Derek Johnson
@derekjjohnson.bsky.social
music lover, liberal, data scientist, community owner Minnesota Aurora FC, Itasca Society Minnesota United FC; find me left of the dial - usually at First Avenue or a soccer match
My back is failing me. The best I can do to join the vigil is to light candles on my balcony instead of at my street corner.
January 25, 2026 at 1:10 AM
My back is failing me. The best I can do to join the vigil is to light candles on my balcony instead of at my street corner.
Every Minnesotan right now
“I’m 70 years old and I’m fucking angry”
“I’m 70 years old and I’m fucking angry”
January 24, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Every Minnesotan right now
“I’m 70 years old and I’m fucking angry”
“I’m 70 years old and I’m fucking angry”
From my camera roll, in the before times in the Twin Cities
January 17, 2026 at 11:43 PM
From my camera roll, in the before times in the Twin Cities
This is what is considered “impeding” federal law enforcement. This is what Trump wants to jail Walz for.
January 17, 2026 at 12:04 AM
This is what is considered “impeding” federal law enforcement. This is what Trump wants to jail Walz for.
Prince knew Minnesota was always the home of the revolution
January 16, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Prince knew Minnesota was always the home of the revolution
I believe this statement foreshadows Trump arresting Walz and invoking the Insurrection Act.
Trump is also going to let mining companies destroy the Boundary Waters. He wants a violence so severe against our land that it leaves a generational ecological scar to never forget him.
Trump is also going to let mining companies destroy the Boundary Waters. He wants a violence so severe against our land that it leaves a generational ecological scar to never forget him.
January 16, 2026 at 3:08 AM
I believe this statement foreshadows Trump arresting Walz and invoking the Insurrection Act.
Trump is also going to let mining companies destroy the Boundary Waters. He wants a violence so severe against our land that it leaves a generational ecological scar to never forget him.
Trump is also going to let mining companies destroy the Boundary Waters. He wants a violence so severe against our land that it leaves a generational ecological scar to never forget him.
Motherfucker is going Thanos, collecting ill-gotten peace prizes like Infinity Stones. He just snatched away a Nobel Peace Prize to add to his bullshit FIFA Peace Prize. How many more exist to fill the gauntlet? The OPEC Peace Prize? The Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Peace Prize?
January 16, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Motherfucker is going Thanos, collecting ill-gotten peace prizes like Infinity Stones. He just snatched away a Nobel Peace Prize to add to his bullshit FIFA Peace Prize. How many more exist to fill the gauntlet? The OPEC Peace Prize? The Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Peace Prize?
It’ll be dangerously cold this weekend in the Twin Cities. Windchills will reach -20°. With how violently ICE is grabbing people, they might not be dressed for the weather, especially if ICE keeps dumping people miles from their home or car without their phone. Frostbite hits quickly at these temps.
January 15, 2026 at 7:41 PM
It’ll be dangerously cold this weekend in the Twin Cities. Windchills will reach -20°. With how violently ICE is grabbing people, they might not be dressed for the weather, especially if ICE keeps dumping people miles from their home or car without their phone. Frostbite hits quickly at these temps.
That exemption from Federal withholdings box sure looks tempting.
January 10, 2026 at 2:48 AM
That exemption from Federal withholdings box sure looks tempting.
Research backs this up
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Research backs this up
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
I love Terry Gross’s work. I love Terry Gross’s style.
January 9, 2026 at 5:21 AM
I love Terry Gross’s work. I love Terry Gross’s style.
🎼 The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything 🎶
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything 🎶
January 2, 2026 at 2:53 AM
🎼 The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything 🎶
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything 🎶
Still life: Abandoned “Welcome Home From Rehab” sign, airport rental car return, Christmas Day
December 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Still life: Abandoned “Welcome Home From Rehab” sign, airport rental car return, Christmas Day
MNUFC - if only we collected trophies the way we collect “the friends we made along the way” posts.
December 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
MNUFC - if only we collected trophies the way we collect “the friends we made along the way” posts.
Carol took the time to rehang the O’Keefe
December 23, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Carol took the time to rehang the O’Keefe
Still Life: Lost Baby Toy, MSP Airport, Saturday Before Christmas
December 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Still Life: Lost Baby Toy, MSP Airport, Saturday Before Christmas
The most unrealistic part of Pluribus is when Carol replaces the O’Keefe poster with the real painting, reusing the original placement of the wall hanger, and having the top of the frame of the painting be in a perfect horizontal plane with the picture next to it.
December 17, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The most unrealistic part of Pluribus is when Carol replaces the O’Keefe poster with the real painting, reusing the original placement of the wall hanger, and having the top of the frame of the painting be in a perfect horizontal plane with the picture next to it.
I glanced at this ad too quickly and I thought they bedazzled Deidre Beaubierdra’s Auditor of the Month award.
December 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I glanced at this ad too quickly and I thought they bedazzled Deidre Beaubierdra’s Auditor of the Month award.
Seeing Dijon tonight in Minneapolis was like going to church. My soul was filled and there is still joy on my face
Can I just acknowledge the cold? In the 10 minute walk to my car, my ass fat absorbed enough cold that my upper haunches were still cold 45 minutes later - and I have seat warmers!
Can I just acknowledge the cold? In the 10 minute walk to my car, my ass fat absorbed enough cold that my upper haunches were still cold 45 minutes later - and I have seat warmers!
December 13, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Seeing Dijon tonight in Minneapolis was like going to church. My soul was filled and there is still joy on my face
Can I just acknowledge the cold? In the 10 minute walk to my car, my ass fat absorbed enough cold that my upper haunches were still cold 45 minutes later - and I have seat warmers!
Can I just acknowledge the cold? In the 10 minute walk to my car, my ass fat absorbed enough cold that my upper haunches were still cold 45 minutes later - and I have seat warmers!
My little screen cap shows Kash has scrubbed the FBI site of any trace that January 6th occurred. The Capitol Violence page is gone. The link goes to his bio page now.
So, tell us again, Kash, how are you doing everything to protect our institutions, our Capitol, our way of life?
So, tell us again, Kash, how are you doing everything to protect our institutions, our Capitol, our way of life?
December 4, 2025 at 11:17 PM
My little screen cap shows Kash has scrubbed the FBI site of any trace that January 6th occurred. The Capitol Violence page is gone. The link goes to his bio page now.
So, tell us again, Kash, how are you doing everything to protect our institutions, our Capitol, our way of life?
So, tell us again, Kash, how are you doing everything to protect our institutions, our Capitol, our way of life?
Good morning Minneapolis. It’s fucking cold, but it’s fucking beautiful, too.
December 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Good morning Minneapolis. It’s fucking cold, but it’s fucking beautiful, too.
Here’s the shot window Mbappé had for Real Madrid’s 3rd goal. Over the defenders shoulder, between his head and the left goal post
December 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Here’s the shot window Mbappé had for Real Madrid’s 3rd goal. Over the defenders shoulder, between his head and the left goal post