Justin Ellis

Always trying to stay curious and learn. Usually seen with a book.

[faraz 🏀 @farazamiruddin]

The grocery store problem is actually a perfect argument for walkable cities, not against them.

When you rely on driving, the store becomes a logistical burden. You’re forced to shop in bulk, hunt for parking for 20 minutes, buy extra refrigeration, and meticulously plan weeks of meals to minimize the number of times you have to endure that trip.

When you live in a walkable neighborhood, that friction disappears. I used to live walking distance from a market, and we stopped planning meals entirely. It became an experience: we’d wake up, decide what we were in the mood for, and walk over to pick up fresh ingredients for dinner that night.

A 10 minute stroll to get fresh ingredients is just better living.

[Steve Hare @sharemath]

In 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘞𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯, Stanislas Dehaene—one of the world’s leading cognitive neuroscientists and winner of the Nobel-equivalent Brain Prize—identifies the 4 Biological Pillars of Learning. Without all 4 of these pillars in place, learning is fragile and will not last: 🧵

[Justin Ellis @ellisj2]

@chrislhayes @MattZeitlin And that he liked Jay-Z. That made him feel relatable. I don’t recall any other president for whom that would have been the case

[Julian Andreone @JulianAndreone]

AOC: “People are tired of the idea of a Democratic Party’s only position being anti-Trump. We need to have our own vision. For me, that means Medicare for All, unionization rights, antitrust and breaking up monopolies, and taking on big health insurers.”

[Acyn @Acyn]

A Perry Mason moment here between AOC and Lee Zeldin.

After Lee Zeldin denies meeting with Bayer to discuss litigation the company was facing, AOC presents visitor logs and emails from Zeldin’s senior advisor stating that Zeldin would be meeting with the Bayer CEO to discuss “legal/judicial issues.”

“In this internal email, it says that Bayer was specifically seeking and discussing Supreme Court action, it would want an update on EPA’s regulatory review, and that, interestingly, Bayer will provide a small thanks for updating the glyphosate webpage from the EPA and work on MAHA.”

[Justin Ellis @ellisj2]

@WesHod Man, I’d give my left hand to be ambidextrous…

[aída chávez @aidachavez]

If Republicans are starting to break, Democratic leadership can’t keep hiding behind process. Bring the Iran war powers resolution to the floor right now

[Justin Ellis @ellisj2]

@fritzpape I really liked it!

[Jeremy Pelzer @jpelzer]

This is quite an editor's note

[Justin Ellis @ellisj2]

@AndrewBrandt People should just enjoy what they enjoy and not care about ratings

[Justin Ellis @ellisj2]

@matthewstoller Apparently, according to Nate, you’re missing the forest for the trees…

[Justin Ellis @ellisj2]

@SeanFennessey @KyleBrandt @TheRewatchables @ChrisRyan77 And why does Bill stand with his chest like that?

[Ben Rhodes @brhodes]

Democrats should be doing everything they can to force a vote and make clear that they oppose a war with Iran that an overwhelming majority of Americans opposes. It would be a massive failure of leadership not to do so.

[Justin Ellis @ellisj2]

@Nate_Tice Real question: why the early morning workouts? Aren’t they better if athletes aren’t losing sleep by getting up early? And if they’re fighting their body clocks why not do them another time? Or is it a “that’s the way we’ve always done it” kind of thing?

[Amanda Litman @amandalitman]

This quote stopped me in my tracks.

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

If this action were constitutionally sound, the Attorney General wouldn’t be tweeting that they’ve arrested the President of a sovereign country and his wife for possessing guns in violation of a 1934 U.S. firearm law.

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.

It’s about oil and regime change.

And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from Epstein + skyrocketing healthcare costs.

[Justin Ellis @ellisj2]

@AndyHermanNFL Nice!
Both very winnable games!

[Justin Ellis @ellisj2]

@mattschneidman Better question: why did they just kneel out the clock? 45 seconds is enough time to do something

[Justin Ellis @ellisj2]

@RossUglem It could turn out not to be as bad an injury as it seems