Jeanette Johnson
@johnsoj2.bsky.social
Retired school principal. Now I coach school admins who want to be effective leaders without burning themselves out - it’s possible! I love kind people, animals, reading, travel, & good vegetarian food. Dislike cruelty, coffee, and hearing people whistle.
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I’ve been reliably informed that to build new community here I need to post a few things about myself. So please enjoy this picture, of one of the greatest moments of my life - when Duran Duran smiled right at 57 yo Me because I had a sign that made them laugh. 16 yo Me was beside herself.
Was traveling, so I’m a couple of days late with my October @thestorygraph.com - some good reads this month!
November 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Was traveling, so I’m a couple of days late with my October @thestorygraph.com - some good reads this month!
My September @thestorygraph.com wrap up …
October 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
My September @thestorygraph.com wrap up …
My August @thestorygraph.com summary. I also had a rare DNF (“Salt: A World History”).
September 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
My August @thestorygraph.com summary. I also had a rare DNF (“Salt: A World History”).
My July @thestorygraph.com … I think that’s the fewest books in a month since I retired 🤣
August 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
My July @thestorygraph.com … I think that’s the fewest books in a month since I retired 🤣
My May @thestorygraph.com reading summary
June 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
My May @thestorygraph.com reading summary
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NEW: US weather forecasting is in worse shape than previously known, with 30 NWS forecast offices missing meteorologists-in-charge and about a dozen offices at risk of no longer serving their communities 24/7. www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/w...
US weather forecasting is more crippled than previously thought as hurricane season nears | CNN
Several current and former agency meteorologists and staff told CNN they are concerned warnings won’t be issued in time as hurricane season nears.
www.cnn.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
NEW: US weather forecasting is in worse shape than previously known, with 30 NWS forecast offices missing meteorologists-in-charge and about a dozen offices at risk of no longer serving their communities 24/7. www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/w...
My April @thestorygraph.com I read a couple of dense books this month, so my pace was a little slower than it has been. But good stuff, nevertheless.
May 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
My April @thestorygraph.com I read a couple of dense books this month, so my pace was a little slower than it has been. But good stuff, nevertheless.
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i am sure there is nothing wrong that the current secretary of defense is not only sloppy with security but also is an online gambler its not like blackmail or coercion are an issue for guys like that
April 26, 2025 at 3:50 AM
i am sure there is nothing wrong that the current secretary of defense is not only sloppy with security but also is an online gambler its not like blackmail or coercion are an issue for guys like that
My epiphany was when I realized what my job was: 1) ensure a safe campus, so learning can occur; 2) manage the budget so my school has the resources it needs; 3) coach, mentor, support, & develop my staff, who are the ones doing “the work”. That’s it.
www.the-breakthrough-coach.com/when-hands-o...
www.the-breakthrough-coach.com/when-hands-o...
When “Hands ON” Means “Leadership OFF”: How to Flip the Script in your School System - The Breakthrough Coach
Learn how The Breakthrough Coach can help you redefine leadership in your school system. Explore strategies to shift from hands-on management to empowering leadership for greater success.
www.the-breakthrough-coach.com
April 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
My epiphany was when I realized what my job was: 1) ensure a safe campus, so learning can occur; 2) manage the budget so my school has the resources it needs; 3) coach, mentor, support, & develop my staff, who are the ones doing “the work”. That’s it.
www.the-breakthrough-coach.com/when-hands-o...
www.the-breakthrough-coach.com/when-hands-o...
This is a very good thread
I support the US garment industry. I don't believe in making life harder for immigrants or erecting blanket tariffs. So how can we reshore some of our US garment manufacturing without xenophobia or protectionism? Here's my view. 🧵
April 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This is a very good thread
My March @thestorygraph.com - two good memoirs this month!
April 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
My March @thestorygraph.com - two good memoirs this month!
School leaders, you can’t do it all.
You’re not SUPPOSED to do it all.
So stop trying.
Do the work that is yours to do - coaching, mentoring, supporting, guiding, and providing resources to your staff.
#edusky
#schoolprincipal
#leadership
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You’re not SUPPOSED to do it all.
So stop trying.
Do the work that is yours to do - coaching, mentoring, supporting, guiding, and providing resources to your staff.
#edusky
#schoolprincipal
#leadership
www.instagram.com/reel/DG0zxPc...
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March 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
School leaders, you can’t do it all.
You’re not SUPPOSED to do it all.
So stop trying.
Do the work that is yours to do - coaching, mentoring, supporting, guiding, and providing resources to your staff.
#edusky
#schoolprincipal
#leadership
www.instagram.com/reel/DG0zxPc...
You’re not SUPPOSED to do it all.
So stop trying.
Do the work that is yours to do - coaching, mentoring, supporting, guiding, and providing resources to your staff.
#edusky
#schoolprincipal
#leadership
www.instagram.com/reel/DG0zxPc...
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Another SpaceX oopsy seems like a good occasion to share this @propublica.org piece from a few weeks back
One Agency Tried to Regulate SpaceX. Now Its Fate Could Be in Elon Musk’s Hands.
The Trump ally and DOGE chief is expected to turn his budget-slashing sights on the FAA’s little-known commercial spaceflight office, which has proposed fines and grounded SpaceX after explosions and ...
www.propublica.org
March 7, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Another SpaceX oopsy seems like a good occasion to share this @propublica.org piece from a few weeks back
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open.substack.com/pub/noahpini... It’s been evident for some time to anyone paying attention that Trump is a gangster turning the US into a gangster state. The ambush in the White House on Friday morning should make even conservatives sit up and take notice Noah Smith argues
America is ruled by gangsters now
Three takeaways from Trump's disastrous meeting with Zelensky.
open.substack.com
March 2, 2025 at 8:47 AM
open.substack.com/pub/noahpini... It’s been evident for some time to anyone paying attention that Trump is a gangster turning the US into a gangster state. The ambush in the White House on Friday morning should make even conservatives sit up and take notice Noah Smith argues
My February StoryGraph. Expanded repertoire this month thx to @thestorygraph rdg challenges. Some of it has been great- read a terrific nonfiction book about modern art I’d usually never have read- & some of it not so great (currently reading a book that may actually become my 1st DNF book in yrs)
March 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
My February StoryGraph. Expanded repertoire this month thx to @thestorygraph rdg challenges. Some of it has been great- read a terrific nonfiction book about modern art I’d usually never have read- & some of it not so great (currently reading a book that may actually become my 1st DNF book in yrs)
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By going after the most popular government programs, they are thinking long-term, planning for a world where no one defends government agencies because these agencies don’t do anything that we value.
Musk and Trump Are Cutting Popular Programs. That’s Deliberate.
This is how you sever the positive relationship between people and government—ensuring there’s nothing left to defend.
newrepublic.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
By going after the most popular government programs, they are thinking long-term, planning for a world where no one defends government agencies because these agencies don’t do anything that we value.
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60 MINUTES: “Utter nonsense. The most accountable aid agency in the world is USAID… DOGE fired their top 58 officials within an hour of arriving…”
This was never about efficiency.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGLXa9r...
This was never about efficiency.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGLXa9r...
February 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
60 MINUTES: “Utter nonsense. The most accountable aid agency in the world is USAID… DOGE fired their top 58 officials within an hour of arriving…”
This was never about efficiency.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGLXa9r...
This was never about efficiency.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGLXa9r...
This is the perspective shift that changed my view of my role as a #schoolprincipal, and that shift then radically altered what I spent my time doing at work. I was happier & more effective. I wish all school leaders could experience the shift. #EduSky 5.workingdemosite.com/breakthrough...
Embracing the “Captain of the Ship” Mental Model for School Leaders - The Breakthrough Coach
By Andy Johnson, Superintendent, San Marcos Unified School District, San Marcos, CA, and Jill Pancoast, President, The Breakthrough Coach Embracing a mental model of the principal as ‘captain of the ...
5.workingdemosite.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This is the perspective shift that changed my view of my role as a #schoolprincipal, and that shift then radically altered what I spent my time doing at work. I was happier & more effective. I wish all school leaders could experience the shift. #EduSky 5.workingdemosite.com/breakthrough...
My January @thestorygraph.com stats 🥰🤓📚
February 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
My January @thestorygraph.com stats 🥰🤓📚
I’d been fascinated by them for years, had #conjured up a sense of kinship with them. I knew that meeting one, touching it, would be magical. But now, facing one for real, I acknowledged how foolish that dream had been. I wanted to pet it. It wanted to eat me. We were not the same.
#vss365
#hbp94
#vss365
#hbp94
Prose/dialogue: “It wanted to eat me.” #hbp94
January 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
He was the sort of man I instinctively recoiled from: #unctuous and fawning, arrogance oozing from him. His artificially blinding smile tried to lure you into believing he was friendly, harmless, but my gut told me what he really was: a predator in search of prey. And my gut was never wrong.
#vss365
#vss365
January 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Sky and Sea
craft a mosaic
of possibilities
and pipe dreams
I could soar to the heavens
Like a wave driving against #ice
I could sink to the deep
Like a stone dropping through water
I could
But I won’t
Instead I’ll feel black sand tether me to Earth
and picture what might have been
#vss365
craft a mosaic
of possibilities
and pipe dreams
I could soar to the heavens
Like a wave driving against #ice
I could sink to the deep
Like a stone dropping through water
I could
But I won’t
Instead I’ll feel black sand tether me to Earth
and picture what might have been
#vss365
January 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
“You need to leave. Go back. You’re an angel who doesn’t belong in this hell.”
“Oh, really? Then which hell *do* I belong in, exactly?” I was so angry at him, I could feel heat rising off me. I #dusted the ash off me and stood up. “I’m staying. Deal with it. So, what do we do next?”
#vss365
#hbp77
“Oh, really? Then which hell *do* I belong in, exactly?” I was so angry at him, I could feel heat rising off me. I #dusted the ash off me and stood up. “I’m staying. Deal with it. So, what do we do next?”
#vss365
#hbp77
Prose/dialogue: “An angel who doesn’t belong in this hell.” #hbp77
January 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM