Josh B2
@b2josh.bsky.social
DC. He/him 🏳️🌈 🎮 and avid 🛳 er of many fandoms. Eldegoss is my spirit Pokémon. Sadly my portrait refused to age for me and the 40s have come for me.
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
Live in NH and frustrated Shaheen is using retirement to skip out in responsibilities as she abandons ACA? Good news. Her daughter is trying to turn the family name into a political dynasty by running for NH-1. Let’s not reward bad actions, by letting her keep the political power in the family.
Shaheen: So let me be clear. No one in the senate chamber wants to extend the ACA tax credits more than I do.
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Live in NH and frustrated Shaheen is using retirement to skip out in responsibilities as she abandons ACA? Good news. Her daughter is trying to turn the family name into a political dynasty by running for NH-1. Let’s not reward bad actions, by letting her keep the political power in the family.
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It’s obvious Mark Warner traded votes with Tim Kaine.
Time to primary him as well.
Time to primary him as well.
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
It’s obvious Mark Warner traded votes with Tim Kaine.
Time to primary him as well.
Time to primary him as well.
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Since the coward pulled this while retiring the only ways to punish her are, 1) panning her future media appearances/books, 2) making this her legacy, 3) primarying any protege she puts forth as a replacement. Make her name and endorsement political poison so she can retire ignored and despised.
For over a month, I’ve made clear that my priorities are to both reopen government and extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credits.
This is our best path toward accomplishing both of these goals.
This is our best path toward accomplishing both of these goals.
Shaheen: So let me be clear. No one in the senate chamber wants to extend the ACA tax credits more than I do.
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Since the coward pulled this while retiring the only ways to punish her are, 1) panning her future media appearances/books, 2) making this her legacy, 3) primarying any protege she puts forth as a replacement. Make her name and endorsement political poison so she can retire ignored and despised.
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Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Looking for a 2030 primary candidate to get behind to run against this dude. It’s never to early to start shopping for better representation than this.
My statement on the funding deal to reopen government, protect federal employees, and vote to protect health care:
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Looking for a 2030 primary candidate to get behind to run against this dude. It’s never to early to start shopping for better representation than this.
Primary Booker, Ossof, and Warner if they cave. (The three in the list not retiring and up for re-election in 2026). Primary whoever Durbin and Shaheen endorse as their replacements (they are retiring) if they cave.
Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
November 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Primary Booker, Ossof, and Warner if they cave. (The three in the list not retiring and up for re-election in 2026). Primary whoever Durbin and Shaheen endorse as their replacements (they are retiring) if they cave.
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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What fascinates me about marine sponges is their tentative approach to multicellularity. There are distinct cell types, but each seems to be hedging their bets on the partnership lasting.
Many of them have close parallels to unicellular animals.
I get it, sponges, we've all had bad roommates.
Many of them have close parallels to unicellular animals.
I get it, sponges, we've all had bad roommates.
The Origin of Multicellular Life: Cell Specialization and Animal Development
YouTube video by Professor Dave Explains
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
What fascinates me about marine sponges is their tentative approach to multicellularity. There are distinct cell types, but each seems to be hedging their bets on the partnership lasting.
Many of them have close parallels to unicellular animals.
I get it, sponges, we've all had bad roommates.
Many of them have close parallels to unicellular animals.
I get it, sponges, we've all had bad roommates.
@rooseveltinstitute.org recall their award, they’re firing the political staffers out of an abundance of facist capitulation. I mean. Caution.
We are honored to receive the @rooseveltinstitute.org's 2025 Four Freedoms Award for Freedom of Speech and Expression, and to be among a stellar class of laureates including @wck.org, @cvt.org, and more. Details: tnvge.co/ZMIUg7v
November 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
@rooseveltinstitute.org recall their award, they’re firing the political staffers out of an abundance of facist capitulation. I mean. Caution.
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Robbing the French Crown Jewels is definitely an automatic level upgrade, plus it unlocks several parts of the skill tree, and new outfits.
Okay, so: once you’ve nicked £90m in assorted crown jewels from a national museum, I think it’s safe to say you no longer fall into the “petty crime” category even if you haven’t previously been noteworthy in your field.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Louvre jewel heist by petty criminals, not organised professionals, says Paris prosecutor
Laure Beccuau said ‘upper echelons of organised crime’ unlikely to be involved as one perpetrator remains at large
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Robbing the French Crown Jewels is definitely an automatic level upgrade, plus it unlocks several parts of the skill tree, and new outfits.
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On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable
November 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable
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someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives
November 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives
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US ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz had his ass handed to him for acting like a rude privileged asshole. 😳👇
October 31, 2025 at 2:09 AM
US ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz had his ass handed to him for acting like a rude privileged asshole. 😳👇
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The fake ads are the best part of subscribing to The Onion print version.
October 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The fake ads are the best part of subscribing to The Onion print version.
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For the record, Elizabeth talks like this too. It's how you know they're compatible.
Fan theory: Pride and Prejudice is the first autism romance.
Fan theory: Pride and Prejudice is the first autism romance.
Theory: Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice is grumpy because he was an analytic philosopher born several generations too early.
October 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
For the record, Elizabeth talks like this too. It's how you know they're compatible.
Fan theory: Pride and Prejudice is the first autism romance.
Fan theory: Pride and Prejudice is the first autism romance.
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October 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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THE TERMINATOR was released 41 years ago today. Acclaimed as one of the great science fiction/action films of the 1980s, and the film that launched the career of writer-director James Cameron, the story of how it was made absolutely will not stop. Ever. Until it is read…
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October 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
THE TERMINATOR was released 41 years ago today. Acclaimed as one of the great science fiction/action films of the 1980s, and the film that launched the career of writer-director James Cameron, the story of how it was made absolutely will not stop. Ever. Until it is read…
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The studio wanted a big name in the part and, reportedly, Mel Gibson, Tom Selleck and Sylvester Stallone turned the role down. Orion co-founder Mike Medavoy later said he had wanted O.J. Simpson to play The Terminator, but Cameron couldn’t see him as a killer.
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October 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The studio wanted a big name in the part and, reportedly, Mel Gibson, Tom Selleck and Sylvester Stallone turned the role down. Orion co-founder Mike Medavoy later said he had wanted O.J. Simpson to play The Terminator, but Cameron couldn’t see him as a killer.
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Fun fact: one of those women that don’t exist who likes science fiction and Star Trek is AOC on Bluesky dot com
October 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Fun fact: one of those women that don’t exist who likes science fiction and Star Trek is AOC on Bluesky dot com
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@staceyabrams.com actually *was* in Star Trek
October 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
@staceyabrams.com actually *was* in Star Trek
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(1/X) Check out a typical Harper's letter signatory's Twitter feed and you'll mostly *still* find 80% complaints about the "woke left", even in the midst of the greatest government crack-down on free speech in at least 60 tears.
Why? Because the "free speech" movement is donor/patron-driven.
Why? Because the "free speech" movement is donor/patron-driven.
October 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
(1/X) Check out a typical Harper's letter signatory's Twitter feed and you'll mostly *still* find 80% complaints about the "woke left", even in the midst of the greatest government crack-down on free speech in at least 60 tears.
Why? Because the "free speech" movement is donor/patron-driven.
Why? Because the "free speech" movement is donor/patron-driven.