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Chris Johnson

@ectowombat.bsky.social
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Unitarian Universalist, humanist, lefty. Interests include linguistics and other cognitive sciences. Probably mostly reskeets. he/him/his

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Dr. 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"
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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 21h
see 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"
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Chris Johnson @ectowombat.bsky.social · 17h
That sticker’s for the timeline rather than the campaign at this point.
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Sarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social · 17h
Tonight 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.
Proof of gore liberman bumper sticker.
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 21h
(sighs) So, oil is assessed on two key metrics
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Anu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 19h
“Even if you hate Vivek” might be the most bipartisan, relatable thing he’s said all night.
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Chris Johnson @ectowombat.bsky.social · 19h
If I could see him removed and get a $1.79 coupon for a better president, that would be pretty awesome.
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Chris Johnson @ectowombat.bsky.social · 19h
I 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.
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Talcott @talcotts.bsky.social · 19h
I’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.
Marge Simpson, holding Maggie and screaming. “They sound angry, and Africanized.”
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Chris Johnson @ectowombat.bsky.social · 19h
It’s unclear if this is some using the wrong word, someone just being absurd, or a Saiyan.
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Dragon Ball Z: Goten & Trunks Fusion Dance
Alt: Goten & Trunks Fusion Dance in DBZ
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Chris Johnson @ectowombat.bsky.social · 19h
Reddit fostering cultural exchange.
Reddit post on r/AskAnAmerican by 
u/starfrommilkyway

In the US, is it considered weird to fuse together with someone else?

I really like Americans, like, a lot! In my country, when we really like someone, we fuse together. One day, I'll visit the US. It's been a childhood dream of mine. If I try to fuse together with an American person, would that be considered weird or rude? It's not something that happens suddenly. It happens naturally after you become friends or lovers. At least where I live.
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 21h
What 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.
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Talcott @talcotts.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I’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.
The complete 21 volume The Enchanted World Time Life book set on sale for $200.00
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 22h
@dhookstead

Did we cancel D-Day because of a little rough weather? No. Play the damn game.

Readers added context

D-Day was delayed by a day because of the weather
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Great chance to post my all-time favorite headline
The Radium Water Worked Fine Until His Jaw Came Off
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Chris Johnson @ectowombat.bsky.social · 20h
Naturally, 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.
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Tisiphone @tisiphone.bsky.social · 22h
Always start with a horse. 🐎 That way, she can ride off from your ridiculousness into the sunset immediately.
Reddit:

How do I make woman fall in love with me without buying her a horse?
I am serious question. I have no horse, very limited money and absolutely no idea what women want,
Should I start with flowers? Cooking? Romantic poetry? Or is horse still safest
option?
Please advise.
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Chris Johnson @ectowombat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Gerrard Winstanley
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
When 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”.
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Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
You're laughing. Princess Beatrice's friend Alice Naylor-Leyland has been attacked by a rogue owl during a chaotic photoshoot and you're laughing.
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DocDeezWhat @docdeezwhat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
To Valhalla
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the nicole community @cosmicenemy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
man 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
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notjewelosco.bsky.social @notjewelosco.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Do you ever think about how society looped back to medicinally branded sodas
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League of Women Voters of Ohio @lwvohio.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ohio'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.
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Assigned 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.
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Woman accusing Sherrod Brown of forcing transgender surgeries isn’t from Ohio, didn’t have procedure as minor
In 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.
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Glenn Fleishman @glennf.com · 03/10/2026
Dead reckoning, the moon, smell.
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The Other Happy Place @theotherhappyplace.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Gumby makes me mad because I feel like no matter what I do I will never approach it's level of haunting unease.
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Pride Ott 🦦 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It 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.
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Brent Warren @brentincolumbus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Monday is the voter registration deadline in Ohio, you can verify or register here; olvr.ohiosos.gov
olvr.ohiosos.gov
Ohio Online Voter Registration
The 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.
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Chris Johnson @ectowombat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
For convenience, to check in Ohio: voterlookup.ohiosos.gov
voterlookup.ohiosos.gov
My Voter Information - Voter Search
The 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.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Voter 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.
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Chris Johnson @ectowombat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wikipedia 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...
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Wikipedia:A picture of you - Wikipedia
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 01/10/2026
If I went to Switzerland and won a Swiss watch precision contest, I would literally never talk about anything else
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actually madeleine is the scientist🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🦇 @webway.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
octoblerone
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Isabel Picornell Garcia @picornell.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026
Also the greatest relative clause of all time. 😂 #Linguistics
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Chris Johnson @ectowombat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Oh, you’re already decorating for Halloween.
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jamelle @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
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The 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...
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Trade Deficit Soars in August: The Tariffs Don’t Seem to be Working
Yet another war that Trump seems to be losing
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Chris Johnson @ectowombat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I’d guess the earlier spike was companies stocking up in advance of threatened tariffs, right?
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 01/10/2026
sorry, it's me, minutes-at-home georg
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is among the best analyses of this that I have seen.
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Chris Johnson @ectowombat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Their pollster is generally well-regarded. It’s not Rasmussen.
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Chris Johnson @ectowombat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
One of the main organizations assisting immigrants in Central Ohio.
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Columbus Underground @colsunderground.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We’re launching something new today. If you love transportation, and have an hour to spare, give the whole video a watch: youtu.be/kERA2QnizbA?...
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The Past, Present and Future of Transportation in Columbus, Ohio
YouTube video by Columbus Underground
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Tan Copsey @tancopsey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
One 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.
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Tan Copsey @tancopsey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Oh 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...
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Conspiracies of Yore: Climategate | If Books Could Kill
Michael and Peter discuss Climategate, the scandal that rocked the climate science world. With scientists on one side, and paid lackeys for
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Chris Johnson @ectowombat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Well, if there’s a “leak”, there must be wrongdoing, right? Following “ClimateGate” was good preparation for the 2016 election.
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League of Women Voters of Ohio @lwvohio.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ohioans 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...
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Federal appeals court reinstates Ohio proof-of-citizenship voting law
A 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 ...
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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 30/09/2026
this show became one of the biggest pop cultural phenomenons of the last 100 years.
kirk with sulu, who is holding a dog with an exospine and a little unicorn horn and antennae
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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 29/09/2026
This is like a fucking SNL skit where studios keep making hockey shows instead of gay shows
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