Angus Johnston
@angus.bsky.social
CUNY prof. Historian of, and advocate for, student organizing. @studentactivism from Twitter.
"I do actually think she's kind of pretty in a way, but I can just tell she's absolutely miserable to live with."
November 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"I do actually think she's kind of pretty in a way, but I can just tell she's absolutely miserable to live with."
At my polling place seven minutes before polls close.
I believe that there’s an aphorism that provides advice in this situation, if only I could remember what it was.
I believe that there’s an aphorism that provides advice in this situation, if only I could remember what it was.
October 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
At my polling place seven minutes before polls close.
I believe that there’s an aphorism that provides advice in this situation, if only I could remember what it was.
I believe that there’s an aphorism that provides advice in this situation, if only I could remember what it was.
Here's to Diane Arbus's halloween photos—spooky, warm, intimate, tender.
October 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Here's to Diane Arbus's halloween photos—spooky, warm, intimate, tender.
74. This photo from that thread of my daughter Elvis, then aged four, singing at Sun Studios, at a mic that someone else with a similar name may have once sung at.
October 27, 2025 at 4:04 AM
74. This photo from that thread of my daughter Elvis, then aged four, singing at Sun Studios, at a mic that someone else with a similar name may have once sung at.
68. The pencil lead sculptures of Dalton Ghetti.
October 27, 2025 at 3:25 AM
68. The pencil lead sculptures of Dalton Ghetti.
66. This photo of Humphrey Bogart.
October 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
66. This photo of Humphrey Bogart.
Once more for old times’ sake, before he’s gone forever.
October 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Once more for old times’ sake, before he’s gone forever.
I would also accept...
October 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I would also accept...
“You may choose one person to tell you the Aristocrats joke.”
October 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
“You may choose one person to tell you the Aristocrats joke.”
52. This poster, which I bought when I was in junior high school, and which I recently put up on a wall again after multiple decades.
October 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
52. This poster, which I bought when I was in junior high school, and which I recently put up on a wall again after multiple decades.
Ed and Amy think that’s a crap joke.
October 25, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Ed and Amy think that’s a crap joke.
Who robbed the Louvre? Correct (and unfortunately way too obscure to do numbers) answers only.
October 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Correct (and unfortunately way too obscure to do numbers) answers only.
Out here wearing my most patriotic shirt.
October 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Out here wearing my most patriotic shirt.
This guy was a friend of my uncle's from college. He took me to the Kingdome to watch batting practice when I was ten.
It's been a long ride.
It's been a long ride.
October 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
This guy was a friend of my uncle's from college. He took me to the Kingdome to watch batting practice when I was ten.
It's been a long ride.
It's been a long ride.
I'm not going to post a full list of all the categories, because c'mon, dude, no.
But here's what the last two months of the chart looks like. (The red line is the average of all the other lines.)
But here's what the last two months of the chart looks like. (The red line is the average of all the other lines.)
October 16, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I'm not going to post a full list of all the categories, because c'mon, dude, no.
But here's what the last two months of the chart looks like. (The red line is the average of all the other lines.)
But here's what the last two months of the chart looks like. (The red line is the average of all the other lines.)
Maybe not QUITE stealth, but…
October 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Maybe not QUITE stealth, but…
The girlfriend of one of the founders of Antifa.
October 9, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The girlfriend of one of the founders of Antifa.
"Let's do the fucking news."
October 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"Let's do the fucking news."
Well THIS is a hell of a juxtaposition.
September 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Well THIS is a hell of a juxtaposition.