Ned Wilcox
@nedwilcox.bsky.social
Old fashioned liberal, northern CA. Photographer, carpenter, atheist, copy editor, animal lover, Trump hater, women's rights hardliner. Pro Zelensky 🇺🇦.
I block dickheads reflexively.
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an “inherent power” to respond to an “imminent” attack is just a license for aggressive war on the president’s whim
How does launching air strikes and a commando raid fall under the remit of self defense for an arrest operation
January 3, 2026 at 12:39 PM
an “inherent power” to respond to an “imminent” attack is just a license for aggressive war on the president’s whim
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So we’re just announcing foreign strikes and kidnappings of foreign leaders on social media now? No Congress. No explanation.
This is madness.
This is madness.
January 3, 2026 at 9:28 AM
So we’re just announcing foreign strikes and kidnappings of foreign leaders on social media now? No Congress. No explanation.
This is madness.
This is madness.
Um, who thought this was a good idea?
"Fireworks attached to bottles of Champagne sent up showers of sparks that appear to have ignited insulation in a bar. The blaze killed 40 people."
-NYT
"Fireworks attached to bottles of Champagne sent up showers of sparks that appear to have ignited insulation in a bar. The blaze killed 40 people."
-NYT
January 3, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Um, who thought this was a good idea?
"Fireworks attached to bottles of Champagne sent up showers of sparks that appear to have ignited insulation in a bar. The blaze killed 40 people."
-NYT
"Fireworks attached to bottles of Champagne sent up showers of sparks that appear to have ignited insulation in a bar. The blaze killed 40 people."
-NYT
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January 3, 2026 at 6:01 AM
News you won't hear on Fox:
"Overall crime in San Francisco fell 25 percent last year, as the homicide rate sank to a level unseen since Bill Haley & His Comets recorded "Rock Around the Clock."
-SF Gate
"Overall crime in San Francisco fell 25 percent last year, as the homicide rate sank to a level unseen since Bill Haley & His Comets recorded "Rock Around the Clock."
-SF Gate
January 3, 2026 at 5:48 AM
News you won't hear on Fox:
"Overall crime in San Francisco fell 25 percent last year, as the homicide rate sank to a level unseen since Bill Haley & His Comets recorded "Rock Around the Clock."
-SF Gate
"Overall crime in San Francisco fell 25 percent last year, as the homicide rate sank to a level unseen since Bill Haley & His Comets recorded "Rock Around the Clock."
-SF Gate
I remember when IMDB was quite good. It's garbage now. Wikipedia is way better, and it's not even a dedicated entertainment site.
January 3, 2026 at 4:59 AM
I remember when IMDB was quite good. It's garbage now. Wikipedia is way better, and it's not even a dedicated entertainment site.
Now this is pretty:
"Stephen Schwartz, the composer of “Wicked,” said on Friday that he would no longer host a gala at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, becoming one of the most high-profile artists to criticize changes at the arts center under the Trump administration." -NYT
"Stephen Schwartz, the composer of “Wicked,” said on Friday that he would no longer host a gala at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, becoming one of the most high-profile artists to criticize changes at the arts center under the Trump administration." -NYT
January 3, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Now this is pretty:
"Stephen Schwartz, the composer of “Wicked,” said on Friday that he would no longer host a gala at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, becoming one of the most high-profile artists to criticize changes at the arts center under the Trump administration." -NYT
"Stephen Schwartz, the composer of “Wicked,” said on Friday that he would no longer host a gala at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, becoming one of the most high-profile artists to criticize changes at the arts center under the Trump administration." -NYT
This is sick:
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday it’s still searching for people in the eastern Pacific Ocean who had jumped off alleged drug-smuggling boats when the U.S. military attacked the vessels days earlier, diminishing the likelihood that anyone survived.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday it’s still searching for people in the eastern Pacific Ocean who had jumped off alleged drug-smuggling boats when the U.S. military attacked the vessels days earlier, diminishing the likelihood that anyone survived.
January 3, 2026 at 12:51 AM
This is sick:
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday it’s still searching for people in the eastern Pacific Ocean who had jumped off alleged drug-smuggling boats when the U.S. military attacked the vessels days earlier, diminishing the likelihood that anyone survived.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday it’s still searching for people in the eastern Pacific Ocean who had jumped off alleged drug-smuggling boats when the U.S. military attacked the vessels days earlier, diminishing the likelihood that anyone survived.
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Starbucks CEO makes $50,000 an hour —more than double what some baristas make in a whole year.
Tis the season to side with Bob Cratchit, NOT Ebinezer Scrooge.
DON’T BUY STARBUCKS (including gift cards!) while workers are on strike for unfair labor practices!
Tis the season to side with Bob Cratchit, NOT Ebinezer Scrooge.
DON’T BUY STARBUCKS (including gift cards!) while workers are on strike for unfair labor practices!
December 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Starbucks CEO makes $50,000 an hour —more than double what some baristas make in a whole year.
Tis the season to side with Bob Cratchit, NOT Ebinezer Scrooge.
DON’T BUY STARBUCKS (including gift cards!) while workers are on strike for unfair labor practices!
Tis the season to side with Bob Cratchit, NOT Ebinezer Scrooge.
DON’T BUY STARBUCKS (including gift cards!) while workers are on strike for unfair labor practices!
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Whether it’s Barack Obama being the editor of Harvard Law Review or Donald Trump narrowly passing a cognitive test used to detect dementia, there’s plenty of serious intellectual accomplishments on both sides of the aisle.
January 2, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Whether it’s Barack Obama being the editor of Harvard Law Review or Donald Trump narrowly passing a cognitive test used to detect dementia, there’s plenty of serious intellectual accomplishments on both sides of the aisle.
From a New York Times story about the AI "backlash":
"These worries are real. But in many cases, they’re about changes that haven’t come yet."
Yeah, worries are often about things that may happen in the future.
"These worries are real. But in many cases, they’re about changes that haven’t come yet."
Yeah, worries are often about things that may happen in the future.
January 2, 2026 at 2:55 PM
From a New York Times story about the AI "backlash":
"These worries are real. But in many cases, they’re about changes that haven’t come yet."
Yeah, worries are often about things that may happen in the future.
"These worries are real. But in many cases, they’re about changes that haven’t come yet."
Yeah, worries are often about things that may happen in the future.
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Here's my suggestion for a New Year's resolution:
Cut mean-spirited people out of your life *entirely*. No exceptions.
Cut mean-spirited people out of your life *entirely*. No exceptions.
January 1, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Here's my suggestion for a New Year's resolution:
Cut mean-spirited people out of your life *entirely*. No exceptions.
Cut mean-spirited people out of your life *entirely*. No exceptions.
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This is the correct takeaway from that reporting, yes.
January 1, 2026 at 4:14 PM
This is the correct takeaway from that reporting, yes.
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#GVerse Jack Smith says that he does not understand why #Shit4Brains would pardon people who assaulted law enforcement.
He says the people who defended the Capitol that day are heroes.
#Repost
Do you agree with Jack?
He says the people who defended the Capitol that day are heroes.
#Repost
Do you agree with Jack?
January 1, 2026 at 4:20 PM
#GVerse Jack Smith says that he does not understand why #Shit4Brains would pardon people who assaulted law enforcement.
He says the people who defended the Capitol that day are heroes.
#Repost
Do you agree with Jack?
He says the people who defended the Capitol that day are heroes.
#Repost
Do you agree with Jack?
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Republicans did this. We must keep reminding people of that.
January 1, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Republicans did this. We must keep reminding people of that.
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JACK SMITH: “We had proof beyond a reasonable doubt Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election, prevent the peaceful transfer of power, retained classified docs, obstructed justice… I’d charge an ex president again regardless of party.”
January 1, 2026 at 3:16 PM
JACK SMITH: “We had proof beyond a reasonable doubt Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election, prevent the peaceful transfer of power, retained classified docs, obstructed justice… I’d charge an ex president again regardless of party.”
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“Perform or else,” they say, as they defund rehearsal rooms, close stages, underpay artists, strip the arts and humanities from schools, and call the collapse of cultural infrastructure in the name of white nationalists “the arts for everyone.”
December 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“Perform or else,” they say, as they defund rehearsal rooms, close stages, underpay artists, strip the arts and humanities from schools, and call the collapse of cultural infrastructure in the name of white nationalists “the arts for everyone.”
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Happy New Year! Tax the rich.
January 1, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Happy New Year! Tax the rich.
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Oh fuck.... now I'm late for this, too.
January 1, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Oh fuck.... now I'm late for this, too.
Happy new year!
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Swearing Provides Health Benefits (Especially if It's Not a Habit)
You stub your toe on the bedpost.
www.sciencealert.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Happy new year!
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No different than a cop pulling over a suspected drug dealer and simply executing him on the spot.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Wednesday it struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats over two days, killing a total of eight people while others jumped overboard and may have survived.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Wednesday it struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats over two days, killing a total of eight people while others jumped overboard and may have survived.
January 1, 2026 at 5:28 AM
No different than a cop pulling over a suspected drug dealer and simply executing him on the spot.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Wednesday it struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats over two days, killing a total of eight people while others jumped overboard and may have survived.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Wednesday it struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats over two days, killing a total of eight people while others jumped overboard and may have survived.
Yikes. Brigit Bardot was a bigot. Who knew?
(NYT)
(NYT)
January 1, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Yikes. Brigit Bardot was a bigot. Who knew?
(NYT)
(NYT)