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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 8h

If you follow the arc of AI’s development, it’s hard not to conclude that your AI overlords want to run the economy like America’s healthcare system - namely, total opaqueness on prices and gatekeeping access.

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 9h

It looks like someone used watercolors for tonight’s sunset

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 13h

In the wake of the financial scandals with the LA Clippers in the NBA and Man City in the Premier League, I wonder if MLS is ready to have a conversation about Miami’s finances yet?

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 16h

I can’t wait for the Ken-Burns-of-the-future’s documentary on the extraordinary AI summit at the White House This attempt really feels like a combo of the too weak Articles of Confederation at the founding of the US and the misplaced optimism of Chamberlain’s “peace in our time” before WWII

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 17h

Does anyone else scroll through a deceased friend’s Facebook timeline on their birthday to read the beautiful remembrances?

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 18h

I’m guessing the lack of video in The Athletic’s coverage is cost-based decision, but a 1,000 word article on a Spanish goal, which included 27 passes over 70 seconds of build up, would have been greatly enhanced by a video of said goal.

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Sen. Eric Schmitt will never know a day for the rest of his life where someone won’t call him a dirtbag to his face

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Bummed that the season is over for the Lynx. Not sure the league is ready for an Olivia Miles who never wants to feel like this again, though.

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It angers me that I can’t quickly tell the difference between Johnny Knoxville and Jamie Lee Curtis in thumbnails photos these days.

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I love the temperature outside right now. I hate that it will be this dark, but three hours earlier, in just a little over a month

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

You know that scene in Eyes Wide Shut where Nicole and Tom take their kid Christmas shopping? For no good reason, in my mind this is the nexus between the Elf cinematic universe and the Eyes Wide Shut universe. Just imagine the stories behind the naughty list in this combined cinematic universe.

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

What the fuck was just aired during an NFL game and paid for by the US Government?

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sunday thought: since Trump has publicly declared he believes he’s going to hell, it left me wondering something troubling; does this mean Trump believes there is no salvation (either spiritually for the religious or mentally and emotionally for the humanists) in atoning for one’s wrongs (sins)?

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I say this as a City fan; throw the book at them. Transfer ban, 115 point reduction this season leading to guaranteed relegation, suspensions and/or bans for front office, fines Billionaires have money to burn, so the punishment needs to be commensurate to their ability to withstand financial pain

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The secret buyer is Zelda, not Rupert, right?

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Well, would you look at that… Crewneck, not a hoodie, but close enough

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I wonder how long before the under-the-hood AI agentic internet overtakes the human-interfaced internet for 1) network traffic and 2) retail sales

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I wish MNUFC chose some other way of celebrating 10 years of MLS play than trying to equal the season points total from that first season.

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

At least The StarTribune kept the headline misspelling in their eEdition for the sake of consistency

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We aren’t going to regulate AI, but we will create governmental infrastructure staffed with experts, with leadership picked by the President? If this isn’t meant to be a regulatory framework, then I can only assume, because it’s Trump, that it is meant to be an extortion racket.

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

In honor of Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot turning 25 yesterday, I’m rewatching the documentary of its making - I’ll Am Trying to Break Your Heart. I forgot about the First Ave concert footage. There’s a brief flash of Conrad’s dreads if you look carefully. #RIPConrad 😢

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Research on data centers in Oregon: Data centers employ only 0.2% of workers in Oregon but account for 23% of the state’s electricity sales. They are basically mining your community for water. And since they employ nearly no one, you don’t even grow your tax base. www.opb.org/article/2026...

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Oregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new report

A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Fact check: According to Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED), median home sizes are down 6% since Trump’s first year in office in 2017 while median home prices are up 27% in that same period. 1. fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEDSQ... 2. fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MSPUS

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

“If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear” - George Orwell, from the essay The Freedom of the Press

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This is great reporting… and a crying shame that the hometown newspaper had to license the article from the New York Times because it couldn’t deliver this reporting itself.

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Pretty special talent for Delta to touchdown 20 minutes early and still earn an FAA late-arrival designation because they had no gate to put us in

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Has there been any research on generational wealth being a form of mental illness? There is sickness in “everything has a price” that inevitably leads to “so let’s see how far we can take it” that pervades this class.

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

1. When insiders say there’s a 10% chance of an extinction-level event, maybe that’s a threshold of risk the government should care about 2. The national security argument is bullshit, this is purely about industrial policy.

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The long-term impact of this is that Minnesota likely loses a congressional seat after the next census in 2030.

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Random LA observation: some of the best hair stylists in the world live and work here, and yet the number of men who conspicuously signal they have money yet seemingly home-dye with shoe polish is astonishing.

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Wait, the channel that airs Ridiculousness 24x7x365 still hands out Video Music Awards?

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Is a deli really a deli if it doesn’t carry Dr. Brown’s Black Cherry soda?

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Also, this graphic highlights why I never question Haaland when he says he wasn’t offside. His goal to offside ratio is unparalleled among top scorers in the Prem. Haaland is *exceptionally* aware of his position on the pitch.

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Statement win by City. This is the type of performance that galvanizes a team with a lot of new parts. Enzo Fernandez won over any skeptical City fans with his work rate after Foden’s red. Elliot Anderson was fantastic again.

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

😂 Lyft emailed me bragging that my last ride had a “upgraded, roomier” car. How roomy was this car? My left ear was pinned to my left shoulder and my right ear was up against the roof. Not exactly roomy for a 6’2” passenger 😂

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

To my Spurs friends: I see you. You are worthy of love.

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Most of my naive-LA experience so far has been me looking at people and places, maybe for a tad too long, thinking “why does this feel familiar?” Except for seeing Pauly Shore and his dog in a beautiful green land-yacht of a convertible. That one I clocked right away. 😂

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Where are we getting the $1.345 trillion needed for the Vote GOP Bribery Fund?

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Corporations that are like “ha ha ha ha ha, AI can do every job better than you!” suddenly can’t figure out how to match credit card receipts to items with tariffs in order to identify actual customers who should get the tariff refunds. Instead they decided to keep the $100 billion for themselves.

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The American urge to squeeze a team’s record into the score bug means nothing in soccer because these media-rights nitwits can’t agree on the world football standard W-D-L and instead use a choose-your-own-adventure mix of W-L-D and W-D-L

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I love all of my Spurs-supporting friends too much to share the top-tier social media content about their goalless start to the Prem season. I love the rest of you too much not to let you know that this content is easy enough to find if you haven’t seen it already. 🪡

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Sometimes I think Alexander Pope’s An Essay on Critiscism reads like someone’s tweet stream today. But Pope shows the value of rigorously posting to drafts first before deciding to tweet.

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Sometimes I don’t think of patience as a virtue. Sometimes patience feels like the measure of how much pain you’ve already endured in order to endure whatever this is right now.

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Not sending that text right now <looks at watch, 12:45am stares back> is the correct call, kid. Gold star ⭐️

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Are we escaping the technology or is the technology escaping us? Silo is a great mindf*ck

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I’m listening to Tom Perry’s Full Moon Fever on vinyl for the first time. I gotta say, I kinda miss the tongue-in-cheek “Hello CD listeners” interlude after Runnin’ Down A Dream

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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

What you are at home versus how you present during your study-abroad year in Europe

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