John Lovie
@johnlovie.bsky.social
Islander. Water lover. Writer. Recovering award-winning serial non-profit volunteer. Writes Mostly Water at Johnlovie.substack.com
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Hot take: having an incoherent septuagenarian scream-lecture America like a man arguing with a self-checkout machine that keeps yelling “unexpected item in the bagging area” might not actually be the emotional support animal we need right now.
December 18, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Hot take: having an incoherent septuagenarian scream-lecture America like a man arguing with a self-checkout machine that keeps yelling “unexpected item in the bagging area” might not actually be the emotional support animal we need right now.
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Americans should be requires to show ID and proof of citizenship at all times, unless they are at a gun show.
December 13, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Americans should be requires to show ID and proof of citizenship at all times, unless they are at a gun show.
"No one needs a hydrogeologist!"
But I do...
But I do...
"No one needs a hydrogeologist!"
When development threatens its drinking water supply, a community must pull together to find a new source before funding turns into a pumpkin.
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December 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"No one needs a hydrogeologist!"
But I do...
But I do...
Sea level rise is coming
Also, a cute sea otter
Also, a cute sea otter
Sea level rise is coming
Ready or not
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Sea level rise is coming
Also, a cute sea otter
Also, a cute sea otter
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social is answering my question. Thank you Sarah.
New interview on the old kleptocracy youtu.be/Hx2jh93_1Fs?...
Transnational Kleptocracy: What Happens After Trump, Sarah Kendzior
YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social is answering my question. Thank you Sarah.
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social answering a question I and others asked. Thank you, Sarah, I love the answer.
On what comes after Trump: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
December 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social answering a question I and others asked. Thank you, Sarah, I love the answer.
Unexpected item in bagging area
Because the most interesting thing you're ever going to hear in a self-checkout is "Unexpected item in bagging area.”
Because the most interesting thing you're ever going to hear in a self-checkout is "Unexpected item in bagging area.”
Unexpected item in bagging area
In praise of human checkouts
open.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Unexpected item in bagging area
Because the most interesting thing you're ever going to hear in a self-checkout is "Unexpected item in bagging area.”
Because the most interesting thing you're ever going to hear in a self-checkout is "Unexpected item in bagging area.”
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EPA moves to limit scope of clean water law to reduce amount of wetlands it covers. New 'Waters of the US' rule responds to 2023 Supreme Court decision and is intended to help farmers, ranchers. Critics call it a giveaway to industry.
My @AP story
apnews.com/article/epa-...
My @AP story
apnews.com/article/epa-...
EPA moves to limit scope of clean water law to reduce amount of wetlands it covers
The Environmental Protection Agency says it is redefining the scope of the nation’s bedrock clean water law to limit the amount of wetlands it covers.
apnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
EPA moves to limit scope of clean water law to reduce amount of wetlands it covers. New 'Waters of the US' rule responds to 2023 Supreme Court decision and is intended to help farmers, ranchers. Critics call it a giveaway to industry.
My @AP story
apnews.com/article/epa-...
My @AP story
apnews.com/article/epa-...
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Turn a little to the left for me
Turn a little to the left for me
A visit to the dentist
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Turn a little to the left for me
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In light of Sarah Kendzior being suspended from this site, I want to share one of their recent news letters- it reads like poetry, to me. Sarah has a way with words and always hits the nail on the head. I encourage you to read the following or any of their work
open.substack.com/pub/sarahken...
open.substack.com/pub/sarahken...
The Shutdown
It was always the plan.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
In light of Sarah Kendzior being suspended from this site, I want to share one of their recent news letters- it reads like poetry, to me. Sarah has a way with words and always hits the nail on the head. I encourage you to read the following or any of their work
open.substack.com/pub/sarahken...
open.substack.com/pub/sarahken...
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Hello @support.bsky.team
I heard from Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social that her account was suspended.
Can you please look into this and reinstate her account? She’s a published author and scholar on authoritarianism. Her presence here is valuable.
cc:
@jay.bsky.team
@aaron.bsky.team
I heard from Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social that her account was suspended.
Can you please look into this and reinstate her account? She’s a published author and scholar on authoritarianism. Her presence here is valuable.
cc:
@jay.bsky.team
@aaron.bsky.team
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Hello @support.bsky.team
I heard from Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social that her account was suspended.
Can you please look into this and reinstate her account? She’s a published author and scholar on authoritarianism. Her presence here is valuable.
cc:
@jay.bsky.team
@aaron.bsky.team
I heard from Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social that her account was suspended.
Can you please look into this and reinstate her account? She’s a published author and scholar on authoritarianism. Her presence here is valuable.
cc:
@jay.bsky.team
@aaron.bsky.team
Armistice Day, 1918
Veteran’s Day in the US is Remembrance Day in the UK and Commonwealth member nations. Both holidays originated as Armistice Day, remembering November 11th, 1918, when the armistice ending hostilities in the Great War was signed.
Veteran’s Day in the US is Remembrance Day in the UK and Commonwealth member nations. Both holidays originated as Armistice Day, remembering November 11th, 1918, when the armistice ending hostilities in the Great War was signed.
Armistice Day, 1918
My grandfather's notebook, written in the days following the Armistice on November 11th, 1918.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Armistice Day, 1918
Veteran’s Day in the US is Remembrance Day in the UK and Commonwealth member nations. Both holidays originated as Armistice Day, remembering November 11th, 1918, when the armistice ending hostilities in the Great War was signed.
Veteran’s Day in the US is Remembrance Day in the UK and Commonwealth member nations. Both holidays originated as Armistice Day, remembering November 11th, 1918, when the armistice ending hostilities in the Great War was signed.
"there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue."
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:39 PM
"there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue."
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For any unfamiliar with the quality of journalism at Teen Vogue, it's well known for hard-hitting stories on "politically sensitive" topics including climate.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
For any unfamiliar with the quality of journalism at Teen Vogue, it's well known for hard-hitting stories on "politically sensitive" topics including climate.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
Here’s a bonus post about my recent road trip.
Pitstops
Going on the road
johnlovie.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Here’s a bonus post about my recent road trip.
Wins the internet
One Halloween I dressed up as the GOP's Healthcare plan.
I never made it out of the House.
I never made it out of the House.
November 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Wins the internet
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So far, the administration's Alaska agenda is still a lot of bluster and not a lot of action. Great reporting from @loisparshley.bsky.social for @grist.org
Trump officials say Alaska is 'open for business.' So far, no one's buying.
The administration wants to drill in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Oil companies don’t, leaving Alaska to spend millions propping up the idea.
grist.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:43 PM
So far, the administration's Alaska agenda is still a lot of bluster and not a lot of action. Great reporting from @loisparshley.bsky.social for @grist.org
It's tempting to think that none of this makes sense.
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social shows us that it makes complete sense. We just have to shift our frame of reference from governance to organized crime.
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social shows us that it makes complete sense. We just have to shift our frame of reference from governance to organized crime.
New article! On the shutdown, a nation treated as prey, and the meaning of leverage: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-shutdown
October 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
It's tempting to think that none of this makes sense.
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social shows us that it makes complete sense. We just have to shift our frame of reference from governance to organized crime.
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social shows us that it makes complete sense. We just have to shift our frame of reference from governance to organized crime.
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That's no ballroom
A very offline cousin sent this to fam group chat. This story is breaking containment.
October 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
That's no ballroom
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i pulled up this guy's video and it's wild seeing him get some pretty massive sponsorships (another's T-Mobile) doing exclusively these kinda videos too, apparently not all big corporate money is scared
October 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
i pulled up this guy's video and it's wild seeing him get some pretty massive sponsorships (another's T-Mobile) doing exclusively these kinda videos too, apparently not all big corporate money is scared
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"I've told the story of Akromiya for 20 years. I’m telling it again now, because today is No King’s Day, and I am afraid that 'Antifa' is the American Akromiya: a fabricated entity made by state propagandists to persecute anyone who opposes the government."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/inventing-...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/inventing-...
Inventing Antifa
In 2005, the Uzbek government invented a group called “Akromiya” to justify massacring protesters. Now I worry the US government will do the same.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
"I've told the story of Akromiya for 20 years. I’m telling it again now, because today is No King’s Day, and I am afraid that 'Antifa' is the American Akromiya: a fabricated entity made by state propagandists to persecute anyone who opposes the government."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/inventing-...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/inventing-...