Michael A. Jones

Writer, news & media brain, amateur standup, pun lover and 70s/80s/90s pop culture fan. Glenn Close should have an Oscar by now.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Today, Elon Musk, a trillionaire, pays the same amount into Social Security as someone making $184,500.

If we end that absurdity and lift the cap on taxable income, we can make Social Security solvent for 75 years and expand benefits by $2,400. My Social Security bill does that.

[Michael A. Jones @michaelajones]

I love facts like this! Also turns out that “Don’t Make Me Over” by @dionnewarwick came out closer to the 1800s than to present day. (And it’s STILL an absolute bop!)

[HarryHew @harryhew]

It's official: The Beatles' first album, PLEASE PLEASE ME, was released closer to the 1800s than to the present day.

Dec 31, 1899 to March 22, 1963 = 23,091 days
March 22, 1963 to June 11, 2026 = 23,092 days

[grant👨🏻‍🦱 @urdadssidepiece]

The vibes in New York rn

[Michael A. Jones @michaelajones]

My mayor is Muslim
My bagel is Jewish
My Christian is Dior
Knicks (donuts from Dunkin’) in four

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

It would take far more than a month to honor the contributions of queer and transgender New Yorkers.

From the Cercle Hermaphroditos in 1895, the first trans advocacy group in the United States, to the drag balls of the Harlem Renaissance, to the Stonewall uprising, to the Lesbian Herstory Archives, to ACT UP!, founded in 1987 as queer people fought for their lives while the Reagan administration looked away, New York City's history has long been shaped by queer and trans New Yorkers.

To all our queer and trans neighbors: you deserve a City where you can afford to live safely, openly, and joyfully.

Happy Pride, New York City.

[Michael A. Jones @michaelajones]

I hate this platform but since it’s somewhat useful for navigating this airport fracas we live in… FWIW I was at JFK Terminal 5 at 9:45am and got through standard security in 18 minutes.

[Steven Bognar @Bogs4NY]

JFK lines are no joke this morning … multiple lines extending all the way outside #jfk

[K A C E Y @KaceyMusgraves]

Well. That made me feel more proudly American than anything Kid Rock has ever done.

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

James Talarico: “The reason poverty exists is not because we can’t feed the poor, it’s because we can’t satisfy the rich. That’s exactly what we’re seeing with Elon Musk become the first trillionaire. This is a spiritual sickness. What leads a person to accumulate more money than they could possibly spend in a hundred lifetimes when we have people starving in this one?”

[Michael A. Jones @michaelajones]

My dying words will be this!

[Cinema Tweets @CinemaTweets1]

Glenn Close was robbed in broad daylight for the Oscar for Best Actress in 2019. Close’s work in The Wife is acting excellence on full display. This is one of my favorite performances in recent memory. @TheAcademy you missed on this one big time. This was Glenn’s Oscar moment.

[Michael A. Jones @michaelajones]

@jermlikespie I just smiled in a Halloween candy aisle reading this 🎃🍁

[Michael A. Jones @michaelajones]

@LeModulicious What’s wrong with the flowing through life stuff? https://t.co/2sOYmCST4x

[Michael A. Jones @michaelajones]

@jermlikespie Alas we are indeed about to enter pumpkin spice month! Time marches on!

[Boob Jobs, Founder and CEO @cool_hot_woman]

people will look you dead in the eye and tell you they’re scared of this

[Zohran Kwame Mamdani @ZohranKMamdani]

A joy to march in NYC Pride with the people's champ @TishJames 🏳️‍🌈

[Michael A. Jones @michaelajones]

@Micah_Escobedo Conjuring this end result!

[Michael A. Jones @michaelajones]

Pugs and pug dads for @ZohranKMamdani! #ZohranMamdani #DontRankCuomo

[Michael A. Jones @michaelajones]

@mattmfm I think it’s maybe less about the pundits and more about: 1) Zohran is disciplined AF with an economic message, and 2) he’s campaigning joyfully. If he wins and this doesn’t influence other candidates in how they campaign, what a missed opportunity.

[Zohran Kwame Mamdani @ZohranKMamdani]

We're now 8 points away from sending Andrew Cuomo back to the suburbs.

[Evan @playacathysong]

The master class that Glenn Close could teach on this subject

[Matt McDermott @mattmfm]

Senator @AOC has a nice ring to it.