John Wares
@johnwares.bsky.social
Ride your bike. Have a burrito. Study benthic diversity. Have a beer. UGA Professor. He/him. PRO diversity. PRO equity. PRO inclusion. www.wareslab.net
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The largest Trump superPAC donor so far this cycle is the president of OpenAI
January 26, 2026 at 12:55 AM
The largest Trump superPAC donor so far this cycle is the president of OpenAI
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Timeline cleans with snowflake-sized baby lagoon jellyfish.
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January 25, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Timeline cleans with snowflake-sized baby lagoon jellyfish.
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We’re airing a new campaign ad, starting tomorrow.
Here it is:
Here it is:
January 25, 2026 at 11:08 PM
We’re airing a new campaign ad, starting tomorrow.
Here it is:
Here it is:
The marketing of gAI reminds me of Crystal Pepsi
January 25, 2026 at 9:27 PM
The marketing of gAI reminds me of Crystal Pepsi
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Once again for out of towners I suggest buying some gift cards and just not using them unless you happen to come to town someday.
Broken again by this post from the cute brunch spot a block from where ICE killed Alex
"We have a medic and eye wash stations on site"
"We have a medic and eye wash stations on site"
January 25, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Once again for out of towners I suggest buying some gift cards and just not using them unless you happen to come to town someday.
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CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 25, 2026 at 8:01 PM
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
@ossoff.bsky.social is a NO on supporting DHS this week in an email to people who wrote in yesterday
@warnock.senate.gov as well but @ossoff.senate.gov has been begging our money and votes for a year. He is up in 2026.
The U.S. Senate has to vote on this horseshit in the coming week. I will be calling @ossoff.senate.gov to say if he supports DHS in any way whatsoever, he will not win the Senate this Fall.
January 25, 2026 at 7:27 PM
@ossoff.bsky.social is a NO on supporting DHS this week in an email to people who wrote in yesterday
"To hope is to give yourself to the future - and that commitment to the future is what makes the present inhabitable."
-- @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
-- @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 6:48 PM
"To hope is to give yourself to the future - and that commitment to the future is what makes the present inhabitable."
-- @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
-- @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
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Again, I ask:
If Trump were working for the Kremlin, what would he be doing differently?
If Trump were working for the Kremlin, what would he be doing differently?
“We Are Witnessing the Self-Immolation of a Superpower.”
“With Donald Trump’s actions in Greenland, Minneapolis, and Venezuela, a foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck the standing of the United States.”
Via @wired.com and @vermontgmg.bsky.social
“With Donald Trump’s actions in Greenland, Minneapolis, and Venezuela, a foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck the standing of the United States.”
Via @wired.com and @vermontgmg.bsky.social
We Are Witnessing the Self-Immolation of a Superpower
With Donald Trump’s actions in Greenland, Minneapolis, and Venezuela, a foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck the standing of the United States.
www.wired.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Again, I ask:
If Trump were working for the Kremlin, what would he be doing differently?
If Trump were working for the Kremlin, what would he be doing differently?
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I keep thinking “my god the people they’ve killed seem like exceptionally good folks” and I think the lesson there is that they’re not exceptional, but that wonderful people abound and that a baseline distrust in humanity is a shitty conservative trope that privileges power over collective strength
you don't become a martyr because you were a saint, you become a saint because you were martyred
I agree that we can’t make Alex Pretti a Benedictine monk because that’s a trap, but we can talk about the good things we did because people will see and hear them and think “I do those things too”
January 25, 2026 at 12:27 AM
I keep thinking “my god the people they’ve killed seem like exceptionally good folks” and I think the lesson there is that they’re not exceptional, but that wonderful people abound and that a baseline distrust in humanity is a shitty conservative trope that privileges power over collective strength
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Even when there’s no accountability, the record matters. Credit to the Wikipedia editors maintaining this page.
Deaths, detentions and deportations of American citizens in the second Trump administration - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 25, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Even when there’s no accountability, the record matters. Credit to the Wikipedia editors maintaining this page.
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Remember almost 10 yrs ago, in 2016 when Trump won his 1st election?
Days later, many of us shared @sarahkendzior.bsky.social's newest column "We're headed into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump."
Did you do what she suggested? Read it now, do it again, or start.
Days later, many of us shared @sarahkendzior.bsky.social's newest column "We're headed into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump."
Did you do what she suggested? Read it now, do it again, or start.
We’re heading into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump
Having studied authoritarian states for over a decade, I would never exaggerate the severity of the threat we now face. But an American kleptocracy is exactly where president-elect Trump and his backe...
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January 25, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Remember almost 10 yrs ago, in 2016 when Trump won his 1st election?
Days later, many of us shared @sarahkendzior.bsky.social's newest column "We're headed into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump."
Did you do what she suggested? Read it now, do it again, or start.
Days later, many of us shared @sarahkendzior.bsky.social's newest column "We're headed into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump."
Did you do what she suggested? Read it now, do it again, or start.
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January 25, 2026 at 1:55 AM
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From Angry Catfish, independent bicycle shop in Minneapolis
January 25, 2026 at 1:50 AM
From Angry Catfish, independent bicycle shop in Minneapolis
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These people cannot imagine being such a part of a community that the bicycle shop mourns you. It's as alien to them as a language they don't speak.
From Angry Catfish, independent bicycle shop in Minneapolis
January 25, 2026 at 2:26 AM
These people cannot imagine being such a part of a community that the bicycle shop mourns you. It's as alien to them as a language they don't speak.
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Habitat restoration
Canon 7d
Canon 7d
January 25, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Habitat restoration
Canon 7d
Canon 7d
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BREAKING: A young doctor who lives near where Alex Pretti, a nurse, was killed by ICE says in a declaration he saw the shooting, went out to help, was not let through at first then patted down before being let by, and was apparently the first to try and provide any medical assistance to Pretti.
January 25, 2026 at 1:57 AM
BREAKING: A young doctor who lives near where Alex Pretti, a nurse, was killed by ICE says in a declaration he saw the shooting, went out to help, was not let through at first then patted down before being let by, and was apparently the first to try and provide any medical assistance to Pretti.
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The demand for the voter database shows how this is all wrapped up into one project -- white supremacy. I wonder how all the "DEI went too far" people feel now
January 25, 2026 at 1:53 AM
The demand for the voter database shows how this is all wrapped up into one project -- white supremacy. I wonder how all the "DEI went too far" people feel now
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Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
January 25, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
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What does fighting look like? Different for everyone, without a doubt. But whatever form it takes, it's more than just conviction or advocacy or solidarity. (1/n)
bsky.app/profile/harm... I've been stewing on this question all week, and I finally have my answer: you've gotta figure out how you're gonna fight for what you love and what brings you joy. You've gotta be willing to put them on pause & fight to preserve the systems that make those things possible.
Getting asked about how academics can continue to do science & inspire trainees even in the midst of a continued (escalated) assault on science, reason, truth, & human rights. I don’t have great answers.
I would love to hear from mentors about advice they’re giving to trainees/ colleagues.
I would love to hear from mentors about advice they’re giving to trainees/ colleagues.
January 25, 2026 at 1:06 AM
What does fighting look like? Different for everyone, without a doubt. But whatever form it takes, it's more than just conviction or advocacy or solidarity. (1/n)
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bsky.app/profile/harm... I've been stewing on this question all week, and I finally have my answer: you've gotta figure out how you're gonna fight for what you love and what brings you joy. You've gotta be willing to put them on pause & fight to preserve the systems that make those things possible.
Getting asked about how academics can continue to do science & inspire trainees even in the midst of a continued (escalated) assault on science, reason, truth, & human rights. I don’t have great answers.
I would love to hear from mentors about advice they’re giving to trainees/ colleagues.
I would love to hear from mentors about advice they’re giving to trainees/ colleagues.
January 24, 2026 at 10:13 PM
bsky.app/profile/harm... I've been stewing on this question all week, and I finally have my answer: you've gotta figure out how you're gonna fight for what you love and what brings you joy. You've gotta be willing to put them on pause & fight to preserve the systems that make those things possible.
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Lights of love for Alex Pretti and Renee Good and all of the the victims of ICE ❤️
January 25, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Lights of love for Alex Pretti and Renee Good and all of the the victims of ICE ❤️
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This is speaking truth to power. The grieving parents of a man murdered by the government are showing more courage than elected officials, billionaires and other people in positions to actually end this now.
"Unfortunately he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the hero term lightly. However his last thought and act was to protect a woman.
The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting..."
The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting..."
January 25, 2026 at 1:11 AM
This is speaking truth to power. The grieving parents of a man murdered by the government are showing more courage than elected officials, billionaires and other people in positions to actually end this now.
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If you can do so, riding a bike daily is a really good middle finger to the oil barons ruining the world.
January 4, 2026 at 4:05 PM
If you can do so, riding a bike daily is a really good middle finger to the oil barons ruining the world.