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Kar Johnson @karjohnson.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Whenever I hear Paris Hilton’s “Stars Are Blind” in public I usually know I’m with queer people and thus with the right people

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KQED Forum @kqedforum.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

☀️ 📚 Need summer book recommendations? We talked w/ SF booksellers (@karjohnson.bsky.social, @greenapplebooks.bsky.social & Camden Avery, @booksmith.bsky.social) and author @thebestjasmine.bsky.social about what they've read recently and what they recommend. Watch the full interview now on YouTube.

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Summer Books You Can't Miss This Year! | KQED Forum

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Kar Johnson @karjohnson.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

I’m so glad it’s Oasis summer. Just having a musical obsession has activated some untapped joy in me and kept me out of trouble.

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KQED Forum @kqedforum.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

🎧 Listen to the podcast! @thebestjasmine.bsky.social, Camden Avery from @booksmith.bsky.social and @karjohnson.bsky.social from @greenapplebooks.bsky.social spoke with @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social about the latest book trends and their recommendations for summer reads. #booksky 🔗: buff.ly/gKSVaK0

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What’s on Your Summer Reading List?

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Kar Johnson @karjohnson.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

I am dying to play Rue McClanahan on Snatch Game.

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Kar Johnson @karjohnson.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

I counted eight billboards advertising AI on the way into the City. The billboards on the bridge have kind of always been a harbinger of who the City is choosing to cater to, but this just seems ridiculous.

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Kar Johnson @karjohnson.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Just a reminder that when a world leader is good at their job they’re not in the news every day.

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Kar Johnson @karjohnson.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

We sell disposable cameras at the store and a very nice young person bought one today and said “I’ve never used one of these before!” at which I smiled and imagined the time-lapse decomposition of my body

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Kar Johnson @karjohnson.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Love walking through First Fridays about two cocktails deep and taking everything in.

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Kar Johnson @karjohnson.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

“I didn’t do it.”—both Bart and O.J. Simpson

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NPR @npr.org · 22/02/2025

The Bureau of Prisons is moving forward with plans to move transgender inmates out of prisons that align with their gender identity and into facilities that align with their assigned sex at birth.

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Federal prisons prep to move trans inmates as early as next week

The Bureau of Prisons is moving forward with plans to move transgender inmates out of prisons that align with their gender identity and into facilities that align with their assigned sex at birth.

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Kar Johnson @karjohnson.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

It’s a good day to punch a Nazi.

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Kar Johnson @karjohnson.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

The man is a billionaire and all he wants to be is a stand-up comedian. He can buy everything except a sense of humor. It is almost a funny movie premise but it’s real and most certainly not funny.

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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

by the way these are literally the exact same dumbass motherfuckers, not like them, the literal exact same fucking guys, saying government is inefficient and you should cancel it to give them all the governments money so they can provide you services instead

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michael 🙅🏻‍♂️ goldsmith @mgoldsm.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

hi 👋🏻 seasoned book publicist here 🤓 a small tip for bookstore events 📚 authors hate it when you ask them dumb questions (where do you get your ideas) but they love it when you ask them smart questions (do you write your book hotdog or hamburger style)

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Kar Johnson @karjohnson.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

My spouse and I don’t track one another’s location but we can see what we’re up to based on our Letterboxd activity.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 13/02/2025

"With this remote, which I’m holding for now but, of course, can pass back and forth between us, I promise to cue up episodes of Freaks and Geeks only when we are together after we have finished a hearty pasta salad and are ready to sit and digest."

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I Vow, from This Day Forward, to Watch Every Episode of Freaks and Geeks with You

My love, you have been my faithful partner in watching shows on streaming services. Every day, I fall more in love with joining you to watch these ...

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Kar Johnson @karjohnson.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Pretty fuckin spineless of Google to just bend to a fascist will so quickly. Y’all know you’re more powerful than that right? Guess not

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Kar Johnson @karjohnson.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

What do I dream about? Immediate karmic retribution for all racists.

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Emily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I know complaining about NYT headlines is old hat, but this is NUTS to me – every word choice glamorizes him as an exciting provocative badass, instead of focusing on the danger and illegality of what’s happening

Musk Anti-Government Blitz Shakes Washington; Elon Musk’s overhaul, swift and largely unchecked, is an extraordinary display of one citizen’s power over government business that critics say may breach the law

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Kar Johnson @karjohnson.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

If you have a Cybertruck, you don’t get to slap on the “I bought this before we knew Elon was crazy” sticker. The hell you did! You bought a tank cause you wanted to and now you’re embarrassed.

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Kar Johnson @karjohnson.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

It’s a good day to punch a Nazi.

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Kar Johnson @karjohnson.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Happy belated to my good pal @leonardcrohn.bsky.social 💛 A whole continent between us but book gossip and Bob Dylan keep us together

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

We're doing an *emergency* Bookstore and Chocolate Crawl on Saturday Jan. 11. We'll visit Medicine For Nightmares and Adobe, which suffered massive flood damage recently. Then we'll hit East Bay Booksellers, recovering from a fire. Plus Pegasus! Details/RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/emergency-...

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EMERGENCY Bookstore and Chocolate Crawl!

We're calling on you to help two bookstores that were flooded in recent storms, plus another bookstore that just reopened after a nasty fire

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Kar Johnson @karjohnson.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Sometimes I’m just quietly working and then I belt out Carly Simon’s “Let the River Run” from the Working Girl (1988) soundtrack.

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Kar Johnson @karjohnson.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Putting in a request that someone write a 33 1/3 about Beyoncé’s B’Day. @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

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Green Apple Books on the Park @booksonthepark.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Congrats to everyone who made the NBCC long list! Special shout out to Vanessa Angelica Villarreal, Marie-Helene Bertino, @garthgreenwell.bsky.social, Manjula Martin, @zoeschlanger.bsky.social and Armen Davoudian, who we had the pleasure of hosting this year!

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Benjamin Scott @benjaminscott.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Thinking today of Carrie Ann Lucas, a shining light in the world of disability justice who died at 47 from a preventable series of infections because UnitedHealthCare needlessly denied her coverage. www.forbes.com/sites/sarahk...

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Carrie Ann Lucas Dies At Age 47. You Probably Haven't Heard Of Her And That's A Problem

Well-known disability rights advocate Carrie Anne Lucas dies at age 47. Learn who was she and why you probably haven't heard of her.

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Kar Johnson @karjohnson.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

My friends know what I want to see and what I want to see is Leonard Cohen’s grave covered in snow, like a Leonard Cohen song itself.

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Kar Johnson @karjohnson.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

I nominated someone for something and they got it! I am being vague because they can’t share yet but I’m glad because they are super deserving and it’s been good news on an otherwise odd day!

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Blaise Zerega @beezee.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

A packed house at @booksonthepark.bsky.social for @anitafelicelli.bsky.social's amazing story collection: "How We Know Our Time Travelers" from @wtawpress.bsky.social. In convo w/Nayomi Munaweera and hosted by @karjohnson.bsky.social. HIGHLY recommend this book!

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Kar Johnson @karjohnson.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Married to this hottie who is playing music. Tickets: thelostchurch.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/patro...

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The Lost Church

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Kar Johnson @karjohnson.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I actually shuddered reading that last sentence.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 02/12/2024

seriously. "fuck these rich assholes who are trying to make you poor" is historically an extremely easy-to-market line

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Kar Johnson @karjohnson.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Humans have made a pretty good case that we do, in fact, enjoy making art and producing it at every level, even when it is difficult or laborious, so not sure what problem the Spines Guys ™️ are solving.

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Kar Johnson @karjohnson.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Normalize saying “Joe Rogan? That guy from NewsRadio?”

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Stephen Sparks @ssparks.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

There's been a rash in people objecting to books about Palestine in our bookstore, so I put up a sign.

A sign hanging in Point Reyes Books that reads:

If you are thinking of turning this book over, or covering it up with another book, or hiding it somewhere in the bookstore because you don’t agree with its title or political implications, please ask yourself: has anyone who has attempted to suppress the exchange of ideas ever been on the right side of history? Would I possibly benefit from engaging with this text instead of hiding it when no one is watching? Feel free to disagree with the books, but do so on your social media feeds, not in our bookstore.

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Kar Johnson @karjohnson.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

You deserve to know that my dogs are very cute.

Photo of two small, beige terrier mutts sitting under pink lighting.

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