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S. Joel Garver

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The unexamined life is unlivable for a human being. Philosophy prof. La Salle University (Philly USA). ΑΦΔ. La Salle AAUP. ENTJ. Always tired.

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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Earlier today, I ended up having to do a 3-point turn in a narrow street and go back the way I came because a cybertruck driver was refusing to pull over and let an oncoming car pass, which would have let everyone move, including the cybertruck driver himself (and, of course, it was a *him*self). 🙄
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is why I don't generally watch sports, except today I was stuck at a bar while my wife was at choir practice and got sucked in. The Eagles should have had that wrapped up long before the last seconds of the game. I'm glad my blood pressure meds are effective. That said, Go Birds! 🦅
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Dude's in a hole and just keeps digging.
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Mango Mussolini is up to his fashy shit again.
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404 Media @404media.co · 16/09/2026
NEW: Hackers ripped down a Flock camera above a roadway, made a near-complete copy of the data stored inside it, and shared the files with 404 Media and @wired.com, revealing in new detail how exactly Flock Safety’s cameras track the movements of both vehicles and people.
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Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People
While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too.
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I really don't understand Sheeran and Pink carrying water for genocide. Sheeran holds the cards here and, with a net worth of $400M, hardly needs the revenue. He could have told Robert Kraft to go fuck himself and just canceled his concert rather set a bad precedent by acquiescing to bullying.
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I can't make this, though I'll be there in spirit. But if you have a free hour on Tuesday morning at 10am, show up and let the powers-that-be know that the museum must not and cannot be closed.
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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Charlotte Wainwright restoring and saving old/ancient books. www.wainwrightbookbinding.com
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Please repost! Drexel announced that it will close the Academy of Natural Sciences public museum- the oldest nat history museum in the US. There are 2 petitions to support the academy. Please sign both & come to our rally Tues. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe... www.change.org/p/the-academ...
A poster featuring the T-Rex at the cognitive natural sciences, which says save the Academy natural sciences, museum rally in front of the academy 1900 Ben Franklin Parkway, Tuesday, September 8 10 AM. The T-Rex is saying tell Drexel keep the museum open. There’s an RSVP QR code and then the logos of Philly Science Action Skype scientist In Philly on the bottom.
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This cannot be allowed to happen. Philly deserves a natural history museum. If Drexel is too much of a shitshow to run one, then the city (with partners) should take it over. Museums are a public trust, and there is an obligation to maintain that. www.inquirer.com/education/ac...
inquirer.com
The Academy of Natural Sciences is closing its museum after nearly two centuries
The closure does not affect the rest of the institution, which builds and maintains the collections and conducts research through departments such as the Patrick Center for Environmental Research.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 12/08/2026
The last thing ICE needs is a new tool to inflict even more cruelty and pain on our community members.
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ICE to spend $20M on gloves designed to deliver painful electric shocks
The gloves must be applied directly to someone's skin to deliver the shock
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 12/08/2026
"even when we decided to make the difficult decision to asked to be allowed to voluntarily leave the US [...] the govt not only opposed it but suggested that it would appeal any judicial decisions that grant us departure [...] they want to continue our indefinite detention without any end in sight"
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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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One Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE Detention
My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
It is beyond disturbing that a sitting US Senator is spewing this sort of disgusting bigoted nonsense (and I realize that, for Tuberville, the bar for basic decency is in the basement).
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Just purchased a ticket to go see this. During checkout, I got to the page with the "I am not a robot" checkbox and absolutely had to hesitate a few moments before proceeding...
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
It's always a bit unnerving when the pharmacy switches the manufacturer for your generic prescription, and you open the new bottle, and the pills are a different size with a different code imprinted on them. But they check out as the same drug and dose. My pharmacist isn't trying to kill me.
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Was it unprofessional of me to respond to an email asking, "Are you available on XX at YY to talk to ZZ about QQ?" with "Sure. And I'll even pretend to care"??
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
🙄 Argh.
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
What is it with Boomers watching videos on their phones in coffee shops on full volume?
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Also, maybe loving trillionaires means removing from them the soul-destroying burden of excessive wealth. As Paolo Friere notes, "As the oppressors dehumanize others and violate their rights, they themselves also become dehumanized. As the oppressed, fighting to be human...
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
After watching World Cup matches or attending events (e.g., free concerts at the Philly FIFA Fan Fest) almost daily for 39 days - as well as seeing all kinds of wonderful content from our international visitors - it's a bit of a let down having life return to normal.
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Homan is a truly vile human being.
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I'm so glad that's over and happy with the result.
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
FINALLY!!
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Tom Cruise? Eww.
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Gearing up to watch the World Cup final match, mixing Spanish cocktails for the duration, starting now for the pre-game, with a Pomada - basically a lemonade slushy with gin.
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I'm getting the sense that some non-trivial percentage of recent ICE hires have been people who otherwise can't hold a job because they're unstable and emotionally disregulated.
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Basically, the domestic abuser who says, "If you don't want me to have to hit you again, you better shut your filthy mouth."
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Welp. Maybe Spain will finish them off.
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
We're at the point in the World Cup where none of the teams I was rooting for are still in the game, so I find myself in the position that, while I don't exactly want England to win, I definitely want Argentina to lose.
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Not The Onion: thehill.com/policy/defen... Also, isn't this "gender-affirming care"?
thehill.com
Hegseth announces annual testosterone screenings for service members
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday announced a new effort to annually screen service members’ testosterone levels and offer testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), framing it as a way to k…
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
If France gets eliminated from the World Cup on Bastille Day, that will be kind of hilarious.
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Seriously, fuck ICE. There will need to be a reckoning when this whole sad, enraging chapter is done. People will need to be held accountable, from the highest offices down to the most menial mercenary.
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
One perk of visiting the FIFA Fan Fest was getting 2 free tix to go see a Philly Union soccer game - a $120 value. Ending up choosing a date in October, when there is less chance of brutual heat.
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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 12/07/2026
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21 Grahams

From descriptions of Donald Trump, stated between 2015 and 2018, by Lindsey Graham, a Republican senator from South Carolina.

A race-baiting, xenophobic bigot
The Islamic State’s “man of the year”
The death of the GOP’s relationship with Hispanic voters
A death blow to the GOP’s relationship with women
The world’s biggest jackass
A wrecking ball
A salesman of fear
A politician whose ideas are gibberish
A politician who is incapable of representing a mattress company
A poor representation of a Republican
A president who is unfit for office
A president who sometimes crosses the line
A Twitter user whose tweets are sometimes beneath the office of the presidency
A man who has a blind spot
A thoughtful person
A good person
A strong person
A golfer with an accurate drive and an athletic swing
A president doing a great job
The best hope in decades for peace
A potential recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
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Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
At long last, Mitch McCo—wait, what?
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
This is way more exciting of a game than I expected. The way the bar I'm at looked at me when the Swiss scored, and I shouted, "huärä geil!"
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Omg, we couldn't possibly have Argentina knocked out by the Swiss. The FIFA overlords will see to that.
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I fully expect Argentina to trounce Switzerland, which I will accept, so long as the World Cup is ultimately won by not-Argentina.
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Alas. I would have liked to have seen Vikings crush Anglo-Saxons.
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The All-American Rejecte, deadmau5, and Bebe Rexha are all playing free concerts at the Philly FIFA Fan Fest next week!?!?
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
With my Swiss German ancestry, the victory over Colombia is some consolation after several other disappointments.
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Ugh.
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Regarding Trump, FIFA, and Balogun: I have never encountered a person so incapable of "avoiding the appearance of impropriety" - or even understanding the concept - than the current POTUS.
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Maybe because the administration regularly lies, shifts blame, and asserts claims without evidence.
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Paraguay didn't play their best, but neither did France, and Paraguay's defense and keeper did their jobs. It's kind of a shame that France won on a penalty kick rather than earning a goal in game play.
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Leaving the house and going anywhere in this heat - even in an air-conditioned car - is just so draining.
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Argentina might have made the most goals, but Cabo Verde is a winner.
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Where should I go to watch the US v Bosnia game? I'd go to the FIFA Fan Fest, but it's going to be almost 100ºF.
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S. Joel Garver @sjgarver.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Don't threaten me with a good time.
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