Jowly Glower Bill @wardpeck.bsky.social · 2hIf we also lift the cap on what they pay in, does that ease your offended sense of fairness over the $5K rebate? 000 0
Jowly Glower Bill @wardpeck.bsky.social · 07/10/2026she’s exasperated and its approaching comical 100 0
Jowly Glower Bill @wardpeck.bsky.social · 07/10/2026It’s funny that the way Trump talks about his PAC indicates a whole separate category of laws are being broken and that’s not even mentioned in passing, never-mind as a stand-alone controversy 084 0
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillJordan Wood @jordanwood.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Matt Dunlap destroyed Paul LePage in tonight’s debate. LePage has clearly lost a step. A tired act with nothing left. Sad. #mepolitics 25512 0
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/10/2026Man, imagine you're minding your own business, getting kind of drunk with your friends at a picturesque brewery in Maine, when suddenly John Roberts walks by and you get to start heckling him. Must have felt incredible. That's the dream. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u... 1505370809 0
Jowly Glower Bill @wardpeck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026you can see Smith reading it, his eyes follow as they start removing it and its like 5 seconds later. It was only once the meme started replicating that I realized Kennedy’s helping hold it up. who told who to ixnay the sign-ay?? 030 0
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillJoseph Trevithick @franticgoat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Claims Swirl Around U.S. Marines Injured Aboard Mystery Vessel Attacked In The Strait Of Hormuz www.twz.com/news-feature...twz.comClaims Swirl Around U.S. Marines Injured Aboard Mystery Vessel Attacked In The Strait Of HormuzAt the center of suspicions is a former Royal Mail ship with its own fascinating backstory, but what it was doing at the time is unclear. 0188 0
Jowly Glower Bill @wardpeck.bsky.social · 27/09/2026mentally picking a fav and then immediately reading this was a brief but complicated journey. 040 0
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillMaine Public @mainepublic.org · 22/09/2026After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump administration dismantled the unit handling the inquiry. bit.ly/3TNQULHmainepublic.orgThe FBI anti-corruption squad was circling Susan Collins — until Trump got in the wayAfter the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini... 44021 0
Jowly Glower Bill @wardpeck.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I feel like the person most able to stop it without, you know, is Mike Johnson. It he just acted with the prerogatives every other speaker assumed and not those of the VP presiding over the senate, 99% of this stuff would stop (and 99% of gop agenda would proceed even faster) 000 0
Jowly Glower Bill @wardpeck.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I think this is north of 50 percent of the expressed religiosity in Maine. Theres more bumperstickers for Friends or UU congregations than Jesus fish 031 0
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillFactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Ted Cruz interrupted during ESPN appearance by fired-up crowd chanting, "TED, YOU SUCK!" 711325260 0
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillMark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 11/09/202625 years ago, on a clear September morning, an otherwise ordinary day became one of history’s darkest. Through the darkness, we also saw the best of humanity. 20135831058 0
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillDigital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 17/07/2026BBC engineers built robo-cameras disguised as dung heaps to film wildlife at distances no human crew could ever get close enough to reach. 38253661045 0
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillJo Locktov @jolocktov.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I’m not sure people appreciate how radical this is. A pro-active process to inform locals when there is a cruise ship health risk. No other port to my knowledge has done this. It is why @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social exists. Never would have happened without @wespelletier.bsky.social ⚓️💙⚓️ 197 0
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillPortland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The 2027 cruise schedule includes 102 cruise ships. 26 days with 2 ships at once. Some days the floating cities will reach almost 10k population. No restriction on fuel. No decrease in air pollution. No elimination of scrubber wash contaminants in Casco Bay. Is this what Portland wants? 177 0
Jowly Glower Bill @wardpeck.bsky.social · 08/09/2026crazy they are discharging anything into the harbor, but anything that doesn’t go in the water goes out the stack, right? Biddeford and Saco made up a whole bunch of rules to deal with their incinerator and SoPo has been fighting VOCs from the tank farms. Minimize harm and make them pay 110 0
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 08/09/2026New: a secretive DHS predictive policing unit is analyzing Americans' financial activity, feeding those names to police, then having cops pull them over. Not suspected of any particular crime We're revealing the unit name too: Predictive Intelligence Targeting Team www.404media.co/a-secretive-...404media.coA Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime. 461283795 0
Jowly Glower Bill @wardpeck.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Where they anchor used to be a steel foundry. I assumed Maine had great air quality but it turns out we are down wind of the upper mid-west and are breathing lots of pollution from 6 states away. Ban the emissions, not the boats. 110 0
Jowly Glower Bill @wardpeck.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The difference is Portland is an industrial port and there’s not a lot of support for de-industrializing the harbor. We need stronger regulations across the board. Maybe these cruise ships shouldn’t exist or should be limited in what they emit in our community but we are PORTland. 110 0
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillPortland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Today 9/8 at 5:30 pm on zoom the HHS+ PS Committee will meet. The Opt-in Text Alert for when cruise ships arrive with an outbreak will be presented by Bridget Rauscher of Public Health dept. portlandme.portal.civicclerk.com/event/8346/f... #Portland #Maine #PublicHealth #cruiseShips #norovirus 052 0
Jowly Glower Bill @wardpeck.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Didn’t Bessent punch Musk in the lip early on? 000 0
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillThe Shadow Over Innschwartz ✨🦑✨ @benschwartz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026💯💯💯 2384 0
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillPeter Hoogmoed @pchoog.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The Guardian - Air pollution from ships may be more harmful than road traffic emissions, port study finds Scientists say ultrafine particles in cruise ship emissions associated with reduced ability to resist common viruses www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comAir pollution from ships may be more harmful than road traffic emissions, port study findsScientists say ultrafine particles in cruise ship emissions associated with reduced ability to resist common viruses 054 0
Jowly Glower Bill @wardpeck.bsky.social · 31/08/2026they don’t make it smell like piss and pass out under parked cars from Toledo. they’re not the reason office buildings are vacant, Renys closed or people drive their cars and scooters like maniacs. city doesn’t need to get sued by multinational corps using the berths its still paying to build 100 0
Jowly Glower Bill @wardpeck.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Portland and Bar Harbor have different interests. soak these operators to decarbonize the waterfront and restore a bit of balance. Dirty ships disgorging 4,000 passengers and taking all the seats at Brickyard Hollow isn’t even a top 3 problem for the penninsula, but a lack of businesses is… 100 0
Jowly Glower Bill @wardpeck.bsky.social · 31/08/2026That schedule is a great resource for determining an ideal cruise ship size for Portland and anything over that many passengers is deemed burdensome. any impact fee should be progressive to the point where fewer of these massive ships make fewer visits until they’re less burdensome on their hosts. 120 0
Jowly Glower Bill @wardpeck.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I agree - and it’s definitely short-sighted that the city built a “megaberth” without shore power capacity and wasn’t an early phase requirement for the portland co marina. but we can fix that! could do some sort of leisure landings tif to address infrastructure deficits and build homes blah blah 120 0
Jowly Glower Bill @wardpeck.bsky.social · 31/08/2026like, you guys lost me when the west end people tried to stop development on COMMERCIAL Street. There’s a coal pile and petrochemical storage everywhere. Jeesh - people gotta work and live somewhere close. 120 0
Jowly Glower Bill @wardpeck.bsky.social · 31/08/2026these are the sort of narrow interests I’m not trying to promote. Not banned per se but heavily regulated for human rights and environmental concerns and the city should put a toll on the gangway, but I think there should be much more waterfront development. and denser public housing built above it. 130 0
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillPortland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 30/08/2026⚓️PSA⚓️ There will be 63 more cruise ships coming to Portland before the season ends. If you'd like to avoid the pollution, passengers & plague we suggest you use Port Call: maine.portcall.com#!?tab=2&port... Vision of the Seas arrived @ 8 am & will depart @ 6 pm #cruiseships #Portland #Maine 144 0
Jowly Glower Bill @wardpeck.bsky.social · 30/08/2026if you can pick your way around that, which is easy to do, fall really is the best time to visit. 130 0
Jowly Glower Bill @wardpeck.bsky.social · 30/08/2026*stand around the immediate vicinity of the pier in endless lines for the same “must eat” donut and lobster roll they all saw in IG* they refuse to ascend any slight incline so they just clog everything up and walk around like they all got traumatic brain injuries.* 131 0
Jowly Glower Bill @wardpeck.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Sort of an important clarification but these ships don’t detract the harbor which is small and industrial with oil tanks and tankers and cargo ship. They detract the city. They absolutely dwarf the skyline and belch out thousands of people who just… 221 0
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillMr. Blabalino 🇳🇴🇺🇸💙 @blabalino.com · 22/08/2026Found this recording of Rita Moreno performing “Fever” on The Muppet Show from 1976. 14/10 345119712989 0
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 12/08/2026NEW: Harmeet Dhillon swore in 100+ new Civil Rights Division lawyers as "civil rights warriors" for "ALL Americans" — then named exactly none of them. So we did. Court filings let us ID 11. At least 5 arrived with records of misconduct, controversy, or hiring irregularities. 1/citizen.orgMeet the attorneys Harmeet Dhillon installed to turn the Civil Rights Division against its mission - Public CitizenIntroduction On July 8, 2026, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon tweeted that she had sworn in more than 100 new… 9830851582 0
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillJames Myall @jamesxmyall.bsky.social · 06/08/2026ICE arrested this Mainer and sent him to Guatemala "accidently" and in defiance of a judicial order. He didn't even have a deportation order issued against him. Susan Collins' body cameras won't fix behavior like this #mepolitics #mepolitics www.pressherald.com/2026/08/05/m...pressherald.comICE to return Maine man after ‘inadvertently’ deporting himThe agency told a judge it 'inadvertently removed' the 31-year-old Portland resident after misidentifying him during the January enforcement surge. 2268 0
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillShooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Butler’s 34-year military career spans the Spanish-American War in 1898 through WWI. He rose through all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major General. He received 16 medals and was one of only two Marines to be awarded the Medal of Honor twice for separate military actions. /2 111021 0
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 20/07/2026The Freedom Fuel stations were put together by a pair of serial grifters who stole $667,000 worth of gas from a distributor five years ago, a private credit sponsor, and an energy trader tied up in multiple Trump schemes and profiting heavily off the war in Iran. prospect.org/2026/07/20/k...prospect.orgThe Kleptocrat Nesting Dolls Behind Trump’s Potemkin Gas Stations - The American ProspectHow can Freedom Fuel afford to sell gas for $3.47 a gallon? That’s the wrong question to ask. 361673809 0
Jowly Glower Bill @wardpeck.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Elon’s a walking monkey paw so the way this works is destroying the value of the earth by several thousand trillion dollars 000 0
Reposted by Jowly Glower BillZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 01/07/2026Selling his stake in World Liberty Financial brought in $65.6 million (pp. 855, 867) Most, if not all, of that money came from a firm backed by the UAE's National Security Adviser. www.wsj.com/politics/pol... 23921 0
Jowly Glower Bill @wardpeck.bsky.social · 01/07/2026I think there’s a bus that goes right past the place 120 0