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Jess Johnson
@thejessjohnson.bsky.social
podcaster, writer, Angeleno

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a writer's affirmation:

There are many shelves at Barnes & Noble
June 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
at the #YaleWritersWorkshop this week. first day went great!
June 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
“whose super power is wielding guilt, shame, and depression as a weapon… i dated a guy like that in my 20s”

@ghweldon.bsky.social on PCHH cracking me up

#Thunderbolts
May 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Maybe everyone can see it now, but the world's richest people have tanked it all to restock assets and get liquid after years of illegally playing with funny money. They used "the wokeness" as a cudgel and it worked. The next Disney princess WILL be white, as we all eat beans under the highway.
April 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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so as i understand it the president has driven an improvised fertilizer bomb directly into the foundation of global trade?
April 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
late, but just joined substack: substack.com/@thejessjohn...
Jess Johnson | Substack
substack.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:21 AM
been biking to work and it feels really good
March 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
realizing it’s all in my head
February 20, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government
Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”
Federal health workers terrified after ‘DEI’ website publishes list of ‘targets’
The site calls out workers who have been involved with DEI initiatives. A majority are Black.
www.nbcnews.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Wish I knew somebody who was in one of the two halls of Congress right now.
Congress must take action to restore the rule of law.
February 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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There is still beauty in this world
Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:
Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized (Gift Article)
A judge awarded the trademarked name and symbols to a Washington church to help satisfy a $2.8 million judgment against the far-right group.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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film still #41

Britt and Gwendolyn.

#severance
February 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards
robert f. kennedy jr. submits his application to harvard university. his application is, in its entirety, a single page with his name "Robert F. Kennedy Jr."

he is accepted immediately.
January 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
real ones start their new year on the spring equinox
Tbh I feel like February is a better month to start getting your life together for the new year.
January 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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I have a note from my doctor that says everyone has to be nice to me
January 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
getting married at 40 is so chic
January 28, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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oh what could the salute has possibly been
Elon Musk: "race mixing is bad. Italy for Italians!"

*woman next to him moves as far away as possible*
January 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
reminder than you have so much time and it’s not too late
January 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Radical left: all humans should have their basic needs met

Right wingers: anyone that’s not white should be jailed, deported or killed

Centrists: both sides make compelling arguments
January 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
praying for clarity this year
January 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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seems fine
January 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
forever grateful SZA gave us CTRL. an album i’ll be listening to & revisiting for a lifetime
January 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
i’m grateful for my optimism
January 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM