Reposted by Chris JohnsonDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 21h"what if instead of drowning each other in horrible personalist networks, discriminating on the basis of arbitrary features like race and sex, we instead treated each other like honorable and important ends in ourselves" 218120
Reposted by Chris JohnsonDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 21hsee this is the thing about "high trust," it's this attempt to find a way of speaking "nonpartisanly" about the actual magic beast of modernity, "free and equal citizens" 629650
Chris Johnson @ectowombat.bsky.social · 17hThat sticker’s for the timeline rather than the campaign at this point. 040
Reposted by Chris JohnsonSarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social · 17hTonight I was behind a car that was the same make and model as my 2019 car and it had a Gore Lieberman 2000 bumper sticker and… I don’t even know but I thought I should share. 6512
Reposted by Chris JohnsonSky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 21h(sighs) So, oil is assessed on two key metrics 5485159
Reposted by Chris JohnsonAnu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 19h“Even if you hate Vivek” might be the most bipartisan, relatable thing he’s said all night. 977684
Chris Johnson @ectowombat.bsky.social · 19hIf I could see him removed and get a $1.79 coupon for a better president, that would be pretty awesome. 1450
Chris Johnson @ectowombat.bsky.social · 19hI miss those regular updates on exactly how far north they had made it and how much longer it would be before they came for us all. 010
Reposted by Chris JohnsonTalcott @talcotts.bsky.social · 19hI’m watching The Bees (1978), which is about killer bees, something I expected to be a much bigger part of the horrors of the 2020s. So far I am unsure of it knows it’s a movie about colonialism, but I do know I have Marge Simpson’s voice running through my head on a loop. 281
Chris Johnson @ectowombat.bsky.social · 19hIt’s unclear if this is some using the wrong word, someone just being absurd, or a Saiyan.static.klipy.comDragon Ball Z: Goten & Trunks Fusion DanceAlt: Goten & Trunks Fusion Dance in DBZ 010
Reposted by Chris JohnsonProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 21hWhat everyone has to prepare for is the constitutional crisis to accelerate if the Democrats take the House and the Senate. Vought has been allowed by the Republicans to act with impunity, so have he will continue to ignore Congress. This is why you have to impeach him immediately. 271512413
Reposted by Chris JohnsonTalcott @talcotts.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I’ve managed to talk myself out of dropping $200 on The Enchanted World, but they’re at the Lane Ave. Half Price Books if you have less self-control (or just more money) than I do. 6192
Reposted by Chris JohnsonGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Great chance to post my all-time favorite headline 2032371201
Chris Johnson @ectowombat.bsky.social · 20hNaturally, the best way to build a high trust society is to spend all your time demonizing your immigrant neighbors. Surely once all the non-whites have been expelled you can just flip a switch and shut off the sadism you’ve been feeding; it’s not like it would just find another target. 030
Reposted by Chris JohnsonTisiphone @tisiphone.bsky.social · 22hAlways start with a horse. 🐎 That way, she can ride off from your ridiculousness into the sunset immediately. 7313
Reposted by Chris JohnsonTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 22/05/2026When I used to write for The Guardian, every time I wrote the word “meow” the editors would change it to “miaow”. It used to really get on my wick. Don’t try to make my cats sound like your upper middle class London cats, you fuckers. My cats did not go to your posh cat schools. They say “meow”. 994836693
Reposted by Chris JohnsonHugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026You're laughing. Princess Beatrice's friend Alice Naylor-Leyland has been attacked by a rogue owl during a chaotic photoshoot and you're laughing. 1634866
Reposted by Chris Johnsonthe nicole community @cosmicenemy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026man this is going to be in history books, discussing how early-21st-century America ignored actual problems in favor of culture war nonsense and bigotry 03412
Reposted by Chris Johnsonnotjewelosco.bsky.social @notjewelosco.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Do you ever think about how society looped back to medicinally branded sodas 8619106
Reposted by Chris JohnsonLeague of Women Voters of Ohio @lwvohio.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Ohio's voter registration deadline is just a few days away. To vote in the 2026 election, make sure you're registered, and that your registration is up to date with your current name and address by Monday, October 5. Go to voteohio.gov to register, update, or verify your voter registration today. 1148
Reposted by Chris JohnsonAssigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 03/10/2026@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Oct In one of the tidal wave of Rep attack ads targeting OH Dem Senate candidate Sherrod Brown, a presumably trans woman accuses him of pushing surgery on minors "like her." The only problem? She had surgery as an adult, not a minor. And she's from Texas, not Ohio.news5cleveland.comWoman accusing Sherrod Brown of forcing transgender surgeries isn’t from Ohio, didn’t have procedure as minorIn an attack ad against U.S. Senate candidate Sherrod Brown, a woman accuses the Democrat of pushing transgender surgeries on minors "like her." She didn't have surgery until she was an adult. 914549
Reposted by Chris JohnsonGlenn Fleishman @glennf.com · 03/10/2026Dead reckoning, the moon, smell. 6211
Reposted by Chris JohnsonThe Other Happy Place @theotherhappyplace.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Gumby makes me mad because I feel like no matter what I do I will never approach it's level of haunting unease. 13486108
Reposted by Chris JohnsonPride Ott 🦦 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It is kinda funny to me that most "reasonable centrist reforms" like Supreme Court term limits need constitutional amendments while making every woke college professor a supreme court justice is a simple 50% vote in the senate. 541849
Reposted by Chris JohnsonBrent Warren @brentincolumbus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Monday is the voter registration deadline in Ohio, you can verify or register here; olvr.ohiosos.govolvr.ohiosos.govOhio Online Voter RegistrationThe site is secure. The https:// ensures you're connecting to the official website and any information you provide is encrypted and cannot be seen by anyone else. 033
Chris Johnson @ectowombat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026For convenience, to check in Ohio: voterlookup.ohiosos.govvoterlookup.ohiosos.govMy Voter Information - Voter SearchThe site is secure. The https:// ensures you're connecting to the official website and any information you provide is encrypted and cannot be seen by anyone else. 0148
Reposted by Chris JohnsonTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally. 2820611908
Chris Johnson @ectowombat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Wikipedia struggles to find decent freely licensed pictures of people. (The many convention photos are a few Wikipedians trying to cover a lot of people efficiently.) They’ve got a guide on how subjects of articles can make better pictures available for the wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...en.wikipedia.orgWikipedia:A picture of you - Wikipedia 000
Reposted by Chris JohnsonRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 01/10/2026If I went to Switzerland and won a Swiss watch precision contest, I would literally never talk about anything else 558343841
Reposted by Chris Johnsonactually madeleine is the scientist🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🦇 @webway.bsky.social · 01/10/2026octoblerone 23712
Reposted by Chris JohnsonIsabel Picornell Garcia @picornell.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026Also the greatest relative clause of all time. 😂 #Linguistics 1256
Reposted by Chris Johnsonjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/10/2026"they really believe it"/"they will try to do it"/"the promises are real" are things that most americans refuse to believe about politicians but if you take them seriously will help you predict political behavior more often than not 592593414
Reposted by Chris JohnsonDean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The trade deficit on goods soared in August to the second-highest on record. Guess we're not liberated yet deanbaker22.substack.com/p/trade-defi...deanbaker22.substack.comTrade Deficit Soars in August: The Tariffs Don’t Seem to be WorkingYet another war that Trump seems to be losing 13620
Chris Johnson @ectowombat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I’d guess the earlier spike was companies stocking up in advance of threatened tariffs, right? 131
Reposted by Chris JohnsonMolly White @molly.wiki · 01/10/2026sorry, it's me, minutes-at-home georg 1551742
Reposted by Chris JohnsonJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is among the best analyses of this that I have seen. 16915
Chris Johnson @ectowombat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Their pollster is generally well-regarded. It’s not Rasmussen. 130
Chris Johnson @ectowombat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026One of the main organizations assisting immigrants in Central Ohio. 000
Reposted by Chris JohnsonColumbus Underground @colsunderground.bsky.social · 30/09/2026We’re launching something new today. If you love transportation, and have an hour to spare, give the whole video a watch: youtu.be/kERA2QnizbA?...youtu.beThe Past, Present and Future of Transportation in Columbus, OhioYouTube video by Columbus Underground 071
Reposted by Chris JohnsonTan Copsey @tancopsey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026One thing that struck me at the time was how lots of relatively smart people were taken in by the surface-level impression of wrongdoing and how few people were willing to go a step further and examine the evidence. 172
Reposted by Chris JohnsonTan Copsey @tancopsey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Oh hello @ifbookspod.bsky.social are doing a ClimateGate episode. This is relevant to my interests. Also, I guess some of us kinda lived it? www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod/p...patreon.comConspiracies of Yore: Climategate | If Books Could KillMichael and Peter discuss Climategate, the scandal that rocked the climate science world. With scientists on one side, and paid lackeys for 173
Chris Johnson @ectowombat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Well, if there’s a “leak”, there must be wrongdoing, right? Following “ClimateGate” was good preparation for the 2016 election. 010
Reposted by Chris JohnsonLeague of Women Voters of Ohio @lwvohio.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Ohioans registering to vote at Bureau of Motor Vehicles offices again must prove they’re U.S. citizens, under a federal appeals court panel ruling issued days before the state’s Oct. 5 registration deadline. by Jeremy Pelzer www.cleveland.com/news/2026/09...cleveland.comFederal appeals court reinstates Ohio proof-of-citizenship voting lawA 2-1 ruling by the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals puts a requirement that residents prove they're U.S. citizens when registering to vote at a Bureau of Motor Vehicles back in effect days before ... 278
Reposted by Chris Johnsonemily blight 🐦⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 30/09/2026this show became one of the biggest pop cultural phenomenons of the last 100 years. 1684398
Reposted by Chris JohnsonMrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 29/09/2026This is like a fucking SNL skit where studios keep making hockey shows instead of gay shows 553115570