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Writer, reader, Dad, husband. I spend a little too much time watching baseball, and way too much time watching the night sky.

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shoving someone's face directly in unfairness and telling them the rules they have built their lives around don't matter because you're in charge and they aren't triggers fury on the lizard brain level and it's a huge contributor to how autocracies fail

23.01.2026 17:58 πŸ‘ 1926 πŸ” 301 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 13
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Haunted Waters (Volume Three of the Haunted Anthology) A book drop; My long strange (creative) trip with Blackbird Press

I'm proud to be among a host of talented writers in volume three of this excellent anthology. My history with Blackbird Press in today's Oort Cloud. open.substack.com/pub/jeffwood...

23.01.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Anthology β€œHaunted Waters” Is Now For Sale! Almost sixty years ago, the American nuclear submarine USS Hollander sank in the Sargasso Sea to a depth of 3,000 meters under mysterious circumstances. Today, pirates operating the deep-sea submer…

The Anthology "Haunted Waters" Is Now For Sale! poweredbyrobots.com/2026/01/23/t...

23.01.2026 18:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Two Neighborhoods Reflections on neighborhood solidarity in Minneapolis

Two Neighborhoods
open.substack.com/pub/jeffwood...
Shakespeare, Minneapolis, and the bloody moat of history. In today's Oort Cloud.

15.01.2026 22:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Three Short Stories About Francis G Relics from a New York City that no longer exists

Miss you already, Francis. open.substack.com/pub/jeffwood...

11.12.2025 17:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Mailer that reads: Molly, Seasons may change, but the need for blood is constant.

Mailer that reads: Molly, Seasons may change, but the need for blood is constant.

slightly ominous mailer from the Red Cross

01.10.2025 19:24 πŸ‘ 6980 πŸ” 1236 πŸ’¬ 174 πŸ“Œ 159
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Indignity Image Roundup: The Word Is "Test" Indignity Vol. 5, No. 174

Indignity Vol. 5, No. 174, Indignity Image Roundup: The Word Is "Test" www.indignity.net/indignity-image-roundup-the-word-is-test/ via @indignity.bsky.social

01.10.2025 20:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Making Charlie Kirk happen Indignity Vol. 5, No. 169

Indignity Vol. 5, No. 169, POPULAR POLITICS DEP'T.: Making Charlie Kirk happen www.indignity.net/making-charlie-kirk-happen/

22.09.2025 20:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Riding With Ishmael The whale didn't do anything wrong

My summer with Ishmael. In today's Oort Cloud. jeffwood.substack.com/p/riding-wit...

18.09.2025 16:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He really hated Lasorda. It was not a joke. They didn't shake hands and laugh about it later. Hated him.

19.07.2025 01:13 πŸ‘ 100 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1
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Indignity Morning Podcast No. 500: White asbestos. THE PURSUIT OF PODCASTING ADEQUACYβ„’

Indignity Morning Podcast No. 500: White asbestos. www.indignity.net/indignity-morning-podcast-no-500-white-asbestos/

17.06.2025 18:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My Daughter's Face It felt like a miracle, even if it was just life happening.

Washcloths and miracles. In today's Oort Cloud. jeffwood.substack.com/p/my-daughte...

12.06.2025 18:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This weekend. Take back your country. Noon, at the city hall wherever you live

09.06.2025 16:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Like unhappy families, each microblogging site is batshit insane in its own way.

15.05.2025 21:33 πŸ‘ 4970 πŸ” 377 πŸ’¬ 134 πŸ“Œ 29
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60% of American households can’t afford a minimal quality of life.

Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 β€” the biggest one-year increase ever.

Our problem isn't a lack of resources.

Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.

15.05.2025 19:47 πŸ‘ 15421 πŸ” 5619 πŸ’¬ 559 πŸ“Œ 316
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JUST NOW: Robert Garcia asks Kristi Noem if she will check if Andry HernΓ‘ndez Romero is alive (she won’t): β€œIt is shameful that you won’t even request to see if this young man is alive”

14.05.2025 18:11 πŸ‘ 106 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

This is, indeed, dumb

15.05.2025 01:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Word

15.05.2025 01:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Our allies for a century all hate us, but at least the rulers of Saudi Arabia and Qatar appreciate how easy it is to get what they want from our govt, and appear to enjoy our president’s willingness to trade US govt policy for personal enrichment. So we have some friends.

15.05.2025 01:51 πŸ‘ 15296 πŸ” 3321 πŸ’¬ 709 πŸ“Œ 148
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14.05.2025 14:10 πŸ‘ 455 πŸ” 114 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 3

A loose affiliation of millionaires and billionaires and baby - P Simon

15.05.2025 01:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

IMPEACH
CONVICT
REMOVE

12.05.2025 16:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
David Richardson, obvious baddie

David Richardson, obvious baddie

the new acting FEMA Administrator is an 80s movie villain

09.05.2025 21:18 πŸ‘ 593 πŸ” 116 πŸ’¬ 106 πŸ“Œ 31

could someone check with John Roberts whether accepting a $400 million plane for your personal use is a core executive power that congress may not constitutionally regulate or merely an action for which the president is presumptively immune from any accountability?

11.05.2025 19:41 πŸ‘ 13652 πŸ” 2953 πŸ’¬ 394 πŸ“Œ 103

It's 2015. President Barack Obama has accepted a "sky palace" jumbo jet from the Qatari government, which he'll own after he leaves office. "Everybody relax," he says in an interview with the New York Times. Everyone does. The networks then televise the military parade in his honor on his birthday.

11.05.2025 18:43 πŸ‘ 42062 πŸ” 8631 πŸ’¬ 922 πŸ“Œ 391

Seeking someone with a Ph.D. in ethical philosophy and a lifetime of service at the Ethical Bureau of Ethics who can explain whether it's wrong for the US president to accept a luxury private jet as a gift from a foreign government.

11.05.2025 18:59 πŸ‘ 308 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 4
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The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.

- Carl Sagan, Cosmos

11.05.2025 18:24 πŸ‘ 14952 πŸ” 2465 πŸ’¬ 223 πŸ“Œ 115
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Great horned owlets in the old wash tub their parents have been using for a nest for years and years. Their parents are local celebrities at the park.
Lake St Clair Metropark
April 26, 2022

26.04.2025 13:37 πŸ‘ 121 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3
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The Attorney General is so unserious.

If you’re a prosecutor who is serious about obtaining a conviction, you don’t go on Fox and talk about the (alleged) facts of the case like this.

Has Bondi read the Justice Manual? Has Bondi heard of pretrial publicity motions? How about bar ethics rules?

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