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@joycelh.bsky.social
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Balloon Juice Jackal, retired Navy, blocked writer. Author of the Regency Mage series.

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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Is that a real post? He sounds like a fifth grader who’s created a club that proclaims him as emperor of the universe.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What gets me about this is how little it takes to “prove” a conspiracy. Like if they could prove that Jack Smith had been in Atlanta that would be considered proof positive that he was colluding with Fani Willis. A lot of other stuff happens in Atlanta.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Who are these people, and why does the woman in front have her right arm attached to her rib cage? And why is there a luggage cart in the alleged White House? I know, it’s AI, but man it’s stupid AI! (And “Superintelligence” is going to go the way of Lake America.)
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
That is just…. Weird. Trump walking down some generic hallway wearing his “tough guy” face. Bloviating voice over. What reaction is this attempting to elicit? Because my reaction is - “huh?”
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The coming personal bankruptcy crisis is so inevitable we won’t be able to pretend we didn’t see it coming. On-line gambling and crypto.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
And this is after weeks of “rehab”. I suspect rehab involved his team practicing quickly loading him into the van and then drills on voting. His team is obviously writing his social media posts. What, he TYPED those detailed posts? He sure didn’t dictate them. Yeah, elder abuse. Get him to hospice.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Destroying? I doubt it. Those one of a kind installations and art work gifted from other nations are probably earmarked for this or that favored billionaire for their mansions. Trump and his crowd will be sure to loot the place before they knock it down.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I take it you don’t have cats? Whenever I’d hear a cricket in the house, I knew that some day soon I’d find cricket legs when sweeping. Cats don’t like the legs, apparently.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I’ve started calling ED meds recreational drugs for men.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
What I find hilarious is that Trump apparently considers what’s on that tray would be a normal meal.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
That wasn’t a Freudian slip, that was totally scripted. Because a Freudian slip is when you accidentally say something true. He feigned accident to repeat a Trump lie. We’ll call that a Vancian slip.
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Cake or Death @johngcole.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
someone better put willie nelson in bubble wrap because we're running out of good white people fast
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
It was the suit that made the pool incident an instant classic.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
They keep telling us that AI will solve ALL our problems and bring about heaven on earth - once we allow it to get big enough and brainy enough. So we’re supposed to allow big tech to take over the landscape and consume all our resources so they can fix it all. They promise. Eventually.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I like the embellishments people are adding to the picture. One added one of those standing signs that said “complimentary breakfast in the lobby 6 am - 10 am”
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Let that be his epitaph.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Imagine going back in time just twenty years, with a bunch of Trump posts. Show them to average people. Tell them that a future president will issue these public statements multiple times a day. No one would imagine that a president this deranged would be allowed to remain in power for another day.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
They don’t want us to realize that they’re swapping out the classic Ionic columns for the gaudy old Corinthians that Trump prefers until it’s too late to stop them. Those columns are 200 years old and I guarantee that Trump is going to demolish them if he can.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Geez, in my youth I learned new words in reading by the context. I learned Regency slang this way! These days every one of us has a tiny device on their person 24/7 which allows them to LOOK IT UP. So readers who whine about running across an unfamiliar word in their reading are just lazy.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
This is similar to Trump’s habit of punishing the victims of his foul ups, like Abrego Garcia. He’ll have prosecutors researching if he can charge the pool itself with sabotage.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
My dog’s name is Whimsy.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
He didn’t “storm” out. Storm sounds strong. Trump flounced out. In a hissy fit.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Every time E. Jean Carroll has sued Trump, she’s won. Sue him again, E. Jean.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Hmmm. So Trump is considering whether to give himself a huge payment from our tax dollars? Gee, I wonder what he will decide?
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Not too many families can take a trip where their food lodging and entertainment are provided for free (by companies that Daddy regulates). None of Trump’s cabinet secretaries are actually doing the job, they’re just playing the part. And pocketing all the goodies along the way.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Absolutely. It’s called a dummymander. (No, really, that’s what it’s called.) You can’t carve out new districts without stealing some of your voters from a safe seat and make them less safe. In a wave year your clever gerrymander could wind up leaving you with fewer seats than you started with.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Trump: We must build the ballroom so that presidents can entertain up to a thousand people in safety. Also Trump: To celebrate my birthday we’re allowing four thousand people onto the White House grounds to watch a prize fight.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The Justice Dept is going to be busy. Even yet today Amazon has gobs of listings for merch saying “8646”. Charging all the sellers and the buyers is going to keep Blanche hopping, but the statute of limitations, as he reminded us, is 5 years.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
I expect Trump to pardon Maxwell but I think he’ll do it on the way out the door. Because once he’s pardoned her, what leverage does he have?
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Wait, the one on the right is real?! Is he really wearing a black tie? What’s up with that? Trump’s ties are always colorful, if not red (the usual) then purple or yellow.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
All my dogs have been female. I tend to have the breeder choose my puppy for me and she said, “You want a girl. I love all my boys, BUT…” Sounds like the boys are adorable trouble-making goof balls.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Brrr! Imagine being on a submarine with an unvaccinated crew and a flu starts spreading- especially if it’s one of the strains that features a lot of vomiting.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
They decide the talks have failed after One. Whole. Day. Here’s a notion. How about bringing in career diplomats and trained negotiators instead of giving the job to a real estate developer and a son-in-law. Wild idea, right? I knooow, sounds crazy but it just might work!
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Good news is we won’t have to pay to tear it down- the government can auction off slots on the demolition team. Each winning participant gets to keep their very own commemorative sledge hammer. Great story to tell the grandkids!
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
A question for House and Senate Republicans to think about because if they continue their policy of doing nothing, they’re going to be asked this question for the rest of their lives. Judges will ask, historians will ask, their grandkids will ask. The question: Trump is crazy, what’s your excuse?
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Don’t tell me, let me guess. The “fuckhead cascades”? Was that you?
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Okay and now I’ve got the I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ To Die Rag running through my head. Probably says something about my age.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Don’t ask me I don’t give a damn…
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Let’s be clear. If American ground troops are deployed to open the Strait of Hormuz, that will clearly be a war for oil. America’s sons and daughters sent to the other side of the world to fight and die for the oil companies. Who voted for this? Anyone?
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
So are you going to a war or an excursion? It’s actually easy to figure out; just check what you’re taking along. For instance, you don’t take bombs to an excursion, you take a picnic basket. You’re welcome.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Thank you for that! I get so irked when writers feel like they have to tell us the hair and eye color of every single character, when I’m willing to bet it’s a small fraction of the population who could tell you the color of their best friend’s eyes.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
“Great Wolf Lodge?” Nah. Great Rabbit Lodge maybe.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Have you seen Life In Color? Same thing, also Attenborough. Fave line: a tiger doesn’t know that it is orange.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I find my landline useful when I’ve mislaid the cellphone. I can call the cell from the landline and follow the ringing sound.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Has anyone told Trump that the Nobel Peace Prize doesn’t include a trophy? Because I really suspect he’s expecting a trophy. It’s just a medal, with a picture of some other guy (not even him) on it.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
This will be changed back to its real name at 12:01 pm, January 20, 2025. But here's what I do get - does he think doing stuff like this is going to make us LIKE him?
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
The writing is the FUN part! It's all the other stuff I'd like someone or something else to do.
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
My Regency Mage series (currently ebook only) is a historical fantasy and a magical sequel to Pride and Prejudice. Book one is Mary Bennet and the Bingley Codex. www.amazon.com/dp/B07SHQNC9Z/
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Mary Bennet and the Bingley Codex (Regency Mage Book 1)
Amazon.com: Mary Bennet and the Bingley Codex (Regency Mage Book 1) eBook : Harmon, Joyce: Kindle Store
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Thanks, John! Folks, if you like traditional Regency romance, the comedies of manners a la Georgette Heyer, try my Regency Charades series. All stand-alone books, the first is A Feather To Fly With www.amazon.com/dp/B00IMMIUVY/
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A Feather To Fly With (Regency Charades Book 1)
A Feather To Fly With (Regency Charades Book 1) - Kindle edition by Harmon, Joyce. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading A Feather To Fly With (Regency Charades Book 1).
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joycelh.bsky.social @joycelh.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Somehow putting Trump’s “truth social” rants onto brass plaques makes them seem so much crazier.
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