John Wolfe @johnwolfe3rd

Hunkered down in Clinton, Iowa -- for the pandemic and for my sins. Pop academic psychology, juggler, guitar man, bon vivant, man about town, devil may care Clinton, IA Joined September 2012

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John Wolfe @johnwolfe3rd

2 weeks ago

There are about 44,000 traffic fatalities in the US every year. If there are 5 million accidents, that's not a 30% rate -- that's a 0.9% rate of fatalities per accident. Gotta love that open access scholarship ... link.springer.com/article/10.100…

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John Wolfe @johnwolfe3rd

4 years ago

#ooma #claytablets All of my Ooma Office text messages were deleted overnight. I called the company about recovering them ... evidently 100% impossible. So in the era of cloud based computing, Ooma Office has planted their flag firmly in the wax tablet based tech ... strange.

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John Wolfe @johnwolfe3rd

4 years ago

#ooma @Ooma all of my text messages have disappeared from my ooma office account. Can Ooma help me with that. I don't want to use the telephone tech support b/c it's an awful nightmare experience ...

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John Wolfe @johnwolfe3rd

5 years ago

I've been thinking that I want to have #phonesex just so I can end the call with: "Bless you, my child. You've made an old man very happy." I'm thinking that quirky/creepy ending would be worth the preceding $2.99 (or whatever) per minute...

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John Wolfe @johnwolfe3rd

6 years ago

My mom (and Clinton County Precinct Chair) pointed out that MSNBC is mis-stating the caucus rules in their round table analysis. #MSNBC "Claire McCaskill misstated the rules: a nonviable group CAN become viable thru realignment.Rules below from the 2020 Iowa Caucus Guide."

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John Wolfe @johnwolfe3rd

6 years ago

No real surprises—but a reminder that hype is hype... flip.it/3s3thY

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John Wolfe @johnwolfe3rd

6 years ago

Worth reading to understand how policy can be enacted administratively, as the article says, almost invisibly. They used to say professional bureaucracies — technocracies — were a stabilizing influence in government, but that seems less and less the... huffpost.com/highline/artic…

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John Wolfe @johnwolfe3rd

6 years ago

I wish I was 5'14" facebook.com/John.Wolfe.Min…

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John Wolfe @johnwolfe3rd

6 years ago

"I WAS A SAP." I love moments when thinkers own up to having been monumentally wrong about something. This is from Harvard Law prof Randall Kennedy's review of Corey Robin's recent book on Supreme Court... facebook.com/John.Wolfe.Min…

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John Wolfe @johnwolfe3rd

6 years ago

Ok, yeah, it seems fishy that Hunter Biden got $50,000 a month as a board member on that Ukrainian private gas company, Burisma Holdings. What... usatoday.com/story/money/bu…

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John Wolfe @johnwolfe3rd

6 years ago

My mom, Pierrette Wolfe, was right. In Iowa (as well as in most counties), the plurality of voters are non-affiliated or third-party. tiny.cc/jjwIowaDems Across the state, the rounded percentages are 31% Dems, 32% GOP, and 36% No Party &... tiny.cc/jjwIowaDems

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John Wolfe @johnwolfe3rd

6 years ago

It's not like shoplifting; it's more like looting a Barnes & Noble. z-lib.org

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John Wolfe @johnwolfe3rd

6 years ago

Very trippy when Pidgin news slips unannounced into my feed. bbc.com/pidgin/media-4…

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John Wolfe @johnwolfe3rd

6 years ago

Australian rodents and small marsupial have developed "prey naivety" because for centuries, they lacked... earther.gizmodo.com/the-scientists…

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John Wolfe @johnwolfe3rd

6 years ago

Big bug on porch

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John Wolfe @johnwolfe3rd

6 years ago

This movie has Rita Platt's name all over it ... she, too, was a young Pakistani boy who fell in love with Bruce Springsteen's music ... youtube.com/watch?v=f1YFA_… youtube.com/watch?v=f1YFA_…

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John Wolfe @johnwolfe3rd

6 years ago

My YouTube login keeps suggesting that I want to watch scenes where bullies get their comeuppance -- and while I dutifully watch them (because at this point in my life, who knows me better than my YouTube login?), I don't really... youtube.com/watch?v=Spq6eY…

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John Wolfe @johnwolfe3rd

6 years ago

This was on the sidewalk outside the Wolfe law office. My mother opined that it was a baby raccoon in a case of ontogeny recapitulating philogeny with a vengeance.

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John Wolfe @johnwolfe3rd

6 years ago

Scary spider in my car... maybe I should get out more.

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John Wolfe @johnwolfe3rd

6 years ago

The Rolling Stone Drinking Game rules for tonight's Democratic Primary Debate: As for the debate rules, in the interest of preserving life, we’re loosening them. Take bonus or voluntary shot when any... facebook.com/John.Wolfe.Min…