Barry Lyons
@lyonsnyc.bsky.social
Things on my mind: tax the rich, ramp up green energy, restore Roe v. Wade. Some stuff I've written—on the Beatles, the Second Amendment, Indiana Jones, and other sundry things—can be found here: lyonsnyc.medium.com/follow
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Barry Lyons
@lyonsnyc.bsky.social
· Dec 18
Don’t Reschedule Cannabis
Remove cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act altogether
lyonsnyc.medium.com
Trump signed an order that would downgrade cannabis's status within the Controlled Substance Act. This is only mildly good news (Schedule III is better than Schedule I) because cannabis should be *removed* from the CSA. I wrote about this last year: lyonsnyc.medium.com/dont-resched...
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No matter WHAT we are not handing anything to George W Bush unless it's zipties and a one way ticket to The Hague.
February 17, 2026 at 2:41 AM
No matter WHAT we are not handing anything to George W Bush unless it's zipties and a one way ticket to The Hague.
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Bari Weiss: Anderson, how about if you become my CBS Evening News anchor, in addition to your 60 Minutes duties?
Anderson Cooper: How about if I just quit CBS News altogether?
Via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social
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Anderson Cooper: How about if I just quit CBS News altogether?
Via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social
www.status.news/p/anderson-c...
February 17, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Bari Weiss: Anderson, how about if you become my CBS Evening News anchor, in addition to your 60 Minutes duties?
Anderson Cooper: How about if I just quit CBS News altogether?
Via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social
www.status.news/p/anderson-c...
Anderson Cooper: How about if I just quit CBS News altogether?
Via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social
www.status.news/p/anderson-c...
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Casting a vote in a polling station is a constitutionally protected right.
Murdering people in cold blood in the street is not.
Thank you for your attention to this matter, Mr. Emmer.
Murdering people in cold blood in the street is not.
Thank you for your attention to this matter, Mr. Emmer.
Emmer: "Another reform they claim they want is they want ICE agents to identify themselves, to show identification. But they don't want identification for voters in elections. I mean, this stuff is just intellectually inconsistent."
February 16, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Casting a vote in a polling station is a constitutionally protected right.
Murdering people in cold blood in the street is not.
Thank you for your attention to this matter, Mr. Emmer.
Murdering people in cold blood in the street is not.
Thank you for your attention to this matter, Mr. Emmer.
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This is totally non-standard for any publication. Every pub everywhere pretty much cleans up uhms, uhm, and vocal tics like that, which EVERYONE DOES.
This is extremely intentional.
If I was writing this I’d probably do the quote “this is of course a very longstanding policy of the United States”
This is extremely intentional.
If I was writing this I’d probably do the quote “this is of course a very longstanding policy of the United States”
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 8:15 PM
This is totally non-standard for any publication. Every pub everywhere pretty much cleans up uhms, uhm, and vocal tics like that, which EVERYONE DOES.
This is extremely intentional.
If I was writing this I’d probably do the quote “this is of course a very longstanding policy of the United States”
This is extremely intentional.
If I was writing this I’d probably do the quote “this is of course a very longstanding policy of the United States”
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we have a big green statue of a lady that says something like this i think
February 16, 2026 at 10:43 PM
we have a big green statue of a lady that says something like this i think
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Immigration has made the US economy great and it will do so again.
But we need our leaders to stand up for it. No cowardice, no poll-watching on immigration. Defend it. Praise immigrants. Americans are ready to hear it.
But we need our leaders to stand up for it. No cowardice, no poll-watching on immigration. Defend it. Praise immigrants. Americans are ready to hear it.
February 16, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Immigration has made the US economy great and it will do so again.
But we need our leaders to stand up for it. No cowardice, no poll-watching on immigration. Defend it. Praise immigrants. Americans are ready to hear it.
But we need our leaders to stand up for it. No cowardice, no poll-watching on immigration. Defend it. Praise immigrants. Americans are ready to hear it.
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A completely unhinged tantrum from someone who didn’t get their way.
I don’t know one person in NJ, Republican or Democrat, who doesn’t see the power and value of the Gateway Tunnel Project.
I don’t know one person in NJ, Republican or Democrat, who doesn’t see the power and value of the Gateway Tunnel Project.
February 16, 2026 at 6:11 PM
A completely unhinged tantrum from someone who didn’t get their way.
I don’t know one person in NJ, Republican or Democrat, who doesn’t see the power and value of the Gateway Tunnel Project.
I don’t know one person in NJ, Republican or Democrat, who doesn’t see the power and value of the Gateway Tunnel Project.
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"Leave any bigotry in your quarters. There's no room for it on the bridge."
-Captain Kirk, Balance of Terror
FACT: Star Trek has always been #woke.
-Captain Kirk, Balance of Terror
FACT: Star Trek has always been #woke.
This week, we analyze perhaps the greatest episode of Star Trek (TOS) "Balance of Terror." A Romulan attack, a wedding interrupted, a bigot on the bridge, Captain Kirk in serious mode, and Uhura Triumphant! Join us.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkYV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkYV...
Captain Kirk's Woke Opposition to Racism | "Balance of Terror" (TOS)
YouTube video by Mary Trump Media
www.youtube.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:09 AM
"Leave any bigotry in your quarters. There's no room for it on the bridge."
-Captain Kirk, Balance of Terror
FACT: Star Trek has always been #woke.
-Captain Kirk, Balance of Terror
FACT: Star Trek has always been #woke.
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Woke up to it raining.
In the kitchen.
0 stars. Can't recommend.
In the kitchen.
0 stars. Can't recommend.
February 16, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Woke up to it raining.
In the kitchen.
0 stars. Can't recommend.
In the kitchen.
0 stars. Can't recommend.
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Trump is so panoramically stupid he thinks Penn Station was named after the state, not the Pennsylvania Railroad
February 16, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Trump is so panoramically stupid he thinks Penn Station was named after the state, not the Pennsylvania Railroad
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"To allege that interpreting the Clean Air Act in an open-ended way is some sort of violation of law is ridiculous. I don’t think anybody involved here is confused about the legal merits. Everybody on the right knows that they’re playing Calvinball here and that this is all bullshit." — @volts.wtf
"Just making s**t up" — David Roberts sounds off on the EPA
"To say members of Congress didn’t anticipate a specific pollutant is just f**king comical."
www.publicnotice.co
February 16, 2026 at 5:36 PM
"To allege that interpreting the Clean Air Act in an open-ended way is some sort of violation of law is ridiculous. I don’t think anybody involved here is confused about the legal merits. Everybody on the right knows that they’re playing Calvinball here and that this is all bullshit." — @volts.wtf
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Joe Rogan is THIS close to getting it about the man who said this was all a hoax.
February 16, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Joe Rogan is THIS close to getting it about the man who said this was all a hoax.
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One of the best. Huge loss.
Robert Duvall, the legendary actor whose career has spanned over six decades, has died at 95, his wife announced
February 16, 2026 at 6:13 PM
One of the best. Huge loss.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
—FDR, 1937
—FDR, 1937
February 16, 2026 at 7:01 PM
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
—FDR, 1937
—FDR, 1937
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John Oliver returns for a new season and dives straight into Kristi Noem, ICE, and DHS.
youtu.be/5-KDUOHEZFk?...
youtu.be/5-KDUOHEZFk?...
ICE & DHS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 6:11 PM
John Oliver returns for a new season and dives straight into Kristi Noem, ICE, and DHS.
youtu.be/5-KDUOHEZFk?...
youtu.be/5-KDUOHEZFk?...
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“The U.S. no longer has emission standards of any meaning,” said Margo T. Oge, who served as the E.P.A.’s top vehicle emissions regulator under three presidents and has since advised both automakers and environmental groups…
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:28 PM
“The U.S. no longer has emission standards of any meaning,” said Margo T. Oge, who served as the E.P.A.’s top vehicle emissions regulator under three presidents and has since advised both automakers and environmental groups…
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
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Read and share all over..he nails it
February 16, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Read and share all over..he nails it
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Evil. Crimes against humanity. Nazis.
February 16, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Evil. Crimes against humanity. Nazis.
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Very funny Bill McKibben reply to a critical letter in NYRB:
"I’m grateful to Mark Roller for producing an almost pitch-perfect summary of the anti-renewable talking points that have been in circulation for decades. These would have been wrong in, say, 2016, but in 2026 they are just silly."
"I’m grateful to Mark Roller for producing an almost pitch-perfect summary of the anti-renewable talking points that have been in circulation for decades. These would have been wrong in, say, 2016, but in 2026 they are just silly."
Is It Easy Being Green? | Mark Roller, Bill McKibben
To the Editors: Regarding Bill McKibben’s review of The Story of CO 2 Is the Story of Everything , and with all due respect to McKibben, I believe that
www.nybooks.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Very funny Bill McKibben reply to a critical letter in NYRB:
"I’m grateful to Mark Roller for producing an almost pitch-perfect summary of the anti-renewable talking points that have been in circulation for decades. These would have been wrong in, say, 2016, but in 2026 they are just silly."
"I’m grateful to Mark Roller for producing an almost pitch-perfect summary of the anti-renewable talking points that have been in circulation for decades. These would have been wrong in, say, 2016, but in 2026 they are just silly."
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from the perspective of someone who might want to be president, the best time to run for the white house is now, not later. so if AOC is thinking about it — if the white house is her ambition — then her best bet is to throw her hat in the ring
You Know What? Maybe the Time Is Right for an AOC Presidential Bid
She’s only 36, and there’s a good argument that she should run for Senate and bide her time. But she also could be a formidable White House candidate.
newrepublic.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:13 PM
from the perspective of someone who might want to be president, the best time to run for the white house is now, not later. so if AOC is thinking about it — if the white house is her ambition — then her best bet is to throw her hat in the ring
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Somehow, all the programs that help the majority of Americans are decried as “wasteful spending,” but the ones that help billionaires aren’t…
Funny how that works.
Funny how that works.
February 15, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Somehow, all the programs that help the majority of Americans are decried as “wasteful spending,” but the ones that help billionaires aren’t…
Funny how that works.
Funny how that works.