T.A. Johnson
@tajohnson.bsky.social
Hubby, cinephile, fan of the uncanny, Gen-X Man, A.I. Hater, played The Palace
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Ah well. Can't disagree here really. Americans did vote for masked agents of the state to kill innocent people, whether they understood that at the time or not. Too bad they didn't listen to anyone who tried to explain it to them bsky.app/profile/atru...
January 8, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Ah well. Can't disagree here really. Americans did vote for masked agents of the state to kill innocent people, whether they understood that at the time or not. Too bad they didn't listen to anyone who tried to explain it to them bsky.app/profile/atru...
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"You deserve to die if you disagree with us" is their position. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Rep. Randy Fine: "If you impede the actions of our law enforcement as they seek to repel foreign invaders from our country, you get what's coming to you. I do not feel bad for the woman that was involved."
January 8, 2026 at 2:37 PM
"You deserve to die if you disagree with us" is their position. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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10,000 people honoring Renee Nicole Good
at the site of her murder
at the site of her murder
January 8, 2026 at 3:09 AM
10,000 people honoring Renee Nicole Good
at the site of her murder
at the site of her murder
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Q: After you told ICE to get the F out, Republicans are criticizing you for escalating tensions
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
January 8, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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Twin Peaks: Agent Cooper meets the Log Lady.
January 8, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Twin Peaks: Agent Cooper meets the Log Lady.
“America First” = America ALONE
Gunther Fehlinger, chairman of the Austria Committee for NATO Enlargement, to United States: "If you take it, we will take every single base of the US from Aviano to Ramstein, from Romania to all the other military bases, will be confiscated and you will lost it." "If you go extreme, we go extreme"
January 7, 2026 at 10:49 PM
“America First” = America ALONE
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Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
January 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
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We are the shithole nation. From Caracas to Greenland to Minneapolis, we are the problem in the world, we are the source of the tragedy, we are the affront to all human dignity. This is the United States now. We are the evil.
NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
“They killed my wife,” the distraught woman says, adding, “They shot her in the head.”
www.advocate.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:33 PM
We are the shithole nation. From Caracas to Greenland to Minneapolis, we are the problem in the world, we are the source of the tragedy, we are the affront to all human dignity. This is the United States now. We are the evil.
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The ICE murder of Renee Good and the failure of any cessation of the Grok CSAM and nonconsensual image generation are part of the same broader story about the establishment of elite impunity for transgressing all moral boundaries of a humanist civil society with individual rights
January 7, 2026 at 10:12 PM
The ICE murder of Renee Good and the failure of any cessation of the Grok CSAM and nonconsensual image generation are part of the same broader story about the establishment of elite impunity for transgressing all moral boundaries of a humanist civil society with individual rights
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RFK Jr. Recommends Children Smoke No More Than Two Cigarettes a Day
thehardtimes.net/culture/rfk-...
thehardtimes.net/culture/rfk-...
RFK Jr. Recommends Children Smoke No More Than Two Cigarettes a Day
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. revised the recommended amount of cigarettes children should smoke daily from zero to no more than two.
thehardtimes.net
January 7, 2026 at 10:00 PM
RFK Jr. Recommends Children Smoke No More Than Two Cigarettes a Day
thehardtimes.net/culture/rfk-...
thehardtimes.net/culture/rfk-...
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important message to all bluesky users
January 7, 2026 at 7:53 PM
important message to all bluesky users
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The president is also signalling to his followers in and out of government what the party line on this horrific murder will be. That it's transparently false is almost beside the point. Indeed, publicly adopting the falsehood will fast become a loyalty test.
That he chooses the "me or your lying eyes?" approach, in the full knowledge that there are multiple videos out there, is a striking commentary on the nature of propaganda in the modern information environment.
Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting ... "
January 7, 2026 at 9:12 PM
The president is also signalling to his followers in and out of government what the party line on this horrific murder will be. That it's transparently false is almost beside the point. Indeed, publicly adopting the falsehood will fast become a loyalty test.
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Schoolhouse Rock never prepared us for this shit.
January 7, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Schoolhouse Rock never prepared us for this shit.
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“Thank God, Sylvia! We’re alive!”
January 6, 2026 at 8:05 PM
“Thank God, Sylvia! We’re alive!”
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No, it was a successful coup. None of the people who led it were punished, and are in fact back in power, rewarded for their efforts to break the system by running it. Donald Trump is currently the dictator he attempted to become 5 years ago, and it’s because nobody treated trying as a crime.
We must speak plainly: January 6th was an attempted coup. It was an effort to nullify millions of lawful votes and subvert the will of the American people.
January 6, 2026 at 6:26 PM
No, it was a successful coup. None of the people who led it were punished, and are in fact back in power, rewarded for their efforts to break the system by running it. Donald Trump is currently the dictator he attempted to become 5 years ago, and it’s because nobody treated trying as a crime.
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I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day.
Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:23 PM
I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day.
Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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If the US holds Venezuela, we will seize 17% of oil -- yesterday's technology. If China uses this precedent to take Taiwan, it will own 60% of semiconductors -- tomorrow's technology. See what happens when you elect evil & stupid at the same time?
Really American FB
Really American FB
January 6, 2026 at 2:07 AM
If the US holds Venezuela, we will seize 17% of oil -- yesterday's technology. If China uses this precedent to take Taiwan, it will own 60% of semiconductors -- tomorrow's technology. See what happens when you elect evil & stupid at the same time?
Really American FB
Really American FB
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The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made
January 6, 2026 at 2:51 PM
The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made
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That line is now being blurred. When officers are pressured to prove loyalty, when neutrality is treated as suspicion, and when dissent is framed as betrayal, the military stops being a professional force and starts becoming a political instrument.
January 6, 2026 at 3:20 AM
That line is now being blurred. When officers are pressured to prove loyalty, when neutrality is treated as suspicion, and when dissent is framed as betrayal, the military stops being a professional force and starts becoming a political instrument.
THREAD
Resistance members are being targeted this week. It appears to be the return of Stalinism. What’s happening right now looks uncomfortably familiar. It feels like the return of Stalinism, not in the old, Cold
January 6, 2026 at 3:51 AM
THREAD
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When you see pessimism, share this.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO DEFEND DEMOCRACY
/ Join protests
/ Donate time & $$ to defeat Republicans
/ Support good media (Guardian, ProPublica etc)
/ Boycott bad media (CBS, Fox)
/ Call & write lawmakers
/ Remind family & friends how bad MAGA is
/ Vote
/ Get others to.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO DEFEND DEMOCRACY
/ Join protests
/ Donate time & $$ to defeat Republicans
/ Support good media (Guardian, ProPublica etc)
/ Boycott bad media (CBS, Fox)
/ Call & write lawmakers
/ Remind family & friends how bad MAGA is
/ Vote
/ Get others to.
January 5, 2026 at 11:06 PM
When you see pessimism, share this.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO DEFEND DEMOCRACY
/ Join protests
/ Donate time & $$ to defeat Republicans
/ Support good media (Guardian, ProPublica etc)
/ Boycott bad media (CBS, Fox)
/ Call & write lawmakers
/ Remind family & friends how bad MAGA is
/ Vote
/ Get others to.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO DEFEND DEMOCRACY
/ Join protests
/ Donate time & $$ to defeat Republicans
/ Support good media (Guardian, ProPublica etc)
/ Boycott bad media (CBS, Fox)
/ Call & write lawmakers
/ Remind family & friends how bad MAGA is
/ Vote
/ Get others to.
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One of my favorite projects from last year is finally out today! I wrote this video and song for Wizards Of The Coast and the Jim Henson Company - two great companies that taste great together! So much fun to work with so many great artists.
youtu.be/TG1mJ7zpi10
youtu.be/TG1mJ7zpi10
Return to the Land of Light and Shadow | Lorwyn Eclipsed Debut
YouTube video by Magic: The Gathering
youtu.be
January 5, 2026 at 11:09 PM
One of my favorite projects from last year is finally out today! I wrote this video and song for Wizards Of The Coast and the Jim Henson Company - two great companies that taste great together! So much fun to work with so many great artists.
youtu.be/TG1mJ7zpi10
youtu.be/TG1mJ7zpi10
5 perfect movies — (USA Edition)
- Hairspray
- Casablanca
- The Silence of the Lambs
- Some Like It Hot
- The Straight Story
- Hairspray
- Casablanca
- The Silence of the Lambs
- Some Like It Hot
- The Straight Story
5 perfect movies —
- The Red Shoes
- Picnic At Hanging Rock
- L'Avventura
- New Nightmare
- Onibaba
- The Red Shoes
- Picnic At Hanging Rock
- L'Avventura
- New Nightmare
- Onibaba
5 perfect movies (in no particular order):
-Cure
-Perfect Blue
-Mulholland Drive
-Wings of Desire
-Spirited Away
-Cure
-Perfect Blue
-Mulholland Drive
-Wings of Desire
-Spirited Away
January 5, 2026 at 9:57 PM
5 perfect movies — (USA Edition)
- Hairspray
- Casablanca
- The Silence of the Lambs
- Some Like It Hot
- The Straight Story
- Hairspray
- Casablanca
- The Silence of the Lambs
- Some Like It Hot
- The Straight Story
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Hi, looking for some illustration work at the moment, send me a message if you'd like some art for your project. You can also email me at [email protected]
Thanks!
Thanks!
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Hi, looking for some illustration work at the moment, send me a message if you'd like some art for your project. You can also email me at [email protected]
Thanks!
Thanks!
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Just so you know, the the same sort of algorithms that use your face to unlock your phone are being used by cops to recognize you in traffic stops and immigration raids.
But there are ways to disguise yourself from facial recognition systems in your everyday life.
A guide:
But there are ways to disguise yourself from facial recognition systems in your everyday life.
A guide:
The State of Anti-Surveillance Design
The most effective surveillance-evading gear might already be in your closet.
www.404media.co
January 5, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Just so you know, the the same sort of algorithms that use your face to unlock your phone are being used by cops to recognize you in traffic stops and immigration raids.
But there are ways to disguise yourself from facial recognition systems in your everyday life.
A guide:
But there are ways to disguise yourself from facial recognition systems in your everyday life.
A guide: