Joshua Failé
@joshuafaile.bsky.social
(he/him)
Neurodivergent Social Democrat in Maine working to build a diverse, equitable, and inclusive society.
Economist by training, Spanish-English-American by birth, and antifascist by moral imperative.
We must act now before it is too late.
Neurodivergent Social Democrat in Maine working to build a diverse, equitable, and inclusive society.
Economist by training, Spanish-English-American by birth, and antifascist by moral imperative.
We must act now before it is too late.
@chadfinn.bsky.social @sampfeifle.bsky.social It appears the error (or perhaps delay in tabulation) for North Yarmouth in AP‘s data model has been corrected.
November 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
@chadfinn.bsky.social @sampfeifle.bsky.social It appears the error (or perhaps delay in tabulation) for North Yarmouth in AP‘s data model has been corrected.
#MEPolitics: Just a reminder that Janet Mills opposed Question 2.
November 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
#MEPolitics: Just a reminder that Janet Mills opposed Question 2.
#MEPolitics: @bangordailynews.bsky.social has confirmed that progressive candidates Susan Faloon, Daniel Carson, and Angela Walker have won the three open Bangor City Council seats!
And Richard Ward—the openly White Nationalist and Neo-Nazi candidate—has been soundly rejected!
And Richard Ward—the openly White Nationalist and Neo-Nazi candidate—has been soundly rejected!
November 5, 2025 at 3:32 AM
#MEPolitics: @bangordailynews.bsky.social has confirmed that progressive candidates Susan Faloon, Daniel Carson, and Angela Walker have won the three open Bangor City Council seats!
And Richard Ward—the openly White Nationalist and Neo-Nazi candidate—has been soundly rejected!
And Richard Ward—the openly White Nationalist and Neo-Nazi candidate—has been soundly rejected!
#MEPolitics: @nbcnews.com has officially projected that Question 2 has passed!
November 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
#MEPolitics: @nbcnews.com has officially projected that Question 2 has passed!
#MEPolitics: @nbcnews.com has officially projected that Question 1 has been defeated!
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
#MEPolitics: @nbcnews.com has officially projected that Question 1 has been defeated!
@hankgreen.bsky.social I think it is time to coin the phrase ‘AIrony‘.
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 AM
@hankgreen.bsky.social I think it is time to coin the phrase ‘AIrony‘.
The Trump regime could be funding SNAP during the shutdown—or simply end the shutdown by renewing ACA subsidies so millions don’t lose healthcare—but instead it has chosen again to punish the poor and vulnerable.
If you can, please give to your local food banks and community support organisations.
If you can, please give to your local food banks and community support organisations.
November 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The Trump regime could be funding SNAP during the shutdown—or simply end the shutdown by renewing ACA subsidies so millions don’t lose healthcare—but instead it has chosen again to punish the poor and vulnerable.
If you can, please give to your local food banks and community support organisations.
If you can, please give to your local food banks and community support organisations.
#MEPolitics: My family is out again on this lovely Autumn afternoon knocking on doors on behalf of Daniel Carson for Bangor City Council and NO on Question 1 ahead of election day on Tuesday, 4 Nov.
November 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
#MEPolitics: My family is out again on this lovely Autumn afternoon knocking on doors on behalf of Daniel Carson for Bangor City Council and NO on Question 1 ahead of election day on Tuesday, 4 Nov.
#MEPolitics: Out canvassing in our neighbourhood on behalf of Daniel Carson for Bangor City Council (and against Question 1) on this beautiful Maine Autumn afternoon.
October 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
#MEPolitics: Out canvassing in our neighbourhood on behalf of Daniel Carson for Bangor City Council (and against Question 1) on this beautiful Maine Autumn afternoon.
These are people that hold official positions in what is (now) nominally the federal government.
October 17, 2025 at 3:59 AM
These are people that hold official positions in what is (now) nominally the federal government.
Just for some background, Richard Ward, the person on the far right (fitting) of the stream video frame that spoke earlier, is a devote White Nationalist, and embodies everything that I—and so many I know—detest.
October 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Just for some background, Richard Ward, the person on the far right (fitting) of the stream video frame that spoke earlier, is a devote White Nationalist, and embodies everything that I—and so many I know—detest.
I think you may be sparring with someone’s burner account.
October 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I think you may be sparring with someone’s burner account.
The Democratic Party establishment made it clear it did not want Platner to run, convinced Mills to enter the race, and is now deploying the entire party apparatus behind her.
I’m not sure why experienced political scientists and analysts keep claiming this will be a “competitive primary”.
I’m not sure why experienced political scientists and analysts keep claiming this will be a “competitive primary”.
October 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The Democratic Party establishment made it clear it did not want Platner to run, convinced Mills to enter the race, and is now deploying the entire party apparatus behind her.
I’m not sure why experienced political scientists and analysts keep claiming this will be a “competitive primary”.
I’m not sure why experienced political scientists and analysts keep claiming this will be a “competitive primary”.
“And we’re going to claim we’re being ‘silenced’ and ‘persecuted’ all the way there.” The Atlantic
October 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
“And we’re going to claim we’re being ‘silenced’ and ‘persecuted’ all the way there.” The Atlantic
Never mind. Her response to the answers to her obvious intentionally provocative take—whilst she largely ignores good faith replies from prominent journalists stating exactly why the appointment of Bari Weiss is garnering such strong criticism—indicates she is employing Weiss’ “persecuted” schtick.
October 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Never mind. Her response to the answers to her obvious intentionally provocative take—whilst she largely ignores good faith replies from prominent journalists stating exactly why the appointment of Bari Weiss is garnering such strong criticism—indicates she is employing Weiss’ “persecuted” schtick.
Randos trying to strike up a conversation in coffee shops in Portland and Chicago this morning.
October 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Randos trying to strike up a conversation in coffee shops in Portland and Chicago this morning.
As always, Trump is completely fabricating statistics to justify his demonstratively fascist rhetoric and actions. And you can be confident the various prosecutions bringing suit against the regime to stop the military occupations will be using these statements as evidence of malicious intent.
October 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
As always, Trump is completely fabricating statistics to justify his demonstratively fascist rhetoric and actions. And you can be confident the various prosecutions bringing suit against the regime to stop the military occupations will be using these statements as evidence of malicious intent.
I was chatting with a mate this morning before the markets opened about a tip I gave him awhile ago on a quantum computing stock which worked out well for both of us and he asked if I was hot on anything at the moment. I replied that I actually closed out of all my active positions a few weeks ago…
October 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I was chatting with a mate this morning before the markets opened about a tip I gave him awhile ago on a quantum computing stock which worked out well for both of us and he asked if I was hot on anything at the moment. I replied that I actually closed out of all my active positions a few weeks ago…
TRANSLATION:
The goal is simple: I want to identify people that value journalistic integrity, truth, and ethics rather than sensationalism, propaganda, and sycophancy so I can purge them from the organisation as quickly as possible.
Yours,
Bari
The goal is simple: I want to identify people that value journalistic integrity, truth, and ethics rather than sensationalism, propaganda, and sycophancy so I can purge them from the organisation as quickly as possible.
Yours,
Bari
October 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
TRANSLATION:
The goal is simple: I want to identify people that value journalistic integrity, truth, and ethics rather than sensationalism, propaganda, and sycophancy so I can purge them from the organisation as quickly as possible.
Yours,
Bari
The goal is simple: I want to identify people that value journalistic integrity, truth, and ethics rather than sensationalism, propaganda, and sycophancy so I can purge them from the organisation as quickly as possible.
Yours,
Bari
We are all this C-SPAN host.
October 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
We are all this C-SPAN host.
Anyone know if the day spa the Trump regime transferred Ghislaine Maxwell to has a fifth floor?
October 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Anyone know if the day spa the Trump regime transferred Ghislaine Maxwell to has a fifth floor?
To be fair, I wouldn’t give anything written in the Daily Caller any weight.
October 7, 2025 at 1:49 AM
To be fair, I wouldn’t give anything written in the Daily Caller any weight.
The irony is that @radiofreetom.burly.social blocked me for this thread whilst I was sitting in the gallery at the Bangor City Council Gov Ops meeting to support a proposed resolution outlining how the city will work to protect immigrant members of our community in the face of more ICE activity.
October 7, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The irony is that @radiofreetom.burly.social blocked me for this thread whilst I was sitting in the gallery at the Bangor City Council Gov Ops meeting to support a proposed resolution outlining how the city will work to protect immigrant members of our community in the face of more ICE activity.
Apparently Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social is not open to good faith debate, as he blocked me after I posted this thread.
October 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Apparently Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social is not open to good faith debate, as he blocked me after I posted this thread.