Jon Humphrey

Citizen Journalist • Bellingham • Member since May 23, 2017

Jon Humphrey is currently a music educator in Bellingham and very active in the community. He also has decades of professional IT experience including everything from support to development. He considers Bellingham to be the best place he has ever lived and has been here for over 8 years now. He has been interested in technology, music, and science since he was very young and holds a degree in Music Production/Technology from the prestigious Hartt School. He started writing for his high school newspaper and has even published a sci-fi novel on Amazon. Aside from his above interests, Jon spends his time repairing electronics, cars, hiking, diving, and motorcycling. He is a well known figure in the Open Source and Retro Gaming communities and does what he can to support them. He also cares very much about the environment, homelessness, and digital divide issues and does what he can on those fronts too.

Articles by Jon Humphrey

Corporate Welfare at its Worst …and About to Get Worse

By Jon HumphreyOn Jan 04, 2025

As we all know, Trump is preparing to re-enter office. What we may not realize is that with Trump’s elevation of Republican Corporatist Brendan Carr to the chair of [...]

How To Get Nothing Done

By Jon HumphreyOn Aug 24, 2024

During a Special Meeting of the City Council on 8/5/2024, an inexperienced company named Uptown presented a Fiber Report that they tried to pass off as a “plan.” Uptown was [...]

More Broadbandwashing and Anti-Voter Secrecy

By Jon HumphreyOn May 25, 2024

Recently, a document was leaked to us that I would like to review. It is a questionnaire from the Whatcom Democrats to PUD candidates. Now, let me start by saying [...]

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Recent comments

"Oh yeah, I almost forgot. You admitted to having 2 connections. A 5G and Starlink connection because neither really works well enough on its own. So let’s see, that’s [...]

Dec 01, 2024 on
New Trump Administration Expected To Undo Biden’s Financial Regulation

"Again, you are comparing apples and oranges. Wireless is not even close to equivalent to fiber. Also, answer some of the questions put to you. Are you an investor? Your [...]

Dec 01, 2024 on
New Trump Administration Expected To Undo Biden’s Financial Regulation

"LOL, talk about knowing enough to be dangerous. Your response is completely nonsensical. 5G networks and Starlink REQUIRE fiber-optics to work just like everything else. Yes, it’s nice he [...]

Dec 01, 2024 on
New Trump Administration Expected To Undo Biden’s Financial Regulation

"The response to rural broadband will be multi-tiered:Conflicts of Interest:The conflict of interest here is obvious here as Musk owns the company that will benefit the most from [...]

Dec 01, 2024 on
New Trump Administration Expected To Undo Biden’s Financial Regulation

"One incredibly important point made in the movie “Cabaret” is that in pre-Nazi Germany the Germans were, in many respects, a cosmopolitan society. However, their Democratic system had become corrupt [...]

Nov 09, 2024 on
The Election of Donald Trump