Derek Johnson
@derekjjohnson.bsky.social
music lover, liberal, data scientist, community owner Minnesota Aurora FC, Itasca Society Minnesota United FC; find me left of the dial - usually at First Avenue or a soccer match
Josh Shapiro appearing on Trackstar means he’s running for President, right?
February 12, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Josh Shapiro appearing on Trackstar means he’s running for President, right?
Tater tots count as a full, balanced meal, right?
February 9, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Tater tots count as a full, balanced meal, right?
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it’s weird, to run this website and have a very distinct marker for how much people care about what’s happening in Minnesota
it feels especially not great to look at as eviction notices start to get served for families are still locked down hiding from ICE, who are still roving the streets
it feels especially not great to look at as eviction notices start to get served for families are still locked down hiding from ICE, who are still roving the streets
February 9, 2026 at 7:14 PM
it’s weird, to run this website and have a very distinct marker for how much people care about what’s happening in Minnesota
it feels especially not great to look at as eviction notices start to get served for families are still locked down hiding from ICE, who are still roving the streets
it feels especially not great to look at as eviction notices start to get served for families are still locked down hiding from ICE, who are still roving the streets
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Can't reply to you (?!), but here's his booking from Ramsey County
February 5, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Can't reply to you (?!), but here's his booking from Ramsey County
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A new study puts a number on the potential human toll of sharp aid cuts over the past year, projecting an extra 9.4 million deaths by 2030 if the current trends persist.
Global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030, study projects
The Lancet study examines how the dismantling of international aid by the U.S. and other countries could undo decades of health gains.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM
A new study puts a number on the potential human toll of sharp aid cuts over the past year, projecting an extra 9.4 million deaths by 2030 if the current trends persist.
Please consider donating Delta Skymiles through Stand With Minnesota. People taken from Minnesota are being dumped in El Paso with no way home.
www.standwithminnesota.com/skymiles
www.standwithminnesota.com/skymiles
February 6, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Please consider donating Delta Skymiles through Stand With Minnesota. People taken from Minnesota are being dumped in El Paso with no way home.
www.standwithminnesota.com/skymiles
www.standwithminnesota.com/skymiles
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I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.
February 5, 2026 at 12:49 PM
I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.
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"I don't need to tell you how serious the increasingly likely possibility that Russian intelligence services co-organised this operation is for the security of the Polish state. This can only mean that they also possess compromising materials against many leaders still active today."
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk: "More and more leads, more and more information, and more and more commentary in the global press all relate to the suspicion that this unprecedented paedophilia scandal was co-organised by Russian intelligence services."
February 5, 2026 at 5:04 PM
"I don't need to tell you how serious the increasingly likely possibility that Russian intelligence services co-organised this operation is for the security of the Polish state. This can only mean that they also possess compromising materials against many leaders still active today."
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According to this article from last week, they were down to 17 attorneys.
So now just 9? In an office that usually has at least 50.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
So now just 9? In an office that usually has at least 50.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
February 2, 2026 at 11:14 PM
According to this article from last week, they were down to 17 attorneys.
So now just 9? In an office that usually has at least 50.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
So now just 9? In an office that usually has at least 50.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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Fed judges are getting PISSED. The levels of overt anger we are seeing in opinions is not, I think, at all usual.
Judge Reyes’s conclusion: “There is an old adage among lawyers. If you have the facts on your side, pound the facts. If you have the law on your side, pound the law. If you have neither, pound the table. … Having neither and bringing the adage into the 21st century, [Noem] pounds X (f/k/a Twitter).”
February 3, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Fed judges are getting PISSED. The levels of overt anger we are seeing in opinions is not, I think, at all usual.
Would it surprise you to know that 15 states have Democratic governing trifectas?
Trump said: “The Republicans should say, we want to take over. We should take over the voting, the voting in at least many, 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.”
Which outlet do think got it right with its headline?
Which outlet do think got it right with its headline?
February 3, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Would it surprise you to know that 15 states have Democratic governing trifectas?
Dude, I guarantee you these 2 people know more than you on this subject.
February 3, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Dude, I guarantee you these 2 people know more than you on this subject.
In life there are things that are dildos and things that are dildonts
This is clearly a dildont.
This is clearly a dildont.
February 2, 2026 at 7:58 PM
In life there are things that are dildos and things that are dildonts
This is clearly a dildont.
This is clearly a dildont.
Let’s say exhibitors eat about $45M through the end of the run. MGM looks to eat about $65M, for a total loss of $110M.
That means the Bezos bribe to Trump of $26M also cost others in the industry another $84M
That means the Bezos bribe to Trump of $26M also cost others in the industry another $84M
Of course, for the theaters most of their money is made in the concessions. Google says add another $15-16 per ticket in concession sales.
Assuming 50% occupancy as target weekend rate, exhibitors probably lost $37M in revenue due to underperformance of Melania this weekend.
Assuming 50% occupancy as target weekend rate, exhibitors probably lost $37M in revenue due to underperformance of Melania this weekend.
February 2, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Let’s say exhibitors eat about $45M through the end of the run. MGM looks to eat about $65M, for a total loss of $110M.
That means the Bezos bribe to Trump of $26M also cost others in the industry another $84M
That means the Bezos bribe to Trump of $26M also cost others in the industry another $84M
Of course, for the theaters most of their money is made in the concessions. Google says add another $15-16 per ticket in concession sales.
Assuming 50% occupancy as target weekend rate, exhibitors probably lost $37M in revenue due to underperformance of Melania this weekend.
Assuming 50% occupancy as target weekend rate, exhibitors probably lost $37M in revenue due to underperformance of Melania this weekend.
February 2, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Of course, for the theaters most of their money is made in the concessions. Google says add another $15-16 per ticket in concession sales.
Assuming 50% occupancy as target weekend rate, exhibitors probably lost $37M in revenue due to underperformance of Melania this weekend.
Assuming 50% occupancy as target weekend rate, exhibitors probably lost $37M in revenue due to underperformance of Melania this weekend.
Just in case you ever needed some math for a movie opening on 1,778 screens with a $7M box office
February 2, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Just in case you ever needed some math for a movie opening on 1,778 screens with a $7M box office
US movie theaters average 150 seats, present 4 screenings per day, and charge $16.08 per ticket.
So a movie showing on 1,778 screens over 3 days has a box office potential of $51.4M.
A movie making just $7M implies 13.6% of seats were sold.
That’s Wednesday level occupancy, not opening weekend.
So a movie showing on 1,778 screens over 3 days has a box office potential of $51.4M.
A movie making just $7M implies 13.6% of seats were sold.
That’s Wednesday level occupancy, not opening weekend.
February 2, 2026 at 7:08 PM
US movie theaters average 150 seats, present 4 screenings per day, and charge $16.08 per ticket.
So a movie showing on 1,778 screens over 3 days has a box office potential of $51.4M.
A movie making just $7M implies 13.6% of seats were sold.
That’s Wednesday level occupancy, not opening weekend.
So a movie showing on 1,778 screens over 3 days has a box office potential of $51.4M.
A movie making just $7M implies 13.6% of seats were sold.
That’s Wednesday level occupancy, not opening weekend.
There was no one left to speak for me
February 1, 2026 at 8:54 PM
There was no one left to speak for me
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Liam has been on my mind constantly the past 2 weeks. This picture was seared into my brain; it is evidence of the total lack of humanity within this administration.
Many thanks to @danilawaart.bsky.social for allowing me to recreate this beautiful work as crop art.
#cropart #iceout #jamesbaldwin
Many thanks to @danilawaart.bsky.social for allowing me to recreate this beautiful work as crop art.
#cropart #iceout #jamesbaldwin
February 1, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Liam has been on my mind constantly the past 2 weeks. This picture was seared into my brain; it is evidence of the total lack of humanity within this administration.
Many thanks to @danilawaart.bsky.social for allowing me to recreate this beautiful work as crop art.
#cropart #iceout #jamesbaldwin
Many thanks to @danilawaart.bsky.social for allowing me to recreate this beautiful work as crop art.
#cropart #iceout #jamesbaldwin
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Okay! This has already inspired a bunch of DMs, so I made a page on the website. If you have 50,000+ Skymiles and would be willing to book flights to get someone home, please fill this out.
Donate Your Skymiles — Stand With Minnesota
Donate your Delta Skymiles to get people home from Texas
www.standwithminnesota.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Okay! This has already inspired a bunch of DMs, so I made a page on the website. If you have 50,000+ Skymiles and would be willing to book flights to get someone home, please fill this out.
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a woman reached out to donate 500,000 delta skymiles to get people home to MN as they are released from custody in TX.
we're getting flights booked today. it should be enough to get at least 15 people home.
delta should be doing for free since they take ICE money.
we're getting flights booked today. it should be enough to get at least 15 people home.
delta should be doing for free since they take ICE money.
February 1, 2026 at 5:50 PM
a woman reached out to donate 500,000 delta skymiles to get people home to MN as they are released from custody in TX.
we're getting flights booked today. it should be enough to get at least 15 people home.
delta should be doing for free since they take ICE money.
we're getting flights booked today. it should be enough to get at least 15 people home.
delta should be doing for free since they take ICE money.
We have one political party in America so pissed about losing the Civil War that they’re now relitigating the Revolutionary War and have taken the side of the Monarchists
February 1, 2026 at 6:44 PM
We have one political party in America so pissed about losing the Civil War that they’re now relitigating the Revolutionary War and have taken the side of the Monarchists
Hitting him with a bless his heart 😂
February 1, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Hitting him with a bless his heart 😂
This thread is better than anything on TV tonight.
February 1, 2026 at 3:25 AM
This thread is better than anything on TV tonight.
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A pipe burst in one of the Cedar Riverside towers displacing families.
This Go Fund Me helps get them immediate support.
This Go Fund Me helps get them immediate support.
Families displaced by flooding in Cedar-Riverside need immediate support for housing, repairs, and basic needs.
gofund.me/249253790
gofund.me/249253790
February 1, 2026 at 1:16 AM
A pipe burst in one of the Cedar Riverside towers displacing families.
This Go Fund Me helps get them immediate support.
This Go Fund Me helps get them immediate support.