Waldo Jaquith
@waldo.net
Thought follower. Public servant. Male software developer. Alumnus of 18F, the Obama White House, Georgetown's Beeck Center, U.S. Digital Response, the Biden-Harris Transition Team, and the Biden administration. He/him. Charlottesville, VA, USA.
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They want it formally dead, but NATO is already functionally dead as a geopolitical reality. Even if he backs down (wouldn't bet on it), there's no going back from sending European capitals into a spiraling panic that the US is seriously about to invade one of them. You can't unring that bell.
January 11, 2026 at 3:26 AM
They want it formally dead, but NATO is already functionally dead as a geopolitical reality. Even if he backs down (wouldn't bet on it), there's no going back from sending European capitals into a spiraling panic that the US is seriously about to invade one of them. You can't unring that bell.
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Thanks to a FOIAed spreadsheet from @jasonleopold.bsky.social at www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet..., I have updated the DOGE Tracker with a lot more info on who was getting paid.
dogetrack.info/people/paid-...
The myth of everybody working for free is a lie. Many were appointed GS-15 max salary
dogetrack.info/people/paid-...
The myth of everybody working for free is a lie. Many were appointed GS-15 max salary
Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025
The IRS hired 1,313 employees in January 2025. Over the next two months the agency laid off 11,000 workers, or about 11% of its workforce. Additionally, the data identifies employees tied to DOGE.
www.bloomberg.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Thanks to a FOIAed spreadsheet from @jasonleopold.bsky.social at www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet..., I have updated the DOGE Tracker with a lot more info on who was getting paid.
dogetrack.info/people/paid-...
The myth of everybody working for free is a lie. Many were appointed GS-15 max salary
dogetrack.info/people/paid-...
The myth of everybody working for free is a lie. Many were appointed GS-15 max salary
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French another moralist who can’t go beyond both-sides in this moment
January 10, 2026 at 11:09 PM
French another moralist who can’t go beyond both-sides in this moment
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Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
From the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
www.reddit.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
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The federal government Friday agreed to pay $125,000 after a judge found a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent liable for civil assault for pointing a gun at a hotel maintenance man who came to the agent’s room to unclog a toilet.
Feds pay $125K after Border Patrol agent pointed gun at Portland hotel worker
The payout amount was finalized during a settlement conference Friday after a judge found the officer civilly liable for assault.
www.oregonlive.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:00 AM
The federal government Friday agreed to pay $125,000 after a judge found a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent liable for civil assault for pointing a gun at a hotel maintenance man who came to the agent’s room to unclog a toilet.
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It’s gonna be hard to top this one folks
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
www.independent.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 4:05 PM
It’s gonna be hard to top this one folks
Same. I extremely do not trust this vendor. There is zero chance that they continue to present themselves as being in the parking business. They’re gonna pivot to AI to pump up their valuation and then crash spectacularly.
January 10, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Same. I extremely do not trust this vendor. There is zero chance that they continue to present themselves as being in the parking business. They’re gonna pivot to AI to pump up their valuation and then crash spectacularly.
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They’re proud of their impunity and capacity to kill witnesses. They see the killing of Renee Good not as a murder but as a righteous act meant to terrorize others into submission.
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 3:19 PM
They’re proud of their impunity and capacity to kill witnesses. They see the killing of Renee Good not as a murder but as a righteous act meant to terrorize others into submission.
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He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
January 9, 2026 at 11:25 PM
He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
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Attention everyone yearning to move to Canada: they've updated their citizenship law and if you have a Canadian grandparent, you may already secretly (even to yourself!) be a Canadian citizen. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/08/l...
You may now be a Canadian citizen - The Boston Globe
Plus: Watch the final Freestyle World Cup event in N.H., and see dozens of artists, musicians, and dancers perform in Cambridge and Somerville as part of the 23rd annual Boston Celtic Music Festival.
www.bostonglobe.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Attention everyone yearning to move to Canada: they've updated their citizenship law and if you have a Canadian grandparent, you may already secretly (even to yourself!) be a Canadian citizen. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/08/l...
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I have been as impressed by the normal people of this country as I have been disgusted by elite institutions and every bit of optimism I have that we are going to make it comes from that
It's incredibly demoralizing to constantly see the highest institutions of government and academia and the most important and widely seen news outlets knuckle under one after another, but then to see the gulf between that and the bravery of communities and neighbors and teachers - that's something
January 10, 2026 at 12:56 AM
I have been as impressed by the normal people of this country as I have been disgusted by elite institutions and every bit of optimism I have that we are going to make it comes from that
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First found by @bharatkumarmd.bsky.social on the extremely bad site: yesterday at 8:20 pm, Trump tweeted out jobs numbers that included data that weren’t released until 8:30 am today. It was a copy of a presentation with CEA letterhead.
January 9, 2026 at 3:20 PM
First found by @bharatkumarmd.bsky.social on the extremely bad site: yesterday at 8:20 pm, Trump tweeted out jobs numbers that included data that weren’t released until 8:30 am today. It was a copy of a presentation with CEA letterhead.
Regrettably, "New Zealand" was too many characters for the post and I had to drop y'all like a badly made map of the world.
January 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Regrettably, "New Zealand" was too many characters for the post and I had to drop y'all like a badly made map of the world.
I ordered a few things from Outpost.com in a prior millennium, and they used those packing peanuts. It was easy to get rid of them—just dump them in the toilet, wait for them to dissolve, and flush.
That worked great until they switched away from the starch peanuts, which I learned the hard way.
That worked great until they switched away from the starch peanuts, which I learned the hard way.
January 9, 2026 at 4:28 PM
I ordered a few things from Outpost.com in a prior millennium, and they used those packing peanuts. It was easy to get rid of them—just dump them in the toilet, wait for them to dissolve, and flush.
That worked great until they switched away from the starch peanuts, which I learned the hard way.
That worked great until they switched away from the starch peanuts, which I learned the hard way.
I'm not going to trouble you with a screenshot, but Trump claims that the U.S. is the only country in the world that allows voting by mail. In fact, voting by mail is practiced in 32 countries, to varying degrees, including in India, Canada, Japan, England, and France. www.idea.int/data-tools/t...
January 9, 2026 at 4:24 PM
I'm not going to trouble you with a screenshot, but Trump claims that the U.S. is the only country in the world that allows voting by mail. In fact, voting by mail is practiced in 32 countries, to varying degrees, including in India, Canada, Japan, England, and France. www.idea.int/data-tools/t...
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2025 is now, officially, the worst year for job creation outside of recession since 2003.
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January 9, 2026 at 1:43 PM
2025 is now, officially, the worst year for job creation outside of recession since 2003.
@byheatherlong.bsky.social
@byheatherlong.bsky.social
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No I said don’t tread on *me*. You can get treaded on.
January 9, 2026 at 3:17 PM
No I said don’t tread on *me*. You can get treaded on.
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Leaving my house with the ‘don’t tread on me’ flag on it, putting on my mask and tactical gear, strapping on my weapon, and roaming the cities and towns that didn’t vote for my favorite candidate as an armed anonymous agent of the state kidnapping and shooting people who I don’t like the look of.
ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who shot and killed an unarmed civilian, flew a don't-tread-on-me Gadsden flag at his house, per the Daily Mail.
January 9, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Leaving my house with the ‘don’t tread on me’ flag on it, putting on my mask and tactical gear, strapping on my weapon, and roaming the cities and towns that didn’t vote for my favorite candidate as an armed anonymous agent of the state kidnapping and shooting people who I don’t like the look of.
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Something I always wondered is how it would be covered if America became a dictatorship
This is it
This is it
January 9, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Something I always wondered is how it would be covered if America became a dictatorship
This is it
This is it
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which writer do you think most anticipated 'an AI system controlled by the world's richest man is producing pornographic images of a woman murdered on video by US state security'
January 8, 2026 at 9:07 PM
which writer do you think most anticipated 'an AI system controlled by the world's richest man is producing pornographic images of a woman murdered on video by US state security'
This AI-generated spam account posts only grammatically awkward offers to sell “her” dog, of which she seems to have a lot. This one is reputed to be African-American.
![dorisjessie.bsky.social @dorisj... • 16h
My Cute Dog For Sell
[photo of a shepherd with an entire-ass U.S. flag in its mouth]
african american dog
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January 9, 2026 at 12:38 PM
This AI-generated spam account posts only grammatically awkward offers to sell “her” dog, of which she seems to have a lot. This one is reputed to be African-American.
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GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER:
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
January 9, 2026 at 9:15 AM
GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER:
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
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He has sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people
He has kept among us Standing Armies without Consent of our legislatures
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us
For protecting them from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States
He has kept among us Standing Armies without Consent of our legislatures
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us
For protecting them from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States
January 9, 2026 at 11:40 AM
He has sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people
He has kept among us Standing Armies without Consent of our legislatures
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us
For protecting them from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States
He has kept among us Standing Armies without Consent of our legislatures
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us
For protecting them from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States