John Lore
@johnlore.bsky.social
Niche Historian. Book Hoarder.
Real Amiable Sort of Freak, Just Keeping Pace.
Real Amiable Sort of Freak, Just Keeping Pace.
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Cartoon by Pablo Stanley, on IG: pablostanley
April 5, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Cartoon by Pablo Stanley, on IG: pablostanley
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Lawrence O’Donnell made a great point.
Nixon won his 1972 re-election in a landslide, winning 49 states.
In 1974 he resigned.
By 1976, you couldn’t find anyone who would admit to supporting him.
Looking forward to history repeating itself.
Nixon won his 1972 re-election in a landslide, winning 49 states.
In 1974 he resigned.
By 1976, you couldn’t find anyone who would admit to supporting him.
Looking forward to history repeating itself.
April 1, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Lawrence O’Donnell made a great point.
Nixon won his 1972 re-election in a landslide, winning 49 states.
In 1974 he resigned.
By 1976, you couldn’t find anyone who would admit to supporting him.
Looking forward to history repeating itself.
Nixon won his 1972 re-election in a landslide, winning 49 states.
In 1974 he resigned.
By 1976, you couldn’t find anyone who would admit to supporting him.
Looking forward to history repeating itself.
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Rather than opening more oil refineries, how about we get more EVs, more charging stations, more renewables, maybe even a super fast train or two.
Let’s stop planning a future that includes fossil fuels.
Let’s stop planning a future that includes fossil fuels.
April 2, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Rather than opening more oil refineries, how about we get more EVs, more charging stations, more renewables, maybe even a super fast train or two.
Let’s stop planning a future that includes fossil fuels.
Let’s stop planning a future that includes fossil fuels.
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Everyone needs to stop what they’re doing and watch this video.
“It seems like there’s a lack of diversity here today, and it’s mostly people who look like you and me, and I just…?”
This lady’s response is🔥
“It seems like there’s a lack of diversity here today, and it’s mostly people who look like you and me, and I just…?”
This lady’s response is🔥
March 29, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Everyone needs to stop what they’re doing and watch this video.
“It seems like there’s a lack of diversity here today, and it’s mostly people who look like you and me, and I just…?”
This lady’s response is🔥
“It seems like there’s a lack of diversity here today, and it’s mostly people who look like you and me, and I just…?”
This lady’s response is🔥
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Celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States with the dumbest, most corrupt president ever in power is a bit like celebrating a wedding anniversary after your spouse murdered all your children and drained your bank accounts.
March 28, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States with the dumbest, most corrupt president ever in power is a bit like celebrating a wedding anniversary after your spouse murdered all your children and drained your bank accounts.
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A politician with the guts to say it:
"No American child from the blue collar or the middle class should have to die fighting in Iran. Let the Epstein class fight the Epstein War."
- Premier Wab Kinew at the NDP national convention, Winnipeg.
"No American child from the blue collar or the middle class should have to die fighting in Iran. Let the Epstein class fight the Epstein War."
- Premier Wab Kinew at the NDP national convention, Winnipeg.
March 28, 2026 at 12:18 AM
A politician with the guts to say it:
"No American child from the blue collar or the middle class should have to die fighting in Iran. Let the Epstein class fight the Epstein War."
- Premier Wab Kinew at the NDP national convention, Winnipeg.
"No American child from the blue collar or the middle class should have to die fighting in Iran. Let the Epstein class fight the Epstein War."
- Premier Wab Kinew at the NDP national convention, Winnipeg.
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Senator Chris Murphy, "The Strait of Hormuz was open before the war began"
"We are now seeking to solve a problem that we created"
"This is insanity"
"We are now seeking to solve a problem that we created"
"This is insanity"
March 25, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Senator Chris Murphy, "The Strait of Hormuz was open before the war began"
"We are now seeking to solve a problem that we created"
"This is insanity"
"We are now seeking to solve a problem that we created"
"This is insanity"
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the human body was not designed to know what the worst person in the world is doing every fifteen minutes
March 22, 2026 at 6:28 PM
the human body was not designed to know what the worst person in the world is doing every fifteen minutes
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I know this has circulated with alacrity recently, so you may have already seen it, but if you haven't... WOW BOY HOWDY it's the most useful thing.
Thank you cardcatalogforlife.substack.com -- this is a very very very helpful public service:
cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...
Thank you cardcatalogforlife.substack.com -- this is a very very very helpful public service:
cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...
Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It.
40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it.
cardcatalogforlife.substack.com
March 22, 2026 at 11:16 PM
I know this has circulated with alacrity recently, so you may have already seen it, but if you haven't... WOW BOY HOWDY it's the most useful thing.
Thank you cardcatalogforlife.substack.com -- this is a very very very helpful public service:
cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...
Thank you cardcatalogforlife.substack.com -- this is a very very very helpful public service:
cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...
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there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for
March 7, 2026 at 3:46 PM
there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for
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“I have usernames older than you.”.
Holy shit
Holy shit
March 6, 2026 at 1:05 AM
“I have usernames older than you.”.
Holy shit
Holy shit
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The solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles (EVs) and wind turbines exported from China in 2024 are set to cut annual CO2 emissions in the rest of the world by 1%, some 220m tonnes (MtCO2). www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Analysis: China’s clean-energy exports in 2024 alone will cut overseas CO2 by 1% - Carbon Brief
China’s clean-energy technologies such as solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles are helping to cut emissions in other countries.
www.carbonbrief.org
February 27, 2026 at 1:59 PM
The solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles (EVs) and wind turbines exported from China in 2024 are set to cut annual CO2 emissions in the rest of the world by 1%, some 220m tonnes (MtCO2). www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
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There is only one person who should be writing the script for the next GI Joe movie. His name is Larry Hama.
February 28, 2026 at 12:07 AM
There is only one person who should be writing the script for the next GI Joe movie. His name is Larry Hama.
Where's the lie?
February 28, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Where's the lie?
Wondering what fellow #CassandraCain / #Batgirl fans think of the impending sale of #WB & #DCComics to the MAGA Ellisons.
I'll probably drop the title if the deal goes through. Once their people and anti-diversity policies infiltrate to the DC comics level, she's done as a character anyway.
I'll probably drop the title if the deal goes through. Once their people and anti-diversity policies infiltrate to the DC comics level, she's done as a character anyway.
February 27, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Wondering what fellow #CassandraCain / #Batgirl fans think of the impending sale of #WB & #DCComics to the MAGA Ellisons.
I'll probably drop the title if the deal goes through. Once their people and anti-diversity policies infiltrate to the DC comics level, she's done as a character anyway.
I'll probably drop the title if the deal goes through. Once their people and anti-diversity policies infiltrate to the DC comics level, she's done as a character anyway.
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“To not acknowledge the unique effect of a racial slur is a form of indifference to the suffering of others. The problem of being indifferent to the suffering of black folk while also imploring folks to have empathy for Davidson cannot be understated.” — @nubluesnick.bsky.social
For Your Consideration: On BAFTA and the Indifference of Antiblackness
Let us consider the scene again:
Delroy Lindo and Michael B. Jordan present an award at the BAFTA ceremony. As they read from the teleprompter, they hear John Davidson involuntarily scream out the n-...
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February 24, 2026 at 4:05 AM
“To not acknowledge the unique effect of a racial slur is a form of indifference to the suffering of others. The problem of being indifferent to the suffering of black folk while also imploring folks to have empathy for Davidson cannot be understated.” — @nubluesnick.bsky.social
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“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
February 18, 2026 at 1:40 PM
“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
THIS. And so much of what they claim to love or hate they feel nothing for unless told by their authorities. It's why trying to court them by meeting in the middle doesn't work, and crimes they decry in others are fine when committed by their own. They only care that your guy loses, and theirs wins.
The decline of right wing cultural production is just due to the fact that they don’t like culture, they like the signifiers of culture, ie “classic sculpture means white people are better.” They don’t like art at all except for this purpose. They don’t even like the nerd stuff they whine about
February 19, 2026 at 8:45 AM
THIS. And so much of what they claim to love or hate they feel nothing for unless told by their authorities. It's why trying to court them by meeting in the middle doesn't work, and crimes they decry in others are fine when committed by their own. They only care that your guy loses, and theirs wins.
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Shame the hell out any politician who takes money from these creeps.
NEWS:
Meta is about to start a $65 million midterms push — its biggest political effort in its 20 years in business.
Meta is standing up two super PACs that this week will drop money in races in Texas and Illinois to push A.I.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/t...
Meta is about to start a $65 million midterms push — its biggest political effort in its 20 years in business.
Meta is standing up two super PACs that this week will drop money in races in Texas and Illinois to push A.I.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/t...
Meta Begins $65 Million Election Push to Advance A.I. Agenda
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Shame the hell out any politician who takes money from these creeps.
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Solar grid, smart grid, the newer, safer nuclear power possibilities, more efficient batteries for EVs—there are plenty of technologies that excite me personally. The difference is that they are technologies which support life on this planet, not hasten its collapse.
"Is there any technology that excites the Left?"
I just discussed a similar question in my ocean conservation science and policy course.
We won't invent our way out of the overfishing crisis, but new technologies can help reduce bycatch of endangered species, and improve enforcement of regulations
I just discussed a similar question in my ocean conservation science and policy course.
We won't invent our way out of the overfishing crisis, but new technologies can help reduce bycatch of endangered species, and improve enforcement of regulations
kermit the frog is standing in front of a red curtain and saying `` i 'm so excited ''
ALT: kermit the frog is standing in front of a red curtain and saying `` i 'm so excited ''
media.tenor.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Solar grid, smart grid, the newer, safer nuclear power possibilities, more efficient batteries for EVs—there are plenty of technologies that excite me personally. The difference is that they are technologies which support life on this planet, not hasten its collapse.
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BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
February 18, 2026 at 5:39 PM
BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
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“Illiberal governments tend to live or die by their ability to sustain corruption. They rely for support on a network of oligarchs, who in turn are tied to the administration’s success. It happened in Hungary, Turkey, Russia and increasingly, it is happening here.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o...
Opinion | One Man Stole $660 Million. He’ll Never Pay It Back.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2026 at 5:31 AM
“Illiberal governments tend to live or die by their ability to sustain corruption. They rely for support on a network of oligarchs, who in turn are tied to the administration’s success. It happened in Hungary, Turkey, Russia and increasingly, it is happening here.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o...
Carol Ryan, writing for the superwealthy Murdoch Family's The Wall Street Journal, apparently returned from a time travel journey to the past, to share what everyone has long known, mistaking it for "news." The Murdochs are considering flogging and dungeon time until message discipline is restored.
Billionaires’ Low Taxes Are Becoming a Problem for the Economy
Tax avoidance by the superwealthy is an economic issue as well as a political one.
www.wsj.com
February 19, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Carol Ryan, writing for the superwealthy Murdoch Family's The Wall Street Journal, apparently returned from a time travel journey to the past, to share what everyone has long known, mistaking it for "news." The Murdochs are considering flogging and dungeon time until message discipline is restored.