Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.The dumb ignorabt shit head @urplepingo.bsky.social · 15/07/2023In Canada they call Grimace “Purple Dennis” 928762
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Amy Littlefield @amylittlefield.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Today is the 50th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment, the deadly ban on federal funding of abortion that has shaped the lives of over a million low-income women. For @motherjones.com, this excerpt of my book explains why the death of Roe started w/ Hyde: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comThe infuriating history of the law that doomed abortion rightsThe men behind the Hyde Amendment saw it as their ticket to paradise. 29154
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026new: A third-party surveillance company is telling cops that it wants to add facial recognition to Flock footage and ALPR reads to help them "close the gap" in what Flock offers. Company offers racial analysis, gender analysis, behavior analysis www.404media.co/surveillance...404media.coSurveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Flock CamerasA surveillance company wants to "close the gap" that Flock won't do, by pitching facial recognition on its cameras. 511888
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Jackie Jackson died two days ago. His death did not get the fanfare that the big celebrities get but I assure you he was no less than any of them: a titan astride the earth. In this thread, a few of the songs he played bass on. You know these songs. You know their bass parts. youtu.be/DKVB_CtU8XQyoutu.bePressure DropYouTube video by Toots & The Maytals - Topic 211060362
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Georgia’s second-largest school district has abruptly banned Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” from school library shelvesgpb.orgGeorgia school system abruptly bans Toni Morrison’s ‘The Bluest Eye’Georgia’s second-largest school district is once again at the center of a political controversy over the appropriateness of school materials. 43513284
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 23/09/2026The Dems voting for the tiktok ban let the Ellisons control tiktok. Now they control CBS News, CNN, Paramount, HBO, WB. 5 white dudes are going to own the entire media. Musk, Bezos, Murdoch, Ellison, and Zuckerberg will collectively own nearly all social media and news outlets. 829765
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Alex Hyres @hyres376.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Excited to share that Youth in the Movements: High School Student Activism in Twentieth-Century America is available for pre-order. To order the book, go here: www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/youth-in-the... #protest #pedagogy #histed #edhist #history #socialmovements 1215
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Incredible Facebook slop ad I just got 31798591563
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵 412113726068
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Judge John Hodgman @judgejohnhodgman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026What happens to someone when they're deported? Judge @hodgman.bsky.social and Bailiff @jessethorn.bsky.social share their visit to Tijuana & how it affected their understanding of the good work done by the people at @alotrolado-org.bsky.social. If you feel moved, please donate at: www.alotrolado.org 38121
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 19/09/2026AI made up indigenous journalists www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.ca‘Very harmful’: website uses AI to generate northern Indigenous news ‘correspondents’ | CBC NewsThe website WE NEWS has three northern Indigenous 'AI correspondents.' Their profiles say they are 'a member of Yukon First Nation,' 'of Dene heritage,' and 'an Inuk raised in the North.' Experts in t... 116686
Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr. @khalil.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The more I learn about Rationalists and Effective Altruists, the more it becomes clear that the AI apocalypse boils down to a technological iteration of white replacement theory. 1174
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This is Sakariye. He’s a 22 year old asylum seeker who had work authorization. He was driving a truck for work when he was arrested in Alabama last year. 2617144
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Kraft was in the Epstein files btw. 592741599
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 15/09/2026A cartoon by Kendra Allenby. See more cartoons from this week’s issue: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/KX9jBc 0596
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Coming up soon. 083
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Abbie Boggs @abbieboggs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Essential reading. Especially powerful on how the “good immigrant” and model-minority bargains have always made belonging conditional—and on why this moment demands solidarity that refuses usefulness, prestige, or compliance as the price of belonging. www.aaup.org/precarities-... 011
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 10/09/2026We are legally obligated to post this message announcing the recall of InfoWars Cats For Men™ Cat Food For Men™. 331072170
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Earlier this week in Slack my colleagues were teasing me for my inability not to see the humanity in people who are obviously terrible, but I will forever make an exception for the monsters who make AI 28515
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/09/2026ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote: 10547761907
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Alex Cranz @cranz.bsky.social · 05/09/202680 percent of recipients are single mothers. this is just further punishment of women for not being married and deigning to have lives outside of marriage and the policy is reductive and abhorrent and deeply deeply sexist. 0143
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.The Capybaron @thecapybaron.bsky.social · 27/08/2026There once was a hitman from Sweden Who was, on the motorway, speedin’ His mark goes unwhacked, For in ironic fact, The killer’s the one who’s left bleedin’ 141732523
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.local blogger @fergoe.blacksky.app · 24/08/2026Rapp Snitch Knishes is a 10/10 song, still. Beat incredible, lyrics hilarious. "Do you see the perpetrator?/Yeah I'm right here!" 😭 2182
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 24/08/2026There’s an analogue to LSD called LSZ that’s functionally similar but sounds like a fake drug from a Phillip K. Dick short story called ‘Backwards Man’s Dentist Appointment Is Yesterday’ 716616
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Gaius (from Tribunate) @gaius.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I don’t have the biggest channel on YouTube but I’m happy that I have an engaged audience that allows me to do the stuff I’m interested in, IMO that’s much more satisfying than chasing the algorithm for views. But it’s still funny my shoestring operation destroys Bezos’ dumb libertarian channel 3382
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 18/08/2026Been hearing chatter this was imminent. Will include “citizens or nationals of African and Western Hemisphere countries who are medically authorized to travel.” There’s a plane in position to leave tonight or tomorrow morning. www.reuters.com/world/africa...reuters.comLiberia agrees to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from USLiberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the U.S. in the coming year, and an initial group of 20 deportees is expected to arrive in the West African nation on Thursday,... 6245167
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026"Roberts, 71, has the highest net worth of all U.S. Supreme Court justices at $25 million despite being a public employee on and off for decades, according to a 2024 Forbes analysis. His wife, Jane Sullivan Roberts, is a partner at a high-profile legal recruiting firm."dc.citycast.fmChief Justice John Roberts Has a New $5 Million Chevy Chase Residence · City Cast DCHe’s trading up from the house he sold last month for $3.44 million. 54732
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I spoke with Andy Yen, CEO of Proton, which has encrypted the daily online work/comms a hundred million-plus people. We talked in particular about Proton's surprising embrace of AI, like its chatbot Lumo. Yen says "AI is surveillance." He also says it's "unavoidable." www.wired.com/story/the-bi...wired.comCan AI Coexist With Privacy? Proton’s Andy Yen Says It Will Have ToProton’s CEO is a champion of encryption for everyone. So why is he going all in on un-encryptable AI? 145521
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.andré carrington @andrecarrington.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Cedric Robinson & Richard Iton will return... in Avengers Doomsday 03310
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Fam, my friend Ashon Crawley (one of the co-authors of my last book, Read This When Things Fall Apart) was in a freak accident this past week. A piece of weight-lifting equipment at a gym malfunctioned and damaged his legs. Ashon's beloved dog Speckles needs care while he recovers. If you can help:gofundme.comDonate to Your favorite internet dog niece needs longterm care, organized by Ashon Crawleyyour favorite internet dog niece, speckles, needs longterm b… Ashon Crawley needs your support for Your favorite internet dog niece needs longterm care 2158102
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Adia Benton @ethnography911.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I’ve gone on at length about this, and am working with the many, many others behind the scenes, but if you are alumnae (yes I fempluralized) or simply an admirer of the program, and you care about the future of the program, you might send your notes to the provost’s office. The general idea is that 5353181
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026we were going to do an IBCK episode on Arday, but it would feel too cruel and gawky now, so i'm just going to thread some of my thoughts on the whole affair 91089109
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Woke went too far is a way of dems blaming the left for Trump 2 by obscuring how we got Trump 1 and what happened to resist and defeat him. This is pure anti-Black anti-movement anti-historical revisionist bullshit designed to sheepdog you into the new progressive wing of Dem politics and treating 3646203
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 14/08/2026Two married professors and their son are being held in ICE detention, despite being legal permanent residents and having no criminal records. All, apparently, because their mom/MIL was a translator for the Iranian hostage takers in 1979, before they were even born. www.thenation.com/article/soci...thenation.comOne Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE DetentionMy husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare. 2721881175
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.jeaniob.bsky.social @jeaniob.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Peggy Flanagan worked it like no one's business and is just the right Senator for us. So proud to be a fellow White Earth citizen! 0101
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 07/08/2026i wrote this months ago. might have some edits to make 451673325
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 06/08/2026A teenager in North Carolina has been arrested for assault with a "deadly weapon" after taking abortion medication. @kylietcheung.bsky.social has been doing such an incredible job with these pieces on post-Dobbs criminalizationjessica.substack.comNorth Carolina Teen Arrested for Using Abortion Pills As “Deadly Weapon”The 18-year-old faces criminal charges for trying to self-manage an abortion 8131311604
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 05/08/2026New: Police in Wisconsin used Flock to create a pretext to search a man's car for weed. Their justification? He drove from Wisconsin to Michigan, a “known source state for marijuana as it is legal there,” and Flock showed he "travels to Michigan frequently." www.404media.co/cops-used-fl...404media.coCops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines to Create Pretext to Search His Car for Weed"The vehicle travels to Michigan frequently which is a known source state for marijuana as it is legal there," a probable cause justification reads. 31827398
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.David Sims @davidlsims.bsky.social · 01/08/2026if I ever taught film criticism lesson one would be “you being smarter than the movie is not interesting to anyone” 201121022632
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Somebody DO something!!!!!!!! 2044763
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 31/07/2026New from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth... 22068502696
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Paul Gowder @gowder.io · 31/07/2026Yikes, had no idea that contemporary handcuff maker started in slavery, though it's not really a surprise. But Smithsonian confirms (until Trump censors this): nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaah...nmaahc.si.eduHandcuffs manufactured by Hiatt and Company | National Museum of African American History and CultureProduced by one of the oldest, most prolific producers of iron restraints, Hiatt and Company, these contemporary cuffs materialize a deep connection between racial slavery, the carceral state, and mil... 14728
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 29/07/2026the upcoming elections are simply too important to be doing risky things like nominating muslims, opposing wars, standing up for immigrants and trans kids, or taking a strong stand against paramilitary squads summarily executing our neighbors outside their homes. i wish this weren't true but it is 281031147
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.The Verge @theverge.com · 28/07/2026AI’s finally expensive enough to make Wall Street nervousbuff.lyAI’s finally expensive enough to make Wall Street nervousSpending more than you make isn’t an ideal business practice. 79437
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.L Ron Mexico @lronmexico.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Not long ago, something like privacy was thought to be a human right or even a default state of nature. Your likeness was considered something sacred, something your own. By the end of this century, it will be a boutique experience for only the wealthy. 333482
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 27/07/2026The practice of AI companies secretly buying millions of old books (some vanishingly rare), scanning them for AI training, then destroying them, epitomises everything that is wrong with today's exploitative AI industry. 🧵 1/2 16497210
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 20/07/2026If Congress could do literally anything about this, that'd be great! 2241789
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.honor sachs @drhonor.bsky.social · 19/07/2026If you were at #shear2026 and I don’t yet follow you, like this and I’ll follow you back! This was an exceptionally good SHEAR for new faces and a new generation of scholars. Let’s stay connected 😃🤝 2143
Reposted by Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.Gingerspiced @gingerspiced.bsky.social · 18/07/2026this seems like it broke containment so please help save chaco canyon! Go comment on this!!!! 15981318
