Joshua Libling
@jjl.bsky.social
Feminist. Father. Litigation Funder. Former big law. Totally incoherent brand.
Becoming worrying interested in collecting dice.
Becoming worrying interested in collecting dice.
This should be a thing. RJK Jr should spend the rest of his life being quacked at by strangers wherever he goes.
OMG! I just got off the plane in Asheville and RFK Jr. Was boarding and someone passed by him and said “quack”
November 16, 2025 at 4:54 AM
This should be a thing. RJK Jr should spend the rest of his life being quacked at by strangers wherever he goes.
Why is it impossible to do a 10 minute task in the 13 minutes before my next call?
November 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Why is it impossible to do a 10 minute task in the 13 minutes before my next call?
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Could a quote possibly be more on the nose for Bari, the Ellisons, the Trump movement, or this whole era in American life than "what's the point of standards"? www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Could a quote possibly be more on the nose for Bari, the Ellisons, the Trump movement, or this whole era in American life than "what's the point of standards"? www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Having one of those mornings when I want to get every powerful or influential person in the world and scream at them about how they suck at their jobs.
.....These mornings have been becoming more frequent.
.....These mornings have been becoming more frequent.
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Having one of those mornings when I want to get every powerful or influential person in the world and scream at them about how they suck at their jobs.
.....These mornings have been becoming more frequent.
.....These mornings have been becoming more frequent.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
Reposted by Joshua Libling
Fight don’t fold.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Fight don’t fold.
The 4 Segments of American Polity
GOP - Authoritarians
Dems - Fundraisers and consultants hiring each other
Elites - Trained to think in time periods ranging from "the next news cycle" to "the next 3 month financial report" and incapable of anything else
The People - On their own and mad as hell
GOP - Authoritarians
Dems - Fundraisers and consultants hiring each other
Elites - Trained to think in time periods ranging from "the next news cycle" to "the next 3 month financial report" and incapable of anything else
The People - On their own and mad as hell
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The 4 Segments of American Polity
GOP - Authoritarians
Dems - Fundraisers and consultants hiring each other
Elites - Trained to think in time periods ranging from "the next news cycle" to "the next 3 month financial report" and incapable of anything else
The People - On their own and mad as hell
GOP - Authoritarians
Dems - Fundraisers and consultants hiring each other
Elites - Trained to think in time periods ranging from "the next news cycle" to "the next 3 month financial report" and incapable of anything else
The People - On their own and mad as hell
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Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.
Spineless. Weak. Pathetic.
Democrats like Time Kaine are addicted to losing.
They were *winning* and still caved.
The English language does not contain words strong enough for this level of craven.
Democrats like Time Kaine are addicted to losing.
They were *winning* and still caved.
The English language does not contain words strong enough for this level of craven.
My statement on the funding deal to reopen government, protect federal employees, and vote to protect health care:
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Spineless. Weak. Pathetic.
Democrats like Time Kaine are addicted to losing.
They were *winning* and still caved.
The English language does not contain words strong enough for this level of craven.
Democrats like Time Kaine are addicted to losing.
They were *winning* and still caved.
The English language does not contain words strong enough for this level of craven.
Not sure if I agree, but an interesting framing.
I have very little time for inaccessible art. I get that if you study for 5-10 years, you might get a lot out of Ulysses, but it's extraordinarily self indulgent to write only for that audience.
I have very little time for inaccessible art. I get that if you study for 5-10 years, you might get a lot out of Ulysses, but it's extraordinarily self indulgent to write only for that audience.
My personal bias is the ideal form of art is middlebrow, meaning it has the accessibility of pop art but the depth and strangeness of high art. Shakespeare, Austen, Twain, etc. It seems like there have been times and places that encouraged this, but they are perhaps rare?
November 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Not sure if I agree, but an interesting framing.
I have very little time for inaccessible art. I get that if you study for 5-10 years, you might get a lot out of Ulysses, but it's extraordinarily self indulgent to write only for that audience.
I have very little time for inaccessible art. I get that if you study for 5-10 years, you might get a lot out of Ulysses, but it's extraordinarily self indulgent to write only for that audience.
There is absolutely no version of legitimate law enforcement that involved disappearing people.
This is disgusting.
(Also, people at court hearings are following the rules!)
(Also, even people who don't follow the rules deserve due process; that's actually what the process is for!)
This is disgusting.
(Also, people at court hearings are following the rules!)
(Also, even people who don't follow the rules deserve due process; that's actually what the process is for!)
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
There is absolutely no version of legitimate law enforcement that involved disappearing people.
This is disgusting.
(Also, people at court hearings are following the rules!)
(Also, even people who don't follow the rules deserve due process; that's actually what the process is for!)
This is disgusting.
(Also, people at court hearings are following the rules!)
(Also, even people who don't follow the rules deserve due process; that's actually what the process is for!)
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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I refuse to read this, but to be clear women have been in the workplace forever.
It's just that they used to be in subservient roles and it was considered funny (to other men) to sexually harass them.
It's not women being there that is the "problem," it's treating women as equals.
It's just that they used to be in subservient roles and it was considered funny (to other men) to sexually harass them.
It's not women being there that is the "problem," it's treating women as equals.
November 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I refuse to read this, but to be clear women have been in the workplace forever.
It's just that they used to be in subservient roles and it was considered funny (to other men) to sexually harass them.
It's not women being there that is the "problem," it's treating women as equals.
It's just that they used to be in subservient roles and it was considered funny (to other men) to sexually harass them.
It's not women being there that is the "problem," it's treating women as equals.
I have friends who have argued before the US Supreme Court and I have never in my life been more envious of another litigator's argument opportunity than I am of this closing.
Defense begins, “This case, ladies and gentlemen, is about a sandwich. A sandwich that according to Agent Lairmore somehow both exploded on his chest in a spray of mustard and onions but also landed intact on the ground still in its Subway wrapper.”
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I have friends who have argued before the US Supreme Court and I have never in my life been more envious of another litigator's argument opportunity than I am of this closing.
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The solution to the male loneliness epidemic is attending a local Democratic Party canvassing event.
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The solution to the male loneliness epidemic is attending a local Democratic Party canvassing event.
Men on the right: Deny having feelings. Freak out over the sensation of bread through tactical armor. Call themselves alphas.
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
The officer Sandwich Guy is charged with assaulting testifies that he could feel the impact of the sandwich through his ballistic vest, and it “exploded all over my uniform.” He says he could “smell the onions and the mustard.”
November 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Men on the right: Deny having feelings. Freak out over the sensation of bread through tactical armor. Call themselves alphas.
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
My head cannon has for years been that Penn Badgley's characters in Gossip Girl and You are the same person.
Name movie or tv universes that aren’t connected but should be.
November 4, 2025 at 1:53 AM
My head cannon has for years been that Penn Badgley's characters in Gossip Girl and You are the same person.
There aren't many things that could cause a French-style street movement in the US, but this just might be one.
Transportation chief Sean Duffy threatened to ground all U.S. flights amid the ongoing shutdown, warning "we'll shut the whole airspace down."
Trump official threatens to ground all flights before Thanksgiving in shutdown standoff
Transportation chief Sean Duffy threatened to ground all U.S. flights amid the ongoing shutdown, warning "we'll shut the whole airspace down." As the stalemate drags into the second month, it's adding more potential risk to the aviation system and putting a further strain on air traffic control staf...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
There aren't many things that could cause a French-style street movement in the US, but this just might be one.
Possible arguments include:
1. Obama did this and it was bad.
2. Obama did this and it was good.
3. Obama did this and it didn't matter at all.
Possible arguments do not include:
4. Obama didn't do this.
1. Obama did this and it was bad.
2. Obama did this and it was good.
3. Obama did this and it didn't matter at all.
Possible arguments do not include:
4. Obama didn't do this.
Me: Obama ran as a centrist rejecting gay marriage in 2008 and 2004
Bluesky: But what about 2012
Honestly, I know you guys get mad when I think you're all being dense, but...
Bluesky: But what about 2012
Honestly, I know you guys get mad when I think you're all being dense, but...
November 3, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Possible arguments include:
1. Obama did this and it was bad.
2. Obama did this and it was good.
3. Obama did this and it didn't matter at all.
Possible arguments do not include:
4. Obama didn't do this.
1. Obama did this and it was bad.
2. Obama did this and it was good.
3. Obama did this and it didn't matter at all.
Possible arguments do not include:
4. Obama didn't do this.
A movie you've seen more than 7 times with a gif.
November 2, 2025 at 4:37 AM
A movie you've seen more than 7 times with a gif.
This is the way.
I gotta be real, I did not suspect we would reach "roving mobs of white folks chanting "shame" at ICE" within 9 months, and it really feels like a sign of how much more horrifying it must be on the ground than those of us not there can even imagine.
Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL
November 1, 2025 at 12:57 AM
This is the way.
These stickers are epic.
October 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
These stickers are epic.
Wow. I haven't seen a Bob Pape joke out in the wild since college.
October 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Wow. I haven't seen a Bob Pape joke out in the wild since college.
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Doctor Who", or "Transformers".
October 31, 2025 at 2:04 AM
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Doctor Who", or "Transformers".