Berni Johnson
@bernij.bsky.social
💙 Writer of things, administrator of systems, devourer of entertainment, and haver of ADHD.
Spy Trivia book:
https://www.stablebookgroup.com/products/the-big-book-of-spy-trivia
Other book and website links:
https://linktr.ee/Bernij
Spy Trivia book:
https://www.stablebookgroup.com/products/the-big-book-of-spy-trivia
Other book and website links:
https://linktr.ee/Bernij
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Good.
Hiding the names of people asking for 10 year old girls is fucking disgusting.
Hiding the names of people asking for 10 year old girls is fucking disgusting.
February 8, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Good.
Hiding the names of people asking for 10 year old girls is fucking disgusting.
Hiding the names of people asking for 10 year old girls is fucking disgusting.
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As we get ready for the Super Bowl, a reminder about Bad Bunny: Seguimos Aquí isn’t just a song.
It’s resistance, history, and pride after centuries of colonialism.
And please be culturally aware: Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens, not “Americans.” 🇵🇷🔥 #BadBunnyBowl
It’s resistance, history, and pride after centuries of colonialism.
And please be culturally aware: Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens, not “Americans.” 🇵🇷🔥 #BadBunnyBowl
February 7, 2026 at 7:39 PM
As we get ready for the Super Bowl, a reminder about Bad Bunny: Seguimos Aquí isn’t just a song.
It’s resistance, history, and pride after centuries of colonialism.
And please be culturally aware: Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens, not “Americans.” 🇵🇷🔥 #BadBunnyBowl
It’s resistance, history, and pride after centuries of colonialism.
And please be culturally aware: Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens, not “Americans.” 🇵🇷🔥 #BadBunnyBowl
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In Minnesota, ICE agents are illegally racially profiling residents, drawing weapons during arrests, claiming people’s citizenship documents are fake, and leaving people with long-lasting injuries.
There is no excuse for Democrats to continue funding these jackbooted thugs.
There is no excuse for Democrats to continue funding these jackbooted thugs.
February 7, 2026 at 10:00 PM
In Minnesota, ICE agents are illegally racially profiling residents, drawing weapons during arrests, claiming people’s citizenship documents are fake, and leaving people with long-lasting injuries.
There is no excuse for Democrats to continue funding these jackbooted thugs.
There is no excuse for Democrats to continue funding these jackbooted thugs.
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Mutual Assured Democracy.
February 7, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Mutual Assured Democracy.
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on the balance i think partisan gerrymandering is bad but the only way it ends is if democrats weaponize it against republicans everywhere they can. wiping out republican lawmakers in blue states might bring the GOP to the table to end the practice.
February 7, 2026 at 2:35 PM
on the balance i think partisan gerrymandering is bad but the only way it ends is if democrats weaponize it against republicans everywhere they can. wiping out republican lawmakers in blue states might bring the GOP to the table to end the practice.
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The number of people currently in ICE custody is now over 73,000, the most in history.
Your reminder that ICE is a for-profit industry and the companies profiting are huge donors to the politicians who voted to continue funding ICE.
Your reminder that ICE is a for-profit industry and the companies profiting are huge donors to the politicians who voted to continue funding ICE.
February 7, 2026 at 3:10 PM
The number of people currently in ICE custody is now over 73,000, the most in history.
Your reminder that ICE is a for-profit industry and the companies profiting are huge donors to the politicians who voted to continue funding ICE.
Your reminder that ICE is a for-profit industry and the companies profiting are huge donors to the politicians who voted to continue funding ICE.
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“Trump may be racist but you’re fat” isn’t the sick burn whatever moron runs the GOP account thinks it is
February 7, 2026 at 12:03 AM
“Trump may be racist but you’re fat” isn’t the sick burn whatever moron runs the GOP account thinks it is
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Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
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Our government is being run by horrible, evil, white supremacist monsters. Speak out!
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 5:11 AM
Our government is being run by horrible, evil, white supremacist monsters. Speak out!
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This is the way 💥 ☠️ 🤣
February 4, 2026 at 5:03 AM
This is the way 💥 ☠️ 🤣
I say this a lot these days, but JFC. 🤦♀️
AJC: Georgia's GOP debated sending the state’s full voting rolls to Trump’s politicized DOJ. They also debated whether the State of Georgia or Trump should control state elections & whether or not Trump should get the final say over which voters to boot off rolls.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
February 5, 2026 at 8:53 PM
I say this a lot these days, but JFC. 🤦♀️
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The internet is smitten with this adorable intersex rabbit https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/03/rabbit/?utm_content=1770261600&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
The internet is smitten over this intersex rabbit
The internet is absolutely smitten over this viral clip of an intersex rabbit from an Instagram user and fosterer.
www.thepinknews.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:20 AM
The internet is smitten with this adorable intersex rabbit https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/03/rabbit/?utm_content=1770261600&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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I’m not a Texan, but it’s hard to ignore what’s happening in the Democratic Senate primary in the state. We’re all clocking it, right?
Let’s start with what should be obvious: whoever wins the Democratic nomination, we Dems should support him or her.
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Let’s start with what should be obvious: whoever wins the Democratic nomination, we Dems should support him or her.
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February 5, 2026 at 2:19 AM
I’m not a Texan, but it’s hard to ignore what’s happening in the Democratic Senate primary in the state. We’re all clocking it, right?
Let’s start with what should be obvious: whoever wins the Democratic nomination, we Dems should support him or her.
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Let’s start with what should be obvious: whoever wins the Democratic nomination, we Dems should support him or her.
🧵
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Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
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Lessons from other eroded democracies show there’re multiple ways to destroy the free press.Yes, you can arrest/intimidate journalists like last week.You can also buy news organizations, destroy their credibility and gut their newsrooms. You can sue frivolously until newsrooms can’t afford to fight.
February 4, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Lessons from other eroded democracies show there’re multiple ways to destroy the free press.Yes, you can arrest/intimidate journalists like last week.You can also buy news organizations, destroy their credibility and gut their newsrooms. You can sue frivolously until newsrooms can’t afford to fight.
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Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
February 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
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Here's who the Washington Post just laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Here's who the Washington Post just laid off.
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The fact that a trans woman was the first person to try and sue Jeffrey Epstein for sex, trafficking her, and how the media treated her like trash and the case was thrown out only for it to be proven with the files release?
Unsurprising. Horrifying but unsurprising.
You’ve never listened to us.
Unsurprising. Horrifying but unsurprising.
You’ve never listened to us.
February 4, 2026 at 7:31 PM
The fact that a trans woman was the first person to try and sue Jeffrey Epstein for sex, trafficking her, and how the media treated her like trash and the case was thrown out only for it to be proven with the files release?
Unsurprising. Horrifying but unsurprising.
You’ve never listened to us.
Unsurprising. Horrifying but unsurprising.
You’ve never listened to us.
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Yes, FBI? I’m calling to report a murder.
February 4, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Yes, FBI? I’m calling to report a murder.
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Bankrolling the propaganda film Melania while at the same time slashing international reporting pretty much sums up why we are where we are.
February 4, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Bankrolling the propaganda film Melania while at the same time slashing international reporting pretty much sums up why we are where we are.
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I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
Today, Luke Farrell (@lukef.bsky.social) explains how complex eligibility requirements have turned America’s safety net into a lucrative revenue stream for monopolistic private contractors.
The Means-Testing Industrial Complex
As Republicans tightened work requirements and eligibility rules for Medicaid and SNAP last year, Equifax’s CEO openly celebrated the profits to be made from administering this deprivation.
lpeproject.org
January 28, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
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“I had 7 bullet holes in my body”
February 3, 2026 at 11:32 PM
“I had 7 bullet holes in my body”
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"These practices must end now."
Aliya Rahman, a U.S. citizen who was dragged from a car by ICE agents in Minnesota, speaks out at a congressional hearing on DHS immigration enforcement tactics.
Aliya Rahman, a U.S. citizen who was dragged from a car by ICE agents in Minnesota, speaks out at a congressional hearing on DHS immigration enforcement tactics.
February 3, 2026 at 9:47 PM
"These practices must end now."
Aliya Rahman, a U.S. citizen who was dragged from a car by ICE agents in Minnesota, speaks out at a congressional hearing on DHS immigration enforcement tactics.
Aliya Rahman, a U.S. citizen who was dragged from a car by ICE agents in Minnesota, speaks out at a congressional hearing on DHS immigration enforcement tactics.
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Murphy on Fox News Sunday: "I mean -- c'mon. We're still pretending that ICE is going after dangerous people? They aren't. What is happening in Minnesota right now is a dystopia. ICE is teargassing elementary schools, it is disappearing legal residents into cars, it is murdering American citizens."
February 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Murphy on Fox News Sunday: "I mean -- c'mon. We're still pretending that ICE is going after dangerous people? They aren't. What is happening in Minnesota right now is a dystopia. ICE is teargassing elementary schools, it is disappearing legal residents into cars, it is murdering American citizens."
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This is Gert Schramm, a Black German teen who survived Buchenwald after being imprisoned at 15 because of his race. He endured brutal conditions yet survived, later dedicating his life to educating others about racism and the lessons of the Holocaust. www.ontheshoulders1.com/the-giants/g... BHM 🖤
February 3, 2026 at 7:41 PM
This is Gert Schramm, a Black German teen who survived Buchenwald after being imprisoned at 15 because of his race. He endured brutal conditions yet survived, later dedicating his life to educating others about racism and the lessons of the Holocaust. www.ontheshoulders1.com/the-giants/g... BHM 🖤