Jonathan Harwell

@stevemartinreally.bsky.social I like to “get small.” tinycircuits.com/products/tin...

Bipolar disorder does not cause years of embracing Nazi symbols and ideology. It is irresponsible and, in fact, cruel to link them. Using mental illness to minimize or even qualify antisemitism is despicable. Kanye West, Ye, should be ashamed.

One of the big media failures of the past decade is the ongoing search for the deeper side of Trump. There isn't one. His ideology, such as it is, is personalist, transactional, and zero-sum. That's as vain, vulgar, and wrong as you can get. He likes gold shit and applause. There's nothing beneath.

I’ve said this before. I must say it again. I don’t respect people who are Trump supporters. I do not wish to associate with them. Increasingly, I do not wish to associate with people who are unwilling to fight against Trump. Donald Trump is evil. Excusing him in any way is ignorance and cowardice.

This is too bad.

I just learned, thanks to an essay in E. B. White’s One Man’s Meat, that I can call the environmental allergies I suffer “catarrh,” which feels a bit onomatopoetic. According to White, catarrh may have kept Daniel Webster from running for president. My frequent drippy nose does feel unpresidential.

The amount of traffic on Twitter today from MAGA voices begging for votes in TN 07 is incredible. Aftyn Behn really can win. I’m voting for her tomorrow for affordable groceries, housing, and healthcare. I hope you will too.

Until news organizations are willing to risk access (and maybe hurt feelings) by having their reporters tenaciously challenging those in power when the need arises, we will not have a reliable 4th estate check on political leaders, corporate leaders, religious leaders, etc.

Who trains today’s journalists? Far too many don’t have the faintest idea how to hold people in power accountable. Far too few know how to follow up when given a ridiculous or evasive answer. And everyone is in it for their own soundbite. No loyalty to their peers or their profession.

It is journalistic malpractice not to: 1. Ask Trump to explain how the price of something can be brought down by 700%. 2. Ask him why he says Ukraine started the war with Russia when Russia obviously attacked Ukraine. 3. Defend any reporter Trump insults pressing him to respond to their question.

The best use of pennies is to drill holes in them and use them as washers, which typically cost 10 cents each.

Anyone who actually deserves the Nobel Peace Prize would never campaign for the Nobel Peace Prize. #DepartmentOfWar #AttacksOnVenezuelanBoatsInsteadOfArrests #USTroopsDeployedToCities

I just watched testimony by Jennifer Homendy, chair of the NTSB, in front of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (it took place Wednesday). Homendy is very impressive. Put her on the short list for the next Secretary of Transportation.

Can a dog be a snow bunny? Yes he can!

Follow @margaretrenkl.bsky.social. Her words help. Thank you, Margaret.

Thurber’s first snow. Verdict: zoomies.

And an impressive job by researchers tracking this whale.

Going after the healthcare of those protected under DACA is nothing but a ruthless way to force immigrants who came here as children to leave for countries many have never known. We can address the tragedy at our border without resorting to cruelty.

I will not be a "sunshine patriot." I will not "shrink from the service to [our] country."

An important read, especially in light of the UnitedHealthcare tragedy and the Anthem push to limit anesthesia in the Northeast.

Is there any doubt that surgeons will feel the need to rush some procedures based on this policy? Surgeons already work to maximize the ability for hospitals and their teams to be efficient. Putting a cap on anesthesia will endanger patients.

John Dean has an interesting suggestion.

I'm reading this recent book about Kent State, recommended by The New Yorker. It's interesting to compare the political climate of today with that era. apnews.com/article/kent...

Bluesky explained in 60 seconds!

What Wild Ones and Homegrown National Park can teach us: We are not powerless in this era of mass extinctions. We are a long, long way from powerless. But to save our wild neighbors, we’ll need to get our hands dirty first. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/o...

Hello, Bluesky. Here to escape Twitter and its toxicity. Looking for accounts that post science, health, climate, nature, history, and factual current events coverage. Supporter of Democratic norms and values. Lover of all dogs. Nashville native.