John Osborn 🏳️🌈
@johnosborn.bsky.social
Aerospace Nerd, Terrible Cars, Politics, Occasional Writer, Design Enthusiast, Angry Gay, Friend you Haven't Met Yet. Texan expat now calling PNW home. Protect Trans Kids (and adults too).
Shown: Me working on my Bluesky shitposts.
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Shown: Me working on my Bluesky shitposts.
Come for the pink-chic 70s paint and upholstery, but stay for the pink dinnerware and cookware. Honestly kinda cool, if you like that sort of thing.
See this 33k-mile 1977 GMC Motorhome is a 26′ Eleganza II listed now with no reserve on BaT!
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1977-gmc-motorhome-6/
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1977-gmc-motorhome-6/
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Come for the pink-chic 70s paint and upholstery, but stay for the pink dinnerware and cookware. Honestly kinda cool, if you like that sort of thing.
At the gas station the other day I almost told some guy "Wow, I really like your Saturn! It looks absolutely mint. What year is it?" But then I thought that might come across as a bit too weird.
November 18, 2025 at 3:26 AM
At the gas station the other day I almost told some guy "Wow, I really like your Saturn! It looks absolutely mint. What year is it?" But then I thought that might come across as a bit too weird.
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Absolutely cannot wait to bust down the doors for a drink made by a company whose unionized workers are on strike in a store that doesn’t want to hire minorities anymore.
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
November 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Absolutely cannot wait to bust down the doors for a drink made by a company whose unionized workers are on strike in a store that doesn’t want to hire minorities anymore.
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4/🧵 The generational shift isn't just among white Americans. Young Asian and Hispanic Americans show the same pattern: dramatic declines in racial resentment across education, gender, geography, and religion. This is a broad, multi-racial generational transformation.
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
4/🧵 The generational shift isn't just among white Americans. Young Asian and Hispanic Americans show the same pattern: dramatic declines in racial resentment across education, gender, geography, and religion. This is a broad, multi-racial generational transformation.
I'm so old I remember when... www.bbc.com/news/busines...
November 17, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I'm so old I remember when... www.bbc.com/news/busines...
All that said, I prefer to be two fault tolerant. 🗺️
November 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
All that said, I prefer to be two fault tolerant. 🗺️
Have you ever updated the navigation database in your car?
I think it must be a pretty rare thing that is obviously going to die out with Internet connected mapping infrastructure being more common.
I think it must be a pretty rare thing that is obviously going to die out with Internet connected mapping infrastructure being more common.
November 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Have you ever updated the navigation database in your car?
I think it must be a pretty rare thing that is obviously going to die out with Internet connected mapping infrastructure being more common.
I think it must be a pretty rare thing that is obviously going to die out with Internet connected mapping infrastructure being more common.
Very hard to predict the future but I feel like I’ve probably purchased my last new combustion car.
November 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Very hard to predict the future but I feel like I’ve probably purchased my last new combustion car.
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Primer-to-sample?
November 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Just my personal opinion but if you're going to spend a zillion dollars on a paint-to-sample color, make it an actual color.
This 2023 Porsche Taycan GTS Sport Turismo is finished in paint-to-sample gray over Black and Chalk leather, shows 19k miles, and it's listed now on BaT!
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2023-porsche-taycan-gts-sport-turismo-4/
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2023-porsche-taycan-gts-sport-turismo-4/
November 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Just my personal opinion but if you're going to spend a zillion dollars on a paint-to-sample color, make it an actual color.
You would normally buy bonds if you’re worried about equity stocks, aka normal corporate stocks, falling for some reason.
BREAKING: Donald Trump has just disclosed new trades.
He bought at least $20 million in bonds and at least $1 million in the bond ETF $SPHY.
He bought at least $20 million in bonds and at least $1 million in the bond ETF $SPHY.
November 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
You would normally buy bonds if you’re worried about equity stocks, aka normal corporate stocks, falling for some reason.
My advice is to buy a small bottle of champagne and put it in the fridge. You just never know when you’ll see a news flash and want to celebrate. It pays to be prepared. 🍾🥂
November 15, 2025 at 6:39 AM
My advice is to buy a small bottle of champagne and put it in the fridge. You just never know when you’ll see a news flash and want to celebrate. It pays to be prepared. 🍾🥂
Ooo, Barracuda! 😍
We're at mom and dad's looking at slides. This is dad's then brand new 1965 Barracuda at the Tepees in the Petrified Forrest National Park.
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Ooo, Barracuda! 😍
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For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Rolling into the weekend in a friend shaped Jeep.
November 15, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Rolling into the weekend in a friend shaped Jeep.
Me: [Gets insurance settlement]
BAT: 👇
BAT: 👇
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Me: [Gets insurance settlement]
BAT: 👇
BAT: 👇
If you’re buying a five-ish year old car, my advice is to just preemptively replace the key fob batteries immediately and save yourself some pain later when they fail at an annoying moment. (Also, congrats on winning the depreciation game.)
November 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
If you’re buying a five-ish year old car, my advice is to just preemptively replace the key fob batteries immediately and save yourself some pain later when they fail at an annoying moment. (Also, congrats on winning the depreciation game.)
Nothing makes you appreciate how fast modern jet travel is like flying somewhere and driving back. It was a quick 1:15 hop to Idaho and a long 10 hour drive home.
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Nothing makes you appreciate how fast modern jet travel is like flying somewhere and driving back. It was a quick 1:15 hop to Idaho and a long 10 hour drive home.
Missoula seems nice.
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Missoula seems nice.
2020 GC Trailhawk, V8, 56k miles.
How it Started versus How it’s Going. Goodbye red, hello blue. 770 miles to get home. Let’s get rolling.
November 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
2020 GC Trailhawk, V8, 56k miles.
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Car companies as high school students.
Ferrari: Skinny athletic kid, lettered in track, smart but flaky, fashionable, into jazz, has a track scholarship to college but plans to major in art history.
Lamborghini: Gym boy, head banger, football scholarship at State U and will major in business.
Ferrari: Skinny athletic kid, lettered in track, smart but flaky, fashionable, into jazz, has a track scholarship to college but plans to major in art history.
Lamborghini: Gym boy, head banger, football scholarship at State U and will major in business.
November 12, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Car companies as high school students.
Ferrari: Skinny athletic kid, lettered in track, smart but flaky, fashionable, into jazz, has a track scholarship to college but plans to major in art history.
Lamborghini: Gym boy, head banger, football scholarship at State U and will major in business.
Ferrari: Skinny athletic kid, lettered in track, smart but flaky, fashionable, into jazz, has a track scholarship to college but plans to major in art history.
Lamborghini: Gym boy, head banger, football scholarship at State U and will major in business.
How it Started versus How it’s Going. Goodbye red, hello blue. 770 miles to get home. Let’s get rolling.
November 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
How it Started versus How it’s Going. Goodbye red, hello blue. 770 miles to get home. Let’s get rolling.