Joe Maldonado
@joemaldonado.bsky.social
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Joe Maldonado
@joemaldonado.bsky.social
· Jan 24
I'm an anti-capitalist, leftist, tree-hugging, hippie.
I'm both exceedingly earnest & pragmatic. Which at times can seem contradictory.
I am always looking for greatness in life, art, people, & society.
I cannot abide cynicism or apathy. Forever optimistic that people are good & can do good.
I'm both exceedingly earnest & pragmatic. Which at times can seem contradictory.
I am always looking for greatness in life, art, people, & society.
I cannot abide cynicism or apathy. Forever optimistic that people are good & can do good.
EVERY generation believes the ones AFTER them are disrespectful & lazy, and the ones BEFORE them are old & out of touch.
September 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
EVERY generation believes the ones AFTER them are disrespectful & lazy, and the ones BEFORE them are old & out of touch.
Former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich on the lesson Democrats need to learn.
June 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich on the lesson Democrats need to learn.
My personal motto...
"Try to have empathy for everyone or at the very least don't be an asshole"
"Try to have empathy for everyone or at the very least don't be an asshole"
June 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
My personal motto...
"Try to have empathy for everyone or at the very least don't be an asshole"
"Try to have empathy for everyone or at the very least don't be an asshole"
Compromise is necessary for a functioning representative democracy.
However, it is a MEANS not an END.
It's something you do in order to accomplish a larger goal.
It's not something to be celebrated in of itself.
However, it is a MEANS not an END.
It's something you do in order to accomplish a larger goal.
It's not something to be celebrated in of itself.
April 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Compromise is necessary for a functioning representative democracy.
However, it is a MEANS not an END.
It's something you do in order to accomplish a larger goal.
It's not something to be celebrated in of itself.
However, it is a MEANS not an END.
It's something you do in order to accomplish a larger goal.
It's not something to be celebrated in of itself.
The idea that both major political parties are "bad" is true.
What people get wrong is they aren't EQUALLY bad. #FalseEquivalence
What people get wrong is they aren't EQUALLY bad. #FalseEquivalence
April 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The idea that both major political parties are "bad" is true.
What people get wrong is they aren't EQUALLY bad. #FalseEquivalence
What people get wrong is they aren't EQUALLY bad. #FalseEquivalence
"This weekend I'm going to catch up on everything & get things organized"
Repeat every weekend, ad infinitum.
Repeat every weekend, ad infinitum.
March 24, 2025 at 3:42 AM
"This weekend I'm going to catch up on everything & get things organized"
Repeat every weekend, ad infinitum.
Repeat every weekend, ad infinitum.
Generally speaking Republicans/Conservatives don't care about policy. They don't care about hypocrisy. They don't care about ethics & morals. And they don't care about character and judgment.
All they care about is their hatred for the left and opposing any policy the left supports.
All they care about is their hatred for the left and opposing any policy the left supports.
March 24, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Generally speaking Republicans/Conservatives don't care about policy. They don't care about hypocrisy. They don't care about ethics & morals. And they don't care about character and judgment.
All they care about is their hatred for the left and opposing any policy the left supports.
All they care about is their hatred for the left and opposing any policy the left supports.
The Democratic party says they want to fundamentally change the economic order, in order to benefit low and middle income people.
While increasingly relying on high income donors to compete in elections. And generally high income donors are not interested in upsetting the economic status quo.
While increasingly relying on high income donors to compete in elections. And generally high income donors are not interested in upsetting the economic status quo.
March 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The Democratic party says they want to fundamentally change the economic order, in order to benefit low and middle income people.
While increasingly relying on high income donors to compete in elections. And generally high income donors are not interested in upsetting the economic status quo.
While increasingly relying on high income donors to compete in elections. And generally high income donors are not interested in upsetting the economic status quo.
My IRA and 401K are both down 5% in the last six weeks.
#ThanksTrump
#ThanksTrump
March 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
My IRA and 401K are both down 5% in the last six weeks.
#ThanksTrump
#ThanksTrump
Last night at the Oscars, Best Actor winner Adrien Brody was trying to make his speech as long as his movie (3hr 35min). 😉
March 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Last night at the Oscars, Best Actor winner Adrien Brody was trying to make his speech as long as his movie (3hr 35min). 😉
Wanting a living wage isn't greedy and wanting to work a little less and live more isn't lazy.
February 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Wanting a living wage isn't greedy and wanting to work a little less and live more isn't lazy.
Does anyone else feel like the U.S. job market is a house of cards that is soon to fall down?
February 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Does anyone else feel like the U.S. job market is a house of cards that is soon to fall down?
How to know you have internalized capitalism:
- You determine your worth based on your productivity
- You feel guilty for resting
- Your primary concern is to make yourself profitable
- You neglect your health
- You think "hard work" is what brings happiness
- You determine your worth based on your productivity
- You feel guilty for resting
- Your primary concern is to make yourself profitable
- You neglect your health
- You think "hard work" is what brings happiness
February 13, 2025 at 5:09 AM
How to know you have internalized capitalism:
- You determine your worth based on your productivity
- You feel guilty for resting
- Your primary concern is to make yourself profitable
- You neglect your health
- You think "hard work" is what brings happiness
- You determine your worth based on your productivity
- You feel guilty for resting
- Your primary concern is to make yourself profitable
- You neglect your health
- You think "hard work" is what brings happiness
Google's former motto was "Don't Be Evil", they seem to be failing that by capitulating to stupidity & insanity.
#gulfofmexico
#gulfofmexico
February 12, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Google's former motto was "Don't Be Evil", they seem to be failing that by capitulating to stupidity & insanity.
#gulfofmexico
#gulfofmexico
After the conservatives went crazy. Democrats should have stopped concerning themselves with following "decorum" and focused on simply getting things done for the American people.
February 4, 2025 at 8:44 AM
After the conservatives went crazy. Democrats should have stopped concerning themselves with following "decorum" and focused on simply getting things done for the American people.
January 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The opposite of "weird" isn't "normal ".
The opposite of "weird" is "boring".
The opposite of "weird" is "boring".
January 31, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The opposite of "weird" isn't "normal ".
The opposite of "weird" is "boring".
The opposite of "weird" is "boring".
I always find it hilarious when people with no medical expertise give you medical advice.
Once I had bad vertigo. Everyone gave me their opinion & advice. One said that I needed to get a chiropractic adjustment.
Turned out I had Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo. No chiropractor was needed.
Once I had bad vertigo. Everyone gave me their opinion & advice. One said that I needed to get a chiropractic adjustment.
Turned out I had Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo. No chiropractor was needed.
January 30, 2025 at 6:45 AM
I always find it hilarious when people with no medical expertise give you medical advice.
Once I had bad vertigo. Everyone gave me their opinion & advice. One said that I needed to get a chiropractic adjustment.
Turned out I had Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo. No chiropractor was needed.
Once I had bad vertigo. Everyone gave me their opinion & advice. One said that I needed to get a chiropractic adjustment.
Turned out I had Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo. No chiropractor was needed.
I keep seeing articles and videos putting forward population decline hysteria. They argue that starting in the late 1960s, there was an over-population hysteria.
Except on a planet with finite resources, endless growth is unsustainable.
Except on a planet with finite resources, endless growth is unsustainable.
January 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I keep seeing articles and videos putting forward population decline hysteria. They argue that starting in the late 1960s, there was an over-population hysteria.
Except on a planet with finite resources, endless growth is unsustainable.
Except on a planet with finite resources, endless growth is unsustainable.