@dghoefer.bsky.social
Husband, father, engineer, dog and cat lover, native upstate New Yorker.
Pinned
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,060,496!
Reposted
This is quite literally the 2nd amendment
States can create citizen militias independent of the National Guard. I’d like to see governors and state legislators think creatively about that power when it comes to monitoring federal agents operating in their state, particularly if they don’t trust police forces to do so.
January 8, 2026 at 4:28 AM
This is quite literally the 2nd amendment
Reposted
The U.S. economy entered 2025 as the “envy of the world.” It exited well behind its peers.
Trump Says We Have the “Hottest” Economy. Markets Tell a Different Story.
The U.S. economy entered 2025 as the “envy of the world.” It exited well behind its peers.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:30 AM
The U.S. economy entered 2025 as the “envy of the world.” It exited well behind its peers.
Reposted
Actual Originalism
This is quite literally the 2nd amendment
States can create citizen militias independent of the National Guard. I’d like to see governors and state legislators think creatively about that power when it comes to monitoring federal agents operating in their state, particularly if they don’t trust police forces to do so.
January 8, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Actual Originalism
Reposted
As some of the scientists still at CDC fighting the good fight with all we have left, we appreciate when journalists use precise language in their headlines. It matters.💚
Career scientists weren't involved in this sham, & would not propose change based upon political ideology & vibes
G'night all 😴
Career scientists weren't involved in this sham, & would not propose change based upon political ideology & vibes
G'night all 😴
CDC staff ‘blindsided’ as child vaccine schedule unilaterally overhauled
The Trump administration took unprecedented steps to recommend fewer vaccines for children without extensive consultations with career scientists.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:03 AM
As some of the scientists still at CDC fighting the good fight with all we have left, we appreciate when journalists use precise language in their headlines. It matters.💚
Career scientists weren't involved in this sham, & would not propose change based upon political ideology & vibes
G'night all 😴
Career scientists weren't involved in this sham, & would not propose change based upon political ideology & vibes
G'night all 😴
Reposted
This is insane. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 1:39 AM
This is insane. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Reposted
This is correct.
Better yet, disestablish all of DHS, and undo the nightmarish idiocies that we created in a panic 25 years ago. Reestablish the INS, get rid of ODNI, fix the damage from the Patriot Act, etc.
For the love of all that is decent and holy: abolish ICE
January 8, 2026 at 3:03 AM
This is correct.
Reposted
Better yet, disestablish all of DHS, and undo the nightmarish idiocies that we created in a panic 25 years ago. Reestablish the INS, get rid of ODNI, fix the damage from the Patriot Act, etc.
For the love of all that is decent and holy: abolish ICE
January 8, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Better yet, disestablish all of DHS, and undo the nightmarish idiocies that we created in a panic 25 years ago. Reestablish the INS, get rid of ODNI, fix the damage from the Patriot Act, etc.
Reposted
I’m glad to see Bill say this. But when after a century of just the type of abuse we saw today - relentless and cruel, ensnaring our children and intimidating our communities - young Black people said in frustration, anger, and demand for change “defund the police” - so many of you denounced them.
January 8, 2026 at 2:58 AM
I’m glad to see Bill say this. But when after a century of just the type of abuse we saw today - relentless and cruel, ensnaring our children and intimidating our communities - young Black people said in frustration, anger, and demand for change “defund the police” - so many of you denounced them.
Reposted
Can you accept - even w/o agreeing with all our positions - that Black people know profound truths about this country that are not on Schoolhouse Rock?
Now that the tactics they’ve used in our communities are becoming national policy, are you ready to concede that you need our “expertise” as well?
Now that the tactics they’ve used in our communities are becoming national policy, are you ready to concede that you need our “expertise” as well?
I’m glad to see Bill say this. But when after a century of just the type of abuse we saw today - relentless and cruel, ensnaring our children and intimidating our communities - young Black people said in frustration, anger, and demand for change “defund the police” - so many of you denounced them.
January 8, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Can you accept - even w/o agreeing with all our positions - that Black people know profound truths about this country that are not on Schoolhouse Rock?
Now that the tactics they’ve used in our communities are becoming national policy, are you ready to concede that you need our “expertise” as well?
Now that the tactics they’ve used in our communities are becoming national policy, are you ready to concede that you need our “expertise” as well?
Reposted
DELL EXEC: Consumers are “not buying based on AI. In fact I think AI probably confuses them more than it helps them understand a specific outcome."
@pcgamer.com #CES
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/del...
@pcgamer.com #CES
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/del...
Dell seems to be the first to realise we don't actually care about AI PCs
"What we've learned over the course of this year, from a consumer perspective, is they're not buying based on AI."
www.pcgamer.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:26 PM
DELL EXEC: Consumers are “not buying based on AI. In fact I think AI probably confuses them more than it helps them understand a specific outcome."
@pcgamer.com #CES
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/del...
@pcgamer.com #CES
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/del...
Reposted
I wonder if people are really ready to live life without vaccines?
Small coffins, small graves…
The need to have more children to take into account the death and disability rate…
What a terrible and sad step backwards…
Small coffins, small graves…
The need to have more children to take into account the death and disability rate…
What a terrible and sad step backwards…
January 7, 2026 at 12:47 AM
I wonder if people are really ready to live life without vaccines?
Small coffins, small graves…
The need to have more children to take into account the death and disability rate…
What a terrible and sad step backwards…
Small coffins, small graves…
The need to have more children to take into account the death and disability rate…
What a terrible and sad step backwards…
Reposted
Most likely. It’s gonna be a long three years.
January 7, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Most likely. It’s gonna be a long three years.
Reposted
“NYT editorial board with a bracing Jan. 6 anniversary reminder of Trump's role in stoking the attack, the violence against police & the complicity of elected R's and conservative media in whitewashing history.” | NY Times 🎁 opinion piece
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
Opinion | 5 Years After Jan. 6, Lawlessness Has Triumphed
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:54 PM
“NYT editorial board with a bracing Jan. 6 anniversary reminder of Trump's role in stoking the attack, the violence against police & the complicity of elected R's and conservative media in whitewashing history.” | NY Times 🎁 opinion piece
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
Reposted
In the United States, he returned to the presidency just four years later.
A catastrophic, system-wide failure to hold him or the party that had elevated him to power in the first place to account that leaves Americas political elites and elite institutions widely and rightfully discredited.
A catastrophic, system-wide failure to hold him or the party that had elevated him to power in the first place to account that leaves Americas political elites and elite institutions widely and rightfully discredited.
January 6, 2026 at 7:47 PM
In the United States, he returned to the presidency just four years later.
A catastrophic, system-wide failure to hold him or the party that had elevated him to power in the first place to account that leaves Americas political elites and elite institutions widely and rightfully discredited.
A catastrophic, system-wide failure to hold him or the party that had elevated him to power in the first place to account that leaves Americas political elites and elite institutions widely and rightfully discredited.
Reposted
In an even remotely healthy political system and culture - and everywhere else in the democratic world - January 6 would have been a dealbreaker: The end of Trump as a major political figure. He would have been convicted, shunned, banished - everyone associated with him ostracized from public life.
January 6 in History
Wrote this two years ago: “If the insurrectionist-in-chief returns to power without ever facing any real consequences and while explicitly declaring his intent to establish a vindictive autocracy, then January 6 will have been successful.”
And here we are.
Wrote this two years ago: “If the insurrectionist-in-chief returns to power without ever facing any real consequences and while explicitly declaring his intent to establish a vindictive autocracy, then January 6 will have been successful.”
And here we are.
January 6 in History
Was it a key moment in the republic’s eventual demise or a milestone on the road to democracy’s ultimate triumph? The meaning of January 6 is yet to be determined
steady.page
January 6, 2026 at 7:39 PM
In an even remotely healthy political system and culture - and everywhere else in the democratic world - January 6 would have been a dealbreaker: The end of Trump as a major political figure. He would have been convicted, shunned, banished - everyone associated with him ostracized from public life.
Reposted
"they're treating us like we're black lives matter"--is a direct quote from a jan 6 putchist and white woman whining about the kid-glove pushback her lynch mob was receiving from capitol police for trying to murder members of congress and overthrow the republic
I still remember Ma telling me five years ago that if these insurrectionists on January 6th were Black, then they would be dead. Five years later, they are almost all alive, out of jail, and their guy is back in the White House. If that’s not White privilege, then I don’t know what is.
January 6, 2026 at 7:20 PM
"they're treating us like we're black lives matter"--is a direct quote from a jan 6 putchist and white woman whining about the kid-glove pushback her lynch mob was receiving from capitol police for trying to murder members of congress and overthrow the republic
Reposted
On the 5th Anniversary of the failed January 6th insurrection attempt, we’re reminded how fragile democracy can be. We must remember the darkness of that day so it’s never repeated. As history is rewritten by some, we choose to speak the truth of what happened.
January 6, 2026 at 1:02 PM
On the 5th Anniversary of the failed January 6th insurrection attempt, we’re reminded how fragile democracy can be. We must remember the darkness of that day so it’s never repeated. As history is rewritten by some, we choose to speak the truth of what happened.
Reposted
If you're writing 1800 words about how we failed to account for January 6 and DON'T mention SCOTUS (particularly if you're comparing with Brazil) or impeachment, you're simply doing propaganda for the GOP.
January 6, 2026 at 6:52 PM
If you're writing 1800 words about how we failed to account for January 6 and DON'T mention SCOTUS (particularly if you're comparing with Brazil) or impeachment, you're simply doing propaganda for the GOP.
Reposted
Waymo is Google and when you realize they're forcing this shit on you like Gemini, it starts to make sense.
More cars are not the answer but that's exactly what Waymo is trying to sell you. And they are dangerous af. Most of driving is not rule/law following, it is reasoning. They can't do that.
More cars are not the answer but that's exactly what Waymo is trying to sell you. And they are dangerous af. Most of driving is not rule/law following, it is reasoning. They can't do that.
It’s certainly possible that AVs could reduce future crashes. But it’s not a given, and they definitely don’t offer the only (or optimal) way to do so.
Consider: Several European cities have gone a full year without any traffic deaths. None relied on robotaxis to do it.
Consider: Several European cities have gone a full year without any traffic deaths. None relied on robotaxis to do it.
Helsinki went a full year without a traffic death. How did they do it?
Nordic capitals keep showing how we can eliminate traffic fatalities.
www.zmescience.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Waymo is Google and when you realize they're forcing this shit on you like Gemini, it starts to make sense.
More cars are not the answer but that's exactly what Waymo is trying to sell you. And they are dangerous af. Most of driving is not rule/law following, it is reasoning. They can't do that.
More cars are not the answer but that's exactly what Waymo is trying to sell you. And they are dangerous af. Most of driving is not rule/law following, it is reasoning. They can't do that.
Reposted
Five years ago, today. January 6, 2021. I stand by everything.
January 6, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Five years ago, today. January 6, 2021. I stand by everything.
Reposted
Makes it easy for the tech bros to use his personality to achieve their own aims of weakening the nation state as we know them and creating Network States
January 6, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Makes it easy for the tech bros to use his personality to achieve their own aims of weakening the nation state as we know them and creating Network States
Reposted
Excellent point here from an expert in international relations. Trump’s brand of authoritarianism is, at its core, an aesthetic. He does not seek to achieve policy goals—he seeks a global reputation for appearing powerful.
What is just crazy about this, aside from the need for this statement at all, is that Greenland already IS in the US sphere of influence. It's far cheaper for the US, in material, security, and reputational terms, to have Denmark continue administering Greenland and work within NATO on security.
Joint Statement of major EU/NATO countries on Greenland, together with Denmark:
January 6, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Excellent point here from an expert in international relations. Trump’s brand of authoritarianism is, at its core, an aesthetic. He does not seek to achieve policy goals—he seeks a global reputation for appearing powerful.
Reposted
Data centers will be THE political issue in many key races around the country over the next several years & Dems need to get all over it because this is a grass roots issue that transcends party. Want to get back in the game in rural America? This is how. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
The data center rebellion is here, and it’s reshaping the political landscape
Backlash over the proliferation of data centers has entered the national political conversation and could affect voters of all political persuasions in this year’s midterm elections.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Data centers will be THE political issue in many key races around the country over the next several years & Dems need to get all over it because this is a grass roots issue that transcends party. Want to get back in the game in rural America? This is how. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Reposted
I think the Greenland threat is a troll. I think.
But it would sure be nice for some senators and GOP house members to speak up now and make it clear that an attack on a nato ally would lead to removal from office
But it would sure be nice for some senators and GOP house members to speak up now and make it clear that an attack on a nato ally would lead to removal from office
January 6, 2026 at 2:42 AM
I think the Greenland threat is a troll. I think.
But it would sure be nice for some senators and GOP house members to speak up now and make it clear that an attack on a nato ally would lead to removal from office
But it would sure be nice for some senators and GOP house members to speak up now and make it clear that an attack on a nato ally would lead to removal from office
Reposted
This will kill children. It is not based on science. It is a belief-based system driven by a madman who doesn't even believe in germ theory.
As someone who watched her baby struggle to breathe in the hospital for a week from RSV, it pains me we are going in reverse.
As someone who watched her baby struggle to breathe in the hospital for a week from RSV, it pains me we are going in reverse.
RFK Jr's HHS had a press call to announce they were — based on no new data — overhauling the childhood vaccine schedule. Senior officials at HHS answered questions but refused to go on the record, saying we could only attribute the quotes to "officials." www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
U.S. overhauls childhood vaccine schedule, recommends fewer shots
The U.S. no longer broadly recommends vaccines for flu, hepatitis A and B, and RSV. Health officials say the guidance aligns with that of peer countries.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:24 AM
This will kill children. It is not based on science. It is a belief-based system driven by a madman who doesn't even believe in germ theory.
As someone who watched her baby struggle to breathe in the hospital for a week from RSV, it pains me we are going in reverse.
As someone who watched her baby struggle to breathe in the hospital for a week from RSV, it pains me we are going in reverse.