bjkeefe
@bjkeefe.bsky.social
Brendan Keefe
Born at 317 ppm
Cartoon by John Callahan
"Whenever one person stands up and says, 'Wait a minute, this is wrong,' it helps other people to do the same."
Please: post links, not screenshots.
Born at 317 ppm
Cartoon by John Callahan
"Whenever one person stands up and says, 'Wait a minute, this is wrong,' it helps other people to do the same."
Please: post links, not screenshots.
Have you met a 4?
January 15, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Have you met a 4?
Good essay from @molly.wiki (who did not change her handle just for this article).
I've been an occasional editor for close to two decades and a monthly donor for six years, and I, like Molly, think the Wikimedia Foundation made the right call.
I've been an occasional editor for close to two decades and a monthly donor for six years, and I, like Molly, think the Wikimedia Foundation made the right call.
This is how free and open access works. There is no way to have a free and open access project and then go “wait, no, not like that”.
www.citationneeded.news/free-and-ope...
www.citationneeded.news/free-and-ope...
January 15, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Good essay from @molly.wiki (who did not change her handle just for this article).
I've been an occasional editor for close to two decades and a monthly donor for six years, and I, like Molly, think the Wikimedia Foundation made the right call.
I've been an occasional editor for close to two decades and a monthly donor for six years, and I, like Molly, think the Wikimedia Foundation made the right call.
@scikeefe.bsky.social Cuz, is that you?
January 15, 2026 at 7:55 PM
@scikeefe.bsky.social Cuz, is that you?
The latest from @davidjroth.bsky.social is, as always, outstanding.
Gift article link:
defector.com/fascists-are...
Gift article link:
defector.com/fascists-are...
January 15, 2026 at 6:07 PM
The latest from @davidjroth.bsky.social is, as always, outstanding.
Gift article link:
defector.com/fascists-are...
Gift article link:
defector.com/fascists-are...
A drop of good news.
Lesson: always make noise. It's not going to work every time, especially with this regime, but it does work some of the time. And definitely works more often than silently accepting.
Lesson: always make noise. It's not going to work every time, especially with this regime, but it does work some of the time. And definitely works more often than silently accepting.
"Less than 24 hours after the Trump administration informed more than 2,000 addiction and mental health programs nationwide that it was immediately terminating almost $2 billion of their funding, the administration reversed course and reinstated the money." Gift link: nyti.ms/4pzDSLz
nyti.ms
January 15, 2026 at 4:26 PM
A drop of good news.
Lesson: always make noise. It's not going to work every time, especially with this regime, but it does work some of the time. And definitely works more often than silently accepting.
Lesson: always make noise. It's not going to work every time, especially with this regime, but it does work some of the time. And definitely works more often than silently accepting.
P.S. On a comedic note, that clip from @atrupar.com featuring Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and her great new meal plan is third on Tw's news items.
If you were offline yesterday:
bsky.app/profile/atru...
If you were offline yesterday:
bsky.app/profile/atru...
That Slate piece by @laurajedeed.bsky.social on getting hired by ICE is tops on "Today's News" on Tw. Even better, DHS tried to tweet-lie their way out of it, and Laura's response tweet has 102,000 likes.
Links in comments.
Links in comments.
January 15, 2026 at 4:00 PM
P.S. On a comedic note, that clip from @atrupar.com featuring Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and her great new meal plan is third on Tw's news items.
If you were offline yesterday:
bsky.app/profile/atru...
If you were offline yesterday:
bsky.app/profile/atru...
That Slate piece by @laurajedeed.bsky.social on getting hired by ICE is tops on "Today's News" on Tw. Even better, DHS tried to tweet-lie their way out of it, and Laura's response tweet has 102,000 likes.
Links in comments.
Links in comments.
January 15, 2026 at 3:53 PM
That Slate piece by @laurajedeed.bsky.social on getting hired by ICE is tops on "Today's News" on Tw. Even better, DHS tried to tweet-lie their way out of it, and Laura's response tweet has 102,000 likes.
Links in comments.
Links in comments.
Donald Trump is calming the situation in Minnesota the right way.
-- Ezra Klein
trumpstruth.org/statuses/34568
-- Ezra Klein
trumpstruth.org/statuses/34568
Donald J. Trump: "If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the prof...
If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will i...
trumpstruth.org
January 15, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Donald Trump is calming the situation in Minnesota the right way.
-- Ezra Klein
trumpstruth.org/statuses/34568
-- Ezra Klein
trumpstruth.org/statuses/34568
All right, this is the last straw. I am finally going to get off my duff and subscribe to @flaminghydra.com.
Absolutely fabulous cartoon by @tomtomorrow.bsky.social to kick things off.
Don't even need to say it in a Jeb! tone of voice: Please click.
Absolutely fabulous cartoon by @tomtomorrow.bsky.social to kick things off.
Don't even need to say it in a Jeb! tone of voice: Please click.
TODAY: An ABSOLUTELY FREE edition, where we introduce our new contributor, freaking @tomtomorrow.bsky.social! The man himself! flaminghydra.com/famous-meme-...
FAMOUS MEME Comics
You may riff in the comments
flaminghydra.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:21 PM
All right, this is the last straw. I am finally going to get off my duff and subscribe to @flaminghydra.com.
Absolutely fabulous cartoon by @tomtomorrow.bsky.social to kick things off.
Don't even need to say it in a Jeb! tone of voice: Please click.
Absolutely fabulous cartoon by @tomtomorrow.bsky.social to kick things off.
Don't even need to say it in a Jeb! tone of voice: Please click.
Timeline cleanse!
“What are we doing again?”
“Birdwatching.”
“How does this work?”
“First, we look for a bird.”
“And we eat it.”
“No, we take a picture of it.”
“Then we eat it?”
“No, we write down the name of it.”
“And then can we finally eat it?”
“We don’t eat the bird, Gerald.”
“This is stupid.”
“Birdwatching.”
“How does this work?”
“First, we look for a bird.”
“And we eat it.”
“No, we take a picture of it.”
“Then we eat it?”
“No, we write down the name of it.”
“And then can we finally eat it?”
“We don’t eat the bird, Gerald.”
“This is stupid.”
January 15, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Timeline cleanse!
This blog post definitely bears a look, esp if you haven't been on Tw for a while, to chance across what the office DHS account has been posting.
January 15, 2026 at 2:21 PM
This blog post definitely bears a look, esp if you haven't been on Tw for a while, to chance across what the office DHS account has been posting.
@theverdict.bsky.social I'll follow any Oxford comma devotee!
I have to say, though, after a life of sticking my heels in about the two spaces, I've almost completely managed to retrain my fingers, thanks to character limits on Bluesky.
I have to say, though, after a life of sticking my heels in about the two spaces, I've almost completely managed to retrain my fingers, thanks to character limits on Bluesky.
January 15, 2026 at 2:03 PM
@theverdict.bsky.social I'll follow any Oxford comma devotee!
I have to say, though, after a life of sticking my heels in about the two spaces, I've almost completely managed to retrain my fingers, thanks to character limits on Bluesky.
I have to say, though, after a life of sticking my heels in about the two spaces, I've almost completely managed to retrain my fingers, thanks to character limits on Bluesky.
Happy birthday to us all!
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Happy birthday to us all!
Short post. Good post.
"what's possible within the system", versus "the wider environment in which the system is embedded"
backofmind.substack.com/p/was-the-gr...
backofmind.substack.com/p/was-the-gr...
was the green lantern a good chap?
on having one's head in the game
backofmind.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Short post. Good post.
January 15, 2026 at 3:48 AM
"The 'Trump’s Razor corollary': Whatever your wackiest radical leftist friend thinks Trump is doing is correct."
This is from @wonkette.bsky.social of @wonkettemedia.bsky.social, recommending this @paulwaldman.bsky.social piece:
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/trump-is-p...
This is from @wonkette.bsky.social of @wonkettemedia.bsky.social, recommending this @paulwaldman.bsky.social piece:
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/trump-is-p...
Trump Is Proving the Wacky Lefties Right
No blood for oil? Abolish ICE? What used to be far-left ideas are now just sensible responses to this administration.
paulwaldman.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:36 AM
"The 'Trump’s Razor corollary': Whatever your wackiest radical leftist friend thinks Trump is doing is correct."
This is from @wonkette.bsky.social of @wonkettemedia.bsky.social, recommending this @paulwaldman.bsky.social piece:
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/trump-is-p...
This is from @wonkette.bsky.social of @wonkettemedia.bsky.social, recommending this @paulwaldman.bsky.social piece:
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/trump-is-p...
What's beyond "blatant"?
Be sure to have a look at the Semafor story. Yeah, I know, but it's worth to see just how clearly the regime is saying, "So who's going to stop us?"
Be sure to have a look at the Semafor story. Yeah, I know, but it's worth to see just how clearly the regime is saying, "So who's going to stop us?"
This is *extraordinary*. Trump is already seeking to stash his plunder in offshore havens beyond the reach of American law *while still president*!
Seizure ... by whom? If we're asserting that the money is safer in Qatar than the US, that suggests that it is being protected because Qatar has something the US lacks — presumably a lack of accountability to American courts and Congress. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
January 15, 2026 at 3:20 AM
What's beyond "blatant"?
Be sure to have a look at the Semafor story. Yeah, I know, but it's worth to see just how clearly the regime is saying, "So who's going to stop us?"
Be sure to have a look at the Semafor story. Yeah, I know, but it's worth to see just how clearly the regime is saying, "So who's going to stop us?"
It got me elected!
BROOKE ROLLINS: I want to thank our farmers here today. One is from Butler, Pennsylvania--
TRUMP: Where?! I love Butler
TRUMP: Where?! I love Butler
January 15, 2026 at 1:28 AM
It got me elected!
Move over, Dancing Wu Li Masters!
January 15, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Move over, Dancing Wu Li Masters!
If self-righteous comments on Bluesky were heavy sour crude, we could give back Venezuela.
January 14, 2026 at 11:55 PM
If self-righteous comments on Bluesky were heavy sour crude, we could give back Venezuela.
It's dangerous, but I am really glad to see some regular people jumping in, not allowing the Gestapo thug to go off.
h/t @radleybalko.bsky.social
h/t @radleybalko.bsky.social
As promised —- empaths, go on an laugh!
January 14, 2026 at 11:45 PM
It's dangerous, but I am really glad to see some regular people jumping in, not allowing the Gestapo thug to go off.
h/t @radleybalko.bsky.social
h/t @radleybalko.bsky.social
Don't tell me The Algorithm doesn't have a sense of humor. How else to explain these two posts, from @tomlevenson.bsky.social and @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social, appearing consecutively?
January 14, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Don't tell me The Algorithm doesn't have a sense of humor. How else to explain these two posts, from @tomlevenson.bsky.social and @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social, appearing consecutively?
If you are a beginning programmer, or have friends who are, this is quite good:
New blog post: Two Pieces of Bad Advice for Escaping Tutorial Hell inventwithpython.com/blog/tutoria...
Two Pieces of Bad Advice for Escaping Tutorial Hell
inventwithpython.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:48 PM
If you are a beginning programmer, or have friends who are, this is quite good:
Sorry, yeah, Scott Adams again. But that great old phrase from Alice, that all of us said for years, just popped into my mind.
Given current circumstances, can't imagine why.
Given current circumstances, can't imagine why.
January 14, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Sorry, yeah, Scott Adams again. But that great old phrase from Alice, that all of us said for years, just popped into my mind.
Given current circumstances, can't imagine why.
Given current circumstances, can't imagine why.