joe
@jjoe.bsky.social
Facts care about your feelings (loneliness of rich white men)
February 18, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Facts care about your feelings (loneliness of rich white men)
Golden Baby (Traumprinz) - Rainbowcoalition [All Possible Worlds / 2019] allpossibleworlds.bandcamp.com/album/forgot...
Golden Baby - Rainbowcoalition [FW2]
YouTube video by Givi Gelashvili
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February 17, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Golden Baby (Traumprinz) - Rainbowcoalition [All Possible Worlds / 2019] allpossibleworlds.bandcamp.com/album/forgot...
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Also it was called Uplift Melrose 🙃
Councilmember Koretz Kills 'Uplift Melrose' Safe Streets Project - Streetsblog Los Angeles
Koretz got assists from the city's Fire and Police Departments and Fix the City
la.streetsblog.org
February 16, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Also it was called Uplift Melrose 🙃
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Melrose was supposed to undergo a complete streets makeover from Highland to Fairfax that would have installed stormwater gardens to mitigate flooding, among other critical safety improvements. The previous councilmember killed the project
February 16, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Melrose was supposed to undergo a complete streets makeover from Highland to Fairfax that would have installed stormwater gardens to mitigate flooding, among other critical safety improvements. The previous councilmember killed the project
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Melrose and La Brea is just a river right now.
February 16, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Melrose and La Brea is just a river right now.
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New from me, at @vqr.bsky.social: a few years ago two people contacted me about a TEDx talk I once gave, “The Art of Haunting.”
When I replied I’d never given a TEDx talk, things just got weirder.
On AI, ghosts, what it means to tell a story, and what Italo Calvino saw coming 60 years ago. Enjoy!
When I replied I’d never given a TEDx talk, things just got weirder.
On AI, ghosts, what it means to tell a story, and what Italo Calvino saw coming 60 years ago. Enjoy!
The Art of Haunting
The email was innocuous enough. A woman wrote to me explaining how her partner had been talking about my work and how much he’d enjoyed it—in particular, he’d remembered me giving a TEDx talk about gh...
www.vqronline.org
February 13, 2026 at 2:04 PM
New from me, at @vqr.bsky.social: a few years ago two people contacted me about a TEDx talk I once gave, “The Art of Haunting.”
When I replied I’d never given a TEDx talk, things just got weirder.
On AI, ghosts, what it means to tell a story, and what Italo Calvino saw coming 60 years ago. Enjoy!
When I replied I’d never given a TEDx talk, things just got weirder.
On AI, ghosts, what it means to tell a story, and what Italo Calvino saw coming 60 years ago. Enjoy!
There isn't 2025 data here yet, but notice that almost 4,000 ADUs were permitted in 2024, which probably became available in 2025! I hope the reactionary San Diego city gov rollback on ADU policy didn't cut too much into that in 2025. www.hcd.ca.gov/housing-open...
February 13, 2026 at 6:15 AM
There isn't 2025 data here yet, but notice that almost 4,000 ADUs were permitted in 2024, which probably became available in 2025! I hope the reactionary San Diego city gov rollback on ADU policy didn't cut too much into that in 2025. www.hcd.ca.gov/housing-open...
El Remolón - Basta Ya (Todos Somos Inmigrantes) Feat. Lido Pimienta [2010 / ZZK Records] zzkrecords.bandcamp.com/track/basta-...
El Remolon feat Lido Pimienta - Basta Ya Todos Somos Inmigrantes
YouTube video by ZZK Records
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February 10, 2026 at 3:32 PM
El Remolón - Basta Ya (Todos Somos Inmigrantes) Feat. Lido Pimienta [2010 / ZZK Records] zzkrecords.bandcamp.com/track/basta-...
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Listen to Senator Wyden.
I wish more of his colleagues would do so.
I wish more of his colleagues would do so.
When I wrote Section 230 I did so knowing it would be critical for protecting free speech online. 30 years later and it’s one of the last things standing in the way of Republican censorship of the internet. Here’s to many more years of defending this vital safeguard of free speech.
February 9, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Listen to Senator Wyden.
I wish more of his colleagues would do so.
I wish more of his colleagues would do so.
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Already reposted the quoted post but just started cracking up all over again because I can’t believe we saw a wholesome example of this exact format in the wild
February 6, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Already reposted the quoted post but just started cracking up all over again because I can’t believe we saw a wholesome example of this exact format in the wild
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I keep forgetting about Elon's scam "mass transportation"company. They just broke ground in Nashville thanks to the state gov having control over approvals www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
February 4, 2026 at 6:44 PM
I keep forgetting about Elon's scam "mass transportation"company. They just broke ground in Nashville thanks to the state gov having control over approvals www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
(chronological order as it kinda tells a story):
1) Virtual Geographies
2) Third Year Portuguese
3) History of the Brazilian Left 1900-Present
4) Neoliberalism/Its Discontents
5) Computational and Structural Estimation Methods
(chronological order as it kinda tells a story):
1) Virtual Geographies
2) Third Year Portuguese
3) History of the Brazilian Left 1900-Present
4) Neoliberalism/Its Discontents
5) Computational and Structural Estimation Methods
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1) a history of modern terrorism (useful for the fascist ICE era)
2) intro to Buddhism (taught by Uma Thurman’s dad!)
3) Italian opera
4) Leadership and community organizing (perennially useful)
5) Arabic
1) a history of modern terrorism (useful for the fascist ICE era)
2) intro to Buddhism (taught by Uma Thurman’s dad!)
3) Italian opera
4) Leadership and community organizing (perennially useful)
5) Arabic
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Creative Writing - Poetry
2. Modern Art
3. Shakespeare
4. Contemporary Fiction
5. Topics in Religious Studies
1. Creative Writing - Poetry
2. Modern Art
3. Shakespeare
4. Contemporary Fiction
5. Topics in Religious Studies
February 1, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
(chronological order as it kinda tells a story):
1) Virtual Geographies
2) Third Year Portuguese
3) History of the Brazilian Left 1900-Present
4) Neoliberalism/Its Discontents
5) Computational and Structural Estimation Methods
(chronological order as it kinda tells a story):
1) Virtual Geographies
2) Third Year Portuguese
3) History of the Brazilian Left 1900-Present
4) Neoliberalism/Its Discontents
5) Computational and Structural Estimation Methods
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Dressing for the job you want, not the job you have
January 30, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Dressing for the job you want, not the job you have
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The Alt National Park Service (@altnps) grift account with almost 900k followers that LARPs like QAnon is now pretending they know the identity of Alex Pretti's killer for clicks
Completely insane. AltNPS claimed to know the name of Alex Pretti's killer, refused to say it because "the truth always comes out," and then just deleted the post.
A man was executed on the street in my hometown, and AltNPS is using that as an excuse to vaguepost for attention.
A man was executed on the street in my hometown, and AltNPS is using that as an excuse to vaguepost for attention.
January 27, 2026 at 10:03 PM
The Alt National Park Service (@altnps) grift account with almost 900k followers that LARPs like QAnon is now pretending they know the identity of Alex Pretti's killer for clicks
I've missed @pareene.bsky.social
I Have A Great Idea For Retraining ICE Agents | Defector
The several thousand federal agents currently running rampant in the Twin Cities have so far achieved little in the way of legitimate law enforcement objectives, but they have been rather more success...
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January 26, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I've missed @pareene.bsky.social
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Damn, who could have guessed a bunch of Democrats teaming up with a fascist political party to censor the violence in Gaza by forcing a popular social media platform to sell to a coalition of fascist billionaires would also end up also censoring fascist violence here. Do you think anyone told them?
This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
January 26, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Damn, who could have guessed a bunch of Democrats teaming up with a fascist political party to censor the violence in Gaza by forcing a popular social media platform to sell to a coalition of fascist billionaires would also end up also censoring fascist violence here. Do you think anyone told them?
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“Fund the police,” they said.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has announced "Every OHP trooper has completed the process to become credentialed by ICE as a designated immigration officer"
"Operation Guardian" has begun, setting up checkpoints throughout the state
"Operation Guardian" has begun, setting up checkpoints throughout the state
January 24, 2026 at 4:38 PM
“Fund the police,” they said.
And it's not like the Oklahoma thing is new. They keep ramping up cooperation with ICE and now since late 2025 they are all ICE certified or whatever www.news9.com/oklahoma-cit...
January 25, 2026 at 3:22 AM
And it's not like the Oklahoma thing is new. They keep ramping up cooperation with ICE and now since late 2025 they are all ICE certified or whatever www.news9.com/oklahoma-cit...
