Reposted by Joe BaressiTyler @twoodard89.bsky.social · 09/10/20262006 felt awesome because post 9/11 America sucked. But even 2006 did not have this amount of “my opponent is an absolute piece of shit and everyone in this room knows it.” 0592 59
Reposted by Joe BaressiMike Fahey @mikefahey218.bsky.social · 07/10/2026He’s never paid a bill. Thats for suckers. Winners take. 3471 47
Reposted by Joe BaressiOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026a big difference between me in 2026 and me in 2006 is i no longer believe democrats are just helpless little guys buffeted by forces beyond their control. decades of writing about this stuff makes it clear: while dems face very evil people, the party is complicit in not fighting. 1527149 271
Reposted by Joe BaressiphantasmAgaric 🍄 @lalonde.bsky.social · 07/10/2026i don't like feeling wise it's really really really scary 0101 10
Reposted by Joe BaressiAtrios @eschatonblog.com · 17/09/2026who remembers "expansionary austerity" 3336 33
Reposted by Joe BaressiMN Goofy @mngx.bsky.social · 31/08/2026it seems extremely obvious, to me at least, that past victim-hood of a demographic is no guarantee of future "goodness." 031 3
Reposted by Joe BaressiLaura J. @elsiejay.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Admitting that it was racism and misogyny is a no-go for many people, alas. 031 3
Reposted by Joe BaressiDamien: Omen II the Joy Fantastic @mrmunchertoyou.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I'll dig up the source when I get a minute, but early trials of speed cameras in the states were notable when the automated cop seemed to flag all races of drivers proportionally in stark contrast to their flesh and blood counterparts. 1663 66
Reposted by Joe Baressie.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 24/07/2026you're goddamn right I'm going to livestream the first-ever SpaceX earnings call on the AT Protocol put it on your calendar now: August 4, 2026, following market close at 4:30 PM Eastern stream.place/niedermeyer.online 1025219 252
Joe Baressi @jbaressi.northsky.social · 03/08/2026“Surprising” because Goransson’s Oppenheimer soundtrack (which, like The Odyssey, was directed by Nolan) is to me amazing. 000 0
Joe Baressi @jbaressi.northsky.social · 03/08/2026The soundtrack of The Odyssey (Ludwig Goransson) is SURPRISINGLY mediocre. (The soundtrack of Disclosure Day (John Williams) is outstanding.) 020 2
Reposted by Joe BaressiNathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Tbh, i think it's pretty reasonable to hate the party doing fascism and also hate the party who failed to stop fascism and is feckless in resisting it. 16691125 691
Reposted by Joe BaressiGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 25/07/2026Any institution that invites this fascist bigot to speak should never be trusted again. To invite him to speak is to invite him to spread abuse and hate, because that's what he does every time he opens his mouth. Inexcusable. 011217 112
Reposted by Joe BaressiAtrios @eschatonblog.com · 23/07/2026Dems hate their voters, basically 6848 84
Reposted by Joe BaressiClaudia Sahm @claudia-sahm.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I understand there’s a logic to some tariffs, but it’s the White House as a perpetual cost shock machine that’s getting really hard to tolerate. 4524 52
Reposted by Joe BaressiPC Sherry🦋 @pcsherry.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Trust me. When we’re all dead from fossil fuel, nuclear war or pandemic, the bugs will still be here cheering our demise 62446 244
Reposted by Joe BaressiJon Walker @jonwalkerpdx.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Honestly surprised the SCOTUS conservatives didn't try to argue that since life begins at conception you must be conceived in the USA. The ultimate abortion/anti-immigrant fusion madness. 193 9
Reposted by Joe BaressiJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 19/06/2026if you are an American citizen you are a birthright citizen or you were naturalized there is no third category of people whose citizenship is tenuous due to the status of their parents, the people who are saying otherwise are racist liars, and none of us should be reifying their lie 114336 143
Reposted by Joe Baressiyaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 18/06/2026the US shot all they had, ran out of steam, and lost. this is how the war would have always gone. anything israel did or didnt do in the meantime wouldnt have changed it 2284 28
Reposted by Joe BaressiMHeido @mheido.bsky.social · 18/06/2026I was a 35 year old guy who had no specialized knowledge of Iraqi weapons programs and even I knew that the Bush admin push for war was total bs. Powell and his little vial of dirt notwithstanding. 151 5
Reposted by Joe BaressiI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 12/06/2026The moment he backed out of a deal with broad support from the international community he isolated the US and lost almost all possible leverage. 2855 85
Joe Baressi @jbaressi.northsky.social · 11/06/2026Haven’t watched a single NBA game since Game 6 of the 2002 Western Conference finals. Lakers (Bryant) at Kings (Weber). The officiating was so massively and so OBVIOUSLY in favor of the Lakers — so like “and there’s nothing you peons can do about it.” 010 1
Reposted by Joe BaressiJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Scott Pelley standing up to management on behalf of his coworkers and then being moved to tears talking about how good they are and how valuable their work is is what I call a positive model of masculinity 113215 132
Joe Baressi @jbaressi.northsky.social · 30/05/2026The USA’s 250th birthday IS a big deal! It is once in a lifetime. It should be a moment of individual and communal uplift, but we are getting nothing out of it. Trump is incapable of inspiring us, of leading us as a polity. Which is so sad. Not sad for him. Sad for US. 000 0
Reposted by Joe BaressiCampingcam 🤙 @campingcam.bsky.social · 30/05/2026The part where they all come to terms with the fact that they are going to die and all they can do is comfort each other and be together in the end has to be the most adult thing in a children’s movie of all time 31711 171
Reposted by Joe Baressimtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 27/05/2026i expect "paid subscriptions to meta AI chatbot" to do similar numbers to Horizon Worlds 1319510 195
Joe Baressi @jbaressi.northsky.social · 26/05/2026Massive “Glory to Ukraine” mural! In my home suburb, Severna Park MD. 000 0
Reposted by Joe Baressiutopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 18/05/2026Starting to suspect this whole life thing… it’s not quite fair, me thinks 👍 1441 44
Joe Baressi @jbaressi.northsky.social · 17/05/2026No deep explanation necessary. A primary reason for declining birth rates is that our “children” — who are now psychologically independent young adults — are fully aware that the world we are handing off to them is horrible. And they are declining to inflict it on children of their own. 000 0
Reposted by Joe Baressiseed paste soy goblin @phasebinary.bsky.social · 11/05/2026I coded as a kid when everyone told me it was too nerdy. and in college, mechanical engineers told me comp sci was a fad. Now everyone wants to code and it's dead. Weird how that works. 2663 66
Joe Baressi @jbaressi.northsky.social · 05/05/2026@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social I sincerely hope that we don’t hear anything more from congressional democratic leadership about “working with our republican colleagues.” 000 0
Reposted by Joe Baressinoah @opacybikevalet.bsky.social · 04/05/2026an absolutely stunning city, and shockingly quiet after removing just one thing 4291 29
Joe Baressi @jbaressi.northsky.social · 25/04/2026Much of the U.S. has climate change issues. (E.g., Southwest running out of water.) Florida is beyond. Climate change there is “frfr.” I’m an east coaster and I would never buy a house in Florida. Climate change concerns + rabid immigration enforcement = Florida faces growth headwinds. 020 2
Reposted by Joe Baressi🎃 scarecrowcialism 👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Car sauce $3.75 at the cheap gas station on thr way to work. Trump slump real 2611 61
Reposted by Joe Baressibreadedhamster.bsky.social @breadedhamster.bsky.social · 12/04/2026I pee in the shower. 021 2
Reposted by Joe BaressiTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Dawn Staley. That’s it. That’s the post. 1550547 505
Reposted by Joe BaressiClaudia Sahm @claudia-sahm.bsky.social · 01/04/2026'We don't need the Strait of Hormuz' is the new 'foreigners pay the tariffs.' 1043986 439
Joe Baressi @jbaressi.northsky.social · 26/03/2026The United States is going to have to pursue regime change in Israel. 000 0
Reposted by Joe BaressiChase 🐊🚫🚫🇧🇪🇧🇪🚫🚫🐊 @tittysommelier.bsky.social · 15/03/2026I started taking thc gummies and it makes me want alcohol way less and I’m in a better mood the next day thinking these weed nerds are onto something 5443 44
Reposted by Joe Baressilowtax speedrun enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 15/03/2026i hope so too but there is no more obvious "lucy and the football" thing than people believing ezra klein is a smol bean who just needs to Learn A Little. the obvious explanation is he's a reactionary centrist piece of shit and doesn't need to learn anything 2459679 596
Reposted by Joe BaressiMeredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 17/03/2026as I’ve gotten older, one of the things I’ve decided is that effort is truly one of the only things that matters. In life. In politics. Hitting that pavement means something still, I think. 1371 37
Joe Baressi @jbaressi.northsky.social · 13/03/2026Bret “Bed Bug” Stephens is a powerful contrarian indicator, and so his optimism is deeply concerning. I think the basic issue is this: What if when Trump says “okay we’re done fighting,” the Iranians respond with “no, we are not done fighting.” 001 1
Joe Baressi @jbaressi.northsky.social · 06/03/2026Stocks are plainly overvalued, in an emperor-has-no-clothes kind of way. Once everyone admits that to each other, they will fall fast and far. 000 0
