Kar Johnson
@karjohnson.bsky.social
They/them. Writer. Bookseller. Events for Green Apple Books in SF. Oakland-based.
Do no harm, take no shit.
Do no harm, take no shit.
Whenever I hear Paris Hilton’s “Stars Are Blind” in public I usually know I’m with queer people and thus with the right people
September 29, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Whenever I hear Paris Hilton’s “Stars Are Blind” in public I usually know I’m with queer people and thus with the right people
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☀️ 📚 Need summer book recommendations?
We talked w/ SF booksellers (@karjohnson.bsky.social, @greenapplebooks.bsky.social & Camden Avery, @booksmith.bsky.social) and author @thebestjasmine.bsky.social about what they've read recently and what they recommend.
Watch the full interview now on YouTube.
We talked w/ SF booksellers (@karjohnson.bsky.social, @greenapplebooks.bsky.social & Camden Avery, @booksmith.bsky.social) and author @thebestjasmine.bsky.social about what they've read recently and what they recommend.
Watch the full interview now on YouTube.
Summer Books You Can't Miss This Year! | KQED Forum
YouTube video by KQED News
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July 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
☀️ 📚 Need summer book recommendations?
We talked w/ SF booksellers (@karjohnson.bsky.social, @greenapplebooks.bsky.social & Camden Avery, @booksmith.bsky.social) and author @thebestjasmine.bsky.social about what they've read recently and what they recommend.
Watch the full interview now on YouTube.
We talked w/ SF booksellers (@karjohnson.bsky.social, @greenapplebooks.bsky.social & Camden Avery, @booksmith.bsky.social) and author @thebestjasmine.bsky.social about what they've read recently and what they recommend.
Watch the full interview now on YouTube.
I’m so glad it’s Oasis summer. Just having a musical obsession has activated some untapped joy in me and kept me out of trouble.
July 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I’m so glad it’s Oasis summer. Just having a musical obsession has activated some untapped joy in me and kept me out of trouble.
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www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Mumia Abu-Jamal on Trump's America: 'All Is Not Well in Babylon'
Former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal was sentenced to death in 1982 for the murder of a Philadelphia cop, and his freedom was long a prominent cause.
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July 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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🎧 Listen to the podcast!
@thebestjasmine.bsky.social, Camden Avery from @booksmith.bsky.social and @karjohnson.bsky.social from @greenapplebooks.bsky.social spoke with @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social about the latest book trends and their recommendations for summer reads. #booksky
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@thebestjasmine.bsky.social, Camden Avery from @booksmith.bsky.social and @karjohnson.bsky.social from @greenapplebooks.bsky.social spoke with @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social about the latest book trends and their recommendations for summer reads. #booksky
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What’s on Your Summer Reading List?
KQED's Forum · Episode
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June 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
🎧 Listen to the podcast!
@thebestjasmine.bsky.social, Camden Avery from @booksmith.bsky.social and @karjohnson.bsky.social from @greenapplebooks.bsky.social spoke with @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social about the latest book trends and their recommendations for summer reads. #booksky
🔗: buff.ly/gKSVaK0
@thebestjasmine.bsky.social, Camden Avery from @booksmith.bsky.social and @karjohnson.bsky.social from @greenapplebooks.bsky.social spoke with @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social about the latest book trends and their recommendations for summer reads. #booksky
🔗: buff.ly/gKSVaK0
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FRI at 9AM:
@thebestjasmine.bsky.social, Camden Avery from @booksmith.bsky.social and @karjohnson.bsky.social from @greenapplebooks.bsky.social join to talk about what to read this summer.
❓ What's on your summer reading list?
@thebestjasmine.bsky.social, Camden Avery from @booksmith.bsky.social and @karjohnson.bsky.social from @greenapplebooks.bsky.social join to talk about what to read this summer.
❓ What's on your summer reading list?
New and Upcoming Book Releases for Your Summer Reading List | KQED
Authors from the Bay Area and beyond deliver these summertime page-turners and Bay Area readings.
www.kqed.org
June 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
FRI at 9AM:
@thebestjasmine.bsky.social, Camden Avery from @booksmith.bsky.social and @karjohnson.bsky.social from @greenapplebooks.bsky.social join to talk about what to read this summer.
❓ What's on your summer reading list?
@thebestjasmine.bsky.social, Camden Avery from @booksmith.bsky.social and @karjohnson.bsky.social from @greenapplebooks.bsky.social join to talk about what to read this summer.
❓ What's on your summer reading list?
I am dying to play Rue McClanahan on Snatch Game.
May 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I am dying to play Rue McClanahan on Snatch Game.
I counted eight billboards advertising AI on the way into the City. The billboards on the bridge have kind of always been a harbinger of who the City is choosing to cater to, but this just seems ridiculous.
May 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I counted eight billboards advertising AI on the way into the City. The billboards on the bridge have kind of always been a harbinger of who the City is choosing to cater to, but this just seems ridiculous.
Just a reminder that when a world leader is good at their job they’re not in the news every day.
April 19, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Just a reminder that when a world leader is good at their job they’re not in the news every day.
We sell disposable cameras at the store and a very nice young person bought one today and said “I’ve never used one of these before!” at which I smiled and imagined the time-lapse decomposition of my body
March 27, 2025 at 7:48 AM
We sell disposable cameras at the store and a very nice young person bought one today and said “I’ve never used one of these before!” at which I smiled and imagined the time-lapse decomposition of my body
I…I…what
“We applaud the Trump administration for stepping up to end the free trade disaster that has devastated working-class communities for decades. Ending the race to the bottom in the auto industry starts with fixing our broken trade deals.” -UAW President Fain. uaw.org/tariffs-mark...
In a Victory for Autoworkers, Auto Tariffs Mark the Beginning of the End of NAFTA and the “Free Trade” Disaster - UAW | United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
Days after Volkswagen, the #2 automaker in the world, announced making $20.6 billion in profit in 2024, a new UAW survey of VW workers in Chattanooga reveals the devastating financial toll of VW’s sub...
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March 27, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I…I…what
Don’t let Teslas merge.
March 27, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Don’t let Teslas merge.
Love walking through First Fridays about two cocktails deep and taking everything in.
March 8, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Love walking through First Fridays about two cocktails deep and taking everything in.
“I didn’t do it.”—both Bart and O.J. Simpson
March 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
“I didn’t do it.”—both Bart and O.J. Simpson
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The Bureau of Prisons is moving forward with plans to move transgender inmates out of prisons that align with their gender identity and into facilities that align with their assigned sex at birth.
Federal prisons prep to move trans inmates as early as next week
The Bureau of Prisons is moving forward with plans to move transgender inmates out of prisons that align with their gender identity and into facilities that align with their assigned sex at birth.
www.npr.org
February 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The Bureau of Prisons is moving forward with plans to move transgender inmates out of prisons that align with their gender identity and into facilities that align with their assigned sex at birth.
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It’s a good day to punch a Nazi.
January 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
It’s a good day to punch a Nazi.
The man is a billionaire and all he wants to be is a stand-up comedian. He can buy everything except a sense of humor. It is almost a funny movie premise but it’s real and most certainly not funny.
February 22, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The man is a billionaire and all he wants to be is a stand-up comedian. He can buy everything except a sense of humor. It is almost a funny movie premise but it’s real and most certainly not funny.
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by the way these are literally the exact same dumbass motherfuckers, not like them, the literal exact same fucking guys, saying government is inefficient and you should cancel it to give them all the governments money so they can provide you services instead
February 21, 2025 at 4:57 AM
by the way these are literally the exact same dumbass motherfuckers, not like them, the literal exact same fucking guys, saying government is inefficient and you should cancel it to give them all the governments money so they can provide you services instead
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hi 👋🏻 seasoned book publicist here 🤓 a small tip for bookstore events 📚 authors hate it when you ask them dumb questions (where do you get your ideas) but they love it when you ask them smart questions (do you write your book hotdog or hamburger style)
February 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
hi 👋🏻 seasoned book publicist here 🤓 a small tip for bookstore events 📚 authors hate it when you ask them dumb questions (where do you get your ideas) but they love it when you ask them smart questions (do you write your book hotdog or hamburger style)
My spouse and I don’t track one another’s location but we can see what we’re up to based on our Letterboxd activity.
February 16, 2025 at 2:22 AM
My spouse and I don’t track one another’s location but we can see what we’re up to based on our Letterboxd activity.
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"With this remote, which I’m holding for now but, of course, can pass back and forth between us, I promise to cue up episodes of Freaks and Geeks only when we are together after we have finished a hearty pasta salad and are ready to sit and digest."
I Vow, from This Day Forward, to Watch Every Episode of Freaks and Geeks with You
My love, you have been my faithful partner in watching shows on streaming services. Every day, I fall more in love with joining you to watch these ...
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February 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"With this remote, which I’m holding for now but, of course, can pass back and forth between us, I promise to cue up episodes of Freaks and Geeks only when we are together after we have finished a hearty pasta salad and are ready to sit and digest."
Pretty fuckin spineless of Google to just bend to a fascist will so quickly. Y’all know you’re more powerful than that right? Guess not
February 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Pretty fuckin spineless of Google to just bend to a fascist will so quickly. Y’all know you’re more powerful than that right? Guess not
What do I dream about? Immediate karmic retribution for all racists.
February 12, 2025 at 4:47 AM
What do I dream about? Immediate karmic retribution for all racists.