Joshua Job
@joshjob42.bsky.social
Physicist, Georgist. Geeky, political, & funny. http://joshjob.org Personal account, beware work-people as there may be dragons here. If you don’t want to know my thoughts on ~ anything that comes to mind, thou shouldest not pass. In Los Angeles primarily
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Joshua Job
@joshjob42.bsky.social
· Nov 13
All my social media’s entirely my own personal opinion & I am not speaking for anyone else including any employer I may have. Anything I may discuss isn’t a product of any non-public information. Nothing I say reflects the position of my employer. Mostly talk side interests, occasional quantum stuff
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“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”
June 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”
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The entire DHS was created in the same post-9/11 delusional bloodlust that gave us the ‘suck on this’ invasion of Iraq
ICE is the antithesis of common sense. The agency's very existence is in defiance of common sense
Minutes ago, the Trump admin revoked the sensitive locations policy that prevented ICE from carrying out enforcement arrests inside churches, hospitals, and schools.
June 8, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The entire DHS was created in the same post-9/11 delusional bloodlust that gave us the ‘suck on this’ invasion of Iraq
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Privatize profits, socialize losses.
May 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Privatize profits, socialize losses.
This sucks
This is absolutely terrible news.
With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately.
h/t @merz.bsky.social
With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately.
h/t @merz.bsky.social
Moderna withdraws application for COVID-flu combination vaccine
Moderna said on Wednesday it has withdrawn an application seeking approval for its flu and COVID combination vaccine candidate after discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
www.reuters.com
May 22, 2025 at 8:07 AM
This sucks
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It's hard to overstate how stupid every element of the tax bill is. For all its faults, TCJA had some reasonable elements like the bigger standard deduction. This time it's pure slop policy from start to finish.
May 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM
It's hard to overstate how stupid every element of the tax bill is. For all its faults, TCJA had some reasonable elements like the bigger standard deduction. This time it's pure slop policy from start to finish.
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Your kids get a max of two toys and then grow up to work in the same factory as their father and grandfather screwing in tiny screws. It’s called The American Dream.
April 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Your kids get a max of two toys and then grow up to work in the same factory as their father and grandfather screwing in tiny screws. It’s called The American Dream.
My partner was trying to connect my AirPods to their computer and apparently my old Gmail address is anonymized so it looks… well it looks like this.
It’s not even the right # of characters Apple, damn.
It’s not even the right # of characters Apple, damn.
April 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
My partner was trying to connect my AirPods to their computer and apparently my old Gmail address is anonymized so it looks… well it looks like this.
It’s not even the right # of characters Apple, damn.
It’s not even the right # of characters Apple, damn.
Commercial crew was a good idea actually, but Boeing turned out to suck and SpaceX has been successful but no longer needs Musk. You can't blame commercial crew for Musk still existing, as Tesla was unrelated and is the source of most of his actual wealth. www.theverge.com/blue-origin/...
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin flop is bigger than Katy Perry
It wasn’t just the stale “you go girl” feminism that made this seem so silly.
www.theverge.com
April 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Commercial crew was a good idea actually, but Boeing turned out to suck and SpaceX has been successful but no longer needs Musk. You can't blame commercial crew for Musk still existing, as Tesla was unrelated and is the source of most of his actual wealth. www.theverge.com/blue-origin/...
Ending all tariffs unilaterally and opening the borders enormously (I'd say allowing like ~2% of existing population immigrate a year or more) would be an obvious way for the US to adopt a truly liberal foreign policy.
"The whole 2024 election cycle treated immigration as a crisis—which it is not." www.liberalcurrents.com/foreign-poli...
Foreign Policy As If Liberalism Mattered
Neither states nor nations are endowed with inalienable rights. Individuals are.
www.liberalcurrents.com
April 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Ending all tariffs unilaterally and opening the borders enormously (I'd say allowing like ~2% of existing population immigrate a year or more) would be an obvious way for the US to adopt a truly liberal foreign policy.
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our headlines are just going to get blunter and blunter, people! www.theverge.com/2025/1/20/24...
April 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
our headlines are just going to get blunter and blunter, people! www.theverge.com/2025/1/20/24...
The only reason I don't use public transit much is because I have literal clinical contamination OCD around germs and dirt etc (working on it!).
What is the excuse of non-neurotic big strong men to not ride the subway?
What is the excuse of non-neurotic big strong men to not ride the subway?
Sean Duffy: "The truth is, transit across America is dangerous. And these liberals -- liberal mayors -- they want everybody out of cars and into trains but they made the trains unsafe so nobody really wants to ride them ... even big men don't want to ride the subway at those times of night."
April 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The only reason I don't use public transit much is because I have literal clinical contamination OCD around germs and dirt etc (working on it!).
What is the excuse of non-neurotic big strong men to not ride the subway?
What is the excuse of non-neurotic big strong men to not ride the subway?
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Carney: The system of global trade anchored on the United States.. is over. Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over. The 80 year period when the United States embraced the mantle of economic leadership… is over.
April 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Carney: The system of global trade anchored on the United States.. is over. Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over. The 80 year period when the United States embraced the mantle of economic leadership… is over.
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It's 1828. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons.
It's 1929. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons.
It's 2025. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the ce
It's 1929. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons.
It's 2025. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the ce
April 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
It's 1828. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons.
It's 1929. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons.
It's 2025. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the ce
It's 1929. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons.
It's 2025. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the ce
Google fuck off! This fucking thing opens every fucking time I open my fucking gmail. I read the blog post, I tried it, it's dumb, what the fuck do I have to do to get it to stop coming the fuck up jesus fucking christ. I'm considering fucking leaving gmail altogether! Fuck
April 3, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Google fuck off! This fucking thing opens every fucking time I open my fucking gmail. I read the blog post, I tried it, it's dumb, what the fuck do I have to do to get it to stop coming the fuck up jesus fucking christ. I'm considering fucking leaving gmail altogether! Fuck
I miss unabashed neoliberal globalism
April 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I miss unabashed neoliberal globalism
I love these posts every year
www.theverge.com/tech/641940/...
www.theverge.com/tech/641940/...
Best printer 2025: just buy a Brother laser printer, the winner is clear, middle finger in the air
Best Printer 2025: wireless laser home office supply shop now Brother
www.theverge.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I love these posts every year
www.theverge.com/tech/641940/...
www.theverge.com/tech/641940/...
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"If America hasn’t broken your heart, you don’t love her enough.”
— Senator Cory Booker
— Senator Cory Booker
April 2, 2025 at 1:31 AM
"If America hasn’t broken your heart, you don’t love her enough.”
— Senator Cory Booker
— Senator Cory Booker
If you want to do maximal damage to civilization short of a large nuclear exchange between major powers, ending the Fed and asserting political control over monetary policy on the US may well be it.
Audience member: “What is your opinion on the Federal Reserve and do you have any intentions of doing anything with them?”
Elon Musk: “End the Fed!”
[maniacal laugh]
“…I always wanted to say that.”
Elon Musk: “End the Fed!”
[maniacal laugh]
“…I always wanted to say that.”
March 31, 2025 at 8:49 AM
If you want to do maximal damage to civilization short of a large nuclear exchange between major powers, ending the Fed and asserting political control over monetary policy on the US may well be it.
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throwing away the US led world order to make threats of annexation towards a sparsely populated frozen tundra has to be the top political blunder of all time, right?
Imagine any other world leader saying this about another country.
March 30, 2025 at 6:15 AM
throwing away the US led world order to make threats of annexation towards a sparsely populated frozen tundra has to be the top political blunder of all time, right?
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This isn't just a ludicrously insane rant. It's the sort of rant you'd hear from the likes of Hitler or Idi Amin or any dictator who's hellbent on ethnic cleansing, and who views mass death in the process as an acceptable or even attractive outcome.
We defeat this regime, or it butchers millions.
We defeat this regime, or it butchers millions.
March 30, 2025 at 10:20 AM
This isn't just a ludicrously insane rant. It's the sort of rant you'd hear from the likes of Hitler or Idi Amin or any dictator who's hellbent on ethnic cleansing, and who views mass death in the process as an acceptable or even attractive outcome.
We defeat this regime, or it butchers millions.
We defeat this regime, or it butchers millions.
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From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
March 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
Pour one out* for the lovers of dust dry chicken, delicious paninis, and bed bacon.
*the grease, obviously
*the grease, obviously
George Foreman, the heavyweight champion who fought Muhammad Ali and was known for his ferociousness in the ring and bubbly personality, has died.
www.latimes.com/obituaries/s...
www.latimes.com/obituaries/s...
March 22, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Pour one out* for the lovers of dust dry chicken, delicious paninis, and bed bacon.
*the grease, obviously
*the grease, obviously
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"If the transit agency doesn’t get those permits because of these delays, they are empowered to just begin construction. The legislation also limits local governments from requiring concessions unrelated to the project as a requirement for receiving a permit."
cal.streetsblog.org/2025/02/19/w...
cal.streetsblog.org/2025/02/19/w...
Wiener Introduces Legislation to Speed-Up Permitting for Major Transit Projects - Including High-Speed Rail - Streetsblog California
“Public transportation is critical to California’s future, but a broken permit process has eroded Californians’ trust in transit agencies’ ability to deliver projects on time and on budget.”
cal.streetsblog.org
March 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"If the transit agency doesn’t get those permits because of these delays, they are empowered to just begin construction. The legislation also limits local governments from requiring concessions unrelated to the project as a requirement for receiving a permit."
cal.streetsblog.org/2025/02/19/w...
cal.streetsblog.org/2025/02/19/w...