Tony Gruenewald

@tgruenewald.bsky.social

Archivist, poet, baseball geek, church council member, etc., in no particular order. See more at tonygruenewald.com

Dear media, You don't have to say "E Jean Carroll accused Trump of defamation and rape." You can say "Trump defamed and raped E Jean Carroll." It's been adjudicated. Thank you

I live in NJ, not far from Manhattan. Some dark $ group is running identical ads for Rapepublican congresscritters Mike Lawler of NY & Tom Kean Jr. of NJ asking us to call & thank them for making healthcare affordable. I kid you not.

Cable news only makes sense if you view it as a wrestling segment without the wrestling, with people playing somewhat predictable roles of faces and heels to elicit a response but not actually doing anything to make the world better

Elon Musk must not have seen Hadestown or else he’d be having Grok write AI version of Eurydice and Orpheus and Hades and Persephone to make it less woke. Andre DeShields, Reeve Carrey, and Eva Noblezada as Greek mythological figures? Too woke for Elon.

A reminder that cities used to have terrible air quality like we have today on a regular basis and the current administration continues to actively dismantle the protections and regulations that cleaned that up.