Morgan Johnson
@poormojo.bsky.social
USA Today bestselling author. Book cover artist. He/Him
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Trump is already responsible for the deaths of more Americans than anyone in history not named Jefferson Davis, and it's clear he's not content with second place.
February 13, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Trump is already responsible for the deaths of more Americans than anyone in history not named Jefferson Davis, and it's clear he's not content with second place.
Amazon lost half a TRILLION in value in the last ten days. That number is unreal.
It’s time to tax the rich.
It’s time to tax the rich.
AMAZON FACES LONGEST SLUMP SINCE 2006 Amazon shares are on track for their longest losing streak in nearly 20 years, down 0.8% Friday and nine days in a row. The stock has lost 18%, erasing $470 billion in value, as investors fret over $200 billion in planned 2026 spending
February 13, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Amazon lost half a TRILLION in value in the last ten days. That number is unreal.
It’s time to tax the rich.
It’s time to tax the rich.
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I'm all for pardons and second chances. But it's a hell of a juxtaposition to pardon millionaire NFL players convicted of drug distribution while you're summarily executing impoverished fishermen making a few hundred bucks to shuttle drugs around the Caribbean.
President Trump pardons Hall of Famer Joe Klecko and four other former NFL players
Trump pardoned Klecko, Nate Newton, Jamal Lewis, Travis Henry and the late Billy Cannon for crimes ranging from perjury to drug trafficking.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:46 PM
I'm all for pardons and second chances. But it's a hell of a juxtaposition to pardon millionaire NFL players convicted of drug distribution while you're summarily executing impoverished fishermen making a few hundred bucks to shuttle drugs around the Caribbean.
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In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
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The EU has just voted, by a VERY wide margin, for the full recognition of trans women as women…!
February 12, 2026 at 4:06 PM
The EU has just voted, by a VERY wide margin, for the full recognition of trans women as women…!
Get fucked
BREAKING:
Goldman Sachs's top lawyer, Kathryn Ruemmler, has just resigned in the wake of the Justice Department's release of emails and other material that revealed her extensive relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/b...
Goldman Sachs's top lawyer, Kathryn Ruemmler, has just resigned in the wake of the Justice Department's release of emails and other material that revealed her extensive relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/b...
Goldman’s Top Lawyer Departs Amid Revelations About Her Ties to Epstein
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Get fucked
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Anthropic head of AI safety quits, warning of "world in peril" & announces plan to study creative writing, as my college charges ahead in deal with Anthropic, which trained its tech on at least 25 books taken without permission from our Creative Writing faculty. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Anthropic AI safety researcher quits with 'world in peril' warning
It comes in the same week an OpenAI researcher resigned amid concerns about its decision to start testing ChatGPT ads.
www.bbc.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Anthropic head of AI safety quits, warning of "world in peril" & announces plan to study creative writing, as my college charges ahead in deal with Anthropic, which trained its tech on at least 25 books taken without permission from our Creative Writing faculty. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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We are now here
February 13, 2026 at 2:05 AM
We are now here
Instead of a bunch of ai agents being sort of clever, it was actually a bunch of marketers lying to the press. Will the press learn anything from this? Or will they be born anew every morning with no memory of past misdeeds?
Look, AI is the future, it doesn't matter that half the time it turns out to be a mechanical turk.
It's like how smartphones were the future, but for most of their first decade of sales, half of all smartphones were just refurbished Gameboys that were painted black.
It's like how smartphones were the future, but for most of their first decade of sales, half of all smartphones were just refurbished Gameboys that were painted black.
Moltbook Looked Like An Emerging AI Society, But Humans Were Pulling The Strings
Moltbook is a platform described as a social network built exclusively for AI agents, but now it seems that humans were pulling the strings.
www.forbes.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Instead of a bunch of ai agents being sort of clever, it was actually a bunch of marketers lying to the press. Will the press learn anything from this? Or will they be born anew every morning with no memory of past misdeeds?
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AI is so inherently popular that companies are paying influencers up to $600,000 to tell people how awesome it is:
aftermath.site/ai-influencer-...
aftermath.site/ai-influencer-...
February 13, 2026 at 12:04 AM
AI is so inherently popular that companies are paying influencers up to $600,000 to tell people how awesome it is:
aftermath.site/ai-influencer-...
aftermath.site/ai-influencer-...
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🟠I wanta preface this by saying I think Stranger Things sucks, I've been thinking a lot about ACTUAL kid horror movies from the '80s and what they're ABOUT in a larger context, which is the fundamental neglect at the center of the '80s American Family
February 12, 2026 at 8:07 PM
🟠I wanta preface this by saying I think Stranger Things sucks, I've been thinking a lot about ACTUAL kid horror movies from the '80s and what they're ABOUT in a larger context, which is the fundamental neglect at the center of the '80s American Family
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I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about believing the PR hype shoved on everyone by the class the left despises and that has constantly lied about everything for decades
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 11, 2026 at 6:41 PM
I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about believing the PR hype shoved on everyone by the class the left despises and that has constantly lied about everything for decades
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A historian colleague of mine once blew someone’s mind after he asked “can’t you just look that up online?” and she replied “who do you think finds that stuff and puts it online?”
February 12, 2026 at 6:08 PM
A historian colleague of mine once blew someone’s mind after he asked “can’t you just look that up online?” and she replied “who do you think finds that stuff and puts it online?”
So my apple calendar app seems to have deleted almost everything I had in it. Anyone know why that would happen?
February 12, 2026 at 7:52 PM
So my apple calendar app seems to have deleted almost everything I had in it. Anyone know why that would happen?
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Found a nuanced way to explain the rickety finances of data center development
February 12, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Found a nuanced way to explain the rickety finances of data center development
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Today's newsletter: New piece: after the Guthrie kidnapping, the Kirk assassination, and both Minneapolis shootings, the same thing happened every time. People asked AI to "enhance" blurry footage. AI invented faces.
www.readtpa.com/p/computer-e...
www.readtpa.com/p/computer-e...
Computer, Enhance
People keep running crime footage through AI thinking they’re helping. They’re not.
www.readtpa.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Today's newsletter: New piece: after the Guthrie kidnapping, the Kirk assassination, and both Minneapolis shootings, the same thing happened every time. People asked AI to "enhance" blurry footage. AI invented faces.
www.readtpa.com/p/computer-e...
www.readtpa.com/p/computer-e...
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HIRING MANAGER: Can you explain this gap on your resume?
ME: I was going through an alchemical process.
HIRING MANAGER: Which one?
ME: I don't think you're allowed to ask me.
OWNER CRACKING HIS KNUCKLES: Was there purification with water?
ME: I was going through an alchemical process.
HIRING MANAGER: Which one?
ME: I don't think you're allowed to ask me.
OWNER CRACKING HIS KNUCKLES: Was there purification with water?
February 12, 2026 at 8:01 AM
HIRING MANAGER: Can you explain this gap on your resume?
ME: I was going through an alchemical process.
HIRING MANAGER: Which one?
ME: I don't think you're allowed to ask me.
OWNER CRACKING HIS KNUCKLES: Was there purification with water?
ME: I was going through an alchemical process.
HIRING MANAGER: Which one?
ME: I don't think you're allowed to ask me.
OWNER CRACKING HIS KNUCKLES: Was there purification with water?
All of the people yelling at us for not jumping on the ai hype train have no answer for what to do about the massive environmental damage ai and the data centers cause, or what to do about the work of every living artist having been stolen to train these things.
February 12, 2026 at 5:48 PM
All of the people yelling at us for not jumping on the ai hype train have no answer for what to do about the massive environmental damage ai and the data centers cause, or what to do about the work of every living artist having been stolen to train these things.
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Fuck AI and anybody trying to to sell it to you. They can not be trusted. They are not on our side.
I am pro worker, pro union, pro maker, pro artist. I am anti boss, anti Nazi, anti fascist, anti billionaire, anti oligarch. I believe in reading, writing, education. I don’t believe in a robot voice coaxing you to kill yourself. So yeah, I guess I don’t want ChatGPT to write a fucking email for me
February 12, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Fuck AI and anybody trying to to sell it to you. They can not be trusted. They are not on our side.
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So it’s a race: how quickly can a person’s family realize they were snatched and find a lawyer, and how quickly can that lawyer get a habeas petition of file? And is that faster than ICE can load the detainee on a plane to Texas?
It’s exhausting and terrifying. It can be life and death.
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It’s exhausting and terrifying. It can be life and death.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
So it’s a race: how quickly can a person’s family realize they were snatched and find a lawyer, and how quickly can that lawyer get a habeas petition of file? And is that faster than ICE can load the detainee on a plane to Texas?
It’s exhausting and terrifying. It can be life and death.
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It’s exhausting and terrifying. It can be life and death.
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Legal status doesn’t matter: if you exceed ICE’s melanin threshold, you get snatched. It is ethnic cleansing. There is no other word for it.
The news has shown you video of these often violent detentions. What you don’t see is what happens to these individuals after.
I’ve had a front row seat.
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The news has shown you video of these often violent detentions. What you don’t see is what happens to these individuals after.
I’ve had a front row seat.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Legal status doesn’t matter: if you exceed ICE’s melanin threshold, you get snatched. It is ethnic cleansing. There is no other word for it.
The news has shown you video of these often violent detentions. What you don’t see is what happens to these individuals after.
I’ve had a front row seat.
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The news has shown you video of these often violent detentions. What you don’t see is what happens to these individuals after.
I’ve had a front row seat.
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(And let me note that immigration law FAVORS such horrific outcomes. Asylum is very hard to win. Immigration “court” isn’t a real court. It’s a kangaroo court where DHS is judge, jury, and executioner. You have no right to counsel. And the law tilts against non-citizens all conceivable ways.)
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
(And let me note that immigration law FAVORS such horrific outcomes. Asylum is very hard to win. Immigration “court” isn’t a real court. It’s a kangaroo court where DHS is judge, jury, and executioner. You have no right to counsel. And the law tilts against non-citizens all conceivable ways.)
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Pouring one out at Omelas for the Child Acknowledgment.
February 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Pouring one out at Omelas for the Child Acknowledgment.
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New from 404 Media: we've confirmed cops are buying access to GeoSpy, an AI that can geolocate photos in seconds. Doesn't use metadata, but clues in the photo like soil, architecture, to pinpoint where social media photos taken. Being used in investigations www.404media.co/cops-are-buy...
Cops Are Buying ‘GeoSpy’, an AI That Geolocates Photos in Seconds
404 Media has obtained a cache of internal police emails showing at least two agencies have bought access to GeoSpy, an AI tool that analyzes architecture, soil, and other features to near instantly g...
www.404media.co
February 12, 2026 at 2:17 PM
New from 404 Media: we've confirmed cops are buying access to GeoSpy, an AI that can geolocate photos in seconds. Doesn't use metadata, but clues in the photo like soil, architecture, to pinpoint where social media photos taken. Being used in investigations www.404media.co/cops-are-buy...