Rory Johnston
rnfjohnston.bsky.social
Rory Johnston
@rnfjohnston.bsky.social
lawyer in Vancouver, BC
as a total aside: did Elon walk into his local barbershop and say "give me the Christopher Walken"?
November 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This is a really important time to remind ourselves of how important the right to a jury is.

By all accounts, Sandwich Guy did it. He threw the sandwich. That was never in dispute. I would have to think that most judges, looking at the facts and the law, would have to convict the guy.
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BREAKING: SANDWICH GUY ACQUITTED. NOT GUILTY!
We have reached a verdict: Not guilty.
November 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Yesavage is Old English for "The Savage"
October 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The Montreal Cognitive Assessment is "not the easiest test", if you consider questions like "draw this cube" and "please name this animal" to be difficult
October 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Vladdy: "DAAAAAA YANKEES LOSE!"
October 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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FIFA literally has billions in the bank. They can easily pay people.

My column: theprovince.com/sports/socce...
August 12, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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Marc Maron seems like a good egg.
WATCH: “Are you f*cking out of your mind?”

@marcmaron won’t let @howiemandel downplay the impact comedians like Joe Rogan have had on stripping rights from trans people, immigrants, etc. with “hack” bullying jokes that helped pave the way for Trump & the radical right takeover.
August 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Busted
July 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
On top of all the great things in this video, we get to see that Powell has much better hair than Trump at the end of the clip
Fed Chair Jerome Powell pushes back on President Trump’s budget numbers on-camera.
July 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Jeez, Trump is really going to great lengths to distract us from the Epstein file
July 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Fix the app. Improve the coverage. What are we all paying for?? theprovince.com/sports/hocke...
NHL fans keep losing out online as Sportsnet hikes its price again
Patrick Johnston: Canadian sports fans do have the option of watching just about any sport under the sun, but it's costing more than ever.
theprovince.com
July 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Passing legislation that violates Indigenous rights, spits on privacy, and now, appeasing Trump.

Why the fuck did we want Carney again?
June 30, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Even if you set aside all of the off-ice stuff with Evander Kane -

He's going to be 34 next year. He missed the entire 2024-25 regular season after hip/knee/abdominal surgeries. Why would anyone let EDM dump his contract on them?
June 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Are the Canucks aware Canucks fans fucking hate Evander Kane?
June 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays.

Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.

arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
June 18, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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C-2 will result in mass deportation by administrative means, prevents persecuted individuals from applying asylum in Canada, putting thousands into precarious and vulnerable situations, It’s direct attack on civil liberties. Excellent summary from Guardian 2/: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Canadians said no to Trump – so why is Mark Carney pushing a Maga-inspired border bill? | Erica Ifill
If it goes ahead we will see the construction of a surveillance state that is in some ways worse than the US, writes political columnist Erica Ifill
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
big day for the rarely relevant, under-appreciated Third Amendment
June 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
ICE is saying this because their rank-and-file are unhappy about it. They don't enjoy having to face the reality of what they're doing.

Keep calling them what they are. A demoralized bundle of nazis will lose confidence in their leaders, refuse to obey illegal orders, etc.
If the boot fits...
June 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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The Kiss of Judas, by Luca Giordano, 1655-75, 📸 by @albello55
May 23, 2025 at 2:48 AM
"Some people say you shouldn't accept gifts for the country, my attitude is: 'Why wouldn't I accept a gift?"

- King Priam of Troy
Forbes: The Qataris have been trying to get rid of that ostentatious luxury jet for five years, but no one would buy it. It costs too much to fly, costs more to maintain, and needs too big a landing strip. They had another one they unloaded on Turkey.
Delicious.
www.forbes.com/sites/jeremy...
Why The Qataris Are Happy To Dump Their 747 On Trump
The president may be thirsting for a new four-engine jumbo jet, but many governments and royal families are unloading their fuel-guzzling palaces in the sky.
www.forbes.com
May 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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This is horrifying. What sort of sadists do this to someone?
" ... at the end of the day, when you hold your hand on your chest and you say 'liberty and justice for all,' it should mean something to all of us.”

Interview with the NH man who was detained for two months and mistreated for no good reason. Just an appalling story.

www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Fabian Schmidt speaks out for the first time since his detention
The green card holder, originally from Germany, plans to pursue legal action for 'dehumanizing' ordeal.
www.wgbh.org
May 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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I’m not sure that I’ve seen many better visual representations of what it’s like to be a parent.
Heck of a catch, Dad! 😂
May 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Happy 80th anniversary of Hitler killing himself in his bunker to all who celebrate, which, as I now understand it, is not everybody
April 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Holy smokes he's even dumber than we all thought
This exchange is so very telling.

Trump repeatedly claims the photoshopped MS-13 on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's knuckles is real, Terry Moran keeps telling him it isn't, prompting Trump to say this:

"I never heard of you. I picked you. You’re not being very nice. He had MS-13 tattooed... Just say yes!"
April 30, 2025 at 2:07 AM