Derek Johnson
@derekjjohnson.bsky.social
music lover, liberal, data scientist, community owner Minnesota Aurora FC, Itasca Society Minnesota United FC; find me left of the dial - usually at First Avenue or a soccer match
This photo by @jimvondruska.bsky.social for @reuters.com is burned into my mind.
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November 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
This photo by @jimvondruska.bsky.social for @reuters.com is burned into my mind.
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I feel like most modern American suburbs are indistinguishable from one another, but for the regional market dominance of certain coffee/donut chain restaurants and fried chicken chain restaurants.
Are these maps accurate? Who knows. Do they feel accurate? Hell yes.
Are these maps accurate? Who knows. Do they feel accurate? Hell yes.
November 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I feel like most modern American suburbs are indistinguishable from one another, but for the regional market dominance of certain coffee/donut chain restaurants and fried chicken chain restaurants.
Are these maps accurate? Who knows. Do they feel accurate? Hell yes.
Are these maps accurate? Who knows. Do they feel accurate? Hell yes.
One of the stealthy things about South Park’s ongoing Trump storyline is that their use of his actual face in the cartoon serves to highlight how often he makes what I now call the South Park smile. And now, whenever he makes that face in real life, he’s instantly the caricature
November 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
One of the stealthy things about South Park’s ongoing Trump storyline is that their use of his actual face in the cartoon serves to highlight how often he makes what I now call the South Park smile. And now, whenever he makes that face in real life, he’s instantly the caricature
With a long exposure I can still see some color. And I seem to catch a flight going by every time 😂
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 AM
With a long exposure I can still see some color. And I seem to catch a flight going by every time 😂
Northern lights aren’t as vibrant or directly overhead like last night for me in the Twin Cities. But I bet this looks amazing in Canada.
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Northern lights aren’t as vibrant or directly overhead like last night for me in the Twin Cities. But I bet this looks amazing in Canada.
Last night’s northern lights were the most vibrant I’ve seen in my lifetime. As excited as I was to experience this, it also left me a little sad that the people I love the most are a thousand miles away right now. As you can see in the family group chat, I would’ve given them my sky last night.
November 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Last night’s northern lights were the most vibrant I’ve seen in my lifetime. As excited as I was to experience this, it also left me a little sad that the people I love the most are a thousand miles away right now. As you can see in the family group chat, I would’ve given them my sky last night.
Beautiful night to stare at the night sky.
Zachary Field - Plymouth, MN
Zachary Field - Plymouth, MN
November 12, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Beautiful night to stare at the night sky.
Zachary Field - Plymouth, MN
Zachary Field - Plymouth, MN
View from my patio in the northwest suburbs of Minneapolis.
November 12, 2025 at 1:57 AM
View from my patio in the northwest suburbs of Minneapolis.
Post you from a different era (1990-ish)
November 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Post you from a different era (1990-ish)
David Byrne’s Who Is The Sky tour defies categorization. It is so much more than a concert. And it was beautiful and brilliant. The stagecraft from American Utopia is there, but the integrated video brought another artistic dimension to play with.
November 4, 2025
Orpheum Theater in Minneapolis, MN
November 4, 2025
Orpheum Theater in Minneapolis, MN
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
David Byrne’s Who Is The Sky tour defies categorization. It is so much more than a concert. And it was beautiful and brilliant. The stagecraft from American Utopia is there, but the integrated video brought another artistic dimension to play with.
November 4, 2025
Orpheum Theater in Minneapolis, MN
November 4, 2025
Orpheum Theater in Minneapolis, MN
Sometimes you search for a metaphor. Sometimes a metaphor reaches for you.
Here’s a live look at Trump tearing down the White House.
Here’s a live look at Trump tearing down the White House.
October 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Sometimes you search for a metaphor. Sometimes a metaphor reaches for you.
Here’s a live look at Trump tearing down the White House.
Here’s a live look at Trump tearing down the White House.
I’m very disappointed that this Cava is not running the Tom-Homan-definitely-didn’t-commit-bribery-here-is-$50,000-in-a-bag-from-an-undercover-FBI-agent-just-for-funsies special.
October 15, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I’m very disappointed that this Cava is not running the Tom-Homan-definitely-didn’t-commit-bribery-here-is-$50,000-in-a-bag-from-an-undercover-FBI-agent-just-for-funsies special.
I see Ram has gone full Idiocracy with their President Camacho, I mean Terry Crews, ad
October 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I see Ram has gone full Idiocracy with their President Camacho, I mean Terry Crews, ad
My favorite cable news game is to spot how far away the Bible is from the talking head’s own book.
Next door neighbors for @davidmdrucker.bsky.social on MSNBC
Next door neighbors for @davidmdrucker.bsky.social on MSNBC
September 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
My favorite cable news game is to spot how far away the Bible is from the talking head’s own book.
Next door neighbors for @davidmdrucker.bsky.social on MSNBC
Next door neighbors for @davidmdrucker.bsky.social on MSNBC
Hey @nytimes.com, I just unlocked the evil genius badge. Where do I go to collect my billions of dollars and find out the location of my secret lair?
September 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Hey @nytimes.com, I just unlocked the evil genius badge. Where do I go to collect my billions of dollars and find out the location of my secret lair?
🎶 I'm falling down the spiral destination unknown
Double crossed messenger all alone
Can't get no connection, can't get through
Where are you?
Well the night weighs heavy on his guilty mind
This far from the borderline
When the hitman comes
He knows damn well he has been cheated 🎶
Double crossed messenger all alone
Can't get no connection, can't get through
Where are you?
Well the night weighs heavy on his guilty mind
This far from the borderline
When the hitman comes
He knows damn well he has been cheated 🎶
September 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
🎶 I'm falling down the spiral destination unknown
Double crossed messenger all alone
Can't get no connection, can't get through
Where are you?
Well the night weighs heavy on his guilty mind
This far from the borderline
When the hitman comes
He knows damn well he has been cheated 🎶
Double crossed messenger all alone
Can't get no connection, can't get through
Where are you?
Well the night weighs heavy on his guilty mind
This far from the borderline
When the hitman comes
He knows damn well he has been cheated 🎶
Sadly, @mnufc.com are the 5th supporters community to raise this banner in MLS since @austinfootballclub.bsky.social first raised it in the aftermath of Uvalde.
August 31, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Sadly, @mnufc.com are the 5th supporters community to raise this banner in MLS since @austinfootballclub.bsky.social first raised it in the aftermath of Uvalde.
I think this is parallel to the way Lee Atwater talked about race in this notorious quote below. How do you talk about race without talking about race. In this case, inflation demands we talk about the price of things instead of talking about how much we get paid for our labor.
July 31, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I think this is parallel to the way Lee Atwater talked about race in this notorious quote below. How do you talk about race without talking about race. In this case, inflation demands we talk about the price of things instead of talking about how much we get paid for our labor.
We don’t all feel the effects of inflation the same way. A paper from the Minneapolis Fed highlights research about the disparate impacts of inflation at different income levels. The gap in purchasing power is growing faster than the gap in income.
Source: www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2024...
Source: www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2024...
July 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
We don’t all feel the effects of inflation the same way. A paper from the Minneapolis Fed highlights research about the disparate impacts of inflation at different income levels. The gap in purchasing power is growing faster than the gap in income.
Source: www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2024...
Source: www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2024...
We hardly talk about wages politically anymore. I think public discontent about inflation is an oblique way of talking about wage stagnation. But I think we talk about it this way because that’s how elites want to frame it. They’d rather have us talk about prices instead of wages.
July 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
We hardly talk about wages politically anymore. I think public discontent about inflation is an oblique way of talking about wage stagnation. But I think we talk about it this way because that’s how elites want to frame it. They’d rather have us talk about prices instead of wages.
I woke up this morning feeling like I spent the night gargling dirt
July 31, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I woke up this morning feeling like I spent the night gargling dirt
Lucy Bronze played the whole tournament with a broken tibia. 598 minutes of match play on a broken leg.
Move over “Willis Reed game” and “Jordan’s flu game”, “Lucy Bronze tournament” has entered the chat.
Move over “Willis Reed game” and “Jordan’s flu game”, “Lucy Bronze tournament” has entered the chat.
July 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Lucy Bronze played the whole tournament with a broken tibia. 598 minutes of match play on a broken leg.
Move over “Willis Reed game” and “Jordan’s flu game”, “Lucy Bronze tournament” has entered the chat.
Move over “Willis Reed game” and “Jordan’s flu game”, “Lucy Bronze tournament” has entered the chat.
Trump denies ever making drawings? WSJ says the drawing in Trump’s letter to Epstein was in heavy marker. A quick google shows his drawings have sold for at least $50,000. Does the style look familiar?
July 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Trump denies ever making drawings? WSJ says the drawing in Trump’s letter to Epstein was in heavy marker. A quick google shows his drawings have sold for at least $50,000. Does the style look familiar?
The WSJ story on Trump’s letter to Epstein has Dems calling for Rep Jim Jordan(R-Ohio) to hold hearings on the Epstein file.
What’s Jim gonna be doing tomorrow? Sitting under deposition answering questions about his role covering up sexual abuse at OSU by Dr. Strauss.
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What’s Jim gonna be doing tomorrow? Sitting under deposition answering questions about his role covering up sexual abuse at OSU by Dr. Strauss.
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July 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The WSJ story on Trump’s letter to Epstein has Dems calling for Rep Jim Jordan(R-Ohio) to hold hearings on the Epstein file.
What’s Jim gonna be doing tomorrow? Sitting under deposition answering questions about his role covering up sexual abuse at OSU by Dr. Strauss.
apple.news/Af64Qq86oTKa...
What’s Jim gonna be doing tomorrow? Sitting under deposition answering questions about his role covering up sexual abuse at OSU by Dr. Strauss.
apple.news/Af64Qq86oTKa...
More on this being about real estate - Peter Thiel’s interview with the NYTimes this weekend.
July 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
More on this being about real estate - Peter Thiel’s interview with the NYTimes this weekend.