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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 9h

i’m a lifelong mariners fan.

kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 9h

mariners have the juice.

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 17h

i might get into politics just so I can enrich myself and boss other people around.

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 17h

Trump to the Israeli parliament today, gloating about U.S. weapons supplied to Israel over the past two years:

"You obviously used them very well."

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Guardian headline: "Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead"

The children’s names below appear on a list of victims of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, maintained by health authorities in the territory. As of the end of July it ran to 60,199 names, of whom 18,457 were under 18s. Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings, as well as the war’s many indirect victims"

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 20h

i don’t know anything at all about this mayoral candidate but it will probably be good if she loses.

vladimir.theatl.social @vladimir.theatl.social · 20h

"It's unfortunate that we do have 300 apartments now instead of a state of the art pickleball racquet center"

a mayoral candidate talking about 300 households that way is displacing my other thoughts about #SandySprings elections. Read There is No Place for Us by @brian-goldstone.bsky.social . 1/2

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 20h

so wild hearing someone say this out loud. wow! currently reading the book now and it’s great. tragic, but informative and eye opening.

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 1d

Ok I actually listened to the audio nevermind lmao

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 1d

Reading this is almost disorienting. Like he’s showing some self awareness. You expect him to be like “of course I’m going to heaven I invented heaven.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 1d

Not all of our parents and grandparents have Fox News brain.

A phone screenshot of a conversation with my grandmother where i sent several pictures from a trip to california.
One photo is of the LA skyline from the top of Elysian Park and the words “fuck ice” are spray painted on the ground in the foreground. She replied with “hahahahah! my sentiments exactly!👍🏻 “

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 1d

Shocked yet not surprised that there were actually pickup trucks on the beltline. #35mm #filmphotography

Woman in plaid shirt standing in front of a wall of graffiti.

And old, red BMW parked in front of colorfully painted walls.

Woman standing in front of a mural that reads “West End, Atlanta, Ga” with a bunch of Coca Cola branding on it.

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Screamer Jim @screamerjim.bsky.social · 2d

Mariners fans: Go Mariners

Tigers Fans: Go Tigers

Eric Adams:

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 3d

Honestly this is perfect.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 4d

They've started clearing the land, and apparently "thousands" of volunteers will build all of this in five days next year. Should be an interesting week in my small, quiet neighborhood! Not super familiar with Habitat's process, but seems good this is happening. We need more affordable housing here.

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 4d

Beltline and transit-adjacent affordable housing project going up right around the corner from me. Pretty cool to see.

www.atlantahabitat.org/post/langsto...