George Johnson
@georgej57.bsky.social
🇨🇦🇮🇹🇺🇦 Having seen Ali reclaim title, Italy lift World Cup, Sinatra, Pavarotti & Monty Python in concert 👍. Sportswriter 4+ decades, pre propaganda takeover, when the words actually mattered. Grateful for my Mrs., proud of our girls, besties with the cat.
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Alfred Hitchcock, Grace Kelly, and James Stewart at the Los Angeles premiere of Rear Window (1954)
January 12, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Alfred Hitchcock, Grace Kelly, and James Stewart at the Los Angeles premiere of Rear Window (1954)
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Whilst hosting the Golden Globes live on CBS, comedian Nikki Glaser called out CBS News for airing “bullshit.” Love that. 👏👏👏
January 12, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Whilst hosting the Golden Globes live on CBS, comedian Nikki Glaser called out CBS News for airing “bullshit.” Love that. 👏👏👏
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Canadians always bring it!
youtube.com/watch?v=FaPO...
youtube.com/watch?v=FaPO...
Donald Trump likes his oil like his politicians... crude! | This Hour Has 22 Minutes
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January 12, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Canadians always bring it!
youtube.com/watch?v=FaPO...
youtube.com/watch?v=FaPO...
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Disrespect is now punishable by death.
Q: "Do you believe that deadly force was necessary?"
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
January 12, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Disrespect is now punishable by death.
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I also must say that it's a bit rich that Trump and his DOJ think it's a good idea to gin up a bullshit investigation about supposed illegalities in ... {checks notes} … renovating a federal building
January 12, 2026 at 3:19 AM
I also must say that it's a bit rich that Trump and his DOJ think it's a good idea to gin up a bullshit investigation about supposed illegalities in ... {checks notes} … renovating a federal building
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The only way they ultimately win is if we comply in advance out of fear. Keep fighting, keep protesting, keep pushing back!
January 12, 2026 at 1:30 AM
The only way they ultimately win is if we comply in advance out of fear. Keep fighting, keep protesting, keep pushing back!
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Every accusation is a confession with Trump.
January 12, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Every accusation is a confession with Trump.
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Van Gogh sometimes painted halos of light.
They weren’t religious symbols but expressions of intensity—his way of showing the eternal through color.
They weren’t religious symbols but expressions of intensity—his way of showing the eternal through color.
January 12, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Van Gogh sometimes painted halos of light.
They weren’t religious symbols but expressions of intensity—his way of showing the eternal through color.
They weren’t religious symbols but expressions of intensity—his way of showing the eternal through color.
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DOWN goes Ice goon! DOWN goes Ice goon! DOWN goes Ice goon!
January 12, 2026 at 12:36 AM
DOWN goes Ice goon! DOWN goes Ice goon! DOWN goes Ice goon!
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Bums carrying long guns in retail parking lots while hunting for people being brown in public. What a time to be alive and congrats to this community for sticking together and winning.
January 11, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Bums carrying long guns in retail parking lots while hunting for people being brown in public. What a time to be alive and congrats to this community for sticking together and winning.
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The same old sentence wrapped in different words: look what you made me do. You pushed me. You deserved it. This is your fault. It’s the logic of abuse, a kind of moral alchemy that turns cruelty into consequence and makes a woman responsible for her own pain.
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
“Fucking Bitch.”
The cost of telling a dangerous man you’re not afraid
open.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:22 PM
The same old sentence wrapped in different words: look what you made me do. You pushed me. You deserved it. This is your fault. It’s the logic of abuse, a kind of moral alchemy that turns cruelty into consequence and makes a woman responsible for her own pain.
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
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The essay has only proven to be more accurate with time: “Simply put, Trump’s ingrained and extreme behavioral characteristics make it impossible for him to carry out the duties of the presidency in the way the Constitution requires.” This should be the lede of every story.
In the six-plus years since, every mental health professional I have come across has told me that my essay had it exactly right. I think every word of it has been proven right many times over.
Even today, he's still only going to get worse.
Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Even today, he's still only going to get worse.
Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Unfit for Office
Donald Trump’s narcissism makes it impossible for him to carry out the duties of the presidency in the way the Constitution requires.
www.theatlantic.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:32 PM
The essay has only proven to be more accurate with time: “Simply put, Trump’s ingrained and extreme behavioral characteristics make it impossible for him to carry out the duties of the presidency in the way the Constitution requires.” This should be the lede of every story.
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The Birds (1963) 🎬🖤
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
January 10, 2026 at 11:46 AM
The Birds (1963) 🎬🖤
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
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An example of “word salad”actually being about salad
RFK Jr: "One of the things we're doing is Brooke Rollins is requiring that any facility, and store that accepts food stamps will have to double the amount of whole food that is now available to recipients. So that will change the marketplace around the country."
January 11, 2026 at 4:02 PM
An example of “word salad”actually being about salad
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“The alarm was warranted. Everyone on the scene had witnessed the crossing of a crucial line in Donald Trump’s mass-deportation project: ICE had just killed an American citizen on American soil”
{gift link} www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
{gift link} www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 11, 2026 at 1:03 PM
“The alarm was warranted. Everyone on the scene had witnessed the crossing of a crucial line in Donald Trump’s mass-deportation project: ICE had just killed an American citizen on American soil”
{gift link} www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
{gift link} www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Renee Good’s last words were to ICE agent Jonathan Ross: “That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you.” Then Ross shot Renee three times in the face. As she was dying, his last words to her were: “Fucking bitch.” And JD Vance thought that exchange exonerated ICE. That says it all.
January 11, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Renee Good’s last words were to ICE agent Jonathan Ross: “That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you.” Then Ross shot Renee three times in the face. As she was dying, his last words to her were: “Fucking bitch.” And JD Vance thought that exchange exonerated ICE. That says it all.
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Water Lily Pond and Bridge - 1905
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10963
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10963
January 11, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Water Lily Pond and Bridge - 1905
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10963
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10963
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In another act of evil cruelty, the MAGA regime has frozen all food stamp payments from the federal govt to Minnesota.
Minnesota should respond by no longer paying any federal taxes.
Minnesota should respond by no longer paying any federal taxes.
January 11, 2026 at 5:47 AM
In another act of evil cruelty, the MAGA regime has frozen all food stamp payments from the federal govt to Minnesota.
Minnesota should respond by no longer paying any federal taxes.
Minnesota should respond by no longer paying any federal taxes.
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A day after Renee Good’s brutal murder, racist dog murderer Kristi Noem responds by initiating new policy which bans Congressional visits to ICE-Gestapo concentration camps without a week’s advance notice.
A massive cover up in broad daylight. She should be in jail.
A massive cover up in broad daylight. She should be in jail.
January 11, 2026 at 4:38 AM
A day after Renee Good’s brutal murder, racist dog murderer Kristi Noem responds by initiating new policy which bans Congressional visits to ICE-Gestapo concentration camps without a week’s advance notice.
A massive cover up in broad daylight. She should be in jail.
A massive cover up in broad daylight. She should be in jail.
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💯 agree.
“Would you have gone to watch the Olympics in Nazi Germany in 1936?” asked Pekka Kallioniemi, a Finnish social media analyst.
www.rawstory.com/world-cup-26...
“Would you have gone to watch the Olympics in Nazi Germany in 1936?” asked Pekka Kallioniemi, a Finnish social media analyst.
www.rawstory.com/world-cup-26...
‘Cancel your tickets’: Calls grow to boycott US-hosted FIFA World Cup over Trump admin
With the 2026 FIFA World Cup set to be hosted in the United States this summer, calls have grown for a global boycott and ticket cancellations in protest of the Trump administration and its increasing...
www.rawstory.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:27 PM
💯 agree.
“Would you have gone to watch the Olympics in Nazi Germany in 1936?” asked Pekka Kallioniemi, a Finnish social media analyst.
www.rawstory.com/world-cup-26...
“Would you have gone to watch the Olympics in Nazi Germany in 1936?” asked Pekka Kallioniemi, a Finnish social media analyst.
www.rawstory.com/world-cup-26...
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Poppies at Giverny - 1887
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10231
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10231
January 11, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Poppies at Giverny - 1887
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10231
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10231
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US vetoes most Ethiopian athletes for the World Crosscountry Championships in Florida by denying their visas. Ethiopia will be unable to record a team result in either the U20 men’s or U20 women’s races, ending its 44-year medal streak.
I’m sure the Olympics and World Cup are going to be fine. 😡
I’m sure the Olympics and World Cup are going to be fine. 😡
U.S. denies entry to 14 Ethiopian athletes ahead of World XC Championships - Canadian Running Magazine
According to a report from LetsRun.com, only four of the 18 Ethiopian U20 athletes had their U.S. visa applications accepted
runningmagazine.ca
January 10, 2026 at 6:32 AM
US vetoes most Ethiopian athletes for the World Crosscountry Championships in Florida by denying their visas. Ethiopia will be unable to record a team result in either the U20 men’s or U20 women’s races, ending its 44-year medal streak.
I’m sure the Olympics and World Cup are going to be fine. 😡
I’m sure the Olympics and World Cup are going to be fine. 😡
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BREAKING: Massive Crowds of Anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis, Minnesota as we speak. The tide is turning. America is Fed Up.
Americans should be fighting back against what is happening in this country. Having masked, secret police shooting people, breaking into homes and cars, is NOT normal.
Americans should be fighting back against what is happening in this country. Having masked, secret police shooting people, breaking into homes and cars, is NOT normal.
January 10, 2026 at 8:23 PM
BREAKING: Massive Crowds of Anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis, Minnesota as we speak. The tide is turning. America is Fed Up.
Americans should be fighting back against what is happening in this country. Having masked, secret police shooting people, breaking into homes and cars, is NOT normal.
Americans should be fighting back against what is happening in this country. Having masked, secret police shooting people, breaking into homes and cars, is NOT normal.