j.j. johnson, unruly Quaker & author
@unrulyquaker.bsky.social
Restorative justice facilitator. Prison & ICE abolitionist. Roller skater.
Harsh on systems, soft on living things.
“Notes from an Unruly Quaker” on Substack.
I write y.a. novels too: Believarexic, The Theory of Everything, This Girl is Different.
Harsh on systems, soft on living things.
“Notes from an Unruly Quaker” on Substack.
I write y.a. novels too: Believarexic, The Theory of Everything, This Girl is Different.
Y’all. 30+ police stormed a Quaker Meetinghouse to arrest members of “Youth Demand”. Phones & laptops confiscated. 6 arrested.
Youth Demand is a youth-led nonviolent resistance campaign focused on gen0cide & climate.
“No-one has been arrested in a Quaker meeting house in living memory.”
Youth Demand is a youth-led nonviolent resistance campaign focused on gen0cide & climate.
“No-one has been arrested in a Quaker meeting house in living memory.”
March 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Y’all. 30+ police stormed a Quaker Meetinghouse to arrest members of “Youth Demand”. Phones & laptops confiscated. 6 arrested.
Youth Demand is a youth-led nonviolent resistance campaign focused on gen0cide & climate.
“No-one has been arrested in a Quaker meeting house in living memory.”
Youth Demand is a youth-led nonviolent resistance campaign focused on gen0cide & climate.
“No-one has been arrested in a Quaker meeting house in living memory.”
Unserious question: when did the tags of Levi’s 501s become as unnecessarily lengthy as CVS receipts?
I buy second-hand, so idk the vintage. But/and these aren’t the tags of my youth. I old.
I buy second-hand, so idk the vintage. But/and these aren’t the tags of my youth. I old.
March 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Unserious question: when did the tags of Levi’s 501s become as unnecessarily lengthy as CVS receipts?
I buy second-hand, so idk the vintage. But/and these aren’t the tags of my youth. I old.
I buy second-hand, so idk the vintage. But/and these aren’t the tags of my youth. I old.
Friends. My heart is heavy. A thread: ICE raid in my neighborhood. Delafield Ave in Durham, NC.
Three neighbors snatched from their home - handcuffed AND CHAINED. They were crying. One was HOODED by ICE. They were so, so scared.
ICE agents - were masked.
Siembra NC Hotline: 336-543-0353
Three neighbors snatched from their home - handcuffed AND CHAINED. They were crying. One was HOODED by ICE. They were so, so scared.
ICE agents - were masked.
Siembra NC Hotline: 336-543-0353
February 14, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Friends. My heart is heavy. A thread: ICE raid in my neighborhood. Delafield Ave in Durham, NC.
Three neighbors snatched from their home - handcuffed AND CHAINED. They were crying. One was HOODED by ICE. They were so, so scared.
ICE agents - were masked.
Siembra NC Hotline: 336-543-0353
Three neighbors snatched from their home - handcuffed AND CHAINED. They were crying. One was HOODED by ICE. They were so, so scared.
ICE agents - were masked.
Siembra NC Hotline: 336-543-0353
I hope he credits his teachers
February 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I hope he credits his teachers
Son is at NC State taking a WOMEN & GENDER course for gen ed & DEI class required by his major (life sciences). He got this email yesterday. For many students (& faculty), this is BAD news—not just bc of missed learning opportunity, but bc f/t tuition may NOT cover a class that isn’t required
![Continued photo of the same email. Body continues: “According to Section 400.1.5[R]
of the
UNC Policy Manual, Regulation Related to Fostering Undergraduate Student Success, withdrawing from this course will be classified as a withdrawal due to extenuating circumstances. This means:
• The withdrawal will not count toward the 16-hour drop limit after the census date.
• A grade of "W" will be recorded on your transcript.
• The course will count as attempted hours and will be subject to all financial aid and Satisfactory Academic
Progress (SAP) rules.
• No tuition or fee refunds will be issued.
Before withdrawing, please consult your academic advisor to ensure this decision does not impact your degree progress.
For students who remain in the course, the course will continue to count towards your degree and GEP requirements. The Provost's Office is working closely with the Council on Undergraduate Education…” then photo cuts off](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:d3o73yrmhzboq2fb3zbjkbzy/bafkreiamvw3wxm3m7mqzwa4ptgoe4vxa37tsfepvqqszsorukm2jbjdoau@jpeg)
February 12, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Son is at NC State taking a WOMEN & GENDER course for gen ed & DEI class required by his major (life sciences). He got this email yesterday. For many students (& faculty), this is BAD news—not just bc of missed learning opportunity, but bc f/t tuition may NOT cover a class that isn’t required
Yep I’m hearing from folks all over confirming this is true of their listservs.
February 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Yep I’m hearing from folks all over confirming this is true of their listservs.
I took a break from thinking about the coup to expound on “why I hate my neighborhood listserv.”
Spoiler alarm: it’s the “polite” racism.
It’s liberal white neighbors centering their own “right” to comfort, encoded in posts about safety and loud noises.
Spoiler alarm: it’s the “polite” racism.
It’s liberal white neighbors centering their own “right” to comfort, encoded in posts about safety and loud noises.
February 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I took a break from thinking about the coup to expound on “why I hate my neighborhood listserv.”
Spoiler alarm: it’s the “polite” racism.
It’s liberal white neighbors centering their own “right” to comfort, encoded in posts about safety and loud noises.
Spoiler alarm: it’s the “polite” racism.
It’s liberal white neighbors centering their own “right” to comfort, encoded in posts about safety and loud noises.
Show up to show you mean what you say.
Show up to honor Dr. King and resist MLK’s Three Evils of Society: racism, materialism, militarism.
Show up for fresh air & friendship.
Show up to find joy in resistance.
Just show up.
RALEIGH
Monday, JAN 20
MOORE SQUARE
201 S BLOUNT ST
3PM
Show up to honor Dr. King and resist MLK’s Three Evils of Society: racism, materialism, militarism.
Show up for fresh air & friendship.
Show up to find joy in resistance.
Just show up.
RALEIGH
Monday, JAN 20
MOORE SQUARE
201 S BLOUNT ST
3PM
January 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Show up to show you mean what you say.
Show up to honor Dr. King and resist MLK’s Three Evils of Society: racism, materialism, militarism.
Show up for fresh air & friendship.
Show up to find joy in resistance.
Just show up.
RALEIGH
Monday, JAN 20
MOORE SQUARE
201 S BLOUNT ST
3PM
Show up to honor Dr. King and resist MLK’s Three Evils of Society: racism, materialism, militarism.
Show up for fresh air & friendship.
Show up to find joy in resistance.
Just show up.
RALEIGH
Monday, JAN 20
MOORE SQUARE
201 S BLOUNT ST
3PM
Dang, I love this so much. Spotted on an architect’s mock-up, on one of those fenced-off construction sites at NC State.
A cheeky Sharpie-wielder wrote what this guy is reading: “Revolutionary Suicide” by (Black Panther) Huey B. Newton. My guy seems to be really enjoying it
A cheeky Sharpie-wielder wrote what this guy is reading: “Revolutionary Suicide” by (Black Panther) Huey B. Newton. My guy seems to be really enjoying it
January 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Dang, I love this so much. Spotted on an architect’s mock-up, on one of those fenced-off construction sites at NC State.
A cheeky Sharpie-wielder wrote what this guy is reading: “Revolutionary Suicide” by (Black Panther) Huey B. Newton. My guy seems to be really enjoying it
A cheeky Sharpie-wielder wrote what this guy is reading: “Revolutionary Suicide” by (Black Panther) Huey B. Newton. My guy seems to be really enjoying it
Whenever we pass Amish folks on the road, my son always semi-yells, “Don’t f*ck with the Amish.”
And I’m like “Ok, I wasn’t planning to anyway?”
But anyways he just shared this. 12 tiny homes in 48 hours for folks in Western NC. That is bad ass. Don’t f*ck with the Amish.
And I’m like “Ok, I wasn’t planning to anyway?”
But anyways he just shared this. 12 tiny homes in 48 hours for folks in Western NC. That is bad ass. Don’t f*ck with the Amish.
January 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Whenever we pass Amish folks on the road, my son always semi-yells, “Don’t f*ck with the Amish.”
And I’m like “Ok, I wasn’t planning to anyway?”
But anyways he just shared this. 12 tiny homes in 48 hours for folks in Western NC. That is bad ass. Don’t f*ck with the Amish.
And I’m like “Ok, I wasn’t planning to anyway?”
But anyways he just shared this. 12 tiny homes in 48 hours for folks in Western NC. That is bad ass. Don’t f*ck with the Amish.
Durham, help stop the funding of $16 mil to a Sheriff-run facility!
Sign the petition bit.ly/Petition16Mil
Join the Jan.4th press conference & rally from 2-4pm | Durham Central Park
Show up to Durham BOCC work sesh Jan.6th at 9am Admin Bldg (200 East Main Street)
… and more!
Sign the petition bit.ly/Petition16Mil
Join the Jan.4th press conference & rally from 2-4pm | Durham Central Park
Show up to Durham BOCC work sesh Jan.6th at 9am Admin Bldg (200 East Main Street)
… and more!
January 4, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Durham, help stop the funding of $16 mil to a Sheriff-run facility!
Sign the petition bit.ly/Petition16Mil
Join the Jan.4th press conference & rally from 2-4pm | Durham Central Park
Show up to Durham BOCC work sesh Jan.6th at 9am Admin Bldg (200 East Main Street)
… and more!
Sign the petition bit.ly/Petition16Mil
Join the Jan.4th press conference & rally from 2-4pm | Durham Central Park
Show up to Durham BOCC work sesh Jan.6th at 9am Admin Bldg (200 East Main Street)
… and more!
You know those mock-ups they wrap around construction fences? God, I truly love that someone with a Sharpie in their hand, liberation in their spirit, and revolution on their mind took the time to imagine the book this smiling fellow in jaunty jorts is reading. (Spotted at NC State)
December 27, 2024 at 3:29 AM
You know those mock-ups they wrap around construction fences? God, I truly love that someone with a Sharpie in their hand, liberation in their spirit, and revolution on their mind took the time to imagine the book this smiling fellow in jaunty jorts is reading. (Spotted at NC State)
Mug I got for my stepfather-in-law, to mark his retirement from being a sociology professor focused on social movements, was a hit if I do say so myself
December 25, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Mug I got for my stepfather-in-law, to mark his retirement from being a sociology professor focused on social movements, was a hit if I do say so myself
Merry Christmas LET’S FLIP SOME TABLES
“cast down the mighty
“lift the lowly
“fill the hungry
“send the rich away…”
art by benwildflowerart
“cast down the mighty
“lift the lowly
“fill the hungry
“send the rich away…”
art by benwildflowerart
December 24, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Merry Christmas LET’S FLIP SOME TABLES
“cast down the mighty
“lift the lowly
“fill the hungry
“send the rich away…”
art by benwildflowerart
“cast down the mighty
“lift the lowly
“fill the hungry
“send the rich away…”
art by benwildflowerart
Hm… Raleigh cop calls Juneteenth a “Made-up holiday,” was named in a suit for a bad no-knock, killed a man in 2016 … and still got TWO RAISES while on leave after the Juneteenth post. All y’all “bad apple” apologists know how the rest of that saying goes, right? www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a...
December 23, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Hm… Raleigh cop calls Juneteenth a “Made-up holiday,” was named in a suit for a bad no-knock, killed a man in 2016 … and still got TWO RAISES while on leave after the Juneteenth post. All y’all “bad apple” apologists know how the rest of that saying goes, right? www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a...
2/2. SB 382 - “Hurricane Recovery Bill” is a total bullshit power grab. Only 13 of 131 pages deal with Helene recovery in any way. These jokers vote today whether to override the Governor’s veto. NC has a lot of good folks but boy howdy, our Rep state legislators are a bunch of power-hungry jerks.
December 11, 2024 at 6:33 PM
2/2. SB 382 - “Hurricane Recovery Bill” is a total bullshit power grab. Only 13 of 131 pages deal with Helene recovery in any way. These jokers vote today whether to override the Governor’s veto. NC has a lot of good folks but boy howdy, our Rep state legislators are a bunch of power-hungry jerks.
Y’all we had a lovely weekend trip to Western North Carolina (Boone area; we made sure we were welcome and not diverting resources) and my God, there is still SO much damage from Hurricane Helene, it’s hard to convey. Meanwhile the NC Legislature is up to there shenanigans with SB 382. 1/2
December 11, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Y’all we had a lovely weekend trip to Western North Carolina (Boone area; we made sure we were welcome and not diverting resources) and my God, there is still SO much damage from Hurricane Helene, it’s hard to convey. Meanwhile the NC Legislature is up to there shenanigans with SB 382. 1/2
Two of my fave photos of Nikki Giovanni. Rest in power.
December 10, 2024 at 11:14 PM
Two of my fave photos of Nikki Giovanni. Rest in power.
Nm all the books on my Xmas list, this is all I want
December 9, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Nm all the books on my Xmas list, this is all I want
Thanksgiving is a filthy lie. If you’re serious about dismantling white supremacy, don’t be celebrating it. Learn about Land back instead.
November 27, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Thanksgiving is a filthy lie. If you’re serious about dismantling white supremacy, don’t be celebrating it. Learn about Land back instead.
9/15/24 - Prison radio reports— Econ & cellmate Trayvon Brown set themselves on fire, hoping to escape the racism, abuse, and inhumane conditions.
These are not isolated acts. In a span of 2 weeks, 12 Black men at Red Onion set themselves ablaze, hoping for relief from torment.
These are not isolated acts. In a span of 2 weeks, 12 Black men at Red Onion set themselves ablaze, hoping for relief from torment.
November 26, 2024 at 9:03 PM
9/15/24 - Prison radio reports— Econ & cellmate Trayvon Brown set themselves on fire, hoping to escape the racism, abuse, and inhumane conditions.
These are not isolated acts. In a span of 2 weeks, 12 Black men at Red Onion set themselves ablaze, hoping for relief from torment.
These are not isolated acts. In a span of 2 weeks, 12 Black men at Red Onion set themselves ablaze, hoping for relief from torment.
Stickers around the neighborhood
November 26, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Stickers around the neighborhood
Tis the season … just say no to Holiday Tradobligations
November 26, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Tis the season … just say no to Holiday Tradobligations