Just Josh
@charlesschrodinger.bsky.social
he/him interested in pretty much everything, focussing lately on finishing my novel
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National Guard soldiers called into service for President Trump's law enforcement surge in D.C. have been assigned to spread mulch at federal monuments.
Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
August 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
National Guard soldiers called into service for President Trump's law enforcement surge in D.C. have been assigned to spread mulch at federal monuments.
Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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"Why are they calling me an Evil Overlord?" the Evil Overlord said.
"There is a saying that 'evil starts with treating people as things'," a minion said.
"So? I treat all people with dignity and respect!"
"You often change your definition of who's 'people', though."
"Doesn't everybody?"
"There is a saying that 'evil starts with treating people as things'," a minion said.
"So? I treat all people with dignity and respect!"
"You often change your definition of who's 'people', though."
"Doesn't everybody?"
June 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
"Why are they calling me an Evil Overlord?" the Evil Overlord said.
"There is a saying that 'evil starts with treating people as things'," a minion said.
"So? I treat all people with dignity and respect!"
"You often change your definition of who's 'people', though."
"Doesn't everybody?"
"There is a saying that 'evil starts with treating people as things'," a minion said.
"So? I treat all people with dignity and respect!"
"You often change your definition of who's 'people', though."
"Doesn't everybody?"
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June 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Gov. Tim Walz State Address: "We have university students shoved into unmarked vans and fathers being tossed into Salvadorian gulags without a hint of due process. If you say you love freedom, but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love isn't freedom, it's privilege."
April 24, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Gov. Tim Walz State Address: "We have university students shoved into unmarked vans and fathers being tossed into Salvadorian gulags without a hint of due process. If you say you love freedom, but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love isn't freedom, it's privilege."
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On being called DEI and why it isn’t the burn they think it is
April 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
On being called DEI and why it isn’t the burn they think it is
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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"When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order."
Iya Prigogine, Noble prize-winning chemist
Iya Prigogine, Noble prize-winning chemist
March 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order."
Iya Prigogine, Noble prize-winning chemist
Iya Prigogine, Noble prize-winning chemist
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If i get murdered by the state for making political videos at least I won't have to see more climate change.
March 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
If i get murdered by the state for making political videos at least I won't have to see more climate change.
Didn't realize this was such a hot take: Dictionaries are descriptive, not prescriptive.
If someone is using a word in a way that you don't understand, that's a signal to be curious, not read them a definition.
If someone is using a word in a way that you don't understand, that's a signal to be curious, not read them a definition.
March 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Didn't realize this was such a hot take: Dictionaries are descriptive, not prescriptive.
If someone is using a word in a way that you don't understand, that's a signal to be curious, not read them a definition.
If someone is using a word in a way that you don't understand, that's a signal to be curious, not read them a definition.
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"You've been chosen," the spirit said.
"What?"
"Save the world, make it kinder, cleaner, safer."
"Me?"
"Yes."
"Alone?"
"We chose everyone."
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"What?"
"Save the world, make it kinder, cleaner, safer."
"Me?"
"Yes."
"Alone?"
"We chose everyone."
#CrossRepost
February 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"You've been chosen," the spirit said.
"What?"
"Save the world, make it kinder, cleaner, safer."
"Me?"
"Yes."
"Alone?"
"We chose everyone."
#CrossRepost
"What?"
"Save the world, make it kinder, cleaner, safer."
"Me?"
"Yes."
"Alone?"
"We chose everyone."
#CrossRepost
This idea that if people aren't forced to work they won't work is baffling to me. We like building and creating. We like building our nests.
The dignity of work is broken. Working to make other people rich is broken. Needing to disassociate to get through your work day is broken.
The dignity of work is broken. Working to make other people rich is broken. Needing to disassociate to get through your work day is broken.
January 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This idea that if people aren't forced to work they won't work is baffling to me. We like building and creating. We like building our nests.
The dignity of work is broken. Working to make other people rich is broken. Needing to disassociate to get through your work day is broken.
The dignity of work is broken. Working to make other people rich is broken. Needing to disassociate to get through your work day is broken.
I'm not sure that I've ever accepted a website send me notifications. I am certain that the vast majority of notification requests from websites I've encountered was met with an immediate and full body NO!
December 19, 2024 at 5:15 PM
I'm not sure that I've ever accepted a website send me notifications. I am certain that the vast majority of notification requests from websites I've encountered was met with an immediate and full body NO!
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bro, so to run a program, i "execute" it, but to stop it i "kill" it? computers are barbaric, bro
November 22, 2024 at 10:20 PM
bro, so to run a program, i "execute" it, but to stop it i "kill" it? computers are barbaric, bro
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Happy Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to those who celebrate.
November 10, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Happy Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to those who celebrate.
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A gentle reminder:
"If you're afraid that books
might change someone's thinking,
you're not afraid of books,
you're afraid of thinking."
~Andrea Junker
:-)}
"If you're afraid that books
might change someone's thinking,
you're not afraid of books,
you're afraid of thinking."
~Andrea Junker
:-)}
October 12, 2024 at 4:57 AM
A gentle reminder:
"If you're afraid that books
might change someone's thinking,
you're not afraid of books,
you're afraid of thinking."
~Andrea Junker
:-)}
"If you're afraid that books
might change someone's thinking,
you're not afraid of books,
you're afraid of thinking."
~Andrea Junker
:-)}
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men are too emotional to hold positions of power.
October 13, 2024 at 2:20 PM
men are too emotional to hold positions of power.
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This Campaign in a nutshell
September 30, 2024 at 7:39 PM
This Campaign in a nutshell
Thermodynamics is a really good frame for uncovering bullshit.
August 23, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Thermodynamics is a really good frame for uncovering bullshit.