John Wedoff
@jwedoff.bsky.social
Sr. Software Engineer, He/Him, dad, Somerville resident
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the government's paramilitary stormtroopers quite literally went from murdering a woman to tear gassing high school children in the same day.
Kind of wild there has been almost no coverage of the fact that the federal government unleashed chemical weapons against literal kids *at school*.
workdaymagazine.org/minneapolis-...
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January 10, 2026 at 12:26 PM
the government's paramilitary stormtroopers quite literally went from murdering a woman to tear gassing high school children in the same day.
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There always comes a moment when The Sensibles pivot from complaining about protests and tone policing every sign to despairing that people aren't in the streets
January 10, 2026 at 12:03 PM
There always comes a moment when The Sensibles pivot from complaining about protests and tone policing every sign to despairing that people aren't in the streets
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Jim Forest sent a letter to Thomas Merton in 1966. He did not know Merton but Merton wrote back to him what has become known “Letter to a young activist.” jimandnancyforest.com/2014/10/mert...
Thomas Merton’s Letter to a Young Activist – Jim and Nancy Forest
jimandnancyforest.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Jim Forest sent a letter to Thomas Merton in 1966. He did not know Merton but Merton wrote back to him what has become known “Letter to a young activist.” jimandnancyforest.com/2014/10/mert...
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I don't think PBS mentioned it NewsHour last night, either. I don't know if the issue is that he can't be *seen* saying it and they're concerned it could have been another of the ICE agents, but I think the more accurate and honest approach would be: a man's voice can be heard saying 'fucking bitch'
January 10, 2026 at 11:24 AM
I don't think PBS mentioned it NewsHour last night, either. I don't know if the issue is that he can't be *seen* saying it and they're concerned it could have been another of the ICE agents, but I think the more accurate and honest approach would be: a man's voice can be heard saying 'fucking bitch'
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thank you @ethangach.bsky.social for writing about the new website i'm cofounding with @zoehhannah.com! you can get some insight into our post-polygon journey towards creating @mothership.blog here: kotaku.com/mothership-i...
Mothership Is A New Website About Gender And Games Which Feels Like A Radical Thing To Launch In 2026 But Shouldn't Be - Kotaku
Founded by ex-Polygon editors, it's for her, them, and even him
kotaku.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:16 PM
thank you @ethangach.bsky.social for writing about the new website i'm cofounding with @zoehhannah.com! you can get some insight into our post-polygon journey towards creating @mothership.blog here: kotaku.com/mothership-i...
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We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
January 10, 2026 at 1:47 AM
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
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Just this week I've seen two posts in local groups asking for advice about "gun training for liberals" or "queer friendly gun ranges."
I have never seen that question asked in the twenty years I've lived here.
I have never seen that question asked in the twenty years I've lived here.
January 10, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Just this week I've seen two posts in local groups asking for advice about "gun training for liberals" or "queer friendly gun ranges."
I have never seen that question asked in the twenty years I've lived here.
I have never seen that question asked in the twenty years I've lived here.
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Please understand what it means when journalists are evacuating their family members out of town.
In any other country, we would be approaching "foreign sanctions" territory
In any other country, we would be approaching "foreign sanctions" territory
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
January 10, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Please understand what it means when journalists are evacuating their family members out of town.
In any other country, we would be approaching "foreign sanctions" territory
In any other country, we would be approaching "foreign sanctions" territory
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Thinking about how The Atlantic and Helen Lewis were derisively sneering at "suburban wine moms" just two days ago.
The MAGA regime is currently doubling down on its tactical stance of “we will kill women like dogs for merely displeasing us.”
January 10, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Thinking about how The Atlantic and Helen Lewis were derisively sneering at "suburban wine moms" just two days ago.
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Me: "Regular security, for all gates."
Random dad, who clearly does this a lot: "what if I'm IRRegular?"
"Well, I'd say that's a question for your doctor, but you'll probably start with a fiber supplement, look at dietary changes - but there's a pill for everything these days. The first step is /
Random dad, who clearly does this a lot: "what if I'm IRRegular?"
"Well, I'd say that's a question for your doctor, but you'll probably start with a fiber supplement, look at dietary changes - but there's a pill for everything these days. The first step is /
January 9, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Me: "Regular security, for all gates."
Random dad, who clearly does this a lot: "what if I'm IRRegular?"
"Well, I'd say that's a question for your doctor, but you'll probably start with a fiber supplement, look at dietary changes - but there's a pill for everything these days. The first step is /
Random dad, who clearly does this a lot: "what if I'm IRRegular?"
"Well, I'd say that's a question for your doctor, but you'll probably start with a fiber supplement, look at dietary changes - but there's a pill for everything these days. The first step is /
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I led a letter with 159 Members of Congress to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem demanding accountability for ICE's indefensible actions resulting in the killing of a woman in South Minneapolis.
Minnesotans deserve answers. That must include an unbiased, thorough investigation.
Minnesotans deserve answers. That must include an unbiased, thorough investigation.
January 10, 2026 at 12:18 AM
I led a letter with 159 Members of Congress to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem demanding accountability for ICE's indefensible actions resulting in the killing of a woman in South Minneapolis.
Minnesotans deserve answers. That must include an unbiased, thorough investigation.
Minnesotans deserve answers. That must include an unbiased, thorough investigation.
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my middle schooler just demanded to know why we picture sheep jumping over a fence to help us sleep, "all the sheep are escaping! how is that peaceful!!"
January 9, 2026 at 11:50 PM
my middle schooler just demanded to know why we picture sheep jumping over a fence to help us sleep, "all the sheep are escaping! how is that peaceful!!"
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Still At Large 🐹
January 9, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Still At Large 🐹
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I mean I think we knew the answer but this is a real test to run
white women and queers - and people who love them - this is a good week to look GOP voters you know in the eye and ask them if they think it should be legally permissible for men to shoot you or your loved one in the head on the basis of being a “fucking bitch”
January 10, 2026 at 12:28 AM
I mean I think we knew the answer but this is a real test to run
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This is what O'Hara should be saying.
Philadelphia sheriff Rochelle Bilal:
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
January 10, 2026 at 12:04 AM
This is what O'Hara should be saying.
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For a literal decade the official CBP policy has been “don’t stand in front of or behind vehicles” because the decade before that their internally commissioned studies found that agents were putting themselves in front of vehicles so as to shoot the occupants
Because he put himself in front of the car to have an excuse to shoot!
January 10, 2026 at 12:01 AM
For a literal decade the official CBP policy has been “don’t stand in front of or behind vehicles” because the decade before that their internally commissioned studies found that agents were putting themselves in front of vehicles so as to shoot the occupants
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Ross knew that and yet he casually walked by the front, back, and front of the car, phone out, so that if Good moved the car he could shoot her. He did this in a way CBP has been found to do before because they know they get away with it
January 10, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Ross knew that and yet he casually walked by the front, back, and front of the car, phone out, so that if Good moved the car he could shoot her. He did this in a way CBP has been found to do before because they know they get away with it
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The creators of these apps make choices. Grok was created with the production of deep-fake abuse imagery as an option and that was a choice. The fact that the app is still producing these images, for free, with no restrictions, for anyone who wants them, is also an ongoing choice by its creators.
I've been testing Grok vs. ChatGPT and how they compare when generating deepfakes.
- ask the chatbot to search the web for photos of me and then regenerate me in a bikini: Grok complies; ChatGPT refuses
- upload a photo of myself (not id'ing as a public figure): Grok complies; ChatGPT refuses
- ask the chatbot to search the web for photos of me and then regenerate me in a bikini: Grok complies; ChatGPT refuses
- upload a photo of myself (not id'ing as a public figure): Grok complies; ChatGPT refuses
January 9, 2026 at 9:56 PM
The creators of these apps make choices. Grok was created with the production of deep-fake abuse imagery as an option and that was a choice. The fact that the app is still producing these images, for free, with no restrictions, for anyone who wants them, is also an ongoing choice by its creators.
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I promised you some good news after a bleak week.
Here it is. This is one of the most wrenching wrongful convictions I've ever written about.
It is wonderful to see Charlie out and off to his new home.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/after-35-y...
Here it is. This is one of the most wrenching wrongful convictions I've ever written about.
It is wonderful to see Charlie out and off to his new home.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/after-35-y...
After 35 years in prison, Charlie Vaughn is free
Vaughn, an Arkansas man with a severe intellectual disability, spent decades in prison for a murder he did not commit. He was finally released on Friday.
radleybalko.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:14 PM
I promised you some good news after a bleak week.
Here it is. This is one of the most wrenching wrongful convictions I've ever written about.
It is wonderful to see Charlie out and off to his new home.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/after-35-y...
Here it is. This is one of the most wrenching wrongful convictions I've ever written about.
It is wonderful to see Charlie out and off to his new home.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/after-35-y...
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I know its fashionable on here to think Trump intends to be in office forever but absolutely everything that he's done is indicative of a guy who is v much thinking about death & is determined to put his name on as many things as possible before it happens bc he's terrified of being forgotten
He's not running again. If he didn't do that, a bunch of this stuff wouldn't be about him, and obviously he can't have that...
January 9, 2026 at 9:48 PM
I know its fashionable on here to think Trump intends to be in office forever but absolutely everything that he's done is indicative of a guy who is v much thinking about death & is determined to put his name on as many things as possible before it happens bc he's terrified of being forgotten
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January 9, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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January 9, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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Graham Linehan made a willing place in his heart for evil, and once you open that door wide all the horrors come in.
January 9, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Graham Linehan made a willing place in his heart for evil, and once you open that door wide all the horrors come in.
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Even if I hadn’t watched a lot of Scandinavian horror, I would be pretty sure that something in those woods wants to wear my liver as a hat.
Some snow here in Norway, I was waiting for a willow Ptarmigan to run and warn me of the werewolf. I have no doubt there are things lurking in these woods.
January 9, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Even if I hadn’t watched a lot of Scandinavian horror, I would be pretty sure that something in those woods wants to wear my liver as a hat.