Josh Wilson
@nerdydad.bsky.social
Full-time physics researcher, part-time professor, all-the-time dad. Journey before destination!
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Hannah Arendt said 'The death of human empathy is one of the earliest & most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism'
We saw the recent cruelty of MAGA denying empathy to Melissa Hortman
Empathy for Kirk—not because he ever acted like a decent human—but because we are decent humans
We saw the recent cruelty of MAGA denying empathy to Melissa Hortman
Empathy for Kirk—not because he ever acted like a decent human—but because we are decent humans
September 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Hannah Arendt said 'The death of human empathy is one of the earliest & most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism'
We saw the recent cruelty of MAGA denying empathy to Melissa Hortman
Empathy for Kirk—not because he ever acted like a decent human—but because we are decent humans
We saw the recent cruelty of MAGA denying empathy to Melissa Hortman
Empathy for Kirk—not because he ever acted like a decent human—but because we are decent humans
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After some back and forth, wanted to come back to the general points about the NOAA/NWS staff cuts. If you cut the staff and budget of the fire department in half you should expect that every fire death going forward gets and should get a very close examination to see to the extent to which ...
July 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
After some back and forth, wanted to come back to the general points about the NOAA/NWS staff cuts. If you cut the staff and budget of the fire department in half you should expect that every fire death going forward gets and should get a very close examination to see to the extent to which ...
#maklelan2672, I would love a copy. I've already ordered one but I could share a second with family.
April 20, 2025 at 5:14 AM
#maklelan2672, I would love a copy. I've already ordered one but I could share a second with family.
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Federal spending is *up* under Trump according to the Wall Street Journal. Chaos is not actually the same as cost savings.
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
April 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Federal spending is *up* under Trump according to the Wall Street Journal. Chaos is not actually the same as cost savings.
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
Here is a letter from top scientists in the US to the American people. Will it convince anyone? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Read the Letter
Researchers at academic institutions nationwide say that U.S. science is being dismantled.
www.nytimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Here is a letter from top scientists in the US to the American people. Will it convince anyone? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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And yet Joe Rogan puts guests on who say "Vaccines aren't actually responsible for the reduction in infectious diseases.”
March 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
And yet Joe Rogan puts guests on who say "Vaccines aren't actually responsible for the reduction in infectious diseases.”
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🟥 Blindspot for the Right:
Florida lawmakers are advancing a bill that would scale back restrictions on youth labor, allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to work earlier, later, and longer hours during school days.
ground.news/article/flor...
Florida lawmakers are advancing a bill that would scale back restrictions on youth labor, allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to work earlier, later, and longer hours during school days.
ground.news/article/flor...
March 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
🟥 Blindspot for the Right:
Florida lawmakers are advancing a bill that would scale back restrictions on youth labor, allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to work earlier, later, and longer hours during school days.
ground.news/article/flor...
Florida lawmakers are advancing a bill that would scale back restrictions on youth labor, allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to work earlier, later, and longer hours during school days.
ground.news/article/flor...
I feel like this has some interesting points. It has been a decisive topic lately, but I do think the Dems have been hamstringing themselves by trying to help everyone at once all of the time.
The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart - Why We Can’t Have Nice Things with Ezra Klein
Listen to The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart - Why We Can’t Have Nice Things with Ezra Klein by Comedy Central on Podcast Addict. As Democrats struggle to define the future they want to create, we're jo...
podcastaddict.com
March 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I feel like this has some interesting points. It has been a decisive topic lately, but I do think the Dems have been hamstringing themselves by trying to help everyone at once all of the time.
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Make this go viral!
Her husband’s life was put at risk by the Signal texts.
Her husband’s life was put at risk by the Signal texts.
March 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Make this go viral!
Her husband’s life was put at risk by the Signal texts.
Her husband’s life was put at risk by the Signal texts.
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"Last year, the Social Security Inspector General issued a report showing Social Security has a criminal fraud rate of 0.009%.
As a percentage, that's much lower than the 1.4 billion in assets that reportedly went missing on the Tesla balance sheet just last week." - @wyden.senate.gov
As a percentage, that's much lower than the 1.4 billion in assets that reportedly went missing on the Tesla balance sheet just last week." - @wyden.senate.gov
March 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"Last year, the Social Security Inspector General issued a report showing Social Security has a criminal fraud rate of 0.009%.
As a percentage, that's much lower than the 1.4 billion in assets that reportedly went missing on the Tesla balance sheet just last week." - @wyden.senate.gov
As a percentage, that's much lower than the 1.4 billion in assets that reportedly went missing on the Tesla balance sheet just last week." - @wyden.senate.gov
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This is a fantastic piece of rigorous, in-depth reporting. It will make you want to pass out with rage. But definitely read it.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The men disappeared to El Salvador because of their tattoos
The Trump administration sent Venezuelans to El Salvador’s most infamous prison. Their families are looking for answers.
www.motherjones.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This is a fantastic piece of rigorous, in-depth reporting. It will make you want to pass out with rage. But definitely read it.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Reminder from 2020 of what all the "Cancel Culture" grifters, who are almost unanimously silent as ICE continues to kidnap people, were angling for: A police state.
March 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Reminder from 2020 of what all the "Cancel Culture" grifters, who are almost unanimously silent as ICE continues to kidnap people, were angling for: A police state.
I just can't shake this feeling of sadness and dread about the country right now. I've gotta figure out some way of compartmentalizing for the next several years.
March 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I just can't shake this feeling of sadness and dread about the country right now. I've gotta figure out some way of compartmentalizing for the next several years.
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Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
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The Mayor of Somerville, MA (where this took place) says that the mostly masked ICE agents misidentified themselves as "police" even though they had no connection with either Somerville or Tufts police. whdh.com/news/video-r...
March 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The Mayor of Somerville, MA (where this took place) says that the mostly masked ICE agents misidentified themselves as "police" even though they had no connection with either Somerville or Tufts police. whdh.com/news/video-r...
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Overwhelmed with anger at a government that kidnaps students who simply acknowledge that the country doing a genocide is doing a genocide.
Where the fuck are any decent elected officials right now?
Where the fuck are any decent elected officials right now?
March 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Overwhelmed with anger at a government that kidnaps students who simply acknowledge that the country doing a genocide is doing a genocide.
Where the fuck are any decent elected officials right now?
Where the fuck are any decent elected officials right now?
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This is where we are.
February 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This is where we are.
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Measles, a once-eradicated disease in the U.S., is spreading in Texas and New Mexico. Texas has reported 90 cases, mostly in an under-vaccinated Mennonite community. New Mexico confirmed 9 cases. Health officials cite low vaccination rates as a key factor.
ground.news/article/near...
ground.news/article/near...
February 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Measles, a once-eradicated disease in the U.S., is spreading in Texas and New Mexico. Texas has reported 90 cases, mostly in an under-vaccinated Mennonite community. New Mexico confirmed 9 cases. Health officials cite low vaccination rates as a key factor.
ground.news/article/near...
ground.news/article/near...
Feels kind of crazy to get an email from the school nurse with the subject line "Measles Information".
February 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Feels kind of crazy to get an email from the school nurse with the subject line "Measles Information".
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