Daniel Johnson
@danielfjohnson.bsky.social
Education in music, but working in IT. Love singing, acting, and writing. Sci-fi, fantasy, and horror geek. He/him. Half-baked short stories at https://vocal.media/authors/daniel-johnson-h0ee040jth
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A selection of shots animated by Geoff King for Song of the Sea (2014), dir. Tomm Moore, Cartoon Saloon
February 7, 2026 at 10:42 PM
A selection of shots animated by Geoff King for Song of the Sea (2014), dir. Tomm Moore, Cartoon Saloon
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"The deployment is on track to exceed $600 million at the one-year mark, in August.
“Despite that significant investment of taxpayer dollars, the National Guard has been unable to identify any measurable public safety outcomes attributable to their presence...”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
“Despite that significant investment of taxpayer dollars, the National Guard has been unable to identify any measurable public safety outcomes attributable to their presence...”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Democrats criticize cost of National Guard deployment in D.C. and its results in new report
The Trump administration deployed National Guard members in August. More than 2,000 are still in Washington.
www.nbcnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:52 PM
"The deployment is on track to exceed $600 million at the one-year mark, in August.
“Despite that significant investment of taxpayer dollars, the National Guard has been unable to identify any measurable public safety outcomes attributable to their presence...”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
“Despite that significant investment of taxpayer dollars, the National Guard has been unable to identify any measurable public safety outcomes attributable to their presence...”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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Apropos of a recent due process discussion
February 7, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Apropos of a recent due process discussion
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NYT confirming MS NOW reporting:
Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop.
Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.
Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop.
Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:10 PM
NYT confirming MS NOW reporting:
Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop.
Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.
Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop.
Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.
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NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
www.democracydocket.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:35 PM
NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
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Shout out to all the amazing Black game developers, media, and creatives across every part of making games. I’m rooting for y’all year-round.
Go follow Black folks making games. We’re often ignored, then imitated. Tag some Black devs below and follow the ones you don’t know yet.
Go follow Black folks making games. We’re often ignored, then imitated. Tag some Black devs below and follow the ones you don’t know yet.
February 1, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Shout out to all the amazing Black game developers, media, and creatives across every part of making games. I’m rooting for y’all year-round.
Go follow Black folks making games. We’re often ignored, then imitated. Tag some Black devs below and follow the ones you don’t know yet.
Go follow Black folks making games. We’re often ignored, then imitated. Tag some Black devs below and follow the ones you don’t know yet.
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February 7, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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ICE is still doing checkpoints in Minneapolis like we are an occupied territory. Life remains really hard here thanks to Trump's thugs.
February 6, 2026 at 2:56 PM
ICE is still doing checkpoints in Minneapolis like we are an occupied territory. Life remains really hard here thanks to Trump's thugs.
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Can we not know the name of the alleged staffer posting racist shit from Trump’s account, or would that be “doxing” too?
1. What is this person’s name?
2. How many of Trump’s posts, which impact the markets & foreign policy, are being made by this person?
3. Have they been fired?
1. What is this person’s name?
2. How many of Trump’s posts, which impact the markets & foreign policy, are being made by this person?
3. Have they been fired?
February 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Can we not know the name of the alleged staffer posting racist shit from Trump’s account, or would that be “doxing” too?
1. What is this person’s name?
2. How many of Trump’s posts, which impact the markets & foreign policy, are being made by this person?
3. Have they been fired?
1. What is this person’s name?
2. How many of Trump’s posts, which impact the markets & foreign policy, are being made by this person?
3. Have they been fired?
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in the elite circles of the US, racism is treated less as a matter of social stratification with direct implications for political stakes and more as a matter of moral etiquette. it is even more notable, then, that this administration can't constrain themselves to the meager associated standards
POLITICO reporting that the White House has now claimed the ape video was an accident and removed it.
February 6, 2026 at 5:18 PM
in the elite circles of the US, racism is treated less as a matter of social stratification with direct implications for political stakes and more as a matter of moral etiquette. it is even more notable, then, that this administration can't constrain themselves to the meager associated standards
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If you, your family, and your friends use GPS, thank her.
An American mathematician. known for her contributions to mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth, and her work on the development of satellite geodesy models, which were later incorporated into the Global Positioning System (GPS).
An American mathematician. known for her contributions to mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth, and her work on the development of satellite geodesy models, which were later incorporated into the Global Positioning System (GPS).
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:03 PM
If you, your family, and your friends use GPS, thank her.
An American mathematician. known for her contributions to mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth, and her work on the development of satellite geodesy models, which were later incorporated into the Global Positioning System (GPS).
An American mathematician. known for her contributions to mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth, and her work on the development of satellite geodesy models, which were later incorporated into the Global Positioning System (GPS).
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Every teen girl wants to read stories about it being the far future and yet it’s all just men named Johnson or Thompson smoking and rolling up their shirt sleeves, and talking about whether or not they’re going to see their mistress before the end of the world
February 6, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Every teen girl wants to read stories about it being the far future and yet it’s all just men named Johnson or Thompson smoking and rolling up their shirt sleeves, and talking about whether or not they’re going to see their mistress before the end of the world
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The more this wockaflocka realizes he'll be remembered as garbage, the more he runs around frantically tryin' to put his name on shit.
February 6, 2026 at 4:22 AM
The more this wockaflocka realizes he'll be remembered as garbage, the more he runs around frantically tryin' to put his name on shit.
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Dr. Patricia Bath & Marian Croak were the first two Black women inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, 2022.
Bath saved the sight of millions with her Laserphaco Probe for cataract treatment. Croak did pioneering work in Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology.
#WomenInSTEM #BHM
Bath saved the sight of millions with her Laserphaco Probe for cataract treatment. Croak did pioneering work in Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology.
#WomenInSTEM #BHM
February 5, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Dr. Patricia Bath & Marian Croak were the first two Black women inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, 2022.
Bath saved the sight of millions with her Laserphaco Probe for cataract treatment. Croak did pioneering work in Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology.
#WomenInSTEM #BHM
Bath saved the sight of millions with her Laserphaco Probe for cataract treatment. Croak did pioneering work in Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology.
#WomenInSTEM #BHM
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Fact that he keeps suggesting this is needed in cities with Black leadership and large voting blocs really ought to factor into the coverage much more than it has.
This is an authoritarian power grab, full stop.
Nationalizing elections would put the executive branch in control of who votes and how. That’s how dictators rig outcomes, crush opposition, and assault democratic self-government.
This should alarm everyone: www.ms.now/news/trump-s...
Nationalizing elections would put the executive branch in control of who votes and how. That’s how dictators rig outcomes, crush opposition, and assault democratic self-government.
This should alarm everyone: www.ms.now/news/trump-s...
Trump suggests federal control of elections in ‘some areas’
In a lengthy interview with NBC, the president said he will accept the results of the midterm elections if they are “honest.”
www.ms.now
February 6, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Fact that he keeps suggesting this is needed in cities with Black leadership and large voting blocs really ought to factor into the coverage much more than it has.
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I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.
February 6, 2026 at 1:36 AM
I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.
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he's so close to figuring it out!
February 5, 2026 at 8:23 PM
he's so close to figuring it out!
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Althea Gibson was the first African American to compete in a pro-world tennis tour and in 1956, the first African American woman to win a Grand Slam title. Overall, Gibson garnered 11 Grand Slam wins, including six singles titles. #BlackHistoryMonth
February 5, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Althea Gibson was the first African American to compete in a pro-world tennis tour and in 1956, the first African American woman to win a Grand Slam title. Overall, Gibson garnered 11 Grand Slam wins, including six singles titles. #BlackHistoryMonth
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Even PBS insists on calling the indiscriminate kidnapping of Black and brown people an “immigration crackdown”
February 6, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Even PBS insists on calling the indiscriminate kidnapping of Black and brown people an “immigration crackdown”
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This is the same Katie Britt who sneered that Dems' reasonable demands for restraints on DHS are a "Christmas list" and blamed Dems after the ICE murder of Renee Good
paragraph 48: "In Mr. Trump’s second term, Ms. Britt has voted in line with the president 100 percent of the time."
February 5, 2026 at 8:12 PM
This is the same Katie Britt who sneered that Dems' reasonable demands for restraints on DHS are a "Christmas list" and blamed Dems after the ICE murder of Renee Good
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Is it morbid fascination that pulls me in each day to see what diseased corruption he’ll manifest next?
February 6, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Is it morbid fascination that pulls me in each day to see what diseased corruption he’ll manifest next?
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NEW: Florida voters have sued Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) over his unilateral effort to launch mid-decade redistricting in the state, arguing that the governor lacks the authority to issue orders to the state legislature. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Voters sue DeSantis for ordering Florida legislature to pursue pro-GOP gerrymander
DeSantis cannot constitutionally issue orders to the state legislature, the suit alleges.
www.democracydocket.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:23 PM
NEW: Florida voters have sued Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) over his unilateral effort to launch mid-decade redistricting in the state, arguing that the governor lacks the authority to issue orders to the state legislature. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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“It seems our university leaders cannot even say that it is wrong to murder a former student in broad daylight because some people might disagree,” geography professor Kate Derickson
Faculty, students push University of Minnesota to denounce ICE and killing of alumnus Alex Pretti
It illustrates the complex balancing act for colleges and universities in responding to ICE actions.
www.startribune.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:43 PM
“It seems our university leaders cannot even say that it is wrong to murder a former student in broad daylight because some people might disagree,” geography professor Kate Derickson
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Trove Of Emails About Pedophilia Reignites Nation’s Love Of Reading https://theonion.com/trove-of-emails-about-pedophilia-reignites-nations-love-of-reading/
February 5, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Trove Of Emails About Pedophilia Reignites Nation’s Love Of Reading https://theonion.com/trove-of-emails-about-pedophilia-reignites-nations-love-of-reading/