E.J. Kalafarski
@ejk.bsky.social
Senior Advisor at N.J. State Office of Innovation. Former Transportation Chair for Manhattan CB5, USDOL Senior Advisor, Presidential Innovation Fellow. Lover of dive bars. Boston ex-pat. ✈️ | 🏙 | 🥪 | 🥃
For everyone sneaking off to watch Stranger Things today, here’s a helpful recap of the villains in prior seasons:
1. Demagorgon
2. Mindflayer
3. Billy and meat spider
4. Vecna and Kate Bush
1. Demagorgon
2. Mindflayer
3. Billy and meat spider
4. Vecna and Kate Bush
November 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
For everyone sneaking off to watch Stranger Things today, here’s a helpful recap of the villains in prior seasons:
1. Demagorgon
2. Mindflayer
3. Billy and meat spider
4. Vecna and Kate Bush
1. Demagorgon
2. Mindflayer
3. Billy and meat spider
4. Vecna and Kate Bush
Do people in other countries wonder why the date of Black Friday seems random every year, the way we all have no idea how Easter is calculated?
November 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Do people in other countries wonder why the date of Black Friday seems random every year, the way we all have no idea how Easter is calculated?
1. Empire
2. Star Wars
3. Andor
That’s it. That’s the list.
2. Star Wars
3. Andor
That’s it. That’s the list.
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
1. Empire
2. Star Wars
3. Andor
That’s it. That’s the list.
2. Star Wars
3. Andor
That’s it. That’s the list.
I still don’t really understand why Jack sold. Twitter was our monoculture, a truly global brand. He gave away his great contribution to global culture to be dismantled.
If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
If you scroll on X, you are only being shown what Elon wants you to see. If you create content on X, no one will see it unless Elon wants them to.
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I still don’t really understand why Jack sold. Twitter was our monoculture, a truly global brand. He gave away his great contribution to global culture to be dismantled.
Ray Dalio said today that the bubble gauge has reached 80%. But bubbles don’t pop until they’re pricked. It looks like the dot-com bubble sat at 80% for years.
I don’t know that we’re necessarily about to pop… but the longer we sit here without popping, the higher the probability gets each month.
I don’t know that we’re necessarily about to pop… but the longer we sit here without popping, the higher the probability gets each month.
November 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Ray Dalio said today that the bubble gauge has reached 80%. But bubbles don’t pop until they’re pricked. It looks like the dot-com bubble sat at 80% for years.
I don’t know that we’re necessarily about to pop… but the longer we sit here without popping, the higher the probability gets each month.
I don’t know that we’re necessarily about to pop… but the longer we sit here without popping, the higher the probability gets each month.
Smile 2 (2024, Paramount Pictures)
Plastic surgeons wrestle with requests for ‘Mar-a-Lago face’: ‘You’re going to look like Maleficent’
Plastic surgeons wrestle with requests for ‘Mar-a-Lago face’: ‘You’re going to look like Maleficent’
The puffy, artificial look is rising in popularity - thanks to Maga elite such as Kristi Noem and Matt Gaetz
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Smile 2 (2024, Paramount Pictures)
His utter domination of the GOP is even more amazing when you consider he’s spending it entirely on a personal pet issue that literally no one else in his party cares about.
Trump: "Tariffs have been, frankly, the best thing that's ever happened to our country"
November 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
His utter domination of the GOP is even more amazing when you consider he’s spending it entirely on a personal pet issue that literally no one else in his party cares about.
“The war will end on Day One!”
Whitkoff is overseeing the development of a new peace plan to end the conflict in Ukraine
November 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“The war will end on Day One!”
This is supposed to sound threatening? They're going to try to bring down the nonvoting delegate from the U.S. Virgin Islands? www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This is supposed to sound threatening? They're going to try to bring down the nonvoting delegate from the U.S. Virgin Islands? www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
I remain struck that, when Trump started the fight in the first place, he didn’t even come up with a story that it was fair or right. He just publicly, nakedly told Texas to game the system.
“.. their strategy hasn’t worked out as planned. In fact, it now looks like Trump and House GOP leaders may have been better off not doing anything at all.” 🤡
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social #Redistrict
punchbowl.news/archive/1119...
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social #Redistrict
punchbowl.news/archive/1119...
November 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I remain struck that, when Trump started the fight in the first place, he didn’t even come up with a story that it was fair or right. He just publicly, nakedly told Texas to game the system.
Schumer will dare a Republican Senator to object. Who will do it?
NEW: Schumer confirms he'll move to pass the Epstein resolution in the Senate tonight by unanimous consent.
"We have an opportunity to get this bill done today and have it on the president's desk to be signed into law tonight."
"We have an opportunity to get this bill done today and have it on the president's desk to be signed into law tonight."
November 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Schumer will dare a Republican Senator to object. Who will do it?
CloudFlare is clearly having some kind of meltdown.
November 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
CloudFlare is clearly having some kind of meltdown.
I think he’s feeling jilted that most independents have moved on to Mamdani Derangement Syndrome.
November 16, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I think he’s feeling jilted that most independents have moved on to Mamdani Derangement Syndrome.
This capitalization is a crime against the English language.
Trump: “I am withdrawing my support and Endorsement of ‘Congresswoman’ Marjorie Taylor Greene…”
November 15, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This capitalization is a crime against the English language.
A veto hangs around his neck forever as a sign of coverup. It’d become a JFK assassination-style conspiracy theory for decades. Trump’s in a real pickle if this reaches his desk. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump puts intense pressure on Republicans to block release of Epstein files
Representatives Lauren Boebert and Nancy Mace have been summoned to Situation Room or phoned by Trump himself
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A veto hangs around his neck forever as a sign of coverup. It’d become a JFK assassination-style conspiracy theory for decades. Trump’s in a real pickle if this reaches his desk. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
No other subway systems on Earth do this. This is like making ATMs illegal to protect the jobs of bank tellers. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
Does the Subway Still Need Train Conductors?
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
No other subway systems on Earth do this. This is like making ATMs illegal to protect the jobs of bank tellers. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
Another article about the complexity of Penn Station that dances around the big answers. Amtrak needs to own reconstruction. MSG needs to move. And the regional railroads need to merge. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Another article about the complexity of Penn Station that dances around the big answers. Amtrak needs to own reconstruction. MSG needs to move. And the regional railroads need to merge. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The nickel should go too. It costs more than it’s worth, and when it’s gone, all our coins will be correctly sized relative to their worth. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...
The Penny Dies at 232
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The nickel should go too. It costs more than it’s worth, and when it’s gone, all our coins will be correctly sized relative to their worth. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...
If this is all they've got to hit back with, they're really in trouble.
WHITE HOUSE SAYS EPSTEIN EMAILS SELECTIVELY RELEASED BY DEMOCRATS TO SMEAR TRUMP.
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
If this is all they've got to hit back with, they're really in trouble.
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Let’s hope, for once, that black line doesn’t track the blue. 👀
(via Pantheon)
(via Pantheon)
November 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Well they got their money’s worth in Berlin.
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Well they got their money’s worth in Berlin.
Reposted by E.J. Kalafarski
This is one hell of a piece of writing
“Trump died on December 8, three weeks before Christmas. The news broke during evening programming. Within three hours, coverage had settled into rhythm: the same footage, the same talking heads, the same speculation. No one yet understood what his death would reveal.”
My newest piece:
My newest piece:
After the Front Man
The System Trump Revealed by Dying
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
This is one hell of a piece of writing
To be honest, the only reason I ever go back to Twitter anymore is because certain journalists remain there exclusively. I’d be curious to also understand which audiences are still there. Musk may be preaching to his own choir at this point.
Reupping this really tremendous investigation into how the Twitter/X algorithm works and what it is showing and to whom -- news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
news.sky.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
To be honest, the only reason I ever go back to Twitter anymore is because certain journalists remain there exclusively. I’d be curious to also understand which audiences are still there. Musk may be preaching to his own choir at this point.
On the coattails of what’s likely to be an… interesting… cycle for Republicans.
Representative Elise Stefanik, an upstate New York Republican and a leading ally of President Trump, is preparing to announce as early as Friday that she will run for governor next year, according to three people briefed on her plans.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/n...
Stefanik to Launch Campaign to Challenge Gov. Hochul in New York
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
On the coattails of what’s likely to be an… interesting… cycle for Republicans.
Why is this the first reaction? What if the “deal” is Dems getting what they demanded? Let’s stop going around telling everybody the party sucks without even having a reason.
Establishment Dems: “We just had a sweeping win proving people want us to fight for them and that we can beat the fascists.”
Also Establishment Dems: “Quick, back to capitulating!”
What an utterly spineless and embarrassing political party.
Also Establishment Dems: “Quick, back to capitulating!”
What an utterly spineless and embarrassing political party.
November 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Why is this the first reaction? What if the “deal” is Dems getting what they demanded? Let’s stop going around telling everybody the party sucks without even having a reason.