E.J. Kalafarski
@ejk.bsky.social
Senior Advisor at N.J. State Office of Innovation. Former Transportation Chair for Manhattan CB5, USDOL Senior Advisor, Presidential Innovation Fellow. Lover of dive bars. Boston ex-pat. ✈️ | 🏙 | 🥪 | 🥃
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gentle reminder this christmas eve that we can ill afford another klendathu
December 25, 2025 at 2:37 AM
gentle reminder this christmas eve that we can ill afford another klendathu
The best Bond cold open.
Unpopular Opinion: Tomorrow Never Dies was a fine Bond flick. The haters are wrong.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2p3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2p3...
TOMORROW NEVER DIES | WORLD PREMIERE ANNIVERSARY
YouTube video by James Bond 007
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The best Bond cold open.
Is this historically normal? What I mean is, when Boomers were in their 30s accumulating wealth in the 1980s, were senior citizens socking it away as well, or is this a new factor? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/u...
December 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Is this historically normal? What I mean is, when Boomers were in their 30s accumulating wealth in the 1980s, were senior citizens socking it away as well, or is this a new factor? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/u...
Whew.
"ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to veto a controversial bill that would have required two operators aboard every subway train with more than two cars, sources told Streetsblog."
W/Streetsblog's Man in Albany, Austin Jefferson -- nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/19/h...
W/Streetsblog's Man in Albany, Austin Jefferson -- nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/19/h...
Hochul Will Veto Controversial Bill Mandating Two Operators on Most Subway Trains - Streetsblog New York City
Gov. Kathy Hochul's veto of the OPTO bill prevents the MTA from backsliding on cost savings and efficiency.
nyc.streetsblog.org
December 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Whew.
Obviously going to be reversed by the next administration as obvious, blatant, illegal self-aggrandizement. Moreso than renaming Department of War. Now the next President can do a broad campaign of de-Trumpification instead of just having to pettily fix the name of DoD.
The Trump Doctrine is, essentially: “Who’s gonna stop you?”
December 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Obviously going to be reversed by the next administration as obvious, blatant, illegal self-aggrandizement. Moreso than renaming Department of War. Now the next President can do a broad campaign of de-Trumpification instead of just having to pettily fix the name of DoD.
Good interview with the new administrator. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfeI...
NASA Chief Isaacman on Space Agenda, Artemis and Plans for a Moon Outpost
YouTube video by Bloomberg Television
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December 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Good interview with the new administrator. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfeI...
Don’t threaten me with a good time. (Also, bring back through-running LIRR trains to the Meadowlands. Permanently.)
Everyone is so fucking stupid, except for me
December 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Don’t threaten me with a good time. (Also, bring back through-running LIRR trains to the Meadowlands. Permanently.)
It's fine we're in an AI bubble… unless something pricks the bubble. Top contenders: 1) Sudden leap in AI software efficiency 2) AI spending slowdown 3) Invasion of Taiwan 4) Major China slowdown. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/b...
Historic Shift Underway in China’s Economy as Investment Slump Deepens
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
It's fine we're in an AI bubble… unless something pricks the bubble. Top contenders: 1) Sudden leap in AI software efficiency 2) AI spending slowdown 3) Invasion of Taiwan 4) Major China slowdown. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/b...
Tough to get an indictment for a crime that doesn't exist. www.cnn.com/2025/12/11/p...
Justice Department fails to reindict Letitia James for a second time | CNN Politics
A grand jury, for a second time, declined to bring a new indictment against Letitia James, the New York attorney general who defeated President Donald Trump and his company in court, according to mult...
www.cnn.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Tough to get an indictment for a crime that doesn't exist. www.cnn.com/2025/12/11/p...
I think she’s right on all three counts, but not in a good way.
Brooke Rollins: "These deals are real. No one in the history of our country has ever been able to effectuate deals like this. We won't see the effect until next year."
December 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I think she’s right on all three counts, but not in a good way.
Veto it, or we’ll look like an actual third world country compared to everyone else.
Looks like the TWU's 2TPO mandate bill has been delivered to Hochul's desk for signature/veto or chapter amendment -- www.nysenate.gov/legislation/...
NY State Assembly Bill 2025-A4873
Prohibits the operation of NYC transit authority subways or trains without at least one conductor on board; requires a conductor on any subway or train operated by such authority whenever the subway o...
www.nysenate.gov
December 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Veto it, or we’ll look like an actual third world country compared to everyone else.
Kathryn Garcia is Iron Man, she can do anything. She should make big swings, like convince the governors to unify rail lines for through-running and connect the JFK AirTrain to the subway at Jamaica. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
POLITICO Pro: Hochul aide Kathryn Garcia expected to lead Port Authority
Garcia, known as a get-things-done bureaucrat, would helm a bistate agency that oversees the region's airports and one of the nation's largest cargo ports.
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December 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Kathryn Garcia is Iron Man, she can do anything. She should make big swings, like convince the governors to unify rail lines for through-running and connect the JFK AirTrain to the subway at Jamaica. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
It's going to be a confusing post-Trump time trying to understand the bizzaro universe in his mind where going to jail for any crime means that you must have been persecuted by Biden. He's naturally soft on crime because of this mentality. www.cbsnews.com/news/henry-c...
Trump says he is pardoning Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Texas Democrat facing bribery charges
Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar was indicted last year on more than a dozen federal charges.
www.cbsnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
It's going to be a confusing post-Trump time trying to understand the bizzaro universe in his mind where going to jail for any crime means that you must have been persecuted by Biden. He's naturally soft on crime because of this mentality. www.cbsnews.com/news/henry-c...
This is pretty nuts: I’m getting a 1.5 gigabit speeds at home wirelessly through T-Mobile mmWave.
December 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This is pretty nuts: I’m getting a 1.5 gigabit speeds at home wirelessly through T-Mobile mmWave.
Soft on crime.
It seems when it comes to fighting narco-traffickers, Trump’s policy is death for the little guy and special treatment for the elites.
Populist my ass.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Populist my ass.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Soft on crime.
There's also the voice actor guessing game. "Whoa, Benedict Arnold is Michael Keaton! Benjamin Franklin is Inigo Montoya!"
The best part of the Ken Burns American Revolution documentary is playing spot the dog in the old paintings
November 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
There's also the voice actor guessing game. "Whoa, Benedict Arnold is Michael Keaton! Benjamin Franklin is Inigo Montoya!"
For everyone sneaking off to watch Stranger Things today, here’s a helpful recap of the villains in prior seasons:
1. Demagorgon
2. Mindflayer
3. Billy and meat spider
4. Vecna and Kate Bush
1. Demagorgon
2. Mindflayer
3. Billy and meat spider
4. Vecna and Kate Bush
November 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
For everyone sneaking off to watch Stranger Things today, here’s a helpful recap of the villains in prior seasons:
1. Demagorgon
2. Mindflayer
3. Billy and meat spider
4. Vecna and Kate Bush
1. Demagorgon
2. Mindflayer
3. Billy and meat spider
4. Vecna and Kate Bush
Do people in other countries wonder why the date of Black Friday seems random every year, the way we all have no idea how Easter is calculated?
November 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Do people in other countries wonder why the date of Black Friday seems random every year, the way we all have no idea how Easter is calculated?
1. Empire
2. Star Wars
3. Andor
That’s it. That’s the list.
2. Star Wars
3. Andor
That’s it. That’s the list.
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
1. Empire
2. Star Wars
3. Andor
That’s it. That’s the list.
2. Star Wars
3. Andor
That’s it. That’s the list.
I still don’t really understand why Jack sold. Twitter was our monoculture, a truly global brand. He gave away his great contribution to global culture to be dismantled.
If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
If you scroll on X, you are only being shown what Elon wants you to see. If you create content on X, no one will see it unless Elon wants them to.
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I still don’t really understand why Jack sold. Twitter was our monoculture, a truly global brand. He gave away his great contribution to global culture to be dismantled.
Ray Dalio said today that the bubble gauge has reached 80%. But bubbles don’t pop until they’re pricked. It looks like the dot-com bubble sat at 80% for years.
I don’t know that we’re necessarily about to pop… but the longer we sit here without popping, the higher the probability gets each month.
I don’t know that we’re necessarily about to pop… but the longer we sit here without popping, the higher the probability gets each month.
November 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Ray Dalio said today that the bubble gauge has reached 80%. But bubbles don’t pop until they’re pricked. It looks like the dot-com bubble sat at 80% for years.
I don’t know that we’re necessarily about to pop… but the longer we sit here without popping, the higher the probability gets each month.
I don’t know that we’re necessarily about to pop… but the longer we sit here without popping, the higher the probability gets each month.
Smile 2 (2024, Paramount Pictures)
Plastic surgeons wrestle with requests for ‘Mar-a-Lago face’: ‘You’re going to look like Maleficent’
Plastic surgeons wrestle with requests for ‘Mar-a-Lago face’: ‘You’re going to look like Maleficent’
The puffy, artificial look is rising in popularity - thanks to Maga elite such as Kristi Noem and Matt Gaetz
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Smile 2 (2024, Paramount Pictures)
His utter domination of the GOP is even more amazing when you consider he’s spending it entirely on a personal pet issue that literally no one else in his party cares about.
Trump: "Tariffs have been, frankly, the best thing that's ever happened to our country"
November 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
His utter domination of the GOP is even more amazing when you consider he’s spending it entirely on a personal pet issue that literally no one else in his party cares about.
“The war will end on Day One!”
Whitkoff is overseeing the development of a new peace plan to end the conflict in Ukraine
November 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“The war will end on Day One!”