Joe
@djinn-and-tonik.bsky.social
My name’s Joe. I like comics, SFF, photography, art, and games. North NJ resident. Queer. (he/him) 🏳️🌈🇮🇶🇮🇹
Reposted by Joe
Now that's what I call BUSINESS.
May 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Now that's what I call BUSINESS.
Reposted by Joe
Today I discovered that people have been uploading old stock photo CD-ROMs to the Internet Archive and now I'm obsessed with the mid-'90s business-core aesthetic.
May 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Today I discovered that people have been uploading old stock photo CD-ROMs to the Internet Archive and now I'm obsessed with the mid-'90s business-core aesthetic.
Reposted by Joe
"Rolling Stone, WIRED, Teen Vogue, and your favorite tech blog leading the charge against fascism while your parents' Very Serious Papers of Record dig their own graves" sounds like cringe Millennial fan fiction from the Livejournal of someone whose parents banned them from using Limewire, and yet,
I've been a fan of Mike/Techdirt for years - he championed a lot of the adaptive stuff we were doing with NIN in the 2000s against the grain of the industry (embracing torrents, Creative Commons, pay-what-you-want albums, etc).
Great to see Techdirt firmly meeting the moment. Hopefully more follow.
Great to see Techdirt firmly meeting the moment. Hopefully more follow.
Wrote up something about Techdirt's recent coverage, and why (whether we like it or not) we need to be a "democracy blog" now, rather than just a "tech" blog (not that we've ever been just a tech blog).
This story is *the* story and it impacts everything else.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
This story is *the* story and it impacts everything else.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
March 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
"Rolling Stone, WIRED, Teen Vogue, and your favorite tech blog leading the charge against fascism while your parents' Very Serious Papers of Record dig their own graves" sounds like cringe Millennial fan fiction from the Livejournal of someone whose parents banned them from using Limewire, and yet,
Reposted by Joe
Now, I’m not from the US, so I don’t know how much of this is even possible, but I’d say it’d be a major failing if any of these 10 Democrats haven’t already been primaried and replaced by someone with a backbone by the midterms in 2026, or at the very least the election in 2028.
The 10 Democrats who voted to censure Green are Reps. Ami Bera, D-Calif.; Ed Case, D-Hawaii; Jim Costa, D-Calif.; Laura Gillen, D-N.Y.; Jim Himes, D-Conn.; Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa.; Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio; Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla.; Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash.; and Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y.
March 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Now, I’m not from the US, so I don’t know how much of this is even possible, but I’d say it’d be a major failing if any of these 10 Democrats haven’t already been primaried and replaced by someone with a backbone by the midterms in 2026, or at the very least the election in 2028.
Reposted by Joe
Newsom throwing trans people under the bus while hosting a noted antisemite who defends Nazi salutes, among other disgusting things, is a low point for mainstream Democrats and hopefully the end of this guy's presidential ambitions.
the thing about chasing what you think is public opinion is that if and when things turn you will have made a bunch of statements and taken a bunch of stances that you’ll have to disavow. probably a better strategy just to say what you actually believe and stand by it. anyway, this guy sucks.
Gavin Newsom breaks with Democrats on trans athletes in sports
The Democratic California governor made the stunning remarks in his debut podcast with conservative guest Charlie Kirk.
www.politico.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Newsom throwing trans people under the bus while hosting a noted antisemite who defends Nazi salutes, among other disgusting things, is a low point for mainstream Democrats and hopefully the end of this guy's presidential ambitions.
Reposted by Joe
The next time someone calls a reporter "biased" or an activist — especially someone who is a woman, a person of color, LGBTQ+, an immigrant, and/or disabled — ask them to articulate the difference between bias and expertise: longreads.com/2018/03/29/i...
February 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The next time someone calls a reporter "biased" or an activist — especially someone who is a woman, a person of color, LGBTQ+, an immigrant, and/or disabled — ask them to articulate the difference between bias and expertise: longreads.com/2018/03/29/i...
Reposted by Joe
Intentionalist.com! Folks can also suggest their own local small business! 🙌🏻
Intentionalist. Support local small businesses. Spend Like It Matters
Intentionalist makes it easy to find and support local small businesses through everyday decisions about where we eat, drink, and shop.
Intentionalist.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Intentionalist.com! Folks can also suggest their own local small business! 🙌🏻
Reposted by Joe
Maybe we weren’t meant to wake up and read 20 terrible things immediately.
February 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Maybe we weren’t meant to wake up and read 20 terrible things immediately.
Reposted by Joe
Meanwhile, they're banning drag shows, scrubbing pronouns from emails, criminalizing consensual adult content, and trying to erase trans people from public life, all in the name of "protecting women and children."
This is what fascists do and what they have always done.
This is what fascists do and what they have always done.
The embrace and protection of Andrew Tate at the highest level of US government tells you everything you need to know about this rotten administration. They worship at the altar of abusing women and girls. Their version of morality supports sex trafficking under the guise of camming
February 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Meanwhile, they're banning drag shows, scrubbing pronouns from emails, criminalizing consensual adult content, and trying to erase trans people from public life, all in the name of "protecting women and children."
This is what fascists do and what they have always done.
This is what fascists do and what they have always done.
Reposted by Joe
Freedom is when the boss tells you what to write and think. bsky.app/profile/maxt...
New: Jeff Bezos emailed staff at the Washington Post this morning announcing that the Post opinion pages going forward were largely going to focus on defending personal liberties and free markets. Current opinion section editor David Shipley is out.
February 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Freedom is when the boss tells you what to write and think. bsky.app/profile/maxt...
Reposted by Joe
Please look up the influenza epidemic of 1918-19 to understand that the CDC not selecting strains for next year’s vaccines sets the stage for a public health calamity that will, without doubt and at bare minimum, catastrophically and directly impact people you know. This is a five alarm fire.
February 27, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Please look up the influenza epidemic of 1918-19 to understand that the CDC not selecting strains for next year’s vaccines sets the stage for a public health calamity that will, without doubt and at bare minimum, catastrophically and directly impact people you know. This is a five alarm fire.
Reposted by Joe
This is huge and monstrous. The nasal vaccines are our only hope of getting back to a world where you don't have to fear getting covid indoors. I would like to stop masking some day, and they're going to make it impossible.
The large clinical trial of a new Covid vaccine pill (not shot) was halted by RFK Jr www.aol.com/multimillion...
The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.
The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.
Multimillion-dollar Biden-era COVID-19 vax project halted by Trump’s HHS
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. paused a $240 million contract to create a new coronavirus vaccine.
www.aol.com
February 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This is huge and monstrous. The nasal vaccines are our only hope of getting back to a world where you don't have to fear getting covid indoors. I would like to stop masking some day, and they're going to make it impossible.
Reposted by Joe
Goddamned woke … farmers?
💥 BREAKING: At John Deere's annual shareholders meeting today, shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal brought by the same group that targeted Costco and Apple. An anti-DEI proposal from the NCPPR received less than 1 percent of votes.
Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out
Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out
February 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Goddamned woke … farmers?
Reposted by Joe
LibreOffice is a free, awesome alternative if you are on a Mac or PC (Windows/OS/Linux) and if you’re on iOS or Android then there’s a port called Collabora Office which is also great—I switched a month ago and haven’t looked back
A version of Microsoft Word with banner ads and surprise video pop-ups that doesn't let you *save files to your computer*. Just the thought of this is painful www.theverge.com/news/618278/...
February 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
LibreOffice is a free, awesome alternative if you are on a Mac or PC (Windows/OS/Linux) and if you’re on iOS or Android then there’s a port called Collabora Office which is also great—I switched a month ago and haven’t looked back
Reposted by Joe
i really hope my measles vaccine is still doing its thing
Nearly 100 people across Texas and New Mexico have contracted measles, state officials say, escalating anxiety over the spread of a potentially life-threatening illness that was declared eliminated in the United States more than two decades ago.
Measles, once eliminated in the U.S., sickens 99 in Texas and New Mexico
Health authorities warned of further spread. Most U.S. measles cases this year involved people 19 and under and those without a confirmed vaccination.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
i really hope my measles vaccine is still doing its thing
Reposted by Joe
If the point of having a society *isn't* to care for each other, to ease suffering and realize each life's potential, literally what is the point? To hoard wealth? To build empires on other people's throats? Life is brief, nothing lasts. Wealth and empires are pointless violence
March 16, 2024 at 11:33 AM
If the point of having a society *isn't* to care for each other, to ease suffering and realize each life's potential, literally what is the point? To hoard wealth? To build empires on other people's throats? Life is brief, nothing lasts. Wealth and empires are pointless violence
Reposted by Joe
CYBERBULLY YOUR POLITICIANS LIKE YOU BULLIED SEGA FOR UGLY SONIC
Update: The White House is already backing down on this. Keep calling your reps. Keep pressuring them.
Along with your reps, the white house phone number is (202) 456-1111.
Use 5calls.org to get all your reps in one place along with a guide.
www.nysun.com/article/whit...
Along with your reps, the white house phone number is (202) 456-1111.
Use 5calls.org to get all your reps in one place along with a guide.
www.nysun.com/article/whit...
February 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
CYBERBULLY YOUR POLITICIANS LIKE YOU BULLIED SEGA FOR UGLY SONIC
Reposted by Joe
I was at a punk show in 83 where a skinhead jumped up on stage and gave a Nazi salute.
The bass player hit him with his bass, knocking him into the crowd and 150 people collectively hauled his ass out of the venue and threw him in the mud.
This was the right and only appropriate response.
The bass player hit him with his bass, knocking him into the crowd and 150 people collectively hauled his ass out of the venue and threw him in the mud.
This was the right and only appropriate response.
If you are at an event where someone on stage gives a Hitler salute and that person is not dragged off by security and kicked out, you are at a Nazi rally.
February 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I was at a punk show in 83 where a skinhead jumped up on stage and gave a Nazi salute.
The bass player hit him with his bass, knocking him into the crowd and 150 people collectively hauled his ass out of the venue and threw him in the mud.
This was the right and only appropriate response.
The bass player hit him with his bass, knocking him into the crowd and 150 people collectively hauled his ass out of the venue and threw him in the mud.
This was the right and only appropriate response.
Reposted by Joe
You gotta practice living in the moment. Because a huge thing that will help these guys untimely win is all of us being an anxious wreck all the time.
February 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
You gotta practice living in the moment. Because a huge thing that will help these guys untimely win is all of us being an anxious wreck all the time.
Reposted by Joe
when the crowd cheers for the Nazi salute, what you have is a crowd full of Nazis
February 21, 2025 at 3:04 AM
when the crowd cheers for the Nazi salute, what you have is a crowd full of Nazis
Reposted by Joe
Reposted by Joe
Ah shit it turns out the problem with conservatism is that conservatives are all evil
February 21, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Ah shit it turns out the problem with conservatism is that conservatives are all evil