threatened to kill her if she exposed Epstein’s sexual abuse.
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Something I can’t quite a see about Epstein is: is there anyone else like him? Even bracketing for a moment the monstrous systematic sex crimes, are there lots of super rich dudes who are just constantly emailing and texting and socializing with a who’s who of the elite or was he unique ?
February 4, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Something I can’t quite a see about Epstein is: is there anyone else like him? Even bracketing for a moment the monstrous systematic sex crimes, are there lots of super rich dudes who are just constantly emailing and texting and socializing with a who’s who of the elite or was he unique ?
Another tick mark on RFK’s Wall of Dead Children
“Health officials in New Mexico are warning against consuming raw dairy products after a newborn baby in the state died from a listeria infection that they say was likely contracted when the baby's mother drank raw milk during pregnancy.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
New Mexico warns against consuming raw milk after newborn dies from listeria
While the New Mexico Department of Health said it cannot pinpoint the baby's exact cause of death, officials believe it could have been linked to the mother drinking raw milk during pregnancy.
www.nbcnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Another tick mark on RFK’s Wall of Dead Children
There’s some chatter in my
feed about Signal groups and OpSec and people left out. Very similar feel to my kids high school chat groups.
Dem activists are often passionate restless people who like arguing and dislike hierarchy. So this is not surprising
feed about Signal groups and OpSec and people left out. Very similar feel to my kids high school chat groups.
Dem activists are often passionate restless people who like arguing and dislike hierarchy. So this is not surprising
February 4, 2026 at 2:32 AM
There’s some chatter in my
feed about Signal groups and OpSec and people left out. Very similar feel to my kids high school chat groups.
Dem activists are often passionate restless people who like arguing and dislike hierarchy. So this is not surprising
feed about Signal groups and OpSec and people left out. Very similar feel to my kids high school chat groups.
Dem activists are often passionate restless people who like arguing and dislike hierarchy. So this is not surprising
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The Utah Historical Society just produced a new, excellent map of "The Peoples of North America in 1776." Great resource for anyone teaching, writing, presenting about Native peoples as part of their 250th work. america250.utah.gov/power-of-pla...
February 3, 2026 at 1:49 PM
The Utah Historical Society just produced a new, excellent map of "The Peoples of North America in 1776." Great resource for anyone teaching, writing, presenting about Native peoples as part of their 250th work. america250.utah.gov/power-of-pla...
“Twenty-nine year old Chandler Patey has been regularly protesting outside his local ICE facility in South Portland for months…
…To the Department of Homeland Security, “he is the leader of Antifa in Portland, OR.”
All protesters are antifa by definition, so all are domestic terrorists, so all …
…To the Department of Homeland Security, “he is the leader of Antifa in Portland, OR.”
All protesters are antifa by definition, so all are domestic terrorists, so all …
🚨 Documents leaked to me reveal a federal watchlist of American protesters suspected of being Antifa - including its supposed leader.
One Department of Homeland Security document says a 29-year-old resident of Portland "is the leader of Antifa":
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/feds-ident...
One Department of Homeland Security document says a 29-year-old resident of Portland "is the leader of Antifa":
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/feds-ident...
Feds Identify “Leader of Antifa”
The list they're creating says so, anyway
www.kenklippenstein.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:19 AM
“Twenty-nine year old Chandler Patey has been regularly protesting outside his local ICE facility in South Portland for months…
…To the Department of Homeland Security, “he is the leader of Antifa in Portland, OR.”
All protesters are antifa by definition, so all are domestic terrorists, so all …
…To the Department of Homeland Security, “he is the leader of Antifa in Portland, OR.”
All protesters are antifa by definition, so all are domestic terrorists, so all …
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Can Trump "take control" of 50 separate state-administered elections? No, obviously not.
Can he send ICE thugs to select, significant polling places? Yes.
Will at least some red-state officials bend or break rules to help Rs win? Yes.
Can he send ICE thugs to select, significant polling places? Yes.
Will at least some red-state officials bend or break rules to help Rs win? Yes.
February 3, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Can Trump "take control" of 50 separate state-administered elections? No, obviously not.
Can he send ICE thugs to select, significant polling places? Yes.
Will at least some red-state officials bend or break rules to help Rs win? Yes.
Can he send ICE thugs to select, significant polling places? Yes.
Will at least some red-state officials bend or break rules to help Rs win? Yes.
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Total quack 🦆, though at least not FOJ (friend of Jeff) like the other dude hired. Glad I have an upcoming docuseries on longevity for @cnn.com Originals that is 1. Science based 2. Talks to real experts 3. For the rest of us normies 4. 💯 Epstein free www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Bari Weiss’s new CBS hires include ‘germ theory denialist’ doctor
Dr Mark Hyman, who claimed he reduced his biological age by 20 years, brought on as a contributor
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Total quack 🦆, though at least not FOJ (friend of Jeff) like the other dude hired. Glad I have an upcoming docuseries on longevity for @cnn.com Originals that is 1. Science based 2. Talks to real experts 3. For the rest of us normies 4. 💯 Epstein free www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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A correction for the ages (from The Guardian's review of 'Melania'):
February 3, 2026 at 8:23 PM
A correction for the ages (from The Guardian's review of 'Melania'):
Gödel raises hand
![Comic. Conjecture: It’s possible to construct a convincing proof without words, pictures, or content of any kind. Proof: [empty box] [caption] Proofs without words are cool, but we can go further.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiaukmlmzx6xhbcjej4rq5axkf7a25sjywnvodd53dgnebmt4ver5a@jpeg)
February 4, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Gödel raises hand
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"These restaurants are doing this work under immense financial strain. I’ve heard again and again: This is like COVID, but worse. There is no governmental relief in sight." mspmag.com/eat-and-drin...
An SOS from Restaurants in Federally Occupied Minnesota
We spoke to anonymous industry members—restaurant owners, staff, and managers—about the toll that ICE activity has taken on their hearts, their businesses, and their communities, and how they’re quiet...
mspmag.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:56 PM
"These restaurants are doing this work under immense financial strain. I’ve heard again and again: This is like COVID, but worse. There is no governmental relief in sight." mspmag.com/eat-and-drin...
This was a plot line in Vernor Vinge’s singularity book “Rainbow’s End” In 2006
On today's Vergecast, I talked w/ @davidpierce.xyz about Anthropic's wild plan to "destructively scan all the books in the world:" why they did it, why a judge found it legal, and why — nefarious as it might sound — what other tech giants did was arguably worse. www.theverge.com/the-vergecast
February 4, 2026 at 12:02 AM
This was a plot line in Vernor Vinge’s singularity book “Rainbow’s End” In 2006
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Congress appropriated $257 million to renovate the Kennedy Center before Trump shut it down. Follow that money and see where it goes.
February 3, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Congress appropriated $257 million to renovate the Kennedy Center before Trump shut it down. Follow that money and see where it goes.
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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
“that sort of person is not likely to seek it” is important here.
The sane ones stop accumulating. They do other things.
The sane ones stop accumulating. They do other things.
I don't know about that, but I will say that great wealth is like the One Ring: Often the person with it thinks they are wielding it, but ultimately it wields them, and for its own ends, not theirs. It takes a strong person to resist its temptations, and that sort of person is not likely to seek it.
wealth is a mental illness
February 3, 2026 at 11:26 PM
“that sort of person is not likely to seek it” is important here.
The sane ones stop accumulating. They do other things.
The sane ones stop accumulating. They do other things.
I think Trump’s “friend” did say that. I kind of agree.
Either as plain statement or obvious lie Trump says what he is going to do. He can fairly treat GOP silence as acquiescence.
He announces the crime, nobody stops him, he does the crime. “Why all the uproar?” he wonders.
Either as plain statement or obvious lie Trump says what he is going to do. He can fairly treat GOP silence as acquiescence.
He announces the crime, nobody stops him, he does the crime. “Why all the uproar?” he wonders.
Trump: "They wanted me to go to jail for the rest of my life. Then it turned out I was innocent. Very innocent. I have a friend who said 'you have to be the most honest person anywhere in the world.'"
February 3, 2026 at 11:21 PM
I think Trump’s “friend” did say that. I kind of agree.
Either as plain statement or obvious lie Trump says what he is going to do. He can fairly treat GOP silence as acquiescence.
He announces the crime, nobody stops him, he does the crime. “Why all the uproar?” he wonders.
Either as plain statement or obvious lie Trump says what he is going to do. He can fairly treat GOP silence as acquiescence.
He announces the crime, nobody stops him, he does the crime. “Why all the uproar?” he wonders.
An extreme example but this seems increasingly common in many domains.
Increasing problem with publishing work on AI is that the publication process is much slower than working paper process, so when papers finally get full peer reviews, authors are asked to account for newer papers that are built on the paper under review! No real norms around this research ouroborous
February 3, 2026 at 11:14 PM
An extreme example but this seems increasingly common in many domains.
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Papers increasingly need to be built for easy updating as new models come out. That also means that the "AI can't do task X well" papers need to instead be rewritten about the trendline, because by the time you publish, it may very well do task X well.
February 3, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Papers increasingly need to be built for easy updating as new models come out. That also means that the "AI can't do task X well" papers need to instead be rewritten about the trendline, because by the time you publish, it may very well do task X well.
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World's least surprising stat, now with alt text:
February 3, 2026 at 10:20 PM
World's least surprising stat, now with alt text: