Josiah Johnson
@josdjohn.bsky.social
book lover, econ nerd, NFL and MLB fan, beer slinger, anxious human
“Banish all dismay, extinguish every sorrow, if I’m lost or I’m forgiven, the birds will still be singing”
- Elvis Costello
“Banish all dismay, extinguish every sorrow, if I’m lost or I’m forgiven, the birds will still be singing”
- Elvis Costello
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
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SUPPORT MANNY'S IF YOU ARE IN CHICAGO.
October 31, 2025 at 11:08 PM
SUPPORT MANNY'S IF YOU ARE IN CHICAGO.
What five events defined your childhood:
John Lennon’s Assassination
Challenger Explosion
Chernobyl
Fall of Berlin Wall
L.A. Riots
John Lennon’s Assassination
Challenger Explosion
Chernobyl
Fall of Berlin Wall
L.A. Riots
What five events defined your childhood?
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Italia 90 (marginally, over Mexico 86 and Euro 96)
Election of New Labour
1st Gulf War
Chernobyl
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Italia 90 (marginally, over Mexico 86 and Euro 96)
Election of New Labour
1st Gulf War
Chernobyl
What five events defined your childhood?
The first moon landing
Thatcher stealing my milk
Vietnam war
Star Wars
The Clash
The first moon landing
Thatcher stealing my milk
Vietnam war
Star Wars
The Clash
October 12, 2025 at 2:17 AM
What five events defined your childhood:
John Lennon’s Assassination
Challenger Explosion
Chernobyl
Fall of Berlin Wall
L.A. Riots
John Lennon’s Assassination
Challenger Explosion
Chernobyl
Fall of Berlin Wall
L.A. Riots
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Netanyahu visiting the White House today will be a key indicator of Trump's willingness to negotiate on tariffs. Markets should pay more attention to that and less to random tweets.
April 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Netanyahu visiting the White House today will be a key indicator of Trump's willingness to negotiate on tariffs. Markets should pay more attention to that and less to random tweets.
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One of the most artistically powerful ideas in CS Lewis's "Screwtape Letters" is how intensely the demons of the netherworld envy and hate each other. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Trump allies are blaming Lutnick for Trump's tariff turmoil
There is a growing consensus that Lutnick could be forced to take the fall for the economic chaos generated by the president’s unsteady tariff policies.
www.politico.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
One of the most artistically powerful ideas in CS Lewis's "Screwtape Letters" is how intensely the demons of the netherworld envy and hate each other. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Pritzker should make the same pledge. Illinois receives $0.73 for every $1 paid in federal taxes. If the red states want to impose a dictatorship on us, they are no longer entitled to our tax dollars.
Every blue state should start keeping their federal taxes and supporting each other instead of propping up welfare queen red states and sending our taxes to billionaires.
February 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Pritzker should make the same pledge. Illinois receives $0.73 for every $1 paid in federal taxes. If the red states want to impose a dictatorship on us, they are no longer entitled to our tax dollars.
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Hmm may have said "save us sweet meteor of death" a few too many times
JUST IN: NASA says there's now a 3.1% chance an asteroid will hit Earth in 2032, up from 2.6% yesterday.
This is the highest risk assessment an asteroid has ever received, surpassing 2.7% in 2004
This is the highest risk assessment an asteroid has ever received, surpassing 2.7% in 2004
February 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Hmm may have said "save us sweet meteor of death" a few too many times
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Another Trump protection racket, but with an entire country's future at stake
Trump says Ukraine must hold new elections if it wants a seat at the negotiating table.
Odd how Trump is not demanding Russia hold a democratic election for long-time dictator Putin to have a seat at the negotiating table.
Odd how Trump is not demanding Russia hold a democratic election for long-time dictator Putin to have a seat at the negotiating table.
February 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Another Trump protection racket, but with an entire country's future at stake
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so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky
February 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky
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Time for some Streisand effect
The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.
February 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Time for some Streisand effect
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Here's a list of DOGE staff, assembled and annotated by my colleagues at BI. Whatever you do, please don't share it.
www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...
www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...
We got a DOGE staff list. From a McKinsey alum to a former Clarence Thomas clerk, here are the workers powering Elon Musk's cost-cutting squad.
A list of White House DOGE staffers shows about 30 young tech, finance, and legal professionals remaking the federal government.
www.businessinsider.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Here's a list of DOGE staff, assembled and annotated by my colleagues at BI. Whatever you do, please don't share it.
www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...
www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...
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i don’t even know if crime is the right word for the illegal destruction of USAID. it is an autocratic power grab and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the american people
February 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
i don’t even know if crime is the right word for the illegal destruction of USAID. it is an autocratic power grab and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the american people
People screaming "genocide Joe!" a year ago seem to have gone into hiding now that Trump is calling for actual ethnic cleansing.
Hard to not feel cynical about the silence from specific people and groups who were very loud and angry this time last year.
Breaking News: President Trump declared Palestinians had “no alternative” but to leave Gaza, before meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.
February 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
People screaming "genocide Joe!" a year ago seem to have gone into hiding now that Trump is calling for actual ethnic cleansing.
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NOW: More than 98% of #Costco shareholders have just rejected an anti-DEI measure
The attempt to force Costco to audit their #DEI work was by an anti-inclusion lobby group:
"The proponent's broader agenda is not reducing risk for the Company but abolition of diversity initiatives." - Costco Board
The attempt to force Costco to audit their #DEI work was by an anti-inclusion lobby group:
"The proponent's broader agenda is not reducing risk for the Company but abolition of diversity initiatives." - Costco Board
January 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.
January 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.
It’s a good thing Floridians voted against all of that ultra-woke Hurricane relief.
Trump: "FEMA is gonna be a whole big discussion very shortly, because I'd rather see the states takes care of their own problems."
January 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
It’s a good thing Floridians voted against all of that ultra-woke Hurricane relief.
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Getting real tired of bad news and it's only day 4
January 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Getting real tired of bad news and it's only day 4
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Turns out the President Musk thing was off base because Stephen Miller is really running the country. These are Miller’s ideas and Miller’s executive orders. Trump is just signing them and talking gibberish about what’s in them.
January 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Turns out the President Musk thing was off base because Stephen Miller is really running the country. These are Miller’s ideas and Miller’s executive orders. Trump is just signing them and talking gibberish about what’s in them.
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RIP Cecile Richards 19thnews.org/2025/01/ceci...
Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and feminist activist, has died
Richards died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer. She was 67.
19thnews.org
January 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
RIP Cecile Richards 19thnews.org/2025/01/ceci...
I want Zach Charbonnet to have a big game so Chris Berman can do “Get along, kid Charbonnet” on the fastest 3 minutes.
#Seahawks
#SteelyDan
#Seahawks
#SteelyDan
December 27, 2024 at 1:59 AM
I want Zach Charbonnet to have a big game so Chris Berman can do “Get along, kid Charbonnet” on the fastest 3 minutes.
#Seahawks
#SteelyDan
#Seahawks
#SteelyDan
December 27, 2024 at 1:40 AM