Josh Gee
@jgee.bsky.social
You can save the world, but first, lunch! He/him. At Work for America getting the best people into State and Local Government. Former digital services at MTA, City of Boston. Politics before that. Mass Oyster Project. Write about food and tech.
In Star Trek people often complain that replicated food is not as good as naturally produced food, which is weird when replicators are presumably using the same technology as transporters, which can perfectly replicate Spock every time. But is Spock getting less flavoursome over time? In this essay,
NEW: Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) used the following words to describe data center developers today; "Predators" "Bullies" "Secretive" Shapiro signed a new state exec order tightening restrictions on data centers, requiring they get local approvals & provide their own power
I wouldn't tell anyone if I hit the Powerball but there would be signs
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jonathan frakes telling you you're wrong for 47 seconds
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David Burbach 🇺🇸@dburbach.bsky.social · 2d agoActual CEO of a space company people actually invest in says "by the early 2030s" -- just 5 to 7 years from now -- there will be mines and factories and large human workforce on the Moon, such that we'll be able to see lights of the lunar city from our front porches fortune.com/2026/08/17/b...
Many people think this but it's not true! Data centers are a small rounding error compared to agriculture. And it pains me that this is the case as a golf hater but golf no longer consumes meaningful amounts of water as most courses in the southwest have switched to graywater irrigation
まり@malidala.bsky.social · yesterdayIt's also data centers, golf courses, and lawns.
Cole Harry found himself in the midst of a sudden divorce. His ex took the apartment, the furniture — and his Rancho Gordo Bean Club subscription. When heirloom beans are caught in the middle of a messy divorce, who should get custody? @soleilho.com asks Bay Area food club leaders to chime in.
It’s Over — But I’m Keeping The Bean Club
When heirloom beans are caught in the middle of a messy divorce, who should get custody? Bay Area food club leaders chime in.
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“Abolishing the filibuster is a good-but-controversial idea. Expanding the Supreme Court is a good-but-controversial idea. Adding states to the union is a good-but-controversial idea. They all need to be normalized rather than triangulated against.” @brianbeutler.bsky.social
Reclaiming "Normalization"
It’s way past time we start normalizing the kinds of things that will be necessary for American renewal in the post-Trump era.
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It Takes A Nation of Millions To Form A Subcommittee To Look Into The Possibility Of Determining The Feasibility Of Holding Us Back
Hakeem Jeffries@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · last yr.For. The. People.
Carlitos Ricardo Parias is a political prisoner.
The Intercept@theintercept.com · 2d agoSomewhere in a sweltering desert, cockroaches scurry around the cell of Carlitos Ricardo Parias. He holds up a plastic bottle, gazing at the worm-like creatures swimming in his water. His other arm is turning purple from a gunshot wound for which he says he hasn’t received proper medical care.
The US Army realised in 1941, as it spooled up for war, that it needed around 500,000 typewriters to function. so great was the need that they had to requisition and ration them. HALF A MILLION. Equivalent to 40% of the entire US domestic supply at the time. Logtics wins wars.
David, Host of The Cold War@coldwarhost.bsky.social · 3d agoTell me again about your "warfighting"?
Interesting & important write-up of a study comparing nudges to taxes as public policy tools to shift behavior. The nuanced takeaway is that nudges can sometimes have great returns on small investments, but that the largest benefits overall come from tax/regulatory policies:
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 3d agoHow significant are behaviourally informed public policies? Tim Harford investigates: ft.trib.al/XT6hFdP
"If anything, discovering that we made the guacamole you never knew we made should inspire awe at our operational scale, not suspicion about your sudden need to lie naked on the bathroom tile."
When You Really Think About It, Everything Makes You Poop (by Taylor Farms)
“Today, everyone sees the name Taylor Farms and suddenly becomes the Hercule Poirot of the commode. You had our guacamole at noon. You experienced what you d...
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Reacher [taking a quick break between mashing in some dudes’ skulls]: Philly fans threw snowballs at Santa once. Disgusting
Q. Do smaller men try to fight Reacher for no reason? A. Yes they do, which is - against all odds - apparently the most realistic part of the show. It is always extremely funny.
Micah@rincewind.run · 6d agoone of the funniest things about Reacher discourse is everyone going “okay it is completely ridiculous that so many random assholes keep taking a run at this human kaiju” and then actual real life big guys going “no that’s accurate people just try to fight us for being big all the time”
[watching Reacher walk into a library with rolling stack shelves] I can’t wait to see how Reacher kills a guy using the rolling stack shelves
It’s a beautiful day, Bluesky is open, and people are having a wonderful time.
staying up is a ploy by big grazing to sell more grazing
This is a powerful statistic in a Boston Globe editorial about the dangers posed by large trucks in cities. There are many possible solutions: Redesigning trucks, limiting them in some areas, and using smaller vehicles such as cargo bikes for last-mile delivery. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/09/o...
