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Joe Wolf 🌈🐻📷
@jwolf.bsky.social
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Black Hills native in CA. Urbanism, good governance, Mid-Century design, indie film, abundant housing, photography, sci-fi, craft beer. He/him.

Professionally: Capital/infrastructure/facilities/campus planning and programming; demographic analys
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High Fructose Corn Syrup: The Beginning (1942)

"Make Way for Corn" (USSR, 1950s)
January 7, 2026 at 3:30 AM
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mmasnick.bsky.social
So @tobymorton.bsky.social is a national treasure and Hilton is fucking up royally with this nonsense. www.hiltonice.com

cc: @kenwhite.bsky.social
A satirical website for HiltonICE.com: "Experience Compliance at Its Finest." About Us Our Story Hilton ICE is a premium hospitality experience built on discretion, compliance, and selective compassion. Located wherever federal enforcement requires dependable accommodations, we deliver polished rooms, streamlined coordination, and an operating environment free from unnecessary complications. ​ Our properties provide the full range of services expected of a global hospitality brand, including thoughtfully designed accommodations, attentive service, and a formal commitment to cooperation. By aligning comfort with authority, we support continuity of operations and ensure expectations are met without interruption. ​ At Hilton ICE, hospitality is not a reflection of values. It is an operational standard. Unauthorized Use of Hilton Trademark To the Owner and Operator of the Website https://www.hiltonice.com/, Please be advised that the use of the Hilton name, including its incorporation within your domain name and its use in connection with a hotel-branded website, constitutes unauthorized use of a protected trademark and raises significant legal concerns. Thank you for your note. The use of the Hilton name on HiltonICE.com is intentional and expressive. The website is a work of political commentary and parody addressing Hilton's publicly reported cooperation with ICE, presented in the visual language of a hotel brand to critique that decision. No affiliation, sponsorship, or endorsement by Hilton is claimed or implied. The site does not offer lodging, accept reservations, or engage in commercial activity, and is protected as expressive speech. The purpose is commentary, not confusion. That said, I appreciate you reaching out and will review your concerns with counsel (a Ouija board and the ghost of the First Amendment). Dog Bless, Tobes
January 7, 2026 at 1:48 AM
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britculpsapp.bsky.social
per NYT, the u.s. military invaded venezuela to kidnap president maduro because he’s a better dancer than donald trump
This week he was back onstage, brushing off the latest U.S. escalation - a strike on a dock that the United States said was used for drug trafficking - by bouncing to an electronic beat on state television while his recorded voice repeated in English, "No crazy war." Mr. Maduro's regular public dancing and other displays of nonchalance in recent weeks helped persuade some on the Trump team that the Venezuelan president was mocking them and trying to call what he believed to be a bluff, according to two of the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about the confidential discussions.
January 4, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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transnews.network
We have published the following update to our article following an email response from the New York Times.

Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
Editors' Note, 1/4/26: A spokesperson from The New York Times emailed Trans News Network the Sunday after publication, disputing various parts of the interview. We reject their disputes as unsubstantiated, nitpicking or willful misreads. We have added minor clarifications at two points in the interview alongside the transcript, which remains as published. We stand by our reporting of the interview with Sweeney, former editor and 11-year veteran of the Times. The Times also provided TNN a statement responding to the interview, which we have declined to publish due to its inclusion of overt transphobia (such as framing the existence of trans people as “fiercely contested medical and legal debates”). Even in their PR, it seems that the Times can't stop denigrating our lives and communities. We do not have an obligation to publish damage control on the behalf of a news outlet undergoing a legitimacy crisis because of their own actions.
January 5, 2026 at 2:05 AM
jwolf.bsky.social
(gift article)

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/b...
Reviving Venezuela’s Flow of Oil Will Not Come Easily or Cheaply
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:00 PM
jwolf.bsky.social
(1947)

NGL, the masculine gay-type bar/radio combo would be a fun conversation piece.
January 4, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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atrupar.com
Trump's face starts drooping as his eyes keep closing
January 3, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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jfallows.bsky.social
Never gets old.
Headline from 2016: "Donald the Dove, Hillary the Hawk."
January 2, 2026 at 11:19 PM
jwolf.bsky.social
❤️❤️❤️

No-paywall link to read: archive.is/J5Aye
January 2, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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perrybaconjr.bsky.social
"It's another thing for The New York Times to report this. I think they put a stamp of legitimacy on medical falsehoods. They also legitimized anti-trans hate, really." Very important comments from @billiejsweeney.bsky.social. transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 2, 2026 at 2:31 PM
jwolf.bsky.social
Happy NYE!
December 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
jwolf.bsky.social
Yep.
kenwhite.bsky.social We’re Going To Keep The Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 8d
Trumpers have a howling void of angry insecurity where a soul should be. Unchecked power tastes like ashes in their mouth because they thought when they got it everyone would be forced to like and admire them even though they’re irredeemable assholes. But people still treat them like assholes.
owillis.bsky.social Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 8d
Trump crony has embarrassing meltdown after more Kennedy Center performers quit www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
December 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
jwolf.bsky.social
xkcd.com/1732/
Earth Temperature Timeline
xkcd.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
jwolf.bsky.social
Same as it ever was ...

Page 32 of The Literary Digest, 11/07/1925

Read in full here: archive.org/details/lite...
December 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
‘South Park’ writer Toby Morton owns Trump–Kennedy Center websites

A “South Park” writer anticipated President Donald Trump would rename the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts after himself, so he bought domain names connected to the Trump-Kennedy Center.
(NewsNation)
December 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
jwolf.bsky.social
Ed here seems to be confused re. the status of Pope Leo.
doubleemmartin.bsky.social Melissa Martin @doubleemmartin.bsky.social · 13d
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
December 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
jwolf.bsky.social
Lots of easter eggs in the lovely and powerful artwork, "Jose' y Maria", by Everett Patterson.

www.everettpatterson.com?p=1835

Happy Christmas Eve, everyone.
"Jose' y Maria" by Everett Patterson.
December 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
jwolf.bsky.social
Thank you.
explaintrade.com Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 14d
Why is this advice always aimed at children avoiding their parents, and never at older people belligerently and inevitably regurgitating Facebook opinions so offensive their own kids would rather skip Christmas dinner than endure them?
danielsohege.bsky.social Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 14d
Yeah, no thanks.

Stop guilting people about being estranged from family members. It someone is they likely have personal reasons for being so.
December 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
jwolf.bsky.social
Read the Vanity Fair reporting here: www.vanityfair.com/news/story/b...
December 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
jwolf.bsky.social
POTUS is a NIMBY? I'm shocked, shocked I say.
mollyploofkins.bsky.social Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 16d
Trump: If we build more housing, the price of homes will go down, and homeowners will lose their wealth.
December 24, 2025 at 3:18 AM
jwolf.bsky.social
Super sweet and fun. 10/10.
December 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
jwolf.bsky.social
Apparently Bari forgot or never knew the "banned" episode had already been uploaded to the CBS Global app. Download before it goes away.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATpV...
First part of banned 60 Minutes CERCOT episode
YouTube video by Lee Drake
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
😐
December 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
jwolf.bsky.social
Armistead on his friendship with Rock.

Master class storytelling - with a bit of dish - right here.

armisteadmaupin.substack.com/p/my-relatio...
My Relationship with Rock Hudson
Armistead revisits a relationship that began in desire and grew into friendship, exploring how connection, honesty, and care reshaped both their lives.
armisteadmaupin.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM