@johnostermiller.bsky.social
1312. BLM, LGBTQ+ & reproductive rights. Asia-Pacific Studies MA | PhD in (Cultural) Anthropology. Japan, Islam, migration, secularism, media. Tweets my own.
How about this? We'll repay our student loan debt when all the Congressional representatives who took out PPP loans during the pandemic repay theirs.
10.12.2025 19:29 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I love Creed and love this story. Creed is another one of the few movies and franchises that shows Black life with complexity and humanness. Iโve watched Creed 2 far too much because of its focus on Black fatherhood.
03.12.2025 20:16 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0THIS IS A GOOD HEADLINE.
29.11.2025 17:02 โ ๐ 198 ๐ 65 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 2The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
28.11.2025 15:23 โ ๐ 16614 ๐ 2947 ๐ฌ 140 ๐ 174Every society is three meals away from chaos
28.11.2025 18:17 โ ๐ 52 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0my problem with gyoza is that they normally come in an order of about 6, but what I really need is 100 of them
24.11.2025 17:22 โ ๐ 3865 ๐ 932 ๐ฌ 103 ๐ 69โif people donโt have jobs they donโt have money to spendโ
Geniuses at work, really
WASHINGTON (AP) โ Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed.
24.11.2025 17:43 โ ๐ 6550 ๐ 1221 ๐ฌ 139 ๐ 298When I was in high school we were discussing how much better 2% choco milk is compared to 1%, and my friend said that if I ever tried 4%, it'd change my life. Well, now I'm in my 40s and I finally saw 3.8% chocolate milk for sale at a local country market and I gotta say... she was RIGHT. It's good
24.11.2025 19:31 โ ๐ 419 ๐ 18 ๐ฌ 12 ๐ 1DO NOT BUY STARBUCKS!
21.11.2025 15:20 โ ๐ 20 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott
17.11.2025 21:14 โ ๐ 3913 ๐ 1542 ๐ฌ 10 ๐ 3COVID is the main driver in the increase of unemployment. I was 21, starting my career in aerospace engineering, when I was infected by COVID-19 - that ended immediately. I am now 25 and still unable to work a normal job. I am 1 in millions with this exact story. Followed by this chart from FRED: Population - With a Disability, 16 Years and over (last updated: Sept 5, 2025) https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNU00074597#
๐จ post by @jackamatica.bsky.social on Twitter:
"COVID is the main driver in the increase of unemployment.
I was 21, starting my career in aerospace engineering, when I was infected by COVID-19 - that ended immediately.
I am now 25 and still unable to work a normal job..."
x.com/JackHadfield...
The more democratic elements of the American constitutional and economic order are actually throwing up road blocks to Trumpism. Protests and boycotts and low level courts and juries and cetera. Elite actors on the other hand are all too frequently caving. Fascinating study in who actually cares!
06.11.2025 21:30 โ ๐ 3467 ๐ 578 ๐ฌ 34 ๐ 31BREAKING: Federal judge orders the Trump administration to make full food stamp payments in November. More to come.
06.11.2025 21:06 โ ๐ 408 ๐ 60 ๐ฌ 8 ๐ 10Zohran Mamdani wins the New York city mayor election, NBC News projects.
05.11.2025 02:33 โ ๐ 356 ๐ 42 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 10BREAKING: Californiaโs Proposition 50 - the Election Rigging Response Act - has prevailed, requiring the temporary use of new congressional maps through 2030, has succeeded.
05.11.2025 04:03 โ ๐ 644 ๐ 99 ๐ฌ 21 ๐ 6"A bear wandered into the underground parking lot of The Bank of Iwate Ltd.'s head office on the morning of Oct. 28 where it was contained for several hours before being extracted safely."
05.11.2025 16:56 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0doing scholarship with friends is my favorite part of the job!
true story: we recorded this shortly after J6, and despite that, this episode is such chaotic fun. give it a listen!
Microsoft is one of the companies contributing to Trumpโs insane ballroom. Theyโve picked their side.
27.10.2025 20:25 โ ๐ 19 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0browser.ml.chat.enabled browser.ml.enable extensions.ml.enabled browser.ml.linkPreview.enabled browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled browser.tabs.groups.smart.userEnabled
FIREFOX USERS
Mozilla shoved LLMs into your browser a short while back, here's how you get rid of it
-Search about:config in the URL
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โTRON: ARESโ has earned $14.3M in its opening day at the domestic box office.
For comparison, โMORBIUSโ opened to $17.3M.
jesus fucking christ. i already own most of the games they're adding! ooooof.
01.10.2025 14:15 โ ๐ 20 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 0ok so ... at this point i guess the question becomes whether or not the console game pass sub just doesn't make sense. i actually like playing games on console, but this price difference is obscene. you're punishing people who buy into your ecosystem.
01.10.2025 14:37 โ ๐ 15 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 0this is quoted to add alt text to the image in the post
21.09.2025 00:33 โ ๐ 175 ๐ 88 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 5Mainichi report on the Governor of Miyagi backtracking on a commitment to more burial sites (i.e. for foreigners, owing to religious requirements) in the prefecture. There is often local resistance to such plans. mainichi.jp/english/arti...
19.09.2025 13:50 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0