Jessica Johnson
@historyofjess.com
Writer, neurodivergent, bisexual, dog mom, feminist, geek, full of anxiety, wife in a straight-passing but real queer marriage. 🏳️🌈
Trying to fight the good fight over here, but occasionally I have a dog stuck in my lap.
Trying to fight the good fight over here, but occasionally I have a dog stuck in my lap.
I'm going to be thinking about the cold open of that Pluribus finale for awhile.
December 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I'm going to be thinking about the cold open of that Pluribus finale for awhile.
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Step 1: Manhattan.
Step 2: Everywhere else.
Step 2: Everywhere else.
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Step 1: Manhattan.
Step 2: Everywhere else.
Step 2: Everywhere else.
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People have historically, and rightfully, seen the evil of Guantanamo, Abu Gharib, and now CECOT for what it is, but I wish more people would also see the evil in our domestic prisons too. How we treat our most vulnerable, including prisoners, really sets the tone for our whole society.
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
People have historically, and rightfully, seen the evil of Guantanamo, Abu Gharib, and now CECOT for what it is, but I wish more people would also see the evil in our domestic prisons too. How we treat our most vulnerable, including prisoners, really sets the tone for our whole society.
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Oh shit
December 23, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Oh shit
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It's 2025, and we're sharing bootleg 60 Minutes segments broadcast in other countries because our own country is being run by fascists and their billionaire-owned state media helpers, just as the Founding Fathers intended, of course.
December 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
It's 2025, and we're sharing bootleg 60 Minutes segments broadcast in other countries because our own country is being run by fascists and their billionaire-owned state media helpers, just as the Founding Fathers intended, of course.
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
False alarm. It's some other service called hoopla that's logo looks almost exactly the same that I got subscribed to at some point. Very confusing.
I got an email today from Hoopla that they’re shutting down at the end of this week and it’s hard not to think that that’s tied to libraries losing funding and cutting back on services like theirs.
December 23, 2025 at 1:54 AM
False alarm. It's some other service called hoopla that's logo looks almost exactly the same that I got subscribed to at some point. Very confusing.
I got an email today from Hoopla that they’re shutting down at the end of this week and it’s hard not to think that that’s tied to libraries losing funding and cutting back on services like theirs.
December 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I got an email today from Hoopla that they’re shutting down at the end of this week and it’s hard not to think that that’s tied to libraries losing funding and cutting back on services like theirs.
Look I’m not a “fuck your feelings” person…except when it comes to people doing horrendous shit like sending people to torture prisons. Then truly, seriously: fuck your feelings. I don’t get care if you feel bad about it. You should’ve thought of that before you sent people to a torture prisons
The full Weiss memo is dogshit
-who cares if administration figures “regret” sending people to CECOT
-who cares about the criminal histories of the people we sent to CECOT, we sent them to a torture prison
—who cares about the “debate” over the legality of sending people to a torture prison
-who cares if administration figures “regret” sending people to CECOT
-who cares about the criminal histories of the people we sent to CECOT, we sent them to a torture prison
—who cares about the “debate” over the legality of sending people to a torture prison
December 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Look I’m not a “fuck your feelings” person…except when it comes to people doing horrendous shit like sending people to torture prisons. Then truly, seriously: fuck your feelings. I don’t get care if you feel bad about it. You should’ve thought of that before you sent people to a torture prisons
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Found the actual men in women's bathrooms assaulting women.
ICE agents illegally break into a woman's bathroom in a NY nutrition bar manufacturing plant. "Pull up your pants," says a male agent. The agents only had a warrant to review employer documents. They didn't have a warrant to search for, detain, or arrest anyone there.
December 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Found the actual men in women's bathrooms assaulting women.
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yes. she investigated the case of why everyone at the new york times hated her and discovered that it was because she was too smart and too brave.
Asking this seriously: has Bari Weiss ever in her career reported out an investigative story?
December 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
yes. she investigated the case of why everyone at the new york times hated her and discovered that it was because she was too smart and too brave.
Love that tracking helicopters flying over our neighborhoods is just a regular practice for us Chicagoans now. What a time to be alive.
FYI northside of Chicago, fed chopper flying northbound across Lake Michigan, maybe some more ICE bullshit incoming @unraveledpress.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Love that tracking helicopters flying over our neighborhoods is just a regular practice for us Chicagoans now. What a time to be alive.
Me: I'm on vacation now. I can relax and decompress from a busy weekend.
Also me: Fuck! I forgot I have to write a play by 2pm tomorrow.
Also me: Fuck! I forgot I have to write a play by 2pm tomorrow.
December 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Me: I'm on vacation now. I can relax and decompress from a busy weekend.
Also me: Fuck! I forgot I have to write a play by 2pm tomorrow.
Also me: Fuck! I forgot I have to write a play by 2pm tomorrow.
This list is also a great way to find local groups that might need volunteer help. It's how I've found orgs that I've worked with in the past year.
Give Local 2025: Mutual aid groups and nonprofits where you can give — or receive — help over the holidays: blockclubchi.co/4iltzJ1
December 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
This list is also a great way to find local groups that might need volunteer help. It's how I've found orgs that I've worked with in the past year.
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And i’ve said before, guilt is useless and can easily curdle into resentment. A sense of moral obligation and solidarity on the other hand, can be productive.
December 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
And i’ve said before, guilt is useless and can easily curdle into resentment. A sense of moral obligation and solidarity on the other hand, can be productive.
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Mads Mikkelsen reveals he helped his brother Lars Mikkelsen (Thrawn in AHSOKA) build a LEGO Death Star for Christmas.
December 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Mads Mikkelsen reveals he helped his brother Lars Mikkelsen (Thrawn in AHSOKA) build a LEGO Death Star for Christmas.
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This is fantastic news, a triumph of medicine! And the overall cervical cancer rate in Oz is dropping, too, almost certainly due to HPV vaccinations.
And exactly the sort of progress RFK Jr. is trying to kill. Along with killing our citizens.
And exactly the sort of progress RFK Jr. is trying to kill. Along with killing our citizens.
Congrats to Australia, this is really cool!
report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
December 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is fantastic news, a triumph of medicine! And the overall cervical cancer rate in Oz is dropping, too, almost certainly due to HPV vaccinations.
And exactly the sort of progress RFK Jr. is trying to kill. Along with killing our citizens.
And exactly the sort of progress RFK Jr. is trying to kill. Along with killing our citizens.
Goldman joined with Republicans to censure Rashida Tlaib—the only Palestinian American member of Congress—for speaking out against the Israeli government's genocide in Gaza.
So it's pretty fucking rich for him to whine about someone "attacking their own" now.
So it's pretty fucking rich for him to whine about someone "attacking their own" now.
December 22, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Goldman joined with Republicans to censure Rashida Tlaib—the only Palestinian American member of Congress—for speaking out against the Israeli government's genocide in Gaza.
So it's pretty fucking rich for him to whine about someone "attacking their own" now.
So it's pretty fucking rich for him to whine about someone "attacking their own" now.
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Current issue of @theonion.com nails it again.
December 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Current issue of @theonion.com nails it again.
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State run media censors exposé of state run concentration camp
December 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
State run media censors exposé of state run concentration camp
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Pretty sure I've *never* had to apologize for being white, but then again I can't recall doing anything that drew attention to that other than occasionally clapping on the 1 and 3.
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Pretty sure I've *never* had to apologize for being white, but then again I can't recall doing anything that drew attention to that other than occasionally clapping on the 1 and 3.
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Watch Tangerine. For the holidays. Because it’s great. And for James Ransone, who is goddamn great in it. RIP.
December 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Watch Tangerine. For the holidays. Because it’s great. And for James Ransone, who is goddamn great in it. RIP.
I think the reason I never hated Ziggy is because I saw Generation Kill before The Wire and I was already so attached to Ransone after that.
Everything is understandably mentioning The Wire, but James Ransone (RIP) stole the show in Generation Kill.
December 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I think the reason I never hated Ziggy is because I saw Generation Kill before The Wire and I was already so attached to Ransone after that.
What a loss. Such a talent that brought so much vulnerability to his work.
James Ransone, US actor known for The Wire, dies aged 46
James Ransone, US actor known for The Wire, dies aged 46
LA medical examiner reports Ransone, who played Chester ‘Ziggy’ Sobotka in the HBO crime drama, died by suicide
James Ransone, the American actor best known for his work in 12 episodes of The Wire, has died in Los Angeles.
Information from the Los Angeles medical examiner indicated Ransone, 46, died on Friday from suicide. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
What a loss. Such a talent that brought so much vulnerability to his work.
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I feel like I'm going to get a lot of use out of this Pluribus screencap
December 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I feel like I'm going to get a lot of use out of this Pluribus screencap