Jim Johnson
@jimbjohnson.bsky.social
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Alright, fine, I'll get the snowblower off the blocks.
November 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Alright, fine, I'll get the snowblower off the blocks.
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We ain’t buying shit! This Friday ain’t “Black” ‘cuz we got each others’ back.
November 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
We ain’t buying shit! This Friday ain’t “Black” ‘cuz we got each others’ back.
I am the Leo pointing meme every time I'm reading @tombreihan.bsky.social's Number Ones column (it's great, read it!) and he mentions his time in Syracuse.
November 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I am the Leo pointing meme every time I'm reading @tombreihan.bsky.social's Number Ones column (it's great, read it!) and he mentions his time in Syracuse.
What the fuck? I feel like I went into this weekend and somehow wound up in the goddamn Twilight Zone. What the hell happened?
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
What the fuck? I feel like I went into this weekend and somehow wound up in the goddamn Twilight Zone. What the hell happened?
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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The Dems are on the right side of things during the shutdown, but the messaging has been lousy!
Its simple & powerful, if put clearly-
“Republicans have taken American families food hostage in order to pressure Dems to let the President gut their healthcare. This is not an acceptable choice!”
Its simple & powerful, if put clearly-
“Republicans have taken American families food hostage in order to pressure Dems to let the President gut their healthcare. This is not an acceptable choice!”
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The Dems are on the right side of things during the shutdown, but the messaging has been lousy!
Its simple & powerful, if put clearly-
“Republicans have taken American families food hostage in order to pressure Dems to let the President gut their healthcare. This is not an acceptable choice!”
Its simple & powerful, if put clearly-
“Republicans have taken American families food hostage in order to pressure Dems to let the President gut their healthcare. This is not an acceptable choice!”
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One of the few positive aspects of this era in American history is that it's super-easy to identify the villains.
November 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
One of the few positive aspects of this era in American history is that it's super-easy to identify the villains.
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well I for one am shocked that "every aspect of your life gets worse forever and also look at my marble bathroom" did not turn out to be a winning election strategy
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
well I for one am shocked that "every aspect of your life gets worse forever and also look at my marble bathroom" did not turn out to be a winning election strategy
Hey @elienyc.bsky.social, congratulations on getting into Avatar. It's a hall of fame show. But what the fuck is your problem with Bluey?
October 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Hey @elienyc.bsky.social, congratulations on getting into Avatar. It's a hall of fame show. But what the fuck is your problem with Bluey?
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an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can
NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4
October 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can
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Wow, the University of Washington's Psych 201 class does *not* play
go fuckin Huskies
Nazi UW students fuck off
go fuckin Huskies
Nazi UW students fuck off
October 2, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Wow, the University of Washington's Psych 201 class does *not* play
go fuckin Huskies
Nazi UW students fuck off
go fuckin Huskies
Nazi UW students fuck off
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i think possibly the most embarrassing thing about me is i was president of the debate club in high school and that experience really informed my views on people like Kirk and Ted Cruz and the pod save guys. I think debate club is really harmful actually, it basically straight up teaches amorality
“fostering open debate” is studying rhetoric and various fallacies in order to masturbate in public knowledge is not on the table babes!
September 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
i think possibly the most embarrassing thing about me is i was president of the debate club in high school and that experience really informed my views on people like Kirk and Ted Cruz and the pod save guys. I think debate club is really harmful actually, it basically straight up teaches amorality
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i think back on my youth as an angry conservative kid who loved guns and spent way too much time online. i thank my lucky stars every day that i met good people as a young man who had the patience and foresight to guide me out of that stage of my life.
September 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
i think back on my youth as an angry conservative kid who loved guns and spent way too much time online. i thank my lucky stars every day that i met good people as a young man who had the patience and foresight to guide me out of that stage of my life.
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I'm happy that some of @drewmagary.bsky.social's best writing isn't lost.
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Down With Big Gun
Ron Cohen is the CEO of Sig Sauer, the company that produced one of the guns that was used in Friday's Sandy Hook Elementary school massacre. You have probably never heard of Ron Cohen before. I k...
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August 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I'm happy that some of @drewmagary.bsky.social's best writing isn't lost.
www.gawkerarchives.com/5968807/down...
www.gawkerarchives.com/5968807/down...
Okay, this was funny.
"Live Free *AND* Die"
August 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Okay, this was funny.
This is a good message. I hope a lot of people hear it. This is a big tent. Give me the Bulwark former Republicans willing to support any Democrat and Communists willing to support a billionaire.
Everyone's screaming about how the left doesn't compromise and I keep saying I will vote for this guy. I am a communist who will vote for a billionaire. Centrists, tell me about even one instance when you have compromised like anything close to this. Or at all.
I made a promise to the women of Illinois — as governor, I will ensure your medical decisions will be your own.
Now, we continue fulfilling that promise.
Public colleges will now provide contraception and medication abortion at on-campus pharmacies and student health centers.
Now, we continue fulfilling that promise.
Public colleges will now provide contraception and medication abortion at on-campus pharmacies and student health centers.
August 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This is a good message. I hope a lot of people hear it. This is a big tent. Give me the Bulwark former Republicans willing to support any Democrat and Communists willing to support a billionaire.
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It’s pretty simple:
- AI is driving electricity demand up
- The Trump Administration is restricting new electricity supply from being built
- When demand goes up and supply goes down, you pay more for electricity.
- AI is driving electricity demand up
- The Trump Administration is restricting new electricity supply from being built
- When demand goes up and supply goes down, you pay more for electricity.
Breaking News: The Trump administration ordered construction to stop on a $4 billion wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island that has already mostly been built.
Trump Administration Orders Work Halted on Wind Farm That Is Nearly Built
The order to stop construction on Revolution Wind off the coast of Rhode Island is part of a campaign against renewable energy.
nyti.ms
August 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
It’s pretty simple:
- AI is driving electricity demand up
- The Trump Administration is restricting new electricity supply from being built
- When demand goes up and supply goes down, you pay more for electricity.
- AI is driving electricity demand up
- The Trump Administration is restricting new electricity supply from being built
- When demand goes up and supply goes down, you pay more for electricity.
When you get @radiofreetom.bsky.social talking about Star Trek TNG, he starts burning credibility at just south of the "I added a journalist to my secret war group text" rate.
August 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
When you get @radiofreetom.bsky.social talking about Star Trek TNG, he starts burning credibility at just south of the "I added a journalist to my secret war group text" rate.
I once saw someone on Reddit compare listening to @radiofreetom.bsky.social to therapy for people with conservative dads who we desperately hoped would see the light as the GOP fell to evil, but never did.
Probably more than a little accurate. Tom is my favorite podcast guest. Always a delight.
Probably more than a little accurate. Tom is my favorite podcast guest. Always a delight.
July 19, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I once saw someone on Reddit compare listening to @radiofreetom.bsky.social to therapy for people with conservative dads who we desperately hoped would see the light as the GOP fell to evil, but never did.
Probably more than a little accurate. Tom is my favorite podcast guest. Always a delight.
Probably more than a little accurate. Tom is my favorite podcast guest. Always a delight.
Bluesky really Twittered that function, it seems.
July 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Bluesky really Twittered that function, it seems.
I'm very curious to know if @jvl.bsky.social is aware of the Bulwark/Behind the Bastards potential crossover discussion happening on the BTB reddit!
www.reddit.com/r/behindtheb...
www.reddit.com/r/behindtheb...
From the behindthebastards community on Reddit: The Bulwark Podcast is "begging" Robert to come on their podcast, or let them on his.
Explore this post and more from the behindthebastards community
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July 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I'm very curious to know if @jvl.bsky.social is aware of the Bulwark/Behind the Bastards potential crossover discussion happening on the BTB reddit!
www.reddit.com/r/behindtheb...
www.reddit.com/r/behindtheb...