Adam Weitzman
@pithysnarky.bsky.social
Husband, father, software engineer, music collector, vegetarian, sayer of things. Pwning is bullying.
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This is brilliant. I'm so grateful for this testimony. I've transcribed it to use in letters I'm writing. Sharing the full transcription here (see alt text to copy/paste it):
February 4, 2026 at 2:20 PM
This is brilliant. I'm so grateful for this testimony. I've transcribed it to use in letters I'm writing. Sharing the full transcription here (see alt text to copy/paste it):
Logged into Ticketmaster to sign up for a presale & was directed to verify my ID with selfies via Persona, who I know zilch about.
1. I have bought dozens of tickets on TM over the years; how do they not believe who I am already?
2. How does Persona verify anything about me with a selfie?
Creepy.
1. I have bought dozens of tickets on TM over the years; how do they not believe who I am already?
2. How does Persona verify anything about me with a selfie?
Creepy.
February 2, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Logged into Ticketmaster to sign up for a presale & was directed to verify my ID with selfies via Persona, who I know zilch about.
1. I have bought dozens of tickets on TM over the years; how do they not believe who I am already?
2. How does Persona verify anything about me with a selfie?
Creepy.
1. I have bought dozens of tickets on TM over the years; how do they not believe who I am already?
2. How does Persona verify anything about me with a selfie?
Creepy.
Happy 45th birthday to Duran Duran’s
debut single. Not a bad kickoff to an incredible career if you asked me. youtu.be/8NF6Qa84mno?...
debut single. Not a bad kickoff to an incredible career if you asked me. youtu.be/8NF6Qa84mno?...
Duran Duran - Planet Earth (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by DuranDuranVEVO
youtu.be
February 2, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Happy 45th birthday to Duran Duran’s
debut single. Not a bad kickoff to an incredible career if you asked me. youtu.be/8NF6Qa84mno?...
debut single. Not a bad kickoff to an incredible career if you asked me. youtu.be/8NF6Qa84mno?...
I realize that so many people in the music industry die every year that they can’t put them all on during the Grammy telecast, but I felt like they could have given 10-15 seconds to honor Dave Ball, Perry Bamonte, Mike Peters, and Mani during the show. Ah well - we still remember.
February 2, 2026 at 6:05 AM
I realize that so many people in the music industry die every year that they can’t put them all on during the Grammy telecast, but I felt like they could have given 10-15 seconds to honor Dave Ball, Perry Bamonte, Mike Peters, and Mani during the show. Ah well - we still remember.
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The Cure just won Grammys for "Alone" AND "Songs Of A Lost World" and aren't there because they are attending Perry Bamonte's funeral. :( But Jesse Welles read a lovely note from Robert Smith that (among other things) thanks the Cure's fans. 🖤
February 1, 2026 at 9:33 PM
The Cure just won Grammys for "Alone" AND "Songs Of A Lost World" and aren't there because they are attending Perry Bamonte's funeral. :( But Jesse Welles read a lovely note from Robert Smith that (among other things) thanks the Cure's fans. 🖤
“JD Genocide” and American Nazis initiated what will soon likely become state-sponsored ethnic cleansing in Springfield, OH. Don’t think it can’t happen here - it is. Do not be silent. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio?
Nazi Lies in Vance's America
open.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:53 PM
“JD Genocide” and American Nazis initiated what will soon likely become state-sponsored ethnic cleansing in Springfield, OH. Don’t think it can’t happen here - it is. Do not be silent. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Holy shit. Trump's secret police just arrested journalist Don Lemon, apparently after he reported on an anti-ICE protest in a church.
January 30, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Holy shit. Trump's secret police just arrested journalist Don Lemon, apparently after he reported on an anti-ICE protest in a church.
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One thing I found deeply moving about resistance in the Twin Cities was the universalism of loving your neighbor, the philosophy driving the opposition to the ICE/BP invasion. I couldn't help but notice the contrast with the blood and soil-ism of Miller and Vance. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 2:38 PM
One thing I found deeply moving about resistance in the Twin Cities was the universalism of loving your neighbor, the philosophy driving the opposition to the ICE/BP invasion. I couldn't help but notice the contrast with the blood and soil-ism of Miller and Vance. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Funny how that worked out…
January 27, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Funny how that worked out…
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RIP Sly Dunbar (1952-2026)
Sly Dunbar, Influential Sly & Robbie Drummer, Is Dead At 73
Grammy-winning producer and drummer Sly Dunbar — one half of the Jamaican duo Sly and Robbie — has died aged 73, DancehallMag has confirmed. Rory Baker, a
www.dancehallmag.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
RIP Sly Dunbar (1952-2026)
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Media: do not lead with the false government framing of what happened
January 24, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Media: do not lead with the false government framing of what happened
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This is such an important point. This family tried to follow the rules.
The distinction is going to get more important when they start mass deporting the people whose TPS status Trump revoked. They’ll call them “illegal” too, even though they were here legally until Trump yanked the rug.
The distinction is going to get more important when they start mass deporting the people whose TPS status Trump revoked. They’ll call them “illegal” too, even though they were here legally until Trump yanked the rug.
People are missing a big thing about the saga of the detained 5-year-old. When Vance calls the father an "illegal alien" it seems to reflect a little-known Trump admin move that attempts to nullify asylum claims before they are even heard.
This policy is a horror:
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
This policy is a horror:
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
January 23, 2026 at 6:29 PM
This is such an important point. This family tried to follow the rules.
The distinction is going to get more important when they start mass deporting the people whose TPS status Trump revoked. They’ll call them “illegal” too, even though they were here legally until Trump yanked the rug.
The distinction is going to get more important when they start mass deporting the people whose TPS status Trump revoked. They’ll call them “illegal” too, even though they were here legally until Trump yanked the rug.
Today’s #CDFriday theme is: Albums I listened to as a kid on cassette so much that they became unlistenable after a few years, and have since been reissued on CD with bonus material.
January 23, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Today’s #CDFriday theme is: Albums I listened to as a kid on cassette so much that they became unlistenable after a few years, and have since been reissued on CD with bonus material.
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Newly unsealed evidence makes it even clearer that Rubio and Noem knew they were targeting students based solely on their political speech and that they knew this policy was unconstitutional. They just didn’t care. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
January 23, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Newly unsealed evidence makes it even clearer that Rubio and Noem knew they were targeting students based solely on their political speech and that they knew this policy was unconstitutional. They just didn’t care. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
💀
RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
January 22, 2026 at 9:49 PM
💀
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So - this album is exactly thirty-five years old!! Happy Birthday, "doubt" - where have all those years gone?
January 22, 2026 at 5:41 PM
So - this album is exactly thirty-five years old!! Happy Birthday, "doubt" - where have all those years gone?
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I have been told that this undercover ICE agent tried to get observers to scan a QR code “for his website”. The QR code did not resolve to a link.
DO NOT SCAN UNKNOWN QR CODES FROM STRANGERS.
This is a massive security risk! Bad things can happen to you if you do it!
Stay frosty, friends.
DO NOT SCAN UNKNOWN QR CODES FROM STRANGERS.
This is a massive security risk! Bad things can happen to you if you do it!
Stay frosty, friends.
Every day some story breaks me some. Today it’s the guy who approached parents at a school patrol, told them he was with Indivisible, and asked about how the patrol system works. The parents gave vague answers, followed him back to his car — and of course it was ICE.
January 21, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I have been told that this undercover ICE agent tried to get observers to scan a QR code “for his website”. The QR code did not resolve to a link.
DO NOT SCAN UNKNOWN QR CODES FROM STRANGERS.
This is a massive security risk! Bad things can happen to you if you do it!
Stay frosty, friends.
DO NOT SCAN UNKNOWN QR CODES FROM STRANGERS.
This is a massive security risk! Bad things can happen to you if you do it!
Stay frosty, friends.
My son suggested that someone should inform the president that if he manages to avoid invading Greenland, he just might put himself in line for an unprecedented, second consecutive FIFA Peace Prize.
January 20, 2026 at 3:06 AM
My son suggested that someone should inform the president that if he manages to avoid invading Greenland, he just might put himself in line for an unprecedented, second consecutive FIFA Peace Prize.
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"....President Trump is stress-testing American law, and the law is failing the test. The health of the American experiment rests far more on the integrity of any given American president than we realized...."
I spend a lot of time, thinking about all of the reforms that will be necessary when this regime ends
This from @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social is very smart
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
This from @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social is very smart
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
Opinion | An Old Theory Helps Explain What Happened to Renee Good
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:25 PM
"....President Trump is stress-testing American law, and the law is failing the test. The health of the American experiment rests far more on the integrity of any given American president than we realized...."
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Again, I’m going to keep banging the drum that the fact we are threatening the territorial sovereignty of our closest allies is not only a gross violation of our UN & NATO treaty obligations & poses a massive threat to national security & world order but also should immediately end this presidency.
French troops deploying to Greenland because the United States might try to take it over.
Today in 2026 sentences.
Today in 2026 sentences.
❗️An initial group of 🇫🇷French mountain troops has arrived in 🇬🇱Greenland to prepare for the reception and deployment of the main contingent. French authorities have stated that additional land, aviation, and naval units will be dispatched in the coming days.
January 17, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Again, I’m going to keep banging the drum that the fact we are threatening the territorial sovereignty of our closest allies is not only a gross violation of our UN & NATO treaty obligations & poses a massive threat to national security & world order but also should immediately end this presidency.
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I'd say it's hard to walk back the optics of shooting a suburban mom in the face, lobbing a concussion grenade at a toddler, and sending a bunch of paramilitary goons door to door asking for papers.
January 16, 2026 at 12:36 PM
I'd say it's hard to walk back the optics of shooting a suburban mom in the face, lobbing a concussion grenade at a toddler, and sending a bunch of paramilitary goons door to door asking for papers.
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Yes. ICE service is being sold to disaffected MAGA goons as an opportunity to wage a campaign of cleansing, restorative violence against Americans as an act of patriotic national service. And most normies now see that this isn't anything akin to real law enforcement.
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
January 16, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Yes. ICE service is being sold to disaffected MAGA goons as an opportunity to wage a campaign of cleansing, restorative violence against Americans as an act of patriotic national service. And most normies now see that this isn't anything akin to real law enforcement.
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
I thought that per CBS News’s new guidelines they would have held off publishing this story until they got a statement from Renee Good. Did they even try to get one?
January 14, 2026 at 5:40 PM
I thought that per CBS News’s new guidelines they would have held off publishing this story until they got a statement from Renee Good. Did they even try to get one?