James Widman
jameswidman.bsky.social
James Widman
@jameswidman.bsky.social
People are supposed to help each other. It's the only job worth doing, and we could probably do it a lot more efficiently.

he/him or they/them.
(oops; i should link to the bsky thread: bsky.app/profile/phil...)
December 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
it's been uploaded to youtube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lenF...
WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"
YouTube video by Phil Lewis
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Reposted by James Widman
As a US national living in Canada, the fact I'm in Canada means I can access news reporting about the crimes my government back in the US is committing. If I were in the US, it would be censored.

This is a straightforwardly factual comment I can make on December 22, 2025.
Canadians, behold! (And Americans on a VPN.) The cancelled 60 Minutes story has appeared on the Global-TV app—almost certainly by accident. Watch fast, before Corus gets a call from Paramount-Skydance. #60Minutes
December 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Reposted by James Widman
Unlike many of Flock’s cameras, Flock’s Condor cameras track people, not vehicles.

The exposure highlights the fact that Flock is not just surveilling cars—it is surveilling people, and in some cases it is doing so in an insecure way.

LINK: www.404media.co/flock-expose...
December 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
think jonestown.

if that seems unrealistic, visit a megachurch.

i recommend taking a cab/lyft/whatever, because you may want the next destination to be the nearest bar.
December 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Reposted by James Widman
CBS News is state media. This isn't even the usual spin or trying to paper over a political embarrassment we get from biased media, they are literally acting to cover up a concentration camp
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Reposted by James Widman
ezra klein: why bari weiss is running CBS the right way
December 22, 2025 at 4:31 AM
(fwiw, both doug and i have worked on front-ends that support both C modes and C++ modes. Compiler implementors use "C/C++" wherever the overall sentence applies to both languages!)
December 22, 2025 at 4:20 AM
(i might be misinterpreting the title, but i think it should be very clear that the act of forming/evolving C++ syntax over time was 100% committed by ordinary, mortal human beings)
December 22, 2025 at 4:12 AM
if it's going to be a christian analysis, then surely C++ syntax should be viewed as growing out of the original sin of backward source-compatibility?
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Reposted by James Widman
Sharyn Alfonsi, the veteran CBS news reporter who led the story: “I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight.”
The reality is that she is much more likely to be fired than Weiss, and that should tell you all you need to know about CBS now.
December 22, 2025 at 3:21 AM