John M.
@jem8998b.bsky.social
Ohio park enthusiast who loves biking. I appreciate good public education and libraries.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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A tree under the moonlight!!
#photo #photography #photographer #trees #moon #tokyo #japan #showakinenpark
#photo #photography #photographer #trees #moon #tokyo #japan #showakinenpark
December 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A tree under the moonlight!!
#photo #photography #photographer #trees #moon #tokyo #japan #showakinenpark
#photo #photography #photographer #trees #moon #tokyo #japan #showakinenpark
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⚠️🚨Nov 28: The Pentagon's Chief Spokesperson flat out denies the Washington Post's story about a double tap strike on a pair of boat strike survivors clinging to wreckage.
Dec 1st: Karoline Leavitt confirms the second air strike, but denied the order was given by Pete Hegseth.
Dec 1st: Karoline Leavitt confirms the second air strike, but denied the order was given by Pete Hegseth.
December 2, 2025 at 3:02 AM
⚠️🚨Nov 28: The Pentagon's Chief Spokesperson flat out denies the Washington Post's story about a double tap strike on a pair of boat strike survivors clinging to wreckage.
Dec 1st: Karoline Leavitt confirms the second air strike, but denied the order was given by Pete Hegseth.
Dec 1st: Karoline Leavitt confirms the second air strike, but denied the order was given by Pete Hegseth.
Winter ready plumage.
December 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Winter ready plumage.
December 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
New home builders don't have an emotional connection with the house they build. They will undercut existing home prices if that is needed to move inventory. Homeowners sometimes fall into the trap of thinking that their home is special to buyers. Unless they were a movie star, buyers don't care.
Me in @opinion.bloomberg.com: New home prices are now lower than resale prices, a historical rarity, and a function of the new home market adjusting faster to market conditions than the resale market, and suggesting more downside risk to resale home prices in 2026: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
A Historic Housing Disconnect Is Forcing Prices Down
When new homes start selling at a discount to re-sale houses, it’s time to sit up and pay attention. Apollo Global Management’s Chief Economist Torsten Slok noted the anomaly in a recent note , the fi...
www.bloomberg.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
New home builders don't have an emotional connection with the house they build. They will undercut existing home prices if that is needed to move inventory. Homeowners sometimes fall into the trap of thinking that their home is special to buyers. Unless they were a movie star, buyers don't care.
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Well, most do bsky.app/profile/news...
Not a peep from CBS News boss Bari Weiss after Trump called CBS reporter Nancy Cordes 'stupid' at a Thurs n/c. CBS mentions the incident in this piece about Trump's repeated attacks on female reporters but Bari's MIA when it comes to standing up for Cordes.
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-c...
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-c...
Trump lashes out at female reporters, calling them "ugly," "stupid" and "piggy"
President Trump has lashed out at several female reporters who have asked him questions or written critically of him in recent weeks, calling them "ugly," "stupid," and "piggy."
www.cbsnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Well, most do bsky.app/profile/news...
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New in PN: This is what a white supremacist administration looks like
"The Republican Party of today, embodied as it is in Donald Trump and the administration he leads, is no longer so worried about being called racist, because it has unashamedly taken white supremacy as its cause."
"The Republican Party of today, embodied as it is in Donald Trump and the administration he leads, is no longer so worried about being called racist, because it has unashamedly taken white supremacy as its cause."
This is what a white supremacist administration looks like
Also: Can Democrats pull off a huge upset tonight in deep red Tennessee?
www.publicnotice.co
December 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
New in PN: This is what a white supremacist administration looks like
"The Republican Party of today, embodied as it is in Donald Trump and the administration he leads, is no longer so worried about being called racist, because it has unashamedly taken white supremacy as its cause."
"The Republican Party of today, embodied as it is in Donald Trump and the administration he leads, is no longer so worried about being called racist, because it has unashamedly taken white supremacy as its cause."
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From a reputational standpoint, I would love to hear how freezing Russian assets indefinitely is any different from transferring them to Ukraine.
It is time for Belgium to stop helping Russia by blocking the assets.
Do the right thing @deweverbart.bsky.social!
It is time for Belgium to stop helping Russia by blocking the assets.
Do the right thing @deweverbart.bsky.social!
December 2, 2025 at 1:19 PM
From a reputational standpoint, I would love to hear how freezing Russian assets indefinitely is any different from transferring them to Ukraine.
It is time for Belgium to stop helping Russia by blocking the assets.
Do the right thing @deweverbart.bsky.social!
It is time for Belgium to stop helping Russia by blocking the assets.
Do the right thing @deweverbart.bsky.social!
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The groundsman's storage sheds are dressing up as elves this winter...
#graveyards #trees #parks #december2025
#graveyards #trees #parks #december2025
December 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The groundsman's storage sheds are dressing up as elves this winter...
#graveyards #trees #parks #december2025
#graveyards #trees #parks #december2025
A Little Egret with a great reflection.
Remembered a scene from a few years back where I photographed a Little Egret in a drain channel in the centre of Palma, Majorca - an ideal candidate for #birdoftheday #reflections #birds
December 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A Little Egret with a great reflection.
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It makes no sense to me either. But we must trust that Trump always has a plan. There is no Trump but Trump and Don Jr is his messenger.
Markwayne Mullin defends Trump pardoning Honduran president who was convicted of drug trafficking: "What the president is doing is always calculated. I haven't had a direct conversation with the president about it, but I do trust his natural reaction and his approach to foreign affairs."
November 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
It makes no sense to me either. But we must trust that Trump always has a plan. There is no Trump but Trump and Don Jr is his messenger.
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"Pete had no idea that his order to kill everyone on the boat would lead to everyone on the boat being killed."
Reporter: If there were a second strike that killed wounded people, would that be legal?
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
December 1, 2025 at 1:50 AM
"Pete had no idea that his order to kill everyone on the boat would lead to everyone on the boat being killed."
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I know it's taboo to get too excited, because JD Vance is also a fascist. But here's the thing: the MAGA coalition is already shaky. And Vance simply isn't the kind of leader who can keep a lid on the growing infighting.
Plus, he'll probably end the tariffs.
www.salon.com/2025/11/24/c...
Plus, he'll probably end the tariffs.
www.salon.com/2025/11/24/c...
Charlie Kirk's death is tearing MAGA apart - Salon.com
The killing of the Turning Point USA founder didn’t unify the base — it triggered infighting
www.salon.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I know it's taboo to get too excited, because JD Vance is also a fascist. But here's the thing: the MAGA coalition is already shaky. And Vance simply isn't the kind of leader who can keep a lid on the growing infighting.
Plus, he'll probably end the tariffs.
www.salon.com/2025/11/24/c...
Plus, he'll probably end the tariffs.
www.salon.com/2025/11/24/c...
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November 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Trails with boulders carpeted in green moss for #GreenSat #ColorAday #Photography #WestCoastKin #Moss #EastCoastKin
November 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Trails with boulders carpeted in green moss for #GreenSat #ColorAday #Photography #WestCoastKin #Moss #EastCoastKin
Have a berry merry day.
The #BirdOfTheDay theme for today is #BerriesAndBeaks - or is it #BeaksAndBerries ? #EastCoastKin #birds
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Have a berry merry day.
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NBC poll: 63% now think college degrees not worth the expense, up from 47% in 2017. With AI threatening white-collar work, that skepticism will only rise.
Add in Trump’s foreign student hostility and the demographic cliff from birth rates falling, American colleges are facing a brutal road ahead.
Add in Trump’s foreign student hostility and the demographic cliff from birth rates falling, American colleges are facing a brutal road ahead.
Poll: In a dramatic shift, Americans no longer see four-year college degrees as worth the cost
The latest NBC News poll shows two-thirds of registered voters down on the value proposition of a degree. A majority said degrees were worth the cost a dozen years ago.
www.nbcnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
NBC poll: 63% now think college degrees not worth the expense, up from 47% in 2017. With AI threatening white-collar work, that skepticism will only rise.
Add in Trump’s foreign student hostility and the demographic cliff from birth rates falling, American colleges are facing a brutal road ahead.
Add in Trump’s foreign student hostility and the demographic cliff from birth rates falling, American colleges are facing a brutal road ahead.
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Five-byline alert: 🚨
David Sacks “has 708 tech investments .. that could be aided directly or indirectly by his policies, according to a New York Times analysis
“The tech bros are out of control,” said Steve Bannon.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
David Sacks “has 708 tech investments .. that could be aided directly or indirectly by his policies, according to a New York Times analysis
“The tech bros are out of control,” said Steve Bannon.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
November 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Five-byline alert: 🚨
David Sacks “has 708 tech investments .. that could be aided directly or indirectly by his policies, according to a New York Times analysis
“The tech bros are out of control,” said Steve Bannon.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
David Sacks “has 708 tech investments .. that could be aided directly or indirectly by his policies, according to a New York Times analysis
“The tech bros are out of control,” said Steve Bannon.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
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Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
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Social science takes time. Here, social scientists analyze a decade of evidence to show that a Supreme Court decision designed to suppress the black vote actually did. SCOTUS may soon obliterate the rest of the Voting Rights Act and we should not be shy about calling out what's going on here.
As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Social science takes time. Here, social scientists analyze a decade of evidence to show that a Supreme Court decision designed to suppress the black vote actually did. SCOTUS may soon obliterate the rest of the Voting Rights Act and we should not be shy about calling out what's going on here.
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Red Squirrel at Beech Forest, Provincetown MA 11/13/25
#RedSquirrel #Squirrel #Squirrels #Mammals #foxes #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #nature #wildlife #photography #BlueskyPhotographers #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBluesky #Provincetown #CapeCod 🌿🐿️
#RedSquirrel #Squirrel #Squirrels #Mammals #foxes #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #nature #wildlife #photography #BlueskyPhotographers #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBluesky #Provincetown #CapeCod 🌿🐿️
November 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Red Squirrel at Beech Forest, Provincetown MA 11/13/25
#RedSquirrel #Squirrel #Squirrels #Mammals #foxes #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #nature #wildlife #photography #BlueskyPhotographers #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBluesky #Provincetown #CapeCod 🌿🐿️
#RedSquirrel #Squirrel #Squirrels #Mammals #foxes #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #nature #wildlife #photography #BlueskyPhotographers #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBluesky #Provincetown #CapeCod 🌿🐿️
A lot of color perfectly packed into a perfect small package.
For #SmallBirdSaturday, and for #warmth on a cold day, here's a violet sabrewing glittering in the dappled sunlight of a Costa Rican cloud forest.
#GreenSat #BlueSkyArtShow #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography
#GreenSat #BlueSkyArtShow #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography
November 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
A lot of color perfectly packed into a perfect small package.
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Everyone involved in this should be charged as a mass murderer.
Big change: FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements under RFK Jr ally
Vinay Prasad signaled changes to annual flu shots, concurrent vaccines + more
Prasad said his team found link between covid-19 shots and kids' deaths, necessitating a new approach overall
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Vinay Prasad signaled changes to annual flu shots, concurrent vaccines + more
Prasad said his team found link between covid-19 shots and kids' deaths, necessitating a new approach overall
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FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths
Vinay Prasad, the nation’s top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children’s deaths, necessitating a new approach.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Everyone involved in this should be charged as a mass murderer.