Scott Johnson
@lynwoodsj.bsky.social
Musician, writer, former journalist. I have a cat.
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‘I Messed Up At Work Again,’ Crestfallen Michael Waltz Texts Wife, National Geographic Editorial Staff
March 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
‘I Messed Up At Work Again,’ Crestfallen Michael Waltz Texts Wife, National Geographic Editorial Staff
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Oh no
"Wall Street is once again creating and selling securities backed by everything—the more creative the better...Data-center bonds are backed by lease payments from companies that rent out computing capacity."
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
They Crashed the Economy in 2008. Now They’re Back and Bigger Than Ever.
Wall Street expects to sell more than $335 billion in asset-backed debt this year. Remember that conference in ‘The Big Short’? It just drew a record 10,000.
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March 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Oh no
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"We are supposed to treat the worst people in the world as good faith actors, in defiance of logic or compassion or history, and deny the obvious grim conclusions."
-- THEY KNEW (2022)
sarahkendziorbooks.com
-- THEY KNEW (2022)
sarahkendziorbooks.com
February 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"We are supposed to treat the worst people in the world as good faith actors, in defiance of logic or compassion or history, and deny the obvious grim conclusions."
-- THEY KNEW (2022)
sarahkendziorbooks.com
-- THEY KNEW (2022)
sarahkendziorbooks.com
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House Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt
🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
February 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
House Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt
🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
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I DON'T NEED TO SEE THE TOE SUCKING VIDEO ANY MORE THANK YOU
February 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I DON'T NEED TO SEE THE TOE SUCKING VIDEO ANY MORE THANK YOU
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it’s hard not to feel disillusioned when reporting all the flagrantly illegal and terrifying things this government is doing somehow doesn’t fully break through to the mainstream. it feels like cable news and corporate media made a deal to convince people to keep calm and carry on.
February 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
it’s hard not to feel disillusioned when reporting all the flagrantly illegal and terrifying things this government is doing somehow doesn’t fully break through to the mainstream. it feels like cable news and corporate media made a deal to convince people to keep calm and carry on.
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I actually wish the media would stop using "DEI" and "diversity hiring" and just get to the essence of the thing and ask:
"Are you saying that this crash was caused by desegregating the races?"
And see what happens.
"Are you saying that this crash was caused by desegregating the races?"
And see what happens.
REPORTER: Are you saying this crash was somehow was the result of diversity hiring?
TRUMP: It just could have been
TRUMP: It just could have been
January 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I actually wish the media would stop using "DEI" and "diversity hiring" and just get to the essence of the thing and ask:
"Are you saying that this crash was caused by desegregating the races?"
And see what happens.
"Are you saying that this crash was caused by desegregating the races?"
And see what happens.
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I spent so much ink on Gitmo in my book about concentration camps because it was clear that by failing to eliminate detention there, this is where we've been headed for decades. What the US has already done is horrific, and in an unconstitutional no-man's-land, we face the possibility of much worse.
January 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I spent so much ink on Gitmo in my book about concentration camps because it was clear that by failing to eliminate detention there, this is where we've been headed for decades. What the US has already done is horrific, and in an unconstitutional no-man's-land, we face the possibility of much worse.
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We're finally dismantling the federal government! Sure hope it doesn't serve essential functions that I've taken for granted my whole life
January 29, 2025 at 12:04 AM
We're finally dismantling the federal government! Sure hope it doesn't serve essential functions that I've taken for granted my whole life
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it’s quite possible the most embarassing man to ever exist is in charge of the entire government
January 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
it’s quite possible the most embarassing man to ever exist is in charge of the entire government
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I've built a machine that can be Confidently Wrong. It can also make pictures that all look a bit the same, as well as make a video of you kissing any celebrity or person you know. In payment, I'd like to boil the world's oceans dry, & steal all literature. For some reason, my head is not on a spike
January 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I've built a machine that can be Confidently Wrong. It can also make pictures that all look a bit the same, as well as make a video of you kissing any celebrity or person you know. In payment, I'd like to boil the world's oceans dry, & steal all literature. For some reason, my head is not on a spike
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70% of the world’s population has universal healthcare, but not the US
We are the only highly developed nation without it
Our healthcare is twice as expensive as the average wealthy nation
US ranks last among industrial nations for deaths that could be prevented with timely access to healthcare
We are the only highly developed nation without it
Our healthcare is twice as expensive as the average wealthy nation
US ranks last among industrial nations for deaths that could be prevented with timely access to healthcare
January 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
70% of the world’s population has universal healthcare, but not the US
We are the only highly developed nation without it
Our healthcare is twice as expensive as the average wealthy nation
US ranks last among industrial nations for deaths that could be prevented with timely access to healthcare
We are the only highly developed nation without it
Our healthcare is twice as expensive as the average wealthy nation
US ranks last among industrial nations for deaths that could be prevented with timely access to healthcare
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What are we DOING here? We're just meant to sit and act like this insane plagiarism and climate threat that requires more money than anything has ever cost is worth it? Are we meant to pretend that ChatGPT is worth this aimless, meaningless destruction of capital and our environment? For what?
Yeah I need way more money than anyone ever got before. I need it because my shit is difficult right now. But it's important in ways even I haven't been able to work out. OpenAI is a serious business. Help me. Please help me please my serious company is so good. Help me
www.cnbc.com/2024/12/27/o...
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December 28, 2024 at 6:47 AM
What are we DOING here? We're just meant to sit and act like this insane plagiarism and climate threat that requires more money than anything has ever cost is worth it? Are we meant to pretend that ChatGPT is worth this aimless, meaningless destruction of capital and our environment? For what?
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"Okay, get some snaps of that Mangione character, but you better not pull any bullshit where he looks like the subject in a 16th century painting called 'Christ taken at the Garden of Gethsemane'."
"Okay, now don't be mad but..."
"Okay, now don't be mad but..."
December 19, 2024 at 9:25 PM
"Okay, get some snaps of that Mangione character, but you better not pull any bullshit where he looks like the subject in a 16th century painting called 'Christ taken at the Garden of Gethsemane'."
"Okay, now don't be mad but..."
"Okay, now don't be mad but..."
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Lots of clarity today
December 19, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Lots of clarity today
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So in Japan there is a Housing Security Benefit of $1000/month if you lose your job (or your business closes), to pay your rent.
This is one of the reasons small, weird businesses thrive in Japan: you're not risking homelessness.
resources.realestate.co.jp/living/what-...
This is one of the reasons small, weird businesses thrive in Japan: you're not risking homelessness.
resources.realestate.co.jp/living/what-...
What if I can't pay my rent? How Japan's Housing Security Benefit System Can Help - Blog
We go over what happens if you aren't able to pay your rent and how you may be able to get help from the Japanese government, in the form of a Housing Security Benefit.
resources.realestate.co.jp
December 16, 2024 at 8:12 AM
So in Japan there is a Housing Security Benefit of $1000/month if you lose your job (or your business closes), to pay your rent.
This is one of the reasons small, weird businesses thrive in Japan: you're not risking homelessness.
resources.realestate.co.jp/living/what-...
This is one of the reasons small, weird businesses thrive in Japan: you're not risking homelessness.
resources.realestate.co.jp/living/what-...
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I do not need rent-seekers protecting me from "unnecessary care." The necessity of care is something I'd prefer to discuss with my physician, not the bean counters.
United CEO Andrew Witty gave an address to the company today (leaked to me), telling employees "we guard against...unnecessary care" and that "There are very few people in the history of the U. S. healthcare industry who had a bigger positive effect on American healthcare than Brian [Thompson]."
December 7, 2024 at 1:05 AM
I do not need rent-seekers protecting me from "unnecessary care." The necessity of care is something I'd prefer to discuss with my physician, not the bean counters.
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This is the ultimate “I apologize if you were offended” moment in world history
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president says he’s 'very sorry' for causing anxiety with martial law declaration.
December 7, 2024 at 1:10 AM
This is the ultimate “I apologize if you were offended” moment in world history
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United CEO Andrew Witty gave an address to the company today (leaked to me), telling employees "we guard against...unnecessary care" and that "There are very few people in the history of the U. S. healthcare industry who had a bigger positive effect on American healthcare than Brian [Thompson]."
December 7, 2024 at 1:03 AM
United CEO Andrew Witty gave an address to the company today (leaked to me), telling employees "we guard against...unnecessary care" and that "There are very few people in the history of the U. S. healthcare industry who had a bigger positive effect on American healthcare than Brian [Thompson]."
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A doctor’s letter to United Healthcare for denying nausea meds for a child on chemo
December 5, 2024 at 3:01 PM
A doctor’s letter to United Healthcare for denying nausea meds for a child on chemo
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People LOATH our healthcare system; the pearl clutchers should ask themselves why
December 4, 2024 at 10:53 PM
People LOATH our healthcare system; the pearl clutchers should ask themselves why
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🧵Martial Law in South Korea: Quick Recap
1/ “To safeguard a liberal South Korea from the threats posed by North Korea’s communist forces and to eliminate antistate elements … I hereby declare emergency martial law.” — South Korean President Yoon Seok Yeol said in a live televised address.
1/ “To safeguard a liberal South Korea from the threats posed by North Korea’s communist forces and to eliminate antistate elements … I hereby declare emergency martial law.” — South Korean President Yoon Seok Yeol said in a live televised address.
December 3, 2024 at 7:43 PM
🧵Martial Law in South Korea: Quick Recap
1/ “To safeguard a liberal South Korea from the threats posed by North Korea’s communist forces and to eliminate antistate elements … I hereby declare emergency martial law.” — South Korean President Yoon Seok Yeol said in a live televised address.
1/ “To safeguard a liberal South Korea from the threats posed by North Korea’s communist forces and to eliminate antistate elements … I hereby declare emergency martial law.” — South Korean President Yoon Seok Yeol said in a live televised address.
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NEW: Formaldehyde contributes more to outdoor cancer risk than any other toxic air pollutant in the US. It comes from cars, trucks, planes and a combination of emissions cooked in the atmosphere.
For the first time, EPA modeled this risk down to the census block — and we mapped it.
For the first time, EPA modeled this risk down to the census block — and we mapped it.
Map: What's the Cancer Risk From Formaldehyde Where I Live? — ProPublica
In most of the country, formaldehyde contributes more to outdoor cancer risk than any other toxic air pollutant. Look up your address to see risks from the chemical on your block and where it comes fr...
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December 3, 2024 at 1:16 PM
NEW: Formaldehyde contributes more to outdoor cancer risk than any other toxic air pollutant in the US. It comes from cars, trucks, planes and a combination of emissions cooked in the atmosphere.
For the first time, EPA modeled this risk down to the census block — and we mapped it.
For the first time, EPA modeled this risk down to the census block — and we mapped it.