Josh

@yetanotherjosh.bsky.social

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Mid-range scotch enthusiast, dog dad, human dad as well. Vets against Trump (Army).

The bosses, on the other hand, believed that they would never have become bosses unless they had demonstrated a proven sensitivity to the will of the electorate-a will these radicals knew nothing about. "The so-called 'politi-cal bosses' were smart enough to pick candidates who could win," the AFL-CIO's political director, Al Barkan, thundered. "These 'bosses' gave us a Truman, a Stevenson, a Kennedy, a Humphrey." To the reformers the flaw in that reasoning was obvious. Stevenson was a two-time loser. Humphrey had been nominated-and lost. The Old Politics had failed in what it claimed it was best at-giving the public what it wanted. Surely that was a mandate for change-as was the charnel house in Vietnam. They insisted it was reformers who knew what the public wanted now.
San Zusi artwork (Graham Zusi as a saint in a stained glass window)
Astronaut meme with "it's all prospect theory" before the "always has been".
Dr Manhattan meme format It is 2014. The US loses 2-1 to one of the Low Countries in the Round of 16 It is 2022. The US loses 3-1 to one of the Low Countries in the Round of 16 It is 2026. The US loses 4-1 to one of the Low Countries in the Round of 16
The Nigel de Jong kung fu kick to Xabi Alonso's chest in the 2010 World Cup final
My quiz result that I'm Sanna Martin, former Finland PM
Image of the six teammates from Mass Effect 1
That most interesting brindle mutt in the world (his name is Dante and his cantos are actually good and never about antivaxxers)
Dead Pittsburgh Penguin logo with the Russian Machine Never Breaks watermark
Helloween's 3 lead guitarists on stage
Text on an older Amazon Kindle of a letter that was sent to me: Dear Customer, Thank you for being a longtime Kindle customer. We're glad our devices have served you well for as long as they have. Starting May 20, 2026-14 to 18 years after their initial launches discontinuing support for Kindle devices released in 2012 or earlier. Here's what this means for you: we are * You can continue to read books already downloaded on these devices, but you will not be able to purchase, borrow, or download additional books on them after that date. If you deregister or factory reset these devices, you will not be able to re-register or use these devices in any way.
As far as my own plans for 2028, here’s what I’ll say right now, I’m 100% focused on the people of Illinois,” Pritzker said. “That’s not just me talking. That’s also a 2006 quote from Barack Obama.”
Display ad with block lettering reading "Temu United States clearance everything must go" over a drone shot of midtown Manhattan
These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power. Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power. In vain they seek to hide behind the Flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the Flag and the Constitution stand for. Now, as always, they stand for democracy, not tyranny; for freedom, not subjection; and against a dictatorship by mob rule and the over-privileged alike.
Crosstab of the latest YouGov generic congressional ballot poll
Lotus diving into the Med in The Spy Who Loved Me
I'm in this photo and I don't like it meme
Map of 2020-2024 vote shift, almost every arrow is red
Album art for Blind Guardian's album Nightfall in Middle-Earth
Blind Guardian performing live in Montreal
Between the gentle morning sun, the complex flavors of the oysters, and lulling water, it is easy to believe Platner when he says that he hasn’t paid himself to work for his company since he took it over five years ago. Anyone would do this job for free. His wife and business partner take checks for their labor, but his contribution to the household comes in the form of checks from the Veterans Administration based on his 100 percent disabled status.
Scroll of the front page of the Washington Post app, with the story on No Kings under five stories, including a profile of a classical musician
Far side comic of the kid going into the gifted school but pushing a door labeled pull
Album art for Iron Maiden's Brave New World
Album cover for Blind Guardian's twelfth studio album, The God Machine
World's perfect brindle dog looking out over a valley in the Adirondacks just before peak fall colors
A brindle hound mix looking at the camera with his tongue out.
Rotten tomatoes page for A Night at The Roxbury - with a score of 11%
Bottle of whisky with the label "Redacted Bros blended scotch whisky"
Four sets of whisky glasses, small bottles, and their boxes in front of a laptop loaded to the Virginia Distillery Company's virtual tasting experience homepage
But then a phantom menace struck. George Lucas would periodically check in on the status of the games his company was making, lending creative input and advice. The developer I talked to sighs, and agitatedly says, “In one viewing of Fracture, [Lucas] said it looked really good, but he didn’t like [Mason Briggs’] name. We’re like, ‘What do you mean, George?’ He responded to the effect of, ‘It doesn’t really fit. When he jumps on stuff, he moves pretty fast. I like B.J. Dart.’ “So everybody’s like, ‘No, he’s gotta be f---ing with us.’ He’s absolutely not. So when
Chart of productivity (going up), hourly compensation (going up until it stagnates), and union membership (starts going down and takes a steep dive) that all cross around 1980, with Reagan's head pointing at where compensation diverges from productivity and union membership takes a nosedive
Album cover of Blind Guardian's magnum opus, Nightfall in Middle-Earth
Cover of the book "Gaza: A History" by Jean-Pierre Filiu on my lap and my dog (Dante, a brindle rescue mutt) curled up next to me
Brindle dog dressed as the Phantom of the Opera - white face (pet safe!) paint on the right side of his face, a tuxedo harness, and a black cape seated on a brick sidewalk.