Julian B
@julianwrites.bsky.social
Nerd, dancer, gamer, UX dev, pragmatic leftie, neurodiverse, writer, secular humanist
What do we need, as a civilization? Food, shelter, healthcare, communication, sanitation, security, teaching.
What is a "nice to have"? I dunno, software that lets us order a Uber or blab politics online.
Most of Silicon Valley is thus grossly overvalued and overcompensation.
What is a "nice to have"? I dunno, software that lets us order a Uber or blab politics online.
Most of Silicon Valley is thus grossly overvalued and overcompensation.
October 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
What do we need, as a civilization? Food, shelter, healthcare, communication, sanitation, security, teaching.
What is a "nice to have"? I dunno, software that lets us order a Uber or blab politics online.
Most of Silicon Valley is thus grossly overvalued and overcompensation.
What is a "nice to have"? I dunno, software that lets us order a Uber or blab politics online.
Most of Silicon Valley is thus grossly overvalued and overcompensation.
From now on, when children whine to teachers about why they should learn civics, the answer should be clear: "Because fascism thrives on people who don't know civics, and it will keep happening once the generation who fought the fascism dies out."
October 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
From now on, when children whine to teachers about why they should learn civics, the answer should be clear: "Because fascism thrives on people who don't know civics, and it will keep happening once the generation who fought the fascism dies out."
Report: Young Republicans are super racist.
JD Vance: Kids will be kids.
Me: So, they shouldn't be allowed to vote, own a gun, or join ICE, right?
JD Vance: Kids will be kids.
Me: So, they shouldn't be allowed to vote, own a gun, or join ICE, right?
October 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Report: Young Republicans are super racist.
JD Vance: Kids will be kids.
Me: So, they shouldn't be allowed to vote, own a gun, or join ICE, right?
JD Vance: Kids will be kids.
Me: So, they shouldn't be allowed to vote, own a gun, or join ICE, right?
I think a lot about how Republicans fall for propaganda because they have abandoned fact-checking.
I wish more Dems would hold themselves and peers accountable for fact-checking media they encounter.
We can't expect others to change if we won't.
I wish more Dems would hold themselves and peers accountable for fact-checking media they encounter.
We can't expect others to change if we won't.
October 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I think a lot about how Republicans fall for propaganda because they have abandoned fact-checking.
I wish more Dems would hold themselves and peers accountable for fact-checking media they encounter.
We can't expect others to change if we won't.
I wish more Dems would hold themselves and peers accountable for fact-checking media they encounter.
We can't expect others to change if we won't.
Tariffs are a tax that consumers pay, even though companies handle the government payment.
Sales Tax is identical in this regard. It's technically a tax on businesses.
It's not that hard to understand: Trump isn't just pro-tax, he is for 25%, 50%, even 100% taxes. Sales tax is 5-10% by comparison
Sales Tax is identical in this regard. It's technically a tax on businesses.
It's not that hard to understand: Trump isn't just pro-tax, he is for 25%, 50%, even 100% taxes. Sales tax is 5-10% by comparison
September 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Tariffs are a tax that consumers pay, even though companies handle the government payment.
Sales Tax is identical in this regard. It's technically a tax on businesses.
It's not that hard to understand: Trump isn't just pro-tax, he is for 25%, 50%, even 100% taxes. Sales tax is 5-10% by comparison
Sales Tax is identical in this regard. It's technically a tax on businesses.
It's not that hard to understand: Trump isn't just pro-tax, he is for 25%, 50%, even 100% taxes. Sales tax is 5-10% by comparison
Disney has no spine. But we knew that how they pander to the Chinese government, so, what's some pandering to domestic autocracy?
September 18, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Disney has no spine. But we knew that how they pander to the Chinese government, so, what's some pandering to domestic autocracy?
So lemme get this straight? Kirk, a white surpremacist antisemite, was assasinated by an outright fascist because he was a "fake fascist".
Wow, uh, y'all on the right can you all take this quarrel outside (the US), please?
Wow, uh, y'all on the right can you all take this quarrel outside (the US), please?
September 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
So lemme get this straight? Kirk, a white surpremacist antisemite, was assasinated by an outright fascist because he was a "fake fascist".
Wow, uh, y'all on the right can you all take this quarrel outside (the US), please?
Wow, uh, y'all on the right can you all take this quarrel outside (the US), please?
It occurs to me Bill Clinton could take down Trump by turning state's evidence. Why doesn't he?
September 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
It occurs to me Bill Clinton could take down Trump by turning state's evidence. Why doesn't he?
I'm sorry, but Gary Newsom continuously all-CAPS and Trumpspeech on social media hasn't been parody after the first day. Now it's resigning himself to that style.
The style is obnoxious, Newsom's obnoxiousness isn't trolling any Republicans, because it's mostly liberals reading him.
Move on.
The style is obnoxious, Newsom's obnoxiousness isn't trolling any Republicans, because it's mostly liberals reading him.
Move on.
September 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I'm sorry, but Gary Newsom continuously all-CAPS and Trumpspeech on social media hasn't been parody after the first day. Now it's resigning himself to that style.
The style is obnoxious, Newsom's obnoxiousness isn't trolling any Republicans, because it's mostly liberals reading him.
Move on.
The style is obnoxious, Newsom's obnoxiousness isn't trolling any Republicans, because it's mostly liberals reading him.
Move on.
CVS and Walgreens not stocking covid vaccines in all states is solid evidence why healthcare should be not-for-profit, top-to-bottom. Hospitals. Insurance. Pharmacies.
Capitalism fails us especially hard when there's no real competition.
Capitalism fails us especially hard when there's no real competition.
August 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
CVS and Walgreens not stocking covid vaccines in all states is solid evidence why healthcare should be not-for-profit, top-to-bottom. Hospitals. Insurance. Pharmacies.
Capitalism fails us especially hard when there's no real competition.
Capitalism fails us especially hard when there's no real competition.
"Birds aren't real".
Debating using this as a rhetorical tactic when facing people who refuse to fact check or listen to counterpoints.
If they debate me about birds, I just label anything they say as fake news.
I'm sure this will win friends and make me popular, lol.
Debating using this as a rhetorical tactic when facing people who refuse to fact check or listen to counterpoints.
If they debate me about birds, I just label anything they say as fake news.
I'm sure this will win friends and make me popular, lol.
August 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"Birds aren't real".
Debating using this as a rhetorical tactic when facing people who refuse to fact check or listen to counterpoints.
If they debate me about birds, I just label anything they say as fake news.
I'm sure this will win friends and make me popular, lol.
Debating using this as a rhetorical tactic when facing people who refuse to fact check or listen to counterpoints.
If they debate me about birds, I just label anything they say as fake news.
I'm sure this will win friends and make me popular, lol.
Reposted by Julian B
ASAN strongly opposes the Trump administration’s dangerous intrusion into policing in the District of Columbia. Such actions place autistic people and other people with disabilities (including our own employees) residing in the District at risk. Full statement: autisticadvocacy.org/2025/08/asan...
August 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
ASAN strongly opposes the Trump administration’s dangerous intrusion into policing in the District of Columbia. Such actions place autistic people and other people with disabilities (including our own employees) residing in the District at risk. Full statement: autisticadvocacy.org/2025/08/asan...
There are more gorilla suits than gorillas.
August 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
There are more gorilla suits than gorillas.
A handy flowchart that covers nearly all media in any medium.
Is it a simple explanation?
Don't believe it.
Unless it's about whether or not to do human atrocities, then, yes, it's simple: don't.
I offer this to the Internet as wisdom that many people already know, but in flowchart form.
Is it a simple explanation?
Don't believe it.
Unless it's about whether or not to do human atrocities, then, yes, it's simple: don't.
I offer this to the Internet as wisdom that many people already know, but in flowchart form.
August 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
A handy flowchart that covers nearly all media in any medium.
Is it a simple explanation?
Don't believe it.
Unless it's about whether or not to do human atrocities, then, yes, it's simple: don't.
I offer this to the Internet as wisdom that many people already know, but in flowchart form.
Is it a simple explanation?
Don't believe it.
Unless it's about whether or not to do human atrocities, then, yes, it's simple: don't.
I offer this to the Internet as wisdom that many people already know, but in flowchart form.
I'm pretty sure Chris Pratt's support for RFK Jr is based in idiocy, not malice. But may they both get vaccine-preventable illnesses and end their careers and live a miserable life.
August 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I'm pretty sure Chris Pratt's support for RFK Jr is based in idiocy, not malice. But may they both get vaccine-preventable illnesses and end their careers and live a miserable life.
Are there no patriots among Trump's cabinet, advisors, Fox News, etc, who have spine enough to rein in this dementia-addled moron? To call out his anti-soldier idiocy? His compromised puppeting by Vlad?
Money and power corrupt more than the GOP has courage or patriotism.
Money and power corrupt more than the GOP has courage or patriotism.
August 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Are there no patriots among Trump's cabinet, advisors, Fox News, etc, who have spine enough to rein in this dementia-addled moron? To call out his anti-soldier idiocy? His compromised puppeting by Vlad?
Money and power corrupt more than the GOP has courage or patriotism.
Money and power corrupt more than the GOP has courage or patriotism.
With no-mail-in ballots, then US soldiers, ambassadors, contractors & other medium-to-long term residents abroad have no vote.
Trump is a useful fucking idiot for believing anything Putin said, and his actions against mail-in voting are anti-military. (So has been decades of VA cuts by the GOP.)
Trump is a useful fucking idiot for believing anything Putin said, and his actions against mail-in voting are anti-military. (So has been decades of VA cuts by the GOP.)
August 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
With no-mail-in ballots, then US soldiers, ambassadors, contractors & other medium-to-long term residents abroad have no vote.
Trump is a useful fucking idiot for believing anything Putin said, and his actions against mail-in voting are anti-military. (So has been decades of VA cuts by the GOP.)
Trump is a useful fucking idiot for believing anything Putin said, and his actions against mail-in voting are anti-military. (So has been decades of VA cuts by the GOP.)
My guilty pleasure: literally using "literally", especially for emphasis.
August 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
My guilty pleasure: literally using "literally", especially for emphasis.
Dems ask why Trumpsters are so stupid, and then I see otherwise smart Dems post conspiracy theory crap.
Be the f-ing change you wanna see in the world, folks. Stop sharing crap you haven't personally vetted if it's not an established trusted source (and even then...).
Be the f-ing change you wanna see in the world, folks. Stop sharing crap you haven't personally vetted if it's not an established trusted source (and even then...).
August 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Dems ask why Trumpsters are so stupid, and then I see otherwise smart Dems post conspiracy theory crap.
Be the f-ing change you wanna see in the world, folks. Stop sharing crap you haven't personally vetted if it's not an established trusted source (and even then...).
Be the f-ing change you wanna see in the world, folks. Stop sharing crap you haven't personally vetted if it's not an established trusted source (and even then...).
NYC, how the F you put up with this shit?
Franklin Square, my source said.
Franklin Square, my source said.
August 13, 2025 at 2:19 AM
NYC, how the F you put up with this shit?
Franklin Square, my source said.
Franklin Square, my source said.
The only mass felon in DC is the one with 34 felony convictions at 1600 Pennsylvania.
August 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The only mass felon in DC is the one with 34 felony convictions at 1600 Pennsylvania.
Random fact: I love how much the guys in @themountaingoats.bsky.social love being on stage. The musician+crowd energy last Saturday was so good!
July 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Random fact: I love how much the guys in @themountaingoats.bsky.social love being on stage. The musician+crowd energy last Saturday was so good!
Congress shouldn't be paid if they break early. DOGE should be all over that waste, yeah? *eyeroll* Grand Ole Party Of Hypocrite Autocrats
July 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Congress shouldn't be paid if they break early. DOGE should be all over that waste, yeah? *eyeroll* Grand Ole Party Of Hypocrite Autocrats
Question: For thought-exercise sake: hypothetically say you're a country, your neighbor country is actively trying to genocide you. Let's also assume that every country has, say, 51%+ civilians who just wanna live in peace.
What's your red line for an act too heinous to (try to) do?
What's your red line for an act too heinous to (try to) do?
July 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Question: For thought-exercise sake: hypothetically say you're a country, your neighbor country is actively trying to genocide you. Let's also assume that every country has, say, 51%+ civilians who just wanna live in peace.
What's your red line for an act too heinous to (try to) do?
What's your red line for an act too heinous to (try to) do?