Angus Johnston
@angus.bsky.social
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Angus Johnston
@angus.bsky.social
· Oct 27
"This fucking sucks" and "all is lost" are two different sentences.
Don't say the second when you mean the first.
Don't say the second when you mean the first.
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I fleece, I float, I fleetly flee, I fly, DUBAI!
January 2, 2026 at 4:24 AM
I fleece, I float, I fleetly flee, I fly, DUBAI!
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, Dubai!
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Eric Adams said he wanted to travel after he left office. Well, the former mayor is wasting no time. Just hours after attending Mamdani's inauguration, a source has spotted Adams boarding an Emirates flight from JFK to Dubai. No indication if the trip is business or pleasure.
[Photo of Adams alone sitting in an airport]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreig35i3wpfoasgclkwncth5ufkmnw4txlwghbhs4e3dyq6ys6tekce@jpeg)
January 2, 2026 at 4:13 AM
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, Dubai!
An indication of how excited folks are about Mamdani's mayoralty: My most-liked-and-reposted post of Day One of 2026 is already bigger than anything I posted in 2025.
I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
January 2, 2026 at 3:54 AM
An indication of how excited folks are about Mamdani's mayoralty: My most-liked-and-reposted post of Day One of 2026 is already bigger than anything I posted in 2025.
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You can literally use this anywhere too, their brain will stutter. The great part? You can say it in a retail setting in the most polite sweetest way too. "Well, (insert pronoun) what outcome were you wanting to come out of this today by chance?" With a smile plastered on your face professionally.
"What's your goal here?" is such a powerful way of putting the brakes on an escalating cycle of assholery without backing down.
It works SO well. Just "What do you want to have happen?"
It works SO well. Just "What do you want to have happen?"
Also if Karen starts shit back
I'd probably go with something like
'Okay, what's your goal here. What outcome are you hoping for with your comments. Do you think such things improve my cooking when you say the chicken was dry previously or my baked from SCRATCH CAKE was 'probably a box''
I'd probably go with something like
'Okay, what's your goal here. What outcome are you hoping for with your comments. Do you think such things improve my cooking when you say the chicken was dry previously or my baked from SCRATCH CAKE was 'probably a box''
January 2, 2026 at 2:48 AM
You can literally use this anywhere too, their brain will stutter. The great part? You can say it in a retail setting in the most polite sweetest way too. "Well, (insert pronoun) what outcome were you wanting to come out of this today by chance?" With a smile plastered on your face professionally.
Yep. This is why I chose Whitman.
It’s really easy to give a joke answer to this that’s just a book you like but the thing that’s tricky is “sacred”! That’s something materially different from “important.” My favorite book is Riddley Walker and it has a spiritual…ness to it but I don’t know that I would find a vow on it to be SACRED
Ok, everyone, what book is sacred enough to you to get sworn in on?
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Yep. This is why I chose Whitman.
I'm basic. Admitting that up front. But honestly? "Leaves of Grass."
Ok, everyone, what book is sacred enough to you to get sworn in on?
Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.
January 2, 2026 at 2:00 AM
I'm basic. Admitting that up front. But honestly? "Leaves of Grass."
"What's your goal here?" is such a powerful way of putting the brakes on an escalating cycle of assholery without backing down.
It works SO well. Just "What do you want to have happen?"
It works SO well. Just "What do you want to have happen?"
Also if Karen starts shit back
I'd probably go with something like
'Okay, what's your goal here. What outcome are you hoping for with your comments. Do you think such things improve my cooking when you say the chicken was dry previously or my baked from SCRATCH CAKE was 'probably a box''
I'd probably go with something like
'Okay, what's your goal here. What outcome are you hoping for with your comments. Do you think such things improve my cooking when you say the chicken was dry previously or my baked from SCRATCH CAKE was 'probably a box''
January 2, 2026 at 1:58 AM
"What's your goal here?" is such a powerful way of putting the brakes on an escalating cycle of assholery without backing down.
It works SO well. Just "What do you want to have happen?"
It works SO well. Just "What do you want to have happen?"
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Trump signed 220 executive orders in his first term and has 225 and counting not even one year into his second term. In case any presidential candidates are wondering what they should be promising to do on their Day 1.
I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
January 1, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Trump signed 220 executive orders in his first term and has 225 and counting not even one year into his second term. In case any presidential candidates are wondering what they should be promising to do on their Day 1.
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I like that he seems idealistic. I also like that he seems to be able to calmly wield a shiv.
January 1, 2026 at 11:42 PM
I like that he seems idealistic. I also like that he seems to be able to calmly wield a shiv.
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may as well start as we mean to go on
I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
January 1, 2026 at 11:29 PM
may as well start as we mean to go on
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The next Democratic president needs to be prepared to do this immediately in re: every single one of Trump's executive orders since January 20, 2025.
I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
January 1, 2026 at 11:20 PM
The next Democratic president needs to be prepared to do this immediately in re: every single one of Trump's executive orders since January 20, 2025.
I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
January 1, 2026 at 11:07 PM
I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
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Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
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My mother, born in 1937 and raised in rural Missouri and Iowa, just texted me about how happy she was to watch his swearing in and how much hope it gave her.
January 1, 2026 at 8:25 PM
My mother, born in 1937 and raised in rural Missouri and Iowa, just texted me about how happy she was to watch his swearing in and how much hope it gave her.
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2026 is getting Albany to tax the rich to pay for universal childcare. Get in where you can. There are a number of groups currently organizing for this so you won't need to reinvent the wheel.
January 1, 2026 at 8:20 PM
2026 is getting Albany to tax the rich to pay for universal childcare. Get in where you can. There are a number of groups currently organizing for this so you won't need to reinvent the wheel.
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I am planning to be on here a lot less this year but I will drop in to share organizing opportunities re: universal childcare in NYC and also our continued public library organizing.
January 1, 2026 at 8:23 PM
I am planning to be on here a lot less this year but I will drop in to share organizing opportunities re: universal childcare in NYC and also our continued public library organizing.
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I think people are underestimating how much Mamdani, even more so than your average elected leftist, see it as his top priority to not be seen as a failed mayor. He is not going to be another Brandon Johnson, I’d wager
January 1, 2026 at 7:20 PM
I think people are underestimating how much Mamdani, even more so than your average elected leftist, see it as his top priority to not be seen as a failed mayor. He is not going to be another Brandon Johnson, I’d wager
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One time @angus.bsky.social compared my viz to a beautiful but incomprehensible russian atlas and I think of it often and fondly.
Forget insults, what’s the most unhinged *compliment* you’ve ever received?
January 1, 2026 at 8:17 PM
One time @angus.bsky.social compared my viz to a beautiful but incomprehensible russian atlas and I think of it often and fondly.
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I feel like people wanting to “solve” uncertainty due to their lack of distress tolerance is part of what has gotten us *here*. But when you remember this, you can handle the scary parts.
"That's the thing about uncertainty—anything can happen, but anything CAN happen."
—Jumaane Williams, in his inaugural speech just now.
—Jumaane Williams, in his inaugural speech just now.
January 1, 2026 at 7:59 PM
I feel like people wanting to “solve” uncertainty due to their lack of distress tolerance is part of what has gotten us *here*. But when you remember this, you can handle the scary parts.
Three minutes after I posted this he name-checked bagels and lox.
Like strawberries and shortcake
Like corned beef and cabbage
Like liver and onions
Like red beans and rice
Like bagels and lox
Like sour cream and biscuits
Like hot cakes and molasses.
Like corned beef and cabbage
Like liver and onions
Like red beans and rice
Like bagels and lox
Like sour cream and biscuits
Like hot cakes and molasses.
January 1, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Three minutes after I posted this he name-checked bagels and lox.
It's only occasionally explicit, but this inauguration is emphatically structured as a vision of an alternate future for America, an alternate politics, an alternate Democratic Party.
January 1, 2026 at 7:57 PM
It's only occasionally explicit, but this inauguration is emphatically structured as a vision of an alternate future for America, an alternate politics, an alternate Democratic Party.
I love Mamdani's "Beans and Cornbread" rhetorical register so much.
We should hang out together like wieners and sauerkraut
We should stick together like hot dogs and mustard
Every Saturday night, we should hang out like chitlins and potato salad
We should hang out together like wieners and sauerkraut
We should stick together like hot dogs and mustard
Every Saturday night, we should hang out like chitlins and potato salad
January 1, 2026 at 7:54 PM
I love Mamdani's "Beans and Cornbread" rhetorical register so much.
We should hang out together like wieners and sauerkraut
We should stick together like hot dogs and mustard
Every Saturday night, we should hang out like chitlins and potato salad
We should hang out together like wieners and sauerkraut
We should stick together like hot dogs and mustard
Every Saturday night, we should hang out like chitlins and potato salad
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“Just hold on, we’re going to be alright.”
January 1, 2026 at 7:43 PM
“Just hold on, we’re going to be alright.”
"I promise you this: If you are a New Yorker, I am your mayor."
—Zohran Mamdani
—Zohran Mamdani
January 1, 2026 at 7:44 PM
"I promise you this: If you are a New Yorker, I am your mayor."
—Zohran Mamdani
—Zohran Mamdani
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This is my song.
"That's the thing about uncertainty—anything can happen, but anything CAN happen."
—Jumaane Williams, in his inaugural speech just now.
—Jumaane Williams, in his inaugural speech just now.
January 1, 2026 at 7:24 PM
This is my song.