James Wells
@drjwells.bsky.social
Aerospace engineer, curler, (board/video) gamer, husband & father. He/Him
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The reason this Harvard history professor decided he was done with one of the best and most privileged jobs in the world was, in his own words, because he was forced to lecture in a mask during peak Covid.
I’m not making this up.
I’m not making this up.
December 31, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The reason this Harvard history professor decided he was done with one of the best and most privileged jobs in the world was, in his own words, because he was forced to lecture in a mask during peak Covid.
I’m not making this up.
I’m not making this up.
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This is why I don’t trust the "Never Trump" Bulwark guys. They’re perfectly comfortable with real people being harmed, so long as the harm comes via a process they can label “liberal democracy.”
December 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This is why I don’t trust the "Never Trump" Bulwark guys. They’re perfectly comfortable with real people being harmed, so long as the harm comes via a process they can label “liberal democracy.”
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Moving into David Frum’s house to start an open-pit mine in his living room. Confident he won’t stand for “the country’s courts…inventing new obstacles to development.”
December 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Moving into David Frum’s house to start an open-pit mine in his living room. Confident he won’t stand for “the country’s courts…inventing new obstacles to development.”
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Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
December 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
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You might ask yourself, as I did, if this piece will prove to be a pretentiously justified rejection of empathy and a denial of the trauma of rape.
The answer is yes.
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The answer is yes.
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A common assumption is that throughout history, people have experienced the same basic range of emotions. A radical field of history now challenges this assumption, Gal Beckerman reports. theatln.tc/KD2QRX9Y
🎨: Nicolás Ortega
🎨: Nicolás Ortega
December 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
You might ask yourself, as I did, if this piece will prove to be a pretentiously justified rejection of empathy and a denial of the trauma of rape.
The answer is yes.
(Paywall free link in replies.)
The answer is yes.
(Paywall free link in replies.)
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Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
My Open Letter To That Open Letter About AI In Writing And Publishing
The tl;dr before you get into this post is this: the SFWA came out, said that some AI usage was okay enough in books for the authors of those books to not to be disqualified from winning a Nebula a…
terribleminds.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
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The Immigration Act of 1924 helped keep out Italian immigrants, who were considered non-white. Dino Paul Crocetti changed his name to Dean Martin for his career. Frank Sinatra refused to change his name. Here he is reminding kids what it means to be accepting of differences…and not act like Nazis.
December 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The Immigration Act of 1924 helped keep out Italian immigrants, who were considered non-white. Dino Paul Crocetti changed his name to Dean Martin for his career. Frank Sinatra refused to change his name. Here he is reminding kids what it means to be accepting of differences…and not act like Nazis.
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Got my tickets for New Years Eve. It’s going to be a fun night!
December 27, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Got my tickets for New Years Eve. It’s going to be a fun night!
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Let's fuckin go Philly.
Bring the goddamn public heat to these ICE agents and watch them have public meltdowns when they can't hide behind their fashy masks.
Bring the goddamn public heat to these ICE agents and watch them have public meltdowns when they can't hide behind their fashy masks.
ICE agent recognized out Christmas shopping—throws tantrum when citizens profile him.
"We're trying to prevent you from kidnapping our neighbors," they say.
"I'm not doing anything but walking, leave me alone!" he yells.
"Not right now you're not—but the past 5 days you have."
Philadelphia, PA
"We're trying to prevent you from kidnapping our neighbors," they say.
"I'm not doing anything but walking, leave me alone!" he yells.
"Not right now you're not—but the past 5 days you have."
Philadelphia, PA
December 26, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Let's fuckin go Philly.
Bring the goddamn public heat to these ICE agents and watch them have public meltdowns when they can't hide behind their fashy masks.
Bring the goddamn public heat to these ICE agents and watch them have public meltdowns when they can't hide behind their fashy masks.
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Your annual reminder that the sister in the Folgers incest commercial is played by Jeffrey Combs' daughter
December 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Your annual reminder that the sister in the Folgers incest commercial is played by Jeffrey Combs' daughter
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And Tiny Tim, who did not die, walked the earth among mortals for endless centuries, cursing the fate Scrooge had bestowed upon him.
December 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
And Tiny Tim, who did not die, walked the earth among mortals for endless centuries, cursing the fate Scrooge had bestowed upon him.
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When Stephen Miller is angry, the world sings.
December 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
When Stephen Miller is angry, the world sings.
Absolutely bonkers.
Trump: "The US Navy will lead the design of these ships along with me, because I'm a very aesthetic person"
December 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Absolutely bonkers.
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Coming up with the worst possible lie to cover for getting my ass whooped; a lie that now opens myself, the promoters and betting companies up for investigation ino order to own the libs
I don't know if throwing fights is gay, but it's for sure illegal.
December 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Coming up with the worst possible lie to cover for getting my ass whooped; a lie that now opens myself, the promoters and betting companies up for investigation ino order to own the libs
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Tell me again how schools are biased against boys?
"Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. After a fight, she was the one expelled"
apnews.com/article/scho...
"Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. After a fight, she was the one expelled"
apnews.com/article/scho...
Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. After a fight, she was the one expelled
A 13-year-old girl at a Louisiana middle school got into a fight with classmates who were sharing AI-generated nude images of her.
apnews.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Tell me again how schools are biased against boys?
"Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. After a fight, she was the one expelled"
apnews.com/article/scho...
"Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. After a fight, she was the one expelled"
apnews.com/article/scho...
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1/n
2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express
This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris
Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭
2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express
This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris
Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭
December 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
1/n
2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express
This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris
Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭
2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express
This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris
Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭
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A Russian general was killed in Moscow on Monday when an explosive device detonated underneath his car. Authorities say they are investigating whether Ukrainian special services were involved.
December 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
A Russian general was killed in Moscow on Monday when an explosive device detonated underneath his car. Authorities say they are investigating whether Ukrainian special services were involved.
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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It looks like it's been scrubbed from every official 60 Minutes page now.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
December 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
It looks like it's been scrubbed from every official 60 Minutes page now.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
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lmao
"One of Ms. Weiss’s suggestions was to include an interview with Stephen Miller, a White House deputy chief of staff...In her note, Ms. Alfonsi said that her team had requested comment from the White House, the State Department, and [DHS]."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
"One of Ms. Weiss’s suggestions was to include an interview with Stephen Miller, a White House deputy chief of staff...In her note, Ms. Alfonsi said that her team had requested comment from the White House, the State Department, and [DHS]."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:15 AM
lmao
"One of Ms. Weiss’s suggestions was to include an interview with Stephen Miller, a White House deputy chief of staff...In her note, Ms. Alfonsi said that her team had requested comment from the White House, the State Department, and [DHS]."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
"One of Ms. Weiss’s suggestions was to include an interview with Stephen Miller, a White House deputy chief of staff...In her note, Ms. Alfonsi said that her team had requested comment from the White House, the State Department, and [DHS]."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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the shitstorm that’s already brewing because of Bari’s decision to spike this story is going to end up being vastly more damaging to her and to the admin than allowing the story to air would have been
she’s an evil propagandist hack but she is also very bad at doing it in a way that isn’t hamfisted
she’s an evil propagandist hack but she is also very bad at doing it in a way that isn’t hamfisted
December 22, 2025 at 3:04 AM
the shitstorm that’s already brewing because of Bari’s decision to spike this story is going to end up being vastly more damaging to her and to the admin than allowing the story to air would have been
she’s an evil propagandist hack but she is also very bad at doing it in a way that isn’t hamfisted
she’s an evil propagandist hack but she is also very bad at doing it in a way that isn’t hamfisted
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making myself emotional imagining what it must be like for him to know he never has to be out in the cold ever again
December 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
making myself emotional imagining what it must be like for him to know he never has to be out in the cold ever again
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The photo below was included in DOJ's data dump yesterday. Once people noticed that Trump was pictured with young girls--children--the photo was deleted.
Not only is Trump's DOJ flagrantly violating the Epstein files law, this shows how cynical they are, and how stupid they think Americans are.
Not only is Trump's DOJ flagrantly violating the Epstein files law, this shows how cynical they are, and how stupid they think Americans are.
December 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The photo below was included in DOJ's data dump yesterday. Once people noticed that Trump was pictured with young girls--children--the photo was deleted.
Not only is Trump's DOJ flagrantly violating the Epstein files law, this shows how cynical they are, and how stupid they think Americans are.
Not only is Trump's DOJ flagrantly violating the Epstein files law, this shows how cynical they are, and how stupid they think Americans are.
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On top of how obviously not true this is, this statement is pretty rich coming from a guy who was voted out of his position by his community and had to campaign in the friendliest riding imaginable just to keep his job.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
A majority government built with floor-crossers is not legitimate, Poilievre says
Carney one seat away from a majority after MP Michael Ma left the Conservatives for the Liberals
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
On top of how obviously not true this is, this statement is pretty rich coming from a guy who was voted out of his position by his community and had to campaign in the friendliest riding imaginable just to keep his job.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...