@jfoy.bsky.social
Also @jfoy@mastodon.social. He/him, cishet xennial nerd in urban Cascadia. Gradatim.
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This is literally what I've been writing and podcasting about for years. I was planning to do an essay on this, but here's a 🧵.
The main reason is psychology. Due to personal, family, and cultural histories, some people are inherently scared of the world.
The main reason is psychology. Due to personal, family, and cultural histories, some people are inherently scared of the world.
Fight and help win a world war.
Establish a global order that cements your national power for 80 years.
Blow it all up.
What am I missing?
Establish a global order that cements your national power for 80 years.
Blow it all up.
What am I missing?
January 18, 2026 at 5:43 PM
This is literally what I've been writing and podcasting about for years. I was planning to do an essay on this, but here's a 🧵.
The main reason is psychology. Due to personal, family, and cultural histories, some people are inherently scared of the world.
The main reason is psychology. Due to personal, family, and cultural histories, some people are inherently scared of the world.
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Almost 29 years after I saw it on the theaters as a rising freshman in college - with an audience that lost its shit at "I used to be a helluva engineer, once" a few blocks from Georgia Tech - and it still raises gooseflesh on my neck.
January 18, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Almost 29 years after I saw it on the theaters as a rising freshman in college - with an audience that lost its shit at "I used to be a helluva engineer, once" a few blocks from Georgia Tech - and it still raises gooseflesh on my neck.
I'm seeing reports that Gov. Tim Walz has activated (but not yet mobilized) the MN National Guard to "ensure the safety of peaceful protesters".
January 17, 2026 at 10:20 PM
I'm seeing reports that Gov. Tim Walz has activated (but not yet mobilized) the MN National Guard to "ensure the safety of peaceful protesters".
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January 17, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Guardian's horny on main again
Brussels sprouts will be 25% bigger this year, and may be sexier too
Brussels sprouts will be 25% bigger this year, and may be sexier too
Farmers say good growing conditions will result in a bumper crop, with the average sprout 30mm in diameter
Farmers are forecasting that brussels sprouts will be 25% bigger this year.
Good growing conditions, the introduction of new varieties, and a dose…
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Guardian's horny on main again
Thread as Hugo candidate for short story. (content warning: bleak)
By now, asteroid 2026 Dreadstone has impacted the Indian Ocean, sparking a firestorm not seen on this planet since the K–Pg Extinction Event. Most people just want to be with their families. Here are three ways effective business leaders can leverage targeted KPIs to turn tragedy 😔 into triumph 💪
January 17, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Thread as Hugo candidate for short story. (content warning: bleak)
NOPE
January 17, 2026 at 7:48 PM
The noise I just made startled the cats
If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before)
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
January 17, 2026 at 7:42 PM
The noise I just made startled the cats
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Udvar Hazy is right next to fucking Dulles
Btw highly recommend if you’re ever in the DC area, it’s a gigantic fuck-off hanger stuffed full of planes spanning the whole history of human flight and they have both an SR-71 and a space shuttle
Btw highly recommend if you’re ever in the DC area, it’s a gigantic fuck-off hanger stuffed full of planes spanning the whole history of human flight and they have both an SR-71 and a space shuttle
January 17, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Udvar Hazy is right next to fucking Dulles
Btw highly recommend if you’re ever in the DC area, it’s a gigantic fuck-off hanger stuffed full of planes spanning the whole history of human flight and they have both an SR-71 and a space shuttle
Btw highly recommend if you’re ever in the DC area, it’s a gigantic fuck-off hanger stuffed full of planes spanning the whole history of human flight and they have both an SR-71 and a space shuttle
The Mandalorian seeing a blue-headed corvid:
This is the jay.
This is the jay.
The Mandalorian serving breakfast in bed:
This is the tray.
This is the tray.
The Mandalorian giving a tour of a farm:
This is the hay.
This is the hay.
January 17, 2026 at 7:32 PM
The Mandalorian seeing a blue-headed corvid:
This is the jay.
This is the jay.
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If you haven’t already, take the AGO’s AI labor impact survey to make your voice heard.
Help us build a balanced future for our workforce: https://tinyurl.com/ysxevt8n
Help us build a balanced future for our workforce: https://tinyurl.com/ysxevt8n
January 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM
If you haven’t already, take the AGO’s AI labor impact survey to make your voice heard.
Help us build a balanced future for our workforce: https://tinyurl.com/ysxevt8n
Help us build a balanced future for our workforce: https://tinyurl.com/ysxevt8n
Good. These are things I'm proud to have voted for.
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is announcing two executive orders today. First, she's launching an effort to ID and prioritize public land to site new shelter for people like those living at a large encampment in Ballard, where she paused an encampment removal yesterday.
January 15, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Good. These are things I'm proud to have voted for.
"haha laser printer go brrrrr"
Charlie has figured out how to make the printer print test pages and now it’s all he wants to do.
January 14, 2026 at 6:31 PM
"haha laser printer go brrrrr"
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John Green, twenty-first century Marcus Aurelius:
"Take [the abusive self-talk] down a notch. You're doing the best you can as a decaying bacterial colony that's _thinking;_ of course you're struggling!"
(Dear Hank and John #393, 16:50)
"Take [the abusive self-talk] down a notch. You're doing the best you can as a decaying bacterial colony that's _thinking;_ of course you're struggling!"
(Dear Hank and John #393, 16:50)
July 28, 2024 at 12:49 AM
John Green, twenty-first century Marcus Aurelius:
"Take [the abusive self-talk] down a notch. You're doing the best you can as a decaying bacterial colony that's _thinking;_ of course you're struggling!"
(Dear Hank and John #393, 16:50)
"Take [the abusive self-talk] down a notch. You're doing the best you can as a decaying bacterial colony that's _thinking;_ of course you're struggling!"
(Dear Hank and John #393, 16:50)
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January 23rd, folks
With this list of Minnesota labor and community orgs this is REAL. Not internet randos repeating a meme.
Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
January 14, 2026 at 3:54 AM
January 23rd, folks
Hobbes clearly votes for the Tigers Pouncing Schoolchildren Returning Home party.
Just a reminder that you've never seen a Calvin & Hobbes animated movie or cartoon is because Bill Watterson didn't want to give Hobbes a voice so he could always live inside your head exactly the way you imagined him. And to this day you have no idea who he ever has voted for. But you can guess.
January 14, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Hobbes clearly votes for the Tigers Pouncing Schoolchildren Returning Home party.
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Seriously. "Thank you for your labor; here is what exploitation looks like and how to safely report it, how to join the union, how to get health care, how to get an education, how to enroll your kids in school, and how to become a citizen. America is better with you as an American."
January 14, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Seriously. "Thank you for your labor; here is what exploitation looks like and how to safely report it, how to join the union, how to get health care, how to get an education, how to enroll your kids in school, and how to become a citizen. America is better with you as an American."
🧵 Me, too.
The last good thing Scott Adams can do for the world is to serve as a cautionary tale to everyone who’s sense of self rests on being one of the smart ones.
I don’t mean that unkindly. It’s genuinely tragic in a way I can appreciate more knowing he has no more bombs to drop.
I don’t mean that unkindly. It’s genuinely tragic in a way I can appreciate more knowing he has no more bombs to drop.
January 14, 2026 at 3:05 AM
🧵 Me, too.
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Hey, fellow Southern Californians -
Please amplify this wide and far.
Please amplify this wide and far.
A neighbor was taken to a care facility, and her little tortoiseshell kitty was left behind. I can't take her in but I've been feeding her and giving her water every day. No one in the neighbor's family can take her in. Is there anyone in the Inland Empire area that could foster or adopt her?
January 12, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Hey, fellow Southern Californians -
Please amplify this wide and far.
Please amplify this wide and far.
"I know you'll miss Cigna's campaign contributions, Senator, but they were a wasteful and ineffective way to provide patient care - and that's why we need Medicare For All and other large insurance pools."
(with apologies to Gary Larsen)
(with apologies to Gary Larsen)
We'd All Miss Private Health Insurance
By me and R. E. Ryan.
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By me and R. E. Ryan.
Read more cartoons! --> #PoliCartoon
Support our cartoons! --> patreon.com/barry
January 12, 2026 at 9:54 PM
"I know you'll miss Cigna's campaign contributions, Senator, but they were a wasteful and ineffective way to provide patient care - and that's why we need Medicare For All and other large insurance pools."
(with apologies to Gary Larsen)
(with apologies to Gary Larsen)
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WHAT
'Escalate,' as in "tensions escalate," comes from the word 'escalator.'
It first appeared in print in 1944.
'Escalator' originated as a trademarked term for the Otis Elevator Company's moving staircase and was demonstrated at the Paris Exposition in 1900.
It first appeared in print in 1944.
'Escalator' originated as a trademarked term for the Otis Elevator Company's moving staircase and was demonstrated at the Paris Exposition in 1900.
January 12, 2026 at 5:03 PM
WHAT
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We've got a film fest and a craft market coming soon in our taproom SouthEnd Public House! What are you most excited about?
#SlightlyFurry #SouthEndPublicHouse #queer #crowsnestcomics #craftmarket #artmarket #streetfair #Seattle
#SlightlyFurry #SouthEndPublicHouse #queer #crowsnestcomics #craftmarket #artmarket #streetfair #Seattle
January 12, 2026 at 12:33 AM
We've got a film fest and a craft market coming soon in our taproom SouthEnd Public House! What are you most excited about?
#SlightlyFurry #SouthEndPublicHouse #queer #crowsnestcomics #craftmarket #artmarket #streetfair #Seattle
#SlightlyFurry #SouthEndPublicHouse #queer #crowsnestcomics #craftmarket #artmarket #streetfair #Seattle
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CALL FOR ENTRIES
The annual Crypticon Seattle anthology writing contest is open until Feb 14, 2026 to writers local to Seattle/greater WA state. A great opportunity to get published alongside pros, get a weekend pass to Crypticon, win cash prizes. All info here: crypticonseattle.com/events/conte...
The annual Crypticon Seattle anthology writing contest is open until Feb 14, 2026 to writers local to Seattle/greater WA state. A great opportunity to get published alongside pros, get a weekend pass to Crypticon, win cash prizes. All info here: crypticonseattle.com/events/conte...
January 12, 2026 at 12:41 AM
CALL FOR ENTRIES
The annual Crypticon Seattle anthology writing contest is open until Feb 14, 2026 to writers local to Seattle/greater WA state. A great opportunity to get published alongside pros, get a weekend pass to Crypticon, win cash prizes. All info here: crypticonseattle.com/events/conte...
The annual Crypticon Seattle anthology writing contest is open until Feb 14, 2026 to writers local to Seattle/greater WA state. A great opportunity to get published alongside pros, get a weekend pass to Crypticon, win cash prizes. All info here: crypticonseattle.com/events/conte...
TIL that the coastal redwood was once native to Ireland, and there is a multi-generational project to reintroduce them as a forest ecosystem! #sharegoodnewstoo
There is! The project is being managed by Lady Alicia Parsons (7th Earl of Rosse's daughter). But they have a website! giantsgrove.ie
HOME - Giants Grove
Giants Grove aims to return to Ireland a Giant Redwood Forest that were once native to Ireland by creating a grove of over 1000 redwoods at Birr Castle, Co.
giantsgrove.ie
January 12, 2026 at 12:38 AM
TIL that the coastal redwood was once native to Ireland, and there is a multi-generational project to reintroduce them as a forest ecosystem! #sharegoodnewstoo