Josh Parshall
@jparshall.bsky.social
Bike dad, nonprofit professional, and former historian in Columbia, MO.
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Great question!
It’s not just about whether or not the gyre is widening – its that the falcon cannot hear the Falconer. In today’s blood-dimmed world, it’s a game-changer that many don’t consider.
The kicker? A beast that is rough, slouching, and born.
It’s not just about whether or not the gyre is widening – its that the falcon cannot hear the Falconer. In today’s blood-dimmed world, it’s a game-changer that many don’t consider.
The kicker? A beast that is rough, slouching, and born.
January 13, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Great question!
It’s not just about whether or not the gyre is widening – its that the falcon cannot hear the Falconer. In today’s blood-dimmed world, it’s a game-changer that many don’t consider.
The kicker? A beast that is rough, slouching, and born.
It’s not just about whether or not the gyre is widening – its that the falcon cannot hear the Falconer. In today’s blood-dimmed world, it’s a game-changer that many don’t consider.
The kicker? A beast that is rough, slouching, and born.
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It makes Jews much less safe when we presume all antisemitism comes from Muslims, and imply it couldn’t possibly be Christians.
Sincerely,
A Jew who lived in Jackson, loved living there, wore a yarmulke every day, and is unsurprised a white, religious Christian man set fire to the synagogue there
Sincerely,
A Jew who lived in Jackson, loved living there, wore a yarmulke every day, and is unsurprised a white, religious Christian man set fire to the synagogue there
January 13, 2026 at 1:35 PM
It makes Jews much less safe when we presume all antisemitism comes from Muslims, and imply it couldn’t possibly be Christians.
Sincerely,
A Jew who lived in Jackson, loved living there, wore a yarmulke every day, and is unsurprised a white, religious Christian man set fire to the synagogue there
Sincerely,
A Jew who lived in Jackson, loved living there, wore a yarmulke every day, and is unsurprised a white, religious Christian man set fire to the synagogue there
Watching Unrivaled is cool because the players can cuss in postgame interviews and stuff.
January 12, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Watching Unrivaled is cool because the players can cuss in postgame interviews and stuff.
There's a ridiculous Maker's Mark commercial with "Riki Tiki Tavi" by Donovan. That song is an anti-authoritarian anthem (too libertarian IMHO) and they use a tiny snippet of lyrics to make it seem like a party song or something. Weird.
January 12, 2026 at 4:00 AM
There's a ridiculous Maker's Mark commercial with "Riki Tiki Tavi" by Donovan. That song is an anti-authoritarian anthem (too libertarian IMHO) and they use a tiny snippet of lyrics to make it seem like a party song or something. Weird.
I worked in this building. I went to synagogue in this building. My kid went to religious school in this building.
This attack is tragic, terrifying, and laden with historical context.
Shari Rabin wrote recently about Jackson's Congregation Beth Israel, its rabbi, interracial marriage, and Black Jewish identity during the civil rights era. (Southern Jewish History, 2025).
www.academia.edu/144211112/Sh...
Shari Rabin wrote recently about Jackson's Congregation Beth Israel, its rabbi, interracial marriage, and Black Jewish identity during the civil rights era. (Southern Jewish History, 2025).
www.academia.edu/144211112/Sh...
January 11, 2026 at 4:34 AM
I worked in this building. I went to synagogue in this building. My kid went to religious school in this building.
“Jefferson City Downtown Fashion District.”
January 9, 2026 at 6:17 PM
“Jefferson City Downtown Fashion District.”
My bro chat held its annual secret santa call last night. The winner for Worst Gift sent a stuffed raccoon ass with a bottle opener in it. This marks an escalation in the use of taxidermy and, in my opinion, reflects the desperation of our times.
January 7, 2026 at 2:04 PM
My bro chat held its annual secret santa call last night. The winner for Worst Gift sent a stuffed raccoon ass with a bottle opener in it. This marks an escalation in the use of taxidermy and, in my opinion, reflects the desperation of our times.
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This is the kind of sentence in articles about transit cuts that make me furious.
People don't just "have less opportunity for transportation access." They are confined to their homes, miss work, skip school, forgo medical care. This drives people deeper into poverty, and often, *it kills them.*
People don't just "have less opportunity for transportation access." They are confined to their homes, miss work, skip school, forgo medical care. This drives people deeper into poverty, and often, *it kills them.*
January 6, 2026 at 2:01 PM
This is the kind of sentence in articles about transit cuts that make me furious.
People don't just "have less opportunity for transportation access." They are confined to their homes, miss work, skip school, forgo medical care. This drives people deeper into poverty, and often, *it kills them.*
People don't just "have less opportunity for transportation access." They are confined to their homes, miss work, skip school, forgo medical care. This drives people deeper into poverty, and often, *it kills them.*
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Missouri updates its transit policies every year to make sure it is meeting guidelines for federal and state grant funding. This year, Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe cut state funding for public transit almost in half.
In 2026, Missouri is set to revise its transportation roadmap for the next quarter century
Missouri residents today have even less say in their transportation needs. Last year, Gov. Mike Kehoe slashed the state’s Transit Operating Investment nearly in half, reducing funding to local public transit agencies.
www.kcur.org
January 3, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Missouri updates its transit policies every year to make sure it is meeting guidelines for federal and state grant funding. This year, Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe cut state funding for public transit almost in half.
I‘d recommend this.
Join Workers Circle Creative Consultant Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell in an ongoing conversation engaging with the past and present of racism and #antiracism in #Yiddish language, literature and text. This course kicks off January 14, 2026, so register now: www.circle.org/events/yiddi...
January 2, 2026 at 5:15 PM
I‘d recommend this.
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Here's an idea for 2026...
January 2, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Here's an idea for 2026...
I hear jazzercise gets pretty intense, for what it’s worth.
much of fitness culture in the US was developed by people who literally entered sports and physical education instead of going to therapy and the attitudes around intensity and effort kinda reflect that. the smiling Jazzercise folks were right and your football coach / PE teacher was wrong
December 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I hear jazzercise gets pretty intense, for what it’s worth.
👀 90 minute headways in Columbia, MO.
Transit's main competition is cars. If you raise fares from $2.50 to $3, you're still way more affordable than driving. But if you cut the bus from every 15 to every 20, you're screwed because cars have infinity frequency and 24 hr service span.
I hate that we’re having to think in these terms, but the evidence seems to be bearing out that steep fare hikes are less damaging to ridership than service cuts.
December 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
👀 90 minute headways in Columbia, MO.
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Therapist: What are your formative memories?
Me: This guy would call in to the sports talk radio station named Johnny the Gout Man. He called in all the time. And then one day the host looked up what gout was. Everyone felt awful for Johnny the Gout Man, because it is a very painful condition.
Me: This guy would call in to the sports talk radio station named Johnny the Gout Man. He called in all the time. And then one day the host looked up what gout was. Everyone felt awful for Johnny the Gout Man, because it is a very painful condition.
December 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Therapist: What are your formative memories?
Me: This guy would call in to the sports talk radio station named Johnny the Gout Man. He called in all the time. And then one day the host looked up what gout was. Everyone felt awful for Johnny the Gout Man, because it is a very painful condition.
Me: This guy would call in to the sports talk radio station named Johnny the Gout Man. He called in all the time. And then one day the host looked up what gout was. Everyone felt awful for Johnny the Gout Man, because it is a very painful condition.
It's "Long December" season.
December 26, 2025 at 3:28 AM
It's "Long December" season.
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CHOTINER: and when you're in water you
PARTICLE MAN: don't get wet, that's right.
CHOTINER: And this is because
PARTICLE MAN: the water gets me instead. It becomes particle-manish
CHOTINER: There's been some debate on this point. Triangle Man, for example
PARTICLE MAN: I think we're done here
PARTICLE MAN: don't get wet, that's right.
CHOTINER: And this is because
PARTICLE MAN: the water gets me instead. It becomes particle-manish
CHOTINER: There's been some debate on this point. Triangle Man, for example
PARTICLE MAN: I think we're done here
December 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
CHOTINER: and when you're in water you
PARTICLE MAN: don't get wet, that's right.
CHOTINER: And this is because
PARTICLE MAN: the water gets me instead. It becomes particle-manish
CHOTINER: There's been some debate on this point. Triangle Man, for example
PARTICLE MAN: I think we're done here
PARTICLE MAN: don't get wet, that's right.
CHOTINER: And this is because
PARTICLE MAN: the water gets me instead. It becomes particle-manish
CHOTINER: There's been some debate on this point. Triangle Man, for example
PARTICLE MAN: I think we're done here
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One thing people in the music industry don’t talk about enough is guitarists getting athlete’s foot from using each other’s guitar pedals.
December 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
One thing people in the music industry don’t talk about enough is guitarists getting athlete’s foot from using each other’s guitar pedals.
Relatedly, I was *shocked* yesterday when other Jewish adults hadn’t thought about how latkes predated the arrival of potatoes in Europe.
As a pure math major, I….don’t take any offense at all, this is correct, you and Randall are correct imgs.xkcd.com/comics/avera...
December 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Relatedly, I was *shocked* yesterday when other Jewish adults hadn’t thought about how latkes predated the arrival of potatoes in Europe.
For a second I thought it said “topless.”
WATCH: Replica of the Statue of Liberty topples due to strong winds in Guaíba, Brazil
December 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
For a second I thought it said “topless.”
Tough call. Probably either Sideways Stories from Wayside School or Howl and Other Poems.
omg. Kat Abughazaleh just posted that if she's elected, she'll swear in on a copy of Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower.
If you were elected to public office (never mind whether you'd ever actually run), what book would you swear in on?
If you were elected to public office (never mind whether you'd ever actually run), what book would you swear in on?
December 9, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Tough call. Probably either Sideways Stories from Wayside School or Howl and Other Poems.
“When can I go into the supermarket and buy what I need with my good looks?”
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 4:36 AM
“When can I go into the supermarket and buy what I need with my good looks?”
The platform that my bros and I use for the group chat sent a year-end summary to me.
I spend a lot of time yakking with those idiots, and I really love them.
To celebrate, I corrected everyone's apostrophe use on abbreviated decades (e.g., '90s instead of 90's).
I spend a lot of time yakking with those idiots, and I really love them.
To celebrate, I corrected everyone's apostrophe use on abbreviated decades (e.g., '90s instead of 90's).
December 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The platform that my bros and I use for the group chat sent a year-end summary to me.
I spend a lot of time yakking with those idiots, and I really love them.
To celebrate, I corrected everyone's apostrophe use on abbreviated decades (e.g., '90s instead of 90's).
I spend a lot of time yakking with those idiots, and I really love them.
To celebrate, I corrected everyone's apostrophe use on abbreviated decades (e.g., '90s instead of 90's).
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Spotify Wrapped is a way to provide legal evidence that you are in fact a music listener. If you don’t (or can’t) supply this widely recognized documentation, how is anyone to trust that you aren’t simply pretending to enjoy music as part of a malicious con job?
December 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Spotify Wrapped is a way to provide legal evidence that you are in fact a music listener. If you don’t (or can’t) supply this widely recognized documentation, how is anyone to trust that you aren’t simply pretending to enjoy music as part of a malicious con job?
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
I don't think that the Creation Museum ads on the MST3K twitch channel are a good investment.
December 3, 2025 at 5:32 AM
I don't think that the Creation Museum ads on the MST3K twitch channel are a good investment.