Jonathan Harwell
@jonathanharwell.bsky.social
Dogs, Sustainability, Science, Health, History, Nonfiction, Blue Chip Investing. Nashville Native. Listening to Progressives, Voting for the Working Class. Supporter of Democratic Norms and Values.
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.
January 9, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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.
"For decades, Snoopy has been an ornament and plushie and clock. Now, in time for the Peanuts’ 75th anniversary, Snoopy is a slow cooker and an expensive handbag. He’s a doughnut and a fountain pen. He’s an office chair and an eyeshadow palette, an olive oil and ..." https://cnn.it/4pxJE13
December 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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.
December 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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.
I just voted for @aftynbehn.bsky.social. Get out there, Democrats, if you haven’t voted already!
December 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I just voted for @aftynbehn.bsky.social. Get out there, Democrats, if you haven’t voted already!
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.
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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.
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.
December 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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.
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.
December 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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.
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.
December 1, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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.
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.
Reposted by Jonathan Harwell
The best use of pennies is to drill holes in them and use them as washers, which typically cost 10 cents each.
Pennies Are Trash Now
The government has no plan for America’s 300 billion pennies.
www.theatlantic.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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
October 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Anyone who actually deserves the Nobel Peace Prize would never campaign for the Nobel Peace Prize. #DepartmentOfWar #AttacksOnVenezuelanBoatsInsteadOfArrests #USTroopsDeployedToCities
David Letterman, Steve Martin, and SNL.
July 3, 2025 at 2:21 AM
David Letterman, Steve Martin, and SNL.
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.
March 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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!
February 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Can a dog be a snow bunny? Yes he can!
Follow @margaretrenkl.bsky.social. Her words help. Thank you, Margaret.
Margaret Renkl (@margaretrenkl.bsky.social)
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margaretrenkl.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Follow @margaretrenkl.bsky.social. Her words help. Thank you, Margaret.
Thurber’s first snow. Verdict: zoomies.
January 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Thurber’s first snow. Verdict: zoomies.
And an impressive job by researchers tracking this whale.
A male humpback whale set a record by swimming more than 8,000 miles from South America to Africa and traversing at least three oceans — most likely in search of a mate, researchers said.
Humpback Whale Sets Record for How Far It Traveled
The adult male swam more than 8,000 miles from South America to Africa, most likely in search of a mate, researchers said.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 11:41 AM
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.
A North Dakota federal judge temporarily blocks so-called "dreamers" from accessing health insurance under the Affordable Care Act in legal challenge brought by 19 state attorneys general, including Tennessee AG Jonathan Skrmetti.
Ruling blocks undocumented immigrants from using health insurance under ACA • Tennessee Lookout
In a case in which Tennessee is plaintiff, a North Dakota judge’s ruling will keep DACA immigrants in 19 states from receiving federal health care.
tennesseelookout.com
December 10, 2024 at 7:13 PM
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."
“We are quickly learning who is shrinking & who is rising, who is kowtowing…and who is lighting the way to our dem. future.” Among the bright lights is @marcelias.bsky.social: “Trump wants us to be paralyzed by worry. I refuse to give him that power over me.” www.americaamerica.news/p/these-time...
These Times Demand Courage
We are already learning who will stand up to Trump and his reckless enablers and who will kowtow out of fear
www.americaamerica.news
December 6, 2024 at 4:22 PM
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.
When Jerry Qualls had a heart attack in 2022, physicians at a Ballad Health facility said he couldn't be expected to recover. At a non-Ballad hospital, he received a heart transplant. Brett Kelman with @kffhealthnews.bsky.social reports on Ballad Health, a state-sanctioned hospital monopoly.
Six years into an Appalachia hospital monopoly, patients are fearful and furious • Tennessee Lookout
Ballad Health has failed to meet quality-of-care goals, leaving some patients afraid of their local hospitals but with no other options near.
tennesseelookout.com
December 6, 2024 at 3:28 PM
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.
Starting in February, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance representing Connecticut, New York and Missouri will deny any claims for anesthesia services that exceed specific time limits that have been set for surgeries and procedures.
Doctors are raising alarm about insurance company’s plan to put time limit on coverage for anesthesia during surgery | CNN
Anesthesiologists are raising alarm about an insurance company’s plan to limit the amount time they cover for anesthesia used in surgeries and procedures. One major professional group of anesthesiolog...
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2024 at 6:52 PM
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.
Biden should keep going with his pardons: Trump, Jack Smith & team, Mueller & team, and a blanket pardon for all on Trump’s enemies list for any and all political statements before December 25, 2024! Merry Christmas:-). Take the wind out of retribution/revenge!
December 4, 2024 at 5:28 PM
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...
apnews.com/article/kent...
Book Review: 'Kent State' a chilling examination of 1970 campus shooting and its ramifications
Historian Brian VanDeMark writes about the fatal 1970 shooting of four students by National Guard members at a war protest in “Kent State: An American Tragedy.”
apnews.com
December 4, 2024 at 5:16 PM
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...
apnews.com/article/kent...
Reposted by Jonathan Harwell
Bluesky explained in 60 seconds!
November 13, 2024 at 4:15 AM
Bluesky explained in 60 seconds!
Reposted by Jonathan Harwell
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...
Opinion | Donate This Holiday Season. Biodiversity Needs Your Help. (Gift Article)
Help for converting a garden, no matter how small, into a wildlife sanctuary.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2024 at 2:50 PM
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.
November 25, 2024 at 3:46 PM
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.