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JBF IRL. (Jonathan Beecher Field) The Internet's only early Americanist. Acting Dean of Weird Kids. Uncle. Assistant SID, PTKU. Early American settler colonialism, charcuterie, stonemasonry, mutts.
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The Gurgling Cod (he/him) @thegurglingcod.bsky.social · 18d
I was talking with a friend in Minneapolis about how to help, and they shared this: www.standwithminnesota.com
It is a really useful resource, and it reminds me of something I have noticed. 🧵
Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
www.standwithminnesota.com
thegurglingcod.bsky.social
A real good rule: there is never a good reason to mention a student’s hair color when you are writing a letter of reference for them
bakerdphd.bsky.social Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 23h
This is the Yale professor's explanation for why he described the physical attractiveness of a student in an email to Epstein. He explicitly says he regrets nothing about their association.

Again, I'm so happy Yale hired David Brooks to restore trust.

yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
Screenshot of the article that includes a quote from the professor's explanation to the dean: “I was recommending her for a job I thought she'd like. When you do that--when you actually care about a rec letter--you keep the potential boss's habits in mind,” Gelernter wrote in the email to his colleagues, seemingly referring to Epstein. “This one was obsessed with girls (like every other unmarried billionaire in Manhattan; in fact, like every other heterosex male), and if I hadn't said what I did in that letter ten-odd years ago, he would certainly have called me & asked for a lot more aesthetic detail. (This is how men behave.)”
February 6, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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jamellebouie.net
wow too much for tim scott is saying something
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 37m
Sen. Tim Scott, the only Black Republican in the Senate, had this to say:
February 6, 2026 at 3:02 PM
thegurglingcod.bsky.social
Absolute pissbaby move from Tkachuk blindsiding Kucherov. He should sit for a long time.
sickoscommittee.org Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 11h
Insane fight between the Panthers and Lightning in the NHL.

155 minutes in penalties and the coach Paul Maurice was tossed.

Video is nearly 3 minutes long.
February 6, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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sickoscommittee.org
Insane fight between the Panthers and Lightning in the NHL.

155 minutes in penalties and the coach Paul Maurice was tossed.

Video is nearly 3 minutes long.
February 6, 2026 at 3:37 AM
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normcharlatan.bsky.social
“military-grade intelligence tactics”

“Pattern-of-life” intelligence

Bro, you are eating microwaveable Campbell’s Soup for every meal and crashing out in front of the Home2Suites while you’re geared up like you’re in Fallujah
murderxbryan.bsky.social 🔪🔪🔪bryan 🔪 🔪 🔪 @murderxbryan.bsky.social · 12h
They text each other and have spreadsheets. scary
February 6, 2026 at 2:57 AM
thegurglingcod.bsky.social
Some really great minds coming together in this thread
edsbs.bsky.social BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 20h
winter olympics need some snowmobile bullshit
February 6, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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hollyanderson.bsky.social
great advice for writer-writers as well
mtsw.bsky.social mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1h
Running focus grouped or poll tested language doesn't work and this is a major reason why. Know your values, frame the debate bsky.app/profile/rick...
rickybaker51.bsky.social Stu @rickybaker51.bsky.social · 3h
And paradoxically, why the triangulationist in the Democratic party are such bad speakers. All those third way moderate ghouls cant think on their feet because they're mentally running a focus group on the next word they speak. They aren't basing their speech on core values. See: MGP video last week
February 6, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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anthonymkreis.bsky.social
This makes it more obvious that the entire discussion about alien enemies and the like was more about justifying moving toward a form of union with Scotland, as well as walling off foreigners from the common law via a discussion of the law of war/law of nations.

Another blow to the Wurman Fiction.
btkeener.bsky.social Ben Keener @btkeener.bsky.social · 18h
Below are Edward Cokes’s notes on the Postnati problem before Calvin’s Case. Clear evidence that the traditional view of birthright subjecthood is correct:
February 6, 2026 at 12:09 AM
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josie.zone
Oh, you think you walk the path of Christ? Name one sex worker who would weep over your death
October 24, 2024 at 9:49 AM
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otsumamiboy.bsky.social
Our capitalists don’t envision automation as a bridge to human prosperity, otherwise they’d advocate for the types of fundamental societal changes that would make that possible such as UBI or investment in infrastructure through taxing their income. Their vision for automation is a robot with a whip
February 5, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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formthehead.bsky.social
Over the past two weeks I've begun to realize that rich people only started funding chatbots once they could no longer email Jeffrey Epstein
February 5, 2026 at 10:02 PM
thegurglingcod.bsky.social
See also: microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/book...
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“One night while rooting through the recycling bin for magazines, I found all the confidential Ph.D. applicant files for the biology department at an Ivy...
microcosmpublishing.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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bakerdphd.bsky.social
This is the Yale professor's explanation for why he described the physical attractiveness of a student in an email to Epstein. He explicitly says he regrets nothing about their association.

Again, I'm so happy Yale hired David Brooks to restore trust.

yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
Screenshot of the article that includes a quote from the professor's explanation to the dean: “I was recommending her for a job I thought she'd like. When you do that--when you actually care about a rec letter--you keep the potential boss's habits in mind,” Gelernter wrote in the email to his colleagues, seemingly referring to Epstein. “This one was obsessed with girls (like every other unmarried billionaire in Manhattan; in fact, like every other heterosex male), and if I hadn't said what I did in that letter ten-odd years ago, he would certainly have called me & asked for a lot more aesthetic detail. (This is how men behave.)”
February 5, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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shelleybwoke.bsky.social
It's Ai shit nobody asked for or wanted all the way down.
culturecrave.co Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 4h
MLB players have struck a deal allowing AI versions of themselves to be created ⚾️

• Each AI character will reflect the player's voice and interests

• They can chat and charge for interactions with fans
February 6, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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europesays.bsky.social
Olympic Committee begs fans not to boo JD Vance and Marco Rubio during opening ceremony

https://www.europesays.com/2758582/

The International Olympic Committie had to ask fans to not boo the U.S. delegation as the Milan Winter…
Olympic Committee begs fans not to boo JD Vance and Marco Rubio during opening ceremony - EUROPE SAYS
Italians were disturbed by the recent events of the U.S.’s massive immigration crackdown(Image: Getty Images)
www.europesays.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:46 AM
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dansinker.com
I hope this happens every day for the rest of his miserable life

lasvegassun.com/news/2026/fe...
Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino tossed from Las Vegas bar
Former U.S. Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino was reportedly asked to leave a Las Vegas bar out of safety concerns for the venue’s customers.
lasvegassun.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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jakemgrumbach.bsky.social
This part of our response essay is where I'm at. Boiling down all of politics to electoralism has been absolutely terrible for resisting rising authoritarianism.

www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
A final but especially important reason that popularism has put the United States at greater, not lower, risk of authoritarianism is the Democratic Party’s overly cautious use of institutional authority and political power beyond elections. Popularism doesn’t just urge candidates to check the polls before making a campaign decision; by defining politics down to poll-watching, it trains leaders to check with polls before governing—any use of their legislative and administrative power. Successful opposition parties in authoritarian environments around the world don’t do this: they engage in politics in order to wield power, not just to win or maintain it. But in the United States, the opposition party sees elections as its only tool, even as the regime repeatedly and brazenly threatens electoral integrity. The implicit pitch is “at least if you vote for us, you keep the right from governing.” Examples of Democratic squeamishness about power abound. The Democrats have just now begun to engage in partisan gerrymandering, fifteen years after Republicans used it to tremendous gain. And Democratic politicians who call Trump a dictator have voted for nearly all of his nominees in the Senate. In this, Democratic leaders are the ultimate popularists—waiting to use their institutional power until it is overwhelmingly clear that public opinion is on their side. The results have been disastrous. Most consequential was the hesitancy of the Department of Justice under Merrick Garland to swiftly and aggressively prosecute Trump for the coup attempt on January 6, 2021. That’s exactly the opposite of what Lula’s government has done to Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil after Bolsonaro’s own coup attempt. As seen across more than two dozen other countries that convicted or banned from office national leaders for constitutional violations and crimes since 2010, this is not an impossible task.
February 3, 2026 at 11:28 PM
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stephenshapiro.bsky.social
This is Tulsa massacre stuff
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
This is how Israeli settlers burned down a Bedouin community in four minutes
Videos, Satellite Images and Eyewitness Accounts Outline One of the Worst Attacks in the Current Wave of Jewish Terrorism in the West Bank
www.haaretz.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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kjhealy.co
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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pauljholden.com
Bezos burning the Washington post to the ground is as firm a reason for the continued bbc licence as ever there was. Eventually everything that can be owned by a billionaire will be owned by a billionaire and at that point its future will be determined by the whims of a man making 166k per minute.
February 6, 2026 at 9:17 AM
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stevengodfrey.bsky.social
Me, before applying for SEC Media Days credentials for the first time in 12 years
chrisvannini.com Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 17h
Who is buying this
February 5, 2026 at 11:09 PM
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ericmgarcia.bsky.social
One of many reasons why we can't Substack our way out of this crisis in journalism? Writers and reporters, even the best reporters, need editors. They need people who pester them about the smallest details. I fully include myself in this.
February 5, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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surf.social
Congrats to Laila Edwards, the first Black woman to play Olympic hockey for the United States. Read more about her in this story from @the-independent.com.

Discover more #WinterOlympics stories in this @surfsports.bsky.social #SurfFeed.

📌 bsky.app/profile/surf...
February 5, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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standupforscience.bsky.social
BREAKING: Over 680 members of the National Academy of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering have endorsed articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.
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Top of the photo in white text reads: "BREAKING OVER 680 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES MEMBERS, INCLUDING 10 NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATES, ENDORSE IMPEACHING RFK JR." Below that in black text is a statement reading: "We, the undersigned Members of the National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Engineering, writing in our private capacities, endorse the Articles of Impeachment introduced in the House of Representatives on Dec 10, 2025 by Representative Haley Stevens." Below that is the red "STAND UP FOR SCIENCE " logo. Below that is a link in white text reading: "standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr".
February 5, 2026 at 9:08 PM
thegurglingcod.bsky.social
O, ye nominal Christians! Might not an African ask you, learned you this from your God, who says unto you, Do unto all men as you would men do unto you? Is it not enough that we are torn from our country and friends to toil for your luxury and lust of gain?
-Olaudah Equiano, 1789
February 5, 2026 at 7:07 PM