josh oftenly
@joshoftenly.bsky.social
kentucky born 'n raised, chinese speakin redneck livin in beijing, china. programmer, comedian, weightlifter, rock climber.
posts: jokes. some political humor, expat stuff, china and international news
posts: jokes. some political humor, expat stuff, china and international news
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josh oftenly
@joshoftenly.bsky.social
· Dec 16
I do comedy, coding, podcasting, and teaching. I live in Beijing and I'm originally from Kentucky. I post jokes, keep you up to date on tech and ESL and a little intl politics.
Wanna learn to code? Learn English as your first language!
I speak Chinese, some French and Spanish, JS fullstack Python
Wanna learn to code? Learn English as your first language!
I speak Chinese, some French and Spanish, JS fullstack Python
With most of the news behind a paywall it’s a small wonder the majority of people tend to get their news from headlines only at best and rando TikTok’s at worst. Democracy gonna die in “like and subscribe if you want more”
October 22, 2025 at 2:13 AM
With most of the news behind a paywall it’s a small wonder the majority of people tend to get their news from headlines only at best and rando TikTok’s at worst. Democracy gonna die in “like and subscribe if you want more”
One thing we've certainly learning during the Epstein Scandal is no one knows how to pronounce Ghislaine Maxwell's first name.
July 28, 2025 at 5:58 AM
One thing we've certainly learning during the Epstein Scandal is no one knows how to pronounce Ghislaine Maxwell's first name.
The way taxis drive in Hong Kong reminds me of how I drive in Need for Speed. Where crashes are rewindable.
July 17, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The way taxis drive in Hong Kong reminds me of how I drive in Need for Speed. Where crashes are rewindable.
Shocking! How is this even legal! Outrageous! Unbelievable! Must see! I skim the news for 2 minutes and this is the lead on everything. If everything is outrageous then nothing is. How far from breaking news is broken news? Algorithms are breaking people’s ability to sort useful information.
July 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Shocking! How is this even legal! Outrageous! Unbelievable! Must see! I skim the news for 2 minutes and this is the lead on everything. If everything is outrageous then nothing is. How far from breaking news is broken news? Algorithms are breaking people’s ability to sort useful information.
Jade at the Capital Museum in Beijing. Sadly they didn’t let me bring any of this home.
June 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Jade at the Capital Museum in Beijing. Sadly they didn’t let me bring any of this home.
I think it should be illegal for bots to act like humans. I realize this is strange right now cause this is all so new. But seriously. I think we’re getting manipulated by a bunch of bots and gullible people and normal people caught up because what looks like trends are just servers of bots.
April 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I think it should be illegal for bots to act like humans. I realize this is strange right now cause this is all so new. But seriously. I think we’re getting manipulated by a bunch of bots and gullible people and normal people caught up because what looks like trends are just servers of bots.
The second episode of The ESL Show is out! One of the funnest and funniest interviews I've ever had. I hope you enjoy it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTnR...
The ESL show ep2: English from abroad
YouTube video by The ESL Show
www.youtube.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The second episode of The ESL Show is out! One of the funnest and funniest interviews I've ever had. I hope you enjoy it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTnR...
Latest episode of.... The ESL Show is out! First episode ever! Take a moment to check it out on youtube before I drop it to all the podcast feeds www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdme...
The ESL Show ep1
YouTube video by The ESL Show
www.youtube.com
April 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Latest episode of.... The ESL Show is out! First episode ever! Take a moment to check it out on youtube before I drop it to all the podcast feeds www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdme...
soo uhhhh I live in China and people (expats) are panic buying cheez-its because they're about to be like 30 dollars here... this is a real disaster.
April 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
soo uhhhh I live in China and people (expats) are panic buying cheez-its because they're about to be like 30 dollars here... this is a real disaster.
I been working through 100 days of python on udemy. Best 23 bucks I think I ever spent on coding
February 8, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I been working through 100 days of python on udemy. Best 23 bucks I think I ever spent on coding
I don't know what's worse. Getting treated like we're stupid or demonstrably being stupid.
Deepseek is released. It's not bad.
o3 is suddenly free.
y'all realize when companies compete they take money out of their pockets and put it into their products. Otherwise it's just shareholders gaining
Deepseek is released. It's not bad.
o3 is suddenly free.
y'all realize when companies compete they take money out of their pockets and put it into their products. Otherwise it's just shareholders gaining
February 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I don't know what's worse. Getting treated like we're stupid or demonstrably being stupid.
Deepseek is released. It's not bad.
o3 is suddenly free.
y'all realize when companies compete they take money out of their pockets and put it into their products. Otherwise it's just shareholders gaining
Deepseek is released. It's not bad.
o3 is suddenly free.
y'all realize when companies compete they take money out of their pockets and put it into their products. Otherwise it's just shareholders gaining
I think we should just focus on the money.
focus on who's in government, who's making money off all this
focus on who's in government, who's making money off all this
February 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I think we should just focus on the money.
focus on who's in government, who's making money off all this
focus on who's in government, who's making money off all this
Reposted by josh oftenly
Coding in python, it'll be fun they said...
January 31, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Coding in python, it'll be fun they said...
What kills Dems is that liberals first priority is kill the left, squash dissent from anything remotely populist and then start to organize to come up with a committee to study how they need to figure out how to politely engage in a bipartisan effort to work on good policy issues with the right.
January 31, 2025 at 12:28 PM
What kills Dems is that liberals first priority is kill the left, squash dissent from anything remotely populist and then start to organize to come up with a committee to study how they need to figure out how to politely engage in a bipartisan effort to work on good policy issues with the right.
Deepseek explaining math as good as any heavily accented tutorial on yt.
January 31, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Deepseek explaining math as good as any heavily accented tutorial on yt.
no offense but Trump voters are here for the chaos. They think it's necessary to achieve a better government. They also don't care about liberal tears, they love when we're outraged. Also like 40% of them don't watch, never listen to the news... so these such tweets are just shouting into the void.
This is a reminder that no one can convince Trump voters to no longer support Trump, better than Trump can.
January 31, 2025 at 5:34 AM
no offense but Trump voters are here for the chaos. They think it's necessary to achieve a better government. They also don't care about liberal tears, they love when we're outraged. Also like 40% of them don't watch, never listen to the news... so these such tweets are just shouting into the void.
I just started a calculus source because I have always wanted to learn it. I was stuck on a question. My gf (who is chinese) made fun of me for 10 minutes for not knowing. There's a math deficiency in America. She went to art school in China and got more math classes than I did :(
January 31, 2025 at 5:32 AM
I just started a calculus source because I have always wanted to learn it. I was stuck on a question. My gf (who is chinese) made fun of me for 10 minutes for not knowing. There's a math deficiency in America. She went to art school in China and got more math classes than I did :(
yay! From those who brought you lukewarm candidates like Liz Cheney and Mitt Romney! And political opportunists (who aren't jumping ship just jumping for cash!) we have....
Another losing bet with the lincoln project!
Another losing bet with the lincoln project!
A message to the US Senate: America is watching. Patel, Gabbard, and RFK are more than just unfit. They are a danger to our country, and to our people's safety. Use your vote to protect the people you represent. History will remember your choice.
A Message to the US Senate
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
youtu.be
January 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
yay! From those who brought you lukewarm candidates like Liz Cheney and Mitt Romney! And political opportunists (who aren't jumping ship just jumping for cash!) we have....
Another losing bet with the lincoln project!
Another losing bet with the lincoln project!
Guys I don’t think libraries gonna fix this
January 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Guys I don’t think libraries gonna fix this
Liberals fighting for democracy: 1st Make sure your cats are spade and neutered, 2nd make sure you’ve donated to NPR. 3rd subscribe to NYT bc print media needs your support. Ok. Now that that’s done, vote center left. The left wants to help the poor too much.
January 29, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Liberals fighting for democracy: 1st Make sure your cats are spade and neutered, 2nd make sure you’ve donated to NPR. 3rd subscribe to NYT bc print media needs your support. Ok. Now that that’s done, vote center left. The left wants to help the poor too much.
Two things need to change: one centrists first enemy being leftists. And leftists first enemy being democrats. Unless that gets some unity the democrats gonna just be starting off with attacks on itself before even to start talking about Republicans wackiness.
January 29, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Two things need to change: one centrists first enemy being leftists. And leftists first enemy being democrats. Unless that gets some unity the democrats gonna just be starting off with attacks on itself before even to start talking about Republicans wackiness.
Reposted by josh oftenly
Libs on bluesky will really be like "you believe in community organizing and mutual aid? That pales in effectiveness to my strategy, winning elections and hoping the politicians fix all the problems" and then not win elections.
January 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Libs on bluesky will really be like "you believe in community organizing and mutual aid? That pales in effectiveness to my strategy, winning elections and hoping the politicians fix all the problems" and then not win elections.
Reposted by josh oftenly
I’m also trying to point out that just reacting to the latest of Trump’s bullshit, in many ways, got us here. While the right has been building a genuine movement (sure it’s bullshit) but my point is what is Dems movement? Yay!Globalism! Institutions but this time with feeling?!!
This isn’t enough
This isn’t enough
January 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I’m also trying to point out that just reacting to the latest of Trump’s bullshit, in many ways, got us here. While the right has been building a genuine movement (sure it’s bullshit) but my point is what is Dems movement? Yay!Globalism! Institutions but this time with feeling?!!
This isn’t enough
This isn’t enough