Johnny Vector
@johnnyvector.bsky.social
Engineer raised by a family of scientists. Amateur renewable energy nerd. Professional engineer (but not Professional Engineer). Occasional designer of sound, lights, and video. Clown-adjacent.
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Yes, this. "Give my child the armor of Science!"
Since becoming a parent I have not, in fact, understood the parents who say “if you were a parent you’d understand” about vaccine hesitancy. Being in charge of this fragile little miracle has me saying things like “give her all the vaccines. Turn this baby into a pincushion” to doctors
December 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Yes, this. "Give my child the armor of Science!"
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I've seen people be like "i hate it when people refer to vampires as draculas!!!"
But reference to draculas is as a subset of vampires - it's only the little guys with dinner jackets and slicked back hair who fly at you like FYAHHH!🧛♂️
Draculas are a species and vampire is the genus.
But reference to draculas is as a subset of vampires - it's only the little guys with dinner jackets and slicked back hair who fly at you like FYAHHH!🧛♂️
Draculas are a species and vampire is the genus.
December 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I've seen people be like "i hate it when people refer to vampires as draculas!!!"
But reference to draculas is as a subset of vampires - it's only the little guys with dinner jackets and slicked back hair who fly at you like FYAHHH!🧛♂️
Draculas are a species and vampire is the genus.
But reference to draculas is as a subset of vampires - it's only the little guys with dinner jackets and slicked back hair who fly at you like FYAHHH!🧛♂️
Draculas are a species and vampire is the genus.
Slightly diminish a band:
Maybe
Maybe
Slightly diminish a band:
They’re Probably Not Giants
They’re Probably Not Giants
Slightly diminish a band:
The Slapstick Murphys
The Slapstick Murphys
December 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Slightly diminish a band:
Maybe
Maybe
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I don't know if anyone else gets anxious about phone calls but a little tip I've learned is: if there is a phone call that I don't want to make, before I start dialing the number, I carefully hold the phone in my hand & toss it gently into a lake. I hope this advice helps others.
December 18, 2023 at 7:52 PM
I don't know if anyone else gets anxious about phone calls but a little tip I've learned is: if there is a phone call that I don't want to make, before I start dialing the number, I carefully hold the phone in my hand & toss it gently into a lake. I hope this advice helps others.
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The AEA has banned Larry Summers for life
It is very much welcome to see a man who breached the most foundational rules of professional conduct facing serious and actual consequences for his actions
#EconSky
It is very much welcome to see a man who breached the most foundational rules of professional conduct facing serious and actual consequences for his actions
#EconSky
The AEA has banned Larry Summers for life – Olivier Simard-Casanova
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December 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The AEA has banned Larry Summers for life
It is very much welcome to see a man who breached the most foundational rules of professional conduct facing serious and actual consequences for his actions
#EconSky
It is very much welcome to see a man who breached the most foundational rules of professional conduct facing serious and actual consequences for his actions
#EconSky
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I named my fists Vladimir and Estragon.
(They do not move.)
(They do not move.)
December 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I named my fists Vladimir and Estragon.
(They do not move.)
(They do not move.)
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If you find an insult but you’re not sure who it belongs to, just lay it down. The owner will always come back for it.
Wait, doesn't making absolute statements about a group based on race or gender have a name?
December 2, 2025 at 11:22 AM
If you find an insult but you’re not sure who it belongs to, just lay it down. The owner will always come back for it.
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my most dad-core belief is that the IRA should have been called the Defeat Inflation Program (DIP) so that it better paired with the other signature Biden policy -- the CHIPS act.
December 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
my most dad-core belief is that the IRA should have been called the Defeat Inflation Program (DIP) so that it better paired with the other signature Biden policy -- the CHIPS act.
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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OK, who narced?
November 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
OK, who narced?
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
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I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
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Godzilla, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot stomp on, courage to shoot them with atomic breath, and wisdom to do a big roar afterwards
January 29, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Godzilla, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot stomp on, courage to shoot them with atomic breath, and wisdom to do a big roar afterwards
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* You know how Van Halen had a contract rider demanding bowls of M&Ms with the brown ones removed?
They later claimed that was all a test to make sure venues were reading their contracts. Clever!
BUT WAIT, that claim itself is actually false. I fact-checked it.
Snack Stack exclusive:
They later claimed that was all a test to make sure venues were reading their contracts. Clever!
BUT WAIT, that claim itself is actually false. I fact-checked it.
Snack Stack exclusive:
In Search of Van Halen's Brown M&Ms
Contract riders and the meaning of a modern pop star
snackstack.net
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 AM
* You know how Van Halen had a contract rider demanding bowls of M&Ms with the brown ones removed?
They later claimed that was all a test to make sure venues were reading their contracts. Clever!
BUT WAIT, that claim itself is actually false. I fact-checked it.
Snack Stack exclusive:
They later claimed that was all a test to make sure venues were reading their contracts. Clever!
BUT WAIT, that claim itself is actually false. I fact-checked it.
Snack Stack exclusive:
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away. They can also repel pharmacists if you throw them hard enough. But you're going to need a pineapple or a durian if you want to take down a dentist.
November 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. They can also repel pharmacists if you throw them hard enough. But you're going to need a pineapple or a durian if you want to take down a dentist.
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
NOT FUNNY! Cats only make that face when they’re in severe distress because they haven’t been fed in ages and yes they know there’s food in the bowl and yes it’s the food they demanded this morning but no it’s NOT ACCEPTABLE and why does nobody ever feed me hmph.
THREAD. In her exclusive interview in today's Daily Telegraph Magazine, the actor, influencer and designer Philippa Islington-Smythe (pictured) discusses the price of fame, her controversial new perfume, working with Margot Robbie and how becoming a parent changed her perspective on the world...
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
NOT FUNNY! Cats only make that face when they’re in severe distress because they haven’t been fed in ages and yes they know there’s food in the bowl and yes it’s the food they demanded this morning but no it’s NOT ACCEPTABLE and why does nobody ever feed me hmph.
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Into the Twilight of the Trump Era
What becomes of MAGA as Trump’s hold over the movement is weakening, his ability to integrate its different factions is waning? A deep dive into the state of the fever swamp.
New piece:
What becomes of MAGA as Trump’s hold over the movement is weakening, his ability to integrate its different factions is waning? A deep dive into the state of the fever swamp.
New piece:
Into the Twilight of the Trump Era
What becomes of MAGA as Trump’s hold over the movement is weakening, his ability to integrate its different factions waning? A deep dive into the state of the fever swamp
steady.page
November 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Into the Twilight of the Trump Era
What becomes of MAGA as Trump’s hold over the movement is weakening, his ability to integrate its different factions is waning? A deep dive into the state of the fever swamp.
New piece:
What becomes of MAGA as Trump’s hold over the movement is weakening, his ability to integrate its different factions is waning? A deep dive into the state of the fever swamp.
New piece:
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Thinking of offering a consulting service — research teams can hire me when they are considering designing a new survey, and I will come over and hit them with a stick until they stop considering that
Not only did the email provider that I use (besides Gmail) try to opt me into an AI "form builder," but when I declined, it is now forcing me to respond to a survey answering WHY I declined.
You can't click out of it. If you log in again, it just pops up again and blocks your emails.
You can't click out of it. If you log in again, it just pops up again and blocks your emails.
November 23, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Thinking of offering a consulting service — research teams can hire me when they are considering designing a new survey, and I will come over and hit them with a stick until they stop considering that
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Two realities to keep in mind
1) Mamdani CANNOT run for prez. Born in Uganda, no joke. That is huge blessing: means that his message and style can be judged on their own terms, not 'What does this mean for Iowa caucuses?'
2) Trump is weak and getting weaker, old and getting older. Supporters know
1) Mamdani CANNOT run for prez. Born in Uganda, no joke. That is huge blessing: means that his message and style can be judged on their own terms, not 'What does this mean for Iowa caucuses?'
2) Trump is weak and getting weaker, old and getting older. Supporters know
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Two realities to keep in mind
1) Mamdani CANNOT run for prez. Born in Uganda, no joke. That is huge blessing: means that his message and style can be judged on their own terms, not 'What does this mean for Iowa caucuses?'
2) Trump is weak and getting weaker, old and getting older. Supporters know
1) Mamdani CANNOT run for prez. Born in Uganda, no joke. That is huge blessing: means that his message and style can be judged on their own terms, not 'What does this mean for Iowa caucuses?'
2) Trump is weak and getting weaker, old and getting older. Supporters know
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... Blackwell's UK will send you a hardback with free delivery if you are overseas.
And I hear they have just a few signed ones left.
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And I hear they have just a few signed ones left.
blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Everything Will Swallow You
Have you ever been curious about how people live when nobody is watching? Have you wondered whether there's more going on than meets the eye? Eric and Carl live
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November 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
... Blackwell's UK will send you a hardback with free delivery if you are overseas.
And I hear they have just a few signed ones left.
blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
And I hear they have just a few signed ones left.
blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
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I gotta start doing my series of “Anarchist Dominatrix/ Policy Researcher/ Psychotherapist Explains How Power Works” clips because I fear this is too confusing for too many of you when it should be pretty obvious that— God forgive me— he dommed Trump.
That press conference is the wildest footage I’ve ever seen. Trump gleefully agreed that he’s a “fascist” and “despot,” and that the US has used taxes to support “Israeli genocide.”
And he smiled at and defended Mamdani with an affection I’ve literally never seen him direct at anyone before.
Wut.
And he smiled at and defended Mamdani with an affection I’ve literally never seen him direct at anyone before.
Wut.
November 22, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I gotta start doing my series of “Anarchist Dominatrix/ Policy Researcher/ Psychotherapist Explains How Power Works” clips because I fear this is too confusing for too many of you when it should be pretty obvious that— God forgive me— he dommed Trump.
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This is absolutely amazing. Come check out "The Usenet" with Cory Doctorow.
How To Use the Internet (1995): a 23-year-old Cory Doctorow shows off Usenet, the Internet Underground Music Archive, Justin's Links from the Underground, and more to the CBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
How to use the internet, 1995
Computer consultant Cory Doctorow predicts video on demand while showing a CBC reporter some of the new medium's features. Aired on CBC's The National on June 19, 1995.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This is absolutely amazing. Come check out "The Usenet" with Cory Doctorow.
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Yes! Think about it like this. Zohran is so charming he got the world's most famous racist capitalist to slob the knob of a brown socialist for an hour in front of the press and if you don't think that matters to the country as a whole then I don't know what to say. Optics are everything to Trump.
I’m gonna implore everyone here to take the W if only to experience the feeling again.
November 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Yes! Think about it like this. Zohran is so charming he got the world's most famous racist capitalist to slob the knob of a brown socialist for an hour in front of the press and if you don't think that matters to the country as a whole then I don't know what to say. Optics are everything to Trump.