J.W. Gant
@johnwgant.bsky.social
Writer. Father. Unwilling tech enthusiast. Veteran. Hiker of mountains. Black belt. ER medic in a prior life. I sometimes think I know what is going on, but probably don’t. In New England until the end.
Yes. It is a coup.
#WritingCommunity
Yes. It is a coup.
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J.W. Gant
@johnwgant.bsky.social
· Nov 5
My wife left me, my dog died, my daughter won’t speak to me, got fired from my job three years ago, wrecked my car yesterday, and all I got left is this stinking fortune.
January 30, 2026 at 6:03 PM
My wife left me, my dog died, my daughter won’t speak to me, got fired from my job three years ago, wrecked my car yesterday, and all I got left is this stinking fortune.
Banana bread with walnuts and chocolate chips. Best loaf I’ve baked of this type. #BakingSky #FoodSky
January 30, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Banana bread with walnuts and chocolate chips. Best loaf I’ve baked of this type. #BakingSky #FoodSky
This is important. Trump labeled Pretti an insurrectionist and we know what comes next.
He really is just straight-up the biggest piece of shit alive
January 30, 2026 at 11:31 AM
This is important. Trump labeled Pretti an insurrectionist and we know what comes next.
What happens if you get a fortune cookie but don’t get a fortune with your cookie? Something very bad is about to happen, right? Asking for a friend.
a man in a suit and tie is smiling and says `` im a little worried '' while standing next to another man .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is smiling and says `` im a little worried '' while standing next to another man .
media.tenor.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:52 AM
What happens if you get a fortune cookie but don’t get a fortune with your cookie? Something very bad is about to happen, right? Asking for a friend.
Snow shoes at Breakheart Reservation after 24” fell over the weekend, Saugus, MA. 1.8 miles felt like five or ten.
January 28, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Snow shoes at Breakheart Reservation after 24” fell over the weekend, Saugus, MA. 1.8 miles felt like five or ten.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
#QuestPit has been moved to Saturday 1/31/26
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Like or comment if you wish to swap support. I'll be pitching my adult horror manuscript.
#WritingCommunity
Like or comment if you wish to swap support. I'll be pitching my adult horror manuscript.
January 28, 2026 at 4:34 PM
#QuestPit has been moved to Saturday 1/31/26
#WritingCommunity
Like or comment if you wish to swap support. I'll be pitching my adult horror manuscript.
#WritingCommunity
Like or comment if you wish to swap support. I'll be pitching my adult horror manuscript.
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January 27, 2026 at 11:43 PM
January 28, 2026 at 3:05 AM
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Sayyyyy! Any #photography fans want to support a silly self-created YouTube subscriber goal and help me get the last 5 subs I need to get before 1/31 to feel my sad life has meaning? Or just subscribe because you're nice? OR subscribe because it's a vote for beards?
youtube.com/@ChrisBrogan...
youtube.com/@ChrisBrogan...
Photography as Meditation
Photography is my form of meditation. My goal is to get you to put your phone in your pocket and take a photography break. If you like soothing conversations about photography, mental health, camera g...
youtube.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Sayyyyy! Any #photography fans want to support a silly self-created YouTube subscriber goal and help me get the last 5 subs I need to get before 1/31 to feel my sad life has meaning? Or just subscribe because you're nice? OR subscribe because it's a vote for beards?
youtube.com/@ChrisBrogan...
youtube.com/@ChrisBrogan...
Update on the state of #AI:
“The years in front of us will be impossibly hard, asking more of us than we think we can give.”
www.darioamodei.com/essay/the-ad...
“The years in front of us will be impossibly hard, asking more of us than we think we can give.”
www.darioamodei.com/essay/the-ad...
Dario Amodei — The Adolescence of Technology
Confronting and Overcoming the Risks of Powerful AI
www.darioamodei.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Update on the state of #AI:
“The years in front of us will be impossibly hard, asking more of us than we think we can give.”
www.darioamodei.com/essay/the-ad...
“The years in front of us will be impossibly hard, asking more of us than we think we can give.”
www.darioamodei.com/essay/the-ad...
Snow day in New England after 17” and more falling. Drive slowly. I encountered a young man who ran off the road into a snow pile, his front end damaged and tires two feet off the road. Also stopped to push out one fellow stuck in the U-turn cut through, thankful to the plowman who joined me. #Snow
January 26, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Snow day in New England after 17” and more falling. Drive slowly. I encountered a young man who ran off the road into a snow pile, his front end damaged and tires two feet off the road. Also stopped to push out one fellow stuck in the U-turn cut through, thankful to the plowman who joined me. #Snow
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I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.
January 26, 2026 at 1:40 AM
I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.
1. Build up ICE
2. Escalate violence against blue states
3. Provoke escalated response from those states
4. Escalate violence between ICE & Natl Guard of blue states
5. Send military units
6. Declare an insurrection
7. Blue states secede
8. USA collapses
This must be avoided without surrendering
2. Escalate violence against blue states
3. Provoke escalated response from those states
4. Escalate violence between ICE & Natl Guard of blue states
5. Send military units
6. Declare an insurrection
7. Blue states secede
8. USA collapses
This must be avoided without surrendering
a man singing into a microphone with the words born in the usa on the bottom
ALT: a man singing into a microphone with the words born in the usa on the bottom
media.tenor.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:45 PM
1. Build up ICE
2. Escalate violence against blue states
3. Provoke escalated response from those states
4. Escalate violence between ICE & Natl Guard of blue states
5. Send military units
6. Declare an insurrection
7. Blue states secede
8. USA collapses
This must be avoided without surrendering
2. Escalate violence against blue states
3. Provoke escalated response from those states
4. Escalate violence between ICE & Natl Guard of blue states
5. Send military units
6. Declare an insurrection
7. Blue states secede
8. USA collapses
This must be avoided without surrendering
“He had a gun,” so the men with badges had to kill him.
January 24, 2026 at 9:47 PM
“He had a gun,” so the men with badges had to kill him.
Things will come to a head as we are now placing hopes on the integrity of local PD to properly investigate this, and the test of Federalism to come when DHS refuses to hand over the murder suspect.
Minn National Guard has been activated.
He was an ICU nurse.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Minn National Guard has been activated.
He was an ICU nurse.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Federal agents shoot and kill man in Minnesota, officials say
Minneapolis officials said they are investigating.
www.nbcnews.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Things will come to a head as we are now placing hopes on the integrity of local PD to properly investigate this, and the test of Federalism to come when DHS refuses to hand over the murder suspect.
Minn National Guard has been activated.
He was an ICU nurse.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Minn National Guard has been activated.
He was an ICU nurse.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Get rid of the Electoral College if you want to see more people voting in Presidential elections.
Hit 'Like' if you agree.
Hit 'Like' if you agree.
January 23, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Get rid of the Electoral College if you want to see more people voting in Presidential elections.
Hit 'Like' if you agree.
Hit 'Like' if you agree.
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Have a larger story on this coming, but I’ve been embedded with this group, and this story from yesterday is part of what they’ve been doing in the city: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
January 23, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Have a larger story on this coming, but I’ve been embedded with this group, and this story from yesterday is part of what they’ve been doing in the city: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
Excerpt from the Springsteen bio ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere’ describing the decision to stop recording with the band for the Nebraska tracks. This should look familiar to the #WritingCommunity
Springsteen earlier detailed the extensive research for each song, like chapters in the novel length album.
Springsteen earlier detailed the extensive research for each song, like chapters in the novel length album.
January 23, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Excerpt from the Springsteen bio ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere’ describing the decision to stop recording with the band for the Nebraska tracks. This should look familiar to the #WritingCommunity
Springsteen earlier detailed the extensive research for each song, like chapters in the novel length album.
Springsteen earlier detailed the extensive research for each song, like chapters in the novel length album.
This is a powerful piece about masculinity that must be read in liberal circles if the movement wishes to be inclusive of half the population.
sebastianjunger.substack.com/p/young-men-...
sebastianjunger.substack.com/p/young-men-...
YOUNG MEN AND HOW THE DEMOCRATS LOST THEM
During the civil war in Sierra Leone in 1999, I found myself in a jungle town called Kenema as locals got word that a rebel army was headed their way.
sebastianjunger.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:40 PM
This is a powerful piece about masculinity that must be read in liberal circles if the movement wishes to be inclusive of half the population.
sebastianjunger.substack.com/p/young-men-...
sebastianjunger.substack.com/p/young-men-...
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January 19, 2026 at 10:18 PM
The day after a snow day in New England, at Breakheart Reservation.
January 19, 2026 at 9:57 PM
The day after a snow day in New England, at Breakheart Reservation.