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Josh Grenier

@treetopunknown.bsky.social
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Traveler, coaster rider, LEGO collector, special education teacher.

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Josh Grenier @treetopunknown.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Just going to say this article is awesome and a great overview of everything I’ve enjoyed about SATURDAY SIX. For me, a must read every week.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine has it figured out. I couldn't agree more. Fuck fascism.
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DrawPlayDave @thedrawplay.com · 13/01/2026
CONGRATS, TEXANS!
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Matthew Cardenas @mattcardenas.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
CJ Stroud tonight
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Josh Grenier @treetopunknown.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Tried to get COVID vaccine at my doctors office while getting flu vaccine. Discussed vaccine in July with dr. Which he put in my chart. I was denied because our discussion was before new requirements. Asked if I could just go to grocery store. Yes, they can bypass restrictions.
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Astronaut Terry Virts @astroterry.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Great No Kings event in Clear Lake, TX, today. ~1,700 great Americans there in this small suburb. Contrary to the nonsense coming from MAGA, it was peaceful, very pro-America, and nobody was paid! There were some scary dinosaur and frog costumes and funny signs though.
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Bob Cesca @bobcesca.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Egypt has extremely strict gun control laws. Civilians are only permitted to own handguns -- no rifles or shotguns -- and only if they can prove they need the weapon for a specific purpose. Background checks for licensing are extensive and include vetting of family members and psych evaluations.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 04/10/2025
One first step people should do to respond to this is start using the “report a speed trap” function in Apple Maps to report where ICE is operating. Make Apple party to the attempt to protect people.
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
it’s a real testament to the intellectual traditions of these centuries-old institutions, folding to authoritarian pressure like paper in a storm and kneeling to naked financial extortion
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Everything about this story is horrific: 1. The student never mentions Jews 2. The university is going to expel a student for criticizing a country over genocide 3. A Republican congressman is taking credit and implying the student is a Muslim terrorist 4. The U.S. Justice Department is involved
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Luke BOO 👻 ber @coolhand.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
lol at this response to a “man on the street” interview with protestors at the Tesla diner
"He's a piece of shit, but let's get the political science stuff out of the way," Steven told me when I asked if he thought support of Tesla could be considered apolitical. "Elon Musk has platformed white supremacists and antisemites on X. He got rid of all the moderation. He put back accounts that were clearly neo-Nazis. He's changed algorithms to promote that type of hate.
Him and DOGE did massive cuts in the government, including our civil services.
He's cut cancer research. Did I mention he was a giant piece of shit?"
"He's cut our aid to Africa, which Will result, without exaggeration, in millions of women and children and innocent people dying. Millions," he said. "I'm not a big fan of people who give the Hitler salute. I mean, I'm kind of fussy like that. He gave it twice at Trump's inauguration," he continued. "He's a Nazi. And he cheats at video games. You have another question?"
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TProphet @tprophet.org · 02/08/2025
Trump is so desperate to put a lid on the Epstein files that he will literally risk global thermonuclear war in order to do it. www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
reuters.com
Trump orders nuclear submarines moved after Russian 'provocative statements'
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he had ordered two nuclear submarines to be positioned in "the appropriate regions" in response to statements from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
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Democrats @democrats.org · 31/07/2025
Texas Republicans held SEVEN hearings about their plan to gerrymander the state before even one about flood relief. They’re not interested in helping flood victims.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 25/07/2025
This is an executive order that lays the groundwork for sending homeless people and people with mental illness to concentration camps to be "civilly committed." It was never going to stop with immigrants. This is horrifying beyond words. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
whitehouse.gov
Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and
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Deth Veggie @dethveggie.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
www.cnbc.com/2025/07/18/v... Sooo... we're not just trying to stop people from moving here, we're trying to stop people from even visiting, apparently.
cnbc.com
Travelers to the U.S. must pay a new $250 'visa integrity fee' — what to know
Travelers to the U.S. must pay a new "visa integrity fee" to visit, but questions remain as to how and when it will be implemented. Here's what we know so far.
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Seth Miller @wandrme.paxex.aero · 18/07/2025
Correction on one of my observations: While Visa Waiver Program country visitors do not need a Visa, they still need an I94 (www.usa.gov/arrival-depa...). I don't want to believe that's going to happen, but I do believe it is possible. If we hit every VWP visitor with a $250 fee we're so fucked.
usa.gov
Form I-94 arrival-departure record for U.S. visitors | USAGov
Retrieve your most recent I-94 Visa Waiver Program form, see your travel history, or apply online for a new I-94 arrival and departure record.
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Seth Miller @wandrme.paxex.aero · 18/07/2025
The US already charges incredibly high fees to many people applying for a visa. Now it is about to get much, much worse. It does not seem to apply for visa-waiver country visits, which is good. But based on the CBO numbers in the reporting it is more than 11 million annual visitors. 🤬
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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 18/07/2025
Hogg’s organization, Leaders We Deserve, is pushing progressive primary challengers at a time when the Democratic Party is already facing a reckoning over sharp generational divides, neglect of young progressives, and the white-knuckling of aging incumbents. Now, Hogg doesn't plan on backing down. ⤵️
teenvogue.com
David Hogg: Democrats Have A "Courage Problem" and Need Strong Primary Challengers to Survive
"Given the fact that we've talked for about 15 years about how Democrats have a messaging problem, it's gone beyond a messaging problem. It is a messenger problem."
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Eric Killelea @erickillelea.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
NEW in @chron.com Houston faith leaders organize in renewed fight against Texas redistricting Pastor Charles Turner believes politicians want to "weaken the political vote and representation" of Black and Latino communities. www.chron.com/culture/reli...
chron.com
Republican redistricting plans challenged by Texas faith leaders
"This isn't just politics—it’s about fairness, access, and equity for every voice to be heard."
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Seth Miller @wandrme.paxex.aero · 18/07/2025
I alluded to my court case at the top of the thread. The latest is a countersuit by Avelo accusing me of cybersquatting and demanding an injunction to take down my website because people going to www.avelno.com might be confused into buying plane tickets there. Which is absurd. So we fight.
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Just asy avelNO! | avelNO.com
avelNO.com is not associated with Avelo the airline. If you're looking for plane tickets head here.
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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 17/07/2025
It’s true, I see a lot of Christians on social media sharing quotes by a middle eastern leftist influencer named ‘Jesus’ who espouses the toxic empathy of caring for the poor and the sick. You better stop that guy!!
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Ben DuBose @bendubose.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Can’t believe this God let all those innocent children die at Camp Mystic. Seems like a real dick.
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🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for. Stop using WeTransfer.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Like watching someone dunk Prometheus's flame in a lake.
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✨🌯 jamie @glitterburrito.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
tons of casting directors and producers ask that auditions be uploaded to WeTransfer; this new(?) T&C point is like asking you to upload your meeting recordings to a company server then finding out the company doesn’t even own the server but who does can own your likeness
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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Even if you assume the legitimacy of ICE operations, the idea that a fucking truck-mounted machine gun is necessary to carry them out is insane. This is about intimidation. This is them letting us know that the streets of the United States have been militarized.
ICE agents in full combat gear on the streets of Los Angeles. On top of a military vehicle is an agent with a full-ass machine gun on a tripod.
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Josh Grenier @treetopunknown.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
@wandrme.paxex.aero Emergency Notification was issued through cell phones but…
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Ben DuBose @bendubose.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
By extension, I guess all the people who died just didn't pray enough. Similar to all that nonsense a year ago about Trump getting "divine intervention" from the bullet — the natural extension is to then assume that the guy who died must have deserved it. I dunno, doesn't seem very Christian
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Matt Lanza @mattlanza.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
I wanted to highlight an important perspective on the loss of critical satellite data from an expert on satellites today, so read more about that at the bottom. It's not good, but it also makes the decision feel a lot more nuanced in reality.
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Doug Lindsay @texdemcowboy.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
www.fox26houston.com/news/houston...
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Man accused of posing as ICE agent during Houston robbery
A man is accused of posing as an ICE agent to pull off a robbery. FOX 26 spoke to Harris County Pct. 1 Constable Alan Rosen for tips on spotting a fake officer.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 25/06/2025
Fascinating...
A chart showing NYC mayoral primary results (still being counted) by regions from largest to smallest, showing the top 12. Not going to recount all the numbers, but Cuomo leads in the top two neighborhoods: the upper west side and the upper east side (generally the "older" people's neighborhoods... and then Mandami wins bsically everywhere else. Bed Stuy, Crown Heights, Astoria, Williamsburg, Park Slope, Washingtong Heights, Harlem, Flatbush, Bushwick and the East Village.
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Abbott is one of the most evil fucks in the country. I hope he enjoys Hell when he's gone.
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Mearn (postseason) @mearn.me · 22/06/2025
so wwe's going where next week
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Josh Grenier @treetopunknown.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
When they fire me for refusing to put these up in my classroom, I’ll come back on Bluesky seeking some pro bono legal work.
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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 22/06/2025
They have made the world living hell for no reason whatsoever. People will ask why this happened in a decade and there will be tremendous effort to make it more complicated than “they were evil, stupid, and bored”
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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
at least he didn't do something truly reckless like try to forgive student loans
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Just my two cents... A million bucks is light for a multibillion dollar organization, but it's a start. IMO the bigger deal is they're acknowledging ICE is harming their community and they are taking action. The bar is hell. The Lakers, Clippers, Kings, Rams, Chargers remain silent.
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Josh Grenier @treetopunknown.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
I just don’t see AI working all that well for the average tourist in an unfamiliar location. Trails are there for a reason, whether for safety or ecological reasons. Just stay on the trails or reap the consequences.
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 15/06/2025
Fwiw arstechnica did a better write up of what he believes and it's more fucked up and more clearly based in eugenics He says it's miasma theory but in classic RFK Jr. fashion he defines it wrong. It would actually be better if he believed in miasma theory than his actual beliefs imho
arstechnica.com
RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory
In his 2021 book vilifying Anthony Fauci, RFK Jr. lays out support for an alternate theory.
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WIRED @wired.com · 30/05/2025
"Remigration"—a far-right European plan to expel minorities and immigrants from Western nations—may soon have a dedicated office following a Trump administration reorganization of the State Department. www.wired.com/story/trump-...
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The Trump Administration Wants to Create an 'Office of Remigration' to Kick Immigrants Out of the Country
"Remigration"—a far-right European plan to expel minorities and immigrants from Western nations—may soon have a dedicated office following a Trump administration reorganization of the State Department.
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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 28/05/2025
Reminder that I’m happy to help you move your Substack newsletter to a self-hosted Ghost newsletter that you fully own and control (and that scales more cheaply than Substack if you’re monetized.)
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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 27/05/2025
This is key. What ppl dislike about Bluesky isn’t really about Bluesky, it’s about people, where we’re at, everything that led us here, the state of the world, the state of social media & the internet. We want this to be an app from a better time, but it is by far the best app for the time we’re in.
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TProphet @tprophet.org · 27/05/2025
Why is what the CDC recommends (or does not recommend) important? Insurance companies typically refuse coverage to things that aren't recommended by the CDC. And COVID vaccines can cost hundreds of dollars.
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
This is what I try to live up to, every day of my life
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
we have a secretary of -transportation making it more dangerous to travel -education making kids stupider -defense making us more vulnerable to attacks -homeland security making us feel less secure than ever -health and human services trying to spread illness everything’s fine.
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The Eyewall @theeyewallwx.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Less than a month to go til hurricane season, so let's check in on the current state and proposed future funding of the National Weather Service. And, well, yeah, we're just going to have to see how all this goes.
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Less than a month til hurricane season, and we’re just going to have to see how this year goes
Speaking from the meteorology point of view, because we are meteorologists and this is a blog about weather, the upcoming hurricane season has few question marks at the moment. We expect a somewhat…
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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
This style of deeply trollish posting on previously sober official accounts was pioneered by the UK Russian embassy during the run up to the Brexit vote. It felt shocking at the time. The collapse of a kind of official decorum has been a hallmark of the slide into authoritarianism
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 16/04/2025
It is time for Democrats to go on the attack, and take away tax-exempt status for every church that unabashedly campaigned for Trump. Take off the gloves, start to destroy the opposing institutions that fund the fascist movement.
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Josh Grenier @treetopunknown.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
This sounds like how an authoritarian government would work.
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Steve Gardner @steveagardner.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Fabulously critiqued. "Like a kid handing in a paper for a book they didn’t read." I had many of the same reactions when I saw this release yesterday. Even "marked it up" in forwarding to some of my work colleagues, who patiently listened to my ranting. Just one mention of "color barrier," MLB...
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