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.
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Yes. It is a coup.
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J.W. Gant
@johnwgant.bsky.social
· Nov 5
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?
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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...
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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
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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.
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January 17, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: Republican-Appointed Federal Judge Rules That Kristi Noem and Marco Rubio "Illegally Conspired" to Arrest and Cage People Exercising Their First Amendment Rights—and Notes Rubio As Highest-Ranking U.S. Official Ever to Run Such a Conspiracy
Trump cabinet secretaries conspired to violate Constitution, judge says
“The cabinet secretaries and ostensibly, the president of the United States, are not honoring the First Amendment,” U.S. District Judge William Young declared.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:13 AM
(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: Republican-Appointed Federal Judge Rules That Kristi Noem and Marco Rubio "Illegally Conspired" to Arrest and Cage People Exercising Their First Amendment Rights—and Notes Rubio As Highest-Ranking U.S. Official Ever to Run Such a Conspiracy
I think that that @jodywagner.bsky.social might slow down in here one of these days.
a gif that says make gifs at gifsoup.com at the bottom
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January 16, 2026 at 3:33 AM
I think that that @jodywagner.bsky.social might slow down in here one of these days.
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“When you think of it, we shouldn’t even have an election.”
Nothing to see here, folks 🤷🏼
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
Nothing to see here, folks 🤷🏼
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 4:20 PM
“When you think of it, we shouldn’t even have an election.”
Nothing to see here, folks 🤷🏼
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
Nothing to see here, folks 🤷🏼
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
A friend relates a story of interviewing in today's job market. The recruiter, experienced, provided "complete transparency" during the initial screen call.
"We have multiple candidates in the final round for this role but really, really need to fill it."
Great.
How 'bout wait on the next round?
"We have multiple candidates in the final round for this role but really, really need to fill it."
Great.
How 'bout wait on the next round?
a brown puppy is being held by a person with the words " really " written below it
ALT: a brown puppy is being held by a person with the words " really " written below it
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January 15, 2026 at 4:11 PM
A friend relates a story of interviewing in today's job market. The recruiter, experienced, provided "complete transparency" during the initial screen call.
"We have multiple candidates in the final round for this role but really, really need to fill it."
Great.
How 'bout wait on the next round?
"We have multiple candidates in the final round for this role but really, really need to fill it."
Great.
How 'bout wait on the next round?
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Europe having to perform military exercises against their primary threat, the United States.
January 15, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Europe having to perform military exercises against their primary threat, the United States.
If you like maps you’ll love this hand drawn view of Hardscrabble Island from the #Infocom game Cutthroats.
#RetroGames
#RetroGames
January 13, 2026 at 12:55 PM
If you like maps you’ll love this hand drawn view of Hardscrabble Island from the #Infocom game Cutthroats.
#RetroGames
#RetroGames