John W. Farrell
@johnwfarrell.bsky.social
Journalist. Author of The Day Without Yesterday (Basic Books) and The Clock and the Camshaft (Rowman & Littlefield). Forthcoming, my novel: An Uncommon Descent (Serving House Books).
Website: www.farrellmedia.com
Website: www.farrellmedia.com
"But there is no hiding the murder of Renee Good, captured on video by several witnesses as it was." January 8, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
January 8, 2026
On MS NOW today, columnist Philip Bump broke down when talking about the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis.
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January 9, 2026 at 2:47 PM
"But there is no hiding the murder of Renee Good, captured on video by several witnesses as it was." January 8, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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This is really cool, and I’m grateful for the explanatory thread, because I definitely needed more than what’s in the abstract to understand this. 😅
Nice short preprint proposing a new method to distinguish second degree relatives: half siblings vs niece/nephew avuncular pairs.
Both relationships have genomic kinship of 1/4, but they can be distinguished by multiple signals:
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Both relationships have genomic kinship of 1/4, but they can be distinguished by multiple signals:
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
January 8, 2026 at 2:46 PM
This is really cool, and I’m grateful for the explanatory thread, because I definitely needed more than what’s in the abstract to understand this. 😅
"This morning, a federal agent from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good as she was driving away from ICE agents on a residential street in Minneapolis, Minnesota." January 7, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
January 7, 2026
This morning, a federal agent from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good as she was driving away from ICE agents on a residential street in Minneapoli...
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January 8, 2026 at 11:24 AM
"This morning, a federal agent from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good as she was driving away from ICE agents on a residential street in Minneapolis, Minnesota." January 7, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
I enjoy these memes, too. But you know what?
No god is coming to save us.
Prayers aren't going to save us.
*No one* is going to save us... if we don't do it ourselves.
No god is coming to save us.
Prayers aren't going to save us.
*No one* is going to save us... if we don't do it ourselves.
January 8, 2026 at 3:50 AM
I enjoy these memes, too. But you know what?
No god is coming to save us.
Prayers aren't going to save us.
*No one* is going to save us... if we don't do it ourselves.
No god is coming to save us.
Prayers aren't going to save us.
*No one* is going to save us... if we don't do it ourselves.
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Should be a straightforward murder conviction.
Warning: gift link goes to NY Times video showing video of the murder.
Warning: gift link goes to NY Times video showing video of the murder.
Live Updates: Minnesota Officials Dispute Federal Account of Fatal ICE Shooting
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January 8, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Should be a straightforward murder conviction.
Warning: gift link goes to NY Times video showing video of the murder.
Warning: gift link goes to NY Times video showing video of the murder.
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I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
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One agent literally moves to stand in front of the vehicle (she has no other way to move) and two
more agents, including the one who shot her, approach the vehicle. Those are not the actions of people who have a reasonable belief that they are in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury
more agents, including the one who shot her, approach the vehicle. Those are not the actions of people who have a reasonable belief that they are in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury
Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
January 7, 2026 at 11:14 PM
One agent literally moves to stand in front of the vehicle (she has no other way to move) and two
more agents, including the one who shot her, approach the vehicle. Those are not the actions of people who have a reasonable belief that they are in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury
more agents, including the one who shot her, approach the vehicle. Those are not the actions of people who have a reasonable belief that they are in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury
"I see people out there making a difference, and they’re almost always the ones who have to sacrifice to do so." open.substack.com/pub/rebeccab...
Choose your own way to burn
I have such contempt for all the people who are keeping quiet right now, especially everyone who has privilege.
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January 7, 2026 at 11:18 AM
"I see people out there making a difference, and they’re almost always the ones who have to sacrifice to do so." open.substack.com/pub/rebeccab...
"That is the ideology behind MAGA, amped up by the racism and sexism that identifies MAGA’s opponents as women, Black Americans, and people of color." January 6, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
January 6, 2026
“They say that when you win the presidency you lose the midterm,” President Donald J.
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January 7, 2026 at 11:09 AM
"That is the ideology behind MAGA, amped up by the racism and sexism that identifies MAGA’s opponents as women, Black Americans, and people of color." January 6, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Outstanding.
This is one of the coolest fucking things I’ve ever seen
An old school anarchist hacker who goes by Martha Root infiltrated a nazi dating site, got all of their into onto okstupid.lol, and THEN SHE DELETED THE ENTIRE SITE LIVE WHILE DRESSED AS THE PINK POWER RANGER.
hero.
An old school anarchist hacker who goes by Martha Root infiltrated a nazi dating site, got all of their into onto okstupid.lol, and THEN SHE DELETED THE ENTIRE SITE LIVE WHILE DRESSED AS THE PINK POWER RANGER.
hero.
January 6, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Outstanding.
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"Five years ago, on January 6, 2021, more than 2,000 rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol to try to stop the process of counting the electoral votes that would make Democrat Joe Biden president of the United States." January 5, 2026 (Monday) open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
January 5, 2026 (Monday)
Five years ago, on January 6, 2021, more than 2,000 rioters stormed the U.S.
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January 6, 2026 at 11:33 AM
"Five years ago, on January 6, 2021, more than 2,000 rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol to try to stop the process of counting the electoral votes that would make Democrat Joe Biden president of the United States." January 5, 2026 (Monday) open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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Don't mistake a possible AI bubble for a Trump boom.
The latest edition of Receipts from @crampell.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4srorIa
The latest edition of Receipts from @crampell.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4srorIa
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.
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January 5, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Don't mistake a possible AI bubble for a Trump boom.
The latest edition of Receipts from @crampell.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4srorIa
The latest edition of Receipts from @crampell.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4srorIa
"Secretary of State Marco Rubio took the administration’s message about its strikes on Venezuela to the Sunday talk shows this morning. It did not go well." January 4, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
January 4, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio took the administration’s message about its strikes on Venezuela to the Sunday talk shows this morning.
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January 5, 2026 at 11:53 AM
"Secretary of State Marco Rubio took the administration’s message about its strikes on Venezuela to the Sunday talk shows this morning. It did not go well." January 4, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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For all that the media has spent years freaking out about what social media does to our brains, I don’t understand why there appears to be little effort to grapple with the fact that these chatbots are, for some not insignificant portion of the population, literally psychosis machines
He put his complete trust in a chat bot that turned him into a savage murderer.
Disturbing Messages Show ChatGPT Encouraging a Murder, Lawsuit Alleges
A lawsuit against OpenAI reveals the chilling ChatGPT messages that drove a middle aged man to kill his 83-year-old mother.
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January 4, 2026 at 1:32 PM
For all that the media has spent years freaking out about what social media does to our brains, I don’t understand why there appears to be little effort to grapple with the fact that these chatbots are, for some not insignificant portion of the population, literally psychosis machines
"Today was the legal deadline for the Department of Justice to submit to Congress a written justification for any documents from the Epstein files that the department had redacted or withheld." January 3, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
January 3, 2026
Today was the legal deadline for the Department of Justice to submit to Congress a written justification for any documents from the Epstein files that the department had redacted or withheld.
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January 4, 2026 at 1:00 PM
"Today was the legal deadline for the Department of Justice to submit to Congress a written justification for any documents from the Epstein files that the department had redacted or withheld." January 3, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
The Colonization of Jesus: How Empire Replaced Hebrew Theology With Greek Metaphysics
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The Colonization of Jesus: How Empire Replaced Hebrew Theology With Greek Metaphysics
What Does Athens Have To Do With Jerusalem? - Tertullian
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January 3, 2026 at 9:52 PM
The Colonization of Jesus: How Empire Replaced Hebrew Theology With Greek Metaphysics
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@hcrichardson.bsky.social this morning.
January 3, 2026 at 1:56 PM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social this morning.
'Mamdani identified this era as “an opportunity to transform and reinvent.”'January 2, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
January 2, 2026
Just after midnight on January 1, in a private ceremony in the long-closed former City Hall subway station in Manhattan, New York Attorney General Letitia James swore Zohran Mamdani into office as may...
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January 3, 2026 at 1:42 PM
'Mamdani identified this era as “an opportunity to transform and reinvent.”'January 2, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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THIS ISN’T GETTING ENOUGH ATTENTION.
More than 100 immigration judges have been fired nationwide since Trump took office. 21 in San Francisco alone, many without explanation.
Why? Because these judges provided due process under US law.
The Trump admin doesn’t want hearings or fairness.
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More than 100 immigration judges have been fired nationwide since Trump took office. 21 in San Francisco alone, many without explanation.
Why? Because these judges provided due process under US law.
The Trump admin doesn’t want hearings or fairness.
1/2
January 2, 2026 at 9:26 PM
THIS ISN’T GETTING ENOUGH ATTENTION.
More than 100 immigration judges have been fired nationwide since Trump took office. 21 in San Francisco alone, many without explanation.
Why? Because these judges provided due process under US law.
The Trump admin doesn’t want hearings or fairness.
1/2
More than 100 immigration judges have been fired nationwide since Trump took office. 21 in San Francisco alone, many without explanation.
Why? Because these judges provided due process under US law.
The Trump admin doesn’t want hearings or fairness.
1/2
@rbratten.bsky.social on the problem(s) with Flannery O'Connor....
January 2, 2026 at 7:29 PM
@rbratten.bsky.social on the problem(s) with Flannery O'Connor....
"Between 1892 and 1954, when Ellis Island closed, more than 12 million immigrants would come through the facility on their journey to the United States." January 1, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
January 1, 2026
On January 1, 1892, seventeen-year-old Annie Moore walked down the gangway from the steamship Nevada with her two brothers Anthony, eleven, and Philip, nine, and into history as the first person proce...
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January 2, 2026 at 4:16 AM
"Between 1892 and 1954, when Ellis Island closed, more than 12 million immigrants would come through the facility on their journey to the United States." January 1, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
"I am entering the new year tired, I confess, but with high hopes and confidence that the American people can build a better future." December 31, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
December 31, 2025
And so, the sun sets on 2025.
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January 1, 2026 at 1:01 PM
"I am entering the new year tired, I confess, but with high hopes and confidence that the American people can build a better future." December 31, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
"The hallmark of the first year of President Donald J. Trump’s second term has been the attempt of the president and his cronies to dismantle the constitutional system..." December 30, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
December 30, 2025
The hallmark of the first year of President Donald J.
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December 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM
"The hallmark of the first year of President Donald J. Trump’s second term has been the attempt of the president and his cronies to dismantle the constitutional system..." December 30, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...