JOSHUA
@joshuwa.bsky.social
Writer - WaPo, USA TODAY, Guardian, WIRED, The Nation, etc. Chicago + UVA 🤙🏽+ USC Annenberg.
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‘Catch These Hands’: The Black Boxer Trope in Fighting Video Games level.medium.com/catch-these-...
’Catch These Hands’: The Black Boxer Trope in Fighting Video Games
Who needs a weapon when you are a weapon?
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October 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
‘Catch These Hands’: The Black Boxer Trope in Fighting Video Games level.medium.com/catch-these-...
Most Americans - including 80% of Democrats and 41% of Republicans - think the U.S. should recognize Palestinian statehood, a sign that President Donald Trump's opposition to doing so is out of step with public opinion, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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October 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Most Americans - including 80% of Democrats and 41% of Republicans - think the U.S. should recognize Palestinian statehood, a sign that President Donald Trump's opposition to doing so is out of step with public opinion, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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Every tech product is getting shittier, and it’s making tech barons richer. Bezos and his peers have made themselves into post-risk tollbooth operators, skimming profits off the economic activity of others. Maureen Tkacik reviews “Enshittification.” trib.al/nyvLlbL
Brown Stage Capitalism
Cory Doctorow’s ‘Enshittification’ describes how tech platforms (and everything else) went down the sewer. Hint: It rhymes with ‘deshmegulation.’
trib.al
October 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Every tech product is getting shittier, and it’s making tech barons richer. Bezos and his peers have made themselves into post-risk tollbooth operators, skimming profits off the economic activity of others. Maureen Tkacik reviews “Enshittification.” trib.al/nyvLlbL
“test of ceasefire“ is a hell of a euphemism
BREAKING: Israel strikes southern Gaza in test of ceasefire.
Israel strikes Gaza in first major test of ceasefire
Israel said it struck Hamas militants in Gaza on Sunday after they shot at Israeli soldiers who were inside the area that is still under Israeli control, according to the conditions of the Oct. 10 ceasefire.
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October 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
“test of ceasefire“ is a hell of a euphemism
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The photojournalist Sebastião Salgado documented some of the greatest human horrors of the past century, but he said, “I never. . . photograph the misery.” https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/sebastiao-salgados-view-of-humanity
October 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The photojournalist Sebastião Salgado documented some of the greatest human horrors of the past century, but he said, “I never. . . photograph the misery.” https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/sebastiao-salgados-view-of-humanity
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“Although there aren’t available statistics on how many N.F.L. players have made nursing their second career, The Times spoke to five current and former athletes about their decision. Some are still playing and plan to pursue nursing when they leave… while others made the shift after retirement.”
The N.F.L. to Nursing Pipeline
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
“Although there aren’t available statistics on how many N.F.L. players have made nursing their second career, The Times spoke to five current and former athletes about their decision. Some are still playing and plan to pursue nursing when they leave… while others made the shift after retirement.”
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this white house actively treats a large swath of americans as disloyal and outside the political community and it doesn’t merit so much as a peep from the political press
Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."
October 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
this white house actively treats a large swath of americans as disloyal and outside the political community and it doesn’t merit so much as a peep from the political press
RIP. I gotta watch First Wives Club tonight
US actress Diane Keaton dies at 79, People reports -
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US actress Diane Keaton dies at 79, People reports -
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning actress, dies aged 79
She was best known for roles in films including in The Father of the Bride, The Godfather and Annie Hall.
www.bbc.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
RIP. I gotta watch First Wives Club tonight
US actress Diane Keaton dies at 79, People reports -
www.bbc.com/news/article...
US actress Diane Keaton dies at 79, People reports -
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Still trying to find an agent for my historical fantasy novel. But started my 2nd book! A literary fiction. Already at 15 pages, and that was just from notes I was taking. Proud of the progress.
October 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Still trying to find an agent for my historical fantasy novel. But started my 2nd book! A literary fiction. Already at 15 pages, and that was just from notes I was taking. Proud of the progress.
Real estate investors, both individual and institutional, bought one-third of all single-family residential properties sold in the second quarter of 2025. www.cnbc.com/2025/10/07/h...
Investors are making up the highest share of homebuyers in 5 years
Real estate investors, both individual and institutional, bought one-third of all single-family residential properties sold in the second quarter of 2025.
www.cnbc.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Real estate investors, both individual and institutional, bought one-third of all single-family residential properties sold in the second quarter of 2025. www.cnbc.com/2025/10/07/h...
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Doing some back of the napkin math on the Free Press acquisition, I've determined The Onion is worth $2 trillion.
October 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Doing some back of the napkin math on the Free Press acquisition, I've determined The Onion is worth $2 trillion.
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I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.
US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies, w/ @reneehickman.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies
U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed to Chicago led a late-night raid on an apartment building this week, rappelling from helicopters onto rooftops and breaking down doors in an operation authorities said targeted gang members but which swept up U.S. citizens and families.
www.reuters.com
October 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.
‘Catch These Hands’: The Black Boxer Trope in Fighting Video Games level.medium.com/catch-these-...
’Catch These Hands’: The Black Boxer Trope in Fighting Video Games
Who needs a weapon when you are a weapon?
level.medium.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
‘Catch These Hands’: The Black Boxer Trope in Fighting Video Games level.medium.com/catch-these-...
The Anime Girl through the Male Otaku Gaze medium.com/otaku-tribun...
The Anime Girl through the Male Otaku Gaze
In this essay, I’m talking about heterosexual, cis-gendered men. When you come across terms like men, male, masculinity, etc. the “cishet”…
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October 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The Anime Girl through the Male Otaku Gaze medium.com/otaku-tribun...
Shinji’s War: The Masculine Self and the Feminine Other medium.com/otaku-tribun...
Shinji’s War: The Masculine Self and the Feminine Other
Note: the scope of this essay will be about the series (Episodes 1 through 26) and The End of Evangelion film, both media texts as seen on…
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October 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Shinji’s War: The Masculine Self and the Feminine Other medium.com/otaku-tribun...
“I Am Not Your Doll”: Ayanami Rei, Anime Girls, and the Paradox of Emptiness medium.com/otaku-tribun...
“I Am Not Your Doll”: Ayanami Rei, Anime Girls, and the Paradox of Emptiness
You can read the first essay in this series here. This essay will be reworked into a book I’m writing about EVA.
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October 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“I Am Not Your Doll”: Ayanami Rei, Anime Girls, and the Paradox of Emptiness medium.com/otaku-tribun...
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This is a remarkable finding.
October 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This is a remarkable finding.
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*A Republican lawmaker objected to reference to Charlie Kirk holding “often racist and controversial views” in local Alaska news
*The corporate owner took down the story and edited it
*The journalists resigned
This feels like more and more of our media now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...
*The corporate owner took down the story and edited it
*The journalists resigned
This feels like more and more of our media now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...
Journalists at 3 Newspapers Quit Over Edits to a Charlie Kirk Story
www.nytimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
*A Republican lawmaker objected to reference to Charlie Kirk holding “often racist and controversial views” in local Alaska news
*The corporate owner took down the story and edited it
*The journalists resigned
This feels like more and more of our media now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...
*The corporate owner took down the story and edited it
*The journalists resigned
This feels like more and more of our media now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...
On Chivalry in Anime medium.com/otaku-tribun...
On Chivalry in Anime
On Chivalry in Anime Chivalry is a recurring theme in a lot of anime. In one of my favorite series, Re:Zero, the main character Subaru is motivated to improve by his love for Emilia. Toyko Revengers …
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October 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
On Chivalry in Anime medium.com/otaku-tribun...
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important for us in the US to note: even a solidly right wing government can't ignore this.
Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.
2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services
Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.
bit.ly
October 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
important for us in the US to note: even a solidly right wing government can't ignore this.
Modernity, Militarism and Monsters in ‘Mars Red’ medium.com/otaku-tribun...
Modernity, Militarism and Monsters in ‘Mars Red’
THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS SPOILERS
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October 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Modernity, Militarism and Monsters in ‘Mars Red’ medium.com/otaku-tribun...
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it may feel a little like homework, but i genuinely think people should read the lincoln-douglas debates to see what the practical politics of anti-slavery looked like in an environment where the public was neutral to hostile to the question of emancipation
September 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
it may feel a little like homework, but i genuinely think people should read the lincoln-douglas debates to see what the practical politics of anti-slavery looked like in an environment where the public was neutral to hostile to the question of emancipation
I love how all the pundits on mainstream news shows will be like “both sides” need to stop demonizing each other, and then the next day, President Trump will tweet “Democrats are demons 😈😡!“
September 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I love how all the pundits on mainstream news shows will be like “both sides” need to stop demonizing each other, and then the next day, President Trump will tweet “Democrats are demons 😈😡!“