kurtis
@kurtismjohnson.me
atlanta. urbanism. bad jokes. braves. most days i'm Orthodox. I enjoy photography and running. #stopcopcity
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Then I read something like this and get frustrated again, but I am forced to remind myself that while the article does address a real problem, it fails to capture the scope and complexity of Orthodoxy as a whole. I'm skeptical of the permanence of this phenomenon. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
November 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Then I read something like this and get frustrated again, but I am forced to remind myself that while the article does address a real problem, it fails to capture the scope and complexity of Orthodoxy as a whole. I'm skeptical of the permanence of this phenomenon. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Getting all religious during the Nativity season.
November 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Getting all religious during the Nativity season.
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
I know it's been making the rounds, but this is evergreen.
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I know it's been making the rounds, but this is evergreen.
I've done so much better about phone/social media usage but now i am replacing that dopamine hit but buying myself little treats on the internet.
mostly: an e-reader, e-books, fountain pens, and tools.
mostly: an e-reader, e-books, fountain pens, and tools.
November 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I've done so much better about phone/social media usage but now i am replacing that dopamine hit but buying myself little treats on the internet.
mostly: an e-reader, e-books, fountain pens, and tools.
mostly: an e-reader, e-books, fountain pens, and tools.
I am an e-reader guy now.
November 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I am an e-reader guy now.
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Last night’s election was big for housing ⬇️
—NIMBY NJ Gubernatorial candidate lost decisively.
—Mamdani, promising to pause rent increases & develop 200k affordable units, won NYC decisively.
—All pro-housing referendums in NYC passed.
—Housing funding measures passed in Columbus & Denver.
—NIMBY NJ Gubernatorial candidate lost decisively.
—Mamdani, promising to pause rent increases & develop 200k affordable units, won NYC decisively.
—All pro-housing referendums in NYC passed.
—Housing funding measures passed in Columbus & Denver.
November 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Last night’s election was big for housing ⬇️
—NIMBY NJ Gubernatorial candidate lost decisively.
—Mamdani, promising to pause rent increases & develop 200k affordable units, won NYC decisively.
—All pro-housing referendums in NYC passed.
—Housing funding measures passed in Columbus & Denver.
—NIMBY NJ Gubernatorial candidate lost decisively.
—Mamdani, promising to pause rent increases & develop 200k affordable units, won NYC decisively.
—All pro-housing referendums in NYC passed.
—Housing funding measures passed in Columbus & Denver.
thing broke yesterday. was a real pos. ordered a brick for my iPhone so we'll see how that goes.
new phone, who dis?
November 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
thing broke yesterday. was a real pos. ordered a brick for my iPhone so we'll see how that goes.
Hot girls and hot boys vote in the Georgia PSC election.
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Hot girls and hot boys vote in the Georgia PSC election.
just popping back in to say that I am a fountain pen guy now
October 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
just popping back in to say that I am a fountain pen guy now
switching to a basic flip phone today. gonna see how it goes. kinda excited to try it. death to apps and tech!
October 22, 2025 at 10:49 AM
switching to a basic flip phone today. gonna see how it goes. kinda excited to try it. death to apps and tech!
what a “crappy” president!!!
haha. this is a joke about the AI generated doodoo video the president posted.
haha. this is a joke about the AI generated doodoo video the president posted.
October 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
what a “crappy” president!!!
haha. this is a joke about the AI generated doodoo video the president posted.
haha. this is a joke about the AI generated doodoo video the president posted.
I love physical books but I’ve finally caved and am just reading ebooks on the iPad now. It’s actually super helpful when you are a completely idiot like me to be able to highlight and “look up” a word you don’t know.
October 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I love physical books but I’ve finally caved and am just reading ebooks on the iPad now. It’s actually super helpful when you are a completely idiot like me to be able to highlight and “look up” a word you don’t know.
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New, by me, on why the City of Atlanta should not extend its TAD (TIF) districts and how it will hurt, not help, low-income Atlantans.
(Bracing for a new round of ad hominem attacks from Mayor Dickens or his staff/lobbyists, but I am traveling so may not see it.)
🧵1/N
(Bracing for a new round of ad hominem attacks from Mayor Dickens or his staff/lobbyists, but I am traveling so may not see it.)
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Extending gentrifying Atlanta’s tax districts for 25 years makes little sense
Atlanta's Tax Allocation Districts (TADs) have run their course and we should find more novel ways to spur prosperity, build housing and assist low-income residents.
www.ajc.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
New, by me, on why the City of Atlanta should not extend its TAD (TIF) districts and how it will hurt, not help, low-income Atlantans.
(Bracing for a new round of ad hominem attacks from Mayor Dickens or his staff/lobbyists, but I am traveling so may not see it.)
🧵1/N
(Bracing for a new round of ad hominem attacks from Mayor Dickens or his staff/lobbyists, but I am traveling so may not see it.)
🧵1/N
it is kinda fun that everyone is talking about the hatch act as if they knew what it was before like 2 weeks ago.
October 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
it is kinda fun that everyone is talking about the hatch act as if they knew what it was before like 2 weeks ago.
I know other people have pointed this out but I remember not being allowed to use Wikipedia for research in school because there was a chance it wasn't legit, but now its probably one of the more accurate sources of information available lmao.
October 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I know other people have pointed this out but I remember not being allowed to use Wikipedia for research in school because there was a chance it wasn't legit, but now its probably one of the more accurate sources of information available lmao.
Sucks that Andre will likely win again regardless, but I like what I have read about Eddie Meredith so far.
www.eddiemeredithformayor.com/_files/ugd/2...
www.eddiemeredithformayor.com/_files/ugd/2...
www.eddiemeredithformayor.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Sucks that Andre will likely win again regardless, but I like what I have read about Eddie Meredith so far.
www.eddiemeredithformayor.com/_files/ugd/2...
www.eddiemeredithformayor.com/_files/ugd/2...
one of my favorite things to do on the computer is to check out different websites.
October 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
one of my favorite things to do on the computer is to check out different websites.
Gonna take the new Kodacolor 200 for a spin. #35mm #filmphotography
October 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Gonna take the new Kodacolor 200 for a spin. #35mm #filmphotography
mariners have the juice.
October 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
mariners have the juice.
i might get into politics just so I can enrich myself and boss other people around.
October 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
i might get into politics just so I can enrich myself and boss other people around.
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Trump to the Israeli parliament today, gloating about U.S. weapons supplied to Israel over the past two years:
"You obviously used them very well."
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
"You obviously used them very well."
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
October 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Trump to the Israeli parliament today, gloating about U.S. weapons supplied to Israel over the past two years:
"You obviously used them very well."
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
"You obviously used them very well."
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
i don’t know anything at all about this mayoral candidate but it will probably be good if she loses.
"It's unfortunate that we do have 300 apartments now instead of a state of the art pickleball racquet center"
a mayoral candidate talking about 300 households that way is displacing my other thoughts about #SandySprings elections. Read There is No Place for Us by @brian-goldstone.bsky.social . 1/2
a mayoral candidate talking about 300 households that way is displacing my other thoughts about #SandySprings elections. Read There is No Place for Us by @brian-goldstone.bsky.social . 1/2
October 13, 2025 at 12:10 PM
i don’t know anything at all about this mayoral candidate but it will probably be good if she loses.
Reading this is almost disorienting. Like he’s showing some self awareness. You expect him to be like “of course I’m going to heaven I invented heaven.”
Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."
October 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Reading this is almost disorienting. Like he’s showing some self awareness. You expect him to be like “of course I’m going to heaven I invented heaven.”