Josh Gee
@jgee.bsky.social
You can save the world, but first, lunch! He/him. At Work for America getting the best people into State and Local Government. Former digital services at MTA, City of Boston. Politics before that. Mass Oyster Project. Write about food and tech.
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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no no no you don’t get it - it’s called *tactical hashtag search* mom.
January 3, 2026 at 6:36 PM
no no no you don’t get it - it’s called *tactical hashtag search* mom.
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It's Gender all the way down baby.
I swear to god, a kid I went to high school with who was posting the “Harris will send me to war” memes reposted this with “we’re so back”
Trump posts footage of the Maduro raid set to "Fortunate Son" -- a protest song about the Vietnam War draft
January 3, 2026 at 6:00 PM
It's Gender all the way down baby.
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January 3, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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Talk about the decline of American industry. We don’t even manufacture consent anymore. :(
January 3, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Talk about the decline of American industry. We don’t even manufacture consent anymore. :(
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You arrest the President of a country, do air strikes, and then what? It’s like we just did Dumb Iraq.
January 3, 2026 at 1:26 PM
You arrest the President of a country, do air strikes, and then what? It’s like we just did Dumb Iraq.
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maybe people who do peace prizes - real and invented for bribery purposes - should just avoid anyone involved in venezuelan geopolitics for the time being or at least until we figure out what the hell is going on.
January 3, 2026 at 12:59 PM
maybe people who do peace prizes - real and invented for bribery purposes - should just avoid anyone involved in venezuelan geopolitics for the time being or at least until we figure out what the hell is going on.
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[wakes up] “I’m sorry, what”
January 3, 2026 at 12:36 PM
[wakes up] “I’m sorry, what”
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Receiving even the slightest criticism
January 3, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Receiving even the slightest criticism
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i think it should be illegal for the boston globe to allow me to sign up for an subscription online but then make me call and speak with multiple people just to cancel the subscription.
January 2, 2026 at 7:34 PM
i think it should be illegal for the boston globe to allow me to sign up for an subscription online but then make me call and speak with multiple people just to cancel the subscription.
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State moves to allow widespread consumption of #Boston Harbor shellfish for first time in a century
www.universalhub.com/2026/state-m...
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January 2, 2026 at 7:28 PM
State moves to allow widespread consumption of #Boston Harbor shellfish for first time in a century
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Agree with this. A consequence of the fact most people in politics only have experience of small organisations is that they think 'huh, this institution sort has its own soul and patterns of behaviour' is a novel insight unique to the state and not a 'no kidding!' one.
Not to go all third way, but I think you can believe both that public bureaucracies tend to groupthink and stasis AND that political operatives cannot just declare that, shout at them, and imagine this will answer the problems.
The sharply bimodal response to Paul Ovenden's piece represents a real political divide.
Not between right and left.
But between those who think shifting power from politicians to bureaucrats, quangos and courts was right, and those who see it as central to our problems.
Not between right and left.
But between those who think shifting power from politicians to bureaucrats, quangos and courts was right, and those who see it as central to our problems.
January 2, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Agree with this. A consequence of the fact most people in politics only have experience of small organisations is that they think 'huh, this institution sort has its own soul and patterns of behaviour' is a novel insight unique to the state and not a 'no kidding!' one.
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One thing I wrote about here is how technology has made buses *way* more convenient while techno-futurists were obsessed with flying taxis and self-driving cars.
January 2, 2026 at 2:17 PM
One thing I wrote about here is how technology has made buses *way* more convenient while techno-futurists were obsessed with flying taxis and self-driving cars.
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this is the most incredible interview i’ve ever read. the aei guy tries so hard to get sliwa to trash mamdani and he simply won’t. he also brings up flaco (rip) unprompted.
www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
![How would you describe Mamdani's politics?
He's not a communist. People call him that. That's ridiculous. He is a democratic socialist. David Dinkins [New York mayor from 1990-93] was a democratic socialist. We've had a long history in New York City of socialism.
What's the biggest challenge Mamdani faces as mayor!
I don't think the Zohranistas totally understand the fiscal irresponsibility we just went through with the Adams years and how little money there's left.
There's not enough money to do all the things that Zohran wants to do.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ssxnmhdtz6le6nxu7jfhglz6/bafkreic7pxra6vmrjmqo4jmw4vdagiluj6xtkovqb3f4ex7fc55m7pzaxu@jpeg)
January 1, 2026 at 11:16 PM
this is the most incredible interview i’ve ever read. the aei guy tries so hard to get sliwa to trash mamdani and he simply won’t. he also brings up flaco (rip) unprompted.
www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
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Just flat-out declaring that everything Adams did as mayor after the indictment—in the final fifteen months and five days of his term of office—was presumptively corrupt, and undoing everything that's in his immediate power to undo with a single stroke of the pen.
This is the way.
This is the way.
January 1, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Just flat-out declaring that everything Adams did as mayor after the indictment—in the final fifteen months and five days of his term of office—was presumptively corrupt, and undoing everything that's in his immediate power to undo with a single stroke of the pen.
This is the way.
This is the way.
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Mayor Mamdani has nullified every executive order issued by Eric Adams after he struck his corrupt bargain with Trump to secure dismissal of the indictment against him.
January 1, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Mayor Mamdani has nullified every executive order issued by Eric Adams after he struck his corrupt bargain with Trump to secure dismissal of the indictment against him.
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*whispering to myself as I slide a third hot dog into my wife’s Christmas stocking* speak of me as one who loved not wisely, but too well
December 17, 2024 at 11:28 PM
*whispering to myself as I slide a third hot dog into my wife’s Christmas stocking* speak of me as one who loved not wisely, but too well
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Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
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The promise of Democratic Socialism is when no shoes
January 1, 2026 at 5:38 PM
The promise of Democratic Socialism is when no shoes
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I don’t want
thick blood
pouring through my heart
I want nice
thin blood
pouring through my heart
does that make
sense
thick blood
pouring through my heart
I want nice
thin blood
pouring through my heart
does that make
sense
January 1, 2026 at 4:03 PM
I don’t want
thick blood
pouring through my heart
I want nice
thin blood
pouring through my heart
does that make
sense
thick blood
pouring through my heart
I want nice
thin blood
pouring through my heart
does that make
sense
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BREAKING: Explosions felt across New York City as full socialism begins
January 1, 2026 at 5:10 AM
BREAKING: Explosions felt across New York City as full socialism begins
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That the mayor of NYC has to by law sworn in at Midnight NYE is hilarious, dumb and frankly awesome. It should be the job of the state AG to track down the new Mayor at some mysterious location in the 5 Boros as soon after midnight as possible.
January 1, 2026 at 1:48 AM
That the mayor of NYC has to by law sworn in at Midnight NYE is hilarious, dumb and frankly awesome. It should be the job of the state AG to track down the new Mayor at some mysterious location in the 5 Boros as soon after midnight as possible.