Reposted by Geoff JohnsonAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 18hwhat's crazy about this premise is that local businesses in minneapolis hated the ice raids, made it clear they hated the ice raids, lost a ton of money because of the ice raids, and were generally quite sympathetic to the people telling ice to get the fuck out bsky.app/profile/will... 18900177
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonEvan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 16hWorth note: at the time of this atrocity Anthropic was the LLM powering the Maven Smart System in partnership with Palantir. Don't let Dario's bullshit fool you. There is no "good" frontier AI company. 28032
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 19hSomehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.) 9549642010
Geoff Johnson @geoffthejohnson.bsky.social · 18hIt's not really related, but this Grok/Trump anecdote makes me recall an old @theonion.com article about "Senator Gronk," who "crushed" a middle-class tax hike. theonion.com/me-crush-mid...theonion.comMe Crush Middle-Class Tax HikeRaaaah! Gronk hate H.R. 3712, the Income And Property Tax Reassessment Act! Senator Gronk crush middle-class tax hike! 100
Geoff Johnson @geoffthejohnson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026As a Xennial (I've decided to embrace that label?), the main thing to me about this clip is that he is talking to/about Rachel from Season 3 of The Real World. Even back then, she clearly wanted to be buds with a right-wing president. Reality show people shouldn't be involved in governance, I think! 000
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A judge has ordered the release of Douglas Stewart Carter, a 71-year-old Black man who has spent decades on death row for a 1985 killing he did not commit. He spent 41 years in prison. 441264448
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026AAUP, AFT, and HELU have a plan draft! College For All, in expansion now for 2026 and 2028 www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...aaup.org 216549
Geoff Johnson @geoffthejohnson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"...these courtrooms are supposed to be open to the public...But when The City Reporter tried to enter one of the new immigration courtrooms on the third floor Monday, security guards barred the reporter from entering. A DHS police inspector later threatened The City Reporter with arrest..."thecityreporter.nycDHS Opens ‘Black Site Docket’ for Immigrants Without Lawyers at 26 Federal PlazaA reporter from The City Reporter was threatened with arrest while attempting to observe comings and goings from the new courtrooms, which have left advocates mystified and fearing the worst. 011
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonHunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The government previously responded to reporting from @talkingpointsmemo.com and other news outlets by denying the existence of the 26 Federal Plaza detention center. A new court ruling shows the brutal conditions there and ICE officials "lying" to cover it up. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/federal...talkingpointsmemo.comFederal Judge Blasts ‘Inhumane and Unconstitutional’ Conditions in NYC ICE DetentionA federal judge decried the “cruelty” detainees experienced inside Manhattan’s infamous ICE... 216981
Geoff Johnson @geoffthejohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I am offended by this entire statement on behalf of middle-age married sex. 010
Geoff Johnson @geoffthejohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026He doesn’t get all that detailed here, but El-Sayed seems like he could be a good messenger for Medicare for All—someone who can clearly and persuasively communicate possible paths for getting there. 011
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonJames Ryan @jdryan08.bsky.social · 26/09/2026NYC spends approximately $200,000 a year for every inmate in the corrections system. It spends about $27,000 a year for every student enrolled in CUNY. 3407120
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"In 2020, there were only six programs in the U.S. that sent unarmed responders, such as mental health clinicians, to certain 911 calls instead of police officers. Now, these programs — sometimes called alternative or community response — are in nearly 100 cities." www.npr.org/2026/09/22/n...npr.orgHow unarmed 911 teams are reshaping public safety in nearly 100 citiesAlternative response programs, where mental health clinicians respond to 911 calls instead of police, have proliferated since George Floyd's murder. What does it take to do this work well? 5758272
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonMother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/09/2026Thousands of detained immigrants with “Final Orders of Removal” have had their records hidden or deleted from ICE’s tracking system, leaving families and lawyers unable to locate them. motherjones.comICE wiped thousands of people from its database. Families are paying the price.Lawyers and loved ones are scrambling to find people suddenly culled from DHS rolls. 20371259
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonChantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026Y'all, beloved community, that I care for as you care for me in true understanding we share of loving mutuality so we all survive, at this time I badly need mutual aid. This ain't no scam. I'm not secretly rich. I'm on medicaid. I'm recovering from the serious trauma of getting committed by cops.buymeacoffee.comSupport Chantal!Hello friends! It's me, the author of the novel NONE BUT THE RIGHTEOUS and the novella FES IS A MIRROR and poetry and essay that touches your heart. You might know me from Bluesky where I constan... 12307381
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonProject Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 23/09/2026🧵 We've been digging into the genesis of these 'mobile detention facilities' to find out whether the idea is new or has been in the works a while. So we went through the solicitation's attachments and their metadata. The file describing them lists a GEO Group executive vice president as its author. 26648
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonNaomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The degree to which police departments have financial incentives to over-respond to situations where their presence is straight up not needed at ALL, because they can make a bunch of extra money for zero personal risk, is something that even the pro-cop brigade should be concerned about. 8301100
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonParis Marx @parismarx.com · 21/09/2026John Ternus kicked off his tenure as Apple CEO by announcing the long-awaited folding iPhone. But behind the scenes, it looks like products and services are going to get more expensive to please shareholders and he’s ready to sacrifice privacy on the altar of AI.disconnect.blogRed flags at the start of Apple’s John Ternus eraUnder the new CEO, products are more expensive and AI comes with more surveillance 823079
Reposted by Geoff Johnsonalec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 21/09/2026THREAD. Did you know that Minneapolis police deployed 101 personnel to a 7-person vigil held one morning at Renee Good's memorial? The cops generated $1.92 million in overtime cash for themselves. 101426519
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 18/09/2026FINALLY!!! Garnet will get his scholarly biography. It's so past due. I'm excited about this book and have already pre-ordered. @geoffthejohnson.bsky.social let's do a book discussion. Hodges also wrote the only biography of David Ruggles, one of the most impactful/imp 19th c Black organizers. 24915
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonJason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Straight from OpenAI's Brockman and Microsoft's Nadella - 'doom loop' for the entire web [as they vacuum up and substitute the work of journalism and threaten their economic foundations]. /2 51467294
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 17/09/2026Advocating against Talarico's new rightward tack on trans kids in sports and gender affirming care is not advocating for Paxton. It's advocating against Talarico's new rightward tack on trans kids in sports and gender affirming care. 593669451
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The court filing dug up by @kint.bsky.social is the most They Admit It i have ever seen in my life www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...404media.co‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions." 13840335
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonI Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 17/09/2026“New students enrolling at the University of Texas at Austin can no longer major in studies focusing on Africans and the African diaspora, Mexican Americans and Latinos, or women and gender.” Puts a lot of “regain trust” rhetoric into proper relief.texastribune.orgMajors related to race, gender cut at University of TexasThe University of Texas at Austin rejected a department’s plan to keep the majors, a decision that came without public knowledge, an interim department chair told faculty. 24679282
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 17/09/2026As I warned you: the superstar media darling AI quitter is explicitly agreeing with Trump and claiming climate threats are "overplayed". Effective altruism / rationalism is a cult of broken priorities that denies the threat of fossil fuels. This is why Anthropic loves burning gas for power. 521944537
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonMatt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 16/09/2026american elites are broadly in consensus that critics of israel need to be silenced but nazis are now within the acceptable parameters of public discourse and have to be given a seat at the table bsky.app/profile/theo... 745891
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonRise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 16/09/202609.14.26 Rise and Resist and allies took to the streets in Tribeca, protesting ICON Parking at 35 Harrison St over its lease to DHS for ICE vehicles, denouncing the company’s role in facilitating immigration detention and deportation operations. @handsoffnyc.bsky.social 25822
Geoff Johnson @geoffthejohnson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026For a few years (starting pre-Chat GPT) I’ve taught an online/asynchronous US history class, fighting a pretty constant battle against AI-generated student submissions. I’ve taken mitigating measures that bring in more genuine student work, but overall it’s a losing battle at the moment. Just… 120
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth 11277673631
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonThe Jersey Vindicator @jerseyvindicator.bsky.social · 14/09/2026NJ bill would leave nursing home residents’ monthly personal allowance at $50jerseyvindicator.orgNJ bill would leave nursing home residents’ monthly personal allowance at $50The measure would provide annual cost-of-living increases but falls far short of the $140 per month residents and advocates sought. 062
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonCharliCenter-CX @cambrianera.radical.town · 12/09/2026The trans rights position is very straightforward: Simply being trans should not exclude you from any part of society. If you can't get behind that, then maybe you really ARE a bigot. 81292286
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I am grateful to the folks at DRUM for putting together this timeline. If you are under 40, I especially hope that you will take some time this weekend to review it. www.drumnyc.org/9-11-freedom/drumnyc.org9/11 Freedom - DRUM - Desis Rising Up & MovingBackground Content warning: audio testimony depicting graphic police violence. Below you will find a timeline that delves into some of how DRUM members, organizers, and volunteers organized in the con... 07935
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonHeba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 11/09/20269/11/2001 I was a freshman in high school in Alabama, I wore a hijab. In gym class my teacher wheeled in a screen. Something horrible was happening. I watched, mouth agape as the second tower hit. We were silent. As that period reached an end, my name was announced on the loud speaker. 1/ 9234071259
Geoff Johnson @geoffthejohnson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Paper copy of the New York Times from 9/12/2001 (taken from the Engineering Library at Columbia University, where I worked at the time). I’ve always felt that the headline “U.S. Attacked” was a genuinely good one—simple and factual but also conveying succinctly the shock of what had occurred. 100
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026it's two things, to me: 1) trans rights matter because trans people matter and deserve rights, not just because failing to stand for trans rights is a bellwether for inauthentic progressivism more broadly 2) if you can't be trusted on trans rights you can't be trusted on anything 1638271153
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonI Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 10/09/2026I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, we won’t be able to address mass deportation without addressing policing. 14868268
Geoff Johnson @geoffthejohnson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Look forward to hearing @danieldenvir.bsky.social and others break down this victory at some point. Great news! 0143
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 09/09/2026it's extraordinary that one can log into one's university library and then read a vast number of books and articles online. /1 1036639
Reposted by Geoff Johnson404 Media @404media.co · 08/09/2026404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.404media.coA Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime. 391086618
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonNick Barber 🌋 @volcannick.bsky.social · 08/09/2026A sophomore at my university was arrested by ICE driving with his dad back to campus last week. Anything you can do to help him and his family is appreciated 🙏 www.gofundme.com/f/help-bring...gofundme.comDonate to Help Bring Luis Alejandro & His Father Home, organized by Anais GoslingThere is an empty bed in a college dorm room at one of this country’s top … Anais Gosling needs your support for Help Bring Luis Alejandro & His Father Home 04139
Reposted by Geoff Johnsonjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/09/2026to place the sexual and reproductive exploitation of black women at the center of your understanding of american slavery is to see that the system was forced birth and this, in turn, should lead to a more expansive vision of what the 13th amendment actually guarantees. 363072531
Reposted by Geoff Johnsonjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/09/2026this enormous wealth is driving the ideological transformation as much as anything else. where once the defense of slavery was “we don’t know what else to do and besides we can’t let the blacks go free,” by the 1840s it is much closer to “slavery is the single greatest social system ever devised.” 192388190
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonStarbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 07/09/2026In Orange County CA, we're spending Labor Day telling everyone to BOYCOTT STARBUCKS 🥰💅 19225
Geoff Johnson @geoffthejohnson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026As a unionized NYC worker who hopes to see more unionized NYC workers (and stronger city unions in general), I'm very curious to see how things go with this new office. 110
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonIda B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 07/09/2026And this is why we need comedians (his name is Clayton English) 352540622
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonWIRED @wired.com · 04/09/2026More than 200 people in roles such as engineering, finance, and communications will now be represented by the Communication Workers of America. www.wired.com/story/wikipe...wired.comWikipedia Workers Unionize for the First TimeMore than 200 people in roles such as engineering, finance, and communications will now be represented by the Communication Workers of America. 51356355
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonSigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 02/09/2026If you walk into any building at the State Fair that has some sort of creative or artistic endeavor in it, Minnesota's grief, anger, determination, and solidarity blazes from the display cases. It is humbling and awe-inspiring. 019740
Reposted by Geoff JohnsonShan (help I’m alive) @shan614.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I hope this inspires more advocacy around the country. We made noise, we presented the data, we spoke at city hall, we testified before the PEP. We were heard! It’s not perfect but it’s a big step in the right direction. Thank you for listening @mayor.nyc.gov 338672