Johnny Hill
@thejohnnyhill.com
Designer / builder / birder / runner / father / other. Aspiring imperfectionist. Fighting for a better world. Building @bir.bz 🐦🍉
📍 MPLS, MN
🌐 https://www.thejohnnyhill.com
📍 MPLS, MN
🌐 https://www.thejohnnyhill.com
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Johnny Hill
@thejohnnyhill.com
· Nov 11
Okay now that the flood of new followers is cooling down somewhat, wanted to take time to properly introduce myself!
👋 I'm Johnny, a lil lad livin' laughin' lovin' life in MPLS, MN. I design and build internet things by day, do a million other things by night. I post about... (cont.)
👋 I'm Johnny, a lil lad livin' laughin' lovin' life in MPLS, MN. I design and build internet things by day, do a million other things by night. I post about... (cont.)
Hit me up for more tips on keeping your sidewalks ice-free 🔥🧊
Physical removal of snow is your best defense for keeping sidewalks ice-free. Use salt sparingly — more salt does not make it work better or faster. In extreme cold, use sand for traction since salt only works when pavement is warmer than 15°F. More tips: https://bit.ly/450rmgD
December 13, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Hit me up for more tips on keeping your sidewalks ice-free 🔥🧊
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Physical removal of snow is your best defense for keeping sidewalks ice-free. Use salt sparingly — more salt does not make it work better or faster. In extreme cold, use sand for traction since salt only works when pavement is warmer than 15°F. More tips: https://bit.ly/450rmgD
December 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Physical removal of snow is your best defense for keeping sidewalks ice-free. Use salt sparingly — more salt does not make it work better or faster. In extreme cold, use sand for traction since salt only works when pavement is warmer than 15°F. More tips: https://bit.ly/450rmgD
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just going to reiterate this.
if immigrants don't have due process, no one does. you can't tell citizens from immigrants without due process. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...
if immigrants don't have due process, no one does. you can't tell citizens from immigrants without due process. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...
If Immigrants Don’t Have Due Process, No One Has Due Process
How do you prove you’re a citizen?
www.everythingishorrible.net
December 11, 2025 at 4:43 AM
just going to reiterate this.
if immigrants don't have due process, no one does. you can't tell citizens from immigrants without due process. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...
if immigrants don't have due process, no one does. you can't tell citizens from immigrants without due process. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...
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“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
These people are the biggest fucking losers to ever walk this earth. Sorry, it had to be said (again).
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
These people are the biggest fucking losers to ever walk this earth. Sorry, it had to be said (again).
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It's BEEN time to dump Spotify. Since this article, the music platform has also started running ICE recruitment ads. Is your Wrapped really worth it? https://bit.ly/44cgegy
Time to dump Spotify - Chicago Reader
Spotify was already a blight on music, and now CEO Daniel Ek is investing in AI weaponry. Chicagoans are joining an exodus from the platform.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It's BEEN time to dump Spotify. Since this article, the music platform has also started running ICE recruitment ads. Is your Wrapped really worth it? https://bit.ly/44cgegy
Me, too dumb and stubborn to touch anything React:
December 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Me, too dumb and stubborn to touch anything React:
This is fine and normal right
December 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This is fine and normal right
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I know it's too easy to grow numb to the constant flood of bigotry that comes out of his mouth but it does seem morally important you don't allow yourself or anyone else to become desensitized to this vile racism as a normal part of our politics
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I know it's too easy to grow numb to the constant flood of bigotry that comes out of his mouth but it does seem morally important you don't allow yourself or anyone else to become desensitized to this vile racism as a normal part of our politics
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NY Times reports about 100 federal officers and agents from around the country have been sent to the Twin Cities for ICE operations "targeting hundreds of undocumented Somali immigrants" in the area
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Trump Administration Live Updates: ICE to Crack Down on Somalis in Minnesota
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
NY Times reports about 100 federal officers and agents from around the country have been sent to the Twin Cities for ICE operations "targeting hundreds of undocumented Somali immigrants" in the area
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
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From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.
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Calling it now: the weird American tradcaths are going to schism and unite behind a cyberpope powered by Grok
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Calling it now: the weird American tradcaths are going to schism and unite behind a cyberpope powered by Grok
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More Monarca training in St Paul on Saturday 11/29.
Learn your rights as a legal observer. Join the rapid response network.
Also 12/15 in Uptown.
monarcamn.org/training
Learn your rights as a legal observer. Join the rapid response network.
Also 12/15 in Uptown.
monarcamn.org/training
Training — Monarca
monarcamn.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
More Monarca training in St Paul on Saturday 11/29.
Learn your rights as a legal observer. Join the rapid response network.
Also 12/15 in Uptown.
monarcamn.org/training
Learn your rights as a legal observer. Join the rapid response network.
Also 12/15 in Uptown.
monarcamn.org/training
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Reminder:
The use of tear gas as a method of warfare is prohibited under the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention
The use of tear gas as a method of warfare is prohibited under the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention
Reminder of all the side effects of tear gas & it's just being deployed in residential neighborhoods for a gaggle or three of people who don't want their neighbors kidnapped.
November 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Reminder:
The use of tear gas as a method of warfare is prohibited under the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention
The use of tear gas as a method of warfare is prohibited under the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention
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from our cold, dead hands
November 22, 2025 at 2:34 AM
from our cold, dead hands
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Owámniyomni Okhódayapi just announced the Dakota-led design for the restoration of five acres at Owámniyomni (St. Anthony Falls), adjacent to the Upper Lock on the Mississippi River in Minneapolis. Project construction is targeted to begin in spring 2026. Very exciting!
owamniyomni.org/design/
owamniyomni.org/design/
November 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Owámniyomni Okhódayapi just announced the Dakota-led design for the restoration of five acres at Owámniyomni (St. Anthony Falls), adjacent to the Upper Lock on the Mississippi River in Minneapolis. Project construction is targeted to begin in spring 2026. Very exciting!
owamniyomni.org/design/
owamniyomni.org/design/
As sad as this is, I’m really grateful to live in a darker state on this map.
Still abysmal vaccination rates across the board though, so let this be my quarterly reminder: COVID isn’t over, we’ll see another wave this winter, and the 2 simplest things you can do are get 💉‘d and mask up as needed.
Still abysmal vaccination rates across the board though, so let this be my quarterly reminder: COVID isn’t over, we’ll see another wave this winter, and the 2 simplest things you can do are get 💉‘d and mask up as needed.
About 1 in 4 American adults got a covid vaccine shot during the 2024-25 virus season, a fraction health care experts warn could be smaller this year as millions wrestle with conflicting advice from the government and trusted medical orgs about the value of a shot. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
November 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
As sad as this is, I’m really grateful to live in a darker state on this map.
Still abysmal vaccination rates across the board though, so let this be my quarterly reminder: COVID isn’t over, we’ll see another wave this winter, and the 2 simplest things you can do are get 💉‘d and mask up as needed.
Still abysmal vaccination rates across the board though, so let this be my quarterly reminder: COVID isn’t over, we’ll see another wave this winter, and the 2 simplest things you can do are get 💉‘d and mask up as needed.
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New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
[Obligatory aurora post]
November 12, 2025 at 3:09 AM
[Obligatory aurora post]
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
Once again tapping the sign
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Once again tapping the sign
THE BOYS* ARE BACK IN TOWN
*dark-eyed juncos
*dark-eyed juncos
November 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
THE BOYS* ARE BACK IN TOWN
*dark-eyed juncos
*dark-eyed juncos
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TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED!!
when we fight, students win!! ✊💙
when we fight, students win!! ✊💙
November 9, 2025 at 4:55 AM
TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED!!
when we fight, students win!! ✊💙
when we fight, students win!! ✊💙
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great day for the legal theory of "not guilty if it's funny enough"
November 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
great day for the legal theory of "not guilty if it's funny enough"