Josh (garik16)
@garik16.bsky.social
Co-Founder of Hockey-Graphs; hockey, baseball blogger. Isles, Mets, Jets, Knicks, Hotspur, Duke Fan (Duke 09) and Cornell fan
Now mostly a science fiction and fantasy book blogger at garik16.blogspot.com.
He/ Him
Now mostly a science fiction and fantasy book blogger at garik16.blogspot.com.
He/ Him
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do they only associate with other people with two Zs in their name? no editor would let me get away with this, trust me I've tried. I like Zs.
well I used to.
well I used to.
November 26, 2025 at 9:27 PM
do they only associate with other people with two Zs in their name? no editor would let me get away with this, trust me I've tried. I like Zs.
well I used to.
well I used to.
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man what the fuck are we doing here you can’t say this shit unless you’re absolutely certain
I hope for their families’ sake he was wrong about them being dead
I hope for their families’ sake he was wrong about them being dead
Annnnnnd now the West Virginia governor says he's not sure about the condition of the National Guardsmen.
Maybe best to not tweet out that they are both dead until, you know, you KNOW that is absolutely the case...
Maybe best to not tweet out that they are both dead until, you know, you KNOW that is absolutely the case...
November 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
man what the fuck are we doing here you can’t say this shit unless you’re absolutely certain
I hope for their families’ sake he was wrong about them being dead
I hope for their families’ sake he was wrong about them being dead
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precisely my thought. the president and his dumbass republican allies put these men and women into harm’s way for a political stunt and look what has happened
Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
precisely my thought. the president and his dumbass republican allies put these men and women into harm’s way for a political stunt and look what has happened
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Council’s got two real powers: budget and (now reduced but still significant) upzoning/downzoning.
This is a pretty clear coalition on anti-property tax + pro-NYPD-spending + anti-major-upzoning
My bet is we get a ‘stasis’/member deference Council
This is a pretty clear coalition on anti-property tax + pro-NYPD-spending + anti-major-upzoning
My bet is we get a ‘stasis’/member deference Council
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Council’s got two real powers: budget and (now reduced but still significant) upzoning/downzoning.
This is a pretty clear coalition on anti-property tax + pro-NYPD-spending + anti-major-upzoning
My bet is we get a ‘stasis’/member deference Council
This is a pretty clear coalition on anti-property tax + pro-NYPD-spending + anti-major-upzoning
My bet is we get a ‘stasis’/member deference Council
One interesting change in the #trailsinthesky remake that I think didn’t work is that the remake gives various enemies, who only had a few attacks in the original, more different attacks. In the original those enemies’ characters could be seen by the same attacks it spammed. Here they are generic
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
One interesting change in the #trailsinthesky remake that I think didn’t work is that the remake gives various enemies, who only had a few attacks in the original, more different attacks. In the original those enemies’ characters could be seen by the same attacks it spammed. Here they are generic
I’m on the train a row behind a bunch of kids opening a box of what apparently are LIV golf player cards, which is now a thing I know exists. “I got a Phil mickelson!”
November 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I’m on the train a row behind a bunch of kids opening a box of what apparently are LIV golf player cards, which is now a thing I know exists. “I got a Phil mickelson!”
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like listen, Thanksgiving itself Is A Problem As A Holiday, but turkey and pie is NOT REALLY THE ISSUE
November 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
like listen, Thanksgiving itself Is A Problem As A Holiday, but turkey and pie is NOT REALLY THE ISSUE
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I remember seeing a story years ago where a prison cook was caught having stolen $1.2 million of fajitas over 9 years.
One week he took off sick, someone else answered the order call and was like "what are you talking about? We don't serve fajitas."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
One week he took off sick, someone else answered the order call and was like "what are you talking about? We don't serve fajitas."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Texas man sentenced to 50 years for stealing $1.2 million worth of fajitas
Gilberto Escamilla had stolen more than $1.2 million worth of fajitas over the course of approximately nine years.
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I remember seeing a story years ago where a prison cook was caught having stolen $1.2 million of fajitas over 9 years.
One week he took off sick, someone else answered the order call and was like "what are you talking about? We don't serve fajitas."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
One week he took off sick, someone else answered the order call and was like "what are you talking about? We don't serve fajitas."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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NINE YEAR FAJITA HEIST
(technically nine year fajita fraud scheme but I'm counting this as a heist because it's funny enough)
(technically nine year fajita fraud scheme but I'm counting this as a heist because it's funny enough)
I remember seeing a story years ago where a prison cook was caught having stolen $1.2 million of fajitas over 9 years.
One week he took off sick, someone else answered the order call and was like "what are you talking about? We don't serve fajitas."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
One week he took off sick, someone else answered the order call and was like "what are you talking about? We don't serve fajitas."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Texas man sentenced to 50 years for stealing $1.2 million worth of fajitas
Gilberto Escamilla had stolen more than $1.2 million worth of fajitas over the course of approximately nine years.
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
NINE YEAR FAJITA HEIST
(technically nine year fajita fraud scheme but I'm counting this as a heist because it's funny enough)
(technically nine year fajita fraud scheme but I'm counting this as a heist because it's funny enough)
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Me: The Colorado Appellate Rules are a direct analogue to the FRAP, I wonder why they're not just called the Colorado Rules of Appellate Procedure?
November 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Me: The Colorado Appellate Rules are a direct analogue to the FRAP, I wonder why they're not just called the Colorado Rules of Appellate Procedure?
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The lesson of Merrick Garland, Fani Willis, and Chuck Schumer is you just have to have people in positions of authority that are effective.
".. He even argued that 'reasonable minds could differ' as to how to interpret the .. call between Mr. Trump and Brad Raffensperger ..
But "Mr. Raffensperger, in his 2021 book .. was unequivocal .. 'The president was asking me to do something that I knew was wrong.'"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
But "Mr. Raffensperger, in his 2021 book .. was unequivocal .. 'The president was asking me to do something that I knew was wrong.'"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Judge Dismisses Georgia Election Interference Case Against Trump
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The lesson of Merrick Garland, Fani Willis, and Chuck Schumer is you just have to have people in positions of authority that are effective.
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Precious cargo alert!
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Precious cargo alert!
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Update: Despite the best efforts of the local prosecutor, Duncan is getting out as I type this.
First day of freedom in three decades.
Here’s a text from his aunt.
First day of freedom in three decades.
Here’s a text from his aunt.
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Update: Despite the best efforts of the local prosecutor, Duncan is getting out as I type this.
First day of freedom in three decades.
Here’s a text from his aunt.
First day of freedom in three decades.
Here’s a text from his aunt.
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The reason to remove Fani Willis is that she is bad at her job, has too many conflicts of interest, and could’ve just indicted Trump instead of trying to bring him in on RICO charges, a strategy that was already in the process of failing in the Young Thug/YSL case
There was no reason to remove Fani Willis
She had no conflict of interest
The fix is in in Georgia
She had no conflict of interest
The fix is in in Georgia
NEW: The prosecutor who took over the Georgia case concluded that he couldn't press forward with it. His decision to drop the charges was quickly approved by Judge McAfee, ending the last remaining criminal case Trump faced.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The reason to remove Fani Willis is that she is bad at her job, has too many conflicts of interest, and could’ve just indicted Trump instead of trying to bring him in on RICO charges, a strategy that was already in the process of failing in the Young Thug/YSL case
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If we had only let Fani cook she could have replicated her competent, professional, and successful prosecution in the YSL Trial.
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
If we had only let Fani cook she could have replicated her competent, professional, and successful prosecution in the YSL Trial.
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and I get the impulse, I absolutely do, but!!!! defending Willis here makes everything harder for the next person to hold that job, for the sake of the next Dem, the next woman, and especially the next black woman who needs public trust in their position, I am begging you to cut it tf out
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
and I get the impulse, I absolutely do, but!!!! defending Willis here makes everything harder for the next person to hold that job, for the sake of the next Dem, the next woman, and especially the next black woman who needs public trust in their position, I am begging you to cut it tf out
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y’all can we not … whatever this is
we’ve got plenty of real problems without making new ones up
we’ve got plenty of real problems without making new ones up
There was no reason to remove Fani Willis
She had no conflict of interest
The fix is in in Georgia
She had no conflict of interest
The fix is in in Georgia
NEW: The prosecutor who took over the Georgia case concluded that he couldn't press forward with it. His decision to drop the charges was quickly approved by Judge McAfee, ending the last remaining criminal case Trump faced.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
y’all can we not … whatever this is
we’ve got plenty of real problems without making new ones up
we’ve got plenty of real problems without making new ones up
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One thing that’s going to be funny though is when enshitification comes all the way around to mean having to write your own email to demand a refund for your online purchase for being the wrong shade of yellow or whatever because the AI which used to do it for you is now paywalled.
Man, the problem with AI isn’t that nobody likes it. It’s that people love it and it’s not particularly good at the things they loving having it do.
And also it remains unclear exactly how much, in dollars, they will love it being mediocre at the things they want it to do.
And also it remains unclear exactly how much, in dollars, they will love it being mediocre at the things they want it to do.
i think tech and ai positive people are going to be in for a big shock when anti tech and anti ai sentiment becomes a major part of leftwing politics going forward especially as datacenters continue to destroy communities and raise electricity bills
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
One thing that’s going to be funny though is when enshitification comes all the way around to mean having to write your own email to demand a refund for your online purchase for being the wrong shade of yellow or whatever because the AI which used to do it for you is now paywalled.
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So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
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In case there was ever any doubt - Aonishiki is now officially an ōzeki. Since the banzuke require two ōzeki to keep from teetering over its welcome 🤗 Possibly temporary cuz he’ll most, including Boss Hakkaku, surmise he’ll be yokozuna by next year. #hatsubasho2026
November 26, 2025 at 3:52 AM
In case there was ever any doubt - Aonishiki is now officially an ōzeki. Since the banzuke require two ōzeki to keep from teetering over its welcome 🤗 Possibly temporary cuz he’ll most, including Boss Hakkaku, surmise he’ll be yokozuna by next year. #hatsubasho2026
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I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
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At this point, I wonder if he isn't lying when he says he has "my highest Poll Numbers, ever" since it's entirely possible that's what his aides are telling him. It's quite likely that there's an entire Potemkin village built around Trump right now.
Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
At this point, I wonder if he isn't lying when he says he has "my highest Poll Numbers, ever" since it's entirely possible that's what his aides are telling him. It's quite likely that there's an entire Potemkin village built around Trump right now.
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BREAKING: OLD MAN IS OLD is the definition of an evergreen, the question is when you start to play that card.
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 AM
BREAKING: OLD MAN IS OLD is the definition of an evergreen, the question is when you start to play that card.
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Every journalist who has done a sanewash profile of RFK Jr. is an accessory before or after the fact as the case may be bsky.app/profile/eliz...
Another baby has just died of whooping cough in Kentucky, thanks to RFK Jr. and his merry band of anti-vaxxers.
My feeling toward RFK Jr. and the Republican Senators who confirmed him is utter contempt.
My feeling toward RFK Jr. and the Republican Senators who confirmed him is utter contempt.
Third Kentucky infant dies from whooping cough as statewide cases surge
A third Kentucky infant has died from whooping cough in the last 12 months, the Kentucky Department for Public Health said Monday.
www.wlwt.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Every journalist who has done a sanewash profile of RFK Jr. is an accessory before or after the fact as the case may be bsky.app/profile/eliz...