Ande Jacobson
@goodreedaj.bsky.social
Engineer, writer, activist, reed player, and music director. Founder of A Good Reed Review providing reviews, commentary, and stories.
Nice idea to mess with some rankings and put a crimp in the propaganda.
January 31, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Nice idea to mess with some rankings and put a crimp in the propaganda.
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This.
We’ve long left the point when ICE is focused on immigration.
It’s a fear patrol, deployed against people—all people—to keep us afraid and in line.
We’ve long left the point when ICE is focused on immigration.
It’s a fear patrol, deployed against people—all people—to keep us afraid and in line.
Sanders: I am very worried that ICE is becoming a domestic army for Trump, and this goes way beyond the issue of immigration. It goes to the movement of this country toward authoritarianism and fear.
January 12, 2026 at 10:54 PM
This.
We’ve long left the point when ICE is focused on immigration.
It’s a fear patrol, deployed against people—all people—to keep us afraid and in line.
We’ve long left the point when ICE is focused on immigration.
It’s a fear patrol, deployed against people—all people—to keep us afraid and in line.
Terrifying and prescient. We are deeply in this now. To stop it will cost lives. Not doing so will ensure even more lives are lost along with all freedom.
Dr. @timothysnyder.bsky.social has written many powerful works, but this one stopped me dead in my tracks when I first read it. Please take the time, and share widely.
January 12, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Terrifying and prescient. We are deeply in this now. To stop it will cost lives. Not doing so will ensure even more lives are lost along with all freedom.
Reposted by Ande Jacobson
It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
Some thoughts about 2025. This is one year I'm very glad to see end.
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#2025inreivew
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2025 is finally ending
By Ande Jacobson For the last several years, I’ve given up sending a holiday letter out or posting one on social media or my website talking about what I’d done over the course of the year. Instead…
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December 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Some thoughts about 2025. This is one year I'm very glad to see end.
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#2025inreivew
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#2025inreivew
Sometimes it's nice to escape into a good book. Dan Brown's latest Langdon adventure is a wild ride and well worth a read.
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#DanBrown #TheSecretofSecrets
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#DanBrown #TheSecretofSecrets
The race to understand consciousness
By Ande Jacobson The latest Dan Brown book, The Secret of Secrets, is a wild ride. This sixth Robert Langdon book was released in September 2025 and is a little longer than typical Dan Brown fare. …
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December 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Sometimes it's nice to escape into a good book. Dan Brown's latest Langdon adventure is a wild ride and well worth a read.
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#DanBrown #TheSecretofSecrets
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#DanBrown #TheSecretofSecrets
Teri Kanefield has given us a gift, her new book - Why Intolerance and Extremism Happen. It's free! It's well-worth reading. It's only about 100 pages, and it really focuses what Teri's been explaining for years.
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Understanding how to deal with extremism and intolerance
By Ande Jacobson For several years now Teri Kanefield has been trying to help people understand how we got to where we are in the U.S. and the world, and more importantly, what we can do about it. …
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December 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Teri Kanefield has given us a gift, her new book - Why Intolerance and Extremism Happen. It's free! It's well-worth reading. It's only about 100 pages, and it really focuses what Teri's been explaining for years.
agoodreedreview.com/2025/12/03/b...
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I just finished reading Kamala Harris' new book, 107 Days. It's well worth a read. What she accomplished despite the disappointing result of her campaign is important as is her message that all is not lost. Together we can move forward and rebuild our country.
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Kamala Harris almost did the impossible
By Ande Jacobson 107 Days by Kamala Harris reads like a combination of a thoughtful diary, a comprehensive memoir of the crushingly short campaign, and a message of hope and determination from a wo…
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November 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I just finished reading Kamala Harris' new book, 107 Days. It's well worth a read. What she accomplished despite the disappointing result of her campaign is important as is her message that all is not lost. Together we can move forward and rebuild our country.
agoodreedreview.com/2025/11/09/b...
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While I'm now reading the latest book in Louise Penny's Gamache series, The Black Wolf, I recently finished reading its predecessor and wrote up some thoughts about The Grey Wolf. This series is well worth reading. agoodreedreview.com/2025/11/05/b...
The hidden threat may be worse than the known threat
By Ande Jacobson The Grey Wolf is the nineteenth mystery novel in Louise Penny’s Gamache series. This one is a little different than some earlier in the series in that it’s really part one of a two…
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November 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
While I'm now reading the latest book in Louise Penny's Gamache series, The Black Wolf, I recently finished reading its predecessor and wrote up some thoughts about The Grey Wolf. This series is well worth reading. agoodreedreview.com/2025/11/05/b...
I'm still very much enjoying Louise Penny's Gamache series. agoodreedreview.com/2025/10/24/b...
Is evil born or nurtured?
By Ande Jacobson A World of Curiosities is the eighteenth mystery novel in Louise Penny’s Gamache series. Armand Gamache, his wife Reine-Marie, their children, grandchildren, Armand’s godfather Ste…
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October 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I'm still very much enjoying Louise Penny's Gamache series. agoodreedreview.com/2025/10/24/b...
The seventeenth book in Louise Penny's Gamache series is well worth a read. It's controversial, and very hard to put down.
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#GamacheSeries
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#GamacheSeries
Should we have a right or a duty to die?
By Ande Jacobson The Madness of Crowds is the seventeenth mystery novel in Louise Penny’s Gamache series. Armand Gamache, his wife Reine-Marie, and their children, grandchildren, and Armand’s godfa…
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September 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The seventeenth book in Louise Penny's Gamache series is well worth a read. It's controversial, and very hard to put down.
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#GamacheSeries
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#GamacheSeries
Still working my way through Louise Penny's Gamache series. I know that book 20 will come out a little before I get to it, but that's OK. It'll be worth waiting for.
Here are some thoughts about book 16.
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Here are some thoughts about book 16.
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Armand is always an investigator
By Ande Jacobson All the Devils Are Here is the sixteenth mystery novel in Louise Penny’s Gamache series. It starts out serving as a break from the usual Three Pines/Québec storylines moving instea…
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September 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Still working my way through Louise Penny's Gamache series. I know that book 20 will come out a little before I get to it, but that's OK. It'll be worth waiting for.
Here are some thoughts about book 16.
agoodreedreview.com/2025/09/27/b...
Here are some thoughts about book 16.
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Today's HCR live session is a must watch. She does a deep dive into the Kimmel thing and free speech.
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#FreeSpeech
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#FreeSpeech
Politics Chat, September 18, 2025
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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September 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Today's HCR live session is a must watch. She does a deep dive into the Kimmel thing and free speech.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWTZ...
#FreeSpeech
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWTZ...
#FreeSpeech
Politics Chat, September 12, 2025
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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September 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Still working my way through Louise Penny's Gamache series.
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#GamacheSeries
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#GamacheSeries
What would Armand Gamache do?
By Ande Jacobson A Better Man is the fifteenth mystery novel in Louise Penny’s Gamache series. This time Armand Gamache is back at the Sûreté du Québec in his old job as the Chief Inspector of the …
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September 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Still working my way through Louise Penny's Gamache series.
agoodreedreview.com/2025/09/08/b...
#GamacheSeries
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#GamacheSeries
Got to review a new book by an author with whom I was previously unfamiliar. It's always fun to read something new, especially if it's a good story.
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#MichaelCordell #legalthriller
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#MichaelCordell #legalthriller
Confessions may sometimes mislead
By Ande Jacobson Confession is the third book in Michael Cordell’s Contempt series, and it’s a page-turner. Released at the beginning of August 2025, readers again join Thane Banning on a controver…
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August 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Got to review a new book by an author with whom I was previously unfamiliar. It's always fun to read something new, especially if it's a good story.
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#MichaelCordell #legalthriller
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#MichaelCordell #legalthriller
This is an informative piece from Jay Kuo about what power Trump has, and more importantly, doesn't have to militarily take over blue cities. Hint, he doesn't have that power.
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#StopFascism
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#StopFascism
Not So Fast, Donald
Trump’s plan to “deploy troops” into blue cities is a paper tiger. We can’t let its roar provoke us into escalation.
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August 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
This is an informative piece from Jay Kuo about what power Trump has, and more importantly, doesn't have to militarily take over blue cities. Hint, he doesn't have that power.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
#StopFascism
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#StopFascism
A very thought-provoking piece about how a blue state coalition could stop U.S. fascism. We're truly in uncharted territory now, and this goes way beyond trying to out-cheat the other side.
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#StopFascism
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#StopFascism
We live in a fascist nation. What now?
Once they win elections, it’s already too late.
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August 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
A very thought-provoking piece about how a blue state coalition could stop U.S. fascism. We're truly in uncharted territory now, and this goes way beyond trying to out-cheat the other side.
medium.com/@carmitage/i...
#StopFascism
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#StopFascism
Thanks to Jay Kuo for this thorough explanation. We cannot let this stand and must do everything we can to stop it.
The cruelty is the point because it's crucial for the ideology to convert people.
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#StopSadopopulism
The cruelty is the point because it's crucial for the ideology to convert people.
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#StopSadopopulism
Sadopopulism and the Fascist MAGA Ethos
Trump’s policy is to inflict pain, even upon his own voters. But why does this work, and what will stop it?
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August 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Thanks to Jay Kuo for this thorough explanation. We cannot let this stand and must do everything we can to stop it.
The cruelty is the point because it's crucial for the ideology to convert people.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/trump-sado...
#StopSadopopulism
The cruelty is the point because it's crucial for the ideology to convert people.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/trump-sado...
#StopSadopopulism
For a break from the political horror show, I highly recommend Tess Gerritsen's Martini Club book series. Book 2 is even better than book 1!
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The line between guests and residents can be a fractious one
By Ande Jacobson The second book in Tess Gerritsen’s Martini Club series, The Summer Guests, again returns to Purity, Maine. Maggie Bird, Declan Rose, Ben Diamond, and Ingrid and Lloyd Slocum are a…
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August 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
For a break from the political horror show, I highly recommend Tess Gerritsen's Martini Club book series. Book 2 is even better than book 1!
agoodreedreview.com/2025/08/09/b...
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Some thoughts about the gerrymandering crisis we are facing.
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#SaveDemocracy #gerrymandering
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#SaveDemocracy #gerrymandering
Gerrymandering is cheating
By Ande Jacobson Gerrymandering is a practice that has a long history in the U.S., and no matter who’s doing it, it’s cheating by taking away the voices of the electorate and predetermining an outc…
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August 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Some thoughts about the gerrymandering crisis we are facing.
agoodreedreview.com/2025/08/07/g...
#SaveDemocracy #gerrymandering
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#SaveDemocracy #gerrymandering
For something completely different, consider the SF Fringe Festival this month. Here's a short piece about a unique offering. agoodreedreview.com/2025/08/05/p...
#SFFringeFestival2025
#SFFringeFestival2025
“Speak English” will change perceptions
By Ande Jacobson The San Francisco Fringe Festival 2025 is sponsored by the EXIT Theatre and runs at the Taylor Street Theatre on weekends from Friday, 8 August – Sunday, 24 August 2025 offering pe…
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August 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
For something completely different, consider the SF Fringe Festival this month. Here's a short piece about a unique offering. agoodreedreview.com/2025/08/05/p...
#SFFringeFestival2025
#SFFringeFestival2025
