Scott Johnson
@fuzzygroup.bsky.social
Pro Democracy. Anti Trump. Profoundly Anti Elon. Fuck All Fascists Everywhere. I follow back. Former 50501 State Organizer for Indiana. Now CTO pollitify.com
Worth reading and thinking about.
Borrow a drill, save the world
Douglas Rushkoff explores the ripple effects of borrowing a drill from his neighbor, and how community indebtedness may be the key to saving the world.
www.shareable.net
November 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Worth reading and thinking about.
And another appalling decision in Indiana. What about free speech? Or is college nothing but an indoctrination program?
Indiana colleges must answer how new degrees commit to American values
Under new requirements, universities must answer whether proposed degree programs exercise a "commitment to the core values of American society."
www.indystar.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
And another appalling decision in Indiana. What about free speech? Or is college nothing but an indoctrination program?
Someone I respect professionally stated on a podcast recently how he agrees with many of the things Charlie Kirk said. My response was to email him Zeteo's coverage and ask him "how can you say you want your community to be welcoming and still support Charlie Kirk?"
Charlie Kirk in His Own Words
17 quotes you should read from the right-wing activist and Trump ally who was tragically shot and killed on Wednesday in Utah.
zeteo.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Someone I respect professionally stated on a podcast recently how he agrees with many of the things Charlie Kirk said. My response was to email him Zeteo's coverage and ask him "how can you say you want your community to be welcoming and still support Charlie Kirk?"
"Earlier this year, Musk built a gas-burning power plant large enough to power a small city, claimed it was exempt from air pollution laws, and placed it next to Boxtown, a Black neighborhood where he built a new data center. People in Boxtown started breathing polluted air – and dying faster."
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"Earlier this year, Musk built a gas-burning power plant large enough to power a small city, claimed it was exempt from air pollution laws, and placed it next to Boxtown, a Black neighborhood where he built a new data center. People in Boxtown started breathing polluted air – and dying faster."
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Let's just call this what it is -- A TAX as in:
President Trump just raised taxes -- NATIONALLY -- on all travelers without proper papers.
President Trump just raised taxes -- NATIONALLY -- on all travelers without proper papers.
TSA to charge $18 fee for travelers without proper ID
New airport kiosks will rely on biometrics to verify passengers who show up without a Real ID or passport.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Let's just call this what it is -- A TAX as in:
President Trump just raised taxes -- NATIONALLY -- on all travelers without proper papers.
President Trump just raised taxes -- NATIONALLY -- on all travelers without proper papers.
Frack you Kroger. The Sunday before thanksgiving and lines at every self check out and a six station self check out area is CLOSED.
LAZY FUCKING BASTARDS.
LAZY FUCKING BASTARDS.
November 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Frack you Kroger. The Sunday before thanksgiving and lines at every self check out and a six station self check out area is CLOSED.
LAZY FUCKING BASTARDS.
LAZY FUCKING BASTARDS.
If you aren't yet in the camp of "private equity is the fucking devil" then please read this.
Unholy, Infinite Bastards all of them.
Unholy, Infinite Bastards all of them.
Private Equity’s New Venture: Youth Sports
Backed by Wall Street, the company Black Bear Sports Group is tightening its grip on youth sports. In a scheme only private equity could dream up, parents now can’t record their kids’ games — but they...
jacobin.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
If you aren't yet in the camp of "private equity is the fucking devil" then please read this.
Unholy, Infinite Bastards all of them.
Unholy, Infinite Bastards all of them.
As always Anil has good thoughts. His musings on AI are right on target. Specifically his comment that AI has gone mainstream. The real issue here is legislative control over AI to minimize the societal damage.
I know you don’t want them to want AI, but… - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
As always Anil has good thoughts. His musings on AI are right on target. Specifically his comment that AI has gone mainstream. The real issue here is legislative control over AI to minimize the societal damage.
If you are anti AI and you don't read Ed Zitron then you should.
"Is it too much to ask that these companies make projections that adhere to reality, rather than whatever an investor would want to hear?"
"Is it too much to ask that these companies make projections that adhere to reality, rather than whatever an investor would want to hear?"
Premium: The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble Vol. 2
We’re approaching the most ridiculous part of the AI bubble, with each day bringing us a new, disgraceful and weird headline. As I reported earlier in the week, OpenAI spent $12.4 billion on inference...
www.wheresyoured.at
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
If you are anti AI and you don't read Ed Zitron then you should.
"Is it too much to ask that these companies make projections that adhere to reality, rather than whatever an investor would want to hear?"
"Is it too much to ask that these companies make projections that adhere to reality, rather than whatever an investor would want to hear?"
I'm more than a bit ashamed to say that this is the Taylor Swift song I like the most ...
THIS IS SO GOOD.
(yeah i know that's AI, but come on, if you use it this way, you are absolved)
#TaylorSwift #Trump #Pedophile #ReleaseTheFiles #Epstein
(yeah i know that's AI, but come on, if you use it this way, you are absolved)
#TaylorSwift #Trump #Pedophile #ReleaseTheFiles #Epstein
"Release The Files" - AI Taylor Swift (Satire/NOT Taylor Swift) with Gavin Newsom on Sax
YouTube video by scaredketchup
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I'm more than a bit ashamed to say that this is the Taylor Swift song I like the most ...
Agreed. Landman is nothing but propaganda for the oil industry. Please note that I have watched it and it is slick, a good watch and utter propaganda.
Big Oil Hijacked ‘Landman’ for Its Propaganda
I wasn’t planning on writing about the hit TV show Landman, about a Texas oil man, mainly because I haven’t actually, how do you say, watched it. That seems like kind of a prerequisite. But Landman ke...
www.bloomberg.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Agreed. Landman is nothing but propaganda for the oil industry. Please note that I have watched it and it is slick, a good watch and utter propaganda.
After Bill Cassiday, a MEDICAL DOCTOR, voted to confirm the walking tumor of insanity that is RFK Jr, I don't blame Democrats for not trusting him on anything.
Cassiday has zero medical credibility at this point -- he was the one Senator who was a doctor and he voted to confirm a vaccine denier.
Cassiday has zero medical credibility at this point -- he was the one Senator who was a doctor and he voted to confirm a vaccine denier.
Cassidy pushes his Obamacare plan. Democrats aren't biting.
With Obamacare subsidies set to expire at year end and insurance bills skyrocketing, senators are at loggerheads.
www.politico.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
After Bill Cassiday, a MEDICAL DOCTOR, voted to confirm the walking tumor of insanity that is RFK Jr, I don't blame Democrats for not trusting him on anything.
Cassiday has zero medical credibility at this point -- he was the one Senator who was a doctor and he voted to confirm a vaccine denier.
Cassiday has zero medical credibility at this point -- he was the one Senator who was a doctor and he voted to confirm a vaccine denier.
So .. After all this time, you need an additional 30 days to forge, redact or otherwise modify the Epstein Files to hide Trump's involvement.
Disgraceful.
Disgraceful.
www.reuters.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
So .. After all this time, you need an additional 30 days to forge, redact or otherwise modify the Epstein Files to hide Trump's involvement.
Disgraceful.
Disgraceful.
This is a really good recap of the ACA and all the good things in it that we are likely to lose in the near term wake of the Republican changes to health care.
We do not want to go back to sham health insurance plans and denials
Obamacare isn’t perfect, but it’s better than what we had—and what the GOP proposes.
contrarian.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This is a really good recap of the ACA and all the good things in it that we are likely to lose in the near term wake of the Republican changes to health care.
Say what you want about how important entrepreneurs are and the importance of tech but who actually thinks Elon Musk is more important THAN EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER in America???
That's the message that the Tesla board just sent to the world.
And that's both not true and insane.
That's the message that the Tesla board just sent to the world.
And that's both not true and insane.
Elon Musk could make more than every elementary school teacher in the U.S.
Tesla shareholders approved a $1 trillion pay package for the world’s richest person
www.independent.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Say what you want about how important entrepreneurs are and the importance of tech but who actually thinks Elon Musk is more important THAN EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER in America???
That's the message that the Tesla board just sent to the world.
And that's both not true and insane.
That's the message that the Tesla board just sent to the world.
And that's both not true and insane.
I just listened to Cory Doctorow and Ed Zitron in an live interview and they were asked "My child is technical; once I would have said get a CS degree, now what advice do I give them?". Become an electrician or an HVAC specialist was the answer. pca.st/episode/ec96...
Cory Doctorow and Ed Zitron on Enshittification and the Rot Economy
pca.st
November 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I just listened to Cory Doctorow and Ed Zitron in an live interview and they were asked "My child is technical; once I would have said get a CS degree, now what advice do I give them?". Become an electrician or an HVAC specialist was the answer. pca.st/episode/ec96...
When people get upset about ICE in Chicago and Charlotte, I always think of Berwyn Heights where a drug raid on the (black) MAYOR'S HOUSE happened and they SHOT AND KILLED HIS TWO DOGS.
This happened in 2008. ICE has been a long time in the making.
No action ever took place against those cops.
This happened in 2008. ICE has been a long time in the making.
No action ever took place against those cops.
Berwyn Heights, Maryland mayor's residence drug raid - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
When people get upset about ICE in Chicago and Charlotte, I always think of Berwyn Heights where a drug raid on the (black) MAYOR'S HOUSE happened and they SHOT AND KILLED HIS TWO DOGS.
This happened in 2008. ICE has been a long time in the making.
No action ever took place against those cops.
This happened in 2008. ICE has been a long time in the making.
No action ever took place against those cops.
Fsck Home Depot.
Oh Home Depot’s earnings are down? Having a bad quarter? Gosh who’d have thought that colluding with the police to arrest your regular customers would have consequences
November 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Fsck Home Depot.
Reposted by Scott Johnson
The lesson of the 2025 news cycle?
None of us should never have imposter syndrome again, like, fucken ever.
None of us should never have imposter syndrome again, like, fucken ever.
November 18, 2025 at 5:36 AM
The lesson of the 2025 news cycle?
None of us should never have imposter syndrome again, like, fucken ever.
None of us should never have imposter syndrome again, like, fucken ever.
Reposted by Scott Johnson
If you're interested in doing Mutual Aid work related to food, perhaps our new grant program night interest you:
Bias disclaimer: This is my company and I'm a co founder.
Bias disclaimer: This is my company and I'm a co founder.
pollitify.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
If you're interested in doing Mutual Aid work related to food, perhaps our new grant program night interest you:
Bias disclaimer: This is my company and I'm a co founder.
Bias disclaimer: This is my company and I'm a co founder.
What's another HALF TRILLION dollars if bribing the American people keeps Trump in power.
I fundamentally believe that when historians write the history of post World War II America, their great lament will be that we could have built paradise and we wasted our money on idiocy.
I fundamentally believe that when historians write the history of post World War II America, their great lament will be that we could have built paradise and we wasted our money on idiocy.
Trump's $2,000 tariff checks would boost growth at a $450B cost, study says
The president says the checks are going out by mid-2026, though Congress will have to sign off first.
www.axios.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
What's another HALF TRILLION dollars if bribing the American people keeps Trump in power.
I fundamentally believe that when historians write the history of post World War II America, their great lament will be that we could have built paradise and we wasted our money on idiocy.
I fundamentally believe that when historians write the history of post World War II America, their great lament will be that we could have built paradise and we wasted our money on idiocy.
Nothing is sacred to this administration, NOT EVEN CHURCHES.
It makes sense -- Trump is the world's worst "christian" so why not raid churches.
It makes sense -- Trump is the world's worst "christian" so why not raid churches.
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Nothing is sacred to this administration, NOT EVEN CHURCHES.
It makes sense -- Trump is the world's worst "christian" so why not raid churches.
It makes sense -- Trump is the world's worst "christian" so why not raid churches.