Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I'm concerned that the shoulder pads on the costume dress won't be big enough... 000
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I have tried to avoid drawing hard lines with friends and family over politics. To date, I haven't fully cut anyone off because of their MAGA allegience. This will be a line in the sand for me. Anyone who can celebrate and glorify and consume an execution as entertainment has no place in my life. 020
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 08/10/2026AND, if Democrats win the House/Senate, Trump will be able to blame them when people lose healthcare, and his base will be dumb enough to believe that it's their fault instead of his. It's politically brilliant, in a way that lets you know for sure it wasn't Trump's idea... 000
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 08/10/2026What does John Scalzi consider unchallenging television? 010
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I liked Joey Votto very much as a player. Always entertaining, seemed like a good guy. Joey Votto as an announcer is awful, though… Seems to think his job is to prognosticate, and he is VERY bad at that. #MLB #Playoffs 000
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 30/09/2026My favorite meme out of yesterday's grandstanding is actually the shot of Katie Britt's face as this unfolded. I've seen people captioning it "Schmitt-faced" 😂 011
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 28/09/2026No sweat, man. 🙂 I was just curious how an established, successful author who is commonly considered largely a sci-fi author thinks about Crichton. 010
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 28/09/2026As anyone who has successfully made it out of the basement of Christian Fundamentalism can tell you, guys like this are mostly "muscular" if by that term you mean "pedantic, litigious, misogynistic, and probably racist." 000
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Broadly, I understand sci-fi as "creative or speculative storytelling that explores the impact of actual or imagined science, technology, and futuristic concepts". To me, the vast majority of Crichton's work fits the bill. I just don't see him discussed as a sci-fi author very much. 110
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Because he is not often listed among the top sci-fi writers of the 20th century, and his work is not often characterized as sci-fi. Or at least it is far more often categorized as "thriller" or "techno-thriller." I think his work meets the definition of sci-fi. 000
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is a non sequitur, but I’m curious - do you consider Michael Crichton to be a sci-fi author? 240
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Which isn't to say that nothing in this image is verifiably true. He's definitely not 220 lbs, and is probably not 6'4" based on photographic comparisons. As to everything else, though, unless there's documentable evidence, it's just conspiracy theories. 000
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Listen, as much as I despise Trump and everything he stands for, I also feel that we can't go around sharing stuff like this without documentation and evidence. Because spreading conspiracies without evidence is exactly what Trump/MAGA does. Don't beat them at their own game; play a better game. 110
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 25/09/2026He wasn’t “once an abuse reform skeptic”; it was literally his platform to be elected three months ago. 011
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Please don't misunderstand me as saying everything is hopeless and we should just let whoever do whatever. I'm all for putting Dems in power in November to give them a chance to fix some stuff. I'm just not holding my breath, because recent history shows that they're not good at fixing stuff. 110
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 18/09/2026And some of us are just done pretending like one party or the other getting control of the Federal government will magically fix everything... 🤷♂️ Trump & Co. have to go, have to be held accountable for all they've done. But Dems in control of a broken system doesn't automatically fix the system. 110
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I think the official betting line on the question "Will they waste it?" is currently sitting at "They absolutely will," though... Americans have to stop looking to either party to fix anything. Neither one has a vested interest in changing the status quo, but only in controlling that status quo. 110
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 17/09/2026My God... When John Kennedy is the voice of reason in the room, you know the room is well and truly insane. 010
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Strategy for helping ignorant MAGA people understand wealth inequality: convert dollars to seconds of time. 1 million seconds is 11.57 days. 1 billion seconds is 31.67 years. 1 trillion seconds is 31,688 years. Then ask them why Elon deserves 31,688 years while they get less than 11 days. 010
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 17/09/2026American here, and I have to say, I love everything about Canada - except your geese. The only thing worse than a Canada goose is a swan, which is just a goose that thinks it’s better than you… 000
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I'm a little heartbroken to see Tolkien in this article, even if it was just "a piece of" the rights to his work. We were spoiled for far longer than we deserve by Christopher Tolkien guarding his father's work so jealously. "Nothing gold can stay," I suppose. 000
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Anti-abortion folks have made it a big point for years that they don't want money they pay in taxes not be used to fund abortions. Is there some similar mechanism I could use for "I don't want my tax dollars to be given to Israel so that they can buy bombs from us to kill children with?" 000
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Apparently it did happen, though it was a piece of acoustic plaster and not "concrete and steel" as Trump claimed. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...nbcnews.comKennedy Center renews call for Trump-backed shutdown after part of a ceiling collapsesThe latest push for a shutdown comes as the Trump-appointed board fights to add the president’s name to the building. 000
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Even though geese are the absolute worst, that's still a cool video. 040
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Dear Democrats: This is how you start the work of holding the Trump administration accountable. How the hell are you letting Republicans beat you to this?! You are the living embodiment of the "C'mon... Do something..." meme bsky.app/profile/axio... 000
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The show is saying this, but also saying, "The solution is good guys with guns, who do things ordinary people wouldn't/couldn't, who operate outside the Law, but it's okay because they do it for freedom and safety." That's... not a good message. 000
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It's a Taylor Sheridan show, so it's always been very pro-gun, pro-military, pro-government intelligence, pro-extra judicial solutions. It's very much this generation's '24.' 000
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It won't be "survival of the fittest," though. It will be "flourishing of the richest and most cut-throat, with subsistence for those who are useful to that end," unless we make some big changes. 000
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It's important to call out every evil thing this administration is doing, and to hold them accountable where possible. But there is enough of that stuff going on already. We don't need to manufacture mountains out of molehills; there are mountains aplenty. 000
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Which is not to say that Trump and his regime are not fascist. I believe they are. But this question on a job application is the Executive Branch equivalent of "How will you help [Company X] achieve its goals and targets if we hire you?" 100
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I am no fan of Trump. At all. But in the interest of fairness and accuracy, the question was not any variation of "Will you profess your loyalty to Donald Trump?" It was "How would you help advance the President's Executive Orders and policy priorities if hired?" Still not great, but not fascism... 110
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Another Republican National Convention in Texas and, wouldn't you know it, Grindr usage is off the charts in Dallas right now...? 000
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 10/09/2026There won't be an investigation in November. Newly elected officials don't take office until January 3rd. And there won't be an investigation then, either, unless the do-nothing-Democrats can figure out a way to force Mike Johnson to actually swear in new members. 000
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I'm not a betting person, but that seems about as much of a sure bet as there ever has been. I'd put it right alongside "What's the over/under on my Facebook feed being clogged up with idiots arguing about college football rankings for the next three months?" 020
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This is so damaging to the Church... To think that outsourcing pastoring and ministering to an AI chatbot is anything other than an egregious dereliction of duty for a pastor is insanity. 000
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 08/09/2026My wife literally just texted me that gas is 30 cents more than it was yesterday in our area... 000
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This is why people need to understand that the Democrat Party, all the way down to the specific Democrats who might represent you locally, statewide, or nationally, are not your saviors. The party, like all parties, exists solely to get its members elected. Change will happen because WE force it. 061
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 04/09/2026My family moved to NE Orlando in 2017, and my regular refrain since then has been, "No one should live in Florida." 030
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Not everything below the MD line... Speaking from central Florida, having grown up in/around Appalachia: it's true for places with humidity and no altitude. The hottest summer day at grandma's house in the Virginia mountains was hot - but nowhere near as sweaty as any given spring or fall day here. 010
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 04/09/2026My favorites are the times when the gate is changed, I make the trek to the next terminal or whatever, and then the gate is changed back. And of course, by "favorites" I mean it makes me want to throw things. 000
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Meaning, the type of single-religion control over government that Christian Nationalists want here is the same type of control exercised in only one other country on earth - Afghanistan under Taliban rule. 010
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I blew some Christian Nationalists' minds when I educated them on the fact that while there are many predominantly Muslim countries in the world, there are precisely two with the type of Sharia law they fear here in the US: Iran and Afghanistan. And Iran protects seats in parliament for Christians. 100
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 01/09/2026As of today I’ve Attained level forty-two! A birthday haiku! 020
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Show the proof, or this is no better than Trump and MAGA baselessly claiming election fraud. Be better than them! 020
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 01/09/2026One of the best bass lines and grooves in pop/rock history. 120
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I've watched enough and have friends who are big enough fans that I understand the offside rule and VAR, enough to think that both could be implemented in better and less pedantic ways. 110
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Maybe. I also recently learned that Atlanta's official sister city is Newcastle, so maybe there's something there...? But I have a cousin by marriage who is from Sunderland, and I think she will disown me if I cheer for Newcastle, so this has all gotten complicated... 😊 120
Just Joe @joerob577.bsky.social · 28/08/2026My greatest sports love is and always will be the Atlanta Braves. I'm told that Liverpool has that same mix of perennial contenders, smart front-office moves, and a history of excellence. And also that the match-day environment is much like my other great sports love, the Georgia Bulldogs. 110
