J Max Johnson
@poetrex.bsky.social
www.poetrex.com Poet, songwriter. Curmudgeon about AI, navies, arms control. Barista at the GOMTO-accredited Memetic Operations Centre of Excellence in Newfoundland & Labrador. Canadian, nonbinary except on full moons when I become a werewife.
We were marked out for destruction
When the cradle was our grave,
We were called abominations
Whom no loving God could save.
We were branded in the darkness
And though many of us fell,
Let not Heaven stand against us—
We have clawed our way through Hell
When the cradle was our grave,
We were called abominations
Whom no loving God could save.
We were branded in the darkness
And though many of us fell,
Let not Heaven stand against us—
We have clawed our way through Hell
January 22, 2026 at 9:32 PM
We were marked out for destruction
When the cradle was our grave,
We were called abominations
Whom no loving God could save.
We were branded in the darkness
And though many of us fell,
Let not Heaven stand against us—
We have clawed our way through Hell
When the cradle was our grave,
We were called abominations
Whom no loving God could save.
We were branded in the darkness
And though many of us fell,
Let not Heaven stand against us—
We have clawed our way through Hell
Le roi se saoulait de son fable;
Puissances moyennes, unissez-vous!
Mort aux fictions agréable—
Si pas à table, t'es menu!
Marchands d'légumes, animé par ce vibre
Le nouvel ordre nous jetons
Au place publique sonore, diverse et libre—
Rénoncez tous les hégémons!
Puissances moyennes, unissez-vous!
Mort aux fictions agréable—
Si pas à table, t'es menu!
Marchands d'légumes, animé par ce vibre
Le nouvel ordre nous jetons
Au place publique sonore, diverse et libre—
Rénoncez tous les hégémons!
January 21, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Le roi se saoulait de son fable;
Puissances moyennes, unissez-vous!
Mort aux fictions agréable—
Si pas à table, t'es menu!
Marchands d'légumes, animé par ce vibre
Le nouvel ordre nous jetons
Au place publique sonore, diverse et libre—
Rénoncez tous les hégémons!
Puissances moyennes, unissez-vous!
Mort aux fictions agréable—
Si pas à table, t'es menu!
Marchands d'légumes, animé par ce vibre
Le nouvel ordre nous jetons
Au place publique sonore, diverse et libre—
Rénoncez tous les hégémons!
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Those dogs have learned the taste of human flesh & they are wild again. Come & see what holds up Maya's veil:
[violated Terms of Service]
They shot them all—they had to shoot sled dogs in Labrador after the Spanish Flu. One of them had saved an orphaned girl, stranded for months. They shot him, too.
[violated Terms of Service]
They shot them all—they had to shoot sled dogs in Labrador after the Spanish Flu. One of them had saved an orphaned girl, stranded for months. They shot him, too.
January 16, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Those dogs have learned the taste of human flesh & they are wild again. Come & see what holds up Maya's veil:
[violated Terms of Service]
They shot them all—they had to shoot sled dogs in Labrador after the Spanish Flu. One of them had saved an orphaned girl, stranded for months. They shot him, too.
[violated Terms of Service]
They shot them all—they had to shoot sled dogs in Labrador after the Spanish Flu. One of them had saved an orphaned girl, stranded for months. They shot him, too.
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This has bothered me on and off all throughout today. And it shouldn't. But it's because this should be a slam dunk for the government, but the ball is rolling past the broad side of a barn. #cdnpoli
My email; you can grab from the alt text if you want to use some of the wording.
Minister Evan Solomon: [email protected]
President Shafqat Ali: [email protected]
Minister Evan Solomon: [email protected]
President Shafqat Ali: [email protected]
January 11, 2026 at 11:26 PM
This has bothered me on and off all throughout today. And it shouldn't. But it's because this should be a slam dunk for the government, but the ball is rolling past the broad side of a barn. #cdnpoli
Well I guess now's a good time to share this meme I thought was maybe a bit too inflammatory a few months ago...
January 9, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Well I guess now's a good time to share this meme I thought was maybe a bit too inflammatory a few months ago...
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Time to circle back to "the radar feeds from Pituffik and the NWS in Canada are leverage"
It's not a threat to be made lightly, but it is one that will cause Omaha to shit its pants
It's not a threat to be made lightly, but it is one that will cause Omaha to shit its pants
January 3, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Time to circle back to "the radar feeds from Pituffik and the NWS in Canada are leverage"
It's not a threat to be made lightly, but it is one that will cause Omaha to shit its pants
It's not a threat to be made lightly, but it is one that will cause Omaha to shit its pants
This! I can appreciate why Carney might speak softly, but that's not what I want right now!! Scared my wife enough to text me at work; our son overheard us in the car & asked if they'd accept children into the military if Trump attacks Canada next, like. Dawg. We can't let them get away with this!
Keep coming back to this.
I understand why many world leaders are issuing cautious, measured statements
But evidently, their real reactions were more like “WTF DEAR GOD THIS IS MAD”
I worry measured statements tell populations that the US is behaving normally
I understand why many world leaders are issuing cautious, measured statements
But evidently, their real reactions were more like “WTF DEAR GOD THIS IS MAD”
I worry measured statements tell populations that the US is behaving normally
It is deeply corrosive to public understanding of the peril we’re in, and to public trust in politicians, for leaders to keep heaping effusive praise on Trump and acting like his behaviour is normal and reasonable
January 3, 2026 at 10:59 PM
This! I can appreciate why Carney might speak softly, but that's not what I want right now!! Scared my wife enough to text me at work; our son overheard us in the car & asked if they'd accept children into the military if Trump attacks Canada next, like. Dawg. We can't let them get away with this!
I don't know what you're going through
but I see you going through it.
& I don't know when the tunnel ends
but you bring a light into it:
two genocides, democratic backsliding & war in Europe,
it's hard to stay woke when
every news cycle for months feels like
three 9/11s a day & everything's broken
but I see you going through it.
& I don't know when the tunnel ends
but you bring a light into it:
two genocides, democratic backsliding & war in Europe,
it's hard to stay woke when
every news cycle for months feels like
three 9/11s a day & everything's broken
November 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I don't know what you're going through
but I see you going through it.
& I don't know when the tunnel ends
but you bring a light into it:
two genocides, democratic backsliding & war in Europe,
it's hard to stay woke when
every news cycle for months feels like
three 9/11s a day & everything's broken
but I see you going through it.
& I don't know when the tunnel ends
but you bring a light into it:
two genocides, democratic backsliding & war in Europe,
it's hard to stay woke when
every news cycle for months feels like
three 9/11s a day & everything's broken
My name is Ozymandias, King of Personal Injury Lawyers. Have you or a Mighty loved one looked upon my Works and despaired? You may be entitled to Erosion!
Call 1-800 PED-ESTAL Today
Call 1-800 PED-ESTAL Today
This is just to say
the desert has eaten
your trunk
that was atop
your pedestal
and which
you were probably
envisioning
as eternal
forgive me
I couldn’t look
upon your works
and despair
the desert has eaten
your trunk
that was atop
your pedestal
and which
you were probably
envisioning
as eternal
forgive me
I couldn’t look
upon your works
and despair
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and I hope this email finds you well.
November 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
My name is Ozymandias, King of Personal Injury Lawyers. Have you or a Mighty loved one looked upon my Works and despaired? You may be entitled to Erosion!
Call 1-800 PED-ESTAL Today
Call 1-800 PED-ESTAL Today
I wonder if they'll write her a song, like that Horst guy...
Raise high the Flag! Our Leader's portrait smiling
Commands the Guard to cross the Rubicon.
Comrades shot in the act of Freedom's shrine defiling,
Even in death, shall vouch for QAnon.
Raise high the Flag! Our Leader's portrait smiling
Commands the Guard to cross the Rubicon.
Comrades shot in the act of Freedom's shrine defiling,
Even in death, shall vouch for QAnon.
Ashley Babbit dishonored her service by committing insurrection against her country. While her death is absolutely tragic and I wish it hadn’t happened, the Air Force giving her honors is in itself a dishonor.
August 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I wonder if they'll write her a song, like that Horst guy...
Raise high the Flag! Our Leader's portrait smiling
Commands the Guard to cross the Rubicon.
Comrades shot in the act of Freedom's shrine defiling,
Even in death, shall vouch for QAnon.
Raise high the Flag! Our Leader's portrait smiling
Commands the Guard to cross the Rubicon.
Comrades shot in the act of Freedom's shrine defiling,
Even in death, shall vouch for QAnon.
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folks who are angry about at the Minister of Jobs and Families, the number to call is 819-654-5546. I made my message short - I'm calling to express my displeasure with her decision and I believe it violates the flight attendants' right to strike. The man told me their getting a lot of calls. Share!
This is the first article I've read that mentioned a lockout by Air Canada along with the strike.
"The group called Hajdu’s intervention an “unconstitutional attack on workers’ rights” and said Canada’s labour groups were unanimously calling on the federal government to withdraw its intervention."
"The group called Hajdu’s intervention an “unconstitutional attack on workers’ rights” and said Canada’s labour groups were unanimously calling on the federal government to withdraw its intervention."
Air Canada says CIRB ruled strike is ‘unlawful’ as union vows: ‘Not over’ - National | Globalnews.ca
The airline originally planned to resume some flights on Sunday in response to the Canada Industrial Relations Board ordering it and its flight attendants back to work.
globalnews.ca
August 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
folks who are angry about at the Minister of Jobs and Families, the number to call is 819-654-5546. I made my message short - I'm calling to express my displeasure with her decision and I believe it violates the flight attendants' right to strike. The man told me their getting a lot of calls. Share!
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The guy who imports grey market Pakistani mangos to the nyc area is also one of the funniest people out there. The @dieworkwear.bsky.social of mango importers.
July 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The guy who imports grey market Pakistani mangos to the nyc area is also one of the funniest people out there. The @dieworkwear.bsky.social of mango importers.
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High Treason, by Jose Emilio Pacheco (about Mexico, but the sentiment extends)
July 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
High Treason, by Jose Emilio Pacheco (about Mexico, but the sentiment extends)
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“Newfoundland's trains are long gone, but they're still chugging along the tracks in Chile” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Newfoundland's trains are long gone, but they're still chugging along the tracks in Chile | CBC News
While the trains that once zipped along Newfoundland's rail tracks have been gone for decades, they have not been forgotten. In fact, they're beloved by users in another country who still ride them to...
www.cbc.ca
June 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
“Newfoundland's trains are long gone, but they're still chugging along the tracks in Chile” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Yesterday, assassinations notwithstanding, for the first time in months I saw light at the end of this tunnel. I'm proud of the millions saying NO KINGS, & I applaud our troops for their pathetically uncoordinated march to this maliciously compliant choice of music.
I did not edit this, this is the actual parade with the actual music being played.
CINEMATIC
CINEMATIC
June 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Yesterday, assassinations notwithstanding, for the first time in months I saw light at the end of this tunnel. I'm proud of the millions saying NO KINGS, & I applaud our troops for their pathetically uncoordinated march to this maliciously compliant choice of music.
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Took me a bit to process how big a deal this report actually is--its thus far the only review to look at the entire body of currently available research. It took two years to conduct, stands at 1,000 pages, and completely contradicts the Cass Review and the common arguments for bans on this care.
Republicans in Utah commissioned an investigation into gender-affirming care for trans youth after banning it in 2023.
They're now rejecting the findings of that investigation which showed access to care reduced suicides and improved "positive mental health and psychosocial functioning outcomes."
They're now rejecting the findings of that investigation which showed access to care reduced suicides and improved "positive mental health and psychosocial functioning outcomes."
Utah lawmakers’ own study found gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Will they lift the treatment ban?
The Utah Legislature's own newly-released study found that gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Now, will lawmakers lift the treatment ban?
www.sltrib.com
May 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Took me a bit to process how big a deal this report actually is--its thus far the only review to look at the entire body of currently available research. It took two years to conduct, stands at 1,000 pages, and completely contradicts the Cass Review and the common arguments for bans on this care.
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IMO the affirmative case for religion isn't that it makes people feel better or that it's real, it's that about one third of society needs a church actively telling them to be high trust and pro social or they default to their natural state of adolf treatlerian conspiracy peasants
The answer to the woo problem is something that nobody's going to like - pushing people back to boring, mainstream religion instead of having them create their own version of Christian Science without the God parts through the Internet
May 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
IMO the affirmative case for religion isn't that it makes people feel better or that it's real, it's that about one third of society needs a church actively telling them to be high trust and pro social or they default to their natural state of adolf treatlerian conspiracy peasants
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Following up from our Globe and Mail Op-Ed yesterday (which you can read here www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...) I discuss some of the criticisms of establishing a foreign human intelligence service and address them briefly. open.substack.com/pub/stephani...
A Canadian Foreign Human Intelligence Service: Time to Revisit the Debate
A follow-up to our op-ed in the Globe and Mail...
open.substack.com
May 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Following up from our Globe and Mail Op-Ed yesterday (which you can read here www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...) I discuss some of the criticisms of establishing a foreign human intelligence service and address them briefly. open.substack.com/pub/stephani...
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It's important to understand a few things about Canada's anti-money laundering laws to understand what this story is (and is not) reporting.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
TD Bank closed accounts of pro-China group, ex-Liberal MP Han Dong, records show
Bank had concerns about activities of Toronto group after transactions showed possible money laundering
www.theglobeandmail.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
It's important to understand a few things about Canada's anti-money laundering laws to understand what this story is (and is not) reporting.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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Former commander of Pituffik Susan Meyers must have known that she would be fired for this.
But apparently she found there are bigger considerations at stake than keeping her command.
Question is if we'll see more of this sort in coming months?
Berlingske has obtained her leaked email
#Defence
But apparently she found there are bigger considerations at stake than keeping her command.
Question is if we'll see more of this sort in coming months?
Berlingske has obtained her leaked email
#Defence
April 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Former commander of Pituffik Susan Meyers must have known that she would be fired for this.
But apparently she found there are bigger considerations at stake than keeping her command.
Question is if we'll see more of this sort in coming months?
Berlingske has obtained her leaked email
#Defence
But apparently she found there are bigger considerations at stake than keeping her command.
Question is if we'll see more of this sort in coming months?
Berlingske has obtained her leaked email
#Defence
A cult classic of Canadian cinema! I should revisit this one...
"Ginger Snaps" (2000). How do I only find this film now? Great coming of age-story, very well acted by everyone, the plot keeps you guessing and the sense of humor is supreme. Indie horror done right.
April 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
A cult classic of Canadian cinema! I should revisit this one...