John Blue 🌠
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Environmental policy wonk. Science, fitness, and food enthusiast. Fairly normal.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
It wouldn't be a terrible thing if the US got back into the airline regulation business. I mean focusing on snacks is dumb, but maybe requiring a certain level of service is something we can work on.
Sean Duffy, the U.S. transportation secretary, has been urging people for the past week to dress and comport themselves better as a way of restoring “civility” to air travel. On Tuesday, he added another item to his list of concerns: the quality of the snacks handed out on commercial flights.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Wants Healthier In-Flight Snack Options
Sean Duffy, who has been promoting greater decorum among air travelers, said he would like to see choices besides salty pretzels and buttery cookies.
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 AM
It wouldn't be a terrible thing if the US got back into the airline regulation business. I mean focusing on snacks is dumb, but maybe requiring a certain level of service is something we can work on.
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Kash Patel issues new FBI challenge coin related to his holding on to his job.
November 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Kash Patel issues new FBI challenge coin related to his holding on to his job.
I easily remembered the year Pope John Paul II was elected--useful for solving the NYT History Quiz--because I remember a friend's dad (Italian) announcing a new Hail Mary prayer: "Hail Mary full of grace. Now the Italians are in second place."
#historyquiz
#historyquiz
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I easily remembered the year Pope John Paul II was elected--useful for solving the NYT History Quiz--because I remember a friend's dad (Italian) announcing a new Hail Mary prayer: "Hail Mary full of grace. Now the Italians are in second place."
#historyquiz
#historyquiz
Bruising editorial in the NY Times, this morning. "Most important, Mr. Trump needs to stop making things worse." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Opinion | Does Trump Know the Price of Milk?
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Bruising editorial in the NY Times, this morning. "Most important, Mr. Trump needs to stop making things worse." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
The obvious explanation is that these are trivial in comparison with what is still being suppressed.
Not that I'm remotely complaining but how in the actual fuck were these emails released to the oversight Dems who are in the minority?
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The obvious explanation is that these are trivial in comparison with what is still being suppressed.
I will be astonished if the Epstein ballroom is finished before Trump is out of office.
The foundation of Donald Trump’s White House ballroom appears to be taking shape.
Next Steps of Trump’s White House Teardown Exposed
The $300 million project is due for completion in January 2029.
trib.al
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I will be astonished if the Epstein ballroom is finished before Trump is out of office.
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The clearest explanation I’ve seen in which flights are likely to be canceled
November 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The clearest explanation I’ve seen in which flights are likely to be canceled
This is why the oil industry and the politicians they've captured are working so hard to slow the adoption of EVs. #peakoil #electricvehicles
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
EVs put an end to China's usual holiday surge in gasoline use
Tianyu Jiang took a 2,000-km (1,200-mile) road trip this month during China's national holiday week, driving in his electric vehicle from the southwestern Sichuan basin to Beijing for the first time.
www.reuters.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This is why the oil industry and the politicians they've captured are working so hard to slow the adoption of EVs. #peakoil #electricvehicles
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
I've been way too invested in this.
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I've been way too invested in this.
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DC Conventional Wisdom Goes Down to Defeat in State after State talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dc-co...
DC Conventional Wisdom Goes Down to Defeat in State after State
Elections are hard to predict. But even with that, some of the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
DC Conventional Wisdom Goes Down to Defeat in State after State talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dc-co...
Must have been harrowing for the officers. "Throwing a sandwich at a federal officer at point-blank range.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Jury selected for the trial of D.C.'s 'sandwich guy'
Sean Dunn went viral over the summer for throwing a salami sub at a Customs and Border Protection agent.
www.nbcnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Must have been harrowing for the officers. "Throwing a sandwich at a federal officer at point-blank range.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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This is the best thing I've read all day.
October 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This is the best thing I've read all day.
Monkeys on the loose! And they're angry!
October 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Monkeys on the loose! And they're angry!
Intriguing
I haven’t seen anyone talk about how Jane Doe - an Epstein survivor - just sued the Bank of New York Mellon for funding Epstein and failing to file a Suspicious Activity Report. A Mellon heir is the one who gave $130M to pay the troops. Seems bribey to me.
October 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Intriguing
Getting closer and closer to our Soylent Green future, when only the super wealthy can afford beef.
Trump on American ranchers: "By putting tariffs on, they've been able to make a few dollars. They've been able to have an industry. But I also want to keep the beef prices low. So I'll be talking with the ranchers and I'll be speaking with a lot of different people and we'll do something."
October 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Getting closer and closer to our Soylent Green future, when only the super wealthy can afford beef.
Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Changes Course and Will Demolish Entire East Wing
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
If Comer is telling the truth, there's a really simple thing they could do to prove it. #epstein
James Comer: “They’re trying to distract from the fact that they shut down the government by pushing a false narrative about President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein.”
October 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
If Comer is telling the truth, there's a really simple thing they could do to prove it. #epstein
Finishing what the British started in 1814. #warof1812
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Finishing what the British started in 1814. #warof1812
In these narratives it's always assumed Democrats are supposed to be the adults soothing Republican toddlers.
It's impressive that polls continue to favor the Dems on the shutdown when Beltway flat-out blames the entire thing on them—with zero responsibility assigned to Republicans. Here's an example from today.
October 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
In these narratives it's always assumed Democrats are supposed to be the adults soothing Republican toddlers.
Live Updates: Trump Flies to Israel as Region Awaits Hostage-Prisoner Swap
www.nytimes.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The press needs to start asking questions like, "Do you know what month it is?" Or "Can you draw a clock face, with the hands showing 10:15?"
Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."
October 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The press needs to start asking questions like, "Do you know what month it is?" Or "Can you draw a clock face, with the hands showing 10:15?"
Stephen Miller's hyperbole makes me think of Glen from Glen's Homophobia Newsletter.
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October 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Stephen Miller's hyperbole makes me think of Glen from Glen's Homophobia Newsletter.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Sure glad I'm not a journalist working for CBS!
October 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Sure glad I'm not a journalist working for CBS!