Mitch Johnson
@mitchjohnson.bsky.social
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the problem with dedicating campaign funds toward charitable endeavors is what if you lose and then all you’ve done is helped people in need in your community?
December 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
the problem with dedicating campaign funds toward charitable endeavors is what if you lose and then all you’ve done is helped people in need in your community?
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I say this as someone whose entire job is finding the narrow use cases in which AI is actually useful:
All the fear about AI, all the reluctance to adopt it, is entirely legitimate, and a product of the fact that it's been foisted on the public with no consideration of its negative externalities.
All the fear about AI, all the reluctance to adopt it, is entirely legitimate, and a product of the fact that it's been foisted on the public with no consideration of its negative externalities.
I continue to have no sympathy left for whinging about how the public are rude about AI and feel threatened by it when the biggest players in the AI space have spent years very vocally and constantly *threatening the public*
December 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I say this as someone whose entire job is finding the narrow use cases in which AI is actually useful:
All the fear about AI, all the reluctance to adopt it, is entirely legitimate, and a product of the fact that it's been foisted on the public with no consideration of its negative externalities.
All the fear about AI, all the reluctance to adopt it, is entirely legitimate, and a product of the fact that it's been foisted on the public with no consideration of its negative externalities.
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Tomorrow 24 humanitarian volunteers face 20 years in prison in a Greek court for saving lives at sea. One, Seán Binder, grew up in my local town, Castlegregory, Kerry.
#SolidarityIsNotACrime
#StandWithSeán #DropTheCharges #FreeHumanitarians #NotMyEurope #speirgorm
www.politico.eu/article/sean...
#SolidarityIsNotACrime
#StandWithSeán #DropTheCharges #FreeHumanitarians #NotMyEurope #speirgorm
www.politico.eu/article/sean...
People who save lives should not be criminalized
European governments are not only failing people seeking protection, they’re also punishing those who try to fill that dangerous gap.
www.politico.eu
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Tomorrow 24 humanitarian volunteers face 20 years in prison in a Greek court for saving lives at sea. One, Seán Binder, grew up in my local town, Castlegregory, Kerry.
#SolidarityIsNotACrime
#StandWithSeán #DropTheCharges #FreeHumanitarians #NotMyEurope #speirgorm
www.politico.eu/article/sean...
#SolidarityIsNotACrime
#StandWithSeán #DropTheCharges #FreeHumanitarians #NotMyEurope #speirgorm
www.politico.eu/article/sean...
Is Scoot Henderson gonna start when he comes back cause I feel like he lost his starting job…
November 6, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Is Scoot Henderson gonna start when he comes back cause I feel like he lost his starting job…
Catch me in section 334 at the @portlandfire.bsky.social games next season 👀🔥
November 1, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Catch me in section 334 at the @portlandfire.bsky.social games next season 👀🔥
God, this team Blazers team is so fun
November 1, 2025 at 4:49 AM
God, this team Blazers team is so fun
Holy smokes, Camara 👀
November 1, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Holy smokes, Camara 👀
Apparently if you are Ant Edwards you can stiff arm the defender before you shoot
October 23, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Apparently if you are Ant Edwards you can stiff arm the defender before you shoot
This Blazers team is very very fun. Great mix of young and veterans players with a ton of talent. Jrue Holiday is essential.
October 23, 2025 at 4:01 AM
This Blazers team is very very fun. Great mix of young and veterans players with a ton of talent. Jrue Holiday is essential.
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Pt1 🧵: Greta Thunberg deported to Athens says, "There's a live-streamed Genocide in front of our eyes in Gaza. No one will be able to say they didn't know this was happening. The Global Samud Flotilla only existed because our leaders failed. Our international systems are betraying Palestinians."
October 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Pt1 🧵: Greta Thunberg deported to Athens says, "There's a live-streamed Genocide in front of our eyes in Gaza. No one will be able to say they didn't know this was happening. The Global Samud Flotilla only existed because our leaders failed. Our international systems are betraying Palestinians."
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We need to talk about last night at ICE in Portland.
So much of last night was bait, but not in a way I've seen before.
I specifically want to talk about the removal of Joey Gibson.
So much of last night was bait, but not in a way I've seen before.
I specifically want to talk about the removal of Joey Gibson.
September 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We need to talk about last night at ICE in Portland.
So much of last night was bait, but not in a way I've seen before.
I specifically want to talk about the removal of Joey Gibson.
So much of last night was bait, but not in a way I've seen before.
I specifically want to talk about the removal of Joey Gibson.
In Dublin right now and this dude just got a whole glass of Guinness, put it on the bar, bent down and dunked his entire face into the foamy glass, grabbed the glass with his teeth, and tilted back and chugged the whole glass hands free. Put the glass down and his nose was soaked in creamy foam.
September 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
In Dublin right now and this dude just got a whole glass of Guinness, put it on the bar, bent down and dunked his entire face into the foamy glass, grabbed the glass with his teeth, and tilted back and chugged the whole glass hands free. Put the glass down and his nose was soaked in creamy foam.
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This is the second day in a row he’s said this. This is an intentional normalization effort.
Trump: "The line is that I'm a dictator, but I stop crime. So a lot of people say, 'You know, if that's the case, I'd rather have a dictator.'"
August 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This is the second day in a row he’s said this. This is an intentional normalization effort.
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I can’t stand bullies. 😤 Doesn’t matter if they’re on the playground, in the boardroom, or sitting in the Oval Office. Trump’s threats to our sanctuary laws are nothing but cheap intimidation — and I’m not here for it. 😒
We protect our neighbors. We protect our values.
We protect our neighbors. We protect our values.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said sanctuary jurisdictions could lose federal funding, and officials there could face criminal prosecution if the Justice Department determines they are unlawfully impeding federal immigration enforcement.
Trump officials tell Oregon to abandon sanctuary law or face consequences
Gov. Tina Kotek was one of dozens of elected officials across the country to receive the letter.
www.opb.org
August 15, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I can’t stand bullies. 😤 Doesn’t matter if they’re on the playground, in the boardroom, or sitting in the Oval Office. Trump’s threats to our sanctuary laws are nothing but cheap intimidation — and I’m not here for it. 😒
We protect our neighbors. We protect our values.
We protect our neighbors. We protect our values.
Microsoft is cautiously onboarding Grok 4 following Hitler concerns
Microsoft is cautiously onboarding Grok 4 following Hitler concerns
Microsoft is cautiously onboarding Grok 4 following Hitler concerns
August 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Microsoft is cautiously onboarding Grok 4 following Hitler concerns
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New — I wrote about Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Aguilar, a former contractor for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, and his harrowing stories of what he witnessed while being there under the guise of distributing food aid to starving Palestinian civilians:
The Green Beret of Gaza
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation contractor Anthony Aguilar describes witnessing war crimes.
www.thehandbasket.co
July 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
New — I wrote about Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Aguilar, a former contractor for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, and his harrowing stories of what he witnessed while being there under the guise of distributing food aid to starving Palestinian civilians:
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Starlink's connection speeds drop below the federal definition of "broadband" at a density of ~7 customers per square mile, according to recent research. The more the customers in an area, the slower everybody's connections get. Data shows that 83% of US Starlink customers get sub-broadband speeds.
thexlab.org
July 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Starlink's connection speeds drop below the federal definition of "broadband" at a density of ~7 customers per square mile, according to recent research. The more the customers in an area, the slower everybody's connections get. Data shows that 83% of US Starlink customers get sub-broadband speeds.
The thing that is most impressive about Hansen is the offense often moves because of him. He is constantly active so he is either setting screens, in motion, or when he has the ball in his hands he is making the right decisions and keeping the motion. Very impressive for a young big man.
July 16, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The thing that is most impressive about Hansen is the offense often moves because of him. He is constantly active so he is either setting screens, in motion, or when he has the ball in his hands he is making the right decisions and keeping the motion. Very impressive for a young big man.
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"If I were them, I wouldn't want to be associated with this bill either" -- McGovern points out that Republicans aren't even willing to rise and speak on behalf of the bill
July 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"If I were them, I wouldn't want to be associated with this bill either" -- McGovern points out that Republicans aren't even willing to rise and speak on behalf of the bill
Hard for me to wrap my head around this. His trade value was just gone???
FROM SHAMS:
Breaking: Deandre Ayton is finalizing a contract buyout with the Portland Trail Blazers to become a free agent, sources tell ESPN.
Breaking: Deandre Ayton is finalizing a contract buyout with the Portland Trail Blazers to become a free agent, sources tell ESPN.
June 30, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Hard for me to wrap my head around this. His trade value was just gone???
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Happy Pride everyone. I wrote a column about gay rights pioneer Thom Higgins, who called Minnesota home for most of his (too short) life. I really want more people to know the story of this remarkable guy. Please read and share (gift link)!
Raihala: Meet the Minnesotan who coined the term ‘gay pride’ and tossed a pie in Anita Bryant’s face
After the Stonewall riots in 1969 sparked the gay liberation movement, Thom Higgins gave it a name.
www.twincities.com
June 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Happy Pride everyone. I wrote a column about gay rights pioneer Thom Higgins, who called Minnesota home for most of his (too short) life. I really want more people to know the story of this remarkable guy. Please read and share (gift link)!
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I had no idea that the guy who coined “gay pride” is the same guy that pied Anita Bryant. Fucking iconic, a national treasure.
Happy Pride everyone. I wrote a column about gay rights pioneer Thom Higgins, who called Minnesota home for most of his (too short) life. I really want more people to know the story of this remarkable guy. Please read and share (gift link)!
Raihala: Meet the Minnesotan who coined the term ‘gay pride’ and tossed a pie in Anita Bryant’s face
After the Stonewall riots in 1969 sparked the gay liberation movement, Thom Higgins gave it a name.
www.twincities.com
June 30, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I had no idea that the guy who coined “gay pride” is the same guy that pied Anita Bryant. Fucking iconic, a national treasure.
I want the @flagrantmag.com bowling shirt so bad. If any of you out there have a XL just kicking around that doesn’t get enough wear…
June 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I want the @flagrantmag.com bowling shirt so bad. If any of you out there have a XL just kicking around that doesn’t get enough wear…