Josiah Hawthorne
@josiahhawthorne.bsky.social
I'm not Young, Restless, or Reformed -- I'm Old, Exhausted, and (Ana)baptist. Half Took, Half Baggins. #ADHD. He/him.
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On Twitter, JeremyWingert79 asked how we stay sane through the next few years. Here's my answer -- a 🧵:
--Focus on the local, things within your sphere of influence, and your ability to impact.
--Cultivate unplugged times. Awareness is important, but this is a marathon, not a sprint.
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--Focus on the local, things within your sphere of influence, and your ability to impact.
--Cultivate unplugged times. Awareness is important, but this is a marathon, not a sprint.
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I keep saying, Google intentionally making its search worse is a world-historical fumble, and it's a huge opportunity for so many others across the internet, if they'll just seize it..
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I keep saying, Google intentionally making its search worse is a world-historical fumble, and it's a huge opportunity for so many others across the internet, if they'll just seize it..
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A noticeable trend here: people who challenge the Trump administration are often mocked in the same way by officials — by questioning whether they hold the title given to them.
Note: Kelly is a retired Navy Captain, Black is a pastor, and Budde is a bishop.
Note: Kelly is a retired Navy Captain, Black is a pastor, and Budde is a bishop.
November 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A noticeable trend here: people who challenge the Trump administration are often mocked in the same way by officials — by questioning whether they hold the title given to them.
Note: Kelly is a retired Navy Captain, Black is a pastor, and Budde is a bishop.
Note: Kelly is a retired Navy Captain, Black is a pastor, and Budde is a bishop.
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This cartoon on my online training video looks just like Mike Johnson. I'm waiting for him to tell me "I don't know anything about that."
November 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This cartoon on my online training video looks just like Mike Johnson. I'm waiting for him to tell me "I don't know anything about that."
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Phew. Things you never think about…until you do.
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Phew. Things you never think about…until you do.
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Alan Dershowitz Sues Farmers Market Vendor For Refusing To Sell Him Child
Alan Dershowitz Sues Farmers Market Vendor For Refusing To Sell Him Child
WEST TISBURY, MA—Following through on his threat of legal action, civil liberties lawyer Alan Dershowitz confirmed Monday that he had filed a lawsuit against a Martha’s Vineyard farmers market vendor ...
theonion.com
August 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Alan Dershowitz Sues Farmers Market Vendor For Refusing To Sell Him Child
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Quiet part, meet out loud.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Quiet part, meet out loud.
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I do appreciate that they've completely dropped the pretense.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I do appreciate that they've completely dropped the pretense.
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UPDATE: We've added 5 more staffers to our DOGE tracker, taking the total to 114.
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.
projects.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
UPDATE: We've added 5 more staffers to our DOGE tracker, taking the total to 114.
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
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Happy "kids are off school but parents are not off work" days to all who celebrate
November 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Happy "kids are off school but parents are not off work" days to all who celebrate
I hear Trump is now backing off his plans to send the National Guard to NYC and all I can think of is this:
November 24, 2025 at 5:32 AM
I hear Trump is now backing off his plans to send the National Guard to NYC and all I can think of is this:
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“Most people assume the Bible teaches that husbands are to be the rulers of their own homes or households, but Xerxes is the only person in the Bible to state this. Paul, for example, never says that husbands must be the rulers or leaders or heads of their homes.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:52 AM
“Most people assume the Bible teaches that husbands are to be the rulers of their own homes or households, but Xerxes is the only person in the Bible to state this. Paul, for example, never says that husbands must be the rulers or leaders or heads of their homes.
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Let's move on with the rest of the passage.
Lewis recognizes that modesty raises thorny issues, but he sweeps them aside to focus on the more important spirit. I want to bring your attention to the last sentence here:
Lewis recognizes that modesty raises thorny issues, but he sweeps them aside to focus on the more important spirit. I want to bring your attention to the last sentence here:
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Let's move on with the rest of the passage.
Lewis recognizes that modesty raises thorny issues, but he sweeps them aside to focus on the more important spirit. I want to bring your attention to the last sentence here:
Lewis recognizes that modesty raises thorny issues, but he sweeps them aside to focus on the more important spirit. I want to bring your attention to the last sentence here:
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Let's first visit the excerpts.
Adapted from a series of BBC radio talks he delivered during the last few years of the Second World War, CS Lewis's Mere Christianity (1952) touches on some big topics — the meaning of the universe, Christians beliefs, and what is considered proper Christian behavior
Adapted from a series of BBC radio talks he delivered during the last few years of the Second World War, CS Lewis's Mere Christianity (1952) touches on some big topics — the meaning of the universe, Christians beliefs, and what is considered proper Christian behavior
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Let's first visit the excerpts.
Adapted from a series of BBC radio talks he delivered during the last few years of the Second World War, CS Lewis's Mere Christianity (1952) touches on some big topics — the meaning of the universe, Christians beliefs, and what is considered proper Christian behavior
Adapted from a series of BBC radio talks he delivered during the last few years of the Second World War, CS Lewis's Mere Christianity (1952) touches on some big topics — the meaning of the universe, Christians beliefs, and what is considered proper Christian behavior
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My friend just fuckin showed up with a corncob pipe & that’s when it hit me that we are all in our 40s which means we get one new accessory slot
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
My friend just fuckin showed up with a corncob pipe & that’s when it hit me that we are all in our 40s which means we get one new accessory slot
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News people: sex scandals draw readers because they’re so salacious and naughty!
Readers: if you print one more stomach-churning word of RFK’s hornt poetry we will burn down the Grand Canyon
Readers: if you print one more stomach-churning word of RFK’s hornt poetry we will burn down the Grand Canyon
November 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
News people: sex scandals draw readers because they’re so salacious and naughty!
Readers: if you print one more stomach-churning word of RFK’s hornt poetry we will burn down the Grand Canyon
Readers: if you print one more stomach-churning word of RFK’s hornt poetry we will burn down the Grand Canyon
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Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
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Since January, a dynamic has emerged:
• DHS has repeatedly appealed to Christianity and scripture to justify its mass deportation efforts
• Some of the fiercest *critics* of DHS’ actions — to the point of protests and arrests — have been Christian clergy religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
• DHS has repeatedly appealed to Christianity and scripture to justify its mass deportation efforts
• Some of the fiercest *critics* of DHS’ actions — to the point of protests and arrests — have been Christian clergy religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
November 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Since January, a dynamic has emerged:
• DHS has repeatedly appealed to Christianity and scripture to justify its mass deportation efforts
• Some of the fiercest *critics* of DHS’ actions — to the point of protests and arrests — have been Christian clergy religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
• DHS has repeatedly appealed to Christianity and scripture to justify its mass deportation efforts
• Some of the fiercest *critics* of DHS’ actions — to the point of protests and arrests — have been Christian clergy religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
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1) good, they should be prosecuted, they are responsible for countless deaths
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to hau...
www.rawstory.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
1) good, they should be prosecuted, they are responsible for countless deaths
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
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My new favorite sport is harassing the Heritage Foundation 🤣
November 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
My new favorite sport is harassing the Heritage Foundation 🤣
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Reminder:
SDNY "was running an active investigation into Jeffrey Epstein[’s] ... coconspirators. In January [2025], SDNY prosecutors were ordered to transfer the Epstein case files to DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C. ... the investigation into co-conspirators has inexplicably ceased."
SDNY "was running an active investigation into Jeffrey Epstein[’s] ... coconspirators. In January [2025], SDNY prosecutors were ordered to transfer the Epstein case files to DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C. ... the investigation into co-conspirators has inexplicably ceased."
November 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Reminder:
SDNY "was running an active investigation into Jeffrey Epstein[’s] ... coconspirators. In January [2025], SDNY prosecutors were ordered to transfer the Epstein case files to DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C. ... the investigation into co-conspirators has inexplicably ceased."
SDNY "was running an active investigation into Jeffrey Epstein[’s] ... coconspirators. In January [2025], SDNY prosecutors were ordered to transfer the Epstein case files to DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C. ... the investigation into co-conspirators has inexplicably ceased."
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It is sort of funny that there was a dignified media rollout for Nuzzi - the soft focus NYT profile full of glamour shots, the excerpt of her book in her new magazine - and her ex just kind of kool aid manned into the middle like PAY ME TEN DOLLARS AND I’LL SHOW YOU RFK JR’S SEX POEMS
November 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
It is sort of funny that there was a dignified media rollout for Nuzzi - the soft focus NYT profile full of glamour shots, the excerpt of her book in her new magazine - and her ex just kind of kool aid manned into the middle like PAY ME TEN DOLLARS AND I’LL SHOW YOU RFK JR’S SEX POEMS
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So good, by @cammy-06.bsky.social @sapiens.org: "Selkie stories often centered female autonomy. Female selkies choose their partners, return to the sea leaving families behind..Giving voice to women’s agency, these narratives shape reality, empowering human women" #Orkney #anthropology #multispecies
Connections and Conflicts With Seals in a Scottish Archipelago
An environmental archaeologist investigates deep-time, mythical, and contemporary relations between seals and Orkney Islanders.
www.sapiens.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
So good, by @cammy-06.bsky.social @sapiens.org: "Selkie stories often centered female autonomy. Female selkies choose their partners, return to the sea leaving families behind..Giving voice to women’s agency, these narratives shape reality, empowering human women" #Orkney #anthropology #multispecies
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They line up perfectly.
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
They line up perfectly.
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How mad is Stephen Miller right now 😂
November 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
How mad is Stephen Miller right now 😂