Jon Rynn
@jonrynn.bsky.social
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
Replacing contractors with government workers is the way to save money
“the in-house team proved they could do it much faster & cheaper"...keeping the work in-house meant that installation cost the MTA approximately $100,000 per station, as opposed to $300,000 per station with outside contractors"
“the in-house team proved they could do it much faster & cheaper"...keeping the work in-house meant that installation cost the MTA approximately $100,000 per station, as opposed to $300,000 per station with outside contractors"
MTA metalworkers close in on Governor’s goal: 100 more stations with platform barriers by year’s end
As part of the MTA’s push to install platform barriers in more than 100 stations across the New York City subway system, welders and machinists at the MTA’s Tiffany Iron Shop in Hunt…
www.nydailynews.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Replacing contractors with government workers is the way to save money
“the in-house team proved they could do it much faster & cheaper"...keeping the work in-house meant that installation cost the MTA approximately $100,000 per station, as opposed to $300,000 per station with outside contractors"
“the in-house team proved they could do it much faster & cheaper"...keeping the work in-house meant that installation cost the MTA approximately $100,000 per station, as opposed to $300,000 per station with outside contractors"
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The main promise of tariffs was to restore manufacturing employment. That is a Trump failure where all consumers are paying the price in higher costs for everything.
The US continues to lose manufacturing jobs—payrolls are down 81k over the last year, & another 5k jobs were lost in November
Transportation (especially auto manufacturing), wood & electronics/electrical manufacturing are the biggest losers, but few subsectors are doing well
Transportation (especially auto manufacturing), wood & electronics/electrical manufacturing are the biggest losers, but few subsectors are doing well
December 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The main promise of tariffs was to restore manufacturing employment. That is a Trump failure where all consumers are paying the price in higher costs for everything.
"Nothing increases worker bargaining power like full employment", from article by Harold Meyerson on a very good economic analysis and platform, prospect.org/2025/12/03/7.... For a full employment program, see my GreenNewDealPlan.com
The $79 Trillion Heist - The American Prospect
We’re in an affordability crisis because workers aren’t being paid at the same levels they earned in the past.
prospect.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"Nothing increases worker bargaining power like full employment", from article by Harold Meyerson on a very good economic analysis and platform, prospect.org/2025/12/03/7.... For a full employment program, see my GreenNewDealPlan.com
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appropos all the silly online debates we have about housing and car culture, here's today's headline on Realtor Dot Com:
www.realtor.com/news/trends/...
www.realtor.com/news/trends/...
November 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
appropos all the silly online debates we have about housing and car culture, here's today's headline on Realtor Dot Com:
www.realtor.com/news/trends/...
www.realtor.com/news/trends/...
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... Americans don't live nationally, and markets with most jobs/economic opportunities have significantly higher housing cost burdens.
In California, the largest state in US/4th largest economy on earth, over 50% of renters/40% of owners are housing cost burdened. calmatters.org/explainers/c....
In California, the largest state in US/4th largest economy on earth, over 50% of renters/40% of owners are housing cost burdened. calmatters.org/explainers/c....
Californians: Here's why your housing costs are so high
CA home and rent prices are among the highest in the U.S., and the state is struggling to combat a homelessness crisis and housing shortage.
calmatters.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
... Americans don't live nationally, and markets with most jobs/economic opportunities have significantly higher housing cost burdens.
In California, the largest state in US/4th largest economy on earth, over 50% of renters/40% of owners are housing cost burdened. calmatters.org/explainers/c....
In California, the largest state in US/4th largest economy on earth, over 50% of renters/40% of owners are housing cost burdened. calmatters.org/explainers/c....
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...
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
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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgLT...
Great thread
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.
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
Great thread
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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...
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
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...
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...
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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
OK, I wrote about the "how Democrats can win" report. www.pbump.net/o/politics-i...
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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
October 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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
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
Another awesome interview by David Roberts @volts.wtf with the authors of 'Life After Cars', www.volts.wtf/p/yes-you-we...
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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
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
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
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
The Republicans don't like no-turn-on-red-lights? Hope they don't get control of NYC,
prospect.org/politics/202...
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
The Republicans don't like no-turn-on-red-lights? Hope they don't get control of NYC,
prospect.org/politics/202...
prospect.org/politics/202...
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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.
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...
www.wsj.com/articles/sto...
September 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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.
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I'm sure it was. This is the YouTube "Why Farmers Voted for Trump": www.youtube.com/watch?v=badG...
Why Farmers Voted For Trump
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
www.youtube.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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“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
September 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
“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
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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
wrote about the “national conservative” vision for america
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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.
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
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.