Josh Rosenau
@joshrosenau.org
Science belongs in politics. Nature-poker, cephalopods fan, conservationist, climate hawk, evolution fan. PTA dad. he/him
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Elected to city council in Lake Forest Park, WA https://joshforlfp.com
Build parks and community!
Elected to city council in Lake Forest Park, WA https://joshforlfp.com
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New meme format just dropped:
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
New meme format just dropped:
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Trump on Mamdani: "We had some interesting conversation and some of his ideas are really the same ideas that I have. But a big thing on cost. The new word is 'affordability.' Another word is just 'groceries.' It's sort of an old fashioned word but it's very accurate."
November 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Trump on Mamdani: "We had some interesting conversation and some of his ideas are really the same ideas that I have. But a big thing on cost. The new word is 'affordability.' Another word is just 'groceries.' It's sort of an old fashioned word but it's very accurate."
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Any administration that believed in the rule of law would say of course troops should refuse illegal orders. If they were confident that their orders were legal, they wouldn't be afraid of reminders of the obligation to refuse illegal orders.
If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
November 21, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Any administration that believed in the rule of law would say of course troops should refuse illegal orders. If they were confident that their orders were legal, they wouldn't be afraid of reminders of the obligation to refuse illegal orders.
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I asked Grok if Trump or Musk ever visited Epstein Island, and it recited lengthy denials.
(TW ahoy for anything Epstein-adjacent that you don’t want to see)
Still, it offers a detailed and unambiguous analysis of why the victims would prefer to be raped by Musk.
(TW ahoy for anything Epstein-adjacent that you don’t want to see)
Still, it offers a detailed and unambiguous analysis of why the victims would prefer to be raped by Musk.
November 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I asked Grok if Trump or Musk ever visited Epstein Island, and it recited lengthy denials.
(TW ahoy for anything Epstein-adjacent that you don’t want to see)
Still, it offers a detailed and unambiguous analysis of why the victims would prefer to be raped by Musk.
(TW ahoy for anything Epstein-adjacent that you don’t want to see)
Still, it offers a detailed and unambiguous analysis of why the victims would prefer to be raped by Musk.
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Why does Seattle just have an Urban Forestry commission, instead of an Urban Ecology commission?
Trees are just one small part of the health of wetlands, watersheds, wildlife habitat, and the health of an urban ecosystem.
It’s be like if your hospital *only* had a hepatology department.
Trees are just one small part of the health of wetlands, watersheds, wildlife habitat, and the health of an urban ecosystem.
It’s be like if your hospital *only* had a hepatology department.
November 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Why does Seattle just have an Urban Forestry commission, instead of an Urban Ecology commission?
Trees are just one small part of the health of wetlands, watersheds, wildlife habitat, and the health of an urban ecosystem.
It’s be like if your hospital *only* had a hepatology department.
Trees are just one small part of the health of wetlands, watersheds, wildlife habitat, and the health of an urban ecosystem.
It’s be like if your hospital *only* had a hepatology department.
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You know, there are several reasons why that one editorial about Katie Wilson is particularly revealing.
It unintentionally reveals a schema, to a hovering between capital c and small c conservative, of what a leader is supposed to *be*.
It unintentionally reveals a schema, to a hovering between capital c and small c conservative, of what a leader is supposed to *be*.
November 20, 2025 at 1:50 AM
You know, there are several reasons why that one editorial about Katie Wilson is particularly revealing.
It unintentionally reveals a schema, to a hovering between capital c and small c conservative, of what a leader is supposed to *be*.
It unintentionally reveals a schema, to a hovering between capital c and small c conservative, of what a leader is supposed to *be*.
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NEW: Trump officials aim to defang/declaw/muzzle/rein in/clip the wings of* the Endangered Species Act
*pick your favorite
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
*pick your favorite
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
This law saved the bald eagle. Trump officials want to weaken it.
The Trump administration announced plans to roll back protections for plants and animals under the Endangered Species Act.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
NEW: Trump officials aim to defang/declaw/muzzle/rein in/clip the wings of* the Endangered Species Act
*pick your favorite
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
*pick your favorite
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
My brain is a sieve so maybe this is wrong, but I’m reasonably sure that Olivia Nuzzi first made it big on social media by having an uncanny ability to have Rudy Giuliani reply to her texts, and now I have a lot of questions I don’t want answered by Keith Olbermann or her musical efforts.
November 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
My brain is a sieve so maybe this is wrong, but I’m reasonably sure that Olivia Nuzzi first made it big on social media by having an uncanny ability to have Rudy Giuliani reply to her texts, and now I have a lot of questions I don’t want answered by Keith Olbermann or her musical efforts.
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Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
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No, Mount Rainier isn't headed towards an eruption despite internet rumours. It is merely a malfunctioning seismometer: www.kiro7.com/news/local/v...
Viral ‘eruption threat’ at ‘America’s deadliest volcano’ Mount Rainier not accurate, PNSN says
An article Tuesday posted by The Daily Mail titled ‘America’s deadliest volcano enters unprecedented 72-hour tremor phase as eruption threat looms over millions’ has garnered attention online, but it ...
www.kiro7.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
No, Mount Rainier isn't headed towards an eruption despite internet rumours. It is merely a malfunctioning seismometer: www.kiro7.com/news/local/v...
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We are thrilled to be a small part of a much larger movement for designing and building digital spaces that feel like the parks, neighborhoods, and libraries we love.
Check out our revised and expanded Healthy Digital Spaces Starter Pack, and let us know who we’re missing!
bsky.app/starter-pack...
Check out our revised and expanded Healthy Digital Spaces Starter Pack, and let us know who we’re missing!
bsky.app/starter-pack...
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
We are thrilled to be a small part of a much larger movement for designing and building digital spaces that feel like the parks, neighborhoods, and libraries we love.
Check out our revised and expanded Healthy Digital Spaces Starter Pack, and let us know who we’re missing!
bsky.app/starter-pack...
Check out our revised and expanded Healthy Digital Spaces Starter Pack, and let us know who we’re missing!
bsky.app/starter-pack...
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The last leaves of autumn glow even brighter to a hungry pair of Therizinosaurus, bulking up for a long winter. These strange dinosaurs are some of my favorites, and though they're slow movers, they made it just in time to be included in my new calendar!
November 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The last leaves of autumn glow even brighter to a hungry pair of Therizinosaurus, bulking up for a long winter. These strange dinosaurs are some of my favorites, and though they're slow movers, they made it just in time to be included in my new calendar!
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Happening now: Texas clergy speaking out about the influence of Christian nationalism — including David Barton’s theories — on proposed social studies curriculum. The State Board of Education will hold a hearing on the proposals later today.
November 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Happening now: Texas clergy speaking out about the influence of Christian nationalism — including David Barton’s theories — on proposed social studies curriculum. The State Board of Education will hold a hearing on the proposals later today.
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If you live in a pre-1970 single family home, you're 19x more likely to die in a fire than if you live in a post-2010 multifamily building www.pew.org/en/research-...
Modern Multifamily Buildings Provide the Most Fire Protection
A large body of research has demonstrated that apartment buildings and other types of multifamily housing can provide many benefits to a community, especially when built in high-demand areas where hou...
www.pew.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:15 AM
If you live in a pre-1970 single family home, you're 19x more likely to die in a fire than if you live in a post-2010 multifamily building www.pew.org/en/research-...
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The way that some “progressives” fixated on the Bruce Harrell Iowa casino parking lot story was racist.
November 19, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The way that some “progressives” fixated on the Bruce Harrell Iowa casino parking lot story was racist.
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Earlier this year, Trump fired a Democrat on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission without cause, an unprecedented move.
13 Dems just voted to advance Trump's pick to fill the vacancy.
Coons
Duckworth
Heinrich
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Ossoff
Padilla
Warner
Warnock
Welch
Whitehouse
13 Dems just voted to advance Trump's pick to fill the vacancy.
Coons
Duckworth
Heinrich
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Ossoff
Padilla
Warner
Warnock
Welch
Whitehouse
November 19, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Earlier this year, Trump fired a Democrat on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission without cause, an unprecedented move.
13 Dems just voted to advance Trump's pick to fill the vacancy.
Coons
Duckworth
Heinrich
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Ossoff
Padilla
Warner
Warnock
Welch
Whitehouse
13 Dems just voted to advance Trump's pick to fill the vacancy.
Coons
Duckworth
Heinrich
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Ossoff
Padilla
Warner
Warnock
Welch
Whitehouse
Hey fountain pen people. I have a Parker 75 pen of my dad’s, and it includes this metal jobby with a squeezable part that I think is meant to let you use ink from a bottle. I can’t figure how to use it. Any tips? I don’t see where the threads match the pen.
November 19, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Hey fountain pen people. I have a Parker 75 pen of my dad’s, and it includes this metal jobby with a squeezable part that I think is meant to let you use ink from a bottle. I can’t figure how to use it. Any tips? I don’t see where the threads match the pen.
I’m so old I remember when the Constitution had an emoluments clause.
“They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.”
Trump meets business partner In the Oval Office
From “bad situation” to “things happen”: How Saudi money changed Trump’s tune on Khashoggi's murder.
www.motherjones.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I’m so old I remember when the Constitution had an emoluments clause.
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HELL NO!
As part of Trump’s campaign to make people’s lives worse, he now wants to make everyone sit in traffic longer by ending federal transit funding & putting many more cars on the road.
One of my top priorities in Congress will be a profound increase in transit investment.
As part of Trump’s campaign to make people’s lives worse, he now wants to make everyone sit in traffic longer by ending federal transit funding & putting many more cars on the road.
One of my top priorities in Congress will be a profound increase in transit investment.
Trump Administration Proposes to Divert Billions from Mass Transit to Highways; Advocates Sound Alarm
Two proposals from the Trump DOT would eliminate a federal mass transit fund and make it harder for states to allocate funding to transit projects.
www.planetizen.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
HELL NO!
As part of Trump’s campaign to make people’s lives worse, he now wants to make everyone sit in traffic longer by ending federal transit funding & putting many more cars on the road.
One of my top priorities in Congress will be a profound increase in transit investment.
As part of Trump’s campaign to make people’s lives worse, he now wants to make everyone sit in traffic longer by ending federal transit funding & putting many more cars on the road.
One of my top priorities in Congress will be a profound increase in transit investment.
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After 404 Media's months-long reporting and pressure from lawmakers, the data broker owned by the U.S.’s major airlines will now shut down a program in which it sold access to hundreds of millions of flight records to the government and let agencies track peoples’ movements without a warrant.
November 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
After 404 Media's months-long reporting and pressure from lawmakers, the data broker owned by the U.S.’s major airlines will now shut down a program in which it sold access to hundreds of millions of flight records to the government and let agencies track peoples’ movements without a warrant.
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Seattle’s mayor and city attorney were both elected in 2021 on promises to crack down on crime and homelessness. They lost their reelection bids this month to candidates promising to undo the incumbents’ punitive practices.
Progressives Win in Seattle, Changing Directions on Public Safety
Voters ousted a mayor who oversaw a surge in encampment sweeps, and a Republican prosecutor who pursued punitive policies toward homeless people and drug users.
boltsmag.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Seattle’s mayor and city attorney were both elected in 2021 on promises to crack down on crime and homelessness. They lost their reelection bids this month to candidates promising to undo the incumbents’ punitive practices.
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Jim Jordan: "We're all for protecting innocent victims, we're all for exposing the bad guys who did bad guys who did bad things, but ... "
November 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Jim Jordan: "We're all for protecting innocent victims, we're all for exposing the bad guys who did bad guys who did bad things, but ... "
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Here’s the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. O, O, O!
November 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Here’s the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. O, O, O!
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Democrats should borrow from their 2005–2008 playbook: careful leadership changes, innovative policies, and, yes, a few well-targeted primary challenges. Not the tear-it-all-down craziness of the Tea Party.
There are better models to follow that can still lead to the needed changes. trib.al/HWinFZr
There are better models to follow that can still lead to the needed changes. trib.al/HWinFZr
November 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Democrats should borrow from their 2005–2008 playbook: careful leadership changes, innovative policies, and, yes, a few well-targeted primary challenges. Not the tear-it-all-down craziness of the Tea Party.
There are better models to follow that can still lead to the needed changes. trib.al/HWinFZr
There are better models to follow that can still lead to the needed changes. trib.al/HWinFZr