Marshall Lewis Johnson
@mljohnson119.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of English, husband, father, cat/dog dad
This is possibly the funniest takedown of Pinker I’ve ever read.
“As he sets about demonstrating that our apparent irrationalities are in fact the work of our inner game theorists, the reader wonders if he has ever read a novel or interacted with another person.”
—Becca Rothfeld on Pinker
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
—Becca Rothfeld on Pinker
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
Review | To Steven Pinker, human knowledge is just a game
In ‘When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...,’ the best-selling cognitive scientist writes about an interesting subject but gets sidetracked by hobbyhorses
www.washingtonpost.com
October 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
This is possibly the funniest takedown of Pinker I’ve ever read.
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RB RJ Harvey is up for NFL Rookie of the week!
Repost🔄 to congratulate him & don’t forget to vote » buff.ly/cMJA1ba
Repost🔄 to congratulate him & don’t forget to vote » buff.ly/cMJA1ba
September 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
RB RJ Harvey is up for NFL Rookie of the week!
Repost🔄 to congratulate him & don’t forget to vote » buff.ly/cMJA1ba
Repost🔄 to congratulate him & don’t forget to vote » buff.ly/cMJA1ba
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July 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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The idea that the federal government can go before a judge and say, “Yeah we arrested the wrong guy, but too bad, so sad” is not alarming nearly enough people yet.
April 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The idea that the federal government can go before a judge and say, “Yeah we arrested the wrong guy, but too bad, so sad” is not alarming nearly enough people yet.
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NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
March 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
Respectfully @warren.senate.gov, and I’d vote for you for president any day without blinking, please do something, anything, besides posting on social media.
It’s alarming that Elon Musk has access to government payment systems used to deliver Social Security and Medicare benefits.
He also drove out the senior career official at Treasury responsible for preventing a potential default on U.S. debt.
Congress must investigate.
He also drove out the senior career official at Treasury responsible for preventing a potential default on U.S. debt.
Congress must investigate.
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Full Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Respectfully @warren.senate.gov, and I’d vote for you for president any day without blinking, please do something, anything, besides posting on social media.
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“We’re going to be the social network that lets you - encourages you - to say slurs”
January 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“We’re going to be the social network that lets you - encourages you - to say slurs”
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If Donald Trump didn’t want to be the first convicted felon president, maybe he shouldn’t have been a convicted felon who ran for president.
January 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
If Donald Trump didn’t want to be the first convicted felon president, maybe he shouldn’t have been a convicted felon who ran for president.
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pro tip: if you said nothing when Donald Trump pardoned donors, cronies, extended family members and war criminals, then sit the fuck down and shut the fuck up about Joe Biden pardoning his own son. just put a fucking sock in it
December 2, 2024 at 12:37 AM
pro tip: if you said nothing when Donald Trump pardoned donors, cronies, extended family members and war criminals, then sit the fuck down and shut the fuck up about Joe Biden pardoning his own son. just put a fucking sock in it
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academics are amazing because each of them, in getting a phd, wrote an entire book that nobody will ever read (their dissertation). you would think that would lead to total ego death but let me tell you buddy
November 16, 2024 at 12:35 AM
academics are amazing because each of them, in getting a phd, wrote an entire book that nobody will ever read (their dissertation). you would think that would lead to total ego death but let me tell you buddy
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I'm sure this Cabinet of inexperienced grifters who excel solely at advancing their own careers will produce an administration that runs like a well-oiled machine.
November 13, 2024 at 9:19 PM
I'm sure this Cabinet of inexperienced grifters who excel solely at advancing their own careers will produce an administration that runs like a well-oiled machine.
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Important context for non-scientists:
It is actually *really difficult to get a scientific paper retracted.*
e.g., new evidence indicating scientific misconduct, profound misportrayal of methods/results, or deeply flawed methodology.
Don't treat this lightly.
www.npr.org/sections/hea...
It is actually *really difficult to get a scientific paper retracted.*
e.g., new evidence indicating scientific misconduct, profound misportrayal of methods/results, or deeply flawed methodology.
Don't treat this lightly.
www.npr.org/sections/hea...
Research at the heart of a federal case against the abortion pill has been retracted
A research paper that raises questions about the safety of abortion has been retracted. The research is cited in a federal judge's ruling about the abortion pill mifepristone.
www.npr.org
February 9, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Important context for non-scientists:
It is actually *really difficult to get a scientific paper retracted.*
e.g., new evidence indicating scientific misconduct, profound misportrayal of methods/results, or deeply flawed methodology.
Don't treat this lightly.
www.npr.org/sections/hea...
It is actually *really difficult to get a scientific paper retracted.*
e.g., new evidence indicating scientific misconduct, profound misportrayal of methods/results, or deeply flawed methodology.
Don't treat this lightly.
www.npr.org/sections/hea...
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You love to see it!
Moms for Liberty Completely Collapses in Former Strongholds
Moms for Liberty appears to be slowly imploding.
newrepublic.com
February 9, 2024 at 11:25 PM
You love to see it!
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i alluded to this last night but it is genuinely wild to see these antifederalist dudes basically ask supporters of the constitution, "what if there is a trump?" here's patrick henry at the virginia ratifying convention.
February 8, 2024 at 2:31 AM
i alluded to this last night but it is genuinely wild to see these antifederalist dudes basically ask supporters of the constitution, "what if there is a trump?" here's patrick henry at the virginia ratifying convention.
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All these people talking about how writing is dead, books are dead. Bullshit.
Corporations are attempting to exploit writers and turn them into marketers precisely because writing/books are NOT dead, because writers are good at what they do and people are hungry — will always be hungry—for stories.
Corporations are attempting to exploit writers and turn them into marketers precisely because writing/books are NOT dead, because writers are good at what they do and people are hungry — will always be hungry—for stories.
February 4, 2024 at 6:22 PM
All these people talking about how writing is dead, books are dead. Bullshit.
Corporations are attempting to exploit writers and turn them into marketers precisely because writing/books are NOT dead, because writers are good at what they do and people are hungry — will always be hungry—for stories.
Corporations are attempting to exploit writers and turn them into marketers precisely because writing/books are NOT dead, because writers are good at what they do and people are hungry — will always be hungry—for stories.
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Nevada’s attorney general is investigating Republicans who claimed to be presidential electors for Donald Trump in 2020 even though Joe Biden won the state, according to a person familiar with the probe who spoke about the sensitive matter on the condition of anonymity.
Nevada AG investigates pro-Trump electors who falsely claimed he won
The investigation by Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford (D) is similar to those in other states that are already underway.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 16, 2023 at 5:12 PM
Nevada’s attorney general is investigating Republicans who claimed to be presidential electors for Donald Trump in 2020 even though Joe Biden won the state, according to a person familiar with the probe who spoke about the sensitive matter on the condition of anonymity.
I enjoy the positivity on this site, so I’m just posting to say thanks for keeping this the happy place.
November 13, 2023 at 2:13 AM
I enjoy the positivity on this site, so I’m just posting to say thanks for keeping this the happy place.
No sir
The real battle
Is Taco Bell
Versus Del Taco
Western culture
Insecure masculinity
Something something
Makes Homer go crazy
The real battle
Is Taco Bell
Versus Del Taco
Western culture
Insecure masculinity
Something something
Makes Homer go crazy
October 7, 2023 at 8:11 PM
No sir
The real battle
Is Taco Bell
Versus Del Taco
Western culture
Insecure masculinity
Something something
Makes Homer go crazy
The real battle
Is Taco Bell
Versus Del Taco
Western culture
Insecure masculinity
Something something
Makes Homer go crazy
And attempting terrible poetry.
October 7, 2023 at 8:10 PM
And attempting terrible poetry.
The kind who became a Pearl Jam fan…in 2001.
I can’t imagine any Bsky early adopter was cool in high school, so what kind of loser were you?
October 1, 2023 at 2:46 AM
The kind who became a Pearl Jam fan…in 2001.
Introduce yourself with 3 books you love:
Ulysses, James Joyce
White Teeth, Zadie Smith
Orlando, Virginia Woolf
Ulysses, James Joyce
White Teeth, Zadie Smith
Orlando, Virginia Woolf
Introduce yourself with 3 books you love:
1) The Portrait of a Lady - Henry James
2) Joy in the Morning - PG Wodehouse
3) Possession - AS Byatt
1) The Portrait of a Lady - Henry James
2) Joy in the Morning - PG Wodehouse
3) Possession - AS Byatt
Introduce yourself with 3 books you love:
Orlando by Virginia Woolf
The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington
The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner
Orlando by Virginia Woolf
The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington
The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner
September 24, 2023 at 4:05 AM
Introduce yourself with 3 books you love:
Ulysses, James Joyce
White Teeth, Zadie Smith
Orlando, Virginia Woolf
Ulysses, James Joyce
White Teeth, Zadie Smith
Orlando, Virginia Woolf
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I think about the idea of pre-emeptive aesthetic exhaustion a lot
September 16, 2023 at 3:37 PM
I think about the idea of pre-emeptive aesthetic exhaustion a lot
Counterpoint(?): it’s such an amazing riff that just hearing more of that with less words is just fine with anyone, cuz who wouldn’t listen to Knopfler just playing guitar? I’m conflicted about the original too, but fuck I love that riff…
so that’s a fair point. my counter is how many dudes had it in them at all to look back and say wow I wish I hadn’t done that because I didn’t understand what I was actually doing? because my understanding is that no one demanded it of him, and he felt genuine shame for it
September 3, 2023 at 10:36 PM
Counterpoint(?): it’s such an amazing riff that just hearing more of that with less words is just fine with anyone, cuz who wouldn’t listen to Knopfler just playing guitar? I’m conflicted about the original too, but fuck I love that riff…