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brandon johnson

@brandon.mn
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extremely offline and incredibly zonked. working on: internal tools for public media 🎙️. live event technologies🧑‍🎤. emcee/sticker purchaser: javascriptmn.com

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Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org · 12/02/2026
Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here. Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I am proud of you and our immigrant residents. Your resiliency, strength, and dedication have led to the announcement that “Operation Metro Surge” will end soon. 1/
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I am proud of you and our immigrant residents. Your resiliency, strength, and dedication have led to the announcement that “Operation Metro Surge” will end soon. It’s clear that the commitment of our neighbors made it untenable for ICE and federal agents to continue to operate its occupation of our city and state. This isn’t as a result of capitulation from elected leaders. This victory is yours, but we must not stop until ICE is completely abolished, and no more families are ever separated again. 


I will forever be thankful to those who patrolled, observed, and supported our community with mutual aid and daily tasks during these horrific times. Our community is full of heroes who will always be remembered as caring and loving. There are no words to show how thankful I am of every single one of you who showed up day in and day out. I hope you’ll join me in continuing to carry the whistle of resistance as our work is not done.


I am still asking the community to remain cautious and vigilant until we can confirm what this truly means. They said they are not backing down from mass deportation but will be ending the operation in Minnesota soon. I recommend you continue your current plan until we can give you more information. We still need observers and the community to be on the lookout. These “draw-downs” are expected to continue through next week, which means we will still need help now and in the future.


Additionally, we must never forget what they did to our neighbors and loved ones. They murdered Renee Good and Alex Pretti, shot Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg, and kidnapped Victor Manuel Diaz, who then died under ICE custody. We are still mourning, demanding justice, and we will never forget. They targeted our immigrant neighbors and children, discriminated against our community based on skin color and accents, lobbed weapons of war on our parks, and completely shattered families who simply wanted to work, take their kids to schools, and
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em cassel @biketrouble.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
on eat street today, pho 79 was giving out no-cost community meals; luna and the bear had free coffee for folks; cheapo had a sign up encouraging folks visiting alex pretti's memorial site to come in, warm up, and use the bathroom. good city full of good people imo.
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Constant Screaming @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
One thing I hope people take the time to acknowledge: The sea change in public opinion has been achieved because violence, though encourage by a lot of people here online, was never once employed by the movement. Violence was solely the purview of the state and that is why the state is losing.
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Christopher Terry @christopherterry.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
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Michaelangelo Matos @matoswk.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
"What’s that? I couldn’t hear you over the quiet of all the whistles." racketmn.com/new-yorker-o...
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The New Yorker Offers Bizarre Take on 'Quiet,' 'Frightened' Minnesotans - Racket
Plus ICE targets greater MN as the DOJ and the weather sink to a new low in today's Flyover news roundup.
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Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org · 13/01/2026
ICE just indiscriminately stopped a citizen at a bus stop in front of the co-op. If this is how they treat the President of the Minneapolis City Council who is legally observing, just think of what they’re doing to everyone else in our City.
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brandon johnson @brandon.mn · 02/01/2025
“web scale” but its calcification not capacity
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Shalanah Dawson @shalanah.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
It's snowing outside here in Minnesota ❄️ - time for some indoor fun! Make your own paper snowflake! See it fold! Download it! My latest side project: supersnowflakemaker.com I'm still actively working on features - let me know if you run into any issues!
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Super Snowflake Maker
Delighted you're here to spread wintry cheer! Create paper snowflake designs.
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Maggie Koerth @maggiek.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
This is the vibe. Wild turkey does not give a fuck. www.startribune.com/the-triumph-...
This is a block of text from the article that is gift linked in the post. A proud turkey stands astride a parked car.
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brandon johnson @brandon.mn · 22/11/2024
this is a wild one, but if any of you iOS devs/expo devs/React Native folks out there have encountered this, it would be a big help:
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brandon johnson @brandon.mn · 20/11/2024
This pumpkin spice popcorn? Really good. First bite is super off putting but the second bite is incredible.
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brandon johnson @brandon.mn · 19/11/2024
classic miata vibe no notes
A white sports car (Mazda Miata from the 2000s) with a brown convertible roof and one headlight flap up, the other one down
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brandon johnson @brandon.mn · 18/11/2024
The moment when your washing machine and dryer each finish running about 5 seconds apart and it’s like they’re singing in a round
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 18/11/2024
good for him! work-life balance is so important
book shelf labels pointing down to "Shakespeare plays" and up to "Shakespeare studies"
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brandon johnson @brandon.mn · 17/11/2024
just ordered a pack o’ these bad boyz to give away at our next javascriptmn.com event on Dec 4! catch you there?
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brandon johnson @brandon.mn · 16/11/2024
Chili crisp and oranges on a bagel. Nice.
A bagel with the top half slightly askew from the bottom half, with chili crisp drizzled down the middle, and orange slices on a bed of cream cheese.
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brandon johnson @brandon.mn · 14/11/2024
Man, sometimes the world seems pretty bleak, and other times you read that The Onion bought InfoWars. www.everytown.org/press/the-on...
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The Onion, with the Support of Sandy Hook Families, Acquires Infowars and Announces Everytown for Gun Safety as Exclusive Advertiser for Launch, Along with Multi-Year Agreement
Purchase Comes with Full Support of Sandy Hook Families Involved in the Successful and Historic Litigation Against Alex Jones that Won a $1.4 billion Verdict Everytown for Gun Safety Signs …
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brandon johnson @brandon.mn · 05/11/2024
made my first ham radio contact today (on a local 70cm repeater) and dang was that ever wholesome
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brandon johnson @brandon.mn · 05/11/2024
six years since I started my company (going independent) and nine years since I’ve been in tech, wild stuff.
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brandon johnson @brandon.mn · 01/11/2024
I have a weird knack for being recognized by people who don’t know me at all. Happened again today! Generic face syndrome strikes again.
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brandon johnson @brandon.mn · 31/10/2024
Have some pierogi and goulash
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brandon johnson @brandon.mn · 28/06/2023
at this point i just hope that barbie and oppenheimer are the same movie. like absolutely identical.
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brandon johnson @brandon.mn · 14/06/2023
a shrine to cows
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brandon johnson @brandon.mn · 09/06/2023
tired: no man’s sky tired: no mind’s eye
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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 08/06/2023
I'd like to add you to my unprofessional network on BlueSky
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brandon johnson @brandon.mn · 07/06/2023
a subwoofer implies the existence of a superwoofer
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brandon johnson @brandon.mn · 05/06/2023
adding this to the mayonnaise discourse www.startribune.com/mayo-unveils-bi…
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brandon johnson @brandon.mn · 04/06/2023
new kind of guy just dropped: “guy who confuses wes anderson’s “asteroid city” with christopher nolan’s “oppenheimer”
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brandon johnson @brandon.mn · 03/06/2023
brandon v28 release notes: - improved resilience due to optimized rest cycle - two new bread recipes - new, improved vibes - support for french and german languages - bug fixes and performance improvements
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Anna Hughes 🍁 @annaghughes.bsky.social · 28/05/2023
*seeing any group of 40-somethings in Portland* oh shit is that The Decemberists
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🦋Dr. Pokemon🦋 @turnerjoy.bsky.social · 27/05/2023
I’m sick of everyone being brought down, especially on Memorial Day weekend, where we honor the Beastie Boys who fought and possibly died for our right to party
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brandon johnson @brandon.mn · 27/05/2023
flowers to the left veggies to the right here i am: stuck in the middle with you
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brandon johnson @brandon.mn · 26/05/2023
brandon v28 drops next week. prepping the changelog now.
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 24/05/2023
I'm an adventurous eater, but even I draw the line here
Sandwich at Whole Foods labeled "Lorem Ipsum Dolor & Cheddar"
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brandon johnson @brandon.mn · 24/05/2023
i still own hypeyeast.com, maybe i should fire up the ol baking blog
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brandon johnson @brandon.mn · 23/05/2023
why is it that all the best house tracks sample somebody talking about what house music is. “house music…is music…for the house *beat drop*”
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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 23/05/2023
max by hbo max for hbo by hbo max in collaboration with hbo max for hbo by hbo max
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brandon johnson @brandon.mn · 23/05/2023
wait, so is a person named Max sending this email, or is Max, the Brand™ sending this email? is Max, the Brand™, a person?!
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brandon johnson @brandon.mn · 23/05/2023
the most fire fit this szn: suiting by tyvek
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brandon johnson @brandon.mn · 20/05/2023
posting tostada on main
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brandon johnson @brandon.mn · 20/05/2023
tired: imposter syndrome wired: i’m poster syndrome
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pixelated max @mx4ke.xyz · 19/05/2023
I regularly have these same two conversations with different types of engineers: Ruby person: how the fuck do JavaScript apps even work? It’s polyfills all the way down JavaScript person: how the fuck does Ruby work? It’s magic all the way down Me: *puts out a cigarette* let me tell you a story
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brandon johnson @brandon.mn · 18/05/2023
you call it a portfolio revamp, i call it a quarter-life crisis
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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 17/05/2023
mainstream headline: big boat stops moving in shoreline-involved incident
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brandon johnson @brandon.mn · 17/05/2023
major comma splice energy in my writing today
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tierney cyren @bnb.im · 17/05/2023
on a plane but will update isboatnomove.com asap
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Is Boat No Move?
Is the boat still stuck or is it moving again?
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brandon johnson @brandon.mn · 17/05/2023
good morning bluesky it’s coffee time
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brandon johnson @brandon.mn · 17/05/2023
registering lexus.nexus and giving it to a forum for lexus owners
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