John Joyner
essephreak.bsky.social
John Joyner
@essephreak.bsky.social
Retired Metadata Architect. Volunteer adult ESL teacher. Dismayed observer of the ongoing apocalypse.
And this is different from W Bush’s motivation for the Iraq war, for which you were a loud cheerleader, how exactly?
January 6, 2026 at 8:46 PM
William the Bloody says what?
January 5, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Good piece, always look forward to your work there. But can they please update your photo?
December 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Back atcha from Austin!
December 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
We don’t know, of course, but it’s plausible that Usha not only approves of JD’s direction, she may have actively encouraged it.

Reminds me of my late Cuban grandmother, whose racism toward Mexicans and Blacks was as virulent as I’ve ever witnessed in my 60+ years.
December 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Lol. Yep.
December 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Oh. I guess I did step in it. Harder and harder to distinguish reality from satire these days…
December 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
What are you quoting? Not the article you linked…
December 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Broken link?
December 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The “fewer people to discover new ideas” argument is inane. Creating the conditions in which discoveries can be made, nurtured, and developed is way more important.
December 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
But they used an umlaut on reënters and an accent on début; they must be super smart.
November 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Be still my beating heart.
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Here's that PSA that the President wants to punish by death
November 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Known for many many decades as Specific Whites.
November 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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"Look, my husband is thirty-two years older than me, and *I'm* fine. That's basically what we're talking about here." - Karoline Leavitt, tomorrow, probably
November 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Nor I when he was a supervisor. Way too early to just fall in line.
November 2, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I get your point. But I don’t much care how I look to them. And not sure that saying “sorry, I’m not engaging with you looks weak or stupid anyway. I think the argument could go either way though. So keep up the good fight, however you do it!
October 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM