Patrick
@patrickjoyce.bsky.social
Network engineer in Phoenix, AZ, dreaming of a woodsy life. Outdoor lover, hiker, and harm reduction volunteer. Committed leftist working for a more just world.
This NPR piece on a “healing farm” for addiction recovery is genuinely beautiful; community, dignity, animals.
Which is why I’m already worried. In the U.S., anything that works eventually gets swallowed by private equity and turned into a billing machine.
Healing shouldn’t be an asset class.
Which is why I’m already worried. In the U.S., anything that works eventually gets swallowed by private equity and turned into a billing machine.
Healing shouldn’t be an asset class.
With two goats and a pony, an addiction treatment 'farm' takes root in Mass.
The addiction recovery program in Gardner, Mass., is part animal sanctuary, part therapy center. The men who stay there get assigned to care for one of dozens of animals — from chickens, pigs, goats a...
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December 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This NPR piece on a “healing farm” for addiction recovery is genuinely beautiful; community, dignity, animals.
Which is why I’m already worried. In the U.S., anything that works eventually gets swallowed by private equity and turned into a billing machine.
Healing shouldn’t be an asset class.
Which is why I’m already worried. In the U.S., anything that works eventually gets swallowed by private equity and turned into a billing machine.
Healing shouldn’t be an asset class.
Not saying Ancient Aliens and Honey Boo Boo made America stupid. Just saying they didn’t exactly fight against it.
December 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Not saying Ancient Aliens and Honey Boo Boo made America stupid. Just saying they didn’t exactly fight against it.
A 50-year mortgage isn’t innovation it’s indentured servitude with paperwork. The bank gets your money for half a century, and by the time it’s “yours,” your grandkids are just inheriting the debt. You won’t own your home the bank will own your life.
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
A 50-year mortgage isn’t innovation it’s indentured servitude with paperwork. The bank gets your money for half a century, and by the time it’s “yours,” your grandkids are just inheriting the debt. You won’t own your home the bank will own your life.
Dick Cheney’s gone. The world’s not poorer for it. Some people leave behind legacies of kindness or progress, he left behind war crimes and a generation of suffering.
November 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Dick Cheney’s gone. The world’s not poorer for it. Some people leave behind legacies of kindness or progress, he left behind war crimes and a generation of suffering.
If the Democrats had a shred of sense, or a backbone, they’d be setting up food banks in every county in America right now. SNAP runs out of funding next month and millions of people are about to go hungry. That should be their line in the sand.
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October 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
If the Democrats had a shred of sense, or a backbone, they’d be setting up food banks in every county in America right now. SNAP runs out of funding next month and millions of people are about to go hungry. That should be their line in the sand.
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An unvaccinated child in Texas has died of the measles; their parents should be charged with manslaughter. It was entirely a preventable death.
February 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
An unvaccinated child in Texas has died of the measles; their parents should be charged with manslaughter. It was entirely a preventable death.
Shrinkflation is really hitting my girl scout cookies hard... These thin mints are becoming boxes of nonsense.
February 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Shrinkflation is really hitting my girl scout cookies hard... These thin mints are becoming boxes of nonsense.
Elon hates USAID because of its work in the anti-apartheid movement.
February 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Elon hates USAID because of its work in the anti-apartheid movement.
Physically I'm at work but mentally I'm back in Alaska daydreaming about running off into the wilderness and never returning.
#Alaska #TongassNationalForest #Daydreaming #wilderness
#Alaska #TongassNationalForest #Daydreaming #wilderness
January 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Physically I'm at work but mentally I'm back in Alaska daydreaming about running off into the wilderness and never returning.
#Alaska #TongassNationalForest #Daydreaming #wilderness
#Alaska #TongassNationalForest #Daydreaming #wilderness
When you spend 5 hours on the phone with a vendor troubleshooting an outage only for it to magically resolve itself.
fry from futurama is angry and says " i 'm literally angry with rage ! "
ALT: fry from futurama is angry and says " i 'm literally angry with rage ! "
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January 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
When you spend 5 hours on the phone with a vendor troubleshooting an outage only for it to magically resolve itself.
Spotted these on my morning walk all over the neighborhood, QR code goes: wehaverights.us/
January 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Spotted these on my morning walk all over the neighborhood, QR code goes: wehaverights.us/
My plan on how to cope with the next four years is to just be weird as fuck.
January 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
My plan on how to cope with the next four years is to just be weird as fuck.
It’s extremely fun watching Trump remake the US in a day after 4 years of liberals insisting that Biden was powerless to make things better.
January 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
It’s extremely fun watching Trump remake the US in a day after 4 years of liberals insisting that Biden was powerless to make things better.