joshua s fouts @josho.bsky.social · 14/07/2026As the Rock Man once said, "The thing is, you see what you want to see and you hear what you want to hear." 000
Reposted by joshua s foutsDerek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Gosh if only there was a story about an elite group of powerful people who grew complacent that got destroyed by an evil fascistic group who developed powerful technology that we could learn from. 1104
Reposted by joshua s foutsDerek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Fuck Substack now and forever. 1398
Reposted by joshua s foutsElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 13/04/2026Compared to other 3D printer laws proposed this year, California’s is the most troubling. It criminalizes open source, reduces consumer choice, and creates a new bureaucratic burden. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...eff.orgThe Dangers of California’s Legislation to Censor 3D PrintingCalifornia’s bill, AB 2047, will not only mandate censorware on all 3D printers; it will also criminalize the use of open-source alternatives. Repeating the mistakes of DRM won’t make anyone safer, 9311153
Reposted by joshua s fouts#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 14/04/2026"Now I've got claws and a harness!!" 07517
Reposted by joshua s fouts#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 11/04/2026*That's an interesting question, what's the world's most Doctorow-enshittified situation/place/institution/business that doesn't involve surveillance-capitalist platforms 6327
Reposted by joshua s foutsJillian C. York @jillian.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Proud of us for this. 14610
Reposted by joshua s fouts#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 09/04/2026*The "space junk debris belt." Space enthusiasts don't like to look at this any more than petroleum engineers like to look at global warming en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler...en.wikipedia.orgKessler syndrome - Wikipedia 4328
Reposted by joshua s foutsMitch Wagner @mitchwagner.com · 09/04/2026No email is worth reading that contains the phrase “just wanted to follow up.” 011
Reposted by joshua s fouts#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 07/04/2026*That mayor is so good with video that you'd think his Mom was a famous Bollywood film director 0489
joshua s fouts @josho.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Despite all the worthy celebration of Cory's latest writings, I still regularly quote, and re-read *Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town* with the same awe I get reading *Alice in Wonderland,* the nostalgic swoons of reading old loveletters, or having a father mountain mother washing machine. 051
joshua s fouts @josho.bsky.social · 07/04/2026I would like to order this on a t-shirt. Because: hilarious. 031
joshua s fouts @josho.bsky.social · 07/04/2026If when you read this you think that Cory is addicted to the Swiss Lotto, you'd be wrong. But, just imagine him scouring Geneva tobacco shops for that one GOLDEN TICKET. Just imagine. Then you realize its the lottery for wifi. 0121
Reposted by joshua s foutsMadeleine Shepherd @studioknotunknot.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Here's my brother being eaten by knitted octopus. Also not bothered. 0484
joshua s fouts @josho.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Here’s hoping this is widely read by the EC leadership 0142
Reposted by joshua s fouts#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 04/04/2026*Those who live in multi-billion-dollar NVIDIA glass palaces shouldn't throw stones 0266
Reposted by joshua s foutsHeather Havrilesky @heatherhav.bsky.social · 30/05/2025I keep naming files the same thing, apparently. 2151
Reposted by joshua s foutsTamara Keel [Scary Remix] @tamslick.bsky.social · 03/04/2026We can make him better, faster, stronger… 5545
joshua s fouts @josho.bsky.social · 02/04/2026And I thought this was an image of a stick person scratching the back of a lion's head. 281
Reposted by joshua s foutsKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 02/04/2026A few people have replied to my Artemis posts with links to Gil Scott-Heron's "Whitey on the Moon." Here's a story from Space.com about Artemis II pilot Victor Glover, currently en route to fly around the Moon, and his connection to that piece. www.space.com/space-explor...space.comNASA's Artemis 2 pilot Victor Glover listens to 'Whitey on the Moon' every Monday. This is why."It ain't about racism. It's about the human condition." 372518858
Reposted by joshua s foutskottke.org @kottke.org · 01/04/2026Scientists have genetically engineered tobacco plants to produce five psychedelic compounds, including psilocybin, DMT, and psychedelic compounds secreted by the Sonoran Desert toad. [404media.co]404media.coScientists Create Plant That Produces Ayahuasca, Shrooms, and Toad Psychedelics All At OnceThe proof-of-concept system produces psilocybin, DMT, and other compounds in leaves of the tobacco plant, potentially easing pressure on wild species and preserving Indigenous traditions. 3308
joshua s fouts @josho.bsky.social · 21/03/2026This feels very Pluto in Aquarius trine Saturn and Neptune in Aries. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comSpanish king reopens debate on conquest of Mexico by acknowledging 'abuse'King Felipe appears to have helped thaw frosty relations with Mexico while reviving a fierce debate over events 500 years ago. 010
joshua s fouts @josho.bsky.social · 09/03/2026“[I]f you think none of the shit you believe in is stupid, I'm afraid we've just identified at least one kind of stupid shit you believe” — another doctorowism worth your time. 0132
joshua s fouts @josho.bsky.social · 31/01/2026End the days of being the product yle.fi/a/74-2020749...yle.fiFinland looks to end "uncontrolled human experiment" with Australia-style ban on social mediaPrime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP), the Finnish public health authority THL and two-thirds of Finns are in favour of banning or restricting the use of social media by under-15s. 000
joshua s fouts @josho.bsky.social · 22/01/2026"It's not psilocybin that's giving the L. asiatica mushrooms their lilliputian effect" bbc.com/future/artic...bbc.com'They saw them on their dishes when eating': The mushroom making people hallucinate dozens of tiny humansOnly recently described by science, the mysterious mushrooms are found in different parts of the world, but they give people the same exact visions. 010
Reposted by joshua s foutsRami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 27/05/2024It's all fun and games until it has to be fun and a game 182362454
joshua s fouts @josho.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Grounding, hopefully healing, words from someone (a parent) Who Knows and Has Been There. (His newest books is my favorite book.) Worth watching. open.substack.com/pub/thegifto...open.substack.comThere's No One to Blame for the Reiner MurdersWhen a mentally-ill son stabs his parents to death, we're left with only sadness, and hopefully our compassion 010
joshua s fouts @josho.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Cory really dropped into a finely polished lucid flow state on this one. Too many quotables per second. This one though, "You know, Elon Musk pops his clogs from too much ketamine. There will be a succession battle overnight." youtu.be/d2e-c9SF5nE?...youtu.beCory Doctorow - Rescuing the Internet From “Enshittification” | The Daily ShowYouTube video by The Daily Show 082
Reposted by joshua s foutsCarl Cecere @carlcecere.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Do enough litigation and you realize that most people are positively moronic about what they put in their emails. 2865172
joshua s fouts @josho.bsky.social · 10/11/2025This is one of my favorite recent random texts from a stranger. The whole “still in my room or in your dad’s room” is rich narrative material. Also the comma usage makes me wonder if the recipient is Captain Pete or the reverse. Thanks, Uranus x Mercury season! 010
Reposted by joshua s foutsCharlie Chu @charliechu.bsky.social · 07/11/2025starting to wonder if y2k turned off computers and social media for a couple years if we wouldn’t all have been better off 171
Reposted by joshua s foutsCharlie Chu @charliechu.bsky.social · 08/11/2025approaching the “cancelling thanksgiving to protect the epstein files” delta 042
joshua s fouts @josho.bsky.social · 01/07/2025What a crazy six months! I've barely had time to be here. But I'm chuffed, honored, and delighted to be in service as Co-Director, World Ayahuasca Forum 2026 and Strategic Advisor at @iceers.bsky.social collaborating with Yorenka Tasorentsi Institute! Learn more: www.ayahuasca2026.com 020
joshua s fouts @josho.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Calling @charliechu.bsky.social www.loudersound.com/features/a-n...loudersound.com“I cherish the band, but I don’t expect anyone else to”: it’s nine years since the last Radiohead record and I accidentally got the only interview for itAs A Moon Shaped Pool turns 9, this writer recollects a night on the tiles in Paris with Thom Yorke & co. 030
Reposted by joshua s foutsJillian C. York @jillian.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Video now up - I did a panel with @ericasmithsexed.bsky.social @bloggeronpole.bsky.social and the @woodhullfreedom.bsky.social on the silencing of sexual voices online. Complete with ASL interpretation! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7Ax...youtube.comThe Byte Barrier: How Algorithms Are Silencing Our Sexual VoicesYouTube video by Woodhull Freedom Foundation 084
Reposted by joshua s foutsJillian C. York @jillian.bsky.social · 23/04/2025The only thing I use chatgpt for is to write LinkedIn posts for me. 1101
Reposted by joshua s foutsJillian C. York @jillian.bsky.social · 23/04/2025I love that even X has a Twitter clone. 091
Reposted by joshua s foutsJillian C. York @jillian.bsky.social · 24/04/2025I got to take part in this cool look-back at how YouTube changed the world, with the BBC www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukLike and Subscribe: How YouTube Changed the World - What happens when YouTube gets political? - BBC SoundsAs YouTube spreads, so does information - the good and bad. We explore the consequences. 012
Reposted by joshua s foutsRune Møller Stahl @runestahl.bsky.social · 25/04/2025No country in their right mind should sign a trade deal with the US that involves agriculture 712550
Reposted by joshua s foutsPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Bill Maher sincerely believes you shouldn’t be insulting to six million dead Jews unless any of them believed anything or were sincere about anything or had any beliefs he didn’t like. variety.com/2025/tv/news...variety.comBill Maher Fires Back at Larry David for ‘My Dinner With Adolf’ Essay Spoofing His Trump Meeting: ‘It’s Kind of Insulting to Six Million Dead Jews’After Larry David wrote 'My Dinner With Adolf' spoofing Maher's White House dinner with Trump, Maher says David was "insulting to six million dead Jews." 1151427130
Reposted by joshua s foutsTaylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Tell me how I stayed up late to get this newsletter out today and somehow lost 13 subscribers. Like what in tarnation?!?usermag.coA free speech activist on child influencer laws+ Shein village, Jesus Swiftie fancams, a monastery for hackers, TikTok footnotes, Seatopians, the Ice Bucket Challenge returns, Coachella billboards, and the rise of the 'infinite fringe' 101708
Reposted by joshua s foutsMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 03/04/2025This was….five months ago 15955031413164
joshua s fouts @josho.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Today is the one year anniversary of my moving to Finland. Uskomatonta! 🇫🇮 020
Reposted by joshua s foutsAnil Dash @anildash.com · 14/03/2025The wonderful thing about this famous picture is that it was taken as we were all standing in front of Chuck Schumer’s office and it shows Aaron absolutely going OFF on him. Thirteen years ago, and Aaron was right as always. (Thx to @self.agency for capturing the moment!) 211608208