Emily Johnston
@enjohnston.bsky.social
Climate, writing, running, beasts. Valve turner. Host: https://sites.libsyn.com/459540/awabw
poetry: https://www.hummingbirdpoetry.org/books/her-animals-by-emily-johnston-2nd-ed
Making good trouble: troublemakerscommunity.org
poetry: https://www.hummingbirdpoetry.org/books/her-animals-by-emily-johnston-2nd-ed
Making good trouble: troublemakerscommunity.org
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"Fundamentally, life on Earth is rich with subjects....
a thriving whole is the most baseline need that we have; it cannot be 'balanced' against other needs, because it lies at the root of every one of them."
salazarcenter.colostate.edu/sea-change/
a thriving whole is the most baseline need that we have; it cannot be 'balanced' against other needs, because it lies at the root of every one of them."
salazarcenter.colostate.edu/sea-change/
Sea Change - Salazar Center for North American Conservation
Emily Johnston Emily Johnston is a writer and organizer in Seattle. Her book of poetry, Her Animals, was a finalist for the 2016 WA State Book Award. Emily Johnston Writer and organizerJuly […]
salazarcenter.colostate.edu
What if one of the problems with democracy is that we pretend the world is made of only humans?
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Minneapolis has seen a stunning 1,646% spike in calls from families who can't pay rent because they're afraid to leave their homes to work.
This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.
People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.
People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
Hotline operators report flood of calls for rental assistance as residents hide during ICE surge
211 calls from Spanish-speakers have increased more than 1,600 percent and requests for rental assistance have more than tripled, according to Greater Twin Cities United Way. Local officials are pushi...
www.mprnews.org
January 27, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Minneapolis has seen a stunning 1,646% spike in calls from families who can't pay rent because they're afraid to leave their homes to work.
This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.
People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.
People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
I just....
Microsoft Pledged to Save Water. In the A.I. Era, It Expects Water Use to Soar.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:19 PM
I just....
If they can scale the green concrete business, good. But come on....these installations are monstrous in every way, and for what?
We are so far past the point of needing a major national conversation about what we will use & risk our resources for. Right now, it's for dystopia, plain and simple.
We are so far past the point of needing a major national conversation about what we will use & risk our resources for. Right now, it's for dystopia, plain and simple.
Data center energy and water use have gotten a lot of (rightful) attention. But there's another issue that's getting less attention than it should: The immense amount of carbon-intensive concrete needed to build them 🎁🔗
The Data Center Surge Has a Hidden Source of Carbon Emissions
Tech companies are turning to green concrete to help reduce the massive environmental footprint of building out data centers.
www.bloomberg.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:48 PM
If they can scale the green concrete business, good. But come on....these installations are monstrous in every way, and for what?
We are so far past the point of needing a major national conversation about what we will use & risk our resources for. Right now, it's for dystopia, plain and simple.
We are so far past the point of needing a major national conversation about what we will use & risk our resources for. Right now, it's for dystopia, plain and simple.
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Bootlicking for free
SCOOP
Meta has started blocking links to ICE List on Facebook, Instagram and Threads
www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
Meta has started blocking links to ICE List on Facebook, Instagram and Threads
www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
Meta Is Blocking Users From Sharing Website Listing ICE Agents
Users of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Bootlicking for free
Andy Jassy, too.
Amazon and Apple are traitors to all we hold dear.
Amazon and Apple are traitors to all we hold dear.
Hours after Alex Pretti was executed, Apple's Tim Cook went to the WH for the debut of the Melania 'documentary'
His taste and his timing disgust me.
I won't pretend I'm giving up the laptop I'm writing this on, but I'm not buying more of their stuff anytime soon.
spyglass.org/tim-cook-cap...
His taste and his timing disgust me.
I won't pretend I'm giving up the laptop I'm writing this on, but I'm not buying more of their stuff anytime soon.
spyglass.org/tim-cook-cap...
Aside From That, Mr. Cook, What Did You Think of the Movie?
Let them eat popcorn...
spyglass.org
January 27, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Andy Jassy, too.
Amazon and Apple are traitors to all we hold dear.
Amazon and Apple are traitors to all we hold dear.
This is so lovely.
January 27, 2026 at 1:44 AM
This is so lovely.
Well this is a good start.💃
BREAKING: The Border Patrol's Greg Bovino has been ousted from his role of "Commander at Large"—and Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski could be next to lose their jobs, sources tell @nickmiroff.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
January 27, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Well this is a good start.💃
God, yes. A nonbullying nation, stable and reasonably prosperous, with universal healthcare and education and all kinds of other sensible things? Sign us up!
Maybe someday America will decide it wants to fit in with the rest of the world as one of Mark Carney's 'middle powers,' an oversized Belgium or something. I think a majority of Americans would go for it in a heartbeat
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
January 27, 2026 at 12:01 AM
God, yes. A nonbullying nation, stable and reasonably prosperous, with universal healthcare and education and all kinds of other sensible things? Sign us up!
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January 26, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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ICE is cooked.
“We lost all trust,” one current ICE official said. “I’m not sure I can see how we exist three years from now.”
“We lost all trust,” one current ICE official said. “I’m not sure I can see how we exist three years from now.”
A Crisis of Confidence for ICE and Border Patrol as Clashes Escalate
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:33 PM
ICE is cooked.
“We lost all trust,” one current ICE official said. “I’m not sure I can see how we exist three years from now.”
“We lost all trust,” one current ICE official said. “I’m not sure I can see how we exist three years from now.”
ICE is cooked.
“We lost all trust,” one current ICE official said. “I’m not sure I can see how we exist three years from now.”
“We lost all trust,” one current ICE official said. “I’m not sure I can see how we exist three years from now.”
A Crisis of Confidence for ICE and Border Patrol as Clashes Escalate
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:33 PM
ICE is cooked.
“We lost all trust,” one current ICE official said. “I’m not sure I can see how we exist three years from now.”
“We lost all trust,” one current ICE official said. “I’m not sure I can see how we exist three years from now.”
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Republicans: everyone must be able to carry any gun at all times,
up to and including high powered rifles, to protect themselves against tyranny
also Republicans, without batting an eye: carrying a gun is unquestionable justification for federal agents to shoot you dead in the street
up to and including high powered rifles, to protect themselves against tyranny
also Republicans, without batting an eye: carrying a gun is unquestionable justification for federal agents to shoot you dead in the street
January 24, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Republicans: everyone must be able to carry any gun at all times,
up to and including high powered rifles, to protect themselves against tyranny
also Republicans, without batting an eye: carrying a gun is unquestionable justification for federal agents to shoot you dead in the street
up to and including high powered rifles, to protect themselves against tyranny
also Republicans, without batting an eye: carrying a gun is unquestionable justification for federal agents to shoot you dead in the street
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Quick thread on how it is shocking the government has supressed this report, but it is equally shocking that anyone should be surprised by its contents.
www.businessgreen.com/news/4524657...
www.businessgreen.com/news/4524657...
Government accused of 'suppressing' report warning of catastrophic climate risks
The Times reports unabridged version of security services' analysis sets out 'reasonable worst case scenario' where climate impacts trigger mass migration and conflict
www.businessgreen.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Quick thread on how it is shocking the government has supressed this report, but it is equally shocking that anyone should be surprised by its contents.
www.businessgreen.com/news/4524657...
www.businessgreen.com/news/4524657...
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I met an absolutely lovely academic who asked whether my department back home is affected by ICE -- a question dramatizing how little info is getting out.
For the record, the small example I chose:
My dept has a carpool to pick up grad students of color who can't safely commute to campus alone.
For the record, the small example I chose:
My dept has a carpool to pick up grad students of color who can't safely commute to campus alone.
January 22, 2026 at 7:52 PM
I met an absolutely lovely academic who asked whether my department back home is affected by ICE -- a question dramatizing how little info is getting out.
For the record, the small example I chose:
My dept has a carpool to pick up grad students of color who can't safely commute to campus alone.
For the record, the small example I chose:
My dept has a carpool to pick up grad students of color who can't safely commute to campus alone.
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JD Vance compares the Trump/Vance economy to the Titanic.
🤔
🤔
Vance on the economy:
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
January 23, 2026 at 1:54 AM
JD Vance compares the Trump/Vance economy to the Titanic.
🤔
🤔
Is this the grimmest thing I've seen this week? Well, it has a lot of competition, but it's in the running.
"Buy now, pay later" for rent is just the next frontier of predatory extraction.
It's a way of monetizing desperation: turning the basic human need for shelter into yet another fee-laden credit product that will hit the poorest tenants the hardest.
It's a way of monetizing desperation: turning the basic human need for shelter into yet another fee-laden credit product that will hit the poorest tenants the hardest.
January 22, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Is this the grimmest thing I've seen this week? Well, it has a lot of competition, but it's in the running.
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In case you for some reason need a bit of good news this week, India--largest country on earth--seems to be taking a decisive turn toward solar energy
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
We interrupt the madness for a note from the rational world
And an encouraging one, at that!
open.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:49 PM
In case you for some reason need a bit of good news this week, India--largest country on earth--seems to be taking a decisive turn toward solar energy
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
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I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
We love you, Minneapolis.
Also, if people try to stop you from taking care of normal bodily functions? Consider that your current role may not be a normal one.
Maybe you are, in fact, a small, sad piece of a fucking monster that needs to be sent back under the bed.
Also, if people try to stop you from taking care of normal bodily functions? Consider that your current role may not be a normal one.
Maybe you are, in fact, a small, sad piece of a fucking monster that needs to be sent back under the bed.
Border Patrol agents are very sad that everyone in Minnesota hates them.
“At each gas station where the agents stopped to use the restroom, groups of agitators appeared, yelled at them, stalked them, and even tried to prevent law enforcement vehicles from leaving…”
“At each gas station where the agents stopped to use the restroom, groups of agitators appeared, yelled at them, stalked them, and even tried to prevent law enforcement vehicles from leaving…”
January 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM
We love you, Minneapolis.
Also, if people try to stop you from taking care of normal bodily functions? Consider that your current role may not be a normal one.
Maybe you are, in fact, a small, sad piece of a fucking monster that needs to be sent back under the bed.
Also, if people try to stop you from taking care of normal bodily functions? Consider that your current role may not be a normal one.
Maybe you are, in fact, a small, sad piece of a fucking monster that needs to be sent back under the bed.
Nuremberg.
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Nuremberg.
Is this what they call the magic of the market?
I was present for the birth of the web, the explosion of personal sites, and the blogging revolution, and you know what we never had to do? Beg people to use our shit.
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Is this what they call the magic of the market?
Oh, you mean the custom CSAM/suicide advice/stupidification machine that you hoped would render workers unnecessary might not survive into the coming years?
What a SHAME that would be.
What a SHAME that would be.
I was present for the birth of the web, the explosion of personal sites, and the blogging revolution, and you know what we never had to do? Beg people to use our shit.
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Oh, you mean the custom CSAM/suicide advice/stupidification machine that you hoped would render workers unnecessary might not survive into the coming years?
What a SHAME that would be.
What a SHAME that would be.
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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what if every democrat
This week, the House votes on DHS funding.
I will not vote to give ICE a single cent.
No more blank checks for a rogue agency that operates above the law, escalates violence, and erodes our most basic freedoms.
I will not vote to give ICE a single cent.
No more blank checks for a rogue agency that operates above the law, escalates violence, and erodes our most basic freedoms.
January 20, 2026 at 9:55 PM
what if every democrat
I love you Veronika, and this is just what I needed.
Meet Veronika, the first cow known to engage in flexible, multipurpose tool use
A pet cow named Veronika uses a tool in a surprisingly sophisticated way—possibly because she has been allowed to live her best life
www.scientificamerican.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:43 PM
I love you Veronika, and this is just what I needed.