Ryan Thomas Johnson
@rythojo.bsky.social
Composer, musician, lots of third grade potential
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May this one day happen to them.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 10:57 PM
May this one day happen to them.
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Call this profiling if you like, but I think we should stop letting puffy white men with visibly red eyes at 9am Congressional hearings have important federal government jobs.
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 13, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Call this profiling if you like, but I think we should stop letting puffy white men with visibly red eyes at 9am Congressional hearings have important federal government jobs.
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I gotta say, "the Pentagon uses a high powered laser to shoot down a party balloon" feels like enough symbolism for awhile. all full up thanks
February 11, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I gotta say, "the Pentagon uses a high powered laser to shoot down a party balloon" feels like enough symbolism for awhile. all full up thanks
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People are going to inevitably focus on the headline, but the Reformer story correctly focuses on the reality of what this terror campaign against an American city and its residents has actually consisted of.
February 12, 2026 at 2:53 PM
People are going to inevitably focus on the headline, but the Reformer story correctly focuses on the reality of what this terror campaign against an American city and its residents has actually consisted of.
You've all noticed that no one has told Kid Rock to stop the politics and stick to the music, right? We all know this is as good as it gets with him.
February 10, 2026 at 8:49 PM
You've all noticed that no one has told Kid Rock to stop the politics and stick to the music, right? We all know this is as good as it gets with him.
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Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.
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6/ “When I arrived every night I cried and now I don’t sleep well, I felt that being here was my fault and I only wanted to be on vacation like a normal family.”
9-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya, detained on her way to Disney World, spent 113+ days at Dilley.
9-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya, detained on her way to Disney World, spent 113+ days at Dilley.
![Page 2 of a child’s handwritten letter, written in pencil in Spanish. Translation: “They don’t give me my diet I am vegetarian, I don’t eat well, there is no good education and I miss my best friend julieta and my grandmother and my school I already want to get to my house. Me in dilei [Dilley] am not happy please get me out of here to colombia.” Below the text is a drawing of the girl and her mother in the government-issued gray sweatsuits of the detention center.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:k4jt6heuiamymgi46yeuxtpt/bafkreihpnudavq27nzelfb2kd3fjjthco7haqmhvx4zryksfbfruoxkm74@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 12:38 PM
6/ “When I arrived every night I cried and now I don’t sleep well, I felt that being here was my fault and I only wanted to be on vacation like a normal family.”
9-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya, detained on her way to Disney World, spent 113+ days at Dilley.
9-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya, detained on her way to Disney World, spent 113+ days at Dilley.
For years...YEARS...I have been trying to place who Bad Bunny reminds me of and it just hit me like a bolt of lightning.
February 9, 2026 at 7:25 AM
For years...YEARS...I have been trying to place who Bad Bunny reminds me of and it just hit me like a bolt of lightning.
I grew up listening to metal. You will never, ever find me complaining that I can't understand the lyrics.
February 9, 2026 at 3:28 AM
I grew up listening to metal. You will never, ever find me complaining that I can't understand the lyrics.
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Tragedy for Kid Rock, Brantley Burbis and Analeigh Bulpo.
February 9, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Tragedy for Kid Rock, Brantley Burbis and Analeigh Bulpo.
Who can save this declining institution of journalism? Surely it's the head of current unparalleled juggernaut No Boobs Blogland!!
Will Lewis is resigning as WaPo CEO, former Tumblr CEO Jeff D’Onofrio is the paper’s new acting CEO and publisher, per memos to staff
February 8, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Who can save this declining institution of journalism? Surely it's the head of current unparalleled juggernaut No Boobs Blogland!!
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Will Lewis is resigning as WaPo CEO, former Tumblr CEO Jeff D’Onofrio is the paper’s new acting CEO and publisher, per memos to staff
February 7, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Will Lewis is resigning as WaPo CEO, former Tumblr CEO Jeff D’Onofrio is the paper’s new acting CEO and publisher, per memos to staff
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Vice President JD Vance gets roundly booed at the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics. "Those are a lot of boos for him, whistling jeering," says the presenter. US athletes receive a warm welcome from fans, though.
February 6, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Vice President JD Vance gets roundly booed at the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics. "Those are a lot of boos for him, whistling jeering," says the presenter. US athletes receive a warm welcome from fans, though.
I'm so old I remember when "politician with deep links to pedophile shares racist video" would sink a career.
February 6, 2026 at 5:28 PM
I'm so old I remember when "politician with deep links to pedophile shares racist video" would sink a career.
The year is 2064. The boy turns the spit, making sure all sides of the possum are roasted.
“Grandpa,” asks the boy, “why do we say, ‘It’s Bandcamp Friday’ once a month?”
The old man, boiling a pot of pinecones, gets a faraway look.
“Grandpa,” asks the boy, “why do we say, ‘It’s Bandcamp Friday’ once a month?”
The old man, boiling a pot of pinecones, gets a faraway look.
February 6, 2026 at 4:52 PM
The year is 2064. The boy turns the spit, making sure all sides of the possum are roasted.
“Grandpa,” asks the boy, “why do we say, ‘It’s Bandcamp Friday’ once a month?”
The old man, boiling a pot of pinecones, gets a faraway look.
“Grandpa,” asks the boy, “why do we say, ‘It’s Bandcamp Friday’ once a month?”
The old man, boiling a pot of pinecones, gets a faraway look.
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The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
February 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
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Not great when the coins named for you are literally underperforming "fartcoin".
There are drawdowns. And then there’s Melania Coin.
February 6, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Not great when the coins named for you are literally underperforming "fartcoin".
The next time they tell you what a palace it is in there...
Organizers have collected 14 lotion bottles, two deodorant bottles, and one AA Battery that detainees have thrown over the fences with notes attached to them.
The full story: lataco.com/captive-loti...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
The full story: lataco.com/captive-loti...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
February 6, 2026 at 2:47 AM
The next time they tell you what a palace it is in there...
This is my favorite news article. Please read every word. www.bbc.com/sport/articl...
Ski jumping: Wada responds to penis injection claims
The World Anti-Doping Agency could investigate if evidence emerges that male ski jumpers are injecting their penises in a bid to improve sporting performance.
www.bbc.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:28 AM
This is my favorite news article. Please read every word. www.bbc.com/sport/articl...
I'm visualizing a future where Melinda French Gates and Mackenzie Scott go "First Wives Club" and bankroll the FAFO Daily News.
February 4, 2026 at 8:18 PM
I'm visualizing a future where Melinda French Gates and Mackenzie Scott go "First Wives Club" and bankroll the FAFO Daily News.
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We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
We are all Tina Brown.
February 3, 2026 at 5:56 PM
We are all Tina Brown.
I would be curious to know how many people have friends or relatives with few job qualifications who suddenly got a well paying job that causes them to travel a lot in the past year and never talk about the gig.
February 2, 2026 at 5:34 PM
I would be curious to know how many people have friends or relatives with few job qualifications who suddenly got a well paying job that causes them to travel a lot in the past year and never talk about the gig.
Pretty rosy notion thinking there will be any artists willing to play the Kennedy Center in two years.
February 2, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Pretty rosy notion thinking there will be any artists willing to play the Kennedy Center in two years.
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they're doing hand stuff at the Melania screening
January 29, 2026 at 3:57 PM
they're doing hand stuff at the Melania screening