Justin Wood
@jbwood.bsky.social
Riding a bike on SI. Views expressed here are my own.
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Insane turnout numbers in NYC on the first day of early in-person voting.
Per @admcrlsn.bsky.social some of these borough numbers represent increases of over *500%* compared to Day 1 turnout in 2021 for the last Mayoral election.
Bonkers.
Per @admcrlsn.bsky.social some of these borough numbers represent increases of over *500%* compared to Day 1 turnout in 2021 for the last Mayoral election.
Bonkers.
October 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Insane turnout numbers in NYC on the first day of early in-person voting.
Per @admcrlsn.bsky.social some of these borough numbers represent increases of over *500%* compared to Day 1 turnout in 2021 for the last Mayoral election.
Bonkers.
Per @admcrlsn.bsky.social some of these borough numbers represent increases of over *500%* compared to Day 1 turnout in 2021 for the last Mayoral election.
Bonkers.
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Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
PSA for NYers: Watch @delgadoforny.bsky.social. He speaks with moral clarity about climate crisis, authoritarianism, and the existiential challenge to the Democratic Party. And he's aboslutely fluent in state and local policy solutions.
September 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
PSA for NYers: Watch @delgadoforny.bsky.social. He speaks with moral clarity about climate crisis, authoritarianism, and the existiential challenge to the Democratic Party. And he's aboslutely fluent in state and local policy solutions.
Well worth the read, especially during Climate Week.
Gov. Hochul’s “all-of-the-above” energy plan means more pipelines + more risks for New Yorkers.
I’m fighting for 15GW of renewable power — because our climate goals won’t be met with half-measures. The future is clean energy.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
I’m fighting for 15GW of renewable power — because our climate goals won’t be met with half-measures. The future is clean energy.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
NYC climate chief talks Trump impacts, stormwater risks
As Climate Week kicks off in New York City, Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Rohit Aggarwala plans to meet with his counterparts from cities such as London and Copenhagen to trade n...
www.politico.com
September 27, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Well worth the read, especially during Climate Week.
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I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
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Some US oil executives apparently worry that a Dem administration coming next will destroy their operations using Trump’s war on renewables as a precedent.
Let’s make that true.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Let’s make that true.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
September 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Some US oil executives apparently worry that a Dem administration coming next will destroy their operations using Trump’s war on renewables as a precedent.
Let’s make that true.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Let’s make that true.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Our abdication of the field in both green energy and in science and technology more broadly – read up on battery technology coming out of China – is going to ensure that this century, which could have been ours to lead, will belong to China. Entirely an own goal.
Important.
1/ New report from @bentleyallan.bsky.social's Net Zero Policy Lab: As the US withdraws from green tech industries and pressures allies to follow suit, China is stepping in to power the developing world's energy transition. The scale is staggering.
www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...
www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...
September 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Our abdication of the field in both green energy and in science and technology more broadly – read up on battery technology coming out of China – is going to ensure that this century, which could have been ours to lead, will belong to China. Entirely an own goal.
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Whether it’s Republican politicians joking about the murder of Melissa Hortman or Democratic politicians expressing their condolences after the murder of Charlie Kirk, both parties have a extreme rhetoric problem.
September 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Whether it’s Republican politicians joking about the murder of Melissa Hortman or Democratic politicians expressing their condolences after the murder of Charlie Kirk, both parties have a extreme rhetoric problem.
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On a night like tonight, I think we can all agree on three things: the U.S. is a far too violent country, with warlike levels of gun violence; people shouldn't be murdered due to what they believe or say, no matter how awful, and Kash Patel is an embarrassing joke as the director of the FBI.
September 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
On a night like tonight, I think we can all agree on three things: the U.S. is a far too violent country, with warlike levels of gun violence; people shouldn't be murdered due to what they believe or say, no matter how awful, and Kash Patel is an embarrassing joke as the director of the FBI.
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It is entirely possible to be respectful about the death of a person you disagreed with without “honoring” him by vowing to continue his disagreeable, hateful “work.”
The best way to honor Charlie's memory is to continue his work: engage with each other, across ideology, through spirited discourse. In a democracy, ideas are tested through words and good-faith debate — never through violence.
September 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
It is entirely possible to be respectful about the death of a person you disagreed with without “honoring” him by vowing to continue his disagreeable, hateful “work.”
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The thing about investing in public transit is that it *scales* — the more people use it, the better it gets. For everyone.
Whereas the more cars there are, the *worse* everything about driving gets. Traffic. Parking.
[Ever noticed that in just about every car ad it’s alone on the road? Yeah.]
Whereas the more cars there are, the *worse* everything about driving gets. Traffic. Parking.
[Ever noticed that in just about every car ad it’s alone on the road? Yeah.]
Mamdani: We need to make public transportation so good that “no matter how much money is in your pocket, you say: I’m gonna use this.”
September 7, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The thing about investing in public transit is that it *scales* — the more people use it, the better it gets. For everyone.
Whereas the more cars there are, the *worse* everything about driving gets. Traffic. Parking.
[Ever noticed that in just about every car ad it’s alone on the road? Yeah.]
Whereas the more cars there are, the *worse* everything about driving gets. Traffic. Parking.
[Ever noticed that in just about every car ad it’s alone on the road? Yeah.]
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NEW — 10 members of Congress are now calling it “genocide.”
Here is a list of the politicians, nations, human rights organizations, and experts calling Israel’s genocide a “genocide.”
You’ll want to bookmark this one, as we will keep updating it.
Here is a list of the politicians, nations, human rights organizations, and experts calling Israel’s genocide a “genocide.”
You’ll want to bookmark this one, as we will keep updating it.
Who Says Israel Is Committing a Genocide in Gaza? Everyone on This List
After almost two years, more and more politicians, experts, and human rights groups are finally using the G-word to describe Israel's violence in Gaza, but the list is still relatively short.
zeteo.com
July 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
NEW — 10 members of Congress are now calling it “genocide.”
Here is a list of the politicians, nations, human rights organizations, and experts calling Israel’s genocide a “genocide.”
You’ll want to bookmark this one, as we will keep updating it.
Here is a list of the politicians, nations, human rights organizations, and experts calling Israel’s genocide a “genocide.”
You’ll want to bookmark this one, as we will keep updating it.
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The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God.
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders?
A fear of being labelled antisemitic still deters American Jews and Jewish institutions from taking a position that is morally correct.
forward.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God.
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
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The 14th Street Busway has been a smashing success: faster commutes, fewer crashes, calmer streets.
So why is Eric Adams blocking a similar plan for 34th Street?
So why is Eric Adams blocking a similar plan for 34th Street?
July 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The 14th Street Busway has been a smashing success: faster commutes, fewer crashes, calmer streets.
So why is Eric Adams blocking a similar plan for 34th Street?
So why is Eric Adams blocking a similar plan for 34th Street?
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“It took from the invention of the photovoltaic solar cell, in 1954, until 2022 for the world to install a terawatt of solar power; the second terawatt came just two years later, and the third will arrive either later this year or early next.”
Moore’s Law eat your heart out. Jesus.
Moore’s Law eat your heart out. Jesus.
“California is so far using forty per cent less natural gas to generate electricity than it did in 2023, which is the single most hopeful statistic I’ve seen in four decades of writing about the climate crisis.”
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“It took from the invention of the photovoltaic solar cell, in 1954, until 2022 for the world to install a terawatt of solar power; the second terawatt came just two years later, and the third will arrive either later this year or early next.”
Moore’s Law eat your heart out. Jesus.
Moore’s Law eat your heart out. Jesus.
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Opinion | Some say that Andrew Cuomo's defeat in the primary shows that the Democratic establishment has become weak. But I say that the fact that an unpopular disgraced sixty-seven year-old sex offender was able to win 37% of the vote shows that the Democratic establishment is still very strong.
June 28, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Opinion | Some say that Andrew Cuomo's defeat in the primary shows that the Democratic establishment has become weak. But I say that the fact that an unpopular disgraced sixty-seven year-old sex offender was able to win 37% of the vote shows that the Democratic establishment is still very strong.
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We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.
June 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.
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If you’re under 30, you weren’t even born the last time Andrew Cuomo lived here.
This is your city. Vote like it.
This is your city. Vote like it.
June 20, 2025 at 2:38 AM
If you’re under 30, you weren’t even born the last time Andrew Cuomo lived here.
This is your city. Vote like it.
This is your city. Vote like it.
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ICE denied U.S. Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) entry into it’s facility in Chicago.
June 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
ICE denied U.S. Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) entry into it’s facility in Chicago.
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I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS March in NY-11 (Staten Island and South Brooklyn)” - sign up now to join me! #commoncause www.mobilize.us/commoncause/...
NO KINGS March in NY-11 (Staten Island and South Brooklyn) · Common Cause
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
www.mobilize.us
June 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS March in NY-11 (Staten Island and South Brooklyn)” - sign up now to join me! #commoncause www.mobilize.us/commoncause/...
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Cross-endorsement achieved. Proud of Zohran, Brad, and @nywfp.bsky.social for making this happen. Let's win this.
RankTheSlate.nyc | #Don'tRankCuomo
RankTheSlate.nyc | #Don'tRankCuomo
June 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Cross-endorsement achieved. Proud of Zohran, Brad, and @nywfp.bsky.social for making this happen. Let's win this.
RankTheSlate.nyc | #Don'tRankCuomo
RankTheSlate.nyc | #Don'tRankCuomo
Let’s gooooo NYC!
The moment we've all been waiting for!
Mamdani and Lander Will Cross-Endorse Each Other in N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race
www.nytimes.com
June 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Let’s gooooo NYC!
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Oh, no biggie, just the President of the United States having a chuckle over D Day, suggesting that it was not a good day for Germany.
Merz corrected him— actually, no, D-Day marks the LIBERATION of Germany from Nazi dictatorship. A good day.
Sir, for the love of goddesses, READ A HISTORY BOOK.
Merz corrected him— actually, no, D-Day marks the LIBERATION of Germany from Nazi dictatorship. A good day.
Sir, for the love of goddesses, READ A HISTORY BOOK.
June 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Oh, no biggie, just the President of the United States having a chuckle over D Day, suggesting that it was not a good day for Germany.
Merz corrected him— actually, no, D-Day marks the LIBERATION of Germany from Nazi dictatorship. A good day.
Sir, for the love of goddesses, READ A HISTORY BOOK.
Merz corrected him— actually, no, D-Day marks the LIBERATION of Germany from Nazi dictatorship. A good day.
Sir, for the love of goddesses, READ A HISTORY BOOK.
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This is absolutely terrible news.
With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately.
h/t @merz.bsky.social
With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately.
h/t @merz.bsky.social
Moderna withdraws application for COVID-flu combination vaccine
Moderna said on Wednesday it has withdrawn an application seeking approval for its flu and COVID combination vaccine candidate after discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
www.reuters.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
This is absolutely terrible news.
With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately.
h/t @merz.bsky.social
With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately.
h/t @merz.bsky.social
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i think it should be a bigger story that the president held a meeting with a foreign head of state where he ranted about the most gutter white supremacist propaganda you can find on the internet
May 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
i think it should be a bigger story that the president held a meeting with a foreign head of state where he ranted about the most gutter white supremacist propaganda you can find on the internet