Josh
@thejoshbaker.blue
I'm a somebody, probably. Sometimes I work on TV broadcasts for sporting events.
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Who would ever voluntarily choose to live under the demented monarchical plutocracy our Supreme Court is creating for Trump? How is this a remotely rational way to structure a government?
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December 8, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Who would ever voluntarily choose to live under the demented monarchical plutocracy our Supreme Court is creating for Trump? How is this a remotely rational way to structure a government?
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PSA: if anyone in your life is trying to dissuade you from getting the shingles shot, you should probably assume that person hates you, and wants you to suffer. There is literally no other explanation.
Shingles hurts worse than childbirth. Worse than knee surgery. Worst pain of my life.
Shingles hurts worse than childbirth. Worse than knee surgery. Worst pain of my life.
I am baffled by this because I have had so many friends with shingles and NONE of them made it sound fun. Not one. A vaccine that made me absolutely miserable for 48 hours would still be a huge improvement over the mildest case of shingles I've heard of. (Also it made me tired for 1 day.)
All over my FB people talking about their bad experiences with shingles vax and dissuading each other from getting it! We need to give people real info on how to mitigate the symtoms caused by vaccines because vaccines are always better than meeting a virus unprepared. Yet drs aren't coaching ppl
December 9, 2025 at 3:07 AM
PSA: if anyone in your life is trying to dissuade you from getting the shingles shot, you should probably assume that person hates you, and wants you to suffer. There is literally no other explanation.
Shingles hurts worse than childbirth. Worse than knee surgery. Worst pain of my life.
Shingles hurts worse than childbirth. Worse than knee surgery. Worst pain of my life.
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Yes the HHS Secretary just attempted and failed to do one complete pull up while rocking an untucked shirt and pit stains on TV, totally normal behavior for the HHS Secretary
December 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Yes the HHS Secretary just attempted and failed to do one complete pull up while rocking an untucked shirt and pit stains on TV, totally normal behavior for the HHS Secretary
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You have to start looking at the manager’s tactics and training
Udogie out (hamstring) till 2026. www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2025/de...
December 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
You have to start looking at the manager’s tactics and training
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The Jesus of the gospels is a universalist who despises hierarchy, exalts the lowly and suffering, and rejects ethnic supremacy. He preaches to Gentiles, has his followers dine in the homes of uncircumcized men, and declares, "My father's house is a place of prayer for all nations."
December 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The Jesus of the gospels is a universalist who despises hierarchy, exalts the lowly and suffering, and rejects ethnic supremacy. He preaches to Gentiles, has his followers dine in the homes of uncircumcized men, and declares, "My father's house is a place of prayer for all nations."
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“Supreme Court reform is now the sine qua non of any reformist program in the United States, any program to re-implant/re-secure civic democracy in the United States.” talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/court...
Court Reform: Breaking the Corrupt Rule of the Six GOPers Is Everything
I’ve become something of a broken record on this. But repetition sometimes...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“Supreme Court reform is now the sine qua non of any reformist program in the United States, any program to re-implant/re-secure civic democracy in the United States.” talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/court...
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I don't know if folks who didn't grow up in the Christian church grasp how painfully clear the Bible is about treating all humans with dignity and respect. Jesus was like PRETEND THOSE PEOPLE ARE ME IF THAT HELPS.
And yet!
And yet!
Leviticus 19:33-34
New International Version
33 “‘When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. 34 The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
New International Version
33 “‘When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. 34 The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
December 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I don't know if folks who didn't grow up in the Christian church grasp how painfully clear the Bible is about treating all humans with dignity and respect. Jesus was like PRETEND THOSE PEOPLE ARE ME IF THAT HELPS.
And yet!
And yet!
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If it hasn't been said, I'll say it: No woman of color would ever be defended in this "she's just a smol bean" fashion & many Black, Latina, Asian & Indigenous women have had their lives & careers destroyed for nothing, or for far, far less. Same goes for trans women. These are just fucking facts.
Possibly the only thing more freakish than Nuzzi's prose is the contortions her defenders twist themselves into. "She's not just hot, but she definitely is hot, while also being a vulnerable smol child. Also, criticizing her is sexist."
December 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
If it hasn't been said, I'll say it: No woman of color would ever be defended in this "she's just a smol bean" fashion & many Black, Latina, Asian & Indigenous women have had their lives & careers destroyed for nothing, or for far, far less. Same goes for trans women. These are just fucking facts.
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After much research and development I have made an offline version of ChatGPT.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
After much research and development I have made an offline version of ChatGPT.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
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I very much agree with this, but once again, a reminder on commissioners:
If they're doing something, it's because a majority of team owners want them to. Your favorite team's owner probably loves kissing Trump's ass and doesn't like women.
If they're doing something, it's because a majority of team owners want them to. Your favorite team's owner probably loves kissing Trump's ass and doesn't like women.
Baseball's elimination of and transformation of its diversity programs in an effort to curry favor with the Trump Regime is an absolute disgrace and Rob Manfred should be shamed for it until his dying day. He's a coward who values bigotry much, much more than progress.
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NEWS — MLB's Take the Field initiative, which is meant to help "develop and grow women looking to enter various aspects of baseball operations" is no longer an initiative just for women and is now "a co-ed event," and has been since at least October. www.mlb.com/inclusion/ta...
December 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I very much agree with this, but once again, a reminder on commissioners:
If they're doing something, it's because a majority of team owners want them to. Your favorite team's owner probably loves kissing Trump's ass and doesn't like women.
If they're doing something, it's because a majority of team owners want them to. Your favorite team's owner probably loves kissing Trump's ass and doesn't like women.
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Summary for December 1-7, 2025
There were 11 incidents reported involving pedestrians.
TWO INCIDENTS RESULTED IN DEATH.
#SafeStreetsIndy #Indianapolis #HoosierSky
There were 11 incidents reported involving pedestrians.
TWO INCIDENTS RESULTED IN DEATH.
#SafeStreetsIndy #Indianapolis #HoosierSky
December 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Summary for December 1-7, 2025
There were 11 incidents reported involving pedestrians.
TWO INCIDENTS RESULTED IN DEATH.
#SafeStreetsIndy #Indianapolis #HoosierSky
There were 11 incidents reported involving pedestrians.
TWO INCIDENTS RESULTED IN DEATH.
#SafeStreetsIndy #Indianapolis #HoosierSky
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This lady was the Steve Jobs of the Online Death Threat Industry for like 10 years. Not to be a dick, but fucking spare me.
Marjorie Taylor Greene claims she shared with Trump death threat she received that he incited, and his response was "extremely unkind"
December 8, 2025 at 3:26 AM
This lady was the Steve Jobs of the Online Death Threat Industry for like 10 years. Not to be a dick, but fucking spare me.
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I searched for an English translation for the lyrics to the Hungarian folk carol “Kiskarácsony, Nagykarácsony” and frankly, I don’t even care if this is correct because I love it
December 8, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I searched for an English translation for the lyrics to the Hungarian folk carol “Kiskarácsony, Nagykarácsony” and frankly, I don’t even care if this is correct because I love it
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So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
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some significant part of this is just catch-all fear for “this is not the child I ordered” I think
Oh, here's a big surprise. The transphobes don't believe in ADHD either.
then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
December 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
some significant part of this is just catch-all fear for “this is not the child I ordered” I think
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
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Further evidence that widespread covid vaccination is better for everybody.
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Further evidence that widespread covid vaccination is better for everybody.
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Congrats to Hall of Famer Jeff Kent, who was on Survivor in 2012 and said this after he was kicked off. It should be noted that the top marginal tax rate in 2012 was 35%, unchanged from the last 6 years of the Bush era. Which makes you wonder whether maybe the tax rate was not his beef with Obama.
December 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Congrats to Hall of Famer Jeff Kent, who was on Survivor in 2012 and said this after he was kicked off. It should be noted that the top marginal tax rate in 2012 was 35%, unchanged from the last 6 years of the Bush era. Which makes you wonder whether maybe the tax rate was not his beef with Obama.
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Mark Kelly here, reaching out one more time to test how many fake spam numbers you will allow me to text you from before you decide to block an American space hero
December 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Mark Kelly here, reaching out one more time to test how many fake spam numbers you will allow me to text you from before you decide to block an American space hero
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Last year I spent 40+ hours learning how to mod the grinch into bonelabs so I could do this
October 8, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Last year I spent 40+ hours learning how to mod the grinch into bonelabs so I could do this
California Girl, my ass.
Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau make their relationship Instagram official
Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau make their relationship Instagram official
The singer posted a photo of the pair smiling cheek to cheek and a video of them eating sushi together while in Japan
Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau have launched their relationship on Instagram, after the singer posted a photo of the pair smiling cheek to cheek and a video of them eating sushi together while in Japan.
Perry’s post appeared to confirm the pair are in a relationship, after months of speculation about a possible romance between her and the former Canadian prime minister. Continue reading...
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December 8, 2025 at 5:16 AM
California Girl, my ass.