Thomas Lewis
@tlewis.bsky.social
Manufacturing & Industrial Policy @ BlueGreen Alliance.
Personally, I’m a huge fan of Louisiana Purchase, Alaska. It’s gorgeous!
the fact that Republican senators like Schmitt can’t even write a fascist screed on their own and instead have to rely on chatGPT perfectly captures the unique combination of evil and stupid that defines the modern Republican Party
January 17, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Personally, I’m a huge fan of Louisiana Purchase, Alaska. It’s gorgeous!
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🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.
January 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.
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The case against Graeberism and for Mamdanism dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
January 12, 2026 at 6:04 PM
The case against Graeberism and for Mamdanism dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
I don’t want to pick one so here are a few of my favorite finales:
The Leftovers
Avatar: The Last Airbender
You’re the Worst
The Leftovers
Avatar: The Last Airbender
You’re the Worst
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 7, 2026 at 12:56 AM
I don’t want to pick one so here are a few of my favorite finales:
The Leftovers
Avatar: The Last Airbender
You’re the Worst
The Leftovers
Avatar: The Last Airbender
You’re the Worst
This is fun. Mine would be in no particular order:
The Martian
The Social Network
Palm Springs
Interstellar
Wedding Crashers
The two most rewatchable films of all time are IMO The Fugitive and Groundhog Day
The Martian
The Social Network
Palm Springs
Interstellar
Wedding Crashers
The two most rewatchable films of all time are IMO The Fugitive and Groundhog Day
Simmons did his top 50 most rewatchable movies of this century on The Rewatchables (metric is unclear, how much you rewatch but also just vibes?), and so just for fun, my own top 5 would probably be...
The Martian
Super Troopers
The Social Network
Step Brothers
Zodiac
Toughest cut is Inside Man
The Martian
Super Troopers
The Social Network
Step Brothers
Zodiac
Toughest cut is Inside Man
December 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
This is fun. Mine would be in no particular order:
The Martian
The Social Network
Palm Springs
Interstellar
Wedding Crashers
The two most rewatchable films of all time are IMO The Fugitive and Groundhog Day
The Martian
The Social Network
Palm Springs
Interstellar
Wedding Crashers
The two most rewatchable films of all time are IMO The Fugitive and Groundhog Day
the orlando airport was specifically designed with me in mind to drive me mad
December 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
the orlando airport was specifically designed with me in mind to drive me mad
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Wrote for @heatmap.news with @narayansub.bsky.social about a largely forgotten effort at American energy industrial policy—the Energy Security Act of 1980—and the lessons it holds for new efforts today: heatmap.news/ideas/energy...
The Last Time America Tried to Legislate Its Way to Energy Affordability
Lawmakers today should study the Energy Security Act of 1980.
heatmap.news
December 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Wrote for @heatmap.news with @narayansub.bsky.social about a largely forgotten effort at American energy industrial policy—the Energy Security Act of 1980—and the lessons it holds for new efforts today: heatmap.news/ideas/energy...
I can’t think of anything better than sitting directly next to a smelly, sweaty individual that for some reason determined the airport was the appropriate place for a workout
*after hauling a few 45lb checked bags, a rollaway carry on, and a personal item off the airport shuttle, over the curb, and onto the various checkin/security counters, scales, and belts, and finding my gate* You what this place really needs? Preflight workout equipment.
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I can’t think of anything better than sitting directly next to a smelly, sweaty individual that for some reason determined the airport was the appropriate place for a workout
Yep. There’s this weird media aversion to calling this out. If you want women to like you be an actual likable person. I don’t deny that there’s a loneliness problem amongst some young men.. BUT that’s explicitly because of the toxic influencers they choose to base their behavior/personalities on.
I think an important thing to understand about brofluencer ideology is that they do not just deny that being toxic and shitty makes you a less appealing partner, they insist that women are only genuinely attracted to toxic and shitty men and being kind will instead make women lose respect for you.
I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
December 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Yep. There’s this weird media aversion to calling this out. If you want women to like you be an actual likable person. I don’t deny that there’s a loneliness problem amongst some young men.. BUT that’s explicitly because of the toxic influencers they choose to base their behavior/personalities on.
Oh you want to see my Spotify wrapped?
Well I want an essay about the most embarrassing thing you’ve ever done
Fucking sickos..
Well I want an essay about the most embarrassing thing you’ve ever done
Fucking sickos..
December 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Oh you want to see my Spotify wrapped?
Well I want an essay about the most embarrassing thing you’ve ever done
Fucking sickos..
Well I want an essay about the most embarrassing thing you’ve ever done
Fucking sickos..
The problem with Matt’s brand of politics is its whole basis is that it’s bad for left wing folks to popularize things that upset “median voters” even if the things those voters believe are bad.
But when that becomes your all encompassing focus — you just end up also embracing shitty views
But when that becomes your all encompassing focus — you just end up also embracing shitty views
One of these is a racist, far-right aspiration to ethnically cleanse the West by forcibly removing all non-white people -- a goal now endorsed by the U.S. government.
The other is a sometimes ham-fisted effort to acknowledge this country's shitty treatment of indigenous people.
Not similar!
The other is a sometimes ham-fisted effort to acknowledge this country's shitty treatment of indigenous people.
Not similar!
December 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The problem with Matt’s brand of politics is its whole basis is that it’s bad for left wing folks to popularize things that upset “median voters” even if the things those voters believe are bad.
But when that becomes your all encompassing focus — you just end up also embracing shitty views
But when that becomes your all encompassing focus — you just end up also embracing shitty views
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Today, DOE renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), one of the crown jewels of U.S. science and engineering for renewable energy, the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR). We should be reinvesting in our world-leading national labs not renaming them. www.nrel.gov/news/detail/...
News Release: Energy Department Renames NREL 'National Lab of the Rockies' | NREL
www.nrel.gov
December 1, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Today, DOE renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), one of the crown jewels of U.S. science and engineering for renewable energy, the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR). We should be reinvesting in our world-leading national labs not renaming them. www.nrel.gov/news/detail/...
Incredible stuff here:
“If the Mamdani administration lets them continue to turn our neighborhoods into playgrounds in the middle of streets and wage war on drivers, it will be a disaster for public safety, quality of life and basic common sense,”
“If the Mamdani administration lets them continue to turn our neighborhoods into playgrounds in the middle of streets and wage war on drivers, it will be a disaster for public safety, quality of life and basic common sense,”
Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas to transportation team: ‘war on drivers’
Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas to transportation team: ‘war on drivers’
Car-hating Transportation Alternatives boss Ben Furnas has been appointed to Mamdani's transition team for transportation, climate and infrastructure – and his agenda is a nightmare for the city's drivers.
nypost.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Incredible stuff here:
“If the Mamdani administration lets them continue to turn our neighborhoods into playgrounds in the middle of streets and wage war on drivers, it will be a disaster for public safety, quality of life and basic common sense,”
“If the Mamdani administration lets them continue to turn our neighborhoods into playgrounds in the middle of streets and wage war on drivers, it will be a disaster for public safety, quality of life and basic common sense,”
*sweating*
Me: “pretzel or potato chip… which is more left-coded”
THINK THOMAS THINK. your reputation hinges on this
Me: “pretzel or potato chip… which is more left-coded”
THINK THOMAS THINK. your reputation hinges on this
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
*sweating*
Me: “pretzel or potato chip… which is more left-coded”
THINK THOMAS THINK. your reputation hinges on this
Me: “pretzel or potato chip… which is more left-coded”
THINK THOMAS THINK. your reputation hinges on this
I was skeptical at first but based on my in depth research (reading Facebook posts of people I graduated high school with) I really do feel like people were convinced he was going to press a button and lower all prices to 2019 levels — and when the reverse happened — FOLKS FREAKED
Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."
November 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I was skeptical at first but based on my in depth research (reading Facebook posts of people I graduated high school with) I really do feel like people were convinced he was going to press a button and lower all prices to 2019 levels — and when the reverse happened — FOLKS FREAKED
Aloof is one of those words where people use it but clearly don’t know what it means
[the NY Post scrambling to make a last-ditch scandal:]
"umm, uhhh, his aloof wife Rama Duwaji secretly ran the campaign"
"umm, uhhh, his aloof wife Rama Duwaji secretly ran the campaign"
November 4, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Aloof is one of those words where people use it but clearly don’t know what it means
my god.. I don’t know what I’d do if I was a fan of one of these teams
November 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
my god.. I don’t know what I’d do if I was a fan of one of these teams
There’s also an added implication that if the economy was humming along Trump should be supported but there are about 50,000 other reasons to oppose him and it’s actually good to not think of them as distractions
When you say something is a distraction, you are not-very-implicitly scolding anyone who makes a big deal out of it: You’re a sucker! You fell for the trick!
When the putative distraction is some egregious breach of political norms or actual laws, you are helping normalize and minimize the breach.
When the putative distraction is some egregious breach of political norms or actual laws, you are helping normalize and minimize the breach.
I find this distraction discourse unhelpful. Trump's video was appalling and significant and should be analyzed and denounced, and part of the work of politics is to turn it into a major controversy in its own right, as a symbol of Trump's autocratic disdain for the people.
November 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
There’s also an added implication that if the economy was humming along Trump should be supported but there are about 50,000 other reasons to oppose him and it’s actually good to not think of them as distractions
Yep! When possible donate money to food banks and food pantries. While intuitively it makes sense for people to give them food — it’s much more logistically challenging for food banks to a) sort and b) distribute donated food. But again it’s dependent on what you can do.
You know what we donate to the local food pantries? We donate MONEY. Because they can turn that money into what those they serve need the most. I do not know what those folks need better than the food pantry does. So I give them my dollars and they turn them into something useful.
Sweet Jesus, do not donate seeds to your food bank in October. Honestly, don’t donate seeds to your food bank unless you are specifically asked to, and even then I would think REALLY HARD about whether that’s regionally appropriate.
When I needed food donations, I was in student housing.
When I needed food donations, I was in student housing.
October 31, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Yep! When possible donate money to food banks and food pantries. While intuitively it makes sense for people to give them food — it’s much more logistically challenging for food banks to a) sort and b) distribute donated food. But again it’s dependent on what you can do.
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The current federal administration is destabilizing the offshore wind industry with stop-work orders and slashed subsidies. We need a credible plan to meet climate targets and build capacity—enter a federal Offshore Wind Authority. climateandcommunity.org/research/off...
A Federal Offshore Wind Authority: A Public Moon Shot for Offshore Wind
We propose that a future administration establish a federal Offshore Wind Authority to supercharge buildout and deliver affordable electricity.
climateandcommunity.org
October 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The current federal administration is destabilizing the offshore wind industry with stop-work orders and slashed subsidies. We need a credible plan to meet climate targets and build capacity—enter a federal Offshore Wind Authority. climateandcommunity.org/research/off...
This is one place where there’s a big gap between how the left and right approach political education where the left often underrates being steeped in big ideas about leftist/liberal principles
A left wing politics that is oriented around your rights and identity as an individual consumer instead of your responsibilities as a member of a social or political community is basically a left aesthetic pasted onto an internalized neoliberal ontology.
Spin this out a bit?
October 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is one place where there’s a big gap between how the left and right approach political education where the left often underrates being steeped in big ideas about leftist/liberal principles
I need people to realize that under current funding structures there is a tradeoff here! "Most want strong public schools and the flexibility to choose which school their children attend."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
Opinion | America Still Has a Political Center, and It’s the Key to Winning
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I need people to realize that under current funding structures there is a tradeoff here! "Most want strong public schools and the flexibility to choose which school their children attend."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
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A lot of centrist commentators who genuinely got worked up about the unforgivably insulting nature of "cling to guns and religion" or "basket of deplorables" are weirdly silent about Trump portraying himself as literally shitting on American cities
October 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
A lot of centrist commentators who genuinely got worked up about the unforgivably insulting nature of "cling to guns and religion" or "basket of deplorables" are weirdly silent about Trump portraying himself as literally shitting on American cities
“every parade has the right to exist” is a real line actually said here
saw this clip of the NYC mayor debate and i had tears in my eyes, perhaps the most insane section of any debate ever
October 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
“every parade has the right to exist” is a real line actually said here
It’s amazing how after 200+ years we all just missed the part of the constitution that clearly states Republican presidents are kings. I personally feel stupid.
The entire administration is "new legal analysis."
Is the President a King? Yes, according to new legal analysis. Can we fire civil servants, impound funds and eliminate agencies? *Touches earpiece* Yes, according to new legal analysis.
The shame is that SCOTUS has gone along with much of this.
Is the President a King? Yes, according to new legal analysis. Can we fire civil servants, impound funds and eliminate agencies? *Touches earpiece* Yes, according to new legal analysis.
The shame is that SCOTUS has gone along with much of this.
Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"
October 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
It’s amazing how after 200+ years we all just missed the part of the constitution that clearly states Republican presidents are kings. I personally feel stupid.