Jacob Weindling
@jakeweindling.bsky.social
Editor at Large @splinternews.bsky.social
Rabid Colorado sports partisan.
Mildly rabid lefty partisan.
Reluctant finance guy.
Accidental UFO reporter-ish (more on that later).
Signal: JacobWeindling.16
Rabid Colorado sports partisan.
Mildly rabid lefty partisan.
Reluctant finance guy.
Accidental UFO reporter-ish (more on that later).
Signal: JacobWeindling.16
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Sports coverage is more than scores. It’s about the people, politics and cultural factors that drive it. Sports journalism adds vivid color and context to these dynamics. Without it, every sports fan suffers. Some of the best sports journalism all-time came from WaPo. Inexcusable loss.
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
February 4, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Sports coverage is more than scores. It’s about the people, politics and cultural factors that drive it. Sports journalism adds vivid color and context to these dynamics. Without it, every sports fan suffers. Some of the best sports journalism all-time came from WaPo. Inexcusable loss.
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If you are able, The Post's union has started a layoff fund for those fired by the world's fourth-richest man today. gofund.me/a310d0286
Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund
gofund.me
February 4, 2026 at 4:35 PM
If you are able, The Post's union has started a layoff fund for those fired by the world's fourth-richest man today. gofund.me/a310d0286
Dressed like a man who just left his house for the first time in 6 months
February 4, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Dressed like a man who just left his house for the first time in 6 months
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you don't say? at some point we're going to acknowledge what every study ever on this subject has said, right? right? www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
Trans athletes may not have fitness advantage in women’s sport, landmark study finds
Findings suggest physical performance in trans women converges toward that of cis women over time
www.independent.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 12:30 PM
you don't say? at some point we're going to acknowledge what every study ever on this subject has said, right? right? www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
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Kindergarten teacher called a prank ICE hotline thinking it was real. She called to report her 6 year old student to ICE to try to get them and their family deported.
6 years old.
She does not enjoy hearing her own words and actions played back to her.
6 years old.
She does not enjoy hearing her own words and actions played back to her.
Kindergarten teacher wants kindergartener deported
YouTube video by Ben Palmer
m.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Kindergarten teacher called a prank ICE hotline thinking it was real. She called to report her 6 year old student to ICE to try to get them and their family deported.
6 years old.
She does not enjoy hearing her own words and actions played back to her.
6 years old.
She does not enjoy hearing her own words and actions played back to her.
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"rich dipshit owner doesn't understand the industry he's bought into and clumsily destroys what made it good" feels less like a narrative unique to the washington post and more like the music that's been playing in the background of all our lives for at least 40 years
February 4, 2026 at 2:53 PM
"rich dipshit owner doesn't understand the industry he's bought into and clumsily destroys what made it good" feels less like a narrative unique to the washington post and more like the music that's been playing in the background of all our lives for at least 40 years
You can have a civilized society, or you can have billionaires, but you can't have both
WaPo also closing Books section and downsizing International and Metro sections
February 4, 2026 at 2:48 PM
You can have a civilized society, or you can have billionaires, but you can't have both
Republicans not understanding the nature of linear time would explain a lot tbh
Mike Johnson on Trump calling for Rs to "nationalize" elections: "We had 3 Republicans who were ahead on election day in last cycle & every time a new tranche of ballots came in they just magically whittled away until their leads were lost. It looks on its face to be fraudulent. Can I prove it? No"
February 3, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Republicans not understanding the nature of linear time would explain a lot tbh
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Crime headline of the day.
February 3, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Crime headline of the day.
Huh, I wonder why they were putting out calls for AUSAs on Twitter
This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
February 3, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Huh, I wonder why they were putting out calls for AUSAs on Twitter
Crypto is getting annihilated again today
February 3, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Crypto is getting annihilated again today
Bitcoin falling again, now it's under Michael Saylor's average price. Microstrategy's entire strategy is in the red.
February 3, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Bitcoin falling again, now it's under Michael Saylor's average price. Microstrategy's entire strategy is in the red.
Love too pick a fight with high schoolers and lose then call myself the master race
MAGA Adult Male assaults Texas High School students protesting ICE
February 3, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Love too pick a fight with high schoolers and lose then call myself the master race
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Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
A Day for Gaza
Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.
www.thenation.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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It’s amazing to me that a regular thing happening these days with pathetic guys who can’t get laid is for them to alert the media about it.
📢 “A huge amount of men between the age of 15 and 50 will not pass on their genes. They will effectively die out of the gene pool ... Should society intervene?” Steven Bartlett asked last year.
Two top podcasters have identified a global decline. The problem, they say, is women
www.smh.com.au
February 3, 2026 at 4:07 PM
It’s amazing to me that a regular thing happening these days with pathetic guys who can’t get laid is for them to alert the media about it.
Every time I write about UFOs some nice liberal without a security clearance comes out of the woodwork to tell me how my source with a security clearance has no idea what they're talking about.
I'm convinced one of the reasons epstein was able to coast for so long is that for many sensible people including and especially educated liberals, viewing the world through a conspiratorial lens was always seen as vaguely distasteful and rube-coded
as someone who pushes hard against conspiratorial thinking in my professional and political life, it is deeply irritating when, on top of the untold human harms Epstein caused, it turns out he was at the center of at least half a dozen actual conspiracies
February 3, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Every time I write about UFOs some nice liberal without a security clearance comes out of the woodwork to tell me how my source with a security clearance has no idea what they're talking about.
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I'm convinced one of the reasons epstein was able to coast for so long is that for many sensible people including and especially educated liberals, viewing the world through a conspiratorial lens was always seen as vaguely distasteful and rube-coded
as someone who pushes hard against conspiratorial thinking in my professional and political life, it is deeply irritating when, on top of the untold human harms Epstein caused, it turns out he was at the center of at least half a dozen actual conspiracies
February 3, 2026 at 3:11 PM
I'm convinced one of the reasons epstein was able to coast for so long is that for many sensible people including and especially educated liberals, viewing the world through a conspiratorial lens was always seen as vaguely distasteful and rube-coded
Gold way down, stocks up, yields up, risk up the most
The very broken market's nature is healing
The very broken market's nature is healing
February 2, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Gold way down, stocks up, yields up, risk up the most
The very broken market's nature is healing
The very broken market's nature is healing
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I feel like trump voters are beginning to realize there isn't some grand ending here. It's just national suicide and not everyone is down with that
Remarkable: 55% of noncollege whites and even 50% of rural whites say ICE is too aggressive, per new Fox News poll.
And 71% of independents disapprove of Trump on immigration.
This is digging deep into Trump's base.
We detail these numbers on today's pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
And 71% of independents disapprove of Trump on immigration.
This is digging deep into Trump's base.
We detail these numbers on today's pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Trump Tirade over Protests Goes Off Rails as Crushing Fox Poll Hits
As Trump grows more delusional about how hated his ICE raids have become, a longtime pro-immigrant organizer explains why this may be a watershed moment in terms of public opinion on the issue.
newrepublic.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:11 PM
I feel like trump voters are beginning to realize there isn't some grand ending here. It's just national suicide and not everyone is down with that
Everywhere you look these days you can find a Republican who has been shamelessly violating Biggie's 4th Crack Commandment
kind of striking how many main characters in Trump II are obviously and severely disturbed nymag.com/intelligence...
Nancy Mace Is Not Okay
“Something’s broken. The motherboard’s fried. We’re short-circuiting somewhere.”
nymag.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Everywhere you look these days you can find a Republican who has been shamelessly violating Biggie's 4th Crack Commandment
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Goalie fight, as called in American Sign Language:
February 2, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Goalie fight, as called in American Sign Language:
Bad Bunny is an American treasure
Bad Bunny with a powerful anti-ICE speech at the Grammys 🔥🔥🔥🔥
"Before I say thanks to God, I’m going to say ‘ICE out.’ We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens. We are humans and we are Americans."
"Before I say thanks to God, I’m going to say ‘ICE out.’ We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens. We are humans and we are Americans."
February 2, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Bad Bunny is an American treasure
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the Epstein files make it very clear why the MeToo backlash was so extreme and why so much of elite society preferred Donald Trump ruling us like a king to the barest hint of accountability
February 1, 2026 at 9:27 PM
the Epstein files make it very clear why the MeToo backlash was so extreme and why so much of elite society preferred Donald Trump ruling us like a king to the barest hint of accountability
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February 1, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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Any serious reckoning of Obama’s legacy is going to have to grapple with the fact that Summers held a position of influence in the administration for years.
Larry Summers, seen here somehow managing to have the worst gender politics in the room while in a one on one conversation with JEFFREY FUCKING EPSTEIN.
February 1, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Any serious reckoning of Obama’s legacy is going to have to grapple with the fact that Summers held a position of influence in the administration for years.