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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We were away for a few days so, to punish us, the cat has turned invisible.

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Apple hasn't capitulated, yet.

Screen capture of Apple maps, showing Lake Ontario with its real name.

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

BTW Apple maps still shows the lake's real name, if it matters to you.

Zoomed in Apple maps screen capture showing Lake Ontario is still named that.

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

This is a pretty good cat toy (Teazys peaky tail. I got it from Walmart).

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Could someone in DC go check on the Reflecting Pool? Because this sequence of photos sense to imply, possibly, that it's cleaned up by now. The last photo shows the nanobubblers working away at it two weeks ago.

Photos of the Reflecting Pool with nanobubblers.

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I love this, even more so since it originated in a post by Trump, saying the "amphifa" protester was likely paid.

Someone in a pink frog outfit, labeled "amphifa", holding up a sign that reads "first they came for the algae", in front of the Reflecting Pool.

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Love this. Two of the lawyers working for Trump when he sued his administration over the IRS leak under his administration were named "Epstein" and "Epshteyn."

Quote from the NYT naming two lawyers working for Trump.

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

They really missed a trick at the beginning of Terminator by not having the robots show hearts as they ride over the piles of skulls.

Food delivery robot with red hearts on front.

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I saw the (relatively) new opera "Innocence" at the Met a couple days ago. The tension throughout the opera, expressed in the music and the nonstop action, unrelieved by an intermission, made this a truly great work.

Cast taking their bows at the end of "Innocence." The set is a two story open building, which rotated through the performance.

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Yesterday, at Tristan und Isolde, the show opened with the two leads sitting at a dinner table. There's was a large glass hourglass between them. Isolde reached out to it and it shattered in her hand. What an amazing way to start the opera! Lovers doomed by fate! But, they then stopped the show.

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

"Tristan and Isolde" at the Met is moving and impressive. I'm glad I got to see it. I've wanted to since I forced my way through "Finnegans Wake." The Met has amazing technical capabilities. For most of the performance the singers were inside these enormous moving cones suspended above the stage.

"Tristan and Isolde" cast bowing. Some of the cast are in the enormous cones at the back.

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I'm at Lincoln Center to see Tristan. I'm struck by how restrained the architecture is. Moses left so much space for people to simply sit and enjoy. He didn't need to dominate the surroundings, unlike Trump.

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Really fascinating paper in Nature. Researchers fine-tuned a ChatGPT model with bad data. This led to all sorts of bizarre, frankly evil, behavior. Below, left, the training; right, the output. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

From "Strip Law", Terri Gross and get alter-ego. (Terri Gross is a familiar figure here in Philly and nationally.)

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

My son, now living in Croatia, is appearing (or his likeness is appearing) in this commercial for, I think, vitamin water.

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

It's amazing that somebody thought using the image of the obviously least healthy HHS secretary in history would motivate people to eat.

Image of HHS Secretary Kennedy with the caption "Eat Real Food."

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Saw "Complications in Sue", Philadelphia Opera's new opera. I'm new to opera and this opera is new to the world. What an interesting, beautiful, innovative experience. I'm lucky to live in a city with an opera company willing to push boundaries while having the ability to create something beautiful.

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

The mostly frozen Schuylkill River.

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I can't think of authoritarian leader anywhere who acted inn such a cartoonish manner. Maybe Mussolini? Mao?

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Trump vs Omar when attacked.

Trump cringing when a bald eagle snaps at him.

Ilhan Omar goes on the attack when somebody sprays something on her.

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Larry Krasner saying some very good things at a rally here.

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

ICE here in Philly has blockaded the sidewalk outside their office. I think this shows the value of NVDA, one goal of which is to expose the underlying nature of the regime. For weeks now religious groups have been holding vigils there. Now, it looks more fascist.

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I'm really liking the Quaker writer and evangelist Hannah Whittall Smith. Writing in 1905:

Thoughts on men: they're like earthquakes or avalanches. Best to get out of the way.

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Philly: do you care about ICE agents using the courthouse as a hunting ground? Do you want Sheriff Bilal to do something about it? Come to the action to deliver petitions urging her to do that. And sign the petition if you haven't already. sign.moveon.org/petitions/en...

Keep ICE out of the courthouse. Petition delivery Tuesday February 3 at noon. 100 S Broad Street.

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Philly, there will be an ICE out rally Tuesday January 27 at 10 am. City Hall, north apron.

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

If you're in Philly: Tomorrow, outside the ICE headquarters at 8th and Cherry, there will be a prayer vigil at noon. This one will be led by Tikkum Olam Chavurah.

Announces prayer vigil led by Tikkum Olam Chavurah. Wednesday 1/21 at noon, at the ICE headquarters in Philly. 8th and Cherry.

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

This Wednesday, in Philly, a general organizing meeting versus ICE. Go and learn how you can take action.

No ICE general meeting this Wednesday January 21, 7-9 pm at Friend's center, 1501 Cherry Street.

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

People are trying to explain Trump's Greenland obsession as part of some grand Western hemisphere strategy. Nope. It's like windmills, the ravings of a sick old man.

From the NYT. Explains that Trump wants Greenland because he didn't get the Nobel prize.

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Fyi, if you're here in Philly and want to get involved, people stand outside the ICE office in the early morning freezing cold and "greet" them appropriately every Monday. It's good if you're an early riser.

Announces protest outside ICE office at 8th and Cherry every Monday 6:30-8 am.

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

The very best gift for a cat: a rabbit pelt.

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

My cat enjoying his new chair (actually for our granddaughter).

Siamese cat sitting on a child size wingback chair.

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

My niece making clothes for Nicole freaking Kidman is a unexpected surprise.

Nicole Kidman and others in the audience at a movie premiere.

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

In my personal experience, the one thing that makes me feel better about living through these dark times is working with others to interfere with ICE. Much better than No Kings rallies etc. Please consider it.

Rattlesnake labeled ICE with a boot stepping down on it. Art the bottom is "HATRED."

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

ICE block activity at ICE facility in Philly.

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Mahmoud Khalil speaking at a rally outside the courthouse that heard his appeal.

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

At the Philly #noKings rally with the kids.

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