J Max Johnson
@poetrex.bsky.social
www.poetrex.com Poet, songwriter. Curmudgeon about AI, navies, arms control. Barista at the GOMTO-accredited Memetic Operations Centre of Excellence in Newfoundland & Labrador. Canadian, nonbinary except on full moons when I become a werewife.
I don't know what you're going through
but I see you going through it.
& I don't know when the tunnel ends
but you bring a light into it:
two genocides, democratic backsliding & war in Europe,
it's hard to stay woke when
every news cycle for months feels like
three 9/11s a day & everything's broken
but I see you going through it.
& I don't know when the tunnel ends
but you bring a light into it:
two genocides, democratic backsliding & war in Europe,
it's hard to stay woke when
every news cycle for months feels like
three 9/11s a day & everything's broken
November 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I don't know what you're going through
but I see you going through it.
& I don't know when the tunnel ends
but you bring a light into it:
two genocides, democratic backsliding & war in Europe,
it's hard to stay woke when
every news cycle for months feels like
three 9/11s a day & everything's broken
but I see you going through it.
& I don't know when the tunnel ends
but you bring a light into it:
two genocides, democratic backsliding & war in Europe,
it's hard to stay woke when
every news cycle for months feels like
three 9/11s a day & everything's broken
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This is just to say
the desert has eaten
your trunk
that was atop
your pedestal
and which
you were probably
envisioning
as eternal
forgive me
I couldn’t look
upon your works
and despair
the desert has eaten
your trunk
that was atop
your pedestal
and which
you were probably
envisioning
as eternal
forgive me
I couldn’t look
upon your works
and despair
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and I hope this email finds you well.
November 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
My name is Ozymandias, King of Personal Injury Lawyers. Have you or a Mighty loved one looked upon my Works and despaired? You may be entitled to Erosion!
Call 1-800 PED-ESTAL Today
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I wonder if they'll write her a song, like that Horst guy...
Raise high the Flag! Our Leader's portrait smiling
Commands the Guard to cross the Rubicon.
Comrades shot in the act of Freedom's shrine defiling,
Even in death, shall vouch for QAnon.
Raise high the Flag! Our Leader's portrait smiling
Commands the Guard to cross the Rubicon.
Comrades shot in the act of Freedom's shrine defiling,
Even in death, shall vouch for QAnon.
Ashley Babbit dishonored her service by committing insurrection against her country. While her death is absolutely tragic and I wish it hadn’t happened, the Air Force giving her honors is in itself a dishonor.
August 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I wonder if they'll write her a song, like that Horst guy...
Raise high the Flag! Our Leader's portrait smiling
Commands the Guard to cross the Rubicon.
Comrades shot in the act of Freedom's shrine defiling,
Even in death, shall vouch for QAnon.
Raise high the Flag! Our Leader's portrait smiling
Commands the Guard to cross the Rubicon.
Comrades shot in the act of Freedom's shrine defiling,
Even in death, shall vouch for QAnon.
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folks who are angry about at the Minister of Jobs and Families, the number to call is 819-654-5546. I made my message short - I'm calling to express my displeasure with her decision and I believe it violates the flight attendants' right to strike. The man told me their getting a lot of calls. Share!
This is the first article I've read that mentioned a lockout by Air Canada along with the strike.
"The group called Hajdu’s intervention an “unconstitutional attack on workers’ rights” and said Canada’s labour groups were unanimously calling on the federal government to withdraw its intervention."
"The group called Hajdu’s intervention an “unconstitutional attack on workers’ rights” and said Canada’s labour groups were unanimously calling on the federal government to withdraw its intervention."
Air Canada says CIRB ruled strike is ‘unlawful’ as union vows: ‘Not over’ - National | Globalnews.ca
The airline originally planned to resume some flights on Sunday in response to the Canada Industrial Relations Board ordering it and its flight attendants back to work.
globalnews.ca
August 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
folks who are angry about at the Minister of Jobs and Families, the number to call is 819-654-5546. I made my message short - I'm calling to express my displeasure with her decision and I believe it violates the flight attendants' right to strike. The man told me their getting a lot of calls. Share!
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The guy who imports grey market Pakistani mangos to the nyc area is also one of the funniest people out there. The @dieworkwear.bsky.social of mango importers.
July 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The guy who imports grey market Pakistani mangos to the nyc area is also one of the funniest people out there. The @dieworkwear.bsky.social of mango importers.
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High Treason, by Jose Emilio Pacheco (about Mexico, but the sentiment extends)
July 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
High Treason, by Jose Emilio Pacheco (about Mexico, but the sentiment extends)
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“Newfoundland's trains are long gone, but they're still chugging along the tracks in Chile” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Newfoundland's trains are long gone, but they're still chugging along the tracks in Chile | CBC News
While the trains that once zipped along Newfoundland's rail tracks have been gone for decades, they have not been forgotten. In fact, they're beloved by users in another country who still ride them to...
www.cbc.ca
June 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
“Newfoundland's trains are long gone, but they're still chugging along the tracks in Chile” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Yesterday, assassinations notwithstanding, for the first time in months I saw light at the end of this tunnel. I'm proud of the millions saying NO KINGS, & I applaud our troops for their pathetically uncoordinated march to this maliciously compliant choice of music.
I did not edit this, this is the actual parade with the actual music being played.
CINEMATIC
CINEMATIC
June 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Yesterday, assassinations notwithstanding, for the first time in months I saw light at the end of this tunnel. I'm proud of the millions saying NO KINGS, & I applaud our troops for their pathetically uncoordinated march to this maliciously compliant choice of music.
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Took me a bit to process how big a deal this report actually is--its thus far the only review to look at the entire body of currently available research. It took two years to conduct, stands at 1,000 pages, and completely contradicts the Cass Review and the common arguments for bans on this care.
Republicans in Utah commissioned an investigation into gender-affirming care for trans youth after banning it in 2023.
They're now rejecting the findings of that investigation which showed access to care reduced suicides and improved "positive mental health and psychosocial functioning outcomes."
They're now rejecting the findings of that investigation which showed access to care reduced suicides and improved "positive mental health and psychosocial functioning outcomes."
Utah lawmakers’ own study found gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Will they lift the treatment ban?
The Utah Legislature's own newly-released study found that gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Now, will lawmakers lift the treatment ban?
www.sltrib.com
May 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Took me a bit to process how big a deal this report actually is--its thus far the only review to look at the entire body of currently available research. It took two years to conduct, stands at 1,000 pages, and completely contradicts the Cass Review and the common arguments for bans on this care.
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IMO the affirmative case for religion isn't that it makes people feel better or that it's real, it's that about one third of society needs a church actively telling them to be high trust and pro social or they default to their natural state of adolf treatlerian conspiracy peasants
The answer to the woo problem is something that nobody's going to like - pushing people back to boring, mainstream religion instead of having them create their own version of Christian Science without the God parts through the Internet
May 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
IMO the affirmative case for religion isn't that it makes people feel better or that it's real, it's that about one third of society needs a church actively telling them to be high trust and pro social or they default to their natural state of adolf treatlerian conspiracy peasants
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Following up from our Globe and Mail Op-Ed yesterday (which you can read here www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...) I discuss some of the criticisms of establishing a foreign human intelligence service and address them briefly. open.substack.com/pub/stephani...
A Canadian Foreign Human Intelligence Service: Time to Revisit the Debate
A follow-up to our op-ed in the Globe and Mail...
open.substack.com
May 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Following up from our Globe and Mail Op-Ed yesterday (which you can read here www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...) I discuss some of the criticisms of establishing a foreign human intelligence service and address them briefly. open.substack.com/pub/stephani...
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It's important to understand a few things about Canada's anti-money laundering laws to understand what this story is (and is not) reporting.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
TD Bank closed accounts of pro-China group, ex-Liberal MP Han Dong, records show
Bank had concerns about activities of Toronto group after transactions showed possible money laundering
www.theglobeandmail.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
It's important to understand a few things about Canada's anti-money laundering laws to understand what this story is (and is not) reporting.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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Former commander of Pituffik Susan Meyers must have known that she would be fired for this.
But apparently she found there are bigger considerations at stake than keeping her command.
Question is if we'll see more of this sort in coming months?
Berlingske has obtained her leaked email
#Defence
But apparently she found there are bigger considerations at stake than keeping her command.
Question is if we'll see more of this sort in coming months?
Berlingske has obtained her leaked email
#Defence
April 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Former commander of Pituffik Susan Meyers must have known that she would be fired for this.
But apparently she found there are bigger considerations at stake than keeping her command.
Question is if we'll see more of this sort in coming months?
Berlingske has obtained her leaked email
#Defence
But apparently she found there are bigger considerations at stake than keeping her command.
Question is if we'll see more of this sort in coming months?
Berlingske has obtained her leaked email
#Defence
A cult classic of Canadian cinema! I should revisit this one...
"Ginger Snaps" (2000). How do I only find this film now? Great coming of age-story, very well acted by everyone, the plot keeps you guessing and the sense of humor is supreme. Indie horror done right.
April 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
A cult classic of Canadian cinema! I should revisit this one...
The music and background match. Before I knew the morning news, my usual video became a memorable one. Helicopters, cars, and big guns were pointed at me from all over the place. Police officers looked at me with big smiles. They even said goodbye, saying they would never come back.
– Khing Hnin Wai
– Khing Hnin Wai
April 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The music and background match. Before I knew the morning news, my usual video became a memorable one. Helicopters, cars, and big guns were pointed at me from all over the place. Police officers looked at me with big smiles. They even said goodbye, saying they would never come back.
– Khing Hnin Wai
– Khing Hnin Wai
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If Canada survives another 100 years, Manitoba's moment with Wab Kinew will feature as prominently in the history books as a bunch of other things happening right now.
At a press conference on Wednesday, Winnipeg police confirmed the identity of Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe to be Ashlee Shingoose.
Ashlee’s father Albert Shingoose had one request for Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew: sing a song.
Ashlee’s father Albert Shingoose had one request for Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew: sing a song.
March 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
If Canada survives another 100 years, Manitoba's moment with Wab Kinew will feature as prominently in the history books as a bunch of other things happening right now.
Haven't laughed like this since Doug Ford swallowed a bee on live television in perhaps his most dignified moment of poise & grace.
March 27, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Haven't laughed like this since Doug Ford swallowed a bee on live television in perhaps his most dignified moment of poise & grace.
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At least on one point—we went through this after Miley's post J6 moves—there is no chain of command to worry about if the president wants to launch a nuclear attack. Just him and a phone call to the NCA.
The very worst thing our nation can do, and SecDef doesn't even get a chance to hear about it.
The very worst thing our nation can do, and SecDef doesn't even get a chance to hear about it.
The absolute worst thing about this (which I was late to realize, as were a couple other who think about this stuff), worse than pseudo-PCs on signal, worse than TS on signal to Jeffery fuckin Goldberg, is we have ironclad undeniable proof there is no unified chain, not even a facade
March 26, 2025 at 5:44 AM
At least on one point—we went through this after Miley's post J6 moves—there is no chain of command to worry about if the president wants to launch a nuclear attack. Just him and a phone call to the NCA.
The very worst thing our nation can do, and SecDef doesn't even get a chance to hear about it.
The very worst thing our nation can do, and SecDef doesn't even get a chance to hear about it.
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It’s worth stating this simply: For literally anyone in the US Govt from 1945 to 2025, Signalgate would require an instant resignation—and a criminal investigation. It would be a matter of personal *honor* to resign. The fact Mike Waltz & Pete Hegseth are choosing to fight it out is a terrible omen.
March 26, 2025 at 2:11 AM
It’s worth stating this simply: For literally anyone in the US Govt from 1945 to 2025, Signalgate would require an instant resignation—and a criminal investigation. It would be a matter of personal *honor* to resign. The fact Mike Waltz & Pete Hegseth are choosing to fight it out is a terrible omen.
SECDEF CHALLENGES THE ATLANTIC EDITOR TO JET DUEL
"He's made a profession of exploiting the unfairly slow scan period," said Hegseth on War Thunder's official forums Tuesday, referring to a classified diagram of AESA radar.
"Skill issue," replied Hilary Clinton before moderators locked the thread.
"He's made a profession of exploiting the unfairly slow scan period," said Hegseth on War Thunder's official forums Tuesday, referring to a classified diagram of AESA radar.
"Skill issue," replied Hilary Clinton before moderators locked the thread.
March 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
SECDEF CHALLENGES THE ATLANTIC EDITOR TO JET DUEL
"He's made a profession of exploiting the unfairly slow scan period," said Hegseth on War Thunder's official forums Tuesday, referring to a classified diagram of AESA radar.
"Skill issue," replied Hilary Clinton before moderators locked the thread.
"He's made a profession of exploiting the unfairly slow scan period," said Hegseth on War Thunder's official forums Tuesday, referring to a classified diagram of AESA radar.
"Skill issue," replied Hilary Clinton before moderators locked the thread.