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Elon Green

@elongreen.bsky.social

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LAST CALL (2021) and THE MAN NOBODY KILLED (2025) http://www.elongreen.com

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 24d

I’ve been working on this for a while. (I tried to find Bobbie more than a decade ago and failed.) Please do give it a read.

Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 24d

If you love the song “Me and Bobby McGee” you absolutely must read @elongreen.bsky.social on the life of the woman who inspired the song.

The Unlikely Story of the Secretary Who Inspired One of Music’s Greatest Songs

“Me and Bobby McGee” was originally about a woman—Barbara “Bobbie” McKee. I talked to her.

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 41m

I would've followed lyz to typepad, so this is a no-brainer.

Lyz @lyz.bsky.social · 2h

It’s time, beyond time, really, I’m leaving Substack. I didn’t do it before because I had no other income to rely on. I don’t think abandoning spaces is always the right answer but sometimes it’s necessary www.patreon.com/posts/why-i-...

Why I am leaving Substack | Men Yell at Me by Lyz Lenz

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 41m

cuomo is such a horrible person that Indian Point doesn't even get discussed among his failures. But it's probably the biggest!

City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 43m

Shutting down Indian Point was a massive, expensive mistake: "NY's electric grid operator warns of looming 'reliability shortfalls'" -- www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...

NY's electric grid operator warns of looming 'reliability shortfalls'

“Taken together, these two reports show the grid is at a significant inflection point,” said Zach Smith, a senior vice president with the New York Independent System Operator.

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 43m

oh man, I missed this. A great man. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/h...

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 4h

It's getting ever harder to break through and find readers even though there are so many avenues for discovery. But maybe the best one is serendipity. New or old, there's a good book waiting for you today.

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 4h

If it's a Tuesday, some great books are being published. Buy or borrow a good book today.

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 4h

Agreed. On balance, the '24 coverage was decent.

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spooky mental haunted house @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 4h

Let's give 2004 an honorable mention

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 4h

I can read.

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 4h

“The issue of age could play differently in Maine, which has the oldest population of any state in the nation.”

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 4h

Having trouble getting upset about this because a) mills is a known quantity and seems fine, and b) if she’s a paper tiger then Platner should beat her.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 6h

Breaking News: Janet Mills, the Democratic governor of Maine, is running for Senate, aiming to unseat Senator Susan Collins, a Republican.

Gov. Janet Mills of Maine to Run for Senate, Aiming at Senator Susan Collins

A two-term Democratic governor, Ms. Mills called herself “battle tested” in an interview. But she faces a Democratic primary before she can challenge the Republican incumbent.

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 5h

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 15h

Scoop: Even Fox News won't sign on to Pete Hegseth's draconian Pentagon press rules, setting up a showdown between the snowflake defense secretary and his former employer.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/pentagon-p...

The Safe Space Secretary

Pete Hegseth built his career on Fox News mocking "snowflakes." Now, Status has learned, his former employer and others are rejecting his efforts to build a safe space around the Pentagon.

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah, the 2000 election & the 2016 election

Karen Schwartz @pithywidow.bsky.social · 6h

Was there ever a more epic press failure than the 2024 election

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 10h

Thinking fondly of all the pre-election fact-checks that said we couldn’t possibly know whether Republicans wanted to get rid of pre-existing condition protections.

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 15h

Also, don't use my post to dunk on workers!! The first paper I wrote was why workers need to be at the center of climate policy! Don't shit on workers!!

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 15h

If your response to this is "why should we support coal workers," or "tell me who they voted for first," I would urge you to think about what differentiates you from the current regime that favors only the ones they deem worthy. Just transition for all is just transition for ALL.

J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 1d

New coal leases in the Powder River Basin have been paused after the first one had only a bid for 1/10th of a penny. They are trying to blame previous administrations, but the writing is on the wall. We should be supporting coal workers and communities not doing wtf this clown show is doing.

US postpones Wyoming coal lease sale after disappointing Montana auction

The Trump administration has postponed a scheduled sale of coal leases on federal lands in Wyoming two days after a disappointing auction in Montana, an Interior Department spokesperson said on Wednesday.

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