Jeff Gill
@knapsack77.bsky.social
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A Substack version of my #AshWednesday post, as I clear away cobwebs...
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Ash Wednesday 2026
A meditation, and a bit of an apology
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February 18, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A Substack version of my #AshWednesday post, as I clear away cobwebs...
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Mamdani: "$5.4 billion is a very steep mountain to climb ... We want to work with Albany to raise personal income taxes by 2% on the 33,000 New Yorkers earning more than $1 million per year and to raise corporate taxes on the most profitable corporations."
February 17, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Mamdani: "$5.4 billion is a very steep mountain to climb ... We want to work with Albany to raise personal income taxes by 2% on the 33,000 New Yorkers earning more than $1 million per year and to raise corporate taxes on the most profitable corporations."
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i think a campaign geared toward what people online were arguing about in 2022 is probably not going to work out
Stephen A. Smith: "We wouldn’t have a border crisis under my watch."
"We ain’t defunding any police… There’s gonna be more."
It's with much regret I foresee the inevitable, he's running
"We ain’t defunding any police… There’s gonna be more."
It's with much regret I foresee the inevitable, he's running
February 17, 2026 at 8:21 PM
i think a campaign geared toward what people online were arguing about in 2022 is probably not going to work out
A thoughtful essay on how we get & tolerate Epsteins; the threnody of regrets or no comments in the present day are the all-too-appropriate punctuation for this meditation on power & access & exploitation. Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/w...
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The Price of Admission to Epstein’s World: Silence
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February 17, 2026 at 10:47 PM
A thoughtful essay on how we get & tolerate Epsteins; the threnody of regrets or no comments in the present day are the all-too-appropriate punctuation for this meditation on power & access & exploitation. Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/w...
An excellent insight into journalistic methodology. Worth reading; gift link so you can.
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www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/b...
Digging Through the Epstein Files
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February 17, 2026 at 4:42 PM
An excellent insight into journalistic methodology. Worth reading; gift link so you can.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/b...
An epic speech among many made by Robert Duvall, in this case as Hub McCann, with his hand around the throat of someone who does not yet know who he is, but will come to know quite well. (Spoiler alert: he does NOT kill him...)
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Second Hand Lions Bar FIGHT Scene
YouTube video by ScienceOfDeduction
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February 17, 2026 at 3:42 PM
An epic speech among many made by Robert Duvall, in this case as Hub McCann, with his hand around the throat of someone who does not yet know who he is, but will come to know quite well. (Spoiler alert: he does NOT kill him...)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkcc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkcc...
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It's like ICE is completely ignoring every lesson that moderately competent police forces are forced to learn, like "don't do high speed chases in densely populated areas with low risk targets"
ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.
Savannah teacher killed in crash by man fleeing from ICE
According to the Chatham County Police Department, Monday morning’s fatal crash was the result of a chase between Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a suspect.
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February 17, 2026 at 2:29 AM
It's like ICE is completely ignoring every lesson that moderately competent police forces are forced to learn, like "don't do high speed chases in densely populated areas with low risk targets"
Thanks to norovirus, I've misplaced a few days, but I'm not so sick as to pass by the death of the irreplaceable Robert Duvall. Here, in his first film role, brief but as always, indelible.
youtu.be/iRmIef02Ajk
youtu.be/iRmIef02Ajk
To Kill a Mockingbird (10/10) Movie CLIP - Scout Meets Boo Radley (1962) HD
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February 17, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Thanks to norovirus, I've misplaced a few days, but I'm not so sick as to pass by the death of the irreplaceable Robert Duvall. Here, in his first film role, brief but as always, indelible.
youtu.be/iRmIef02Ajk
youtu.be/iRmIef02Ajk
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Pancake history.
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A history of pancake recipes – from Elizabethan ale to the invention of self-raising flour
One recipe suggests using ‘snow’ as a winter alternative to eggs.
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February 17, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Pancake history.
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Wander far, wander well…
February 16, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Wander far, wander well…
If you have not seen “The Apostle,” may I recommend it strongly? A personal project by Duvall; also, I believe it’s Walton Goggins first movie role. Gift link:
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Robert Duvall, chameleon of the silver screen, dies at 95
In “The Godfather” and “Apocalypse Now,” he became one of the most respected acting talents of his generation.
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February 16, 2026 at 7:10 PM
If you have not seen “The Apostle,” may I recommend it strongly? A personal project by Duvall; also, I believe it’s Walton Goggins first movie role. Gift link:
wapo.st/4qE2kvW
wapo.st/4qE2kvW
Time to preach on Transfiguration, and conversation. And Lent is a'comin'! #AshWednesday this week.
February 15, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Time to preach on Transfiguration, and conversation. And Lent is a'comin'! #AshWednesday this week.
A hard read. But a series of stories that could be taking place much closer than New York City. The complexities of life, the simplicity of brutal cold. Gift link.
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18 Days, 20 Lives: New Yorkers Who Didn’t Survive the Cold (Gift Article)
Freezing days and nights claimed the lives of a grandmother, a dancer, a dispatcher and a man who lived among a colony of feral cats.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:40 PM
A hard read. But a series of stories that could be taking place much closer than New York City. The complexities of life, the simplicity of brutal cold. Gift link.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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15 years ago today I arrived on Downing Street in a cage.
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
(Photos AP)
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
(Photos AP)
February 15, 2026 at 11:07 AM
15 years ago today I arrived on Downing Street in a cage.
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
(Photos AP)
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
(Photos AP)
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"Trump’s unhinged, hateful remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast don’t disgust his evangelical supporters because they share his seething cultural resentment and endless persecution complex. For them, his open contempt for their mutual enemies resonates more than a true sermon."
Trump is clowning his evangelical base
He's not even bothering to pretend anymore.
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February 15, 2026 at 1:38 PM
"Trump’s unhinged, hateful remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast don’t disgust his evangelical supporters because they share his seething cultural resentment and endless persecution complex. For them, his open contempt for their mutual enemies resonates more than a true sermon."
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Lovely Bluebird by the feeder today
February 14, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Lovely Bluebird by the feeder today
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At 9:18, 3rd period of the Finland-Switzerland women's ice hockey QF game, the ice crew came to clean the ice during a pause
What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling
What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling
February 15, 2026 at 12:14 AM
At 9:18, 3rd period of the Finland-Switzerland women's ice hockey QF game, the ice crew came to clean the ice during a pause
What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling
What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling
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Raskin: What makes somebody a good lawyer?
You have to identify with the people who are the victims of injustice — not with their perpetrators.
So I would say to Pam Bondi: If you’re going to stand with the victimizers and not the victims, then you’re not a real lawyer.
You have to identify with the people who are the victims of injustice — not with their perpetrators.
So I would say to Pam Bondi: If you’re going to stand with the victimizers and not the victims, then you’re not a real lawyer.
February 14, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Raskin: What makes somebody a good lawyer?
You have to identify with the people who are the victims of injustice — not with their perpetrators.
So I would say to Pam Bondi: If you’re going to stand with the victimizers and not the victims, then you’re not a real lawyer.
You have to identify with the people who are the victims of injustice — not with their perpetrators.
So I would say to Pam Bondi: If you’re going to stand with the victimizers and not the victims, then you’re not a real lawyer.
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Extremely telling that Tricia McLaughlin won’t put her name behind the defenses of like 12 different scandals here and is instead quoted as an anonymous “DHS spokeswoman.”
February 13, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Extremely telling that Tricia McLaughlin won’t put her name behind the defenses of like 12 different scandals here and is instead quoted as an anonymous “DHS spokeswoman.”
My Valentine’s Eve column in the @NewarkAdvocate, about a church committee meeting 45 years ago.
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A church committee meeting changed my life forever | Faith Works
Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill shares a personal story of how a seemingly mundane church committee meeting led him to meet his wife.
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February 13, 2026 at 12:45 PM
My Valentine’s Eve column in the @NewarkAdvocate, about a church committee meeting 45 years ago.
www.newarkadvocate.com/story/opinio...
www.newarkadvocate.com/story/opinio...
If you know anyone getting older, read this. Wholly seconded.
www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/202...
www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/202...
Caring for Mom Is an Education in Scams and Fraud
It was summer 2021, and my mother’s desk was a mess, including a torn envelope from the IRS shoved in the back of a drawer.
“Mom?” I asked. “Did you pay your taxes?”
My m
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February 11, 2026 at 9:44 PM
If you know anyone getting older, read this. Wholly seconded.
www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/202...
www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/202...
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February 11, 2026 at 3:31 AM
I strongly encourage almost anyone to read this whole letter. Not short, but not longer than it needs to be.
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Something Big Is Happening
A personal note for non-tech friends and family on what AI is starting to change.
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February 11, 2026 at 11:45 AM
I strongly encourage almost anyone to read this whole letter. Not short, but not longer than it needs to be.
shumer.dev/something-bi...
shumer.dev/something-bi...
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Khanna: There were two rounds of redactions. There was the original FBI redactions… and they did a second round of redactions at the DOJ. What they’re showing members now is the unredacted version of the DOJ’s redactions—not the original FBI redactions. They’re in blatant violation of the law.
February 11, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Khanna: There were two rounds of redactions. There was the original FBI redactions… and they did a second round of redactions at the DOJ. What they’re showing members now is the unredacted version of the DOJ’s redactions—not the original FBI redactions. They’re in blatant violation of the law.