Ammonium Azide
@nh4n3.bsky.social
Bluesky account for the toxic and explosive (but insensitive and amphoteric) salt formed by combining Ammonia and Hydrazoic Acid.
Posts by Josh, he/him, aerospace engineer, from NY, based in LA via DC (and also Eastern Washington State and Baltimore) 🏳️🌈
Posts by Josh, he/him, aerospace engineer, from NY, based in LA via DC (and also Eastern Washington State and Baltimore) 🏳️🌈
Urbanists and YIMBYs might seem similar, but they're easy to tell apart. If a person loves their city despite its faults, they're probably an urbanist. If they complain bitterly even when they get what they want, they're a YIMBY.
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Urbanists and YIMBYs might seem similar, but they're easy to tell apart. If a person loves their city despite its faults, they're probably an urbanist. If they complain bitterly even when they get what they want, they're a YIMBY.
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Strange as it sounds, I think many people find a perverse comfort in the idea that the worst possible climate change outcome is not only possible but inevitable. If you believe we’re past the point where any action matters, you don’t have to actually do anything about it.
apnews.com/article/clim...
apnews.com/article/clim...
November 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Strange as it sounds, I think many people find a perverse comfort in the idea that the worst possible climate change outcome is not only possible but inevitable. If you believe we’re past the point where any action matters, you don’t have to actually do anything about it.
apnews.com/article/clim...
apnews.com/article/clim...
Pretty wild that pod save america is calling for Schumer to go
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Pretty wild that pod save america is calling for Schumer to go
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the real move if you want to be the presidential nominee in 2028 is to come out and say who did the vote swapping, air the dirty laundry, and say “our voters deserve better” imo. position yourself as the champion of the dem base against the crooked leadership they hate
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
the real move if you want to be the presidential nominee in 2028 is to come out and say who did the vote swapping, air the dirty laundry, and say “our voters deserve better” imo. position yourself as the champion of the dem base against the crooked leadership they hate
A DAY IN THE LIFE: CHUCK SCHUMER
Fold
Cave
Roll Over
Throw in the Towel
Repeat daily
Fold
Cave
Roll Over
Throw in the Towel
Repeat daily
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
A DAY IN THE LIFE: CHUCK SCHUMER
Fold
Cave
Roll Over
Throw in the Towel
Repeat daily
Fold
Cave
Roll Over
Throw in the Towel
Repeat daily
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Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
Senate minority leader Bernie Sanders sounds crazy at first but when you really think about it, why not? It's the hardest, cleanest break you could have with the status quo, he's popular, knows the job, and is pretty effective.
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Senate minority leader Bernie Sanders sounds crazy at first but when you really think about it, why not? It's the hardest, cleanest break you could have with the status quo, he's popular, knows the job, and is pretty effective.
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the “axios is fake news trying to stir shit, dems aren’t gonna cave” to “the dem deal is actually good and smart and savvy” pipeline is real and best explained not be rational trains of thought but fear and cognitive dissonance
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 AM
the “axios is fake news trying to stir shit, dems aren’t gonna cave” to “the dem deal is actually good and smart and savvy” pipeline is real and best explained not be rational trains of thought but fear and cognitive dissonance
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it’s important to understand that Nate Silver’s entire consciousness is filtered through the lens of being a gross nerd his entire life. the opportunity to feel like he’s one of the cool kids is something he can’t pass up, it’s load-bearing for his dork psyche.
the hipsters, they’re ordering double frufru mocha soy frappuccino. doesn’t anybody order a black coffee anymore
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
it’s important to understand that Nate Silver’s entire consciousness is filtered through the lens of being a gross nerd his entire life. the opportunity to feel like he’s one of the cool kids is something he can’t pass up, it’s load-bearing for his dork psyche.
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This morning, I was hit in the face by a baton.
I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.
I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.
October 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This morning, I was hit in the face by a baton.
I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.
I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.
From Marx's The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon, @schumer.senate.gov
October 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
From Marx's The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon, @schumer.senate.gov
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Pretty interesting to reflect on these conclusions in light of the 57 years of history between publication and today
October 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Pretty interesting to reflect on these conclusions in light of the 57 years of history between publication and today
Freudian psychoanalysis was scientifically dominant until it was replaced with empirical study of human behavior.
Those "empirical" studies are now also viewed as junk science in the wake of the replication crisis.
Where does that leave us?
Those "empirical" studies are now also viewed as junk science in the wake of the replication crisis.
Where does that leave us?
October 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Freudian psychoanalysis was scientifically dominant until it was replaced with empirical study of human behavior.
Those "empirical" studies are now also viewed as junk science in the wake of the replication crisis.
Where does that leave us?
Those "empirical" studies are now also viewed as junk science in the wake of the replication crisis.
Where does that leave us?
While the idea that gender identity and sexual orientation are purely learned is no longer widely believed, I was surprised to see sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation described exactly how we describe them today in this passage of a book (The Gay World by Martin Hoffman) written in 1968.
October 14, 2025 at 5:05 AM
While the idea that gender identity and sexual orientation are purely learned is no longer widely believed, I was surprised to see sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation described exactly how we describe them today in this passage of a book (The Gay World by Martin Hoffman) written in 1968.
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Police officers who publicly declare that they’ll quit if a mayoral candidate they dislike wins the election are (1) usually bluffing—sure buddy, toss away that paycheck and pension—and (2) exactly the sort of cops cities would be better off without, ones who don’t see themselves as public servants.
October 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Police officers who publicly declare that they’ll quit if a mayoral candidate they dislike wins the election are (1) usually bluffing—sure buddy, toss away that paycheck and pension—and (2) exactly the sort of cops cities would be better off without, ones who don’t see themselves as public servants.
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the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.
October 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.
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We have discovered a planet. Clouds made of nitrogen drift through the skies. If there are photographers there, you could thrive.
October 4, 2025 at 2:28 AM
We have discovered a planet. Clouds made of nitrogen drift through the skies. If there are photographers there, you could thrive.
when you're drinking on a balcony that's called balcohol
October 1, 2025 at 1:25 AM
when you're drinking on a balcony that's called balcohol
If they ever send federal troops into Philly it's gonna be Revolution II cause Philadelphia does not fuck around
September 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If they ever send federal troops into Philly it's gonna be Revolution II cause Philadelphia does not fuck around
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I'm sure we all look forward to this new and bold direction:
!["So one day we might be saying, 'Hey, you know, the president has a good point about Bagram Air Base, right? At the other time, we might praise Democrats who are standing up to [New York City mayoral candidate Zohran] Mamdani and his radicalism. And at the same time, we'll criticize the Trump administration when we think they get it wrong. So, if anyone thinks that our project here is about one president or just tactical partisan moves, I think that's really short- sighted, and they're just not reading or watching or listening to us very closely, frankly," O'Neal said.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yj436z2s2v37rvaw33lc4ryq/bafkreihs2pj3y2w6k2m5b7rgqckbaohuxn5oiz5knj2at4h7znu224qj4y@jpeg)
September 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I'm sure we all look forward to this new and bold direction:
Learn from recent history: Democrats win when they're popular with the left and the center, not when they knife the one to pursue the other
"Movements that abandon core supporters in pursuit of mythical moderate voters often end up with neither. Energy drains away, activists stay home, and the authentic moral voice gets replaced by calculated positioning that convinces no one." data4democracy.substack.com/p/you-cant-e...
You Can't Expand the Tent by Shrinking It
We should heed Ta-Nehisi Coates' warning: "I'm all for bridging gaps, but not at the expense of my neighbor's humanity."
data4democracy.substack.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Learn from recent history: Democrats win when they're popular with the left and the center, not when they knife the one to pursue the other
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"Movements that abandon core supporters in pursuit of mythical moderate voters often end up with neither. Energy drains away, activists stay home, and the authentic moral voice gets replaced by calculated positioning that convinces no one." data4democracy.substack.com/p/you-cant-e...
You Can't Expand the Tent by Shrinking It
We should heed Ta-Nehisi Coates' warning: "I'm all for bridging gaps, but not at the expense of my neighbor's humanity."
data4democracy.substack.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
"Movements that abandon core supporters in pursuit of mythical moderate voters often end up with neither. Energy drains away, activists stay home, and the authentic moral voice gets replaced by calculated positioning that convinces no one." data4democracy.substack.com/p/you-cant-e...
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How is it that I've never seen this image before?
September 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
How is it that I've never seen this image before?
If I understand Ezra Klein's position it's that 35% of the country supports full on fascism and it's totally unacceptable for the other side to be upset about that or even say it out loud.
September 29, 2025 at 7:38 AM
If I understand Ezra Klein's position it's that 35% of the country supports full on fascism and it's totally unacceptable for the other side to be upset about that or even say it out loud.