Zach Josephson
@zjosephson.bsky.social
9-5: Data Engineering
5-9: Coffee, photography, cycling, running, politics, reading
5-9: Coffee, photography, cycling, running, politics, reading
Stuff like this really confuses me - it's a good message, but it's only going to get seen by a handful of people here and on X. Meanwhile @corybooker.com has $21 million in his campaign account - why doesn't he take the opportunity to lead and use some of that money to get the message everywhere!?
The President’s main priority should be the millions of Americans facing higher health care costs, missed paychecks, and food insecurity – not a ballroom.
October 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Stuff like this really confuses me - it's a good message, but it's only going to get seen by a handful of people here and on X. Meanwhile @corybooker.com has $21 million in his campaign account - why doesn't he take the opportunity to lead and use some of that money to get the message everywhere!?
@washingtonpost.com would really love to read your front page story about the Commanders stadium deal, but the ads might be just a bit much?
April 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
@washingtonpost.com would really love to read your front page story about the Commanders stadium deal, but the ads might be just a bit much?
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a historian and a journalist go to a protest…
April 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
a historian and a journalist go to a protest…
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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Important to emphasize that he’s doing tariffs primarily because he doesn’t understand economics
April 2, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Important to emphasize that he’s doing tariffs primarily because he doesn’t understand economics
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the domestiques are doing fine work supporting the breakaway
Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland just took the floor to give Corey a bit of a break. He's asking a 10 minute long question. This is going to last well into the afternoon. I have to say I'm impressed.
April 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
the domestiques are doing fine work supporting the breakaway
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The only "methods" are a constitutional amendment (not going to happen) or a coup
Trump won’t rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing so
Trump won’t rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing so
President Donald Trump said in a Sunday-morning phone call that he was “not joking” about a third term, adding that “it is far too early to think about it.”
www.nbcnews.com
March 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The only "methods" are a constitutional amendment (not going to happen) or a coup
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Do you not own a suit
JD Vance in Greenland: "Denmark has not kept pace in devoting the resources necessary to keep this base, to keep our troops, and in my view to keep the people of Greenland safe from a lot of aggressive incursions from Russia, from China, and from other nations."
March 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Do you not own a suit
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I may well die from the schadenfreude I’m experiencing right now
March 28, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I may well die from the schadenfreude I’m experiencing right now
State your MLB allegiance.
March 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
State your MLB allegiance.
No reason to let pesky facts get in the way of cruelty
A lot to be said about this. Two thoughts:
1. If the US were actually at war with Venezuela-TdA, Secretary Noem would likely be in violation of Geneva Convention III article 13 (exposure to public curiosity)
2. The USG admitted to court: Many of those sent to El Salvador have no criminal record
1. If the US were actually at war with Venezuela-TdA, Secretary Noem would likely be in violation of Geneva Convention III article 13 (exposure to public curiosity)
2. The USG admitted to court: Many of those sent to El Salvador have no criminal record
Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem making content in front of the imprisoned men of El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center mega-prison www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
March 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
No reason to let pesky facts get in the way of cruelty
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Because if there’s one thing we have way too much of, it’s health.
March 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Because if there’s one thing we have way too much of, it’s health.
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once again, every accusation is a confession. republicans spent 15 years accusing democrats of winning elections by trading cash for votes. now, here we are.
If you don't want to see this horrible garbage happen in every future high-stakes election, make sure it demonstrably fails in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race by helping elect Susan Crawford
March 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
once again, every accusation is a confession. republicans spent 15 years accusing democrats of winning elections by trading cash for votes. now, here we are.
I’ve read this tweet a dozen times and I truly cannot comprehend the inhumanity that’s being committed in our name
This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
March 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I’ve read this tweet a dozen times and I truly cannot comprehend the inhumanity that’s being committed in our name
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in all seriousness: one of the most important philosophical questions of our time
It does seem to be getting out of hand.
How does a society reestablish the cultural taboo against lying out out of your ass?
How does a society reestablish the cultural taboo against lying out out of your ass?
March 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
in all seriousness: one of the most important philosophical questions of our time
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Rubio having not one but two devices on the Signal chat is an interesting detail. He's on the record criticizing improper security procedures more than everyone else on there put together, he cut TV ads just about that issue to attack Hillary Clinton in 2015/16
For future reference: my compilation of the list of 19 participants in the Houthi PC small group
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
![J.D. Vance, Vice President
Michael Waltz, National Security Advisor
Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense
Marco Rubio, Secretary of State [*2 accounts / devices on Signal chat]
Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence
John Ratcliffe, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Scott Bessent, Secretary of Treasury
Susie Wiles, White House Chief of Staff
Stephen Miller, White House Deputy Chief of Staff
Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy to the Middle East
Joe Kent, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center [NOMINEE, not Senate-confirmed]
Alex Wong, Deputy National Security Advisor
Brian McCormack [“Brian”], Chief of Staff, National Security Council
Walker Barrett, Senior Director for Defense, National Security Council
Dan Katz, Chief of Staff, Department of Treasury
Mike Needham, Chief of Staff, Department of State
*Jacob Reses, Vice President’s Chief of Staff, [“Jacob”, *not confirmed by reporting to be Reses]
Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:k7eezr2ybq7cxtptak2q4uhp/bafkreig3o74hcl4uj54jmbvo4j5w752egqwp6lbpwdadc4dzemk5vmpyae@jpeg)
March 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Rubio having not one but two devices on the Signal chat is an interesting detail. He's on the record criticizing improper security procedures more than everyone else on there put together, he cut TV ads just about that issue to attack Hillary Clinton in 2015/16
In actuality, this was probably MAR adding his personal phone?
March 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
In actuality, this was probably MAR adding his personal phone?
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Well, they lied. Obviously.
March 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Well, they lied. Obviously.
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i think that if you get appointed to the president's cabinet you should be granted a full scholarship to telephone college so you can learn how to use the telephone
Even if this seemed believable, seems like a good reason to not conduct this business on Signal on your unsecured phone
March 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
i think that if you get appointed to the president's cabinet you should be granted a full scholarship to telephone college so you can learn how to use the telephone
Maybe the real story is that Mike Waltz is the deep state and invited Jeffrey Goldberg on purpose?
Wow — Mike Waltz on Fox News suggests Jeffrey Goldberg somehow schemed his way into the Signal group instead of just being invited by accident
March 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Maybe the real story is that Mike Waltz is the deep state and invited Jeffrey Goldberg on purpose?
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every person involved in this needs to be in prison
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
every person involved in this needs to be in prison
Wandering downtown #Annapolis today. Still trying to decide how I feel about the last two
#photograph
#photograph
December 21, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Wandering downtown #Annapolis today. Still trying to decide how I feel about the last two
#photograph
#photograph
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All I Want For Christmas Is For Someone Else To Give Me Tons Of Money So I Can Stop Hanging Out With Elon Musk wapo.st/3DAlwYt
Opinion | Someone give me a ton of money so I can finally tell Elon to leave
I am so tired of pretending to laugh at “DOGE.”
wapo.st
December 20, 2024 at 1:04 PM
All I Want For Christmas Is For Someone Else To Give Me Tons Of Money So I Can Stop Hanging Out With Elon Musk wapo.st/3DAlwYt
December 19, 2024 at 1:50 PM
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Beautiful morning light illuminates the Canadian Rockies' towering Mount Assiniboine as, ever so briefly, underlying rocks and pebbles show through before the winds pick up again.
#photography #nature #bluesky #naturephotography #landscapephotography #landscape #sunrise
#photography #nature #bluesky #naturephotography #landscapephotography #landscape #sunrise
December 16, 2024 at 12:11 PM
Beautiful morning light illuminates the Canadian Rockies' towering Mount Assiniboine as, ever so briefly, underlying rocks and pebbles show through before the winds pick up again.
#photography #nature #bluesky #naturephotography #landscapephotography #landscape #sunrise
#photography #nature #bluesky #naturephotography #landscapephotography #landscape #sunrise