Joshua Bryant
@joshuabryant.net
Information technology, web dev, basketball, indie music
Clawing back public media funding would rip vital services out of our communities – early education, local journalism, emergency alerts, and local connection. Urge your Senators to vote NO: bit.ly/3YMxiXB #ProtectMyPublicMedia
Urge Your Senators: Remove the Proposal to Cut Public Media Funding
Soon, the Senate will consider a package that would pull back approved public media funding. Email your Senators now!
bit.ly
July 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Clawing back public media funding would rip vital services out of our communities – early education, local journalism, emergency alerts, and local connection. Urge your Senators to vote NO: bit.ly/3YMxiXB #ProtectMyPublicMedia
Reposted by Joshua Bryant
I've been thinking a great deal lately about faithful Christian presence in the public square. Although he has lately been maligned on social media, I think the late Tim Keller had the right idea. I wrote about it here: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Not Neutral, But Independent
Telling the truth in the public square without falling prey to partisanship
substack.com
May 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I've been thinking a great deal lately about faithful Christian presence in the public square. Although he has lately been maligned on social media, I think the late Tim Keller had the right idea. I wrote about it here: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Reposted by Joshua Bryant
Reposted by Joshua Bryant
The erasure of the Jan. 6 records comes while the administration is also seeking to whitewash the teaching of U.S. history, threatening to withhold funds from schools that teach about America’s troubled history of racial and gender discrimination.
By @alecmac.bsky.social
By @alecmac.bsky.social
Memory-Holing Jan. 6: What Happens When You Try to Make History Vanish?
The Trump administration’s decision to delete a DOJ database of cases against Capitol riot defendants places those who seek to preserve the historical record in direct opposition to their own…
propub.li
February 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The erasure of the Jan. 6 records comes while the administration is also seeking to whitewash the teaching of U.S. history, threatening to withhold funds from schools that teach about America’s troubled history of racial and gender discrimination.
By @alecmac.bsky.social
By @alecmac.bsky.social
Reposted by Joshua Bryant
What happens when a nation breaks its promises to the most vulnerable? What can Christians do about it?
@matthewsoerens.bsky.social from World Relief breaks down Trump’s latest refugee policy, why it’s more than just politics, & practical ways we can step up now. www.holypost.com/post/the-u-s...
@matthewsoerens.bsky.social from World Relief breaks down Trump’s latest refugee policy, why it’s more than just politics, & practical ways we can step up now. www.holypost.com/post/the-u-s...
The U.S. Broke Its Promise to Refugees - Now What?
The U.S. government abandoned its commitment to thousands of refugees who were already vetted, approved, and resettled. What happens now?
www.holypost.com
January 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
What happens when a nation breaks its promises to the most vulnerable? What can Christians do about it?
@matthewsoerens.bsky.social from World Relief breaks down Trump’s latest refugee policy, why it’s more than just politics, & practical ways we can step up now. www.holypost.com/post/the-u-s...
@matthewsoerens.bsky.social from World Relief breaks down Trump’s latest refugee policy, why it’s more than just politics, & practical ways we can step up now. www.holypost.com/post/the-u-s...
Reposted by Joshua Bryant
Reposted by Joshua Bryant
"As a kid, I experienced real suffering and what it was like to pray to God for deliverance and not to have those things immediately be resolved. I think what allowed me to survive those things is that it was actually God who I spoke to."
@esaumccaulley.bsky.social
@esaumccaulley.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"As a kid, I experienced real suffering and what it was like to pray to God for deliverance and not to have those things immediately be resolved. I think what allowed me to survive those things is that it was actually God who I spoke to."
@esaumccaulley.bsky.social
@esaumccaulley.bsky.social
Reposted by Joshua Bryant
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
Rejoice and be glad because great is your reward in heaven.
- Jesus
Rejoice and be glad because great is your reward in heaven.
- Jesus
January 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
Rejoice and be glad because great is your reward in heaven.
- Jesus
Rejoice and be glad because great is your reward in heaven.
- Jesus
Reposted by Joshua Bryant
Donate to Wikipedia now — and become a monthly donor if you can — to help preserve this important public record of the facts.
As Orwell wrote: “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.” #2+2=4 donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
As Orwell wrote: “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.” #2+2=4 donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
Make your donation now - Wikimedia Foundation
Donate to the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and other crucial free knowledge projects. Each year, the generosity of the 2% of readers who donate allows us to expand the reac...
donate.wikimedia.org
January 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Donate to Wikipedia now — and become a monthly donor if you can — to help preserve this important public record of the facts.
As Orwell wrote: “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.” #2+2=4 donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
As Orwell wrote: “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.” #2+2=4 donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
Nice feature that should already be provided by cell networks.
Truecaller iOS Update Rolls Out Real-Time Caller ID Support
Truecaller iOS Update Rolls Out Real-Time Caller ID Support
Popular caller ID app Truecaller is rolling out an update that brings real-time caller ID support to its iOS subscribers (via TechCrunch).
Apple introduced Live Caller ID Lookup in iOS 18, allowing third-party caller ID apps to securely retrieve…
www.macrumors.com
January 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Nice feature that should already be provided by cell networks.
Reposted by Joshua Bryant
Soon after Donald Trump was sworn in as US president, Honduran migrant Denia Mendez's phone buzzed with news that the app she used to book her US asylum appointment was down. For Mendez, the Jan. 21 appointment had been a long, fraught year in the making reut.rs/4h8Jn0r
For one Honduran single mom fleeing threats, Trump dashes American dream
Shortly after Donald Trump was sworn in as U.S. president on Monday, Honduran migrant Denia Mendez's phone started buzzing with news that the app she had used to book her U.S. asylum appointment was down.
reut.rs
January 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Soon after Donald Trump was sworn in as US president, Honduran migrant Denia Mendez's phone buzzed with news that the app she used to book her US asylum appointment was down. For Mendez, the Jan. 21 appointment had been a long, fraught year in the making reut.rs/4h8Jn0r
Reposted by Joshua Bryant
But the government does get to decide what healthcare it covers, whose IDs are valid, which people it’s legal to discriminate against.
This culture war idiocy is so powerful. This is going to be a long fight.
This culture war idiocy is so powerful. This is going to be a long fight.
January 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
But the government does get to decide what healthcare it covers, whose IDs are valid, which people it’s legal to discriminate against.
This culture war idiocy is so powerful. This is going to be a long fight.
This culture war idiocy is so powerful. This is going to be a long fight.
Reposted by Joshua Bryant
x
X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m.
Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app?
If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.
X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m.
Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app?
If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.
January 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Reposted by Joshua Bryant
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens theonion.com/no-way-to-pr...
December 16, 2024 at 10:20 PM
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens theonion.com/no-way-to-pr...
Reposted by Joshua Bryant
A ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed group Hezbollah took effect at 0200 GMT on Wednesday after US President Joe Biden said both sides accepted an agreement brokered by the United States and France reut.rs/3CJpnlD
Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire takes effect
Israel will gradually withdraw its forces over 60 days as Lebanon's army takes control of territory near its border with Israel to ensure that Hezbollah does not rebuild its infrastructure there.
reut.rs
November 27, 2024 at 3:19 AM
A ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed group Hezbollah took effect at 0200 GMT on Wednesday after US President Joe Biden said both sides accepted an agreement brokered by the United States and France reut.rs/3CJpnlD
Reposted by Joshua Bryant
designing a new celtics jersey after every win ☘️
record: 15-3
record: 15-3
November 26, 2024 at 2:40 AM
designing a new celtics jersey after every win ☘️
record: 15-3
record: 15-3
The shade of green on that iMac is exquisite.
November 24, 2024 at 6:10 PM
The shade of green on that iMac is exquisite.
Reposted by Joshua Bryant
Twitter’s heir apparent isn’t X or Threads — it’s Bluesky
Twitter’s heir apparent isn’t X or Threads — it’s Bluesky
The blue bird is dead. Long live the blue sky.
buff.ly
November 23, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Twitter’s heir apparent isn’t X or Threads — it’s Bluesky
Thanksgiving break incoming. New Kendrick album. Indeed, a blessed day.
November 23, 2024 at 12:54 AM
Thanksgiving break incoming. New Kendrick album. Indeed, a blessed day.