Josh Powell
@joshetic.bsky.social
Sociology, politics, education, and local gov nerd. #Charlottesville #LGBT (Previously, #DC, #Denver & #Nanjing)
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Every race. It’s basically been every race.
Governors. Mayors. Long-held GOP dog-catchers. School boards. Water boards. Flipped a dungeon master in a rural Iowa D&D club. State senators. State reps. A janitor in Duluth. State justices. Three GOP Uber drivers.
Just everything.
Governors. Mayors. Long-held GOP dog-catchers. School boards. Water boards. Flipped a dungeon master in a rural Iowa D&D club. State senators. State reps. A janitor in Duluth. State justices. Three GOP Uber drivers.
Just everything.
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Every race. It’s basically been every race.
Governors. Mayors. Long-held GOP dog-catchers. School boards. Water boards. Flipped a dungeon master in a rural Iowa D&D club. State senators. State reps. A janitor in Duluth. State justices. Three GOP Uber drivers.
Just everything.
Governors. Mayors. Long-held GOP dog-catchers. School boards. Water boards. Flipped a dungeon master in a rural Iowa D&D club. State senators. State reps. A janitor in Duluth. State justices. Three GOP Uber drivers.
Just everything.
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This one took a minute! GIP, insulin sensitivity, immune modulation and more! Keep this article in mind when you see the SURPASS CVOT trial data published in about 10 days.
Next topic will be on that trial + how GIP agonism contributes to cardiac and bone health!
Please share if you like it!
Next topic will be on that trial + how GIP agonism contributes to cardiac and bone health!
Please share if you like it!
GIP: The gentle & sensitive incretin
Less nausea, more insulin sensitivity, and a little less inflammation Part 2 in a series on GIP
the-incretins.beehiiv.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This one took a minute! GIP, insulin sensitivity, immune modulation and more! Keep this article in mind when you see the SURPASS CVOT trial data published in about 10 days.
Next topic will be on that trial + how GIP agonism contributes to cardiac and bone health!
Please share if you like it!
Next topic will be on that trial + how GIP agonism contributes to cardiac and bone health!
Please share if you like it!
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![Personal life
Davis has been married four times to three husbands.[18][197] The first three marriages ended in divorce in 1994, 2006, and 2008. Davis has two daughters from her first marriage and twins, a son and another daughter, who were born five months after her divorce from her first husband.[citation needed] Her third husband is the biological father of the twins, the children being conceived while Davis was still married to her first husband. The twins were adopted by Davis's current husband, Joe Davis, who was also her second husband; the couple initially divorced in 2006 but later remarried](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cnpe7qvcyjrhm6w7w7e4atur/bafkreih3burru4d5lm7y4bjygjyz3n6vvghaoysrfbmmgqhn5setniagtu@jpeg)
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Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
June 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
Had a cute visitor to our back deck this evening 😊
June 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Had a cute visitor to our back deck this evening 😊
Decorum for thee and none for me
Breaking: ABC News says senior national correspondent Terry Moran "has been suspended pending further evaluation." This since-deleted tweet is the reason for the suspension:
June 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Decorum for thee and none for me
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My reaction is summed up in her last two words.
May 31, 2025 at 9:11 PM
My reaction is summed up in her last two words.
Update: BMI now at normal weight, down from Class III obese. I’m running after the pups, trotting up the stairs. Feet, ankles, and knees no longer protest a long day up and about. Feel like a million bucks. 🙌
May 29, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Update: BMI now at normal weight, down from Class III obese. I’m running after the pups, trotting up the stairs. Feet, ankles, and knees no longer protest a long day up and about. Feel like a million bucks. 🙌
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Virginia passed a law this year that says Va police can’t share ALPR data with non-Va law enforcement.
As the only southern state where abortion is still legal, it is *critical* that Virginia leaders closely examine implementation and do everything necessary to make sure this doesn’t happen.
As the only southern state where abortion is still legal, it is *critical* that Virginia leaders closely examine implementation and do everything necessary to make sure this doesn’t happen.
New from 404 Media: a cop in Texas performed a nationwide search of license plate reading cameras for a woman who got an abortion, according to multiple sets of data we've reviewed. Included cameras where abortion is legal, like Washington and Illinois www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...
A Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion
The sheriff said the woman self-administered the abortion and her family were concerned for her safety, so authorities searched through Flock cameras. Experts are still concerned that a cop in a state...
www.404media.co
May 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Virginia passed a law this year that says Va police can’t share ALPR data with non-Va law enforcement.
As the only southern state where abortion is still legal, it is *critical* that Virginia leaders closely examine implementation and do everything necessary to make sure this doesn’t happen.
As the only southern state where abortion is still legal, it is *critical* that Virginia leaders closely examine implementation and do everything necessary to make sure this doesn’t happen.
I’m more tolerant than many on surveillance as a means to enforce the social contract, and (unpopular take) think there is a proper use for it when paired with appropriate safeguards and transparency, but this ain’t it.
New from 404 Media: a cop in Texas performed a nationwide search of license plate reading cameras for a woman who got an abortion, according to multiple sets of data we've reviewed. Included cameras where abortion is legal, like Washington and Illinois www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...
A Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion
The sheriff said the woman self-administered the abortion and her family were concerned for her safety, so authorities searched through Flock cameras. Experts are still concerned that a cop in a state...
www.404media.co
May 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I’m more tolerant than many on surveillance as a means to enforce the social contract, and (unpopular take) think there is a proper use for it when paired with appropriate safeguards and transparency, but this ain’t it.
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And now, she is going.
Not to another wing of the hospital.
Not to a specialist.
Not to the care she should have had immediately.
She is driving across state lines like a fugitive, like the act of not dying requires secrecy and strategy.
Not to another wing of the hospital.
Not to a specialist.
Not to the care she should have had immediately.
She is driving across state lines like a fugitive, like the act of not dying requires secrecy and strategy.
The Center Will Not Hold
Daughter in Motion, A Father in Stillness, and the Hesitation That Shapes the Space Between
open.substack.com
May 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
And now, she is going.
Not to another wing of the hospital.
Not to a specialist.
Not to the care she should have had immediately.
She is driving across state lines like a fugitive, like the act of not dying requires secrecy and strategy.
Not to another wing of the hospital.
Not to a specialist.
Not to the care she should have had immediately.
She is driving across state lines like a fugitive, like the act of not dying requires secrecy and strategy.
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Thread? THREAD! Let's look at Surmount 5. Tirzepatide vs Semaglutide. What's better? What's the same? What does it mean for the future of obesity medicine?
I'm using slides from today's presentation at #ECO2025 and from the NEJM paper & supplementary appendix(always read the appendix!)
I'm using slides from today's presentation at #ECO2025 and from the NEJM paper & supplementary appendix(always read the appendix!)
SURMOUNT-5 Among participants with #obesity but without diabetes, treatment with tirzepatide was superior to treatment with semaglutide with respect to reduction in body weight and waist circumference at week 72 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Tirzepatide as Compared with Semaglutide for the Treatment of Obesity | NEJM
Tirzepatide and semaglutide are highly effective medications for obesity management.
The efficacy and safety of tirzepatide as compared with semaglutide in adults with
obesity but without type 2 di...
www.nejm.org
May 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Thread? THREAD! Let's look at Surmount 5. Tirzepatide vs Semaglutide. What's better? What's the same? What does it mean for the future of obesity medicine?
I'm using slides from today's presentation at #ECO2025 and from the NEJM paper & supplementary appendix(always read the appendix!)
I'm using slides from today's presentation at #ECO2025 and from the NEJM paper & supplementary appendix(always read the appendix!)
👀
I'm finally done with retatrutide after 80 weeks in Triumph 1. I just missed the cut off for the extension(initial BMI 34.7)
But I am forever grateful to have been in this life changing trial!
Officially I lost 31% of my body weight. 74lbs at the end.
My ending BMI was 23.2(!!!)
240lbs --> 166lbs
But I am forever grateful to have been in this life changing trial!
Officially I lost 31% of my body weight. 74lbs at the end.
My ending BMI was 23.2(!!!)
240lbs --> 166lbs
May 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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It’s not the crime that gets you, it’s… uhh… also not the coverup.
JUST IN: CIA confirms that when it scanned Director Ratcliffe's phone for Signalgate messages, they were gone.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
April 15, 2025 at 1:57 AM
It’s not the crime that gets you, it’s… uhh… also not the coverup.
I have a hard time visualizing square footage, so I wanted to find something to give me a sense of scale for the 6.45 ft2 that CECOT inmates have. Turns out, that’s about 1/3 of my tiny townhouse powder room, in which I can touch the pedestal sink on one wall from the toilet on the other. Wow.
April 15, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I have a hard time visualizing square footage, so I wanted to find something to give me a sense of scale for the 6.45 ft2 that CECOT inmates have. Turns out, that’s about 1/3 of my tiny townhouse powder room, in which I can touch the pedestal sink on one wall from the toilet on the other. Wow.
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again: the implementation of policy depends on technology. If the technology fails, the policy fails. Sure, you can declare that tariffs are 140% (or whatever they are today, I cannot keep track), but if the CBP software doesn't support that, then they are not!
Welp, got an answer to this question: Apparently the answer is no tariffs are being collected. Trump broke the system
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/c...
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/c...
April 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: the implementation of policy depends on technology. If the technology fails, the policy fails. Sure, you can declare that tariffs are 140% (or whatever they are today, I cannot keep track), but if the CBP software doesn't support that, then they are not!
Thank you, @booker.senate.gov.
"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
April 1, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Thank you, @booker.senate.gov.
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Hearing from all corners of HHS this morning about a total bloodletting — firings of scientists, analysts and many more as delayed RIFs take effect.
Many folks didn’t see early AM email and showed up, only to be turned away when badges didn’t work. Was sent this photo of long lines at one HHS site.
Many folks didn’t see early AM email and showed up, only to be turned away when badges didn’t work. Was sent this photo of long lines at one HHS site.
April 1, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Hearing from all corners of HHS this morning about a total bloodletting — firings of scientists, analysts and many more as delayed RIFs take effect.
Many folks didn’t see early AM email and showed up, only to be turned away when badges didn’t work. Was sent this photo of long lines at one HHS site.
Many folks didn’t see early AM email and showed up, only to be turned away when badges didn’t work. Was sent this photo of long lines at one HHS site.
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Astonishing words to hear from a Canadian prime minister. Within months of taking office, the Trump admin has done lasting damage to core American interests, including continental defence. And for what? To satisfy the whims and impulses of a deranged leader, not for any carefully considered aim.
Carney: "The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over."
March 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Astonishing words to hear from a Canadian prime minister. Within months of taking office, the Trump admin has done lasting damage to core American interests, including continental defence. And for what? To satisfy the whims and impulses of a deranged leader, not for any carefully considered aim.
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holy shit. families for safe streets just passed the nation’s first law requiring repeat reckless drivers get automated speed limiters installed on their cars.
(real quick, let’s talk about why this is a game changer…)
(real quick, let’s talk about why this is a game changer…)
We are beyond excited to announce that Virginia has just made history by passing HB2096, the #StopSuperSpeeders bill—the first of its kind in the nation at the state level! 🎉
March 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
holy shit. families for safe streets just passed the nation’s first law requiring repeat reckless drivers get automated speed limiters installed on their cars.
(real quick, let’s talk about why this is a game changer…)
(real quick, let’s talk about why this is a game changer…)
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Adding a journalist to a top secret government group chat about dropping bombs *IS* the kind of thing people who aren’t super politically literate can understand and find shocking/notable/disqualifying. Dems should seize on this and never ever let it go. I hope to hear about it in a decade
March 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Adding a journalist to a top secret government group chat about dropping bombs *IS* the kind of thing people who aren’t super politically literate can understand and find shocking/notable/disqualifying. Dems should seize on this and never ever let it go. I hope to hear about it in a decade
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It's clear that the Trump administration denied due process to the migrants it banished to El Salvador *precisely because* any measure of judicial oversight would've proved their innocence immediately.
Deported, imprisoned, and condemned to hard labor—for a soccer tattoo. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Deported, imprisoned, and condemned to hard labor—for a soccer tattoo. slate.com/news-and-pol...
We’re Finally Seeing the “Evidence” Against the Migrants Deported by Trump. It’s Unbelievable.
The Trump admin said a soccer player had a gang tattoo. It’s a tattoo of Real Madrid’s logo.
slate.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
It's clear that the Trump administration denied due process to the migrants it banished to El Salvador *precisely because* any measure of judicial oversight would've proved their innocence immediately.
Deported, imprisoned, and condemned to hard labor—for a soccer tattoo. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Deported, imprisoned, and condemned to hard labor—for a soccer tattoo. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Again, this isn’t “DEI.” It’s just segregation. The sooner we normalize this language and this understanding, the sooner the country can understand what it’s facing.
March 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Again, this isn’t “DEI.” It’s just segregation. The sooner we normalize this language and this understanding, the sooner the country can understand what it’s facing.
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I am mired in terrifying news every day and this manages to stand out.
“He has a green card,” an agent apparently said on the phone, confused by the matter. But then after a moment, the agent claimed that the State Department had “revoked that too.”
BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Advocates Say
Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.
zeteo.com
March 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I am mired in terrifying news every day and this manages to stand out.
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DOGE’s federal property sell-off has accidentally revealed a CIA black site in Northern Virginia, according to Bloomberg.
March 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
DOGE’s federal property sell-off has accidentally revealed a CIA black site in Northern Virginia, according to Bloomberg.