Alex Johnson
@malexjohnson.com
Scribbler/scribbling fixer at NBC News. Recovering political and tech reporter. Onetime WaPo (when that meant something), CQ, K-R. Georgian freezing in the Pacific Northwest. Come on you Spurs.
Deets: www.linkedin.com/in/malexjohnson
Deets: www.linkedin.com/in/malexjohnson
Allow me to introduce you to Abel Xavier.
January 16, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Allow me to introduce you to Abel Xavier.
The CBS censors tried to silence out the F-word in Erin Doherty's Golden Globes acceptance speech. But they mistimed it and censored everything *but* the "f---."
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(Audio converted to mp4 because Bluesky won't accept an mp3 ...)
January 12, 2026 at 3:45 AM
The CBS censors tried to silence out the F-word in Erin Doherty's Golden Globes acceptance speech. But they mistimed it and censored everything *but* the "f---."
(Audio converted to mp4 because Bluesky won't accept an mp3 ...)
(Audio converted to mp4 because Bluesky won't accept an mp3 ...)
Tags arrived for my tiny Miata. It's the server code for "insufficient storage."
January 9, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Tags arrived for my tiny Miata. It's the server code for "insufficient storage."
Why yes, that is a bobblehead of me.
January 7, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Why yes, that is a bobblehead of me.
Nothing like getting a personalized job approach!
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December 31, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Nothing like getting a personalized job approach!
It is impossible to overstate how much my mother loved - LOVED - Christmas. Her last one was 15 years ago. The two trees in this picture are two of only 23 she had throughout the house that year. (Yes, she was a Victorian antiques dealer, like you can't tell that from the decor.)
December 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
It is impossible to overstate how much my mother loved - LOVED - Christmas. Her last one was 15 years ago. The two trees in this picture are two of only 23 she had throughout the house that year. (Yes, she was a Victorian antiques dealer, like you can't tell that from the decor.)
Dammit, you didn't have to HELP me self-sabotage.
December 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Dammit, you didn't have to HELP me self-sabotage.
So I sez to da boid, I sez, dis is what happens to boids that don't pay up on time.
December 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
So I sez to da boid, I sez, dis is what happens to boids that don't pay up on time.
To Ripley: We have captured the alien and have had it for Christmas dinner
December 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
To Ripley: We have captured the alien and have had it for Christmas dinner
OK, this is just goofy, and funny. Someone got pissed off at a story I wrote years ago, before I stopped using my first initial in my byline. Frustrating that he or she doesn't say what story it was. (The truly nasty stuff came when I covered religion in politics.)
December 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
OK, this is just goofy, and funny. Someone got pissed off at a story I wrote years ago, before I stopped using my first initial in my byline. Frustrating that he or she doesn't say what story it was. (The truly nasty stuff came when I covered religion in politics.)
Beware of falling punctuation.
December 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Beware of falling punctuation.
Just switched on the TV and I see the 49ers are playing a pickup team of Barbie Chelsea Can Be dolls.
December 23, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Just switched on the TV and I see the 49ers are playing a pickup team of Barbie Chelsea Can Be dolls.
Wait, they're keeping the "Memorial"? For a live president?
December 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Wait, they're keeping the "Memorial"? For a live president?
The AIDS crisis, the fall of the Berlin Wall, Challenger, Bhopal, two Gulf wars, two presidents impeached, 9/11, Covid ... I first became informed in covering PTL 40 years ago, and it will still be there after I've retired, I'm certain.
December 19, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The AIDS crisis, the fall of the Berlin Wall, Challenger, Bhopal, two Gulf wars, two presidents impeached, 9/11, Covid ... I first became informed in covering PTL 40 years ago, and it will still be there after I've retired, I'm certain.
Man this can of tuna is SERIOUS about the "use by" date
December 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Man this can of tuna is SERIOUS about the "use by" date
In which Brighton & Hove Albion run face-first into the Streisand Effect.
December 9, 2025 at 5:34 AM
In which Brighton & Hove Albion run face-first into the Streisand Effect.
If you know, you know
December 4, 2025 at 3:36 AM
If you know, you know
Aka my junior year in college
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Here's the original Hanover County, Va., Animal Protection post everyone is rewriting:
www.facebook.com/hcvaanimalpr...
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Here's the original Hanover County, Va., Animal Protection post everyone is rewriting:
www.facebook.com/hcvaanimalpr...
December 3, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Aka my junior year in college
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Here's the original Hanover County, Va., Animal Protection post everyone is rewriting:
www.facebook.com/hcvaanimalpr...
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Here's the original Hanover County, Va., Animal Protection post everyone is rewriting:
www.facebook.com/hcvaanimalpr...
December 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I hate adult-proof packaging. These are so well-sealed they should be called Hope Diamond.
November 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I hate adult-proof packaging. These are so well-sealed they should be called Hope Diamond.
Hard to go wrong with, or clean up from, the chili cheese fries with pastrami at The Hat in Pasadena.
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Hard to go wrong with, or clean up from, the chili cheese fries with pastrami at The Hat in Pasadena.
How is my hotel saving money?
Hollow soap, that's how.
Hollow soap, that's how.
November 8, 2025 at 6:40 AM
How is my hotel saving money?
Hollow soap, that's how.
Hollow soap, that's how.
On a second expedition to the Cavern of Lost Earplugs beneath my wife's side of the bed, another colony was discovered.
November 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM
On a second expedition to the Cavern of Lost Earplugs beneath my wife's side of the bed, another colony was discovered.
It's clear the management knows its residents
September 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
It's clear the management knows its residents