Joshua
@joshuaofthesea.bsky.social
Product person in health tech / supply chain / AI. Formerly Director of Backspaces, Twitter. On a never-ending quest to understand human behavior, correlate social/political outcomes, and develop personal ideological nuance and backbone.
Vibe coding without any real backend engineering skill is epitomized by Lovable saying it did a thing when it only did half a thing.
December 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Vibe coding without any real backend engineering skill is epitomized by Lovable saying it did a thing when it only did half a thing.
Solved TEN wars and survived THREE assassination attempts!
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Solved TEN wars and survived THREE assassination attempts!
Press Office retruthing this photo in a few hours with "After JOE BIDEN nefariously left contaminated CANCER CELLS in the Oval Office in an attempt to POISON President Trump, our brave leader somberly directs hundreds of people away from DANGER all while his 100% healthy body fights off the pain.
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Press Office retruthing this photo in a few hours with "After JOE BIDEN nefariously left contaminated CANCER CELLS in the Oval Office in an attempt to POISON President Trump, our brave leader somberly directs hundreds of people away from DANGER all while his 100% healthy body fights off the pain.
No nuke testing since '92 but carrying that football around with him has turned into a kid attempting to not touch his trick or treat harvest.
October 30, 2025 at 3:18 AM
No nuke testing since '92 but carrying that football around with him has turned into a kid attempting to not touch his trick or treat harvest.
I want to have been in Walter Reed with him. Did Trump boldly declare "tiger, elephant, giraffe" to the psychologist? Did they lie to Trump and tell him he got them all right? Did he get them right at that point, but is so impaired that he can't later recall what animals he was looking at?
“A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe…”
October 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I want to have been in Walter Reed with him. Did Trump boldly declare "tiger, elephant, giraffe" to the psychologist? Did they lie to Trump and tell him he got them all right? Did he get them right at that point, but is so impaired that he can't later recall what animals he was looking at?
Your average Thursday morning:
Terry Rozier arrested on fixing games/stats.
Chauncey Billups arrested on high stakes poker.
Damon Jones arrested for who knows what kind of betting.
I hate sports gambling.
Terry Rozier arrested on fixing games/stats.
Chauncey Billups arrested on high stakes poker.
Damon Jones arrested for who knows what kind of betting.
I hate sports gambling.
October 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Your average Thursday morning:
Terry Rozier arrested on fixing games/stats.
Chauncey Billups arrested on high stakes poker.
Damon Jones arrested for who knows what kind of betting.
I hate sports gambling.
Terry Rozier arrested on fixing games/stats.
Chauncey Billups arrested on high stakes poker.
Damon Jones arrested for who knows what kind of betting.
I hate sports gambling.
Step 1: Spend $21B aiding Israel in genocide.
Step 2: Tell them to stop after they've razed much of Gaza in two years.
Step 3: "Blessed are the peacemakers!"
Step 2: Tell them to stop after they've razed much of Gaza in two years.
Step 3: "Blessed are the peacemakers!"
Scalise: "If Nobel wants to restore what used to be a once dignified prize, they can restore their credibility by awarding President Trump the Nobel Peace Prize. He's earned it."
October 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Step 1: Spend $21B aiding Israel in genocide.
Step 2: Tell them to stop after they've razed much of Gaza in two years.
Step 3: "Blessed are the peacemakers!"
Step 2: Tell them to stop after they've razed much of Gaza in two years.
Step 3: "Blessed are the peacemakers!"
Alt/paraphrase: "And these scientists and researchers, they came to me and said, "Sir, indeed the proof is not in the pudding.' To which I replied,'Well, why do you think I brought this handle of vodka?'"
RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."
October 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Alt/paraphrase: "And these scientists and researchers, they came to me and said, "Sir, indeed the proof is not in the pudding.' To which I replied,'Well, why do you think I brought this handle of vodka?'"
We didn't hit the J6 criminals hard enough. Every person who willingly cooperated in this hostile takeover of our country needs to be imprisoned and registered on a Democracy Offenders Database that renders them unemployable and unable to enjoy any remainder of their life.
CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?
October 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
We didn't hit the J6 criminals hard enough. Every person who willingly cooperated in this hostile takeover of our country needs to be imprisoned and registered on a Democracy Offenders Database that renders them unemployable and unable to enjoy any remainder of their life.
Them: we have war at home
The war at home:
The war at home:
Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.
October 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Them: we have war at home
The war at home:
The war at home:
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If you're shopping on Amazon on Prime Day or one of the big sale events, use camelcamelcamel to see if you're actually getting a deal. This sale is a "Prime Big Deal" at 43% off and yet it's gone down to this price 20+ times in a year. It's also never even hit $26, much less the $36 listed.
October 7, 2025 at 7:59 AM
If you're shopping on Amazon on Prime Day or one of the big sale events, use camelcamelcamel to see if you're actually getting a deal. This sale is a "Prime Big Deal" at 43% off and yet it's gone down to this price 20+ times in a year. It's also never even hit $26, much less the $36 listed.
Think of the end goal here. "Plenary power," as Stephen Miller put it. To do that, stop elections. To do that, declare war. To do that, send thugs that have no value to Trump other than to agitate enough to force retaliation by civilians first and state governments second.
Not only can states prosecute felonious federal officials, it is a tactic that has been championed by some on the right, as I discuss here.
States can step into the breach
Just because Pam Bondi won't hold Trump's thugs accountable doesn't mean they're above all laws.
open.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Think of the end goal here. "Plenary power," as Stephen Miller put it. To do that, stop elections. To do that, declare war. To do that, send thugs that have no value to Trump other than to agitate enough to force retaliation by civilians first and state governments second.
Somewhere in the Pentagon and the White House, at least one person has said something to the effect of, "Charlie's death was awful, but he's going to be the martyr we can use to declare civil war / suspension of elections / go all in on occupying every Democrat stronghold."
September 11, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Somewhere in the Pentagon and the White House, at least one person has said something to the effect of, "Charlie's death was awful, but he's going to be the martyr we can use to declare civil war / suspension of elections / go all in on occupying every Democrat stronghold."
Dictator math: Cut any sort of welfare and support that would get people into a better situation and then criminalize their very existence as they drown in your systematic lobotomy of "for the people" governance.
the intensity of my anger at those who would criminalize the homeless — a population literally created by the greed and callousness of the ruling class — is very hard to contain. it was you who dismantled the safety net. if you don’t like the results, put it back
August 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Dictator math: Cut any sort of welfare and support that would get people into a better situation and then criminalize their very existence as they drown in your systematic lobotomy of "for the people" governance.
Logged back into myfitnesspal after a good while. The downfall. Paywalling features like macros that were core to the experience years ago just screams stagnation. Shrinkflation but for software. They couldn't innovate, can't find new revenue streams, so they're holding free users by gunpoint.
August 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Logged back into myfitnesspal after a good while. The downfall. Paywalling features like macros that were core to the experience years ago just screams stagnation. Shrinkflation but for software. They couldn't innovate, can't find new revenue streams, so they're holding free users by gunpoint.
I don't think the answer is particularly to fire the numbers person but to assess whether the metric we're hinging monthly economic growth on makes sense in the landscape of ghost job postings, mass layoffs, increasing wage gaps, and cost of living imbalances.
REPORTER: Why did you fire the head of the bureau of labor statistics?
TRUMP: Because I thought her numbers were wrong
TRUMP: Because I thought her numbers were wrong
August 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I don't think the answer is particularly to fire the numbers person but to assess whether the metric we're hinging monthly economic growth on makes sense in the landscape of ghost job postings, mass layoffs, increasing wage gaps, and cost of living imbalances.
Magamath: If there are positives, it's because of tarrifs. If there are negatives, it's because you're a failure.
CNN: An auto parts maker in Detroit just had to layoff 100 workers and shut down a warehouse. The owner specifically blamed tariffs.
STEPHEN MIRAN: It's always convenient to blame political changes when your business fails
STEPHEN MIRAN: It's always convenient to blame political changes when your business fails
August 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Magamath: If there are positives, it's because of tarrifs. If there are negatives, it's because you're a failure.
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Update for folks: Following a very large (M 8.7) and relatively shallow undersea subduction zone quake in the West Pacific east of Kamchatka, Russia, there is a considerable threat of a damaging basin-wide #tsunami. For late-breaking details, visit: https://tsunami.gov
July 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Update for folks: Following a very large (M 8.7) and relatively shallow undersea subduction zone quake in the West Pacific east of Kamchatka, Russia, there is a considerable threat of a damaging basin-wide #tsunami. For late-breaking details, visit: https://tsunami.gov
In two weeks.
Trump: we will solve conflict with North Korea
June 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
In two weeks.
It's all high-level politics and grudges to these people. And then there's the international student who's maybe the first of their family to get to college and is in the midst of life-changing journey, but now is scrambling hopelessly to get into another university this late in the summer.
The Republican administration is also ordering all current international students (and postdocs, I believe) at Harvard to transfer or leave the country.
www.dhs.gov/news/2025/05...
www.dhs.gov/news/2025/05...
May 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
It's all high-level politics and grudges to these people. And then there's the international student who's maybe the first of their family to get to college and is in the midst of life-changing journey, but now is scrambling hopelessly to get into another university this late in the summer.
There is plenty of pain this administration is intent on exacting, but if vaccines aren't ready by next winter, the pain converts to death.
It's a pretty tough flu season, and the FDA cancels advisory meeting to discuss next year's flu vaccine mix.
FDA cancels vaccine advisory meeting for choosing flu strains for next season's shots
It comes as RFK Jr., a vaccine skeptic who now leads the Department of Health and Human Services, makes moves that could affect vaccination uptake and policy.
www.cnbc.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
There is plenty of pain this administration is intent on exacting, but if vaccines aren't ready by next winter, the pain converts to death.
Democracy is proving to be a handshake deal by one person assuming the best in people and another who has every intention of clawing the last shred of dignity, joy, and worth from everyone but themselves.
Trump will be credit through out history for showing the world how bogus and weak were the foundations of democracy
February 7, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Democracy is proving to be a handshake deal by one person assuming the best in people and another who has every intention of clawing the last shred of dignity, joy, and worth from everyone but themselves.
Emailed my Senators and my district's Representative for the first time ever. I hope and pray for America's survival.
February 5, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Emailed my Senators and my district's Representative for the first time ever. I hope and pray for America's survival.
The thing I'm realizing about the USAID shutdown is that while it may represent 1% of the overall budget, your average Republican writes off Musk/DOGE's overreach and says the agency deserved it. That then smoothes over DOGE takeover of the Treasury last week and paves the way for further overreach.
February 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The thing I'm realizing about the USAID shutdown is that while it may represent 1% of the overall budget, your average Republican writes off Musk/DOGE's overreach and says the agency deserved it. That then smoothes over DOGE takeover of the Treasury last week and paves the way for further overreach.