John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 30/10/2025It’d be amazing to see what this country could be WITHOUT social media. At least corporate algorithmic social media. 000
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Getting my first ear piercing tomorrow at age 41! Excited 000
Reposted by John WiedenheftNick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Let companies and employers produce workers and let our schools produce citizens. There is no vision of a thriving public education without reclaiming the central mission of schooling as the place where we live diversity, equity, and inclusion. 33612
Reposted by John WiedenheftKara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Literally you cannot make up this level of hypocrisy. What an endless chode. 862647685
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Happy national dog day! Molly, Cooper, Sadie, Belle. Our family dogs (past and present) 120
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 19/08/2025prospect.org/environment/... Two new data centers are coming to Cedar Rapids. So much of it is in the dark here as well.prospect.orgBeating Back Data CentersDesperate for ‘free money,’ most of the communities that approve these facilities are outmatched by developers. But these water-guzzling, power-hungry projects have major downsides. 010
Reposted by John WiedenheftMiranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 31/07/2025A+ from @theonion.com 217130
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Say it with me. Concentration Camps. www.hrw.org/report/2025/...hrw.org“You Feel Like Your Life Is Over”The 92-page report, “‘You Feel Like Your Life is Over’: Abusive Practices at Three Florida Immigration Detention Centers Since January 2025,” documents that people detained at Krome North Service Proc... 010
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 23/07/2025From long-time Iowa political reporter Laura Belin: "[L]eaders of Iowa Public Radio...expect to lose about $1 million, ... roughly 10 percent of their budget, and Iowa PBS will lose about $3.5 million in Corporation for Public Broadcasting grants, ... about 18 percent of its annual budget." 110
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 11/07/2025The Iowa Freedom Party: "Clean water is your responsibility." www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/...desmoinesregister.comWorried about nitrates in water? Here's what to know about home reverse osmosis systemsHome reverse osmosis systems are becoming more popular in central Iowa as nitrates affect public drinking water supplies. 110
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Helping get me through the day (morning...) youtu.be/AzUHNjKMeV4?...youtu.beWet Leg: Tiny Desk ConcertYouTube video by NPR Music 010
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Seems like I'm watching "Snow Crash" happen right in front of me. Corporations replacing the government. Ugh. @moreperfectunion.bsky.socialyoutube.comPeter Thiel Doesn’t Want You to See This ClipYouTube video by More Perfect Union 020
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 15/06/2025As someone who has bought Gaffer tape for work, it’s great. But should I read this article to find out that it costs 10x more than duck tape. But no, that wouldn’t be very elitist of the Times to note that! 010
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Sick and tired of this administration clearly and openly destroying everything that makes the United States a great country. Don't know how my Senators and Representatives (Grassley, Ernst, and Hinson) agree with what's happening.dailykos.comHere’s the terrible new way Trump plans to illegally harass universitiesIt’s been a minute since the Trump administration threatened Columbia University by pretending it cares deeply about antisemitism. So just in case the school started to believe its past ... 010
Reposted by John WiedenheftVince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Sara Haines: “For a nickname to come back at him and see how that feels…” Whoopi: “T — A — C — O” #TACO #TrumpAlwaysChickensOut 16672181349
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 28/05/2025OMG. saw on Reddit. Immediately thought of @chuckwendig.bsky.social and The Book of Accidents! 👀 (Not my video!) 010
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 09/05/2025How do you fire an FBI director? Can you put him on a Performance Improvement Plan? youtu.be/HqS0Oo7HDoQyoutu.beSen. Patty Murray presses FBI Director Kash Patel's "absurd" lack of competenceYouTube video by Daily Kos 011
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Just finished "The Bomber Mafia" by Malcolm Gladwell. Wow. Incredible build-up to the conclusion. Definitely a powerful book. You should listen to the audiobook, as that's what the book was written for first. I listened via Spotify Premium. www.pushkin.fm/audiobooks/t...pushkin.fmThe Bomber Mafia | Pushkin IndustriesOrder Malcolm Gladwell's new audiobook, complete with exclusive listener guide, today from Pushkin Industries! The new “Bomber Mafia” audiobook for sale is available now. 011
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 09/05/2025This *sounds* cool. But...data centers in space? What if you just put them in the ocean? Or co-located them near residential centers to provide the waste heat? arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...arstechnica.comEric Schmidt apparently bought Relativity Space to put data centers in orbit“Gives you a sense of how big this crisis is.”… 011
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Love these two posts next to each other! 🤪 @lyz.bsky.social 000
Reposted by John WiedenheftElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 30/04/2025Trump on Day One: Your costs will be lower immediately. Trump on Day 100: Your kids will now have fewer toys and also you're going to pay higher prices. 1793412885
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Gotta love mentions of University of Iowa! Don't gotta love the why! www.fastcompany.com/91324550/ker...fastcompany.comThe kerning on the pope's tomb is a travestyThe internet is up in arms about Pope Francis's tomb, and it's all because of lettering. 000
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 25/04/2025And now they’re arresting judges! www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...nbcnews.comFBI arrests Milwaukee judge, alleging she interfered in immigration operationFBI Director Kash Patel said in a since-deleted post on X that the bureau believed the judge "intentionally misdirected federal agents" seeking to arrest an undocumented immigrant. 000
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 23/04/2025I’m over here wondering how a politician (or one running to be one) got so good at video and audio. (Not slam against Kay, but against all the 80+ yo boomers killing us and our bank accounts). Follow from Iowa. 010
Reposted by John Wiedenheftkottke.org @kottke.org · 22/04/2025Say the Words: American Concentration Camp. “What is happening now is not a deviation. It is an expansion. The tools were always there. The tools were always sharpened on Black bodies. They are merely being used more broadly now, and with less pretense.” [davidgate.substack.com]davidgate.substack.comSAY THE WORDS: AMERICAN CONCENTRATION CAMPWe are sending people there and they are not coming back. 19223
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 23/04/2025There's always one person who doesn't understand. 100
Reposted by John WiedenheftAmerican Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 22/04/2025@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social and Online Ceramics have teamed up on a bold new Reading is a Right collection — and 100% of PRH’s net proceeds will be donated to ALA to further our work to defend libraries and fight censorship. 🧡 online-ceramics.com/collections/... 9055781368
Reposted by John WiedenheftJosh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social · 22/04/2025China’s reaction to the US Tariffs 13591471521
Reposted by John WiedenheftSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 20/04/2025It’s beyond me why any tourist or athlete would come to the US for the World Cup or the Olympics. 10664109
Reposted by John WiedenheftOldSchool @blueskyoldschool.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Released 30 YEARS AGO I Wish (1995) Skee-Lo 851773221
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 10/04/2025but but but...they're terrorists! they're bad people! HER EMAILS! THE GAYZZZZZZ! 000
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 10/04/2025If you're on the Right, you get to have your cake and eat it too. I love Iowa. /s iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/04/09/a...iowacapitaldispatch.comAiming to limit damages, Catholic hospital argues a fetus isn't the same as a 'person' • Iowa Capital DispatchA faith-based health care provider is arguing in court that the loss of an unborn child does not equate to the death of a “person.” 000
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Great article and read from one of my university professors @christophermartin.bsky.social. "Collectively building a nonprofit, cooperative global news-based social media platform would put verified news back in the center of public discourse." www.commondreams.org/opinion/soci...commondreams.orgToday's Social Media Are No Longer Safe for Journalism | Common DreamsThis existential moment calls for a global social media platform for independent news media. 010
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Created a Mastodon profile today. mastodon.social/@jwiedenheft Nothing more.mastodon.socialJohn Wiedenheft (@jwiedenheft@mastodon.social)0 Posts, 3 Following, 0 Followers · 000
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 18/03/2025This has been posted many times, but adding my voice. Thanks @wired.com and @freedom.press freedom.press/issues/wired...freedom.pressWired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should followAs the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy 010
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Thank you @lyz.bsky.social for marking 5 years since COVID lockdowns started. Appreciate you including your original Op-Ed as well. I don't have anything pithy or remarkable to say! But it's good to reflect on where we were, how we felt, and where we are today. lyz.substack.com/p/how-has-yo...lyz.substack.comHow has your life changed in the past five years?Reflecting on five years of Covid 020
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 13/03/2025I know there's other more damaging items, but this is just stupid. There is not a more asinine, idiotic, clueless president in the history of our country. www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...nbcnews.comTrump threatens 200% tariff on E.U. wine and liquor, says world is 'ripping us off'The new tariffs would add to a growing list of taxes levied by the U.S. against trading partners as part of a growing trade war between once-close allies. 010
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 12/03/2025No shit. Still rocking the iPhone 13. Just finished paying off monthly plan. No desire to add $70+ back onto monthly bill just to get AI Siri that doesn’t work. www.thestreet.com/retail/veriz... 110
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 12/03/20251. Become a Wired subscriber. 2. Don't trust Musk or anything he says. Much (or all) of what he says lately is demonstrably false. 010
Reposted by John WiedenheftHilary Campbell @cartoonsbyhilary.bsky.social · 11/03/2025My latest cartoon for Alta Magazine that should be preeetttyy popular here on bluesky 1141
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Just finished “Somewhere Beyond the Sea” by TJ Klune. Man, it feels nice to have hope for a better, brighter world. Thank you TJ for your beautiful words. 000
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 02/03/2025@annehelen.bsky.social with the great observation this morning. 000
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Don't understand how more business leaders and owners aren't speaking up to their representatives. Especially here in Iowa. Our farmers are going to get slammed. John Deere is already getting slammed. Personal liberties are eroding every day. www.dailykos.com/story/2025/2...dailykos.comTrump's chaos puts the US economy on the brink of collapseExperts are sounding the alarm about the U.S. economy, saying the chaos President Donald Trump and co-President Elon Musk have unleashed over the past month could send the country into a devastating r... 100
John Wiedenheft @jwiedenheft.bsky.social · 28/02/2025On the heels of cancelling Times and WaPo yesterday, became paid subscriber to @juddlegum.bsky.social and @popular.info tonight. If you can, make the switch to paid. If not, keep reading and sharing! I’ve been reading for over a year, made switch today! 000
