Carol Ann Johnston
@ca78john.bsky.social
Early Modern Poetry; Thomas Traherne & Visual Culture; Eudora Welty. Poems in various lit mags. Curiously sincere.🏳️🌈
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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Like they even care about truth...
MS-NOW Analysis Destroys MAGA’s Claim That Renée Nicole Good “Ran Over the ICE Agent”
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MS-NOW Analysis Destroys MAGA’s Claim That Renée Nicole Good “Ran Over the ICE Agent”
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MS-NOW Analysis Destroys MAGA’s Claim That Renée Nicole Good “Ran Over the ICE Agent” - TLP Media
Jen Psaki just absolutely dismantled the latest right wing fairy tale. On Friday’s edition of MS NOW’s The Briefing with
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January 12, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Like they even care about truth...
MS-NOW Analysis Destroys MAGA’s Claim That Renée Nicole Good “Ran Over the ICE Agent”
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MS-NOW Analysis Destroys MAGA’s Claim That Renée Nicole Good “Ran Over the ICE Agent”
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Not content with going full Nazi, Trump has decided we must suffer the worst of the Weimar Republic as well.
January 12, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Not content with going full Nazi, Trump has decided we must suffer the worst of the Weimar Republic as well.
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“I tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.”
— Nina Simone
— Nina Simone
November 17, 2025 at 2:19 AM
“I tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.”
— Nina Simone
— Nina Simone
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This week: we execute a U.S. citizen.
Next week: we take over elections to stop “fraud.”
It's so transparent what's going on here.
Next week: we take over elections to stop “fraud.”
It's so transparent what's going on here.
January 9, 2026 at 2:23 PM
This week: we execute a U.S. citizen.
Next week: we take over elections to stop “fraud.”
It's so transparent what's going on here.
Next week: we take over elections to stop “fraud.”
It's so transparent what's going on here.
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Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
January 8, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
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New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
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January 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
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BREAKING: ICE shooter identified as Jonathan Ross. www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...
Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis
Jonathan Ross was dragged in a separate incident last year by a fleeing driver, according to court records.
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January 8, 2026 at 7:12 PM
BREAKING: ICE shooter identified as Jonathan Ross. www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...
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We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
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January 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
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i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs
January 8, 2026 at 2:18 PM
i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs
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“God damn them all.”
January 8, 2026 at 1:35 PM
“God damn them all.”
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My friend @charlotteclymer.bsky.social has written about Mark Kelly’s distinguished military career. This is not to be missed. open.substack.com/pub/charlott...
The Extraordinary Military Career of Mark Kelly
Good lord, has this man done a lot.
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January 6, 2026 at 2:25 AM
My friend @charlotteclymer.bsky.social has written about Mark Kelly’s distinguished military career. This is not to be missed. open.substack.com/pub/charlott...
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Free people read freely.
“Protecting truth often begins with someone refusing to let it be removed silently.”
@ifrt-ala.bsky.social @uabookbans.bsky.social @la-cac.org
“Protecting truth often begins with someone refusing to let it be removed silently.”
@ifrt-ala.bsky.social @uabookbans.bsky.social @la-cac.org
January 3, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Free people read freely.
“Protecting truth often begins with someone refusing to let it be removed silently.”
@ifrt-ala.bsky.social @uabookbans.bsky.social @la-cac.org
“Protecting truth often begins with someone refusing to let it be removed silently.”
@ifrt-ala.bsky.social @uabookbans.bsky.social @la-cac.org
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New euphemism for "bottomless corruption and naked abuses of power" just dropped
January 4, 2026 at 11:35 AM
New euphemism for "bottomless corruption and naked abuses of power" just dropped
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Ok. So. They anonymised the sheep.
January 4, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Ok. So. They anonymised the sheep.
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A nice thread in which an actual expert patiently explains why the Secretary of Health and Human Service is not simply a liar, but an especially stupid one.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A nice thread in which an actual expert patiently explains why the Secretary of Health and Human Service is not simply a liar, but an especially stupid one.
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DO NOT DRINK THE TUDOR MILK
September 12, 2023 at 9:02 PM
DO NOT DRINK THE TUDOR MILK
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
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December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
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She was fired for teaching what she was hired to teach. She was fired for doing what she did not do. She was fired for breaking a law that does not exist.
Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.
Texas A&M won’t reinstate fired lecturer despite findings
A vice chancellor upheld the firing of Melissa McCoul, seen in a viral video being confronted by a student on her gender identity teachings, saying the termination was done with “good cause.”
www.texastribune.org
December 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
She was fired for teaching what she was hired to teach. She was fired for doing what she did not do. She was fired for breaking a law that does not exist.
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Oh Madone, what a pazzo e testa di cazzo this man is.
December 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Oh Madone, what a pazzo e testa di cazzo this man is.
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Perhaps the guy who doubled his net worth by raking in billions via crypto dinners could put up some of his own cash instead of scamming your grandparents out of $2,500 during the holidays.
December 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Perhaps the guy who doubled his net worth by raking in billions via crypto dinners could put up some of his own cash instead of scamming your grandparents out of $2,500 during the holidays.
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The towering Lerch-san, mascot for Niigata Prefecture, is based on Theodor Von Lerch, an Austro-Hungarian who introduced skiing to Japan in 1911.
December 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The towering Lerch-san, mascot for Niigata Prefecture, is based on Theodor Von Lerch, an Austro-Hungarian who introduced skiing to Japan in 1911.