Josiah Stevenson
@josiahstevenson.bsky.social
Texpat in DC. // Day job: consumer credit // Main hobby: organizing to end apartment bans to lower the rent and save the environment
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I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
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I maintain that the obvious explanation for what is happening worldwide right now is that, thanks to media fragmentation, almost every politically informed person exists within a community of ENDLESS INDULGENCE, where you are actively encouraged to embrace cathartic narratives as unimpeachably true.
November 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I maintain that the obvious explanation for what is happening worldwide right now is that, thanks to media fragmentation, almost every politically informed person exists within a community of ENDLESS INDULGENCE, where you are actively encouraged to embrace cathartic narratives as unimpeachably true.
Isn’t she just pivoting to the center to run for senate? Stop getting excited
November 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Isn’t she just pivoting to the center to run for senate? Stop getting excited
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Judge Mark Wolf resigns from the District Court of Massachusetts and writes why in a powerful piece in the Atlantic.
One thing he doesn’t mention in his list of reasons but I’m sure is a factor:
Erez Reuveni was one of his law clerks.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
One thing he doesn’t mention in his list of reasons but I’m sure is a factor:
Erez Reuveni was one of his law clerks.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Judge Mark Wolf resigns from the District Court of Massachusetts and writes why in a powerful piece in the Atlantic.
One thing he doesn’t mention in his list of reasons but I’m sure is a factor:
Erez Reuveni was one of his law clerks.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
One thing he doesn’t mention in his list of reasons but I’m sure is a factor:
Erez Reuveni was one of his law clerks.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
There is no discourse stupider than 50y mortgage discourse; calling it in the air
November 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
There is no discourse stupider than 50y mortgage discourse; calling it in the air
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Really great interview, should be watched. The known benefits for bike lanes on main streets are being espoused by those retailers who work on those streets. Excellent.
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Really great interview, should be watched. The known benefits for bike lanes on main streets are being espoused by those retailers who work on those streets. Excellent.
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LITERALLY THIS WEEK PEOPLE WENT TO THE POLLS TO DEMAND WOKE 2
My patience for doomers is so far past exahusted
My patience for doomers is so far past exahusted
lol fuckin defeatist morons
November 8, 2025 at 5:44 AM
LITERALLY THIS WEEK PEOPLE WENT TO THE POLLS TO DEMAND WOKE 2
My patience for doomers is so far past exahusted
My patience for doomers is so far past exahusted
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This is the correct explanation of what happened tonight👇
KBJ threaded the needle thanks to CA1’s unfinished business.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
November 8, 2025 at 3:35 AM
This is the correct explanation of what happened tonight👇
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Folks looks at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's Friday night:
GOP SEN. JOHN KENNEDY: It may be 2026 when we'll come out of the shutdown.
REPORTERS: 😳
KENNEDY: I'm not kidding, you guys. I mean, you see what I see. Okay? This shutdown is going to last a long time. What's going to get us out of it?
REPORTERS: 😳
KENNEDY: I'm not kidding, you guys. I mean, you see what I see. Okay? This shutdown is going to last a long time. What's going to get us out of it?
November 8, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Folks looks at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's Friday night:
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The first ideologically principled pro-corruption government in history?
It's not even strictly partisan, Democrats who suck up to him can get in on it too (Blagojevich did, good chance Menendez will). No need for any pretense a prosecution was flawed in some way. It's official policy that Trump just straight-up hates the idea corruption should be illegal and punished.
OH MY GOD
www.wsmv.com/2025/11/06/p...
www.wsmv.com/2025/11/06/p...
November 7, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The first ideologically principled pro-corruption government in history?
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Whiplash how fast they went from sadistic triumphalism to pants pissing
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 7, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Whiplash how fast they went from sadistic triumphalism to pants pissing
All the “isn’t it ironic that if anything ZM is doing popularism better than the popularists who are obviously on opposite sides” when his folks were literally buying Shorism straight from the source. Feels like the 2021 “featuring bon iver” tswift songs — good for all involved
Zohran's relentless disciplined campaign was truly impressive - he brought every message/issue back to the cost of living and built a model for what bringing attention to a positive affordability message can look like
Proud to have Blue Rose do ad testing for the Zohran IE!
x.com/alimortell/s...
Proud to have Blue Rose do ad testing for the Zohran IE!
x.com/alimortell/s...
Ali Mortell on X: ".@ZohranKMamdani ran a phenomenal, authentic campaign focused on affordability. Blue Rose Research is proud to have partnered with @MiddleSeatCo on ad testing and to support their work in helping build the momentum for a more affordable New York. LFG 🌹 https://t.co/0HLenkSSrv" / X
.@ZohranKMamdani ran a phenomenal, authentic campaign focused on affordability. Blue Rose Research is proud to have partnered with @MiddleSeatCo on ad testing and to support their work in helping build the momentum for a more affordable New York. LFG 🌹 https://t.co/0HLenkSSrv
x.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
All the “isn’t it ironic that if anything ZM is doing popularism better than the popularists who are obviously on opposite sides” when his folks were literally buying Shorism straight from the source. Feels like the 2021 “featuring bon iver” tswift songs — good for all involved
Good night, overall.
- Mamdani won by less than I hoped and expected
- spanberger and Sherrill by more than I expected and hoped
- prob 50 by *way* more than I expected and hoped. Takeaway, Dems should be more procedurally aggressive
- prop Q in Austin failing is a massive disappointment
- Mamdani won by less than I hoped and expected
- spanberger and Sherrill by more than I expected and hoped
- prob 50 by *way* more than I expected and hoped. Takeaway, Dems should be more procedurally aggressive
- prop Q in Austin failing is a massive disappointment
November 5, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Good night, overall.
- Mamdani won by less than I hoped and expected
- spanberger and Sherrill by more than I expected and hoped
- prob 50 by *way* more than I expected and hoped. Takeaway, Dems should be more procedurally aggressive
- prop Q in Austin failing is a massive disappointment
- Mamdani won by less than I hoped and expected
- spanberger and Sherrill by more than I expected and hoped
- prob 50 by *way* more than I expected and hoped. Takeaway, Dems should be more procedurally aggressive
- prop Q in Austin failing is a massive disappointment
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i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.
November 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
Didn’t know there were ice ads because I don’t get ads, but sympathetic with these efforts — what are the pros and cons of the various alternatives to Spotify? Already pay for YouTube Music too and uh that’s not the thing I’m switching to
FYI if you have a Spotify membership, Indivisible is asking people to cancel until they stop running ICE recruitment ads. Instructions on how to do it here: www.youtube.com/shorts/TKp7c...
Tutorial: How to cancel your Spotify subscription
YouTube video by Indivisible
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October 29, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Didn’t know there were ice ads because I don’t get ads, but sympathetic with these efforts — what are the pros and cons of the various alternatives to Spotify? Already pay for YouTube Music too and uh that’s not the thing I’m switching to
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vote for Zohran, and then vote YES on ballot measures 2-5 so we can build housing for even more people to live in this wonderful city
Moving to New York and pulling the ladder up behind myself, but wokely
October 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
vote for Zohran, and then vote YES on ballot measures 2-5 so we can build housing for even more people to live in this wonderful city
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Canada might have taken America’s sport from us, but we took smashing the White House from them. So when you think about it, it’s basically a draw.
October 25, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Canada might have taken America’s sport from us, but we took smashing the White House from them. So when you think about it, it’s basically a draw.
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I think the Reagan ad is most effective not by the topic but by reminding everyone that presidents don't have to sound like insane morons.
October 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I think the Reagan ad is most effective not by the topic but by reminding everyone that presidents don't have to sound like insane morons.
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Two days ago, he took a shit on the American people. Today, he began demolishing the People’s House. That’s all he does. He shits on people, and he destroys things. Bcuz he’s a horrible person. I blame him a lot for the death & destruction he’s caused. I blame his enablers & his appeasers even more.
October 21, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Two days ago, he took a shit on the American people. Today, he began demolishing the People’s House. That’s all he does. He shits on people, and he destroys things. Bcuz he’s a horrible person. I blame him a lot for the death & destruction he’s caused. I blame his enablers & his appeasers even more.
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Yes, I’m my own worst enemy but everyone else seems to be competing for second place.
October 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Yes, I’m my own worst enemy but everyone else seems to be competing for second place.
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I'm not a West Wing obsessed lib or anything but the more I see pictures of this the more fucked up I think it is. It's like he cut off one of the hands of the Lincoln memorial with an angle grinder so he could add a big gun to it.
The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing
Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction
Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.
www.wsj.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I'm not a West Wing obsessed lib or anything but the more I see pictures of this the more fucked up I think it is. It's like he cut off one of the hands of the Lincoln memorial with an angle grinder so he could add a big gun to it.
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When the Birmingham, Alabama, march is packed, you know something is up in America!
October 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
When the Birmingham, Alabama, march is packed, you know something is up in America!
How do you say this with a straight face when your name is cuomo? Your ancestors showed up homeless and destitute to New York at most 150 years ago (probably less), to a country my family had functionally stolen ~250 years prior to that
“It was a mistake to put so many migrants in New York City.” - Cuomo
October 17, 2025 at 4:16 AM
How do you say this with a straight face when your name is cuomo? Your ancestors showed up homeless and destitute to New York at most 150 years ago (probably less), to a country my family had functionally stolen ~250 years prior to that
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tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working
October 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working