Josh, the Salem Gadfly
@joshtur.bsky.social
Retired politician and current small business owner in Salem MA. Somewhat less filtered than average.
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Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
The state’s elimination of vaccine mandates is a courageous first step toward decluttering itself of any excess kids.
www.theatlantic.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
I get this - Amazon has their uses, but buy your dead tree books from great local bookstores, not Amazon. I like my Kindle, it’s handy. I like real books more and buy as many as I can from WGB. And other indie stores.
Bookshop.org’s Anti-Prime Sale is here and that can only mean one thing: FREE STANDARD SHIPPING!
From Tuesday, July 8–Friday, July 11, enjoy free shipping sitewide while benefiting WGB and all indie bookstores!
https://bookshop.org/shop/wickedgoodbooks
From Tuesday, July 8–Friday, July 11, enjoy free shipping sitewide while benefiting WGB and all indie bookstores!
https://bookshop.org/shop/wickedgoodbooks
July 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I get this - Amazon has their uses, but buy your dead tree books from great local bookstores, not Amazon. I like my Kindle, it’s handy. I like real books more and buy as many as I can from WGB. And other indie stores.
I’d been excited for Threads, and then the stupid people found it.
July 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I’d been excited for Threads, and then the stupid people found it.
The logical place for someone with actual principles to wind up.
I’m a freedom-loving conservative. I left the Republican Party 5yrs ago. Today, I’m doing something I never thought I’d do - I’m formally joining the Democratic Party. Here’s why:👇 open.substack.com/pub/socialco...
From the TEA Party to the Democratic Party
Yup, I'm finally making the leap
open.substack.com
June 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The logical place for someone with actual principles to wind up.
We had a post from @gruber.foo today about the lawsuit over Apple Intelligence. I'm guessing the lawsuit is because of the Siri delay. Yes, Apple screwed up but they also very clearly said that AI was something in beta that would be rolling out over time. And it is, in fact, rolling out over time.
March 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
We had a post from @gruber.foo today about the lawsuit over Apple Intelligence. I'm guessing the lawsuit is because of the Siri delay. Yes, Apple screwed up but they also very clearly said that AI was something in beta that would be rolling out over time. And it is, in fact, rolling out over time.
Well, enjoy the brief respite from COVID-driven supply chain disruption inflation and prepare for the tariff-driven economic crash that’ll cost a lot of people (especially the blue collar workers who thought Democrats didn’t care about them) their jobs.
February 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Well, enjoy the brief respite from COVID-driven supply chain disruption inflation and prepare for the tariff-driven economic crash that’ll cost a lot of people (especially the blue collar workers who thought Democrats didn’t care about them) their jobs.
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Not surprised that Trump has no respect the territorial integrity of Denmark — he had no respect the territorial integrity of E. Jean Carroll either.
January 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Not surprised that Trump has no respect the territorial integrity of Denmark — he had no respect the territorial integrity of E. Jean Carroll either.
My kid, hearing me coughing when I got home from the gym: “Dad, are you sick?”
Me: “No, I’m fine. This is just Fran cough. It happens.”
He still doesn’t believe me, and thinks I have plague. Even though the cough is gone now.
Me: “No, I’m fine. This is just Fran cough. It happens.”
He still doesn’t believe me, and thinks I have plague. Even though the cough is gone now.
January 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
My kid, hearing me coughing when I got home from the gym: “Dad, are you sick?”
Me: “No, I’m fine. This is just Fran cough. It happens.”
He still doesn’t believe me, and thinks I have plague. Even though the cough is gone now.
Me: “No, I’m fine. This is just Fran cough. It happens.”
He still doesn’t believe me, and thinks I have plague. Even though the cough is gone now.
In other words, pronouns and identification are not that big a deal unless you want a culture war.
A dialogue:
—In what sense is God male? Does God have a Y-chromosome or a penis?
—No.
—Then why do you say God is male?
—Because in the Bible, when God speaks of Godself, God uses 3rd-person masculine pronouns & verb forms.
—Ah, so you're saying God *identifies* as male and has preferred pronouns.
—In what sense is God male? Does God have a Y-chromosome or a penis?
—No.
—Then why do you say God is male?
—Because in the Bible, when God speaks of Godself, God uses 3rd-person masculine pronouns & verb forms.
—Ah, so you're saying God *identifies* as male and has preferred pronouns.
November 21, 2024 at 10:00 PM
In other words, pronouns and identification are not that big a deal unless you want a culture war.
The world may be falling apart, but at least I had Bonchon for lunch with my kid today.
November 21, 2024 at 7:07 PM
The world may be falling apart, but at least I had Bonchon for lunch with my kid today.
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In most US states there is one total trans person playing one sport. This is not a realistic or workable solution. There are not enough trans athletes in most states to field a starting 11 on one soccer team.
November 19, 2024 at 4:16 PM
In most US states there is one total trans person playing one sport. This is not a realistic or workable solution. There are not enough trans athletes in most states to field a starting 11 on one soccer team.
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*dipping a jumbo shrimp into cocktail sauce* i would never *stuffing a lobster roll in mouth* eat a *gorging on crawfish etouffee* bug
Pierre Poilievre is running a petition opposing Justin Trudeau’s “woke agenda” to force Canadians to “eat bugs”
November 16, 2024 at 6:43 PM
*dipping a jumbo shrimp into cocktail sauce* i would never *stuffing a lobster roll in mouth* eat a *gorging on crawfish etouffee* bug
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Who made this? Ahahaha
November 15, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Who made this? Ahahaha
I’m the only person in my household who consistently turns lights off when leaving a room. If I hadn’t been an LED early adopter my electric bill would be about $1k every month.
November 15, 2024 at 2:18 PM
I’m the only person in my household who consistently turns lights off when leaving a room. If I hadn’t been an LED early adopter my electric bill would be about $1k every month.
Descending ladder workout this morning: 1250m row, 50 sit-ups, 100 dubs, dropping each of 5 rounds to end with 250, 10, 20. Amazingly I finished in 29:00, under the 35:00 cap.
I’ll pay for it the rest of the day.
I’ll pay for it the rest of the day.
November 15, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Descending ladder workout this morning: 1250m row, 50 sit-ups, 100 dubs, dropping each of 5 rounds to end with 250, 10, 20. Amazingly I finished in 29:00, under the 35:00 cap.
I’ll pay for it the rest of the day.
I’ll pay for it the rest of the day.
Perfect. I suspect this nomination is doomed.
Someone said matt gaetz thought a “recess appointment” was where to meet his next date, and oh myyy
November 14, 2024 at 2:15 AM
Perfect. I suspect this nomination is doomed.
Honestly, I’m pretty happy mostly lurking here. The algorithm shows me far less toxic content and it feels the most like Old Twitter.
November 13, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Honestly, I’m pretty happy mostly lurking here. The algorithm shows me far less toxic content and it feels the most like Old Twitter.
I don’t always agree with Krugman, but he’s forgotten more about economics than I’ll ever know, and he has a Nobel while I’m just a schlub with an IT job and a polymath of mediocrity. So I’m sharing his take because he’s way smarter than me.
Debates about the causes of inflation and disinflation are getting strangely tangled, partly because some people don't seem to recognize that both aggregate demand and aggregate supply can shift. Here, using standard textbook pictures, is what I think happened 1/
January 19, 2024 at 3:32 PM
I don’t always agree with Krugman, but he’s forgotten more about economics than I’ll ever know, and he has a Nobel while I’m just a schlub with an IT job and a polymath of mediocrity. So I’m sharing his take because he’s way smarter than me.
Well, no going back to Twitter now, account’s deleted.
November 26, 2023 at 2:46 AM
Well, no going back to Twitter now, account’s deleted.
Deleted the app formerly known as Twitter from my iPhone today. I don’t miss it so far.
November 4, 2023 at 2:24 PM
Deleted the app formerly known as Twitter from my iPhone today. I don’t miss it so far.
Still searching for that twitter-esque hit of fast microblogging, insightful reading, few trolls and fewer nazis. Threads is ok, hoping this is better. Reading here is pretty ok so far.
October 22, 2023 at 11:02 PM
Still searching for that twitter-esque hit of fast microblogging, insightful reading, few trolls and fewer nazis. Threads is ok, hoping this is better. Reading here is pretty ok so far.