John Wedoff
@jwedoff.bsky.social
Sr. Software Engineer, He/Him, dad, Somerville resident
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DC residents have been refusing to call that airport anything but National for almost thirty years, we certainly can refuse to call that arts center anything but the Kennedy Center for three
December 20, 2025 at 11:17 PM
DC residents have been refusing to call that airport anything but National for almost thirty years, we certainly can refuse to call that arts center anything but the Kennedy Center for three
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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Juries are great (laudatory)
They held a four day trial to try to convict this guy. The jury took three hours to deliberate before they returned a not guilty.
How it started vs. How it’s going NOW 👀
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
December 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Juries are great (laudatory)
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Makes me proud every time!
Did you know we’re shipping whistles anywhere in the US? Email whistlerequests [at] proton [dot] me for your free 3D printed whistles. We’ve sent over 30,000 so far in December!
Did you know we’re shipping whistles anywhere in the US? Email whistlerequests [at] proton [dot] me for your free 3D printed whistles. We’ve sent over 30,000 so far in December!
December 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Makes me proud every time!
Did you know we’re shipping whistles anywhere in the US? Email whistlerequests [at] proton [dot] me for your free 3D printed whistles. We’ve sent over 30,000 so far in December!
Did you know we’re shipping whistles anywhere in the US? Email whistlerequests [at] proton [dot] me for your free 3D printed whistles. We’ve sent over 30,000 so far in December!
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Bill Clinton was a tremendous public speaker.
Roman Polanski made Chinatown, one of the greatest movies ever made.
Terrible people being good at something doesn't stop them from being terrible people.
If Bostonians can turn on Curt Schilling, anybody can turn on anybody.
Roman Polanski made Chinatown, one of the greatest movies ever made.
Terrible people being good at something doesn't stop them from being terrible people.
If Bostonians can turn on Curt Schilling, anybody can turn on anybody.
If Bill Clinton is your political hero, you need to do some serious internal work.
December 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Bill Clinton was a tremendous public speaker.
Roman Polanski made Chinatown, one of the greatest movies ever made.
Terrible people being good at something doesn't stop them from being terrible people.
If Bostonians can turn on Curt Schilling, anybody can turn on anybody.
Roman Polanski made Chinatown, one of the greatest movies ever made.
Terrible people being good at something doesn't stop them from being terrible people.
If Bostonians can turn on Curt Schilling, anybody can turn on anybody.
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Casten is the single most informed federal elected official on the energy system. If he said this about something I penned on energy I would die of shame. Unfortunately, the neighborhood troll has none.
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Casten is the single most informed federal elected official on the energy system. If he said this about something I penned on energy I would die of shame. Unfortunately, the neighborhood troll has none.
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ICE: the only people in America who can make a tow truck driver a hero
A tow truck driver who towed an ICE SUV that was blocking a driveway while ICE was carrying out an action was quickly acquitted on charges brought against him by Trump's DOJ, preserving the Trump DOJ's near perfect record of failed prosecutions in California. www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/m...
Man accused of towing ICE SUV during LA immigration operation found not guilty
A Los Angeles tow truck driver accused of towing a federal SUV during an immigration enforcement operation was found not guilty by a federal jury Friday. Bobby Nuñez, 33, was arrested and charged with...
www.nbclosangeles.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
ICE: the only people in America who can make a tow truck driver a hero
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This is the contemporary version of Aesop's Grasshopper and the Ant story.
this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member
December 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is the contemporary version of Aesop's Grasshopper and the Ant story.
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So the thing about this - the first of many things, but just the first thing that jumps out to me:
"Seize Cartel Assets." On drug boats. That's drugs and automatic weapons.
"Hey, do you want a shit-ton of coke and bulk Chinese AK-47s? That you won't have to declare to anyone? Go get 'em, sport!"
"Seize Cartel Assets." On drug boats. That's drugs and automatic weapons.
"Hey, do you want a shit-ton of coke and bulk Chinese AK-47s? That you won't have to declare to anyone? Go get 'em, sport!"
December 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
So the thing about this - the first of many things, but just the first thing that jumps out to me:
"Seize Cartel Assets." On drug boats. That's drugs and automatic weapons.
"Hey, do you want a shit-ton of coke and bulk Chinese AK-47s? That you won't have to declare to anyone? Go get 'em, sport!"
"Seize Cartel Assets." On drug boats. That's drugs and automatic weapons.
"Hey, do you want a shit-ton of coke and bulk Chinese AK-47s? That you won't have to declare to anyone? Go get 'em, sport!"
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Interesting to consider that if you were to go and deface the Kennedy center by removing Trump’s name, you’d be arrested and charged with a crime, but your act would be no more unlawful than what they’re doing right now.
NEWS: They're adding Trump's name to the Kennedy Center building right now. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center adds Trump’s name to building
The signage change follows a vote by the board of trustees to rename the performing arts complex the Trump Kennedy Center.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Interesting to consider that if you were to go and deface the Kennedy center by removing Trump’s name, you’d be arrested and charged with a crime, but your act would be no more unlawful than what they’re doing right now.
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this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
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Larry Summers resigned from his board positions and lost his teaching slot for some pictures. Why are people so keen to normalize Bill Clinton at every juncture?
December 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Larry Summers resigned from his board positions and lost his teaching slot for some pictures. Why are people so keen to normalize Bill Clinton at every juncture?
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The end result of allowing people who believe in genetic racial superiority against all science is you get people who believe they will magically avoid death by genetic racial superiority against all science.
Meanwhile the protein bombs known as viruses tear through your kids.
Meanwhile the protein bombs known as viruses tear through your kids.
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The end result of allowing people who believe in genetic racial superiority against all science is you get people who believe they will magically avoid death by genetic racial superiority against all science.
Meanwhile the protein bombs known as viruses tear through your kids.
Meanwhile the protein bombs known as viruses tear through your kids.
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The projections people have made onto this post are really interesting. Just violent loathing for anyone younger and further to the left and assumptions about me. For the record: I am 42 years old. I’ve voted for the Democrat in every election of my life, and I always vote.
June 23, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The projections people have made onto this post are really interesting. Just violent loathing for anyone younger and further to the left and assumptions about me. For the record: I am 42 years old. I’ve voted for the Democrat in every election of my life, and I always vote.
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I think the Democratic establishment severely underestimates the extent to which the younger half of the electorate would cheerfully send Bill Clinton to Gitmo ourselves
June 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I think the Democratic establishment severely underestimates the extent to which the younger half of the electorate would cheerfully send Bill Clinton to Gitmo ourselves
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Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
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Bannon’s like, “What can I say to make people forget that I knowingly coached a sexual predator to help him repair his image?”
Steve Bannon reportedly said: 'You raised a kid that slit your throat!' about the late Rob Reiner.
A reminder that not a single prominent Democrat or liberal pundit said anything even vaguely akin to this when Charlie Kirk was murdered.
Oh the hypocrisy.
A reminder that not a single prominent Democrat or liberal pundit said anything even vaguely akin to this when Charlie Kirk was murdered.
Oh the hypocrisy.
Turning Point crowd boos Rob Reiner: 'You raised a kid that slit your throat!'
A crowd at Turning Point USA's AmFest event booed slain Hollywood director Rob Reiner after MAGA influencer Steve Bannon said liberals believed he had a larger impact on culture than Charlie Kirk."Jus...
www.rawstory.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Bannon’s like, “What can I say to make people forget that I knowingly coached a sexual predator to help him repair his image?”
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the reality is Spanish is our de facto second language and white people need to sack up and face reality
Cannot believe this version of the Republican Party won a record number of Latino/Hispanic voters, this country is so cooked lol
December 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
the reality is Spanish is our de facto second language and white people need to sack up and face reality
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There's really interesting social science on how white people significantly overestimate the number of people of color in a room or in a picture. A room with, like, 20% POC will be perceived as majority POC.
White men are 30% of the US and if they look around the room and see it’s less than 90% white men they think it’s affirmative action.
85% of CEOs are white men.
All but one US President has been a white man.
65% of all elected offices are held by white men.
Roughly 30% of the population is white men.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS TOPIC EVEN???
All but one US President has been a white man.
65% of all elected offices are held by white men.
Roughly 30% of the population is white men.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS TOPIC EVEN???
December 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
There's really interesting social science on how white people significantly overestimate the number of people of color in a room or in a picture. A room with, like, 20% POC will be perceived as majority POC.
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Apparently I am now famous in the local MAGA Boomer Facebook group. I am giddy to know that I live rent-free in their heads with wildly dramatic public statements such as: We need to build more housing and drag queens are actually okay.
December 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Apparently I am now famous in the local MAGA Boomer Facebook group. I am giddy to know that I live rent-free in their heads with wildly dramatic public statements such as: We need to build more housing and drag queens are actually okay.
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Out: Children's books by the sex pest who we have decided to Suddenly Notice.™️
In: The very good book for young people about consent which will help stuff like this never happen again.
In: The very good book for young people about consent which will help stuff like this never happen again.
December 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Out: Children's books by the sex pest who we have decided to Suddenly Notice.™️
In: The very good book for young people about consent which will help stuff like this never happen again.
In: The very good book for young people about consent which will help stuff like this never happen again.
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Not one I take, Baruch HaShem, but if you take Nevidolol you'll want to check your bottles
Another Common Heart Medication Has Been Recalled Nationwide
www.thehealthy.com/news/heart-m...
www.thehealthy.com/news/heart-m...
Another Common Heart Medication Has Been Recalled Nationwide
Don’t skip this memo: The FDA has flagged a prescribed blood pressure drug over potential cross-contamination concerns.
www.thehealthy.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Not one I take, Baruch HaShem, but if you take Nevidolol you'll want to check your bottles
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Attacks on feminism are similar to attacks on vaccines. We begin to take for granted a world where women have rights and most children live to see adulthood, and then, over time, we begin to forget, neglect, and (now) reject the movements and innovations that brought us here.
Until the mid-1970’s, a man could not be convicted of rape in New York State based solely on the testimony of the woman he raped. A second witness was required because the female rape victim was deemed unreliable.
Feminism has not failed women.
Feminism has not failed women.
December 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Attacks on feminism are similar to attacks on vaccines. We begin to take for granted a world where women have rights and most children live to see adulthood, and then, over time, we begin to forget, neglect, and (now) reject the movements and innovations that brought us here.