Josh Masur
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Josh Masur
@joshmasur.bsky.social
Persistent weak layer.
Here's the thing that really gets me: There were no surprises.

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November 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Pretty spot on, IMNSHO.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/o...
Opinion | Why American Jews No Longer Understand One Another
www.nytimes.com
July 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
When people ask what protest accomplishes....

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
What a ‘Spiral of Silence’ Can Do to a Democracy
Protests show people they are not alone in caring about an issue.
www.theatlantic.com
July 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Has anyone ever referred to anyone as "a spring chicken," or is spring-chickenhood defined entirely in the negative?
July 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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June 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Stephan Miller simultaneously puts the "creep" in "creeping fascism" and excludes the "slow moving" meaning of the word.
June 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Incredible to get so many people on *Harvard’s* side, what’re they gonna do to get us all rooting for Duke basketball somehow
May 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Forget the Ten Plagues and Escaping, the Pharaoh and His Rich Friends Say They’re on Our Side www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/for...
Forget the Ten Plagues and Escaping, the Pharaoh and His Rich Friends Say They’re on Our Side
Our tribe is facing an existential threat. Now is not the time for division. We must work together to protect our future. That’s why, instead of in...
www.mcsweeneys.net
April 15, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Congratulations to my friend and colleague Brian Beck for obtaining terminating sanctions against a plaintiff who committed perjury and obtained his copyright registrations through fraud on the Copyright Office!

drive.google.com/file/d/1f4vB...
03-27-2025 - 0124 - MEMORANDUM Opinion and Order Signed by the Honorable Georgia N Alexakis on 32725.pdf
drive.google.com
March 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Reposted by Josh Masur
Whether it’s Donald Trump attack attacking Haitian refugees working blue-collar jobs in industrial Ohio cities or Tim Walz criticizing a South African billionaire working to install a fascist autocracy in Washington DC, members of both parties have adopted an anti-immigrant stance.
March 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
March 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
HOW TO COPE... while under psychological assault:

(a thread written by a friend who will remain anonymous unless they choose not to)
March 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is within the predicted range of results.
February 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This is not the "Dry January" we had in mind.

#tahoe
January 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Is the opposite of the "Deep State" the "Shallow State"? AFAF.
January 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
That's more like it.
January 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Too wet for a good walk.
December 27, 2024 at 6:48 PM
I aspire to this subtitle.
November 26, 2024 at 5:35 AM
November 25, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Same dough. Different treatments.
November 24, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Good morning from Alpine Meadows, California.
November 24, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Trademark geeks: The Penn State v Vintage Brand verdict is in.

The jury found Penn State's trademarks infringed and valid, assessing total damages of $28k.
November 21, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Greetings from sunny California.

(Lake Tahoe, to be specific.)
November 18, 2024 at 7:32 PM