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Casey Johnston @caseyjohnston.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Watching tech people tremble before the awesome power of AI feels like when an actor is “attacked” by a wild animal in a movie but they are just holding a raccoon pelt to their neck and pretending to wrestle with it

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She's A Beast @shesabeast.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

the uncompromising nature of the vacation auto-responder when you are the only person who works here🌱

Thank you for your email! Casey/She's A Beast is on maternity leave until the end of 2026.

Unfortunately, she is the only one who works here, and owing to the demanding nature of taking care of a baby, her access to email will be intermittent at best.

So regardless of the nature of your matter, I'm afraid you'll just have to wait.

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Casey Johnston @caseyjohnston.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

"please, my wife, " - Harrison Ford

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Casey Johnston @caseyjohnston.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

im saying this in part because i just learned there's yet another Harrison Ford lost-wife movie i didn't even know about

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Casey Johnston @caseyjohnston.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

upon review of Harrison Ford's filmography, i have to say this man simply has to keep better track of his wives

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Casey Johnston @caseyjohnston.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

this is one of the clearest and most soberly written pieces on "chronic lyme" that exists. if you feel confused on the distinction between this and Lyme disease, this is the only thing to read. jail for doctors who prey on "chronic lyme" patients www.cidrap.umn.edu/lyme-disease...

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CIDRAP Op-Ed: The wrong cure—how the new federal Lyme plan validates a diagnosis that often isn't there

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Casey Johnston @caseyjohnston.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Trump: we will rain blows upon you until you eliminate your missile program Iran: you won't T: and your nuclear program I: we'll be keeping that T: fair enough. regime change? I: no T: reopen hormuz? I: *admires fingernails* T: handshake? eye contact? I: *closes door behind them* T: *to camera*

donald trump tweet "Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully or write poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks."

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

New: Researchers have quantified how easy AI search is to manipulate. Just 13 words buried in a random Reddit comment can poison AI search results. They suggest this is not easy to stop: "The way you can attack these systems is so much dumber than you think it is" www.404media.co/it-is-trivia...

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It Is Trivially Easy to Use Reddit to Manipulate AI Search, Research Suggests

"We show that a tiny snippet—just 13 words—of retrieved text on a UGC website like Reddit, Wikipedia, Quora, or Facebook can change AI agents to output spam / scam content pretty consistently."

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Wyatt Gordon @yitgordon.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

“Walking and biking is such a richer experience sensorially. You're feeling the breeze. You can capture all of this information and have this enriched experience of the world that you can't when you're speeding by in a car, even at a slow speed.” @caseyjohnston.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social

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A Physical Education with Casey Johnston

Podcast Episode · The War on Cars · 12 May · 57min

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Casey Johnston @caseyjohnston.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Love Daniel Duane! That’s one of my favorite pieces of his (also I’m sorry David for my fervent followers😁)

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Casey Johnston @caseyjohnston.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

If it helps, you can put off the gym for as long as you feel like it! Your gains may stall but thats not the end of the world

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Casey Johnston @caseyjohnston.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

AI people: I’d like to check in on this please

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Episode prep. I'm excited for this one! cc: @caseyjohnston.bsky.social

Book cover: "A Physical Education: How I Escaped Diet Culture and Gained the Power of Lifting" by Casey Johnston. Green, red, and purple of woman's back. In the upper left of pic is a yellow The War on Cars sticker.

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Dr. Julia (Largent) Kuttler (she/her) @juliakuttler.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I got into weights when I was pregnant and have continued it for the past 20-ish months after my daughter was born. I did not know I would fall in love with it. I started this book the other day and it’s been really interesting. Worth a read!

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Jaysus Effin' Christ. I hope this leads to a better policy of scrutiny. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/b...

Editors’ Note: March 30, 2026:

A reader recently alerted The Times that this review included language and details similar to those in a review of the same book published in The Guardian. We spoke to the author of this piece, a freelancer reviewer, who told us he used an A.I. tool that incorporated material from the Guardian review into his draft, which he failed to identify and remove. His reliance on A.I. and his use of unattributed work by another writer are a clear violation of The Times’s standards. The reviewer said he had not used A.I. in his previous reviews for The Times, and we have found no issues in those pieces. The Guardian review of “Watching Over Her” can be read here.

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Casey Johnston @caseyjohnston.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

It appears many of you are drawing the wrong conclusion that my partner is a torment nexus from my new book, My Partner Is Definitely Not A Torment Nexus. Unfortunately you’ll have to wait for the sequel, Turns Out My Partner Was A Torment Nexus All Along

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Casey Johnston @caseyjohnston.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

And as someone points out in the replies, “should we form a union so pay is based on clearly defined responsibilities and experience instead of who happens to ask for a raise?”—an even better conversation

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Casey Johnston @caseyjohnston.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

i had a boyfriend once whose big career tip was to take a low salary because then you could always overdeliver on whatever they were expecting. god that guy was fucking dumb slate.com/life/2026/03...

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There’s Only One Way to Get More Money at Work. Some People Absolutely Refuse to Do It.

Some people would rather make thousands of dollars less just to avoid an awkward conversation.

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Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I'm not saying this is a good thing but if I'm reading a novel and come upon a big chunk of poetry or song lyrics, maybe written by the protagonist maybe even crucial to the plot, the only thing I think is: cool I can skip this page

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

what happened to if you have time to lean you have time to clean. or does that only apply to me making $7.25/hr to sell shitty frozen yogurt and not the highly paid murder squad

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Casey Johnston @caseyjohnston.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

The actual health obstacles that face us at this point are food access (quality, price, content) and movement access (ability to go anywhere without involving a car). Not only are we not fixing them, the govt is tripling down on making the problems worse, WHILE telling us, you gotta eat healthier!

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Casey Johnston @caseyjohnston.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

The amount of top-down hostility toward us eating or going anywhere is out of control, the dietary guidelines fail at basic math, and we are getting lapped by Brazil www.shesabeast.co/the-plot-to-...

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the plot to strangle the American of life, liberty, and happiness

AND get us to blame ourselves. Plus: ground beef cereal; alpine divorce; EVERYTHING'S FINE :) by W.B. Yeats. This is Link Letter 195!

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Casey Johnston @caseyjohnston.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The DoD balance sheet is probably like Defense -$925 billion Freedom +$1 trillion

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Casey Johnston @caseyjohnston.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

To further wit, there can’t be a bigger money losing enterprise than the department of defense. Somebody really ought to look into that very strongly

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VT Dead @dead2thecore.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

When will the Pentagon turn a profit? How long are we going to prop up this failing organization?

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Casey Johnston @caseyjohnston.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

to wit, there are a lot more things that should be government services and “money-losing.“ Internet. Cell phone service. Higher education. Health insurance. all could be free. Not being free is a choice

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Casey Johnston @caseyjohnston.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

We’ve lost all concept of this, but government services are not supposed to be profit making enterprises. government services are not publicly traded corporations. They are, and I can’t stress this enough, government services

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Casey Johnston @caseyjohnston.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

We beat on, boats against the forward march of time

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Casey Johnston @caseyjohnston.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Robin Williams voice what year is it

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Casey Johnston @caseyjohnston.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

2026. 2025? 2026. this one www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-best-a...

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Casey Johnston @caseyjohnston.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

That’s not even the real reason I will be insufferable—the reason is that @xkcd.com is editing the BASNW this yea and picked the piece, and if you’d told 2010 me that this would happen I would have gone into a coma. Thank you Randall!!

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17/03/2026

Ordinary people -- well, y'know, non-gym-bros -- getting into weight training is just such a great thing to see. It's so good for you, such a confidence boost. I hope the wave of casual-lifting spreads.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17/03/2026