Joel Barsotti
@obiwansotti.bsky.social
Software Developer at Amazon
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
—FDR, 1937
—FDR, 1937
February 16, 2026 at 7:01 PM
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
—FDR, 1937
—FDR, 1937
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I think we are going to have a Democratic-controlled Senate.
And all we will need for the leadership of that Democratic Senate to do is hold actual, real, impeachment trials.
As the Constitution requires.
Not the bullshit fake trials like the ones that the Senate held in 2020 and 2021...
And all we will need for the leadership of that Democratic Senate to do is hold actual, real, impeachment trials.
As the Constitution requires.
Not the bullshit fake trials like the ones that the Senate held in 2020 and 2021...
February 15, 2026 at 4:49 PM
I think we are going to have a Democratic-controlled Senate.
And all we will need for the leadership of that Democratic Senate to do is hold actual, real, impeachment trials.
As the Constitution requires.
Not the bullshit fake trials like the ones that the Senate held in 2020 and 2021...
And all we will need for the leadership of that Democratic Senate to do is hold actual, real, impeachment trials.
As the Constitution requires.
Not the bullshit fake trials like the ones that the Senate held in 2020 and 2021...
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ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 1:51 AM
ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
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Get it? See, it's funny 'cuz our President is a pathological liar who rarely, if ever, tells the truth.
February 13, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Get it? See, it's funny 'cuz our President is a pathological liar who rarely, if ever, tells the truth.
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MAHA: Eating a giant steak cooked in butter alongside beef tallow fries and washing it down with coffee spiked with butter
Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes
Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes
February 13, 2026 at 6:18 PM
MAHA: Eating a giant steak cooked in butter alongside beef tallow fries and washing it down with coffee spiked with butter
Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes
Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes
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Sorry, kid, the government cancelled research into a cure for your disease. The man who swims in sewage and snorts cocaine in public restrooms said it's bad for you. Besides, there's no money now that we're locking up your friend's parents and the guys who mowed our lawn.
February 13, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Sorry, kid, the government cancelled research into a cure for your disease. The man who swims in sewage and snorts cocaine in public restrooms said it's bad for you. Besides, there's no money now that we're locking up your friend's parents and the guys who mowed our lawn.
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"Sure, ICE is bad, but we need to deport illegal immigrants"
No you don't.
If immigration enforcement leads to concentration camps and roving death squads, maybe it's time to just get rid of the concept of illegal immigration entirely. You've tried it, it's a bad idea in practice, so bin it.
No you don't.
If immigration enforcement leads to concentration camps and roving death squads, maybe it's time to just get rid of the concept of illegal immigration entirely. You've tried it, it's a bad idea in practice, so bin it.
February 6, 2026 at 12:10 PM
"Sure, ICE is bad, but we need to deport illegal immigrants"
No you don't.
If immigration enforcement leads to concentration camps and roving death squads, maybe it's time to just get rid of the concept of illegal immigration entirely. You've tried it, it's a bad idea in practice, so bin it.
No you don't.
If immigration enforcement leads to concentration camps and roving death squads, maybe it's time to just get rid of the concept of illegal immigration entirely. You've tried it, it's a bad idea in practice, so bin it.
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I feel this way about pretty much all vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. You shouldn't be allowed to dump cyanide into municipal drinking water and you shouldn't be allowed to recreationally spread viruses around shared public spaces.
My most authoritarian opinion is that the MMR vaccine should be mandatory, with only medical (not religious or floofy) exemptions allowed. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I feel this way about pretty much all vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. You shouldn't be allowed to dump cyanide into municipal drinking water and you shouldn't be allowed to recreationally spread viruses around shared public spaces.
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In govts around the world, people in the Epstein files are resigning in disgrace.
In private business, executives in the files are resigning in disgrace.
In the Trump admin, nothing happens since the boss is in the files more than anyone and his party is filled with cowards.
In private business, executives in the files are resigning in disgrace.
In the Trump admin, nothing happens since the boss is in the files more than anyone and his party is filled with cowards.
February 13, 2026 at 12:26 PM
In govts around the world, people in the Epstein files are resigning in disgrace.
In private business, executives in the files are resigning in disgrace.
In the Trump admin, nothing happens since the boss is in the files more than anyone and his party is filled with cowards.
In private business, executives in the files are resigning in disgrace.
In the Trump admin, nothing happens since the boss is in the files more than anyone and his party is filled with cowards.
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The corruption is so blatant regarding the Epstein in the USA. No one is fooled by any deflection or denial.
February 13, 2026 at 1:05 PM
The corruption is so blatant regarding the Epstein in the USA. No one is fooled by any deflection or denial.
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There's got to be a lot more accountability for a lot more people in Epstein's world. That's why I'm not letting up on my follow the money investigation.
NEW YORK (AP) — Goldman Sachs' top lawyer Kathy Ruemmler to resign after emails show close ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
February 13, 2026 at 2:22 PM
There's got to be a lot more accountability for a lot more people in Epstein's world. That's why I'm not letting up on my follow the money investigation.
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If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
February 13, 2026 at 1:04 AM
If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
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Unelecting or primarying a person is not the same as saying you hate them. You're not ostracizing them or putting them in prison. You're just saying "I would rather someone slightly more competent were given my tax dollars for talking." If they're old and out of touch, that's reason enough.
February 12, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Unelecting or primarying a person is not the same as saying you hate them. You're not ostracizing them or putting them in prison. You're just saying "I would rather someone slightly more competent were given my tax dollars for talking." If they're old and out of touch, that's reason enough.
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Same.
And all politics aside, what king of person lacks the common human decency to even turn their head to acknowledge the victims of childhood rape?
Sickening...
#AccountabilityIsComing
And all politics aside, what king of person lacks the common human decency to even turn their head to acknowledge the victims of childhood rape?
Sickening...
#AccountabilityIsComing
February 12, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Same.
And all politics aside, what king of person lacks the common human decency to even turn their head to acknowledge the victims of childhood rape?
Sickening...
#AccountabilityIsComing
And all politics aside, what king of person lacks the common human decency to even turn their head to acknowledge the victims of childhood rape?
Sickening...
#AccountabilityIsComing
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The Trump administration said it is ending its deployment of immigration agents to Minnesota. They’re framing it as Minnesota agreeing to cooperate, but most of their statements are false. It’s Minnesotans standing firm and refusing to back down. The resistance only grows. Minnesota strong 💪
US border czar says immigration crackdown in Minnesota will ‘conclude’
Tom Homan says that Trump has backed ‘significant drawdown’ in the state, where two US citizens have died
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:14 PM
The Trump administration said it is ending its deployment of immigration agents to Minnesota. They’re framing it as Minnesota agreeing to cooperate, but most of their statements are false. It’s Minnesotans standing firm and refusing to back down. The resistance only grows. Minnesota strong 💪
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Remember when Fortnite was a PvE game and they kept it around even though it wasn't doing great and at some point someone said I dunno, let's try it as a battle royale?
Imagine if Epic had just laid the team off after like four days.
Imagine if Epic had just laid the team off after like four days.
February 12, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Remember when Fortnite was a PvE game and they kept it around even though it wasn't doing great and at some point someone said I dunno, let's try it as a battle royale?
Imagine if Epic had just laid the team off after like four days.
Imagine if Epic had just laid the team off after like four days.
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SHOCKING!
February 11, 2026 at 9:39 AM
SHOCKING!
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What a fuckin TEAM.
SEAHAWKS MARGINS
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a football player in a seahawks uniform is running towards the end zone
ALT: a football player in a seahawks uniform is running towards the end zone
media.tenor.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:35 PM
What a fuckin TEAM.
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4 months after Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, Forbes reports that Binance now holds $4.7 billion of the $5.4 billion supply of Trump’s World Liberty Financial stablecoin. That is 87%. It is the largest corruption scandal in the history of the US presidency.
February 10, 2026 at 2:07 PM
4 months after Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, Forbes reports that Binance now holds $4.7 billion of the $5.4 billion supply of Trump’s World Liberty Financial stablecoin. That is 87%. It is the largest corruption scandal in the history of the US presidency.
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Why isn’t every politician, leader, prosecutor, and news channels focused on this. The President is accused with significant proof of killing and raping minors.
February 9, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Why isn’t every politician, leader, prosecutor, and news channels focused on this. The President is accused with significant proof of killing and raping minors.
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Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
February 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
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We rewatched the halftime show and the closing is so powerful. Bad Bunny’s final messages during his Super Bowl performance:
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love.”
“Together, we are America.”
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love.”
“Together, we are America.”
February 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM
We rewatched the halftime show and the closing is so powerful. Bad Bunny’s final messages during his Super Bowl performance:
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love.”
“Together, we are America.”
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love.”
“Together, we are America.”
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Silver-lining…somewhere, right now, Matt Damon is sad.
February 9, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Silver-lining…somewhere, right now, Matt Damon is sad.
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