Josh Birk

Josh Birk

@joshbirk.bsky.social

Technology advocate. Occasional podcaster. Emotional Support Human. Wrangler of strings, characters and cats.

288 Followers 571 Following 130 Posts Joined Aug 2024
4 months ago
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Trump Admits Americans Didn’t Vote for His Military Crackdowns Yet he and his party keep pretending they have a mandate.

"Mayors and governors are saying no to these invasions. But Trump insists that residents are saying yes. Once again, Trump is faking consent." ICYMI @saletan.bsky.social on Trump's violations - and odd moment of honesty: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-admi...

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5 months ago

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

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5 months ago
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BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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7 months ago

This is an outright downgrade from the OLED Switch's WiFi. Wtaf.

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7 months ago
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@nintendousa.bsky.social explain please? Why is your wifi hardware constant shit? This is a brand new Switch 2. Same SSID.

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8 months ago
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Ted Cruz ensured Trump spending bill slashed weather forecasting funding Senator on vacation abroad while Texas was hit by deadly floods, a disaster worsened by forecasting cuts, critics say

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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8 months ago
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AOC: "On this point of tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the scam ... the cap on that is $25,000 while you're jacking up taxes on people who make less than $50,000 across the US ... while kicking them off the ACA."

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Hungary banned anything that “promotes homosexuality,” which means Pride.

However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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8 months ago
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Brilliant. 10/10. No notes.

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8 months ago

Bondi just said DHS is helping rid us of criminals from the Sinaloa Cartel, but she failed to mention the asylum she gave to family members of the Sinaloa Cartel. She also said we're ridding the country of MS-13, but failed to mention the asylum she's giving to MS-13 leaders in the Abrego case.

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8 months ago

If I'm running a news room now, I assign everyone who has done piece on Biden's final-years fitness-to-govern, and have them apply same standards here.

(Once heard Bill Clinton give 45-minute ad-hoc on what diff *counties* in Arkansas had done in Civil War. Trump doesn't know WHAT YEAR it was.)

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8 months ago
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So far ordering from Walmart versus Walmart+ is just paying way more to be the same too late

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8 months ago

He has to pay $2.3M.

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9 months ago
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The head of the FDA tells us they're taking a look at the dietary guidelines and that the food pyramid is out.

The food pyramid has not been in use since 2011 when MyPlate replaced it.

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9 months ago
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Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.

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9 months ago
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“There’s no recording allowed out here.” I just grabbed this uncredited off Facebook. Does anyone know who recorded it? I want to make sure they get proper credit.

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9 months ago

DHS is also lying about him being repeatedly told to back away. The video shows the men who pushed him don’t even open their mouths, they just grab him and get them out of the room without saying a word.

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9 months ago
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I'm on my way to the Senate floor to talk about the assault on my colleague, Senator Alex Padilla.

This is a horrifying moment in our nation’s history.

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9 months ago
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PADILLA: “If this is how the administration responds to a Senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, cooks, and day laborers throughout the country.”

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9 months ago
a cat with their head and one of their legs resting on a laptop

it’s so sad. they make this cat work so hard

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9 months ago

I was interviewing someone for a job today. When I asked if he had any questions at the end, he asked me about my Salesforce Developers Podcast appearance from almost 3 years ago. Gotta respect that level of research for an interview.

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9 months ago

Honestly depends on the card and if it's a PS5 Pro. You are gonna wanna max those frame rates.

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9 months ago
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Trump has ordered a critically ill four-year-old Mexican girl to leave the country. She could die within days, experts say (The Independent) A critically ill Mexican girl who could die within days if her treatment is paused has been ordered by the Trump administration to leave the U.S., according...

The pro life party is out to kill again

l.smartnews.com/p-lmK6F4I/Fe...

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9 months ago

Guys, it's the oligarchs. If you want to blame someone for 2024, blame the oligarchs. Anyone telling you to blame someone else is part of the oligarchy. Dark money has been to blame since citizens united.

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9 months ago

I was honestly shocked by how good SM2 was. My review is the only reason not to play it is if you hate the setting, because it does Warhammer so well. And yup, the games have very similar yet distinct vibes

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9 months ago

A rogue president with a loyal DOJ isn’t unstoppable, unless we act like peasants. Courts can stop him. States can sue him. Whistleblowers can expose him. But it takes all of us, loud, sharp, fed up. Power bends to pressure. So push. Hard. Clean House with your votes, or get steamrolled. Our call.

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9 months ago

She should be the one in jail for criminal incompetence. Much like most of the Trump administration. And many would be, if the MAGA Congress had a spine, a soul or a brain.

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9 months ago
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Does Kristi Noem even know what habeas corpus is? The Homeland Security secretary's word salad raised even more questions about the administration's assault on fundamental rights.

“Habeas corpus is the legal principle that requires the government to provide a public reason for detaining and imprisoning people. If not for that protection, the government could simply arrest people, including American citizens, and hold them indefinitely for no reason.”

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10 months ago

Expedition 33 is a brilliant twist on the JRPG genre.

It's a shit platforms.

Game designers, if you want platform challenges then code a fucking platformer.

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10 months ago

WTAF has this country come to?

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