Jon Udell
@jonudell.bsky.social
This account exists mainly to test the Mastodon to Bluesky bridge.
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"It’s only natural that our brains struggle to find logic in what we are seeing. There is a logic, and this logic has a name. It’s called state terror."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/opinion/state-terror-has-arrived.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/opinion/state-terror-has-arrived.html
January 25, 2026 at 7:16 AM
"It’s only natural that our brains struggle to find logic in what we are seeing. There is a logic, and this logic has a name. It’s called state terror."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/opinion/state-terror-has-arrived.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/opinion/state-terror-has-arrived.html
Reposted by Jon Udell
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
On the latest Al Franken podcast, Minnesota Lt. Gov Peggy Flanagan describes people so afraid to leave their homes that they aren't showing up for necessary medical procedures like dialysis.
I heard the *exact same thing* from a nurse here in Santa Rosa.
#TheCrueltyIsThePoint
I heard the *exact same thing* from a nurse here in Santa Rosa.
#TheCrueltyIsThePoint
January 19, 2026 at 2:23 AM
On the latest Al Franken podcast, Minnesota Lt. Gov Peggy Flanagan describes people so afraid to leave their homes that they aren't showing up for necessary medical procedures like dialysis.
I heard the *exact same thing* from a nurse here in Santa Rosa.
#TheCrueltyIsThePoint
I heard the *exact same thing* from a nurse here in Santa Rosa.
#TheCrueltyIsThePoint
Expecting the inevitable I've been playing the long game using Skymoth to reflect my Mastodon posts unidirectionally to Bluesky and fed.brid.gy for two-way interaction.
January 17, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Expecting the inevitable I've been playing the long game using Skymoth to reflect my Mastodon posts unidirectionally to Bluesky and fed.brid.gy for two-way interaction.
This is high on the list of the most fun a headline writer could ever have.
January 16, 2026 at 11:47 PM
This is high on the list of the most fun a headline writer could ever have.
"ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them."
And that is just a tiny detail, a throwaway line, in this catalog of brutality.
https://bsky.app/profile/rbreich.bsky.social/post/3mcic7q77ln2k
#AbolishICE
And that is just a tiny detail, a throwaway line, in this catalog of brutality.
https://bsky.app/profile/rbreich.bsky.social/post/3mcic7q77ln2k
#AbolishICE
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social)
Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
https://www.propublica.org/article/videos-ice-dhs-immigration-agents-using-chokeholds-citizens
bsky.app
January 15, 2026 at 8:23 PM
"ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them."
And that is just a tiny detail, a throwaway line, in this catalog of brutality.
https://bsky.app/profile/rbreich.bsky.social/post/3mcic7q77ln2k
#AbolishICE
And that is just a tiny detail, a throwaway line, in this catalog of brutality.
https://bsky.app/profile/rbreich.bsky.social/post/3mcic7q77ln2k
#AbolishICE
That's the motivation for XMLUI in a nutshell. https://researchbuzz.masto.host/@danlyke/115889327489843667
Dan Lyke (@danlyke@researchbuzz.masto.host)
Went to a tech meetup last night, had a lot of younger developers there. Was amazed by how many side projects were essentially the same inventory/POS projects people were doing in xBase back in the '80s.
Only this time the tooling is way less suited to task.
researchbuzz.masto.host
January 13, 2026 at 7:28 PM
That's the motivation for XMLUI in a nutshell. https://researchbuzz.masto.host/@danlyke/115889327489843667
The Sy Hersh documentary profiles a lifelong investigative reporter who, in his 80s now, continues to bring passion and a moral compass to journalism.
January 12, 2026 at 5:58 AM
The Sy Hersh documentary profiles a lifelong investigative reporter who, in his 80s now, continues to bring passion and a moral compass to journalism.
"The poster child for big beautiful clean coal."
Playing on a loop at the Department of Energy.
Video: https://social.coop/@judell/115815831420981380
Playing on a loop at the Department of Energy.
Video: https://social.coop/@judell/115815831420981380
December 31, 2025 at 7:33 PM
"The poster child for big beautiful clean coal."
Playing on a loop at the Department of Energy.
Video: https://social.coop/@judell/115815831420981380
Playing on a loop at the Department of Energy.
Video: https://social.coop/@judell/115815831420981380
The Tale of Silyan reminded me of All That Breathes: Two great documentaries about wild birds (storks, kites) and people who bond with and care for them.
December 19, 2025 at 7:42 AM
The Tale of Silyan reminded me of All That Breathes: Two great documentaries about wild birds (storks, kites) and people who bond with and care for them.
On the Kortum Trail above Wright's Beach, I looked down and saw a man on one knee slipping an engagement ring onto a woman's hand. They are just barely visible in this photo taken a minute later, but if you happen to know them, they might want to see it.
December 18, 2025 at 5:06 AM
On the Kortum Trail above Wright's Beach, I looked down and saw a man on one knee slipping an engagement ring onto a woman's hand. They are just barely visible in this photo taken a minute later, but if you happen to know them, they might want to see it.
I received a PDF form that was locked for editing. Claude recreated it as an HTML page, I filled out the form, saved as PDF, and sent it back.
December 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I received a PDF form that was locked for editing. Claude recreated it as an HTML page, I filled out the form, saved as PDF, and sent it back.
It's funny when people say things like "that's a false chanterelle" or "a Douglas fir is not a true fir" as if the mushrooms and trees are trying to fool us.
December 6, 2025 at 8:41 AM
It's funny when people say things like "that's a false chanterelle" or "a Douglas fir is not a true fir" as if the mushrooms and trees are trying to fool us.
I feel seen. https://mastodon.social/@gvwilson/115630334903994434
Greg Wilson (@gvwilson@mastodon.social)
"If nobody hires junior programmers then pretty soon we won't have any _senior_ programmers!" said members of a species that has known about climate change for decades but is increasing CO2 and methane output anyway.
mastodon.social
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I feel seen. https://mastodon.social/@gvwilson/115630334903994434
I am two episodes into Jad Abumrad's new twelve-parter on Fela Kuti, it is excellent.
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/15/nx-s1-5539126/fela-kuti-podcast-fear-no-man
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/15/nx-s1-5539126/fela-kuti-podcast-fear-no-man
'Fela Kuti: Fear No Man' podcast explores the icon's music and activism
Peabody Award-winning journalist Jad Abumrad is back with a new podcast series Fela Kuti: Fear No Man, investigating the icon's creation of Afrobeats and his fight against oppression.
www.npr.org
November 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I am two episodes into Jad Abumrad's new twelve-parter on Fela Kuti, it is excellent.
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/15/nx-s1-5539126/fela-kuti-podcast-fear-no-man
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/15/nx-s1-5539126/fela-kuti-podcast-fear-no-man
Just a typical item in today's news that would, as recently as 2015, have seemed like a passage from a work of dystopian fiction.
November 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Just a typical item in today's news that would, as recently as 2015, have seemed like a passage from a work of dystopian fiction.
"Or imagine instead that you are the vice-president. Your grift is that you claim to understand poor people, whose problems, you say, are the fault of gays, immigrants, and billionaires; and then you rise to power thanks to the money and support of a gay immigrant billionaire."
November 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"Or imagine instead that you are the vice-president. Your grift is that you claim to understand poor people, whose problems, you say, are the fault of gays, immigrants, and billionaires; and then you rise to power thanks to the money and support of a gay immigrant billionaire."
Well this is the coolest BYTE archive ever.
The home page, a grid with cover pages down the left side, functions as an infographic that charts the rise and fall of the magazine. (I arrived long after the glory days of 450-page issues.)
The home page, a grid with cover pages down the left side, functions as an infographic that charts the rise and fall of the magazine. (I arrived long after the glory days of 450-page issues.)
November 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Well this is the coolest BYTE archive ever.
The home page, a grid with cover pages down the left side, functions as an infographic that charts the rise and fall of the magazine. (I arrived long after the glory days of 450-page issues.)
The home page, a grid with cover pages down the left side, functions as an infographic that charts the rise and fall of the magazine. (I arrived long after the glory days of 450-page issues.)
"if this kind of infrastructure doesn’t exist yet, it can be built. “I think the most important lesson from Chicago right now is that anyone can do this and everyone should do this”"
https://organizingmythoughts.org/in-chicago-we-run-toward-danger-together/
#Chicago #Resistance
https://organizingmythoughts.org/in-chicago-we-run-toward-danger-together/
#Chicago #Resistance
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
"if this kind of infrastructure doesn’t exist yet, it can be built. “I think the most important lesson from Chicago right now is that anyone can do this and everyone should do this”"
https://organizingmythoughts.org/in-chicago-we-run-toward-danger-together/
#Chicago #Resistance
https://organizingmythoughts.org/in-chicago-we-run-toward-danger-together/
#Chicago #Resistance
"The tractor beam that pulled me in was the special exhibit of Ray Harryhausen’s orginal animatronic models and drawings. Here’s the Kraken from Clash of the Titans."
https://blog.jonudell.net/2025/11/02/release-the-kraken/
#Miniatures #HarryHausen #Dynamation
https://blog.jonudell.net/2025/11/02/release-the-kraken/
#Miniatures #HarryHausen #Dynamation
November 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"The tractor beam that pulled me in was the special exhibit of Ray Harryhausen’s orginal animatronic models and drawings. Here’s the Kraken from Clash of the Titans."
https://blog.jonudell.net/2025/11/02/release-the-kraken/
#Miniatures #HarryHausen #Dynamation
https://blog.jonudell.net/2025/11/02/release-the-kraken/
#Miniatures #HarryHausen #Dynamation
"I’m not sure you’ll see a bank robber assessed as having made “a startling departure from traditional cash withdrawals.”
Nice essay on the media's startling departure from plain language.
https://newrepublic.com/post/202475/media-euphemism-trump-sanewashing-departure
Nice essay on the media's startling departure from plain language.
https://newrepublic.com/post/202475/media-euphemism-trump-sanewashing-departure
November 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"I’m not sure you’ll see a bank robber assessed as having made “a startling departure from traditional cash withdrawals.”
Nice essay on the media's startling departure from plain language.
https://newrepublic.com/post/202475/media-euphemism-trump-sanewashing-departure
Nice essay on the media's startling departure from plain language.
https://newrepublic.com/post/202475/media-euphemism-trump-sanewashing-departure
"In a series of experiments, chimpanzees revised their beliefs based on new evidence."
If only more humans could learn that trick.
https://www.404media.co/chimps-are-capable-of-human-like-rational-thought-breakthrough-study-finds/
If only more humans could learn that trick.
https://www.404media.co/chimps-are-capable-of-human-like-rational-thought-breakthrough-study-finds/
Chimps Are Capable of Human-Like Rational Thought, Breakthrough Study Finds
In a series of experiments, chimpanzees revised their beliefs based on new evidence, shedding light on the evolutionary origins of rational thought.
www.404media.co
October 31, 2025 at 7:22 AM
"In a series of experiments, chimpanzees revised their beliefs based on new evidence."
If only more humans could learn that trick.
https://www.404media.co/chimps-are-capable-of-human-like-rational-thought-breakthrough-study-finds/
If only more humans could learn that trick.
https://www.404media.co/chimps-are-capable-of-human-like-rational-thought-breakthrough-study-finds/
There's nothing like a big dose of the majesty of California, a friend likes to say. It sure was powerful medicine today.
https://blog.jonudell.net/2025/10/30/a-day-in-sequoia-national-park/
https://blog.jonudell.net/2025/10/30/a-day-in-sequoia-national-park/
October 31, 2025 at 5:52 AM
There's nothing like a big dose of the majesty of California, a friend likes to say. It sure was powerful medicine today.
https://blog.jonudell.net/2025/10/30/a-day-in-sequoia-national-park/
https://blog.jonudell.net/2025/10/30/a-day-in-sequoia-national-park/
Cars are fundamentally anti-social. As we transition to a world with fewer of them, how might we improve the sociality of automous EVs?
https://blog.jonudell.net/2025/10/25/reimagining-car-culture/
https://blog.jonudell.net/2025/10/25/reimagining-car-culture/
October 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Cars are fundamentally anti-social. As we transition to a world with fewer of them, how might we improve the sociality of automous EVs?
https://blog.jonudell.net/2025/10/25/reimagining-car-culture/
https://blog.jonudell.net/2025/10/25/reimagining-car-culture/
This lovely paean to the roundabouts in my former home town omits the traffic disaster at Keene's core. Central Square (which is a circle) awkwardly combines a roundabout with intersections and traffic lights: the worst of both worlds.
I love you anyway, Keene!
I love you anyway, Keene!
October 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This lovely paean to the roundabouts in my former home town omits the traffic disaster at Keene's core. Central Square (which is a circle) awkwardly combines a roundabout with intersections and traffic lights: the worst of both worlds.
I love you anyway, Keene!
I love you anyway, Keene!