Scott Johnson
@scottjohnson.wtf
Creative technology, tech policy, film, music. Cleveland isn't the Midwest.
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Wow ... "Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin. Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship." www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Wow ... "Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin. Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship." www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
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SCOOP: White nationalist Stephen Miller's America First Legal's revenue more than TRIPLED in 2024 to $32 million It's latest IRS filing for 2024 obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy shows that it spent $15.2 million of this huge haul.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org
December 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM
SCOOP: White nationalist Stephen Miller's America First Legal's revenue more than TRIPLED in 2024 to $32 million It's latest IRS filing for 2024 obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy shows that it spent $15.2 million of this huge haul.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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insane thing to say while china is dominating the emerging green energy economy and utility scale solar and onshore wind are now price competitive with natgas
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 AM
insane thing to say while china is dominating the emerging green energy economy and utility scale solar and onshore wind are now price competitive with natgas
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It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
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cameo but for murder
December 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM
cameo but for murder
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"Standards under the Act (a law passed by Congress) do not align with Trump's executive order"
GUESS WHICH ONE WINS THEN
i swear to god, did nobody pass 9th grade civics class
GUESS WHICH ONE WINS THEN
i swear to god, did nobody pass 9th grade civics class
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:44 AM
"Standards under the Act (a law passed by Congress) do not align with Trump's executive order"
GUESS WHICH ONE WINS THEN
i swear to god, did nobody pass 9th grade civics class
GUESS WHICH ONE WINS THEN
i swear to god, did nobody pass 9th grade civics class
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This book reads like one of Gwyneth Paltrow’s jade vagina eggs became sentient
It probably seems like I'm taking these out of context but no.
She has a little vignette about attending a Trump rally in 2020, some shower thoughts about manta rays and then a dissection of January 6.
She has a little vignette about attending a Trump rally in 2020, some shower thoughts about manta rays and then a dissection of January 6.
December 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
This book reads like one of Gwyneth Paltrow’s jade vagina eggs became sentient
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Publishing all the other boat murder videos but refusing to release the one of the two survivors being killed is an admission they know exactly how bad it looks. There's no other distinction to draw there, no reason to publish the others while withholding that one.
December 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Publishing all the other boat murder videos but refusing to release the one of the two survivors being killed is an admission they know exactly how bad it looks. There's no other distinction to draw there, no reason to publish the others while withholding that one.
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The Supreme Court paved the way for a felon to return to the presidency — where, behind the shield of office, that felon has ordered a string of murders.
The boat was split in half. 9 men were dead. 2 more clung to a floating piece of wreckage and tried desperately to flip it over for 41 minutes straight. There was no possible way they were going anywhere.
Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.
Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.
December 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The Supreme Court paved the way for a felon to return to the presidency — where, behind the shield of office, that felon has ordered a string of murders.
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
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Strong dissent from Justice Kagan, joined by Justices Jackson and Sotomayor. Here is how that closes
December 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Strong dissent from Justice Kagan, joined by Justices Jackson and Sotomayor. Here is how that closes
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Fans of permitting reform say that it will work to renewable energy's advantage. But of course, that's not true if the administration is also *specifically intervening to stop solar development*.
HUGE: In a letter to Congress, more than 140 solar companies detail how the Trump permitting freeze on renewables is worse than imagined and hitting copious projects on private lands
They’re asking Congress to intervene and say “bipartisan permitting reform” won’t help without forcing Trump’s hand
They’re asking Congress to intervene and say “bipartisan permitting reform” won’t help without forcing Trump’s hand
Solar Industry Group Describes Trump’s ‘Complete Moratorium on Permitting’
A letter from the Solar Energy Industries Association asks for Congress’ help to reverse the administration’s effective permitting ban.
heatmap.news
December 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Fans of permitting reform say that it will work to renewable energy's advantage. But of course, that's not true if the administration is also *specifically intervening to stop solar development*.
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Days after Donald Trump fell asleep during a televised Cabinet meeting, the president on Thursday again dozed off during a ceremony to mark the signing of a peace agreement between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Trump continued to doze after the leaders spoke. trib.al/6tBYEcg
Trump continued to doze after the leaders spoke. trib.al/6tBYEcg
December 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Days after Donald Trump fell asleep during a televised Cabinet meeting, the president on Thursday again dozed off during a ceremony to mark the signing of a peace agreement between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Trump continued to doze after the leaders spoke. trib.al/6tBYEcg
Trump continued to doze after the leaders spoke. trib.al/6tBYEcg
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BREAKING via NBC News — Grand jury declines to indict N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James, less than two weeks after the first case was dismissed
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Something Went Wrong
BREAKING: Grand jury declines to indict Letitia James after her original case was dismissed
www.nbcnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
BREAKING via NBC News — Grand jury declines to indict N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James, less than two weeks after the first case was dismissed
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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“It is time to talk about lustration, the process of vetting and removing from public service those who engage in or support extremism or seek to undermine democracy.”
Lustration: remember this word, because we’re going to need it.
Lustration: remember this word, because we’re going to need it.
Lustration: A Modest Proposal, by Dina Francesca Haynes - Yale Journal on Regulation
After thousands of angry Trump supporters invaded the US Capitol, assaulting law enforcement and stealing equipment, questions arose about how these individuals could have made it into the Capitol bui...
www.yalejreg.com
July 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
“It is time to talk about lustration, the process of vetting and removing from public service those who engage in or support extremism or seek to undermine democracy.”
Lustration: remember this word, because we’re going to need it.
Lustration: remember this word, because we’re going to need it.
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k now do their GAAP losses
🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
k now do their GAAP losses
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like if we're going to measure a public utility that is so important that it's *literally in our Constitution* by accounting results, fine, let's maybe do that with the same standards as we do with private enterprises especially if we're going to get all *this kind of punctuation* about it
December 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
like if we're going to measure a public utility that is so important that it's *literally in our Constitution* by accounting results, fine, let's maybe do that with the same standards as we do with private enterprises especially if we're going to get all *this kind of punctuation* about it
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Family of Colombian man killed in illegal U.S. strike files human rights challenge
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
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The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
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Family of Colombian man killed in U.S. strike files human rights challenge
In a petition to the premier human rights watchdog in the Americas, the first challenge to U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats argues that the death was an extrajudicial killing.
www.npr.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Family of Colombian man killed in illegal U.S. strike files human rights challenge
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/g...
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/g...
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Per FBI: the suspected j6 pipe bomber seemingly started experimenting with building explosives as early as 2019, when he purchased the same components that were later used in the devices found on j6
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Affidavit In Support – #1, Att. #1 in United States v. COLE (D.D.C., 1:25-mj-00276) – CourtListener.com
SEALED COMPLAINT as to BRIAN J. COLE, JR (1). (Attachments: # 1 Affidavit In Support) (zmcg) (Main Document 1 replaced on 12/4/2025) (zmcg). (Attachment 1 replaced on 12/4/2025) (zmcg). (Main Document...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Per FBI: the suspected j6 pipe bomber seemingly started experimenting with building explosives as early as 2019, when he purchased the same components that were later used in the devices found on j6
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If you're the opposition party you should have a team whose full time job is devising ironic punishments for every villain in this administration
To be very clear, Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the people who get it as children. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Xt957M
RFK’s Anti-Vax Team Readies Its Next Moves
“Their game is, let’s really destabilize trust in the vaccine, and make people really anxious about it.”
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December 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
If you're the opposition party you should have a team whose full time job is devising ironic punishments for every villain in this administration
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It's Wednesday so it's time for @defendpublichealth.bsky.social Whopper of the Week! This week addresses Kennedy's love of "terrain theory," aka "germs won't hurt you if you're otherwise healthy" aka justification for his eugenic policies. By @erohealthcomms.com @benecal.bsky.social
Whopper of the Week: RFK Wants You to Fortify Your Immune System So He Can Deprive You of Modern Medicine | Defend Public Health
RFK Jr. believes that with a healthy diet, exercise, and the avoidance of environmental toxins and stresses alone, an individual can prevent disease. While these are good health practices, they are no...
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December 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
It's Wednesday so it's time for @defendpublichealth.bsky.social Whopper of the Week! This week addresses Kennedy's love of "terrain theory," aka "germs won't hurt you if you're otherwise healthy" aka justification for his eugenic policies. By @erohealthcomms.com @benecal.bsky.social
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Really great coverage from @wired.com about our week of action against online ID verification and how these bills are setting a dangerous precedent by making the internet more exploitative rather than safer.
www.wired.com/story/age-ve...
www.wired.com/story/age-ve...
The Age-Gated Internet Is Sweeping the US. Activists Are Fighting Back
Half of the country now requires age verification to watch porn or access “harmful” content. Digital rights advocates are pushing back against legislation they say will make the internet less safe.
www.wired.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Really great coverage from @wired.com about our week of action against online ID verification and how these bills are setting a dangerous precedent by making the internet more exploitative rather than safer.
www.wired.com/story/age-ve...
www.wired.com/story/age-ve...