Josiah Hawthorne
@josiahhawthorne.bsky.social
I'm not Young, Restless, or Reformed -- I'm Old, Exhausted, and (Ana)baptist. Half Took, Half Baggins. #ADHD. He/him.
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On Twitter, JeremyWingert79 asked how we stay sane through the next few years. Here's my answer -- a 🧵:
--Focus on the local, things within your sphere of influence, and your ability to impact.
--Cultivate unplugged times. Awareness is important, but this is a marathon, not a sprint.
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--Focus on the local, things within your sphere of influence, and your ability to impact.
--Cultivate unplugged times. Awareness is important, but this is a marathon, not a sprint.
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Imagine trading your blessing for a bowl of Trump Soup™️
December 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Imagine trading your blessing for a bowl of Trump Soup™️
My wife is watching "Stranger Things."
I am playing "Shadow of Mordor."
This is when I found out they used the same sound effect for both the demogorgon in ST and the caragors in SoM.
I am playing "Shadow of Mordor."
This is when I found out they used the same sound effect for both the demogorgon in ST and the caragors in SoM.
a man with a beard wearing headphones is sitting in front of a computer .
Alt: a man with a beard wearing headphones is sitting in front of a computer reacting to a jumpscare sound effect.
media.tenor.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:46 AM
My wife is watching "Stranger Things."
I am playing "Shadow of Mordor."
This is when I found out they used the same sound effect for both the demogorgon in ST and the caragors in SoM.
I am playing "Shadow of Mordor."
This is when I found out they used the same sound effect for both the demogorgon in ST and the caragors in SoM.
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I think the biggest issue with the OU paper debacle is the student DIDNT DO THE WORK. This wasn’t a “my prof disagreed with me but had no cuticle personal subjective grading criteria” this was “if you just make a passing attempt at following the instructions you get the points”
December 1, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I think the biggest issue with the OU paper debacle is the student DIDNT DO THE WORK. This wasn’t a “my prof disagreed with me but had no cuticle personal subjective grading criteria” this was “if you just make a passing attempt at following the instructions you get the points”
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Strong floor? No, ceiling!
November 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Strong floor? No, ceiling!
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Welcome to home ownership. Everything in your house has been finished in a size no store carries and your pipes have been configured in a way that will perplex plumbers for years to come
November 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Welcome to home ownership. Everything in your house has been finished in a size no store carries and your pipes have been configured in a way that will perplex plumbers for years to come
My wife saw the "Beauceant" flag in the form of multiple bumper stickers (on the same car) at the grocery store today. 😬
November 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
My wife saw the "Beauceant" flag in the form of multiple bumper stickers (on the same car) at the grocery store today. 😬
It's probably not entirely coincidence that the "Secretary of War" who ordered the execution of survivors...
...attends church in a denomination that celebrates "No Quarter November."
...attends church in a denomination that celebrates "No Quarter November."
November 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
It's probably not entirely coincidence that the "Secretary of War" who ordered the execution of survivors...
...attends church in a denomination that celebrates "No Quarter November."
...attends church in a denomination that celebrates "No Quarter November."
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Oh and at one point, one cop pepper-sprayed another cop. (Around the 12-second mark.)
November 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Oh and at one point, one cop pepper-sprayed another cop. (Around the 12-second mark.)
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We are still, I assure you, New York Fucking City.
600 ICE agents were supposed to be deployed to Canal Street. Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered instead.
Quick summary by me:
Quick summary by me:
November 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
We are still, I assure you, New York Fucking City.
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so on the plus side, teacher education programs have always had some combination of “fad-ism” and disconnection to research — I had one class where all we did all semester long was build a Wix website, etc
on the minus side: wow, teacher education needs a radical reinvention
on the minus side: wow, teacher education needs a radical reinvention
November 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
so on the plus side, teacher education programs have always had some combination of “fad-ism” and disconnection to research — I had one class where all we did all semester long was build a Wix website, etc
on the minus side: wow, teacher education needs a radical reinvention
on the minus side: wow, teacher education needs a radical reinvention
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“A recent lawsuit claims leaders of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, ignored repeated warnings about child sexual abuse and domestic violence and pressured a mother to keep her children in harm’s way.”
The details are so disturbing.
julieroys.com/grace-commun...
The details are so disturbing.
julieroys.com/grace-commun...
Lawsuit: Grace Community Church Pressured Mother to Return Children to Alleged Abuser and Rebuked Her for Reporting to Police
A lawsuit claims Grace Community Church ignored warnings of child sexual abuse, pressuring a mother to keep children with an abusive father.
julieroys.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“A recent lawsuit claims leaders of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, ignored repeated warnings about child sexual abuse and domestic violence and pressured a mother to keep her children in harm’s way.”
The details are so disturbing.
julieroys.com/grace-commun...
The details are so disturbing.
julieroys.com/grace-commun...
Hotboxing the bees.
(Oxalic acid vapor mite treatment.)
(Oxalic acid vapor mite treatment.)
November 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Hotboxing the bees.
(Oxalic acid vapor mite treatment.)
(Oxalic acid vapor mite treatment.)
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Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
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very midwestern-coded on the foundational level in that you can never predict which innocuous spark is gonna be the one that finally blows a midwestern dad’s fuse.
Indiana Senate Republican Greg Walker “said he would have reported the alleged violation to federal authorities “if I thought that there was anyone of integrity in Washington that would follow through on my accusation ..”
@adamwren.bsky.social #redistrict
dailyjournal.net/2025/11/26/s...
@adamwren.bsky.social #redistrict
dailyjournal.net/2025/11/26/s...
November 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
very midwestern-coded on the foundational level in that you can never predict which innocuous spark is gonna be the one that finally blows a midwestern dad’s fuse.
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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"What part of 'blessed are the merciful' did you not understand?"
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"What part of 'blessed are the merciful' did you not understand?"
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my daughter announced, with great confidence, that the lit menorah in the city plaza was for people who celebrate harmonica
November 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
my daughter announced, with great confidence, that the lit menorah in the city plaza was for people who celebrate harmonica
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Always funny/incredibly infuriating when you get people claiming that they're "Anglo Saxon" (they are always highly questionable). You're not a time traveller. That identity died out over 1000 years ago. Nobody alive is "Anglo Saxon". The later Anglo Saxons called themselves "English".
November 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Always funny/incredibly infuriating when you get people claiming that they're "Anglo Saxon" (they are always highly questionable). You're not a time traveller. That identity died out over 1000 years ago. Nobody alive is "Anglo Saxon". The later Anglo Saxons called themselves "English".
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To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
It’s that time of year again!
November 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
It’s that time of year again!
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obviously plenty of other things should have already been disqualifying but people willing to defy Trump publicly and appeal to decency as their reason for doing so both seem pretty good
h/t @adamwren.bsky.social
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
November 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
obviously plenty of other things should have already been disqualifying but people willing to defy Trump publicly and appeal to decency as their reason for doing so both seem pretty good
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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Me buying a copy of The Onion when I was 18: "let's see what those rascals are up to now."
Me subscribing to The Onion now: "It is my duty as a patriot to see what those rascals are up to now."
Me subscribing to The Onion now: "It is my duty as a patriot to see what those rascals are up to now."
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November 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Me buying a copy of The Onion when I was 18: "let's see what those rascals are up to now."
Me subscribing to The Onion now: "It is my duty as a patriot to see what those rascals are up to now."
Me subscribing to The Onion now: "It is my duty as a patriot to see what those rascals are up to now."
I started appreciating Thanksgiving after I learned the Pilgrims *weren’t* fleeing England because of religious persecution anymore.
They were fleeing Holland because they didn’t want their kids growing up to speak Dutch.
I can respect that. I don’t want my kids growing up to speak Dutch either.
They were fleeing Holland because they didn’t want their kids growing up to speak Dutch.
I can respect that. I don’t want my kids growing up to speak Dutch either.
November 28, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I started appreciating Thanksgiving after I learned the Pilgrims *weren’t* fleeing England because of religious persecution anymore.
They were fleeing Holland because they didn’t want their kids growing up to speak Dutch.
I can respect that. I don’t want my kids growing up to speak Dutch either.
They were fleeing Holland because they didn’t want their kids growing up to speak Dutch.
I can respect that. I don’t want my kids growing up to speak Dutch either.