Jonathan Sacks - Everybody Hates A Tourist
@jonthego.bsky.social
Bon vivant. Cultural travel, food & drink (beer, cocktails, everything), sports (ASU, Suns, D-backs, Cardinals, Arsenal, Yankees), politics, history, marketing, Simpsons references
AKA whiskytengo
https://everybodyhatesatourist.net #travelblogger
AKA whiskytengo
https://everybodyhatesatourist.net #travelblogger
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Germany had its own January 6-style attempt at a coup. It also failed. But Hitler was sent to jail.
Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.
Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.
Rick Steves could have easily stayed apolitical in an effort to sell more books and tours. But I love that he hasn’t. Far more people in this country should be following his example
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So excited to share my brand new project. I’m back out in the world talking to people. Like United Shades of America but in shorter bursts and with more hope. This one is “WHO’S WITH ME AT THE FOOD BANK?”
VIDEO: WHO'S WITH ME AT THE FOOD BANK? Ep. 1
The first in a series of short pieces on the Alameda County Community Food Bank
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
So excited to share my brand new project. I’m back out in the world talking to people. Like United Shades of America but in shorter bursts and with more hope. This one is “WHO’S WITH ME AT THE FOOD BANK?”
Neat, the writers found a way to tie together the flight delay plot line with the anti-vaxxer plot line
“Travelers and anyone else who was at the airport’s terminals A and B between 8:50 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday may have been exposed to the highly contagious disease, according to a news release from the Philadelphia Department of Public Health”
Philadelphia airport passengers may have been exposed to measles, health officials warn
Passengers may have been exposed to the measles at Philadelphia International Airport on Sunday, health officials said.
www.mcall.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Neat, the writers found a way to tie together the flight delay plot line with the anti-vaxxer plot line
I couldn’t see the northern lights tonight because it’s cloudy. And also my hotel room windows don’t face north. And also I’m in Cancun.
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I couldn’t see the northern lights tonight because it’s cloudy. And also my hotel room windows don’t face north. And also I’m in Cancun.
Today I remembered my 1,000th guy on @immaculategrid.com Here are my most remembered guys
November 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Today I remembered my 1,000th guy on @immaculategrid.com Here are my most remembered guys
This didn’t even last a week
Tonight has been an incredible night so far. Now let’s keep this momentum going and crush these motherfuckers forever
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This didn’t even last a week
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Lots going on but from outside it seems that at least part of the calculus was that flight disruption for middle class and up travelers matters more than life disruption for untold numbers who’ll be deprived of health care.
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Lots going on but from outside it seems that at least part of the calculus was that flight disruption for middle class and up travelers matters more than life disruption for untold numbers who’ll be deprived of health care.
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Would love to see some reporting on how the airline lobby put on the pressure.
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Would love to see some reporting on how the airline lobby put on the pressure.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Expel the yes votes from the party and cut off all their access to fundraising, then remove Schumer from leadership. Anything less is mealy-mouthed coward bullshit.
As this vote moves to the House, I stand with Democratic leadership as they refuse to rubber stamp the full-scale Republican assault on Americans’ health care and I am proud of the majority of Senate Democrats who opposed this vote.
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Expel the yes votes from the party and cut off all their access to fundraising, then remove Schumer from leadership. Anything less is mealy-mouthed coward bullshit.
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Until the sun burns out
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Until the sun burns out
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How many of these feckless Democrats are caving because they were on delayed or cancelled flights this weekend and can’t handle being inconvenienced in even the slightest way?
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
How many of these feckless Democrats are caving because they were on delayed or cancelled flights this weekend and can’t handle being inconvenienced in even the slightest way?
Imagine seeing the massive results in your home state of Virginia last week and thinking, “Nah, I want none of this success”
My statement on the funding deal to reopen government, protect federal employees, and vote to protect health care:
November 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Imagine seeing the massive results in your home state of Virginia last week and thinking, “Nah, I want none of this success”
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
@kentremendous.bsky.social really nailed it with this one
Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
@kentremendous.bsky.social really nailed it with this one
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if they were going to cave anyway they should’ve done it a week ago to spare SNAP recipients the agony.
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
if they were going to cave anyway they should’ve done it a week ago to spare SNAP recipients the agony.
How many of these feckless Democrats are caving because they were on delayed or cancelled flights this weekend and can’t handle being inconvenienced in even the slightest way?
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
How many of these feckless Democrats are caving because they were on delayed or cancelled flights this weekend and can’t handle being inconvenienced in even the slightest way?
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Democrats have to stop bailing out Republicans from facing the consequences of their own policies. And yeah, that means they have to stop sparing voters from experiencing what GOP government truly means.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
So Democrats get:
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Democrats have to stop bailing out Republicans from facing the consequences of their own policies. And yeah, that means they have to stop sparing voters from experiencing what GOP government truly means.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
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We polled Indivisible members over the weekend on whether Dems should take a deal or keep fighting for the ACA subsidies. Results: 98.67% said keep fighting.
Dems who vote to surrender now are fracturing their own party in a way that will reverberate loudly in the primaries.
Dems who vote to surrender now are fracturing their own party in a way that will reverberate loudly in the primaries.
So Democrats get:
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
We polled Indivisible members over the weekend on whether Dems should take a deal or keep fighting for the ACA subsidies. Results: 98.67% said keep fighting.
Dems who vote to surrender now are fracturing their own party in a way that will reverberate loudly in the primaries.
Dems who vote to surrender now are fracturing their own party in a way that will reverberate loudly in the primaries.
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Never forget that a Democratic US Attorney’s decision to prosecute Aaron Swartz for downloading JSTOR PDFs contributed to his suicide but AI firms’ decision to download everything ever will be a justification for hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer bailouts and legal exemptions.
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
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OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Never forget that a Democratic US Attorney’s decision to prosecute Aaron Swartz for downloading JSTOR PDFs contributed to his suicide but AI firms’ decision to download everything ever will be a justification for hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer bailouts and legal exemptions.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
I’m enjoying watching all the clips from The White Stripes being inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. I love that band & saw them a few times over the years. Once at the QMU in Glasgow, then on back-to-back nights at the SECC (night 1 someone threw a shoe at Jack White), then in Phoenix
November 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I’m enjoying watching all the clips from The White Stripes being inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. I love that band & saw them a few times over the years. Once at the QMU in Glasgow, then on back-to-back nights at the SECC (night 1 someone threw a shoe at Jack White), then in Phoenix
When your avatar is a screenshot from your Zoom divorce court hearing
Collecting TikTok avatars of ppl telling me New York will be under sharia law in six months
November 8, 2025 at 2:28 AM
When your avatar is a screenshot from your Zoom divorce court hearing