Johnny Cans
@oldmatecans.bsky.social
he/him
The blackberry phone was the posters katana, a true masterpiece of form.
All opinions are personal, not professional.
postingcast.podbean.com for audio
The blackberry phone was the posters katana, a true masterpiece of form.
All opinions are personal, not professional.
postingcast.podbean.com for audio
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Johnny Cans
@oldmatecans.bsky.social
· Apr 23
Identity Crisis
Identity politics. It is, apparently, what is wrong with the left.
postingdad.medium.com
Ok, here's the long-thread of everything I've written about NZs right-wing anti-trans movement since February 2020.
Identity Crisis - Feb 13 2020 - The Free Speech lot are extremely bad faith, a new anti-trans group sounds a lot like white supremacism.
postingdad.medium.com/identity-cri...
Identity Crisis - Feb 13 2020 - The Free Speech lot are extremely bad faith, a new anti-trans group sounds a lot like white supremacism.
postingdad.medium.com/identity-cri...
I love a BAD movie review. They're much more fun than reviews of good movies.
🧵🧵🧵 I'll be collecting reviews of the "Melania" movie in this thread. 🧵🧵🧵
Variety:
"A Cheeseball Infomercial of Staggering Inertia"
Variety:
"A Cheeseball Infomercial of Staggering Inertia"
‘Melania’ Review: Brett Ratner’s First Lady Documentary Is a Cheeseball Infomercial of Staggering Inertia
There's no drama to Brett Ratner's cheeseball First Lady documentary, which should have been called "Day of the Living Tradwife."
variety.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:37 PM
I love a BAD movie review. They're much more fun than reviews of good movies.
Between this and the transphobes losing on multiple fronts in the UK and Europe, it's shaping up to be a really bad week for Hadley Freeman
Elon Musk, Jeffrey Epstein and Woody Allen on a Carribean island at Christmastime?
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
January 30, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Between this and the transphobes losing on multiple fronts in the UK and Europe, it's shaping up to be a really bad week for Hadley Freeman
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STEPHEN MILLER: so you've gone through all of these files and made sure there's nothing incriminatory about Trump or his friends and associates, right
KASH PATEL: *standing in line at berghain dressed like the Ikea monkey* oh yeah definitely
KASH PATEL: *standing in line at berghain dressed like the Ikea monkey* oh yeah definitely
January 30, 2026 at 10:40 PM
STEPHEN MILLER: so you've gone through all of these files and made sure there's nothing incriminatory about Trump or his friends and associates, right
KASH PATEL: *standing in line at berghain dressed like the Ikea monkey* oh yeah definitely
KASH PATEL: *standing in line at berghain dressed like the Ikea monkey* oh yeah definitely
We should allow Britain to brexit this plane of existence.
Daily Express: NOW YOU MUST GIVE BRITAIN A PROPER BREXIT #TomorrowsPapersToday
January 30, 2026 at 10:41 PM
We should allow Britain to brexit this plane of existence.
That's my Mayor
Mamdani Targets ‘Unusable’ AI Chatbot for Termination
Mamdani Targets ‘Unusable’ AI Chatbot for Termination
Reporting from The Markup and THE CITY exposed how the bot, touted by the Adams administration, repeatedly served up false and damaging information.
buff.ly
January 30, 2026 at 10:40 PM
That's my Mayor
I've been doing a Couch to 5k, the free Active one, relatively regularly since October. I hadn't really been exercising at all before that. The plan was to get myself fitter for Splore 2026. I now have nine runs left to do, and 19 days to do them.
January 30, 2026 at 7:44 PM
I've been doing a Couch to 5k, the free Active one, relatively regularly since October. I hadn't really been exercising at all before that. The plan was to get myself fitter for Splore 2026. I now have nine runs left to do, and 19 days to do them.
The reboot of My Name Is Earl is way too dark
Lets kill crab man
January 30, 2026 at 7:43 AM
The reboot of My Name Is Earl is way too dark
The Stancil pendulum is really oscillating wildly between "good on him" and "fuck this guy" at a rate it's hard to record.
January 30, 2026 at 6:48 AM
The Stancil pendulum is really oscillating wildly between "good on him" and "fuck this guy" at a rate it's hard to record.
Luxon not going to Waitangi on Waitangi Day, but going to a "community event in Auckland".
Bottle job.
Bottle job.
January 30, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Luxon not going to Waitangi on Waitangi Day, but going to a "community event in Auckland".
Bottle job.
Bottle job.
JESUS CHRIST THEY'VE DEVELOPED AN AMERICAN BRENDAN O'NEILL
So I found out this is one of the ICE agents involved in this incident.
January 30, 2026 at 12:21 AM
JESUS CHRIST THEY'VE DEVELOPED AN AMERICAN BRENDAN O'NEILL
Same as it ever was, take it away Jean Luc Lenin.
January 29, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Same as it ever was, take it away Jean Luc Lenin.
The old ones really are the best.
January 29, 2026 at 11:36 PM
The old ones really are the best.
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Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
January 29, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.
Minnesota really decided that they are, in fact, going to be in charge of the United States.
A Minnesota man allegedly tried to break Luigi Mangione out of jail in New York by claiming to be an FBI agent with a court order to release him, authorities said
Man allegedly tried to break Luigi Mangione out of jail by impersonating FBI agent: Sources
A Minnesota man allegedly tried to break Luigi Mangione out of jail in New York, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
abcnews.go.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Minnesota really decided that they are, in fact, going to be in charge of the United States.
I mean they employ Helen Lewis who is, by quite some way, one of the stupidest British comment transphobes in a packed field of fucking idiots.
We’re excited to announce that David Brooks is joining The Atlantic as a staff writer. The Atlantic will be the home for all of his writing, and he will also host a new weekly video podcast that will launch later this spring. www.theatlantic.com/press-releas...
The Atlantic hires David Brooks as a staff writer
New home for his writing, and to launch a video podcast
www.theatlantic.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:47 PM
I mean they employ Helen Lewis who is, by quite some way, one of the stupidest British comment transphobes in a packed field of fucking idiots.
The government doesn't believe in climate change but the following things do:
- insurance companies
- saturation points for hillsides and maunga
- grieving families
- the rest of us
- insurance companies
- saturation points for hillsides and maunga
- grieving families
- the rest of us
January 29, 2026 at 6:44 PM
The government doesn't believe in climate change but the following things do:
- insurance companies
- saturation points for hillsides and maunga
- grieving families
- the rest of us
- insurance companies
- saturation points for hillsides and maunga
- grieving families
- the rest of us
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NZ has fallen into a 'crisis and response' pattern on climate disaster, experts say. Billions have been spent on storm recovery since 2023, while key climate adaptation funding and planning tools have been cut.
My story looking at last week’s storms
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
My story looking at last week’s storms
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
January 29, 2026 at 6:10 PM
NZ has fallen into a 'crisis and response' pattern on climate disaster, experts say. Billions have been spent on storm recovery since 2023, while key climate adaptation funding and planning tools have been cut.
My story looking at last week’s storms
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
My story looking at last week’s storms
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Ooh the mould is going to be getting yelled at this evening lads.
January 29, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Ooh the mould is going to be getting yelled at this evening lads.
The NZ Post shop closure in my town will mean for its 13000 residents there will be one post counter crammed at the back of a paper plus.
The one they're closing is a much nicer location, more accessible, and can handle people queueing.
The one they're closing is a much nicer location, more accessible, and can handle people queueing.
January 29, 2026 at 6:14 PM
The NZ Post shop closure in my town will mean for its 13000 residents there will be one post counter crammed at the back of a paper plus.
The one they're closing is a much nicer location, more accessible, and can handle people queueing.
The one they're closing is a much nicer location, more accessible, and can handle people queueing.
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She's... or He's...? having a... something!
January 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
She's... or He's...? having a... something!
Why am I paying my water bill for thousands of miles of pipes? I only need to pay for the one which goes to my house. There's so many other pipes I'm not using at all, it's so wasteful.
Why does this library have thousands of books in it? I only read 10 or so a year. There's whole sections I'm not interested in an at all, it's so wasteful.
January 29, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Why am I paying my water bill for thousands of miles of pipes? I only need to pay for the one which goes to my house. There's so many other pipes I'm not using at all, it's so wasteful.
Glinner being right about a social contagion but it's him passing on being divorced to anyone who can stand spending any time with him.
January 29, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Glinner being right about a social contagion but it's him passing on being divorced to anyone who can stand spending any time with him.
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Important (we have drawn this to the attention of my in-laws in the US, who weren’t aware of it).
Reminder for all UK dual nationals:
As of the 25 Feb 2026, dual nationals will not be able to travel to the UK on their 'other' passport. If, for example, you or your dual citizen children live abroad & currently don't hold a UK passport, you need to get one (for them) in order to re-enter the UK.
As of the 25 Feb 2026, dual nationals will not be able to travel to the UK on their 'other' passport. If, for example, you or your dual citizen children live abroad & currently don't hold a UK passport, you need to get one (for them) in order to re-enter the UK.
January 29, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Important (we have drawn this to the attention of my in-laws in the US, who weren’t aware of it).
Let's be 100% real here, every single one of the people posting the camera looks hard as fucking hell in this shot.
I'm starting to think the Trumpist mastery of propaganda is failing them. The DHS agents posing this way makes it look like they're ashamed of themselves.
January 29, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Let's be 100% real here, every single one of the people posting the camera looks hard as fucking hell in this shot.