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Ian Johnson 🔆 @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 5h

Peter Thiel has helped us understand that money + opinions doesn't equal wisdom

For example, his gem:

“In all times and all places, people want to always scapegoat the Christian God for our problems”

Peter Thiel’s off-the-record antichrist lectures reveal more about him than Armageddon

Silicon Valley titan desperately tries to detach self from power in amateurish talks attempting to ape his favorite philosopher

www.theguardian.com

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Ian Johnson 🔆 @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

This is how you do it

Nancy Levine Stearns 🌎 @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 1d

💥 It’s Banned Books Week! Penguin Random House is not afraid, does not bend the knee!

www.linkedin.com/posts/pengui...

#reading #books #bookish #bookishreccomemndations #booklovers #classics #bannedbooks #bannedbooksweek #freedomtoread #readingforall #readingmatters | Penguin Publishing Group | 98 comments

📚✨ It’s Banned Books Week! Each year, we celebrate the freedom to read — and the stories, voices, and ideas that challenge, inspire, and connect us. Books that have been banned or challenged often d...

www.linkedin.com

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Ian Johnson 🔆 @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

ICE officers face street dance battles in warzone of Portland

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Ian Johnson 🔆 @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

Scenes from the war-ravaged dancing front line of the Portland Oregon ICE facility

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Ian Johnson 🔆 @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

Farewell bass player / vocalist John Lodge of The Moody Blues, who has died

"So fine, so far, so good"

The Moody Blues - Gemini Dream (Enhanced Audio Original Video Clip)

YouTube video by Video Clip Revival Studios

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Ian Johnson 🔆 @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

And the Loser is...so tediously predictable

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Guardian online headline on 10th october 2025 saying
White House slams Trump’s perceived Nobel peace prize snub as ‘politics over peace’
President has ‘heart of humanitarian’, spokesperson says after unsuccessful bid for prize amid Gaza ceasefire deal

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Ian Johnson 🔆 @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

This is how you do it

Nancy Levine Stearns 🌎 @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 1d

💥 It’s Banned Books Week! Penguin Random House is not afraid, does not bend the knee!

www.linkedin.com/posts/pengui...

#reading #books #bookish #bookishreccomemndations #booklovers #classics #bannedbooks #bannedbooksweek #freedomtoread #readingforall #readingmatters | Penguin Publishing Group | 98 comments

📚✨ It’s Banned Books Week! Each year, we celebrate the freedom to read — and the stories, voices, and ideas that challenge, inspire, and connect us. Books that have been banned or challenged often d...

www.linkedin.com

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Ian Johnson 🔆 @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 2d

‘Antifa roundtable’ at the White House— "It was so much worse than you’re imagining. A meeting that at one point appeared to position people protesting AGAINST Nazis in the Weimar Republic as the bad guys"

👉 "Being anti-anti-fascism means BEING fascist" 👈

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

online article in the uk independent newspaper 9th october 2025 stating:
In their little room with their teeny little microphones, a bunch of very important people in heavy makeup entered into a collective delusion today. They’re desperate for everybody else to join them. But there are some facts that just won’t un-fact. And for those of us who fancy ourselves OK with words, let’s remember that, no matter how much you twist it, being anti-anti-fascism means being fascist, even — especially — in the Weimar Republic. That’s just elementary logic.

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Ian Johnson 🔆 @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 2d

"being anti-anti-fascism means being fascist"

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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Ian Johnson 🔆 @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 3d

Protestor outside James Comey hearing today:

Fear is contagious, but so is is courage.

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Ian Johnson 🔆 @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 4d

This video on the Epstein Files is so well done.

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Ian Johnson 🔆 @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 4d

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Ian Johnson 🔆 @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 6d

Resistance is not futile — the source of all power IS the people

The power of these people in Chicago causes ICE agents to leave the man they tried to arrest and drive away in retreat

People power works #PeoplePower

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Ian Johnson 🔆 @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 6d

Resistance is not futile — the source of all power IS the people

The power of these people in Chicago causes ICE agents to leave the man they tried to arrest and drive away in retreat

People power works #PeoplePower

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Ian Johnson 🔆 @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 6d

Scientists think Bluesky is more effective for professionals

www.psypost.org/scientists-s...

Online report September 2025 on why professional scientists are abandoning Twitter for bluesky

Ian Johnson 🔆 @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 6d

Scientists say Bluesky is the place to be

bsky.app/profile/mria...

Psy Post online article comparing bluesky to twitter
with text reading
users reported that Bluesky was meeting many of their professional needs. Like Twitter in its earlier days, Bluesky offered a space for learning, networking, and public engagement. Over 94 percent said they used Bluesky to stay informed about research in their field, and nearly 88 percent used it for professional networking. A majority said the new platform was more useful than X for these purposes.

The researchers also explored why people chose to try Bluesky. Nearly half said they were invited by a colleague or saw others in the science community making the shift. Many viewed Bluesky’s features — such as stronger moderation tools, less algorithmic interference, and more control over what appears in their feed — as more aligned with their professional goals.

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Ian Johnson 🔆 @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 6d

The research is in — science says Bluesky is the place to be

academic.oup.com/icb/article-...

Oxford Academic online journal article saying

Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky Get access Arrow
D S Shiffman, J Wester
Integrative and Comparative Biology, Volume 65, Issue 3, September 2025, Pages 538–545, https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icaf127

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Ian Johnson 🔆 @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 7d

Judge W Young judgment:

"Dear Mr or Ms Anonymous
Alone, I have nothing but my sense of duty. Together, We the People of the United States—you & me—have our magnificent Constitution. Here’s how that works out in a specific case—"

Then he slams free speech abuses of the Constitution by the US regime

Appended to the start of 30 September 2025 Judgment by Judge William Young of the district court of Massachusetts in case of Association of University Professors v Rubio and responding to an anonymous note appended to the start of the judgment stating "Trump has pardons and tanks. What do you have" to which the judge replied "[1] Post card dated June 19, 2025 (On file in Chambers) Dear Mr. or Ms. Anonymous, Alone, I have nothing but my sense of duty. Together, We the People of the United States –- you and me -- have our magnificent Constitution. Here’s how that works out in a specific case –-"

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Ian Johnson 🔆 @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 9d

I sit with Sir Ian. Winter is our time.

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Ian Johnson 🔆 @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 6d

One of the most impactful paintings I've seen

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Ian Johnson 🔆 @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 6d

Forcible suppression of political opponents is the definition of fascism

stephen miller tweet on 4th october 2025 describing political opponents as terrorists

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Ian Johnson 🔆 @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 6d

Political opponents are not terrorists

The issue before us is fascism — it is simple and it is now very clear

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Ian Johnson 🔆 @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 7d

Judge W Young judgment:

"Dear Mr or Ms Anonymous
Alone, I have nothing but my sense of duty. Together, We the People of the United States—you & me—have our magnificent Constitution. Here’s how that works out in a specific case—"

Then he slams free speech abuses of the Constitution by the US regime

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Ian Johnson 🔆 @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 7d

Judge William Young of the US district court of Massachusetts this week found the US constitution protects the free speech of immigrants and delivered a scathing rebuke of the current regime, in his judgment in the case of 'American Association of University Professors v Rubio'

30 September 2025 judgment by Judge William Young of the United States district court of Massachusetts in the case of American Association of University Professors v Rubio
he wrote
In his opinion, the judge went beyond the usual bounds of a judicial decision to note that the president “ignores everything … The Constitution, our civil laws, regulations, mores, customs, practices, courtesies – all of it; the President simply ignores it all when he takes it into his head to act”. Young added: “While the President naturally seeks warm cheering and gladsome, welcoming acceptance of his views, in the real world he’ll settle for sullen silence and obedience. What he will not countenance is dissent or disagreement.”

The judge also accused the president of “bullying”.

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Ian Johnson 🔆 @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 9d

Stephen Miller in 2003:

"Torture is the way to go. We need to remember that…I can only hope…that people who will be leading this country will appreciate the value and respect that torture shows towards other cultures."

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