John Gordon 🇨🇦🇩🇰
@johngordon.bsky.social
Retired GP. Avid cyclist. CrossFit, cognitive disability. Curious. TrueName John Faughnan (not actor). Intergalactic Antifa Coordinator.
Also mastodon - https://appdot.net/@jgordon
Also mastodon - https://appdot.net/@jgordon
This is all bananas.
After Trump's plot with Bolsonaro to bust him out of jail and get him to the US failed, Brazilian authorities accelerated the process for him to begin serving his 27-year sentence. Bolsonaro was ordered today to begin serving jail time tomorrow. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Bolsonaro out of appeals, will start 27-year sentence for coup attempt
The former Brazilian president will begin his sentence in a specially prepared cell at federal police headquarters in Brasília.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 AM
This is all bananas.
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“Ellis wrote that she repeatedly found testimony by Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, the on-the-ground leader of Operation Midway Blitz, not credible. Bovino was evasive, either giving “cute” answers to attorney’s questions or outright lying, the judge said in her ruling.”
Feds Repeatedly Lied And Misled The Public During Chicago Immigration Crackdown, Federal Judge Rules
In a scathing opinion, U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis highlighted lies and distortions by Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino and immigration agents in press releases, social media posts and their own inte...
blockclubchicago.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
“Ellis wrote that she repeatedly found testimony by Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, the on-the-ground leader of Operation Midway Blitz, not credible. Bovino was evasive, either giving “cute” answers to attorney’s questions or outright lying, the judge said in her ruling.”
High school history students of 2046 will not believe.
If this is true, every halfway decent foreign intelligence service on the planet already has the receipts ….
November 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
High school history students of 2046 will not believe.
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NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Today's small victory over Apple's software rot - with ai assistance I figured out how to force "optimized storage" macOS Sequoia Photos to *actually* shrink so my 500GB of "free space" is actually useable.
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Today's small victory over Apple's software rot - with ai assistance I figured out how to force "optimized storage" macOS Sequoia Photos to *actually* shrink so my 500GB of "free space" is actually useable.
Hegseth knows that he's on the purge list.
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Hegseth knows that he's on the purge list.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
No sh*t
Penn’s Refusal to Disclose Jewish Faculty, Student Names
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Penn Refuses to Disclose Jewish Faculty, Student Names
The Trump administration asked the university to hand over personal information for the members of Jewish clubs and organizations as well as the Jewish Studies department.
www.insidehighered.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
No sh*t
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When Tony Blair came to power in 1997, the UK economy was bigger than China and India combined.
November 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
When Tony Blair came to power in 1997, the UK economy was bigger than China and India combined.
Is it common wisdom yet that the ad-click / Google search business model is done?
Because it seems that should be noted.
In the end Google decided it was not viable.
Because it seems that should be noted.
In the end Google decided it was not viable.
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Is it common wisdom yet that the ad-click / Google search business model is done?
Because it seems that should be noted.
In the end Google decided it was not viable.
Because it seems that should be noted.
In the end Google decided it was not viable.
Best discussion of Apple’s Gemini deal:
mjtsai.com/blog/2025/11...
Read comments too. Google did not want Anthropic to win and lowballed the price (antitrust anybody).
mjtsai.com/blog/2025/11...
Read comments too. Google did not want Anthropic to win and lowballed the price (antitrust anybody).
Michael Tsai - Blog - White Label Gemini on Private Cloud Compute
mjtsai.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Best discussion of Apple’s Gemini deal:
mjtsai.com/blog/2025/11...
Read comments too. Google did not want Anthropic to win and lowballed the price (antitrust anybody).
mjtsai.com/blog/2025/11...
Read comments too. Google did not want Anthropic to win and lowballed the price (antitrust anybody).
This feels inevitable.
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 AM
This feels inevitable.
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I'm re-upping our new open access article on why armies shoot their own soldiers in light of recent reports that more than 100 Russian officers have been confirmed as ordering the execution of their own soldiers in more than 12,000 reported incidents
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Fratricidal Coercion in Modern War | International Organization | Cambridge Core
Fratricidal Coercion in Modern War - Volume 79 Issue 1
www.cambridge.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I'm re-upping our new open access article on why armies shoot their own soldiers in light of recent reports that more than 100 Russian officers have been confirmed as ordering the execution of their own soldiers in more than 12,000 reported incidents
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Mark Kelly: "I said something that was pretty simple and non-controversial, and that was that members of the military should follow the law. In response to that, Trump said I should be executed, I should be hanged ... it says a lot more about him than it says about me. I'm not going to be silenced."
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Mark Kelly: "I said something that was pretty simple and non-controversial, and that was that members of the military should follow the law. In response to that, Trump said I should be executed, I should be hanged ... it says a lot more about him than it says about me. I'm not going to be silenced."
Once again happy I dropped the NYT. I rarely miss it.
Utterly ludicrous framing from @nytimes.com here, treating Pete Hegseth's arguments as if they're legitimate. The casual reader will be left with no inkling whatsoever of how unusual and corrupt an abuse of the process this truly is:
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Once again happy I dropped the NYT. I rarely miss it.
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The truly wild thing is this isn’t even true, a shit-ton of their oil reserves on paper are heavy tar sands and every US oil company will take one look at that at $80/bbl and walk away because it isn’t close to economically viable.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The truly wild thing is this isn’t even true, a shit-ton of their oil reserves on paper are heavy tar sands and every US oil company will take one look at that at $80/bbl and walk away because it isn’t close to economically viable.
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OpenAI is planning on releasing 2 models in the next few months:
- GPT-5.2: Successor, very good at programming
- Shallotpeat: fixed pre-training + new base for the IMO Gold math model
I'm really curious about Shallotpeat. Sounds like a redo of GPT-4.5
- GPT-5.2: Successor, very good at programming
- Shallotpeat: fixed pre-training + new base for the IMO Gold math model
I'm really curious about Shallotpeat. Sounds like a redo of GPT-4.5
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
OpenAI is planning on releasing 2 models in the next few months:
- GPT-5.2: Successor, very good at programming
- Shallotpeat: fixed pre-training + new base for the IMO Gold math model
I'm really curious about Shallotpeat. Sounds like a redo of GPT-4.5
- GPT-5.2: Successor, very good at programming
- Shallotpeat: fixed pre-training + new base for the IMO Gold math model
I'm really curious about Shallotpeat. Sounds like a redo of GPT-4.5
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Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
When I quote skeet it is always in support of the OP or on a tangential topic.
I gave up on dunking on accounts* when I moved here and I feel better because of it.
(*Sometimes I repost respond to a small account and people seem to feel like I am attempting a dunk and want to join in, please don't, I'm not, and you should never be an asshole on my behalf, thank you)
(*Sometimes I repost respond to a small account and people seem to feel like I am attempting a dunk and want to join in, please don't, I'm not, and you should never be an asshole on my behalf, thank you)
I’m guilty too but god this place would be better if we could all agree not to dunk on accounts with less than a hundred followers
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 AM
When I quote skeet it is always in support of the OP or on a tangential topic.
Next to follow-the-money is look-what-isn’t-there.
What's weirdly missing from coverage of the Dem video is any discussion of this Q: Is it reasonable to fear Trump is giving illegal orders, or not? The answer is, yes, of course it is.
On the boat bombings, for instance, evidence is extensive. Here's a look at it:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
On the boat bombings, for instance, evidence is extensive. Here's a look at it:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Next to follow-the-money is look-what-isn’t-there.
Desperation
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Desperation
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This seems a significantly worse "tell" of derangement
-Sen Kelly has flown nearly 40 *combat missions* as a pilot.
-He's done 375+ carrier landings (Jeesh!)
-He's been in space as astronaut.
-He's flown 50+ different kinds of aircraft
And Hegseth and Trump are picking fight about valor with him?
-Sen Kelly has flown nearly 40 *combat missions* as a pilot.
-He's done 375+ carrier landings (Jeesh!)
-He's been in space as astronaut.
-He's flown 50+ different kinds of aircraft
And Hegseth and Trump are picking fight about valor with him?
The Department of Defense announces it's considering "court-martial proceedings or administrative measures" against Democratic Senator Mark Kelly.
November 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This seems a significantly worse "tell" of derangement
-Sen Kelly has flown nearly 40 *combat missions* as a pilot.
-He's done 375+ carrier landings (Jeesh!)
-He's been in space as astronaut.
-He's flown 50+ different kinds of aircraft
And Hegseth and Trump are picking fight about valor with him?
-Sen Kelly has flown nearly 40 *combat missions* as a pilot.
-He's done 375+ carrier landings (Jeesh!)
-He's been in space as astronaut.
-He's flown 50+ different kinds of aircraft
And Hegseth and Trump are picking fight about valor with him?
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Comey: "I'm grateful the court ended the case against me, which was a prosecution based on malevolence & incompetence... I was inspired by the career people who refused to be part of this travesty. It cost some of them their jobs, but it preserved their integrity, which is beyond price"
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Comey: "I'm grateful the court ended the case against me, which was a prosecution based on malevolence & incompetence... I was inspired by the career people who refused to be part of this travesty. It cost some of them their jobs, but it preserved their integrity, which is beyond price"
Two weeks really is Trump’s default future when he’s making shit up.
November 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Two weeks really is Trump’s default future when he’s making shit up.