Jesse S.G. Wozniak
@jessesgwozniak.bsky.social
Sociologist, Author of Policing Iraq
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One of my beliefs is every public establishment should have a ping pong table. You should be able to drop in anywhere for a quick Pong
November 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
One of my beliefs is every public establishment should have a ping pong table. You should be able to drop in anywhere for a quick Pong
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HEGSETH: *points to general's ribbon bars* "What'd you get that one for? Fucking your mother?"
GENERAL: *sternly* killing vietnamese children
GENERAL: *sternly* killing vietnamese children
September 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
HEGSETH: *points to general's ribbon bars* "What'd you get that one for? Fucking your mother?"
GENERAL: *sternly* killing vietnamese children
GENERAL: *sternly* killing vietnamese children
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The Toxic Avenger is clearing medical debt as marketing for the movie.
August 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The Toxic Avenger is clearing medical debt as marketing for the movie.
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We can't talk about what's going on without talking about the deplorable state of law enforcement in this country and Democrats can't do that until they discard reflexive rhetoric like "Of course we have to respect the police." No we don't! Not when they act like this! And you should say it!
US Park Police now doing traffic stops in DC, and charged at me with a baton for filming closer than they liked
August 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
We can't talk about what's going on without talking about the deplorable state of law enforcement in this country and Democrats can't do that until they discard reflexive rhetoric like "Of course we have to respect the police." No we don't! Not when they act like this! And you should say it!
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"ChatGPT is great for brainstorming!"
Actually we have a tool for that already! It's called thinking. We use our brain. It's called brainstorming! Clue is in the name.
Actually we have a tool for that already! It's called thinking. We use our brain. It's called brainstorming! Clue is in the name.
July 31, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"ChatGPT is great for brainstorming!"
Actually we have a tool for that already! It's called thinking. We use our brain. It's called brainstorming! Clue is in the name.
Actually we have a tool for that already! It's called thinking. We use our brain. It's called brainstorming! Clue is in the name.
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Please be mindful how you talk to the millennials in your life, you never know when they might be experiencing acid reflux ❤️
July 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Please be mindful how you talk to the millennials in your life, you never know when they might be experiencing acid reflux ❤️
Once took a woman on a second date to see Funny Games. About halfway through she put in her earbuds and quit watching the movie, we had an incredibly awkward silent drive back to her place where I meekly apologized for not knowing what exactly that movie was. There was no third date.
Here’s a fun distraction what’s the worst movie you’ve watched on a date? Mine is a tie between “Hidden Colors” and “La La Land.”
June 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Once took a woman on a second date to see Funny Games. About halfway through she put in her earbuds and quit watching the movie, we had an incredibly awkward silent drive back to her place where I meekly apologized for not knowing what exactly that movie was. There was no third date.
This is an extremely silly argument as you cannot fix any problems or move forward at all unless you realize "capitalism is bad" is at the root of all social problem you want to fix or move forward from
The entire point of the centrist position is that extreme ideology produces bad information and incorrect analysis.
And this is true! If every situation leads you to conclude "capitalism is bad" or "big government is bad," you can't fix problems or move forward.
And this is true! If every situation leads you to conclude "capitalism is bad" or "big government is bad," you can't fix problems or move forward.
June 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is an extremely silly argument as you cannot fix any problems or move forward at all unless you realize "capitalism is bad" is at the root of all social problem you want to fix or move forward from
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an important thing to remember as The Cool Zone looms: the most egregious recent violent and militarized crackdown -- at places like UCLA and Columbia -- was done under democrats with the full support of democrats. they aint gonna help
June 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
an important thing to remember as The Cool Zone looms: the most egregious recent violent and militarized crackdown -- at places like UCLA and Columbia -- was done under democrats with the full support of democrats. they aint gonna help
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Always important to remember that killer cops are nearly always people who have committed multiple abuses previously and would have already been drummed out of any occupation with even minimal standards
Nearly three years before the Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd as he cried that he couldn’t breathe, Zoya Code found herself in a similar position: handcuffed facedown on the ground, with Chauvin’s knee on her. Code said she began pleading: “Don’t kill me.”
“That Could Have Been Me”: The People Derek Chauvin Choked Before George Floyd
They describe an officer quick to use force and callous about their pain.
www.themarshallproject.org
May 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Always important to remember that killer cops are nearly always people who have committed multiple abuses previously and would have already been drummed out of any occupation with even minimal standards
This rules
also you all need to see this, because this is something I don't think *anybody* could predict for where this ad goes
May 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This rules
Naz fucking Reid
May 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Naz fucking Reid
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gonna just be the millionth person to say: we in the US should indeed be mad that our electoral choices have been narrowed down to "genocide abroad is fine" vs "don't settle for genocide abroad when we could also have internment camps here". but neither Palestinians nor their supporters put you here
October 12, 2024 at 8:47 PM
gonna just be the millionth person to say: we in the US should indeed be mad that our electoral choices have been narrowed down to "genocide abroad is fine" vs "don't settle for genocide abroad when we could also have internment camps here". but neither Palestinians nor their supporters put you here
Quite the opposite, I'd say this is yet another win for vulgar Marxism. While all the nuance fetishists have been insisting capital would never cut its own legs off just for such a short-sighted gain, us vulgarians have long noted they would do this if they could
The biggest addendum to Marxist theory i think should be added is the somewhat banal observation that sometimes the capitalist rulling class is made up of human individuals who can be as or more stupid than the rest of us
just saying: it's possible that "I'm gonna dramatically constrict my state capacity while plotting dramatic imperial expansion, and expanding my set of internal enemies while alienating most of my foreign allies" is the beginning of a world-historical masterstroke. but also possible that it isn't
April 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Quite the opposite, I'd say this is yet another win for vulgar Marxism. While all the nuance fetishists have been insisting capital would never cut its own legs off just for such a short-sighted gain, us vulgarians have long noted they would do this if they could
People like Stancil like to comfort themselves with the idea that prisoners in the US are all bad people who deserve it while everyone in prison in China is an innocent. But what he’s written here is a literal description of our mass incarceration
as bad as these things are - very, very bad! - they’re still distinct from a giant system of internment camps built specifically to house millions of members of a despised ethnic minority that are being systematically erased by the state as a formal matter of policy. we’re not very close to that yet
April 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
People like Stancil like to comfort themselves with the idea that prisoners in the US are all bad people who deserve it while everyone in prison in China is an innocent. But what he’s written here is a literal description of our mass incarceration
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Make-A-Reasonable-Request Foundation Provides Sick Child With Decent Seats To Minnesota Timberwolves Game
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March 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Make-A-Reasonable-Request Foundation Provides Sick Child With Decent Seats To Minnesota Timberwolves Game
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My most controversial opinion is that Centerfield by John Fogerty is a genuinely good song
March 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
My most controversial opinion is that Centerfield by John Fogerty is a genuinely good song
As Palestinian activists are extradited to black sites, it's good to know our city controller is focused on the real victims: Israeli businesses. Rachael Heisler is an embarrassment.
www.wesa.fm/politics-gov...
www.wesa.fm/politics-gov...
Israel divestment referendum, planned for Pittsburgh primary, called off amid legal challenge
An effort that would allow Pittsburgh voters to limit the city's ability to contract with firms that have ties to Israel has been withdrawn.
www.wesa.fm
March 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
As Palestinian activists are extradited to black sites, it's good to know our city controller is focused on the real victims: Israeli businesses. Rachael Heisler is an embarrassment.
www.wesa.fm/politics-gov...
www.wesa.fm/politics-gov...
I know symbolic gestures do very little, but sitting here in this coffee shop two Jordanian guys came over and thanked me profusely for wearing a keffiyah. Anyway, we will see a free Palestine in our lifetimes 🇵🇸
February 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I know symbolic gestures do very little, but sitting here in this coffee shop two Jordanian guys came over and thanked me profusely for wearing a keffiyah. Anyway, we will see a free Palestine in our lifetimes 🇵🇸
Absolutely begging liberals to understand how political change happens. Literally no political progress in this nation has ever happened without violence. It's fine to dislike violence (I'm not a huge fan myself), but this kind of hand wringing is just apolitical, ahistorical nonsense
All of the people cheering on Luigi and saying that he did nothing wrong when he executed a premeditated murder make me really uncomfortable. Once you say that he’s justified, I can’t trust that you aren’t going to say political violence against more people is justified, and that’s a real bad path.
February 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Absolutely begging liberals to understand how political change happens. Literally no political progress in this nation has ever happened without violence. It's fine to dislike violence (I'm not a huge fan myself), but this kind of hand wringing is just apolitical, ahistorical nonsense
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Every so often I remember that Oprah brought us Dr Phil, Dr Oz and The Secret but the only person she brought back to destroy on her show was the guy who pretended to be a worse drug addict than he actually was in a book
February 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Every so often I remember that Oprah brought us Dr Phil, Dr Oz and The Secret but the only person she brought back to destroy on her show was the guy who pretended to be a worse drug addict than he actually was in a book
It's good to use language people know/understand, but it's also good to push people to learn knew things and expand the words they know/understand. Many of today's "common sense phrasings" were once the wildly leftist out-of-touch buzzwords condemned by exactly this sort of person.
We’ve had some great feedback on our report on Progressive Activists and are keen to work with orgs that want to get the best from progressive workforces. Though I’ve seen a handful of people have interpreted what we’re saying as progressives need to be more centrist and wanted to respond to that. 🧵
Today @moreincommonuk.bsky.social
releases a deep dive into Progressive Activists, the most liberal/left leaning segment of the public. It looks at who this highly engaged group are, what they believe but also why their approach maybe leading to backlash against progressive causes.
releases a deep dive into Progressive Activists, the most liberal/left leaning segment of the public. It looks at who this highly engaged group are, what they believe but also why their approach maybe leading to backlash against progressive causes.
February 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It's good to use language people know/understand, but it's also good to push people to learn knew things and expand the words they know/understand. Many of today's "common sense phrasings" were once the wildly leftist out-of-touch buzzwords condemned by exactly this sort of person.