I’d just like to say that I’m a big fan of autistic people, so if Tylenol causes them (it doesn’t), I guess I have Tylenol to thank for a significant portion of my friend group

No I didn’t “watch the debate,” I was busy eating uncrustables in new and exciting places this weekend

That’s right, the senator and I have come up with a totally original tv show idea where we eat hot wings & talk about climate policy! It all went totally fine and no one sweat or cried or was in any pain at all! check out the trailer (@NJPolicy) on instagram & TikTok 😎😎😎

What’s the story behind this before & after of me and Senator @andrewzwicker.bsky.social? Why are we wearing mics? And why am I so red & sweaty???? Find out today on Instagram or TikTok (@NJPolicy on all platforms!)

your friendly reminder that “civility” is a tool of the oppressor to maintain the status quo and quash any resistance to existing systems, no matter how inequitable and violent those systems may be

while we’re giving hot iPhone takes, mine is that the whole “only base model tech can be fun colors” is giving 90s-era childhood toy misogyny. sorry but you can either have something pink OR you can have a cool new gadget. no the gadget does not come in pink hah no one would buy that. wait come back

Taxing the rich is good policy in more fairly asking those who have accumulated the most wealth from our society to pay more. BUT an underappreciated additional benefit of taxing the rich is reducing the risk of an unaccountable wealthy class that evades basic societal rules.

There’s a widespread shortage of one of my medications due to the tariffs and I rarely say this explicitly but fuck Trump and all his stupid policies.

Please stop texting me about the Taylor & Travis engagement. It took me YEARS to train my insta algorithm to forget the ONE piece of st**lers merch I bought in 2017 but all this talk of football players is ruining that work.

It’s so easy to run a campaign based solely on exploiting people’s fears. Like Nextdoor IRL. Thats why I’m excited to launch my campaign focusing on: -Foxes walking around during the day -Brown people knocking on your door -Knowing what that helicopter flying over is doing -Thoughts & prayers🩷🙏

Crowdsource request! What are some essential NJ politics stories you think someone relatively new to the field should know about? i.e. Bridgegate, Quraishi’s decision to kill the line, the one month we had like four govs and decided we needed an LG, etc Reply or DM me 👀👀👀

Starting to wonder if shore mayors denying the effects of increasingly bad storms is a good strategy

I don’t like predicting anything but I think it is highly likely that based on this loss, Trump will go after NEPA next. NEPA requires reviews when any federal action will have an outsized effect on the environment. It certainly needs reform, but it should not go away entirely.

I spoke with CBS news about the upcoming election and rising utility bills. New Jersey needs a leader who will build more newer, reliable energy sources. It’s the best way to keep costs down and make the state more affordable for all!

When lawmakers talk about kitchen table issues, utility costs should be among them as New Jerseyans face rising rates. "Affordability is the number one issue in this race, and rising energy prices are also at the top of everyone's mind," @alexfromnj.bsky.social. www.cbsnews.com/news/rising-...

PJM has already delayed projects that would lower electric bills for New Jerseyans. And now, the federal administration is increasing electric bills even more by cancelling clean energy tax credits — making it harder for newer, more reliable energy to move forward. gothamist.com/news/trump-m...

Ah yes it’s almost September so it’s time for my annual redownload of the miniVAN app

Offshore wind was paused here in New Jersey. Then our electricity bills went up. That’s not a coincidence. Calling for the end of offshore wind right now is like calling for the end of bandages while you’re bleeding out.

NJ Transit's official data makes it difficult to tell just how bad it is. So @suryamattu.com and I spent three months collecting the raw location data for more than 190,000 trains on NJT, Metro-North, and LIRR. Then @mariepastora.bsky.social made the graphics to show you. The answer: Very bad.

Another day, another flash flood alert

Using disability justice to defend cars is so deeply sad it genuinely breaks my heart and I mean that earnestly! We live in such a car-brained culture that people TRULY think cars are both the best and only option for people with disabilities!

Drafting some new polling and so excited to partner with a particular natural gas group!!!! What do you all think????

A good reminder that the VAST MAJORITY of people want and support clean energy. Donald Trump is yet again doing exactly the opposite of what his constituents need. www.northjersey.com/story/news/e... by @danielmunoz201.bsky.social

Had the absolute pleasure of hanging out with Franck Beaumin, NJ Transit’s new customer advocate, & the Fund NJT coalition! I can personally confirm Franck’s number one priority is the customer. He is already working to make sure the agency is ALWAYS keeping the rider & their experience in mind.

A very cool and normal summer so far

not to brag but I didn’t send a single email for like five whole days

I’m not worried, we never get bad storms here in New Jersey

Thank you to the colleague who broke this news to me gently

“Simply put, the public utilities that vote to increase our energy bills can do so without any accountability due to zero transparency in how they vote.” -Asm Karabinchak via @njspotlightnews.org www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/07/nj-r...

like what are we even doing here then

Things regular people are worried about: higher rent prices, higher grocery prices, rising electricity bills, losing civil rights, the climate crisis Things the president has been ranting about: football team names and protecting pedophiles

the worst part of being in a group chat with all my ecology friends from undergrad is the unsolicited tick pics

“since 1999, New Jersey residents have endured seven 100-year storms and three 500-year storms.…the reason we are encountering more historic storms, flooding, and droughts is the climate crisis. New Jersey is particularly vulnerable to both coastal and inland flooding…”

We cannot build for the best-case scenario. We cannot wish natural disasters away. No amount of hopeful thinking ever saved anyone from flash floods. “Murphy administration makes major changes to controversial sea-level rise rule” by @ryrivard.bsky.social subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

An apt time to repost this op-ed I wrote w/Jen Coffey of @anjec.bsky.social Yesterday morning NJ lawmakers announced rollbacks of our flood rules. “How many more historic storms will hit our state — and how many more people need to die — before state policymakers act?” www.nj.com/opinion/2022...

Like I *KNOW* flooding. My childhood home I lived in for 26 years was in a 100-year flood zone. One of my earliest childhood memories is my dad putting on waders to carry us out one by one during Hurricane Floyd. We had to evacuate to my grandparents house nearby.

Good thing we have all the best climate scientists in the world employed at the federal go—what? *holds finger to earpiece* oh. Oh no. Oh dear.

It is absolutely wild that in my fairly short lifetime, we went from having giant, slow-moving, named storms once every 10 years or so, to now having record-breaking rainfall and floods on a random Monday.

“Listen kids, MatPat once gave THE POPE a copy of Undertale, one of the most culturally important & influential video games of all time. Did Toby Fox need AI to make Undertale? No. He needed a few thousand dollars, an intro-level game maker program, and a dream. Why would anyone else ever need AI?”

If ya'll know anyone interested in a transportation planning job in Princeton, NJ focused on safe routes to school and vision zero, send them my way.

same vibe

SO grateful to our president for doing this—it was always a little TOO easy for regular fans to get to the Meadowlands. We needed more logistical transportation challenges and now we’ll have them! 🩷🩷🩷

NJ lawmakers knew that, among other issues, federal cuts to clean energy incentives were likely to be approved. So why did they raid the clean energy fund at levels not seen since the Christie Administration?

🥵Extreme heat is expected today in NJ. Yet, workers still don’t have heat protections. “A delay in getting workers protected would be deadly,” said Garrett O'Connor @maketheroadnj.bsky.social It's time to protect workers' lives. Pass the NJ Heat Standard! newjerseymonitor.com/2025/07/04/s...

Hey quick question: how did it go the last time an unmanned robot rolled in to Philly?

The House's cruel budget eliminates vital programs for people around the country and blows an even bigger hole in the state’s budget that lawmakers failed to adequately prepare for. “This is not just about money — it’s about consequences," said @nicolenjpp.bsky.social. www.njpp.org/media/statem...

My family and I are continuing our tradition of watching the camp classic 1776 today and I found this incredible IMDB fun fact