Joe Max
@joemax.bsky.social
Ageing Pagan Punk Rocker from behind the Blue Wall of California.
"They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance." — Terry Pratchett
"They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance." — Terry Pratchett
It would be just awful if this list of Elon’s DOGE staff email addresses got passed around!
March 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
It would be just awful if this list of Elon’s DOGE staff email addresses got passed around!
I’m not surprised that fascism was in invented in the most Catholic country in the world, and perfected in the most Protestant country in the world.
March 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I’m not surprised that fascism was in invented in the most Catholic country in the world, and perfected in the most Protestant country in the world.
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Must-read story on how a private equity group cornered the fire truck market, doubling prices, causing massive delays and leaving departments across the county — including Los Angeles — without the resources needed to combat fires.
Did a Private Equity Fire Truck Roll-Up Worsen the L.A. Fires?
During the LA fires, dozens of fire trucks sat in the boneyard, waiting for repairs the city couldn't afford. Why? A private equity roll-up made replacing and repairing those trucks much pricier.
www.thebignewsletter.com
January 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Must-read story on how a private equity group cornered the fire truck market, doubling prices, causing massive delays and leaving departments across the county — including Los Angeles — without the resources needed to combat fires.
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Elon Musk grew up with the privileges of a stratified racial order and Peter Thiel lived in a city that venerated Hitler.
-The Guardian
-The Guardian
How the roots of the ‘PayPal mafia’ extend to apartheid South Africa
Elon Musk grew up with the privileges of a stratified racial order and Peter Thiel lived in a city that venerated Hitler
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Elon Musk grew up with the privileges of a stratified racial order and Peter Thiel lived in a city that venerated Hitler.
-The Guardian
-The Guardian
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Not speculating on likelihood, just saying that it would be very funny if Trump Admin 2.0 was sincerely & legitimately terrifying for little under a week then began to swiftly implode under its own contradictions, ineptitude, and net unpopularity
Labor union agreements thwart President Trump's return to work order, prompting the administration to issue new directive, saying: "Supervisors should not begin discussions around the return to in-person work with bargaining unit employees until HHS fulfills its collective bargaining obligations."
January 26, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Not speculating on likelihood, just saying that it would be very funny if Trump Admin 2.0 was sincerely & legitimately terrifying for little under a week then began to swiftly implode under its own contradictions, ineptitude, and net unpopularity
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January 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King
- Dr. Martin Luther King
January 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King
- Dr. Martin Luther King
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et voila
He will steal, sir, an egg out of a cloister. For rapes and ravishments he parallels Nessus. He professes not keeping of oaths; in breaking ’em he is stronger than Hercules. He will lie, sir, with such volubility, that you would think truth were a fool.
January 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
et voila
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This is the one that makes me most livid as well. It has echoes of Galileo and the Inquisition. And it's 2025 ferfucksakes.
(Sorry for all the swearing today but I just can't find better words to describe my horror.)
(Sorry for all the swearing today but I just can't find better words to describe my horror.)
Dr. Fauci from everything I have observed is among the most dedicated civil servants—a man who gave his whole life to the American public’s health. The fact he had to end his career as a hate object for millions of ungrateful jackasses gives me some real jagged feelings about our society.
Dr. Fauci was our guest at Wolftrap outside of DC last summer, and before the show I asked him why he thought had become MAGA’s primary villain in the COVID epidemic. After the fact, it was useful to find someone else to blame rather than Trump, but why him? What started it?
January 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This is the one that makes me most livid as well. It has echoes of Galileo and the Inquisition. And it's 2025 ferfucksakes.
(Sorry for all the swearing today but I just can't find better words to describe my horror.)
(Sorry for all the swearing today but I just can't find better words to describe my horror.)
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"Head up, shoulders back. With grace, and with purpose, and with faith, and with the knowledge that we are all in this together." -- Kamala Harris
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www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FbfHLG/
January 20, 2025 at 3:36 AM
"Head up, shoulders back. With grace, and with purpose, and with faith, and with the knowledge that we are all in this together." -- Kamala Harris
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FbfHLG/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FbfHLG/
As an alternative to rage-viewing the coronation of the Orange Shitweasel tomorrow, why not spend MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY watching one of more of these excellent tributes to Dr. King and his legacy.
aframe.oscars.org/what-to-watc...
aframe.oscars.org/what-to-watc...
10 Movies to Watch in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | Academy Newsletter
To celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we put together a collection of films to watch to honor his profoundly important legacy.
aframe.oscars.org
January 20, 2025 at 5:22 AM
As an alternative to rage-viewing the coronation of the Orange Shitweasel tomorrow, why not spend MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY watching one of more of these excellent tributes to Dr. King and his legacy.
aframe.oscars.org/what-to-watc...
aframe.oscars.org/what-to-watc...
So how many Scaramuccis was that?
Anthony Scaramucci served as White House Press Secretary for just 11 days, thus making 11 days one "Scaramucci.” It has become a common way in the media to refer jokingly to the short term of a political appointee.
Anthony Scaramucci served as White House Press Secretary for just 11 days, thus making 11 days one "Scaramucci.” It has become a common way in the media to refer jokingly to the short term of a political appointee.
January 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
So how many Scaramuccis was that?
Anthony Scaramucci served as White House Press Secretary for just 11 days, thus making 11 days one "Scaramucci.” It has become a common way in the media to refer jokingly to the short term of a political appointee.
Anthony Scaramucci served as White House Press Secretary for just 11 days, thus making 11 days one "Scaramucci.” It has become a common way in the media to refer jokingly to the short term of a political appointee.
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Thank you, Joe.
January 19, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Thank you, Joe.
“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
January 19, 2025 at 4:39 AM
“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
"I know that I am mortal by nature and ephemeral; but when I trace, at my pleasure, the windings to and fro of the heavenly bodies I no longer touch earth with my feet; I stand in the presence of Zeus himself, and take my fill of ambrosia."
— Claudius Ptolemy
— Claudius Ptolemy
January 19, 2025 at 4:36 AM
"I know that I am mortal by nature and ephemeral; but when I trace, at my pleasure, the windings to and fro of the heavenly bodies I no longer touch earth with my feet; I stand in the presence of Zeus himself, and take my fill of ambrosia."
— Claudius Ptolemy
— Claudius Ptolemy
"A revolutionary is motivated by love and not by hate. If I were to act under the influence of hate, I would only be a mercenary." — Che Guevara
January 19, 2025 at 4:31 AM
"A revolutionary is motivated by love and not by hate. If I were to act under the influence of hate, I would only be a mercenary." — Che Guevara