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Wonky
@wonkysq.bsky.social
Policy wonk specializing in climate change and urbanism, pessimistic optimist, 🔵😈
Because I haven't seen him in any of the photos yet, I need to call out the Porco Rosso guy. Perfect message and outfit, and a clever reference for movie nerds.
October 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
October 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Trump admin takes down Congressionally mandated inspector general websites, including whistleblower hotlines to report possible waste, fraud, and abuse.
But, but... I thought they swore to cut waste, fraud, and abuse! Were they... lying?
www.govexec.com/oversight/20...
October 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
So this is what you see if you go to hud.gov -- an official website of the federal government -- right now.
September 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
After Helene, instead of trackable aid delivered through an accountable federal agency, the Trump admin. promoted donations to evangelical groups that don't have to abide by federal civil rights laws or report on what they did with the money.
grist.org/accountabili...
September 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Little babies might be fine there, but apparently big babies aren't.
September 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Love that place! All kinds of cryptozoology, including... TMNT?
August 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
My fave thing is museums about a very specific thing that sell that specific thing with the name of the museum on it. For instance, I have a pair of salt and pepper shakers from the Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum.
August 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The Hand Fan Museum in Healdsburg, CA. It's just one small room, but it's surprisingly interesting. The woman who runs it is passionate about hand fans. I can't find it now, but I bought a hand fan that said, "Healdsburg is hot! Use a hand fan!"
August 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The closing quote, below, could sum up this administration's entire approach: not just lying outrageously and unashamedly, but also trying to hide actual rigorous research funded with our tax dollars.
July 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
@kentremendous.bsky.social ought to sue them for stealing Chainsaw Bear's shirt
July 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I will not stand for this squirrel defamation. The squirrels are peaceable and wish us no harm. Look at this little guy! He's not rising up against anyone. As long as we keep giving them the agreed-upon nuts and assorted other snacks, we have nothing to fear from them.
July 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I contributed in a small way to some IRA-funded programs, and I was so proud to be part of such important work that would bring so many benefits. It's gutting to see all that potential progress getting torched. The GOP is sabotaging the US and condemning the world to more harm from climate change.
July 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Glad someone put a number to this. $1.6 trillion in additional climate change-related damage over the next 5 years. That's on top of the damage projected to be caused if we'd continued to reduce emissions.
July 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Not to defend WaPo, but this is the top of the homepage at 5 pm-ish. (They still have the "let it all burn" headline below the main headline, but it kind of makes that woman seem like an outlier now.)
April 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
March 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I once mentioned to my father how much I wanted an electric El Camino, and a few months later this arrived in the mail for me with no explanation. Took me a bit to figure it out
November 18, 2024 at 12:39 AM