Joshua P. Steele

Abolish ICE. And, while we’re at it, abolish Daylight Saving Time! Standard Time year-round.

My 2016 MacBook Pro is dying. Would like to get a Linux laptop to replace it (yes, I know I can put Linux on my MBP but I don’t feel like it). Let’s say I don’t wanna spend more than $750-1,000. Don’t have any gaming needs. What would you recommend? #linux #laptop #computer

There is no such thing as a Christian nation. But, if one did exist, you can bet your very last Bible that it would prioritize the poor and the powerless. It would feed the hungry and welcome the foreigner as a friend. Ballrooms and bailouts for billionaires would be a laughingstock, an impossibility. Why waste time on such vicious avarice when we could instead welcome God himself by taking particularly good care of the last and the least?

What’s something you’re genuinely looking forward to?

I’ve watched every episode of Great British Bakeoff, and I still don’t know what, precisely, a “dessert” or a “pudding” are in the British mind.

Reviewed my timeline. Finished HS in ‘09 right after the ‘08 financial crisis. Finished college in ‘13 after fundies took over my uni and forced my mentors out. Ordained Deacon in late ‘16 as “evangelicals” went all-in for Trump. Ordained Priest in late ‘19 before COVID. Anyways, now I work in tech.

The ACNA abuse chaos continues. Will GAFCON/GAC intervene? Archbishop Wood now accused of sexual misconduct and abuse of power. Friends still in the ACNA, consider leaving (I did) or at least not giving money until they fix their abuse issues, which appear to be structural archive.is/UB1Fq

Here’s my shortlist of demands for Trump 2.0:

• Release the Epstein Files.
• Abolish ICE. No secret police.
• Get the military off our streets.
• Quit murdering people. Start with people in boats in the Caribbean, but don’t stop there.
• Uphold the Constitution. All of it.
  • All people get due process.
  • Congress has the power of the purse. Quit taxing the American people (tariffs) and spending/withholding money without congressional approval.
  • Leave birthright citizenship alone.
  • You can’t run for a third term.
• Quit enriching yourself and your family at the expense of the American people.
• If you have dementia, you should do the honorable thing and resign.

Thinking about handing-out pocket copies of the USA Constitution alongside our Halloween candy this year.

What are your top 5 reasons why Americans across the political spectrum should be concerned by Trump 2.0? Say a conservative friend is confused about the #NoKings protests (“we don’t have a king, what’s the issue?") and wonders why people are so upset. What are the 5 most factual/concerning things?

Help! I’m looking for the clearest, briefest summary possible of Trump 2.0’s misdeeds that should be upsetting to all Americans. Something you could give to a conservative who’s, say, “confused” by the No Kings rallies since “we don’t have a king.” Someone not mainlining FOX but mainly uninformed.

Is there a clear explainer out there that highlights the similarities between Trump’s misbehavior and the Declaration of Independence’s grievances against King George? I’m looking for something that can be shared w/people who are indifferent twd No Kings protests because “we don’t have a king”

“NO KINGS” joshuapsteele.com/no-kings/

34 today. How do I feel? Sore from soccer last night! 👴🏻

Huzzah! Scientists are leaving X for Bluesky. Now we just need everyone cool in computer science, software development, tech, etc. to make the move. www.psypost.org/scientist…

Ha! There’s a new genz coding language, created entirely with/by Claude, called “cursed”: simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/… What a time to be alive!

I’m back on Mastodon over at mastodon.social/@joshuaps…

🎶“The Fate of Diphtheria”🎵

OK, hear me out: Clergy show up to protests in inflatable frog costumes but the frogs are wearing clergy shirts and collars. Could we pull this off? y/n

Maybe the real antifa was the friends we made along the way.