Josh "cortex" Millard
@joshmillard.bsky.social
Artist and weirdo and etc. from Portland, OR. Fractal fixation. Online to a deeply unfortunate degree. Ran MetaFilter for a while. Today in Tabs idiot. Blaseball will never die, RIP Blaseball.
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Sidetalkin'!
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Sidetalkin'!
Hey I knitted a goddam scarf today
November 23, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Hey I knitted a goddam scarf today
Let’s fuckin knit. Attempts one and two. Starting to not feel wildly alien.
November 20, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Let’s fuckin knit. Attempts one and two. Starting to not feel wildly alien.
Me: online quiz type things, especially intentionally jokey ones, are not interesting social media brag fodder and people should not crow about them
Also me: 16/16 in under a minute, motherfuckers
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/who...
Also me: 16/16 in under a minute, motherfuckers
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/who...
Who Said It: The Hell Priest Pinhead or Olivia Nuzzi?
“Olivia Nuzzi did it all for love. The former political journalist has written a combustive portrait of America, President Trump, and the scandal w...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Me: online quiz type things, especially intentionally jokey ones, are not interesting social media brag fodder and people should not crow about them
Also me: 16/16 in under a minute, motherfuckers
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/who...
Also me: 16/16 in under a minute, motherfuckers
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/who...
BIG GAME HUNTER PLAYED BY DICK VAN DYKE WITH AN ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE AUSSIE ACCENT: [stops on trail, picks up some dirt off ground, sniffs it, gazes into the indefinite distance, whispering] Mary Droppins
November 16, 2025 at 6:54 AM
BIG GAME HUNTER PLAYED BY DICK VAN DYKE WITH AN ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE AUSSIE ACCENT: [stops on trail, picks up some dirt off ground, sniffs it, gazes into the indefinite distance, whispering] Mary Droppins
M (AYB) E (IT WILL H) A (PPEN ) T (ODAY)
it was staring us in the face the whole time
it was staring us in the face the whole time
November 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
M (AYB) E (IT WILL H) A (PPEN ) T (ODAY)
it was staring us in the face the whole time
it was staring us in the face the whole time
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"hey don’t worry you’ll figure it out" yeah but that requires me to not worry and also figure it out
December 11, 2024 at 1:45 AM
"hey don’t worry you’ll figure it out" yeah but that requires me to not worry and also figure it out
barkeep, a bladder of your finest huel
November 9, 2025 at 4:04 AM
barkeep, a bladder of your finest huel
the arc of the moral universe is footlong
November 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
the arc of the moral universe is footlong
okay stay with me here: five-ep a week TV series
kissinger died during the -1 premiere and cheney died right after they announce G00 they are feeding old ass american rightwing politicians to godzilla like squeezing lemon onto fried chicken to get that perfect spielbergian taste
November 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
okay stay with me here: five-ep a week TV series
Extremely last minute high-difficulty costume idea: Lake Champlain Supernova
November 1, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Extremely last minute high-difficulty costume idea: Lake Champlain Supernova
the rancid vibe of Trump's first administration being that your shittiest uncle at Thanksgiving got elected president translates to this second admin as everyone at the table is now your shittiest uncle
October 27, 2025 at 6:19 AM
the rancid vibe of Trump's first administration being that your shittiest uncle at Thanksgiving got elected president translates to this second admin as everyone at the table is now your shittiest uncle
five minutes later: "we regret to inform you that he has a skull tattoo of some sort"
one minute later: "okay i'm being told it's actually Sans from Undertale"
one minute later: "okay i'm being told it's actually Sans from Undertale"
you mean to tell me there's a guy in Illinois running specifically on defending trans rights and his last name is "BLAHA"???
chat do you think he knows?
chat do you think he knows?
October 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
five minutes later: "we regret to inform you that he has a skull tattoo of some sort"
one minute later: "okay i'm being told it's actually Sans from Undertale"
one minute later: "okay i'm being told it's actually Sans from Undertale"
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big boat stuck!!
Interesting events on the Norwegian/Swedish border, where the Hagland Captain is still stuck next to the Svinesund Bridge having failed to successfully identify the wet bit that runs underneath it.
October 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
big boat stuck!!
I gather there was some blaseball tonight
October 11, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I gather there was some blaseball tonight
proud to stand in solidarity with Dolly Parton in the ranks of Having A Sister Who Vaguebooks Family Medical Drama And Gets Everybody Worried
October 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
proud to stand in solidarity with Dolly Parton in the ranks of Having A Sister Who Vaguebooks Family Medical Drama And Gets Everybody Worried
And you can have one of your own! www.etsy.com/listing/1308...
October 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
And you can have one of your own! www.etsy.com/listing/1308...
what's the matter, babe, you've barely touched your unending algorithmic firehose of the ongoing awfulness
October 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
what's the matter, babe, you've barely touched your unending algorithmic firehose of the ongoing awfulness
Anyway i walked in with eyes open and like at least neither Elon nor Trump is here yet, so, uh. I don't know. Shit still sucks lately. I still like you weirdos in my narrow curated patch. I'm tired of seeing the inevitable play out, is all. It's fucking exhausting.
It's been a long fucking stretch since I walked away from Twitter, and I've had a really strong inclination to avoid jumping to the next compromised-by-scale thing, which Bluesky feels like it is despite otherwise decent vibes. But shit sucks lately and I have FOMO and so I'm provisionally caving.
October 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Anyway i walked in with eyes open and like at least neither Elon nor Trump is here yet, so, uh. I don't know. Shit still sucks lately. I still like you weirdos in my narrow curated patch. I'm tired of seeing the inevitable play out, is all. It's fucking exhausting.
the inevitable run from "we're small enough and young enough that the energy is really good and so we'll defer actually solving for the moderation and ethics problems that always come to the forefront as a large-scale social media platform grows and ages" to "oh shit--
October 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
the inevitable run from "we're small enough and young enough that the energy is really good and so we'll defer actually solving for the moderation and ethics problems that always come to the forefront as a large-scale social media platform grows and ages" to "oh shit--
ISAAC CHOTINER: you've said you're sitting in a room
ALVIN LUCIER: [gesturing around] of course
CHOTINER: and that it's different from the one I'm in now
LUCIER: well, but
CHOTINER: which, sitting here together, I'm just wondering if you see a contradiction there
LUCIER: let me start again
ALVIN LUCIER: [gesturing around] of course
CHOTINER: and that it's different from the one I'm in now
LUCIER: well, but
CHOTINER: which, sitting here together, I'm just wondering if you see a contradiction there
LUCIER: let me start again
September 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
ISAAC CHOTINER: you've said you're sitting in a room
ALVIN LUCIER: [gesturing around] of course
CHOTINER: and that it's different from the one I'm in now
LUCIER: well, but
CHOTINER: which, sitting here together, I'm just wondering if you see a contradiction there
LUCIER: let me start again
ALVIN LUCIER: [gesturing around] of course
CHOTINER: and that it's different from the one I'm in now
LUCIER: well, but
CHOTINER: which, sitting here together, I'm just wondering if you see a contradiction there
LUCIER: let me start again
Walking into grocery store on a hot day and seeing the mist drift down on the vegetables is a pure-grade Isla Nublar experience
September 25, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Walking into grocery store on a hot day and seeing the mist drift down on the vegetables is a pure-grade Isla Nublar experience