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John Joyner

@essephreak.bsky.social
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Retired Metadata Architect. Volunteer adult ESL teacher. Dismayed observer of the ongoing apocalypse.

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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
*rimshot*
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Sorry. Stepped away. Here’s how it looks on my end (ipad, chrome), fwiw.
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Did you forget to finish this sentence? “There is no point in treating people who do this as…“
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Maybe include a link?
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Even liberals here gleefully celebrate and reinforce the cultural theft and domination that (white) “Texans” brought by intentionally mispronouncing Spanish words. See also San Pablo Ave. in Berkeley Ca (it’s done by white liberals everywhere)
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
My god if you want to honor his spirit at least spell his name correctly!
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
#TeslaTakedown #Austin 7/4/26 Not taking the 4th off from this activity, for obvious reasons.. @teslatakedownaus.bsky.social @teslatakedown.com
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Link?
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Joke I heard in 1990: How many Austinites does it take to scew in a lightbulb? Two. One to screw it in, and one to tell you how much cooler it used to be.
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Hand in his pocket.
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Thanks. Y’all always get so many, I’m jealous. And our city govt. is not actively hostile to us like yours. Ours actually added a crosswalk and pedestrian signage back when we started.
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
#TeslaTakedown #Austin 6/20/26 A small but stubborn group continues weekly, going on 16 mos. now. Last week the manager called the cops, who reminded him, again, our protests are legal. Tesla staff have been photo-ing us lately, kinda creepy tbh. @teslatakedownaus.bsky.social @teslatakedown.com
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Try leading instead of reacting.
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Subject-verb agreement much?
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I remember how dems celebrated in 2016 when Trump was nominated. Do you?
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Don’t you want a judge to be able to to assess that she is not a threat to the community, and release her on bail, pending the months-later trial in which a jury can consider all of the facts and extenuating circumstances?
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Think, for example, of the domestic abuse victim who finally snaps one day and hits her abuser with a frying pan, but not in immediate physical self-defense. She could be charged with assault and battery, a violent crime.
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Your trust in the incorruptibility and infallibility of cops and DAs is greater than mine. In any case, charges do not equate guilt. Circumstances of the accused vary widely.
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Last, sorry I’m just some rando who doesn’t post very often, so clearly am unfamiliar with your “most popular post” and have no idea Who You Are.
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
And if the police were abolished, just who would do the arresting and locking up without bail?
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Then I’m mystified as to why you would grant the police the power to lock anyone up, without recourse, no matter the circumstances, for the months or longer it takes to bring them to trial, by simply accusing them of a violent crime.
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
What you seem to support is a police state. Count me out.
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I prefer not to generalize from a single anecdote. I like that people are *presumed* innocent until *proven* guilty. I am ok with a system in which a judge can use discretion to deny bail. I do not want a system in which the cops’ arresting someone for a violent crime *automatically* precludes bail.
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Yeah because if the cops arrest somebody for a violent crime, they *must* be guilty. Hell, why bother with the time and expense of a trial?
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Which says a lot about Democrats.
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
More like cashing out.
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
That’s the pits.
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Ha. Shows how much I remember.
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
They are in the Products OC not the Works OC. Anyway, there are ordinary golf balls on the moon.
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The two Voyager spacecraft and the Mars rovers, among other products, would like word.
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Abe said what.
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
@possumeveryhour.io
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Malcolm Nance, Leading Resister @malcolmnance.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Uh Oh liiks like a ground War is on. Trump had Mark Levin annovunce it on hia show Reason: WMDs & Iran did 9/11. Not joking. open.substack.com/pub/malcolmn...
open.substack.com
Trump's Invasion of Iran is Imminent
UPDATED: Men, weapons and resouces are moving that make invasion of Iran inevitable.
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Not too different from the Cuban expat community, if I may say so, as the son of a Cuban immigrant.
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Safe for your kids to play on the freeway, except for the cars.
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Won the GOP primary you say? Let’s see…impeding Epstein investigation…more fascist than Abbot…hates public schools…hates the gays…hates the poor Yep, it checks.
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Yes. But you always *have been* nicer than me....
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
I’d argue that moment came on 1/6/2021 at the very latest.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 28/02/2026
Exclusive: Prior to Iran attacks, CIA assessed Khamenei would be replaced by hardline IRGC elements if killed, sources say reut.rs/4l9SCAs
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Exclusive: Prior to Iran attacks, CIA assessed Khamenei would be replaced by hardline IRGC elements if killed, sources say
In the run-up to the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Saturday, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency assessed that even if Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the operation, he would likely be replaced by hardline figures from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), two sources briefed on the intelligence said.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
You can tell how much trump values Iranian civilian lives and their cries for democratic government because of his pattern of not actually coming to their aid when he said he would and then his insistence on killing them for no reason
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Me too. I occasionally use non-paid ChatGPT to jumpstart my creation of materials for the adult ESL classes that I volunteer to teach (e.g. output some intro level fill-in-the-blanks for regular present tense). Always bland as hell, but a starting point if I’m in a hurry. But you’re right: no more.
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Radical left private prison operator.
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Fair enough.
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Ffs. Doesn’t it kind of depend on where exactly you go? And the article you posted appears to be about the relatively few Americans with well-paid remote work, and how that kind of money does buy you more elsewhere. While creating housing and cost-of-living crises for locals.
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
“*Our* fascism was more efficient and didn’t generate such bad publicity.”
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Oooh. Sick burn. If you don’t want replies, why not just turn them off?
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Agreed. He’s an awful person. Which is why my original post did stipulate that he deserved ridicule. Just not that particular form in this particular contrext.
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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Sorry. Should have stipulated that I have admired and appreciated your work for some time. Your post just touched a nerve. As did, evidently, my reply.
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