John Holland
@johnholland.bsky.social
Founder - The Steinbeck Experience
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Steinbeck is 🔥.
literature art oceans science steinbeck ricketts music dogs monterey salinas berkeley hawaii
Steinbeck is 🔥.
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John Holland
@johnholland.bsky.social
· Feb 20
This frenetic impulse to quash humanitarian aid impiies Dickens, Chaplin, Steinbeck, Conrad have been completely ignored. I can only suppose millions of Americans don't read and/or are obsessed with pseudo-reality & game shows, horror & action movies, video games, sports events, ... The Coiosseum.
In America and Americans, John Steinbeck writes: “We have failed sometimes, taken wrong paths, paused for renewal, filled our bellies and licked our wounds; but we have never slipped back—never.”
What would he say now? Have we finally crossed the line and “slipped back” as a nation? 1/3
What would he say now? Have we finally crossed the line and “slipped back” as a nation? 1/3
Imagine not knowing that dying from a deadly disease and your BMI are unrelated.
Opinion | We Can’t Diet and Exercise Our Way Out of the Next Pandemic
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Imagine not knowing that dying from a deadly disease and your BMI are unrelated.
Answer: he’s a Republican.
Why Does Steve Witkoff Keep Taking Russia’s Side?
Trump’s envoy isn’t promoting peace. His interventions are helping Vladimir Putin.
www.theatlantic.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Answer: he’s a Republican.
Red-on-red crime is my favorite kind of crime.
MTG goes on extraordinary rant about Charlie Kirk, Republican men and her resignation
‘Oh I haven’t suffered enough for you while you post all day behind a screen?’ the outgoing Congresswoman wrote
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Red-on-red crime is my favorite kind of crime.
You know what’s really bad for you? Answer: Worrying about what’s bad for you.
November 27, 2025 at 2:31 AM
You know what’s really bad for you? Answer: Worrying about what’s bad for you.
I get really freaked out when I go over to someone’s house and they have no books. Literally … no books. I mean, maybe it’s all on Kindle, but I just don’t get it.
November 26, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I get really freaked out when I go over to someone’s house and they have no books. Literally … no books. I mean, maybe it’s all on Kindle, but I just don’t get it.
If Republicans will vote for Trump they’ll vote for this clown.
Erika Kirk says Turning Point’s efforts to support Vance in 2028 are ‘in the works’ | CNN Politics
Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk said her organization’s efforts to support a potential JD Vance presidential campaign in 2028 are “in the works.”
www.cnn.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
If Republicans will vote for Trump they’ll vote for this clown.
Remember you can’t blame Republicans for this. You can’t shame stupid people into being smarter. And consider how stupid you must be to not understand how vaccines work.
Blame those who apologize for these idiots, pretending they’re good people and prioritizing genteel harmony over public health.
Blame those who apologize for these idiots, pretending they’re good people and prioritizing genteel harmony over public health.
Republicans increasingly oppose requiring healthy kids to get MMR vaccines to attend public schools
2016 19%
2019 20%
2023 42%
2025 47%
www.pewresearch.org/science/2025... 🧪
2016 19%
2019 20%
2023 42%
2025 47%
www.pewresearch.org/science/2025... 🧪
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Remember you can’t blame Republicans for this. You can’t shame stupid people into being smarter. And consider how stupid you must be to not understand how vaccines work.
Blame those who apologize for these idiots, pretending they’re good people and prioritizing genteel harmony over public health.
Blame those who apologize for these idiots, pretending they’re good people and prioritizing genteel harmony over public health.
Reposted by John Holland
Sorry, @nytimes.com and @washingtonpost.com Game over!
November 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Sorry, @nytimes.com and @washingtonpost.com Game over!
Hear me out: maybe it was never really about “legal philosophy.”
The Federalist Society Is Torn Between Its Legal Philosophy and Trump’s Demands
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Hear me out: maybe it was never really about “legal philosophy.”
Reposted by John Holland
Here, I fixed it for you:
November 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Here, I fixed it for you:
Give the man a break! He’s trying to stay out of jail.
Donald Trump’s Plan to Subvert the Midterms Is Already Under Way
Our election system is reaching a breaking point.
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Give the man a break! He’s trying to stay out of jail.
Reposted by John Holland
Oh, wait… Al Gore used a scissor lift in a dramatic object lesson in the trajectory of climate change and idiot Republicans laughed at him:
November 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Oh, wait… Al Gore used a scissor lift in a dramatic object lesson in the trajectory of climate change and idiot Republicans laughed at him:
If only someone had warned us about this “inconvenient truth” 20 years ago!
What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century
Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
If only someone had warned us about this “inconvenient truth” 20 years ago!
This is a long-winded way of saying, “Republican.”
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
This is a long-winded way of saying, “Republican.”
Reposted by John Holland
Because there never were ones. Disbar these clowns.
The judge went with the overriding issue, but these cases could've been dismissed for a million reasons. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US judge throws out criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James
Judge says interim US attorney for eastern district of Virginia had ‘no lawful authority’ to indict former FBI director and New York attorney general
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Because there never were ones. Disbar these clowns.
“Standards.” Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
The Conservative Movement’s Intellectual Collapse
Trump is both a product and a cause of the decline in intellectual standards on the right.
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
“Standards.” Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Republicans are angels of death.
Republicans increasingly oppose requiring healthy kids to get MMR vaccines to attend public schools
2016 19%
2019 20%
2023 42%
2025 47%
www.pewresearch.org/science/2025... 🧪
2016 19%
2019 20%
2023 42%
2025 47%
www.pewresearch.org/science/2025... 🧪
November 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Republicans are angels of death.
A likely story.
The truth about Trump is sinking in for his MAGA followers
Once viewed by MAGA voters as a regular guy, Trump is now seen as part of the elite they despise
www.salon.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
A likely story.
Idiots! … er, I mean Republicans!
DOGE Disbanded: Elon Musk’s Cost-Cutting Project Quietly Ended
Musk said the initiative would save at least $1 trillion. But its website claims to have reached only $214 billion.
time.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Idiots! … er, I mean Republicans!
Reposted by John Holland
Both the AI 2027 paper and “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies” book contain multiple examples of how things could go disastrously wrong.
At the simplest level, imagine AIs draining every bank account, crashing every market, erasing every hospital record, destroying orders and logistical records. …
At the simplest level, imagine AIs draining every bank account, crashing every market, erasing every hospital record, destroying orders and logistical records. …
November 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Both the AI 2027 paper and “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies” book contain multiple examples of how things could go disastrously wrong.
At the simplest level, imagine AIs draining every bank account, crashing every market, erasing every hospital record, destroying orders and logistical records. …
At the simplest level, imagine AIs draining every bank account, crashing every market, erasing every hospital record, destroying orders and logistical records. …
What could be more Republican?
ICE Goons smash window and Zip-Tie Woman During
Federal Siege
11/17/2025 - Charlotte, North Carolina
Federal Siege
11/17/2025 - Charlotte, North Carolina
November 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM
What could be more Republican?
Gazpacho.
ICE point gun at father in front of son—drag him out of truck by smashing window.
"Please put the gun down! That's my dad!" son cries. "You're hurting him... Look he's bleeding!"
"Why did you break window? He wasn't doing anything."
Club Heights neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina.
"Please put the gun down! That's my dad!" son cries. "You're hurting him... Look he's bleeding!"
"Why did you break window? He wasn't doing anything."
Club Heights neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina.
November 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Gazpacho.
Tell me you’re shooting blanks without telling me you’re shooting blanks.
Colton Moore is the state senator for Greene’s district. My guess is he’s probably going to run for her seat. From his wedding …
November 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Tell me you’re shooting blanks without telling me you’re shooting blanks.
We are living in the dumbest timeline.
I do not want the fire department going to any of these people’s houses.
I do not want the fire department going to any of these people’s houses.
BREAKING: The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
We are living in the dumbest timeline.
I do not want the fire department going to any of these people’s houses.
I do not want the fire department going to any of these people’s houses.
