Josh N
@joshtalks.bsky.social
Present: Hampton Roads, VA | Past: WA, AZ, CA, LA, NY
Road trips, dog petting, veteran mentoring, reading interesting things. Rarely the smartest person in the room.
Road trips, dog petting, veteran mentoring, reading interesting things. Rarely the smartest person in the room.
Honestly, at this point, the book would probably be more productive than Google Search. Just like Hydrox paved the way for Oreo, I'm looking forward to whatever replaces Google.
Google search is almost useless now. We need to bring these back:
March 5, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Honestly, at this point, the book would probably be more productive than Google Search. Just like Hydrox paved the way for Oreo, I'm looking forward to whatever replaces Google.
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[first day as a chef]
CUSTOMER: i ordered this steak rare and it's well done
ME: oh thank you so much
CUSTOMER: i ordered this steak rare and it's well done
ME: oh thank you so much
February 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM
[first day as a chef]
CUSTOMER: i ordered this steak rare and it's well done
ME: oh thank you so much
CUSTOMER: i ordered this steak rare and it's well done
ME: oh thank you so much
This is what all news organizations should be doing. They can and should use the internet to explain their editorial decisions. Sometimes I waste a whole day imagining a news source that is transparent to the point where I feel they were trustworthy and reliable. But sometimes I dream too big.
This is pretty remarkable: Fox News affiliate in Tulsa posted a video explaining the process of determining Nex Benedict’s pronouns, recognizing how important it was to get right, and the deeply emotional nature of the story.
More of this.
www.facebook.com/share/v/7hxW...
More of this.
www.facebook.com/share/v/7hxW...
February 22, 2024 at 3:57 PM
This is what all news organizations should be doing. They can and should use the internet to explain their editorial decisions. Sometimes I waste a whole day imagining a news source that is transparent to the point where I feel they were trustworthy and reliable. But sometimes I dream too big.
TIL: You don't have to have a hair length that someone doesn't like to get in trouble at school in 2024. You can also get suspended for being beaten to death by other students.
#embarrassing #k-12 #Oklahoma #NexBendict
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
#embarrassing #k-12 #Oklahoma #NexBendict
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Oklahoma banned trans students from bathrooms. Now a bullied student is dead
Nex Benedict died one day after a fight in a school bathroom. Their mother Sue Benedict tells Bevan Hurley that the gender fluid teenager endured more than a year of abuse simply for being who they we...
www.independent.co.uk
February 22, 2024 at 2:39 PM
TIL: You don't have to have a hair length that someone doesn't like to get in trouble at school in 2024. You can also get suspended for being beaten to death by other students.
#embarrassing #k-12 #Oklahoma #NexBendict
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
#embarrassing #k-12 #Oklahoma #NexBendict
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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The time between “I’m not awake yet” and “I’m so tired” keeps getting shorter
February 22, 2024 at 1:20 AM
The time between “I’m not awake yet” and “I’m so tired” keeps getting shorter
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If you or someone you know completely gave up paying student loans and are in default: the Fresh Start initiative deadline is very soon. Paired with SAVE, below, especially the changes for undergraduate borrowers (5% of discretionary income), it is the best opportunity that ever has existed
I'm telling you, get on the SAVE plan if you have federal student loans. This is the Biden administration's vehicle for delivering student debt relief.
You can apply for a federal consolidation loan if you're like me and fell into the PHEAA gap. It was not hard and didn't take much time
You can apply for a federal consolidation loan if you're like me and fell into the PHEAA gap. It was not hard and didn't take much time
Good and keep going. www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
February 22, 2024 at 2:11 AM
If you or someone you know completely gave up paying student loans and are in default: the Fresh Start initiative deadline is very soon. Paired with SAVE, below, especially the changes for undergraduate borrowers (5% of discretionary income), it is the best opportunity that ever has existed
No offense to @awgordon.bsky.social, but 'that's where their profits come from' is hooey. 23Q3 earnings report for AA: they spent around $49b and made around $52B. They can claim that extra $3B came from any product/program/line of business. They say it's baggage fees so we'll be more 1/x
February 22, 2024 at 1:20 PM
No offense to @awgordon.bsky.social, but 'that's where their profits come from' is hooey. 23Q3 earnings report for AA: they spent around $49b and made around $52B. They can claim that extra $3B came from any product/program/line of business. They say it's baggage fees so we'll be more 1/x
School district: wE cAnT aFfOrD tO pAy TeAcHeRs a LiViNg WaGe
Barbers Hill SD: Same! We have important things to pay for. Like litigating a federal lawsuit against a student because he has longer hair than we like
#embarrasing #k-12 #1A #Texas
apnews.com/article/hair...
Barbers Hill SD: Same! We have important things to pay for. Like litigating a federal lawsuit against a student because he has longer hair than we like
#embarrasing #k-12 #1A #Texas
apnews.com/article/hair...
Trial to determine if Texas school's punishment of a Black student over his hair violates new law
A trial is set to be held to determine if a Black high school student in Texas can continue being punished by his district for refusing to change his hairstyle.
apnews.com
February 22, 2024 at 10:38 AM
School district: wE cAnT aFfOrD tO pAy TeAcHeRs a LiViNg WaGe
Barbers Hill SD: Same! We have important things to pay for. Like litigating a federal lawsuit against a student because he has longer hair than we like
#embarrasing #k-12 #1A #Texas
apnews.com/article/hair...
Barbers Hill SD: Same! We have important things to pay for. Like litigating a federal lawsuit against a student because he has longer hair than we like
#embarrasing #k-12 #1A #Texas
apnews.com/article/hair...
How much would you pay for a remote control that can mute other people's phones? I'll go first. Infinity dollars.
in a subway car where a guy is listening to a ben shapiro podcast without headphones and at full blast
February 17, 2024 at 7:34 AM
How much would you pay for a remote control that can mute other people's phones? I'll go first. Infinity dollars.
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The way every single AI scam gets revealed as a scam and the way the press reacts is like when Gene Parmesan reveals himself to Lucile Bluth in Arrested Development
February 16, 2024 at 10:38 PM
The way every single AI scam gets revealed as a scam and the way the press reacts is like when Gene Parmesan reveals himself to Lucile Bluth in Arrested Development
The people who OK'd this response should be embarrassed. Like, change-your-name-and-move-to-a-different-continent embarrassed.
Love this story: Air Canada's chatbot gives false advice on booking a bereavement ticket, guy gets screwed, then Air Canada then argues its chatbot is a SEPARATE LEGAL ENTITY FROM THEM THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS OWN ACTIONS. lol wut
anyway they lost the case hardcore
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
anyway they lost the case hardcore
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
February 17, 2024 at 6:58 AM
The people who OK'd this response should be embarrassed. Like, change-your-name-and-move-to-a-different-continent embarrassed.
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[literally anything happens] i think i’m dehydrated
February 15, 2024 at 4:20 PM
[literally anything happens] i think i’m dehydrated
This is effing embarrassing. Some people got into an argument and accidentally killed a person and injured 22 more people. I don't hate guns, but it should be at least a little bit harder to get one. #embarrassing
BREAKING NEWS: Wednesday's shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl celebration does not appear to have been an act of terrorism or homegrown domestic violence, according to the city's police chief.
www.npr.org/2024/02/14/1...
www.npr.org/2024/02/14/1...
Kansas City shooting was not an act of terrorism or homegrown violence, say police
The city's chief of police told reporters Thursday that the shooting, which left one person dead and 22 others injured, "appeared to be a dispute between several people that ended in gun violence."
www.npr.org
February 15, 2024 at 9:37 PM
This is effing embarrassing. Some people got into an argument and accidentally killed a person and injured 22 more people. I don't hate guns, but it should be at least a little bit harder to get one. #embarrassing
I'm quickly realizing that almost everything on BlueSky comes back to furries.
the current bullshit around the Hugo Awards (and its past Issues around everything from sad puppies to raytheon sponsorship) really makes you think about how "Published SF Authors" are the top of the Geek Hierarchy huh
February 15, 2024 at 3:33 PM
I'm quickly realizing that almost everything on BlueSky comes back to furries.
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cdc says go ahead and get bangs
February 13, 2024 at 8:17 PM
cdc says go ahead and get bangs
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In a change to its guidance, CDC will say it’s okay to smoke cloves on the hood of your boyfriend’s Pontiac GT on the edge of a gorge with the parking brake disengaged. “If that’s truly what the cool kids are doing, go fucking nuts I’m tired,” a public health expert was heard to mutter, per sources.
February 13, 2024 at 11:04 PM
In a change to its guidance, CDC will say it’s okay to smoke cloves on the hood of your boyfriend’s Pontiac GT on the edge of a gorge with the parking brake disengaged. “If that’s truly what the cool kids are doing, go fucking nuts I’m tired,” a public health expert was heard to mutter, per sources.
I mean, I'm down to try it
The CDC dropping the five-day rule simply because some people aren't willing to do it makes me think we could all band together and stop paying our taxes.
February 14, 2024 at 7:02 PM
I mean, I'm down to try it
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Roses are red,
But that's not quite true,
They absorb every wavelength of the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, *Except* for that hue.
But that's not quite true,
They absorb every wavelength of the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, *Except* for that hue.
February 14, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Roses are red,
But that's not quite true,
They absorb every wavelength of the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, *Except* for that hue.
But that's not quite true,
They absorb every wavelength of the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, *Except* for that hue.
Same. Just restarted the series for the 976th time.
Spoiler alert: it's still the best
Spoiler alert: it's still the best
Scrubs nostalgia never misses for people of a certain age.
It’s me, I’m that age.
It’s me, I’m that age.
February 13, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Same. Just restarted the series for the 976th time.
Spoiler alert: it's still the best
Spoiler alert: it's still the best
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obviously any sci-fi prequel has this issue where you are firming up a squishy chronology but what Star Trek Enterprise does is so funny. a hundred years after the population of earth is completely decimated, "the stanford university water polo team" still exists
February 13, 2024 at 3:37 PM
obviously any sci-fi prequel has this issue where you are firming up a squishy chronology but what Star Trek Enterprise does is so funny. a hundred years after the population of earth is completely decimated, "the stanford university water polo team" still exists
What is with people not including sources for their quotes and screenshots on here? That should be a thing. Right?
February 13, 2024 at 12:09 PM
What is with people not including sources for their quotes and screenshots on here? That should be a thing. Right?
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I really like that there's something about Bluesky that seems to alienate and infuriate self-promoters, egotists and main-characters.
I'm guessing it's because there's no 'main' algorithm to game for clout? Also no hashtag spamming options
I'm guessing it's because there's no 'main' algorithm to game for clout? Also no hashtag spamming options
February 10, 2024 at 6:53 AM
I really like that there's something about Bluesky that seems to alienate and infuriate self-promoters, egotists and main-characters.
I'm guessing it's because there's no 'main' algorithm to game for clout? Also no hashtag spamming options
I'm guessing it's because there's no 'main' algorithm to game for clout? Also no hashtag spamming options