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Jon Rynn
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Writing about a Green New Deal since 2008, PhD political science from CUNY,author Manufacturing Green Prosperity: The power to rebuild the American middle class. Writings at jonrynn.com, GreenNewDealPlan.com
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Jon Rynn @jonrynn.bsky.social · Nov 29
My new article in Counterpunch:

www.counterpunch.org/2024/11/29/t...
The Something in the ‘We Gotta Do Something’
"You can't fight something with nothing, you have to have an alternative vision...Trump had a vision...he had an explanation. To my view, Democrats really
www.counterpunch.org
jonrynn.bsky.social
Good interview with the new First Deputy Mayor of NYC, who is sort of like the COO of the city:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgLT...
Zohran Won. Now Comes The Hard Part. (ft. NYC Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan)
YouTube video by Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
jonrynn.bsky.social
Great thread
mateosfo.bsky.social Matthew Lewis is ready for progressive federalism @mateosfo.bsky.social · 8d
As you add cars to a geometric location, voters get more violent, less tolerant, and more conservative.

This is because car dependence requires extremely high attention to naked self-interest: Who's taking "your" parking, why are all these other drivers causing congestion on "your" commute.
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
jonrynn.bsky.social
This will be an interesting site to keep track of:

www.transition2025.com
A New Era for NYC
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is ready to work to make New York safe and affordable for all of its residents.
www.transition2025.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
jonrynn.bsky.social
If Europe can do it...

www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Paris to Madrid in a day? The EU’s €550 billion high-speed train plan might make it happen
The European Commission has unveiled its plan to connect Europe’s cities faster, aiming to open up remote regions and boost the economy. The first lines are expected to be running by 2030, with more t...
www.euronews.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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ianjames.bsky.social
As global warming intensifies storms, droughts and wildfires, scientists warn that “the window to prevent the worst outcomes is rapidly closing.”

Read about the new report on the state of the climate in @latimes.com: www.latimes.com/environment/...

Read the full report: doi.org/10.1093/bios...
Humanity is on path toward 'climate chaos,' scientists warn
Global use of fossil fuels rose to a new record last year, releasing even more greenhouse gases. Humanity is 'hurtling toward climate chaos,' scientists warn.
www.latimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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pbump.com
OK, I wrote about the "how Democrats can win" report. www.pbump.net/o/politics-i...
Politics is more than temperature-taking
Political campaigns, the axiom has it, are nothing more than a math problem. Get 50 percent of the vote, plus one, and you win. Doesn't matter the race; that holds. So all a candidate needs to do, how...
www.pbump.net
October 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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ryanlcooper.com
really hard to overstate how horrendous the oil industry has been for every aspect of human society--the biggest source of industrial pollution and also the biggest funder of reactionary politics
The oil magnates were the first to perceive the prize that could be extracted from the wide distribution of the motorcar. If people could be induced to travel in cars, they could be sold the fuel necessary to move them. For the first time in history, people would become dependent for their locomotion on a commercial source of energy. There would be as many customers for the oil industry as there were motorists—and since there would be as many motorists as there were families, the entire population would become the oil merchants’ customers. The dream of every capitalist was about to come true. Everyone was going to depend for their daily needs on a commodity that a single industry held as a monopoly.
October 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
jonrynn.bsky.social
Another awesome interview by David Roberts @volts.wtf with the authors of 'Life After Cars', www.volts.wtf/p/yes-you-we...
Yes, you weenies: a war on cars
Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon join me to discuss their new book and why a future with fewer cars is a happier one.
www.volts.wtf
October 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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dpmanchee.bsky.social
Truely impressive - long term strategic investment in solar from China.

Contrast that with the chop and change policies of the West.

#Copernicus #Sentinel2 False Colour timelapse (Bands 8, 4, 3) 2015 - 2025 July scenes only. Imagery from Copernicus Browser link.dataspace.copernicus.eu/xzj0
October 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
jonrynn.bsky.social
prospect.org/politics/202...
Michelle Wu, the Boston Beacon of Progress
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s first-term achievements shine, but numerous challenges persist after her re-election.
prospect.org
September 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
jonrynn.bsky.social
The Republicans don't like no-turn-on-red-lights? Hope they don't get control of NYC,

prospect.org/politics/202...
Republicans Escalate Their War on America’s Cities
While some establishment Democrats attack their leftward drift
prospect.org
September 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
jonrynn.bsky.social
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Karen Attiah
Talking with the journalist the Washington Post fired for being honest
substack.com
September 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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gwagner.com
Imagine making this point about, say, climate investments, arguing how it'll have outsized societal and economy-wide returns, and that we should stop worrying about climate tech's returns on investments, which, in any case, we're measuring wrong.
brandonfriedman.bsky.social Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · Sep 19
This is hilarious. These people have never run a real business. It is 100% a scam operated by skiled, dedicated grifters.
www.wsj.com/articles/sto...
Wall Street Journal: Stop Worrying About AI’s Return on Investment Tech leaders at WSJ’s Technology Council Summit said it’s nearly impossible to measure the impact of AI on business productivity. And when we try, we’re measuring it wrong. By Belle Lin and Steven Rosenbush Sept. 16, 2025 9:33 pm ET
September 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Reposted by Jon Rynn
charlesgaba.com
WATCH EVERY SECOND OF THIS (it's only about 7 1/2 minutes long)

#LeopardsFaces
September 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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climatebrad.hillheat.com
“I think it's worth it. It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal." - Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk Says Gun Deaths ‘Unfortunately’ Worth it to Keep 2nd Amendment
September 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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jamellebouie.net
wrote about the “national conservative” vision for america
Opinion | They Don’t Want to Live in Lincoln’s America
www.nytimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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riogranderift.bsky.social
What's remarkable is that this is still being debated. If we work our way out of these ruins, it'll be imperative to align climate action + working people -- not capitulate, especially now, to fossil fuel and technology financial interests.
jwmason.bsky.social JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · Aug 26
The IRA was surprisingly effective at spurring investment in green energy. Where it failed was making it *politically* sustainable by delivering immediate tangible benefits to the public. In that sense, the Green New Deal was, in retrospect, the more prudent and realistic approach. on.ft.com/4n4Ayra
September 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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streetfilms.bsky.social
Also: because local businesses know pedestrian traffic is vital to their business!!

youtu.be/8FfBpvLaLl0
In Stockholm Car-Free Areas are Great for Business!
YouTube video by Streetfilms®
youtu.be
August 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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aldasky.bsky.social
To hold off fascism, we need to do more than resist. We need to learn from history, and build a *charismatic* state, with civil servants working hand-in-hand with working class communities to make lives better.

@ear2thepavement.bsky.social nails it!
www.currentaffairs.org/news/make-bu...
Make Bureaucracy Great Again
In the past, the administrative state was a powerful force for good in Americans’ lives. To defeat Trumpism, it needs to become one again.
www.currentaffairs.org
August 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
jonrynn.bsky.social
Something we could do now, as @hartmannreport.com suggests in his book "The Hidden History of the American Dream", with fossil fuel companies. This is also part of the GreenNewDealPlan.com

www.democracycollaborative.org/whatwethink/...
A History of Nationalization in the United States: 1917-2009 — The Democracy Collaborative
Climate change is an unprecedented global social, political, and economic crisis. Without drastic action, the United States will likely experience rising sea levels that will regularly flood major cit...
www.democracycollaborative.org
August 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
jonrynn.bsky.social
I would lean heavily into densifying city and town centers, but this is a good overview, ht Jeff Wood at the overhead wire daily:

www.planetizen.com/blogs/135552...
To Sprawl or Not to Sprawl: But Is That the Question?
As a debate rages in mainstream media about whether or not America should sprawl, a housing researcher says that's the wrong question. We need to do both.
www.planetizen.com
August 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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edzitron.com
This is the single best piece I've read on "replacing coders with AI," it fully dispells the myth from the perspective of a software engineer and does so in a calm, reasonable way.
colton.dev/blog/curing-...
No, AI is not Making Engineers 10x as Productive
Curing Your AI 10x Engineer Imposter Syndrome
colton.dev
August 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
jonrynn.bsky.social
One of the best analyses of Mamdani's win and what he can do:

jwmason.org/slackwire/ca...
Can Zohran Do It? – J. W. Mason
jwmason.org
July 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
jonrynn.bsky.social
In 1960 NYC had the most manufacturing jobs (the metro area) in the US, and the US was the leading manufacturer in the world. Maybe more people would be interested in manufacturing jobs if they were in cities?

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/b...
Why Factories Are Having Trouble Filling Nearly 400,000 Open Jobs
www.nytimes.com
July 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
jonrynn.bsky.social
Not sure if a Great Power has ever destroyed itself from within like this before:

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Scientists warn US will lose a generation of talent because of Trump cuts
Political interference and chaotic cuts to staff, programs and grants at the National Science Foundation are producing ‘devastating consequences’
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM