Dan Johnsen
@loonspeak.bsky.social
Hanging at home talking to the plants and taking calls from the robots.
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By Spencer Buell -- Brown University custodian says he saw shooting suspect casing building over several weeks, flagged security
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/22/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/22/m...
Brown University custodian says he saw shooting suspect casing building over several weeks, flagged security - The Boston Globe
Derek Lisi, who has worked at Brown for 15 years, said he had taken note of a man pacing the hallways, peering into classrooms, and ducking into a bathroom to avoid being seen.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
By Spencer Buell -- Brown University custodian says he saw shooting suspect casing building over several weeks, flagged security
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/22/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/22/m...
Translation: White supremacy and its silly justifications is finding new followers.
Discussion: Losers tell themselves they won at birth.
Discussion: Losers tell themselves they won at birth.
It is not the atavism of this iteration of herrenvolk race science that startles me, but the way it’s percolated into common sense. I think I first noticed it on X but is now just an ambient feature of popular discourse, even among subalterns. I mean, phrenology, really?
December 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Translation: White supremacy and its silly justifications is finding new followers.
Discussion: Losers tell themselves they won at birth.
Discussion: Losers tell themselves they won at birth.
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The Epstein Files: My Observations (Free) jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/the-epstei...
The Epstein Files: My observations
Nothing to See Here
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December 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The Epstein Files: My Observations (Free) jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/the-epstei...
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A dangerous road’: Misinformation is spreading about the Brown University shooter www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/17/m...
‘A dangerous road’: Misinformation is spreading about the Brown University shooter - The Boston Globe
In the absence of a clear narrative, misinformation about the shooter and any possible motives has run rampant.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A dangerous road’: Misinformation is spreading about the Brown University shooter www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/17/m...
Providence Journal delivers state-of-play in governor's race with Shekarchi interview by @kathyprojo.bsky.social and @waveelection.bsky.social. Impressive candor from the Speaker but for his attempt to finesse the inevitable Alviti question. www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...
From governor run to taxes, Shekarchi says 'everything is on the table'
Housing affordability remains a Shekarchi priority, but he acknowledges that health care has risen to the top of the policy agenda.
www.providencejournal.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Providence Journal delivers state-of-play in governor's race with Shekarchi interview by @kathyprojo.bsky.social and @waveelection.bsky.social. Impressive candor from the Speaker but for his attempt to finesse the inevitable Alviti question. www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...
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Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
WASHINGTON—Touting his latest executive order as a historic win for the U.S. economy, President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was mandating a 5,000% increase in all numbers nationwide. “Effect...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
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Congratulations to the people of Chandler, AZ, who — despite a fierce lobbying campaign — defeated a massive AI data center that would have raised utility bills and drained scarce water.
Oligarchs want working Americans to foot the bill while they profit. Not gonna happen!
Oligarchs want working Americans to foot the bill while they profit. Not gonna happen!
December 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Congratulations to the people of Chandler, AZ, who — despite a fierce lobbying campaign — defeated a massive AI data center that would have raised utility bills and drained scarce water.
Oligarchs want working Americans to foot the bill while they profit. Not gonna happen!
Oligarchs want working Americans to foot the bill while they profit. Not gonna happen!
apnews.com/article/verm... flag flown outside Vermont school building over Trump 'garbage' slur brings threats
Somali flag flown outside Vermont school building over Trump 'garbage' slur brings threats
A Vermont school district is receiving racist and threatening messages after raising a Somali flag at a school building last week.
apnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
apnews.com/article/verm... flag flown outside Vermont school building over Trump 'garbage' slur brings threats
Yes we CAN successfully push back against police tools invading our privacy.
Big privacy win!
Yesterday, after hearing from concerned residents, the Warren Town Council REJECTED the RI State Police’s request to install a Flock automated license plate reader in the town.
We hope other councils considering these invasive cameras, like Bristol + Portsmouth, will follow suit.
Yesterday, after hearing from concerned residents, the Warren Town Council REJECTED the RI State Police’s request to install a Flock automated license plate reader in the town.
We hope other councils considering these invasive cameras, like Bristol + Portsmouth, will follow suit.
December 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Yes we CAN successfully push back against police tools invading our privacy.
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If your culture wants to “stone gay people to death”, then there is something deeply wrong with your culture. My culture celebrates the child that is born with two-spirits.
December 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
If your culture wants to “stone gay people to death”, then there is something deeply wrong with your culture. My culture celebrates the child that is born with two-spirits.
December 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
It's about time local cops enforced the law regarding federal thugs.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
It's about time local cops enforced the law regarding federal thugs.
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"Every time I see the words Cape Cod on a map, I’m reminded of the gap between the stories we tell and the systems we actually run."
waquoitbayfishcompany.com/blog/cod-col...
waquoitbayfishcompany.com/blog/cod-col...
Cod Collapse — Waquoit Bay Fish Company
Bankers' Hours to Bankruptcy: The Collapse of Gulf of Maine Cod
waquoitbayfishcompany.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"Every time I see the words Cape Cod on a map, I’m reminded of the gap between the stories we tell and the systems we actually run."
waquoitbayfishcompany.com/blog/cod-col...
waquoitbayfishcompany.com/blog/cod-col...
Nice post from the 1950s
December 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Nice post from the 1950s
The stage play that saved countless lives.
We need art.
We need art.
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The stage play that saved countless lives.
We need art.
We need art.
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The expected brutal clarity from @audacityofdespair.bsky.social
We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
December 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The expected brutal clarity from @audacityofdespair.bsky.social
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Big story happened somewhere "in Florida"
WHERE in Florida? Do we not care about such details anymore?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
WHERE in Florida? Do we not care about such details anymore?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Ukrainian and US officials meet in Florida to discuss proposals to end Russia’s war
Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner meet Kyiv delegation amid more deadly Russian attacks in Ukraine
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Big story happened somewhere "in Florida"
WHERE in Florida? Do we not care about such details anymore?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
WHERE in Florida? Do we not care about such details anymore?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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The Citizens United decision has corrupted our government and is destroying our democracy. Here's a way to get rid of it. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
robertreich.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The Citizens United decision has corrupted our government and is destroying our democracy. Here's a way to get rid of it. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
Military personnel are part of the force that has issued 28,000 traffic citations in two months. People waiting in court are missing work. Officials are begging for bed linens. Inmates are sleeping in chairs. Memphis is a majority-Black city with a Republican governor.
A task force ordered by Trump to combat crime in Memphis, Tennessee, has made thousands of arrests, compounding strains on the busy local court system and an already overcrowded jail in ways that concerned officials say will last months or even years as cases play out.
Thousands of arrests by Trump's crime-fighting task force in Memphis strain crowded jail and courts
A task force ordered by President Donald Trump to combat crime in Memphis, Tennessee, has made thousands of arrests.
apnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Military personnel are part of the force that has issued 28,000 traffic citations in two months. People waiting in court are missing work. Officials are begging for bed linens. Inmates are sleeping in chairs. Memphis is a majority-Black city with a Republican governor.
RI ACLU asks RI Energy *again* to specify how it will protect customers with mandated smart meters from privacy violations.
Do you have a smart meter installed by RI Energy? They’re intended to be more efficient, but you probably don't realize they simultaneously collect a lot of personal data about you + your habits based on your energy usage.
We're calling for transparent, enforceable privacy + data usage protections.
We're calling for transparent, enforceable privacy + data usage protections.
LETTER Re: RI Energy Smart Meters - ACLU of Rhode Island
This letter was sent to RI Energy's Director of Government Affairs regarding the ongoing implementation of "smart meters" and privacy concerns about collection, usage, and storage of people's data.
www.riaclu.org
November 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
RI ACLU asks RI Energy *again* to specify how it will protect customers with mandated smart meters from privacy violations.
Big Brother is watching us.
Border Patrol monitors US drivers and detains Americans for ‘suspicious’ travel | AP News
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Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Big Brother is watching us.