Jon Webb
@jonawebb.bsky.social
Quaker living in Philly. Married to @jwebbster.
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Action is the antidote to despair.
Community is the antidote to fear.
If you are feeling these things, don't post here. Instead, find a community and get to work. You'll feel a lot better.
Community is the antidote to fear.
If you are feeling these things, don't post here. Instead, find a community and get to work. You'll feel a lot better.
Action is the antidote to despair.
Community is the antidote to fear.
If you are feeling these things, don't post here. Instead, find a community and get to work. You'll feel a lot better.
Community is the antidote to fear.
If you are feeling these things, don't post here. Instead, find a community and get to work. You'll feel a lot better.
January 13, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Action is the antidote to despair.
Community is the antidote to fear.
If you are feeling these things, don't post here. Instead, find a community and get to work. You'll feel a lot better.
Community is the antidote to fear.
If you are feeling these things, don't post here. Instead, find a community and get to work. You'll feel a lot better.
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A federal judge overturned an Interior Department order halting construction of a $6.2 billion offshore wind project serving New England on Monday, dealing a setback to King Trump’s attempts to shut down coastal wind projects.
Judge reverses Trump order halting Revolution Wind
Suspending the lease for the Orsted project off Connecticut and Rhode Island was "unreasonable," the federal judge ruled Monday.
www.politico.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:13 AM
A federal judge overturned an Interior Department order halting construction of a $6.2 billion offshore wind project serving New England on Monday, dealing a setback to King Trump’s attempts to shut down coastal wind projects.
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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honestly like... this is terrifying but also we're winning. they're so frustrated. we're gumming up the works for them so much.
Patty, a woman observer in Minneapolis, was abducted from a car by federal agents today. She was released and talked about her experience in custody.
An agent said, "You guys gotta stop obstructing us. That's why that lesbian bitch is dead."
🙏🏼 @statuscoupnews.bsky.social
An agent said, "You guys gotta stop obstructing us. That's why that lesbian bitch is dead."
🙏🏼 @statuscoupnews.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 6:19 AM
honestly like... this is terrifying but also we're winning. they're so frustrated. we're gumming up the works for them so much.
Does Tom Cruise run like that irl? Does he jog like that? Or is he doing it because he thinks it makes it look like he's going faster?
January 11, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Does Tom Cruise run like that irl? Does he jog like that? Or is he doing it because he thinks it makes it look like he's going faster?
Tbh it world be way worse is Trump WASN'T trying to distract us. If he was doing his level best to accomplish things for the United States.
January 11, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Tbh it world be way worse is Trump WASN'T trying to distract us. If he was doing his level best to accomplish things for the United States.
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Second, and probably most importantly, it's tactically wrong. "No point discussing political opposition to fascism, there won't be elections anyway" cedes victory to your enemies. It's defeatism and nihilism.
January 8, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Second, and probably most importantly, it's tactically wrong. "No point discussing political opposition to fascism, there won't be elections anyway" cedes victory to your enemies. It's defeatism and nihilism.
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The rest of the world continues to work around America’s ongoing reality freak show.
January 9, 2026 at 4:04 PM
The rest of the world continues to work around America’s ongoing reality freak show.
Usually police shootings of a driver in a vehicle are not so well documented. It's the officer's word, supported by the blue wall of police, against the dead driver. Which explains why the ICE agent thought he could get away with murder here—and he might.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles show that the vehicle appears to be turning away from a federal officer as he opened fire.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Usually police shootings of a driver in a vehicle are not so well documented. It's the officer's word, supported by the blue wall of police, against the dead driver. Which explains why the ICE agent thought he could get away with murder here—and he might.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
2020 Academy of American Poets Prize
On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Macklin
poets.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:11 PM
There's a real danger in Democrats responding to the fraud in Minnesota with anything other than, "that's terrible, we'll do everything we can to make sure it doesn't happen again."
Anything like, "oh yeah? What about corruption?" etc just won't work. We must take responsibility to be trusted.
Anything like, "oh yeah? What about corruption?" etc just won't work. We must take responsibility to be trusted.
January 7, 2026 at 9:28 PM
There's a real danger in Democrats responding to the fraud in Minnesota with anything other than, "that's terrible, we'll do everything we can to make sure it doesn't happen again."
Anything like, "oh yeah? What about corruption?" etc just won't work. We must take responsibility to be trusted.
Anything like, "oh yeah? What about corruption?" etc just won't work. We must take responsibility to be trusted.
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"When asked whether some of the show’s success had to do with setting it in Pittsburgh, as opposed to, say, a more obvious metropolis like Philadelphia, Wyle said, 'I think this is the perfect place to tell this story from.' He added, joking: 'Screw Philly.'”
15 hours in a Pittsburgh hospital on July 4: HBO’s 'The Pitt' returns for Season 2
For America, the star of the show is lead actor Noah Wyle. But for many Pittsburghers, the star of the show is Pittsburgh.
www.wesa.fm
January 7, 2026 at 4:09 PM
"When asked whether some of the show’s success had to do with setting it in Pittsburgh, as opposed to, say, a more obvious metropolis like Philadelphia, Wyle said, 'I think this is the perfect place to tell this story from.' He added, joking: 'Screw Philly.'”
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WARNING — GRAPHIC CONTENT
This video is absolutely horrific. ICE shot and killed a woman in her car as she was attempting to drive away.
The violence and aggression must stop. Get ICE out of our cities.
This video is absolutely horrific. ICE shot and killed a woman in her car as she was attempting to drive away.
The violence and aggression must stop. Get ICE out of our cities.
January 7, 2026 at 7:42 PM
WARNING — GRAPHIC CONTENT
This video is absolutely horrific. ICE shot and killed a woman in her car as she was attempting to drive away.
The violence and aggression must stop. Get ICE out of our cities.
This video is absolutely horrific. ICE shot and killed a woman in her car as she was attempting to drive away.
The violence and aggression must stop. Get ICE out of our cities.
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BREAKING: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will cease operations after nearly a century. The paper will cease operations entirely — both its digital and physical versions — on May 3.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is shutting down
Earlier this week, Block Communications also announced the closure of City Paper, a Pittsburgh alt-weekly.
www.inquirer.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:44 PM
BREAKING: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will cease operations after nearly a century. The paper will cease operations entirely — both its digital and physical versions — on May 3.
I love how the "Donroe doctrine" name sounds so stupid.
January 6, 2026 at 8:01 PM
I love how the "Donroe doctrine" name sounds so stupid.
It occurred to me that "Cabin in the Woods" is the second film where Sigourney Weaver is in a position of authority and people don't listen to her, leading to disaster.
January 6, 2026 at 5:44 PM
It occurred to me that "Cabin in the Woods" is the second film where Sigourney Weaver is in a position of authority and people don't listen to her, leading to disaster.
When Trump started pushing the birther lie he had nothing—no facts, just a loud voice—but by doing so over and over he gained power. If Democrats were to start pushing impeachment they would have tons of facts and they would gain power by making the argument forcefully and repeatedly. Why not?
January 6, 2026 at 4:35 PM
When Trump started pushing the birther lie he had nothing—no facts, just a loud voice—but by doing so over and over he gained power. If Democrats were to start pushing impeachment they would have tons of facts and they would gain power by making the argument forcefully and repeatedly. Why not?
It seems to me that AI slop makes talk o originality—literature, art—much more valuable. Because now anybody can make average art with very little effort. But something really original is very hard to come by. AI can't create it.
January 6, 2026 at 3:24 AM
It seems to me that AI slop makes talk o originality—literature, art—much more valuable. Because now anybody can make average art with very little effort. But something really original is very hard to come by. AI can't create it.
The Democrats in Congress saying over and over, "all we can do is complain, we're not in the majority" may be true but it doesn't play well against Trump just doing stuff without worrying about whether it's allowed or not.
January 6, 2026 at 12:32 AM
The Democrats in Congress saying over and over, "all we can do is complain, we're not in the majority" may be true but it doesn't play well against Trump just doing stuff without worrying about whether it's allowed or not.
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
In a way, isn't it refreshing for a President to just tell us why he's invading a country, and to have it make sense? We never really figured out why we invaded Iraq, for example. Weapons of mass destruction? Oil? Grudge over Kuwait? Cheney?
January 4, 2026 at 5:56 PM
In a way, isn't it refreshing for a President to just tell us why he's invading a country, and to have it make sense? We never really figured out why we invaded Iraq, for example. Weapons of mass destruction? Oil? Grudge over Kuwait? Cheney?
What is to stop the Venezuelan armed forces from reorganizing around a guerilla war opposing the foreign invasion?
January 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
What is to stop the Venezuelan armed forces from reorganizing around a guerilla war opposing the foreign invasion?
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I was just at a party taking to a bunch of old people (like me) and I have to say there's an awful lot of resistance to the idea that rapid political change towards greater equality will happen in this country, even though it has happened, repeatedly.
January 2, 2026 at 12:09 AM
I was just at a party taking to a bunch of old people (like me) and I have to say there's an awful lot of resistance to the idea that rapid political change towards greater equality will happen in this country, even though it has happened, repeatedly.
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BREAKING: Explosions felt across New York City as full socialism begins
January 1, 2026 at 5:10 AM
BREAKING: Explosions felt across New York City as full socialism begins