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Jon Ziegler

@jonziegler.bsky.social
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Retired software guy, hiker, skier, cat lover. Caltech drop-out. Married dad to four adult kids. 3x cancer survivor. Tesla (not Musk) enthusiast. Favorite jobs: my first: Caine, Farber, & Gordon (1977-89) my last: Apple (2002-10) [Compiler group]

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Jon Ziegler @jonziegler.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Got my bribery check in the mail today! $90 stolen from the Medicare Improvement Fund by Donald Trump. Amazingly, the check was not signed by him. Burn it? Donate it? Is there a Donald Trump Impeachment Fund I can donate to? What would maximize irony? All suggestions welcome!
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Scott Colom @scolom.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
She done lost her damn mind.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
Q: How do you define socialism personally? JD VANCE: I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports
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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever
A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm in love.
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2026: Time for the Midterms
YouTube video by Hamilton
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Jason Concepcion @netw3rk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A horse is a horse Of course of course Unless you’ve been forced By a horse of course If so of course you can become The bureau’s Mr. Fed
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 17/08/2026
Use this Bookshop link to support independent booksellers and my newsletter. If you keep reading, I’ll keep fighting. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy
“This transfixing debut from journalist Durán investigates the antidemocratic ideologies espoused by tech billionaires linked to the second Trump administration...It’s an ominous look at an insular el...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/08/2026
ICE can’t be reformed. What voters are we courting by being weak on this issue? Do we have some massive Dem donor that owns concentration camps or something?
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Nafnlaus 🇮🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦 @nafnlaus.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
AI water consumption, in a nutshell.
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cherylkw.bsky.social @cherylkw.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Saturday nights at midnight when I was in college.
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Frank N Furter Dancing - Rhps
ALT: Frank N Furter Dancing - Rhps
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This post is for those who despair of ever finding their proper place in the world. It can and does happen. Don't stop believing.
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Jon Ziegler @jonziegler.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Not just a "critique", Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Justice Todd Eddins is doing something about it!
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 01/07/2026
We can argue during the primaries and argue after the midterms, but in the few months between, our job is to unify against the fascists.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
WANT TO SNORFLE THE MURDERCAT (🔊 up)
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
🔥Jewish Actor Mandy Patinkin (brillant in Homeland) gets really passionate about Gaza and the child killer Benjamin Netanyahu. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
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Jon Ziegler @jonziegler.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Remembering the bicentennial. 4quarters10dimes.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-...
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The Bicensesquiwhat?
Did you know that the United States is celebrating its 250th year of independence this year? Admittedly this idea has a number of qualifiers...
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Me, a history professor, in 2005: Jeez, I wish the history of struggles over democracy in US history felt more relevant to my students. Me, a history professor, in 2026: Jeez, I wish this class about the struggles over democracy in US history didn't feel so relevant to my students
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Jon Ziegler @jonziegler.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANe_... SpaceX tells the (highly compressed) story of Starship in 25 minutes. So far! Can't wait to see V3 fly.
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Starship - Test Like You Fly
YouTube video by SpaceX
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
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That tree guy 𓅃 @somearborist.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Now that they’re safe on the ground we.. ocean, I can make a joke OMG ARTEMIS IS IN TROUBLE WE’RE GETTING REPORTS OF A GIANT CAT BATTING THEM OUT OF THE SKY OH THE HUMANITY
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Jon Ziegler @jonziegler.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
4quarters10dimes.blogspot.com/2026/03/no-k... I showed up today. I hope you did too.
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No Kings
All this past week the same vapid essay has been showing up repeatedly in my social media feeds, put there by an assortment of people most o...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/03/2026
This is a pretty incredible list of things Trump has done since No Kings II.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 23/03/2026
Help protect democracy. We need good people serving as poll workers and election judges to keep elections fair and stop chaos pushed by MAGA, Election Deniers and Grifters Sign the petition to stand with democracy's defenders. www.country1st.com/20260320_pet...
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Our Election Observers need to know Americans like you have their backs
The Trump administration has declared war on our elections! Country First is fighting back to secure our elections launching our Election Services Initiative to train and educate election observers....
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Jon Ziegler @jonziegler.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Excellent post!
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
This man did far more fighting for the US than anyone in the cabinet or the White House. And he died one day after being taken to an American concentration camp. One day. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
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Afghan asylum-seeker dies in ICE custody, US advocacy group says
Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal is at least the 12th person to die ​in ICE detention this year.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
There's a hauntingly beautiful irony in these morons thinking that carefully crafted American hegemony was actually weak and woke, and they would be the ones who would do Power and Dominance properly, and immediately bringing everything crashing down
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Jon Ziegler @jonziegler.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Why there? A small island off the coast seems like an odd place for a supercharging station.
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Jon Ziegler @jonziegler.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-attack-... More WTFish every day.
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U.S. Attack on Iran Prompted Military Bible Studies, Advocacy Group Says
Military commanders didn't just call this a holy war, some allegedly responded with emergency Bible studies
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Jon Ziegler @jonziegler.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-... Lots of sick fucks amongst the military leadership. Rotting from the head down.
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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus
Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 03/03/2026
When the walls close in, authoritarians lash out.
We're two months into this election year, and Trump has already killed 150 people and launched strikes against 44 boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, deposed the Venezuelan leader, menaced Greenland, occupied Minneapolis, mused about regime change in Cuba and Mexico, proposed canceling US elections, and launched a war of choice against Iran over the opposition of the vast majority of our country.
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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Joe Dante and Hideo Kojima are close seconds but no director was more right about the future of war than Barry Levinson with the 1992 box office flop Toys.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Mountain View “allowed hundreds of unauthorized law enforcement agencies to search information captured by the city’s license plate cameras for more than a year.” Particularly important amid immigration enforcement. www.mv-voice.com/police/2026/...
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Amid immigration crackdown, Mountain View discovers unauthorized access to license plate data
Despite repeated assurances of strict protocols and privacy safeguards, the Mountain View Police Department disclosed this week that it had inadvertently violated its own policies and allowed hundreds...
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Jon Ziegler @jonziegler.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
4quarters10dimes.blogspot.com/2026/01/i-di... Read this and be inspired.
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I Dissent
Back in October, Convicted Felon Donald J. Trump issued National Security Presidential Memorandum 7, an executive order that basically overt...
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Jon Ziegler @jonziegler.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Some seriously WTF stuff.
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Jon Ziegler @jonziegler.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Best to be prepared.
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Jon Ziegler @jonziegler.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
What a travesty! The only real surprise here is that the bill doesn't mandate that all voters must be white.
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Only two more days until you can go to an empty theater to see this cinematic masterpiece.
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Unite For Veterans Coalition @unite4vets.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
We salute these VA workers for honoring #AlexPretti. As they say, "We are healthcare workers for veterans. We know what heroes look like." youtube.com/shorts/bgCcE...
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Honoring Alex Pretti
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Nice try, but we remember who put these vaccine deniers in positions of power… and who, once they proved utterly unfaithful to their promises, are still keeping them there.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I just checked—it turns out that Art. II, Sec. 1 of the Constitution of the United States does *not* say "The executive Power shall be vested in a bunch of sociopaths who think they can do whatever the fuck they want and make shit up as they go along."
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Jon Ziegler @jonziegler.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
One of many.
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Jon Ziegler @jonziegler.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
He was a good man.
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Angelo Carusone @goangelo.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
This entire thread is like a metaphor for USA right now…
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Jon Ziegler @jonziegler.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
4quarters10dimes.blogspot.com/2026/01/of-s... A history lesson.
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Of Standing Armies and Tyranny
The colonial reaction to the Stamp Act of 1764 shocked British government officials, and if you look at the reality of the situation it’s fa...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
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Jon Ziegler @jonziegler.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Lovely!
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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Jon Ziegler @jonziegler.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
daringfireball.net/2026/01/lets...
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Let’s Call a Murder a Murder
Caitlin Callenson’s courage in the face of insane danger is just remarkable.
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