Jon Scherdin
@jonscherdin.bsky.social
Software Architect. Bioinformatics. Dortmund fan.
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Yes, ICE is a Gestapo-like police force compromised largely of white supremacists who were unable to obtain jobs in traditional law enforcement. But so many of the anti-ICE people I talk to are like the worst wine moms . I have never felt more politically homeless.
January 12, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Yes, ICE is a Gestapo-like police force compromised largely of white supremacists who were unable to obtain jobs in traditional law enforcement. But so many of the anti-ICE people I talk to are like the worst wine moms . I have never felt more politically homeless.
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Paul Verhoeven undefeated in creating a movie that flies right over the heads of the people it’s making fun of
Rightwing influencers are so bad at interpreting source material that they can only do it correctly by accident, when they're trying to make a joke
January 12, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Paul Verhoeven undefeated in creating a movie that flies right over the heads of the people it’s making fun of
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They're so far down the right-wing rabbit hole I can't even follow them anymore.
There was a "war on protein"? What?
There was a "war on protein"? What?
I thought this was a joke but it’s an actual post from the White House: “we are ending the war on protein”
How about ending the war on the health of this country?
How about ending the war on the health of this country?
January 12, 2026 at 3:31 PM
They're so far down the right-wing rabbit hole I can't even follow them anymore.
There was a "war on protein"? What?
There was a "war on protein"? What?
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The Trump administration is clearly betting that Europe won’t shed blood for Greenland without realizing that Europe can inflict a lot of pain on the U.S. in other ways.
The Telegraph reports that Europeans expect Trump to disapprove a large deployment of military forces by NATO to Greenland, and is preparing for a severe deterioration of Atlantic relations as a result.
January 11, 2026 at 3:36 AM
The Trump administration is clearly betting that Europe won’t shed blood for Greenland without realizing that Europe can inflict a lot of pain on the U.S. in other ways.
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The end of NATO is nigh.
If Trump goes ahead with his entirely unnecessary, entirely dumb Greenland aggression, kiss the alliance good bye.
If Trump goes ahead with his entirely unnecessary, entirely dumb Greenland aggression, kiss the alliance good bye.
The Telegraph reports that Europeans expect Trump to disapprove a large deployment of military forces by NATO to Greenland, and is preparing for a severe deterioration of Atlantic relations as a result.
January 11, 2026 at 3:41 AM
The end of NATO is nigh.
If Trump goes ahead with his entirely unnecessary, entirely dumb Greenland aggression, kiss the alliance good bye.
If Trump goes ahead with his entirely unnecessary, entirely dumb Greenland aggression, kiss the alliance good bye.
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Agents like this should be identified and their name and picture posted on a searchable web site with videos and content like this linked to their names
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Agents like this should be identified and their name and picture posted on a searchable web site with videos and content like this linked to their names
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When Renee Good said "I'm not mad at you" what the ICE goon heard was "I'm not scared of you."
That's what enraged him. The populace wasn't fully terrorized and cowed into submission yet, so he acted to make that happen.
That's what enraged him. The populace wasn't fully terrorized and cowed into submission yet, so he acted to make that happen.
January 9, 2026 at 9:49 PM
When Renee Good said "I'm not mad at you" what the ICE goon heard was "I'm not scared of you."
That's what enraged him. The populace wasn't fully terrorized and cowed into submission yet, so he acted to make that happen.
That's what enraged him. The populace wasn't fully terrorized and cowed into submission yet, so he acted to make that happen.
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Well this is cool.
“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”
Handing Out Free Tickets, Mamdani Says Theater Should Not Be ‘a Luxury’
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Well this is cool.
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AOC: “I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, & I do not — That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance & I — I do not believe the American people should be assassinated in the street”
January 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
AOC: “I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, & I do not — That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance & I — I do not believe the American people should be assassinated in the street”
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Sadly, this is not at all unusual. There have been numerous incidents where cops screamed contradictory instructions at terrified citizens and then shot them for disobeying one of the edicts.
Emily Heller, an eyewitness, is speaking out to set the record straight. Officers were screaming at Renee Nicole Good, “Move, move, move.”
So she moved, and they shot her multiple times? Then Noem and Trump branded her a domestic terrorist. Does everyone see how absolutely insane that sounds?
So she moved, and they shot her multiple times? Then Noem and Trump branded her a domestic terrorist. Does everyone see how absolutely insane that sounds?
January 9, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Sadly, this is not at all unusual. There have been numerous incidents where cops screamed contradictory instructions at terrified citizens and then shot them for disobeying one of the edicts.
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There is simply not enough attention on the central motivation of the Trump regime, which is that he has a right to rule untethered from popular consent, and places where dissent is concentrated are unnatural and must be broken and subjugated
Trump is now directing ICE to focus on Democratic-led cities such as Los Angeles, Chicago and New York:
June 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There is simply not enough attention on the central motivation of the Trump regime, which is that he has a right to rule untethered from popular consent, and places where dissent is concentrated are unnatural and must be broken and subjugated
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They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
"The Department of Homeland Security plans to pause operations in Chicago — where Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official, has led controversial arrest efforts — to support the immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota."
Trump Administration Deploying More Border Patrol Agents to Minnesota
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:17 PM
They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
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This is excellent coverage: it gives readers context beyond the specific incident, showing a pattern of excessive force, and also documents that DHS keeps using the same and increasingly debunked explanations. Much better than both sidesing the shooting.
Important context for claims that the Nicole Renee Good was obstructing/assaulting officers before she was shot & killed:
The last time immigration agents shot a woman (Marimar Martinez, Chicago) they made similar claims. Prosecutors have already dropped the charges www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
The last time immigration agents shot a woman (Marimar Martinez, Chicago) they made similar claims. Prosecutors have already dropped the charges www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Deadly Minneapolis ICE shooting echoes Franklin Park, Marimar Martinez shootings during Operation Midway Blitz
The deadly Minneapolis shooting by an ICE agent that killed a woman Wednesday morning recalls shootings by federal immigration agents in Chicago during the height of Operation Midway Blitz in the fall...
www.cbsnews.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:37 PM
This is excellent coverage: it gives readers context beyond the specific incident, showing a pattern of excessive force, and also documents that DHS keeps using the same and increasingly debunked explanations. Much better than both sidesing the shooting.
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Expertly done by Mehdi. Worth the watch.
The right wants to talk about fraud? Somali fraud? Okay, give me 60 seconds.
January 7, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Expertly done by Mehdi. Worth the watch.
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Published this warning about what could happen to the memory of January 6 on the first anniversary of the attack. Never imagined so much of the country would — willfully, foolishly — forget so soon. www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/o...
Opinion | It’s 2086. This Is What American History Could Look Like. (Published 2022)
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Published this warning about what could happen to the memory of January 6 on the first anniversary of the attack. Never imagined so much of the country would — willfully, foolishly — forget so soon. www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/o...
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Donald Trump is trying to rewrite the history of Jan. 6 because, at a fundamental level, he does not believe in democracy or the Constitution www.gelliottmorris.com/p/pardon-my-...
Pardon my coup
Accurate political journalism requires a bias toward democracy
www.gelliottmorris.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Donald Trump is trying to rewrite the history of Jan. 6 because, at a fundamental level, he does not believe in democracy or the Constitution www.gelliottmorris.com/p/pardon-my-...
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I did not say anything about the anniversary of Jan 6 in part because we are living with the aftermath of it…and it’s a horrible reality.
January 7, 2026 at 2:18 AM
I did not say anything about the anniversary of Jan 6 in part because we are living with the aftermath of it…and it’s a horrible reality.
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CBS is regime TV, joining Fox News, oan, and newsmax.
Also tonight: An “exclusive” interview with Kristi Noem in which she’s seen “confronting” some guy being arrested and a tribute to Rubio that turns the Trump giving him a dozen jobs into a good thing, shows off “funny” AI-generated Rubio memes and ends with TD saying, “Marco Rubio we salute you.”
Tonight on the CBS Evening News, the 5-year anniversary of January 6 got 15 seconds of coverage 25 minutes into the show. The only pictures shown: Pardoned “defendants” marching through DC as Dokoupil said Trump accused Dems of “failing to prevent” J6 while “Jeffries accused Trump of “whitewashing.”
January 7, 2026 at 2:06 AM
CBS is regime TV, joining Fox News, oan, and newsmax.
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The idea of investing hugely in the expensive dirty technology of the past while the rest of the world accelerates into a future of unlimited free clean energy is the quintessence of great power decline
In an interview with NBC News, President Trump suggests U.S. taxpayers could reimburse oil companies for improving Venezuela’s energy infrastructure:
January 5, 2026 at 11:38 PM
The idea of investing hugely in the expensive dirty technology of the past while the rest of the world accelerates into a future of unlimited free clean energy is the quintessence of great power decline
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“If a woman dares to show herself in public in any way, then she can and will be sexually harassed with the aid of genAI-driven tools that can easily turn her face into highly realistic pornography” is an absolute red-alarm human rights disaster
The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.
January 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
“If a woman dares to show herself in public in any way, then she can and will be sexually harassed with the aid of genAI-driven tools that can easily turn her face into highly realistic pornography” is an absolute red-alarm human rights disaster
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With that being said, Grok and other AI image generators should be destroyed. If we had a just society, it never would have gotten this far.
January 5, 2026 at 1:11 AM
With that being said, Grok and other AI image generators should be destroyed. If we had a just society, it never would have gotten this far.
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The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.
January 5, 2026 at 1:10 AM
The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.
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really tired of seeing claims that our illegal kidnapping of the Venezuelan president is to "distract" us from the Epstein files. Trump and the men around him have wanted this for a long time. this is a bad thing in its own right, not some attempt to hide from accountability
January 5, 2026 at 3:26 AM
really tired of seeing claims that our illegal kidnapping of the Venezuelan president is to "distract" us from the Epstein files. Trump and the men around him have wanted this for a long time. this is a bad thing in its own right, not some attempt to hide from accountability
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Something that is very hard to deal with in this era is how absolutely unserious these people are. They are deadly, yes. And also just deeply unserious.
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Something that is very hard to deal with in this era is how absolutely unserious these people are. They are deadly, yes. And also just deeply unserious.
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Love this from Guillermo del Toro
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Love this from Guillermo del Toro