John Pettus
@johngpettus.bsky.social
Social venture entrepreneur. San Francisco native. Iraq veteran. Economics-trained, MBA liberal. Both more liberal and more conservative than you, in some ways. Working on improving public discourse and teaching & measuring critical thinking at scale.
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An ICE agent has been arrested for putting a woman in a chokehold and causing “serious physical harm”
Police said they had been called to the residence 22 times
It’s time we talk about what kind of men are attracted to being ICE agents
Hint: It’s men who would strangle a woman
Police said they had been called to the residence 22 times
It’s time we talk about what kind of men are attracted to being ICE agents
Hint: It’s men who would strangle a woman
ICE agent arrested, held on ‘no bond’ order at prosecutor’s request
Samuel Saxon is charged with felonious assault, strangulation and domestic violence.He pleaded not guilty to all counts.
www.cincinnati.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:25 AM
An ICE agent has been arrested for putting a woman in a chokehold and causing “serious physical harm”
Police said they had been called to the residence 22 times
It’s time we talk about what kind of men are attracted to being ICE agents
Hint: It’s men who would strangle a woman
Police said they had been called to the residence 22 times
It’s time we talk about what kind of men are attracted to being ICE agents
Hint: It’s men who would strangle a woman
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The two quarterbacks that started in the last Super Bowl just spent Sunday and Monday night throwing zero touchdowns and SEVEN interceptions
December 9, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The two quarterbacks that started in the last Super Bowl just spent Sunday and Monday night throwing zero touchdowns and SEVEN interceptions
This is me, too.
Attention NYC: We made it past the earliest sunset of the year.
No, it's not on the solstice. That's the shortest day, but the earliest sunset is sooner and the latest sunrise is later.
So those of us who, like me, are primarily offended by early sunsets have officially survived rock bottom.
No, it's not on the solstice. That's the shortest day, but the earliest sunset is sooner and the latest sunrise is later.
So those of us who, like me, are primarily offended by early sunsets have officially survived rock bottom.
December 9, 2025 at 5:02 AM
This is me, too.
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Listen to the story of this Marine Corps Veteran.
He says he feels betrayed after ICE handcuffed his wife during her final green card interview. She was following the lawful process that spouses of U.S. service members have used for decades.
He says he feels betrayed after ICE handcuffed his wife during her final green card interview. She was following the lawful process that spouses of U.S. service members have used for decades.
ICE arrests military spouses at green card interviews in San Diego
A Marine Corps veteran is speaking out, saying he feels “betrayed” after his wife was one of the military spouses arrested during a green card interview with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services....
www.nbcnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Listen to the story of this Marine Corps Veteran.
He says he feels betrayed after ICE handcuffed his wife during her final green card interview. She was following the lawful process that spouses of U.S. service members have used for decades.
He says he feels betrayed after ICE handcuffed his wife during her final green card interview. She was following the lawful process that spouses of U.S. service members have used for decades.
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I hate how often this quote so perfectly describes our times.
December 9, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I hate how often this quote so perfectly describes our times.
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
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It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
December 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
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Being unable to tolerate frustration + chasing social media clout gotta be a big reason why ppl jumped on the gen ai machine to churn out slop
December 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Being unable to tolerate frustration + chasing social media clout gotta be a big reason why ppl jumped on the gen ai machine to churn out slop
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Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
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I am SO sick of people pumping out AI everything that is Thomas Kinkadesque mediocre common denominator junk mail content. None of the things I like about the internet work as well as they did before it escaped containment. Congrats guys you invented internet Ice-Nine.
December 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I am SO sick of people pumping out AI everything that is Thomas Kinkadesque mediocre common denominator junk mail content. None of the things I like about the internet work as well as they did before it escaped containment. Congrats guys you invented internet Ice-Nine.
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It’s very funny to me that countries are trying to pass laws banning teens from social media until they’re older and can “handle it” as if the last decade hasn’t been about watching rich middle aged men nuke their brains on Twitter and then run the USA via shitpost.
Dude. Yes. Alito and Thomas are of course the standout examples, but all of the Republican justices have tells in their writing and their questioning indicating that they are, to varying degrees, marinating their brains in dumb bitch juice
My theory, fwiw, is that Supreme Court Justices are not immune to Twitter brain poisoning. I suspect all six have horrific information environments and have therefore lost the ability to understand the people who don't agree with them.
December 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
It’s very funny to me that countries are trying to pass laws banning teens from social media until they’re older and can “handle it” as if the last decade hasn’t been about watching rich middle aged men nuke their brains on Twitter and then run the USA via shitpost.
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404 Media is making a print zine! About the surveillance technologies used by ICE. 16 pages, riso printed. Shipping early January. Features reworked versions of our best reporting and a few new things. We're very excited! And hope to do more if people like it:
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
404 Media Is Making a Zine
We are publishing a risograph-printed zine about the surveillance technologies used by ICE.
www.404media.co
December 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
404 Media is making a print zine! About the surveillance technologies used by ICE. 16 pages, riso printed. Shipping early January. Features reworked versions of our best reporting and a few new things. We're very excited! And hope to do more if people like it:
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
Pointing out that Olivia Nuzzi sucks is not sexist. It’s obvious.
Anyone who disagrees should be forced to read her writing until they recant!
Anyone who disagrees should be forced to read her writing until they recant!
There are a lot of journalists who claim to care deeply about sexism toward women in journalism when it’s liberals criticizing Olivia Nuzzi, and who suddenly go silent when it’s Donald Trump openly insulting women in the WH press corps.
Oh look, Trump just disrespected another woman journalist
December 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Pointing out that Olivia Nuzzi sucks is not sexist. It’s obvious.
Anyone who disagrees should be forced to read her writing until they recant!
Anyone who disagrees should be forced to read her writing until they recant!
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If you can’t see Trump’s racism, chances are you’re also racist.
December 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
If you can’t see Trump’s racism, chances are you’re also racist.
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the great irony of kamala harris running on “saving democracy” and losing because it wasn’t even a popular issue
December 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM
the great irony of kamala harris running on “saving democracy” and losing because it wasn’t even a popular issue
100% agree
Not hurting people's feelings should not be the basis for morality!! #subwaytakes #nyc
YouTube video by SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma
youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
100% agree
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Why is everyone addicted to gambling, wtf.
Adverts for any type of gambling should just be banned everywhere. That includes sports betting, prediction markets, cryptocurrency, trading individual stocks, and gacha games.
Adverts for any type of gambling should just be banned everywhere. That includes sports betting, prediction markets, cryptocurrency, trading individual stocks, and gacha games.
December 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Why is everyone addicted to gambling, wtf.
Adverts for any type of gambling should just be banned everywhere. That includes sports betting, prediction markets, cryptocurrency, trading individual stocks, and gacha games.
Adverts for any type of gambling should just be banned everywhere. That includes sports betting, prediction markets, cryptocurrency, trading individual stocks, and gacha games.
Is this real?
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Is this real?
I think this has been true of bigotry forever.
The fear of the unknown combines with a selfish demand to always be comfortable themselves, even at the expense of other people.
The fear of the unknown combines with a selfish demand to always be comfortable themselves, even at the expense of other people.
The more I think about it, the more I feel that every cruel, bigoted policy that comes from this administration is based on a reaction to fear.
December 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM
I think this has been true of bigotry forever.
The fear of the unknown combines with a selfish demand to always be comfortable themselves, even at the expense of other people.
The fear of the unknown combines with a selfish demand to always be comfortable themselves, even at the expense of other people.
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We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
It's vice-signaling.
It's demonstrating they have the power to F with you with impunity. It's exactly what evil people have done since forever.
It's demonstrating they have the power to F with you with impunity. It's exactly what evil people have done since forever.
They are, as a core ideological tenet, actively hostile to professionalism and institutional standards. That something is wildly immature and trashes civic norms, such as government agencies communicating in meme-speak slop while ganking somebody's IP over their express objection, is reason enough.
Anyone have a theory on the administration's sudden obsession with Franklin the turtle?
December 8, 2025 at 6:29 AM
It's vice-signaling.
It's demonstrating they have the power to F with you with impunity. It's exactly what evil people have done since forever.
It's demonstrating they have the power to F with you with impunity. It's exactly what evil people have done since forever.
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They are, as a core ideological tenet, actively hostile to professionalism and institutional standards. That something is wildly immature and trashes civic norms, such as government agencies communicating in meme-speak slop while ganking somebody's IP over their express objection, is reason enough.
Anyone have a theory on the administration's sudden obsession with Franklin the turtle?
December 8, 2025 at 6:27 AM
They are, as a core ideological tenet, actively hostile to professionalism and institutional standards. That something is wildly immature and trashes civic norms, such as government agencies communicating in meme-speak slop while ganking somebody's IP over their express objection, is reason enough.
Few people have either intellectual integrity, courage or humility.
VERY few people have all three.
VERY few people have all three.
Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
December 8, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Few people have either intellectual integrity, courage or humility.
VERY few people have all three.
VERY few people have all three.
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Very shitty people who become opposed to other very shitty people are still very shitty people
LESLEY STAHL: You contributed to the toxic culture. You were out there pounding, insulting people
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: You've contributed to it as well
STAHL: I want you to respond to what you have done in terms of insulting people
MTG: I'd like for you to respond to that
December 8, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Very shitty people who become opposed to other very shitty people are still very shitty people