E.K. Johnston
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"the meryl streep of ya". 17 books and counting. i WILL answer your rhetorical questions.
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E.K. Johnston
@ekjohnston.bsky.social
· Oct 18
Another reason I couldn't have written ME2 is that every time Shepard met someone From Before, I would have them say "Are you serious?" so that Shepard could reply "No, I'm Cerberus.", and then I would have been dumped on the side of the Yellowhead with no snowboots.
Comparing this budget to WWII budgets without mentioning that WWII budgets doubled corporate taxes AND taxed excess profits (and created like 20 crown corps to maintain wages and prices) is journalistic malpractice.
I'm upset that the Liberals passed an austerity budget which cuts from social programs instead of TAXING THE FUCKING RICH to fund the military and infrastructure projects he wants to fund but I am really fucking glad we're not going to have a Christmas election
November 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Comparing this budget to WWII budgets without mentioning that WWII budgets doubled corporate taxes AND taxed excess profits (and created like 20 crown corps to maintain wages and prices) is journalistic malpractice.
like, talk to pierre, preferably in french because that's funny
Media: Why didn't you self-immolate your party so we can cover the exciting drama of the government falling and a Christmas election?!?!
Davies: Gosh, when you put it like THAT...
Davies: Gosh, when you put it like THAT...
November 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
like, talk to pierre, preferably in french because that's funny
Oh thank Christ
170
168
GOT PAST THE CONFIDENCE VOTE
168
GOT PAST THE CONFIDENCE VOTE
November 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Oh thank Christ
COME ON GUYS I DON'T NEED HEARTBURN MY DINNER WAS TOO GOOD
CBC: Apparently the NDP won’t announce how it intends to vote ahead of time — meaning we won’t know if the budget will pass or fail until the New Democrat votes are being counted.
🙄
🙄
November 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
COME ON GUYS I DON'T NEED HEARTBURN MY DINNER WAS TOO GOOD
THIRTY MORE MINUTES
CBC: Carney and his govt appear to be operating under the assumption that the budget passes tonight. The prime minister and some members of his cabinet have meetings and events scheduled for tomorrow — suggesting that they think it will be business as usual.
Krista: never let the sharks smell blood
Krista: never let the sharks smell blood
November 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
THIRTY MORE MINUTES
Possibly my best "uh, leftovers!" dinner ever.
November 17, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Possibly my best "uh, leftovers!" dinner ever.
I am extremely invested in this debate.
Guys we need to have a serious intellectual debate here.
is THE MONSTER AT THE END OF THIS BOOK (Jon Stone and Michael Smollin, 1971) horror?
Please defend your answer.
is THE MONSTER AT THE END OF THIS BOOK (Jon Stone and Michael Smollin, 1971) horror?
Please defend your answer.
November 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I am extremely invested in this debate.
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oh, thank God they got Regé-Jean in another rom-com
YOU, ME & TUSCANY | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Universal Pictures
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
oh, thank God they got Regé-Jean in another rom-com
@karenhallionkenney.bsky.social "wins" the Dodge Ball of Apollo.
November 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
@karenhallionkenney.bsky.social "wins" the Dodge Ball of Apollo.
Chewie, we're home.
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Chewie, we're home.
1. *sighs until the end of time*
2. The replies are excellent.
2. The replies are excellent.
This week, I was sent a proof from one of the big publishers. In their pack, they described it as an "anti romantasy".
An anti romantasy.
I have so many thoughts about this, I honestly don't know where to begin.
An anti romantasy.
I have so many thoughts about this, I honestly don't know where to begin.
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
1. *sighs until the end of time*
2. The replies are excellent.
2. The replies are excellent.
Me: *looks out window*
Me: *cancels morning gym*
Me: Thank you, afternoon gym, for making this possible. Resume maximum coze!
Me: *cancels morning gym*
Me: Thank you, afternoon gym, for making this possible. Resume maximum coze!
November 17, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Me: *looks out window*
Me: *cancels morning gym*
Me: Thank you, afternoon gym, for making this possible. Resume maximum coze!
Me: *cancels morning gym*
Me: Thank you, afternoon gym, for making this possible. Resume maximum coze!
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I love Canadian news this week.
We got rival bears, a dude stealing a bus, and 'berta being 'berta baby.
All we need is someone to slap a dead cod fish on someone's desk in the House of Commons and we'll be ON FIRE BABY
We got rival bears, a dude stealing a bus, and 'berta being 'berta baby.
All we need is someone to slap a dead cod fish on someone's desk in the House of Commons and we'll be ON FIRE BABY
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I love Canadian news this week.
We got rival bears, a dude stealing a bus, and 'berta being 'berta baby.
All we need is someone to slap a dead cod fish on someone's desk in the House of Commons and we'll be ON FIRE BABY
We got rival bears, a dude stealing a bus, and 'berta being 'berta baby.
All we need is someone to slap a dead cod fish on someone's desk in the House of Commons and we'll be ON FIRE BABY
Top 5 film genres:
-Charlie Hunnam Cares About His Costars
-Megamind
-Everyone clearly had a blast making this movie
-Lord of the Rings
-Whatever the hell was going on in 80s children's fantasy
-Charlie Hunnam Cares About His Costars
-Megamind
-Everyone clearly had a blast making this movie
-Lord of the Rings
-Whatever the hell was going on in 80s children's fantasy
Top 5 film genres:
-this woman sure is an asshole
-boy, this person just keeps on murderin people huh
-these neurodivergent children are on an ADVENTURE
-these women/girls say they're friends but I don't think that's true
-is that a ghost???
-this woman sure is an asshole
-boy, this person just keeps on murderin people huh
-these neurodivergent children are on an ADVENTURE
-these women/girls say they're friends but I don't think that's true
-is that a ghost???
Top five film genres:
-rustic folk of this town have peculiar religious rituals
-hottest villain ever conceived is doing awful things but shot so erotically that I'm riveted
-these doomed nerds yearn in gay ways, then tragedy or war or something makes it worse
-kaiju
-childless woman wins
-rustic folk of this town have peculiar religious rituals
-hottest villain ever conceived is doing awful things but shot so erotically that I'm riveted
-these doomed nerds yearn in gay ways, then tragedy or war or something makes it worse
-kaiju
-childless woman wins
November 17, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Top 5 film genres:
-Charlie Hunnam Cares About His Costars
-Megamind
-Everyone clearly had a blast making this movie
-Lord of the Rings
-Whatever the hell was going on in 80s children's fantasy
-Charlie Hunnam Cares About His Costars
-Megamind
-Everyone clearly had a blast making this movie
-Lord of the Rings
-Whatever the hell was going on in 80s children's fantasy
Dear @safety.bsky.app
If you want to actually do something useful, make it so that when I hide a reply fir everyone, the reply actually disappears instead of just going to the bottom.
Cheers,
me
If you want to actually do something useful, make it so that when I hide a reply fir everyone, the reply actually disappears instead of just going to the bottom.
Cheers,
me
November 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Dear @safety.bsky.app
If you want to actually do something useful, make it so that when I hide a reply fir everyone, the reply actually disappears instead of just going to the bottom.
Cheers,
me
If you want to actually do something useful, make it so that when I hide a reply fir everyone, the reply actually disappears instead of just going to the bottom.
Cheers,
me
What's your favourite research asterisk?
Mine is: there are only 3 types of sharks that attack humans in double digits*.
*the oceanic white tip probably ate everyone who fell in the ocean in WWII, but we have no witnesses.
Mine is: there are only 3 types of sharks that attack humans in double digits*.
*the oceanic white tip probably ate everyone who fell in the ocean in WWII, but we have no witnesses.
November 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
What's your favourite research asterisk?
Mine is: there are only 3 types of sharks that attack humans in double digits*.
*the oceanic white tip probably ate everyone who fell in the ocean in WWII, but we have no witnesses.
Mine is: there are only 3 types of sharks that attack humans in double digits*.
*the oceanic white tip probably ate everyone who fell in the ocean in WWII, but we have no witnesses.
@gregpak.net the act one break is a "crossing the rubicon" banger, staged on a moving track while all his past and future ghosts pass him.
November 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
@gregpak.net the act one break is a "crossing the rubicon" banger, staged on a moving track while all his past and future ghosts pass him.
Migraine numbers continue to suck today, so we will move very slowly and hope like hell the rest of these pass pages are less nightmarish than the first part.
November 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Migraine numbers continue to suck today, so we will move very slowly and hope like hell the rest of these pass pages are less nightmarish than the first part.
Let's finish this.
November 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Let's finish this.
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Charlotte friends, if you know an org that needs whistles, you know who to call. 💕
I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte.
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
“When the 8 African American sheriffs took over the largest counties in North Carolina, it became a threat to the good ol’ boy system,” says the sheriff of Charlotte. These new sheriffs broke ties with ICE.
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
November 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Charlotte friends, if you know an org that needs whistles, you know who to call. 💕
Reposted by E.K. Johnston
I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte.
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
“When the 8 African American sheriffs took over the largest counties in North Carolina, it became a threat to the good ol’ boy system,” says the sheriff of Charlotte. These new sheriffs broke ties with ICE.
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
North Carolina GOP Is Cracking Down on the Black Sheriffs Who Stood Up to ICE
Boosted by new supermajorities, Republicans are closing in on legislation to mandate more collaboration with ICE and preempt local policies hard-won by immigrants’ rights advocates.
boltsmag.org
November 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte.
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
Solas: I can't bring a spirit back once it dies in this world.
Emmrich: Skill issue.
Emmrich: Skill issue.
November 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Solas: I can't bring a spirit back once it dies in this world.
Emmrich: Skill issue.
Emmrich: Skill issue.
Me, with a giant post-drafting To Do list this weekend: I am legitimately excited about this.
My head: You know what we haven't had in a while?
Me: ...no, not today, I have pla--
My head: A migraine!
My head: You know what we haven't had in a while?
Me: ...no, not today, I have pla--
My head: A migraine!
November 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Me, with a giant post-drafting To Do list this weekend: I am legitimately excited about this.
My head: You know what we haven't had in a while?
Me: ...no, not today, I have pla--
My head: A migraine!
My head: You know what we haven't had in a while?
Me: ...no, not today, I have pla--
My head: A migraine!
Sometimes I finish a draft AND leave the house.
Fab dinner out at Bluebird w/ @ekjohnston.bsky.social and @amyhetherington.bsky.social!
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Sometimes I finish a draft AND leave the house.