Josh
@drjoshmoon.bsky.social
AFOL, guitar player, higher ed, parent, MSU/OhioU, sports, dinosaurs. Wrote a diss on rock music. SW Michigan born & raised. Used to have way more hair.
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Josh
@drjoshmoon.bsky.social
· Aug 29
Phlebotomy for the Faint of Heart, by Professional Person
10 track album
professionalperson.bandcamp.com
Might as well hit all of my socials! I can't wait for going viral. My band released our second full-length album Phlebotomy for the Faint of Heart today. Think the Edmund Fitzgerald (the ship, not the song) meets Blood on the Tracks. Or something.
All the power and coding of Microsoft, and I'm fascinated by what its products CAN'T do. Easily take Attendance in a Teams class? Good luck! Loading all members of a Team into the Scheduling Assistant should be one button. Not there. Can Copilot find an available time for everyone to meet? Nope.
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
All the power and coding of Microsoft, and I'm fascinated by what its products CAN'T do. Easily take Attendance in a Teams class? Good luck! Loading all members of a Team into the Scheduling Assistant should be one button. Not there. Can Copilot find an available time for everyone to meet? Nope.
You cannot pick up the pass interference call against Minnesota then call that pass interference against MSU. It isn't either call, it's the inconsistenty.
November 1, 2025 at 11:11 PM
You cannot pick up the pass interference call against Minnesota then call that pass interference against MSU. It isn't either call, it's the inconsistenty.
Attending a conference about AI and the Liberal Arts while refreshing Bluesky is a deeply dissonant experience, but I'm okay with that. Almost enjoy it? Welcome to modern life and "Meta-prompting for Metacognition."
October 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Attending a conference about AI and the Liberal Arts while refreshing Bluesky is a deeply dissonant experience, but I'm okay with that. Almost enjoy it? Welcome to modern life and "Meta-prompting for Metacognition."
I should expect nothing less, but the fact that all the .gov accounts that joined Bluesky immediately started trolling to own the libs is wild.
October 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I should expect nothing less, but the fact that all the .gov accounts that joined Bluesky immediately started trolling to own the libs is wild.
General observation: "imbricated" is definitely a word, and it is catching on with academics. I don't know that I'd ever heard it before, and now it's been twice in two days. Imbricated is not just for roof tiles anymore!
October 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
General observation: "imbricated" is definitely a word, and it is catching on with academics. I don't know that I'd ever heard it before, and now it's been twice in two days. Imbricated is not just for roof tiles anymore!
Do people still live post through conferences? Is that a thing? Did the end of the hashtag on BlueSky kill the practice?
October 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Do people still live post through conferences? Is that a thing? Did the end of the hashtag on BlueSky kill the practice?
I was reading a Reel by someone who considers themselves an advocate and experimenter of new tech, including AI music. They seemed quite shaken and nervous about Sora. When people who otherwise are excited evangelists get nervous, I take extra caution and notice.
October 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I was reading a Reel by someone who considers themselves an advocate and experimenter of new tech, including AI music. They seemed quite shaken and nervous about Sora. When people who otherwise are excited evangelists get nervous, I take extra caution and notice.
Remember when your GOP-loving friends, family, and acquaintances would complain about how "divisive" Obama was?
Trump to generals: "America is under invasion from within. We're under invasion from within. No different than a foreign enemy, but more difficult in any ways because they don't wear uniforms. At least when they're wearing a uniform you can take them out."
September 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Remember when your GOP-loving friends, family, and acquaintances would complain about how "divisive" Obama was?
Hey, if you want to win, you're gonna need to do a little war crime. Kill civilians first, ask for forgiveness (or don't) later.
Wow.
Wow.
Hegseth: "A blemish-free record is what peacetime leaders covet the most, which is the worst of all incentives."
September 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Hey, if you want to win, you're gonna need to do a little war crime. Kill civilians first, ask for forgiveness (or don't) later.
Wow.
Wow.
So much near-parody from Hegseth today. Had to laugh at the "no hot yoga or stretching" part. Considering yoga and stretching can be excellent for overall fitness (anyone heard of Tom Brady?), it's proof what a performatively sexist display this is. Yoga is clearly too effeminate for a warrior.
September 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
So much near-parody from Hegseth today. Had to laugh at the "no hot yoga or stretching" part. Considering yoga and stretching can be excellent for overall fitness (anyone heard of Tom Brady?), it's proof what a performatively sexist display this is. Yoga is clearly too effeminate for a warrior.
I'm reminded that many people who support Trump's intervention in Portland are less concerned about the consequences of domestic deployment of the military, actual crime rates, or Constitutionality, and more guided by "these people piss me off and Trump is going to show them who's boss."
September 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I'm reminded that many people who support Trump's intervention in Portland are less concerned about the consequences of domestic deployment of the military, actual crime rates, or Constitutionality, and more guided by "these people piss me off and Trump is going to show them who's boss."
"Share your favourite black and white movie."
I don't know if this counts as a doc, but I'm going with it!
I don't know if this counts as a doc, but I'm going with it!
September 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"Share your favourite black and white movie."
I don't know if this counts as a doc, but I'm going with it!
I don't know if this counts as a doc, but I'm going with it!
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I am at the center of organizing an event next week, and I feel like I have benefited directly from watching Miles Teller in the The Offer over the summer. Haven't had to deal with any mobsters, but the delicate balances, precarious timetables, and uncertain communications resonate with me.
September 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I am at the center of organizing an event next week, and I feel like I have benefited directly from watching Miles Teller in the The Offer over the summer. Haven't had to deal with any mobsters, but the delicate balances, precarious timetables, and uncertain communications resonate with me.
I read the Newsweek article this morning that was essentially, "Trump is obviously fine. He said so on Truth Social." Wow, insightful stuff. Thanks, I feel so informed.
September 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I read the Newsweek article this morning that was essentially, "Trump is obviously fine. He said so on Truth Social." Wow, insightful stuff. Thanks, I feel so informed.
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If you say 'heteronormative' or 'unhoused person' or 'food insecurity' you're basically talking gibberish and nobody can understand you but if you say you can see inflammation in children at the airport and that vaccines lower IQ or that germs are a myth you get to fire all the scientists.
August 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
If you say 'heteronormative' or 'unhoused person' or 'food insecurity' you're basically talking gibberish and nobody can understand you but if you say you can see inflammation in children at the airport and that vaccines lower IQ or that germs are a myth you get to fire all the scientists.
Might as well hit all of my socials! I can't wait for going viral. My band released our second full-length album Phlebotomy for the Faint of Heart today. Think the Edmund Fitzgerald (the ship, not the song) meets Blood on the Tracks. Or something.
Phlebotomy for the Faint of Heart, by Professional Person
10 track album
professionalperson.bandcamp.com
August 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Might as well hit all of my socials! I can't wait for going viral. My band released our second full-length album Phlebotomy for the Faint of Heart today. Think the Edmund Fitzgerald (the ship, not the song) meets Blood on the Tracks. Or something.
The darkness is quite overwhelming today. Seems real bad out there.
August 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The darkness is quite overwhelming today. Seems real bad out there.
The Leaders and the Best.
One of MSU fans' complaints about UM was not just their actions, but the righteous indignation about their athletic department being better than everyone else and exemplars of high standards of conduct.
One of MSU fans' complaints about UM was not just their actions, but the righteous indignation about their athletic department being better than everyone else and exemplars of high standards of conduct.
The NCAA: "Harbaugh ran a program that was largely dismissive of rules compliance. There was little, if any, emphasis on following the rules."
August 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The Leaders and the Best.
One of MSU fans' complaints about UM was not just their actions, but the righteous indignation about their athletic department being better than everyone else and exemplars of high standards of conduct.
One of MSU fans' complaints about UM was not just their actions, but the righteous indignation about their athletic department being better than everyone else and exemplars of high standards of conduct.
Solid answers in the replies.
Setting aside the self-evident, unconstitutional fascism of a domestic military occupation, I'm just wondering what the goal here is. What does he actually want the military to do? Improve already low urban crime rates? Prevent protests? Kill undesirable people? What's the objective?
Comer: "We're gonna support doing this in other cities if it works out in Washington DC. We spend a lot on our military. Our military has been in many countries around the world for the past two decades walking the streets trying to reduce crime. We need to focus on the big cities in America now."
August 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Solid answers in the replies.
But these same people FEEL like crime is worse, especially in places where they don't live. They have been clear and consistent that feelings are valid so we must honor their concerns.
August 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
But these same people FEEL like crime is worse, especially in places where they don't live. They have been clear and consistent that feelings are valid so we must honor their concerns.
We are so far off the rails with Executive Orders. What authority does the President have to determine policy for athletic compensation in college sports? Nothing to do with his branch of government. We don't have a king. You can't just make a proclamation and say, "Make it so!"
The White House announces an executive order signed by President Trump regarding college sports and athlete compensation: www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Saves College Sports
SAVING COLLEGE SPORTS: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to protect student-athletes and collegiate athletic scholarships and
www.whitehouse.gov
July 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
We are so far off the rails with Executive Orders. What authority does the President have to determine policy for athletic compensation in college sports? Nothing to do with his branch of government. We don't have a king. You can't just make a proclamation and say, "Make it so!"
What's funny/not funny about this "Obama's coup" nonsense is that even reading the Fox News reporting immediately reveals how this is hyperbole built upon a strawman. The actual details are wafer paper.
"Obama, Hillary, and Comey said Russia hacked the election and that is a coup!"
Uh, sure.....
"Obama, Hillary, and Comey said Russia hacked the election and that is a coup!"
Uh, sure.....
July 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
What's funny/not funny about this "Obama's coup" nonsense is that even reading the Fox News reporting immediately reveals how this is hyperbole built upon a strawman. The actual details are wafer paper.
"Obama, Hillary, and Comey said Russia hacked the election and that is a coup!"
Uh, sure.....
"Obama, Hillary, and Comey said Russia hacked the election and that is a coup!"
Uh, sure.....
Mysteriously, my kid's SAI for FinAid leapt for 25-26. I didn't marry an heiress, win the lottery, get a massive raise, nor pocket fees from the sale of my own meme coin. Seems like this is a common story with his friends. Went from a nice Pell to zero. FAFSA fun! Anyone have an extra 5k around?
July 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Mysteriously, my kid's SAI for FinAid leapt for 25-26. I didn't marry an heiress, win the lottery, get a massive raise, nor pocket fees from the sale of my own meme coin. Seems like this is a common story with his friends. Went from a nice Pell to zero. FAFSA fun! Anyone have an extra 5k around?
DHS goes full white settler heritage. Wow. Who is "your" in this exactly? White people, the best migrants, clearly.
The official DHS account is now tweeting about “your homeland’s heritage”
July 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
DHS goes full white settler heritage. Wow. Who is "your" in this exactly? White people, the best migrants, clearly.