Jillian Johnson
@jillianj.bsky.social
Lurking transit, civic tech, Black folks, and writers
Local bureaucrat @SFgov
Organizing @BlackFeministBookClub 🖤
📍Oakland, CA
Local bureaucrat @SFgov
Organizing @BlackFeministBookClub 🖤
📍Oakland, CA
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less punditry and much more organizing.
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
less punditry and much more organizing.
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listening to some stevie and i kind of think that you could bring a good chunk of americans back from the abyss if you could just get them to listen to “As” and force them to hear him sing/growl “did you know that you're loved by somebody?!?”
April 25, 2025 at 2:13 AM
listening to some stevie and i kind of think that you could bring a good chunk of americans back from the abyss if you could just get them to listen to “As” and force them to hear him sing/growl “did you know that you're loved by somebody?!?”
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Right because they are not running for re-election. I don’t know how else to say this.
They. Aren’t. Running. For. Reelection.
They. Aren’t. Running. For. Reelection.
I think what’s most striking about the last few months is how rarely anyone in the GOP applies this simple test. A lot of checks and balances rely on this kind of worrying about precedent but it’s now totally absent, as if they don’t think they’ll ever be out of power again.
Listen to this National Review writer. (Although I would prefer it if people supported the First Amendment on principle, not just out of self-interest.)
April 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Right because they are not running for re-election. I don’t know how else to say this.
They. Aren’t. Running. For. Reelection.
They. Aren’t. Running. For. Reelection.
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I did a wee story on transit wins this election cycle (gift link)
Subways, Buses and Bike Lanes Scored Billions in Local Ballot Wins
Voters overwhelmingly supported local measures to improve mass transit from Arizona to Tennessee.
www.bloomberg.com
November 21, 2024 at 6:05 PM
I did a wee story on transit wins this election cycle (gift link)
If you thought the headline was wild enough… they attacked this man because a white guy had the cops called on him by Circle K employees and he pointed at the nearest Black man as an evasion tactic.
And it worked.
And it worked.
A deaf Black man with cerebral palsy will no longer face charges over an incident in which he was repeatedly Tasered and punched by Phoenix police.
Charges dropped against deaf Black man punched, Tasered by Phoenix police
Tyron McAlpin had been charged with resisting arrest and aggravated assault on a police officer. Body-camera footage of the arrest sparked community backlash.
wapo.st
October 19, 2024 at 12:06 PM
If you thought the headline was wild enough… they attacked this man because a white guy had the cops called on him by Circle K employees and he pointed at the nearest Black man as an evasion tactic.
And it worked.
And it worked.
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When I think about the things that appeal to people about AI, I go back to what Aaron says to his bullies in Broadcast News: “You'll never know the pleasure of writing a graceful sentence or having an original thought.” The act of creation is the reward. The money is what allows us to keep doing it.
March 1, 2024 at 6:44 PM
When I think about the things that appeal to people about AI, I go back to what Aaron says to his bullies in Broadcast News: “You'll never know the pleasure of writing a graceful sentence or having an original thought.” The act of creation is the reward. The money is what allows us to keep doing it.