Joël Swift
@joelts.bsky.social
My keyboard is stuck in French but that’s ok. Joelts is how I sign artwork so that works as well as I do. After a career as architect, I am relearning how to draw and paint.
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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
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Diagram for a Summer Procedure
July 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Diagram for a Summer Procedure
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10 minute sketch: Corvallis
July 12, 2025 at 4:29 AM
10 minute sketch: Corvallis
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In the past two years, with surprisingly little notice, renewable energy has suddenly become the obvious, mainstream, cost-efficient choice around the world.
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
In the past two years, with surprisingly little notice, renewable energy has suddenly become the obvious, mainstream, cost-efficient choice around the world.
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ICE vehicle getting towed at St John's hospital (Oxnard, CA) ✊🏽
July 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
ICE vehicle getting towed at St John's hospital (Oxnard, CA) ✊🏽
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UTAH… this is not a game…
July 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
UTAH… this is not a game…
Scenes from U of Oregon and OSU
July 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Scenes from U of Oregon and OSU
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Mike Pence: “Mr. Trump’s proposed tariffs would be the largest peacetime tax hike in American history, harming consumers and driving inflation…Instead of punishing free nations, we should rally them—uniting the democratic world in trade agreements that isolate China, not Europe & our Pacific allies”
May 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Mike Pence: “Mr. Trump’s proposed tariffs would be the largest peacetime tax hike in American history, harming consumers and driving inflation…Instead of punishing free nations, we should rally them—uniting the democratic world in trade agreements that isolate China, not Europe & our Pacific allies”
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Amazon had plans to show customers how much Trump tariffs are raising prices.
Then Bezos got on the phone with Trump and reversed course.
What happened in that call? I'm pressing for answers.
Then Bezos got on the phone with Trump and reversed course.
What happened in that call? I'm pressing for answers.
Elizabeth Warren asks Jeff Bezos if he got any favors for his ‘subservience’ to Trump
Warren has some questions for Bezos.
www.theverge.com
May 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Amazon had plans to show customers how much Trump tariffs are raising prices.
Then Bezos got on the phone with Trump and reversed course.
What happened in that call? I'm pressing for answers.
Then Bezos got on the phone with Trump and reversed course.
What happened in that call? I'm pressing for answers.
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🚨BREAKING: National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy, Alex Wong, are stepping down, CBS News reports
May 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🚨BREAKING: National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy, Alex Wong, are stepping down, CBS News reports
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JEDI:
Justice
Equity
Diversity
Inclusion
This is the way. Only the Sith are against the ways of the JEDI.
Justice
Equity
Diversity
Inclusion
This is the way. Only the Sith are against the ways of the JEDI.
April 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
JEDI:
Justice
Equity
Diversity
Inclusion
This is the way. Only the Sith are against the ways of the JEDI.
Justice
Equity
Diversity
Inclusion
This is the way. Only the Sith are against the ways of the JEDI.
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Two new studies suggest that Parkinson's disease can potentially be treated with stem cells placed in a patient's brain.
Stem cells to treat Parkinson's? Two small studies hint at success
Two new studies suggest that Parkinson's disease can potentially be treated with stem cells placed in a patient's brain.
www.npr.org
April 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Two new studies suggest that Parkinson's disease can potentially be treated with stem cells placed in a patient's brain.
Fixing a Hole in my Heart...
Abcès Makes the Heart Grow Fondue (2013).
Mostly gratitude to my dear Susan Lewis Swift who kept pushing to find the answer and simultaneously took on the heavy lifting and support, as she is known to do without a flinch.
Abcès Makes the Heart Grow Fondue (2013).
Mostly gratitude to my dear Susan Lewis Swift who kept pushing to find the answer and simultaneously took on the heavy lifting and support, as she is known to do without a flinch.
March 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Fixing a Hole in my Heart...
Abcès Makes the Heart Grow Fondue (2013).
Mostly gratitude to my dear Susan Lewis Swift who kept pushing to find the answer and simultaneously took on the heavy lifting and support, as she is known to do without a flinch.
Abcès Makes the Heart Grow Fondue (2013).
Mostly gratitude to my dear Susan Lewis Swift who kept pushing to find the answer and simultaneously took on the heavy lifting and support, as she is known to do without a flinch.
It felt like kidney stones again but the triangular structures in my right kidney emanated from gobs spit out of the hole in my heart.
March 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM
It felt like kidney stones again but the triangular structures in my right kidney emanated from gobs spit out of the hole in my heart.
Four for lunar eclipse
March 14, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Four for lunar eclipse
Life imitates Fantasy
March 13, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Life imitates Fantasy
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One of my companies informed me they cancelled a $2m conference in Florida. Why ?
They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.
That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.
The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.
That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.
The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
March 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
One of my companies informed me they cancelled a $2m conference in Florida. Why ?
They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.
That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.
The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.
That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.
The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
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