Brad Johnson
@ahablives.bsky.social
A part of the Twitter Diaspora.
Also run East Bay Booksellers in Oakland, CA - @ebbooksellers.bsky.social
Also run East Bay Booksellers in Oakland, CA - @ebbooksellers.bsky.social
What a night for Cade Cunningham: 46 points, despite missing 31(!) of his 45(!!) shots. And still also managed a triple double.
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
What a night for Cade Cunningham: 46 points, despite missing 31(!) of his 45(!!) shots. And still also managed a triple double.
It’s helpful to remember that Democratic leadership are basically indistinguishable from Republicans in their personal-private life. It is decidedly in their personal-private interest to lose politically.
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
It’s helpful to remember that Democratic leadership are basically indistinguishable from Republicans in their personal-private life. It is decidedly in their personal-private interest to lose politically.
Hate to break it to you, buddy, but destroying the actually-existing Democratic Party IS an integral part of the bigger fight now.
But there are real dangers out there that must be fought; and energy spent fighting each other is energy lost to that bigger fight.
November 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Hate to break it to you, buddy, but destroying the actually-existing Democratic Party IS an integral part of the bigger fight now.
Was thinking about what wisdom Townes van Zandt would have for us through these trying times, & figured it’d be one part whisky & the other part a long talking blues song.
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Was thinking about what wisdom Townes van Zandt would have for us through these trying times, & figured it’d be one part whisky & the other part a long talking blues song.
I'm genuinely honored that I get to partner w/ the UC Berkeley library this week to help an internship program they have. Basically ... I get to chat with undergrads about the decision-making of choosing books.
I have so few marketable skills, save for this.
I have so few marketable skills, save for this.
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I'm genuinely honored that I get to partner w/ the UC Berkeley library this week to help an internship program they have. Basically ... I get to chat with undergrads about the decision-making of choosing books.
I have so few marketable skills, save for this.
I have so few marketable skills, save for this.
My first thought when I saw photos of Chicago was, "Aww man, I want some snow!"
Then I stepped outside into a pristine perfect Bay Area morning and thought ... nahhhhhh.
Then I stepped outside into a pristine perfect Bay Area morning and thought ... nahhhhhh.
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
My first thought when I saw photos of Chicago was, "Aww man, I want some snow!"
Then I stepped outside into a pristine perfect Bay Area morning and thought ... nahhhhhh.
Then I stepped outside into a pristine perfect Bay Area morning and thought ... nahhhhhh.
So dumb. There were fair arguments to be made that Dems shouldn’t allow a shutdown, but as soon as you commit to that you’d better be fucking committed — which given that this is the Democratic Party after was one huge reason not to allow it.
What a waste.
What a waste.
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
So dumb. There were fair arguments to be made that Dems shouldn’t allow a shutdown, but as soon as you commit to that you’d better be fucking committed — which given that this is the Democratic Party after was one huge reason not to allow it.
What a waste.
What a waste.
European politics aren't by any stretch of the imagination *ideal*. In Belgium, they're barely functional. And yet, against all odds, they seems utopic compared to the US.
This perfectly encapsulates how I feel living in the US. The republican party is an insane death cult, the democratic party is 3 corporations in a trench coat, and the "socialists" are just the completely normal left-wing capitalists you'd find in any of 2 dozen European nations.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
European politics aren't by any stretch of the imagination *ideal*. In Belgium, they're barely functional. And yet, against all odds, they seems utopic compared to the US.
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we talk too much about the male loneliness crisis and not enough about the male suckerfication crisis maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
November 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
we talk too much about the male loneliness crisis and not enough about the male suckerfication crisis maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
A belief that billionaires+ shouldn't exist isn't jealousy. It's not even being a hater. It's the commonest of common sense.
November 7, 2025 at 4:42 AM
A belief that billionaires+ shouldn't exist isn't jealousy. It's not even being a hater. It's the commonest of common sense.
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It’s cults all the way down.
Musk gets his $1 trillion compensation package approved by Tesla shareholders.
Shareholders in the room chant "Elon, Elon, Elon!"
Shareholders in the room chant "Elon, Elon, Elon!"
November 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
It’s cults all the way down.
A game changing discovery yesterday: the pizza place down the street from the store has a “PB&J” happy hour special. Margherita pizza + beer + shot of Jamesons.
November 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A game changing discovery yesterday: the pizza place down the street from the store has a “PB&J” happy hour special. Margherita pizza + beer + shot of Jamesons.
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I'm obsessed with this stat: "with more than 4,000 degree-granting institutions and fewer than 130 university presses in the United States and Canada, this vital [publishing] infrastructure is directly supported by less than 3 percent of the institutions it benefits"
November 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I'm obsessed with this stat: "with more than 4,000 degree-granting institutions and fewer than 130 university presses in the United States and Canada, this vital [publishing] infrastructure is directly supported by less than 3 percent of the institutions it benefits"
I totally get the utility of AI for technical and/or theoretical problems. But for the life of me, the spiel being sold about its use in everyday offices / industries sounds mostly like snakeoil to disguise job cuts.
Sorry, my dude, it ain't email. It's not even Excel. (It manages to be worse.)
Sorry, my dude, it ain't email. It's not even Excel. (It manages to be worse.)
"'It's time to use it or get left behind,' he said."
Okay, leave me the fuck behind.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Okay, leave me the fuck behind.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
When It Comes to AI, Adapt or Else, Says Keith Riegert
Keith Riegert, president of the Stable Book Group, offered a master class on AI tools during the recent Sharjah Publishers Conference. He described AI as both transformative and unsettling. It's time ...
www.publishersweekly.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I totally get the utility of AI for technical and/or theoretical problems. But for the life of me, the spiel being sold about its use in everyday offices / industries sounds mostly like snakeoil to disguise job cuts.
Sorry, my dude, it ain't email. It's not even Excel. (It manages to be worse.)
Sorry, my dude, it ain't email. It's not even Excel. (It manages to be worse.)
Life is much better when you fully convince yourself Ross Douthat doesn’t actually exist.
November 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Life is much better when you fully convince yourself Ross Douthat doesn’t actually exist.
Just wrapped an event with @ssparks.bsky.social where we pitched books. My favorite review: “you were more charming than you often are.”
November 6, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Just wrapped an event with @ssparks.bsky.social where we pitched books. My favorite review: “you were more charming than you often are.”
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This month, we will be donating our profits from sales on Sundays to the Alameda County Community Food Bank.
This nation’s present leadership, which we already knew to be venal, are committed to yet more vile acts against our most vulnerable neighbors.
This nation’s present leadership, which we already knew to be venal, are committed to yet more vile acts against our most vulnerable neighbors.
November 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This month, we will be donating our profits from sales on Sundays to the Alameda County Community Food Bank.
This nation’s present leadership, which we already knew to be venal, are committed to yet more vile acts against our most vulnerable neighbors.
This nation’s present leadership, which we already knew to be venal, are committed to yet more vile acts against our most vulnerable neighbors.
Not even 24 hrs later and Cheney is turning in his grave.
November 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Not even 24 hrs later and Cheney is turning in his grave.
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Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
June 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
Haha. Thought I was reposting this from my account, not the store’s. Oh well!
this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Haha. Thought I was reposting this from my account, not the store’s. Oh well!
God. And we’re stuck with celebrating a shitty but necessary vote-rigging prop in California
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
God. And we’re stuck with celebrating a shitty but necessary vote-rigging prop in California
That Zohran seemingly so effortlessly bears the weight of so much symbolism and reality is really something special.
November 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
That Zohran seemingly so effortlessly bears the weight of so much symbolism and reality is really something special.
I don't believe in a heaven, but hope like hell there's a hell for people like Dick Cheney.
November 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I don't believe in a heaven, but hope like hell there's a hell for people like Dick Cheney.