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Dan Johnsen

@loonspeak.bsky.social
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Hanging at home talking to the plants and taking calls from the robots.

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Dan Johnsen @loonspeak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
President of Finland might be the smartest guy in the world. Excellent segment of Compass Points on Russia's desperate moves as it loses to Ukraine.
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Dan Johnsen @loonspeak.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'm in. Trump is batshit crazy and we are in huge danger.
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Dan Johnsen @loonspeak.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Canary in the coal mine, osprey in the bay.
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Alexander Manshel @manshel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If you're curious how the American literary scene—and prizes like the National Book Award in particular—came to be so diverse... ❌ DON'T read this predictable rant about "Woke Pulitzers" or whatever! ✅ DO check out my book WRITING BACKWARDS, available here: cup.columbia.edu/book/writing...
A screenshot of a New York Times opinion column by Bret Stephens titled "The Literary World's D.E.I. Checklist."
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Dan Johnsen @loonspeak.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Najya eventually arrives at a truth so often overlooked: education from social interaction in school is every bit as beneficial as what's taught in the classroom.
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Ian Donnis @iandonnis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Full interview: @kenblockri.bsky.social makes his case against @helenabfoulkes.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-A8... Watch here or at 8:30 tonight on @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social
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Ken Block makes his case against Helena Foulkes | One on One with Ian Donnis
YouTube video by Ocean State Media
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Monty 🇨🇦 @onlymonty.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
American democracy is under siege…
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Clayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 02/09/2026
More than 70% of Texas data centers refused to answer a state-mandated inquiry about their water use. These Corrupt Bigshots want our water while keeping Texans in the dark about how much they're taking.
A Dallas Morning News graphic showing large electrical transmission lines and towers beside a data center facility and a nearby home. Text reads: “More than half of Texas data centers broke law by not responding to water use inquiry.”
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 12/08/2026
New Tool Now Available: The ICE Detention Mortality Dashboard A new interactive tool from Relevant Research tracks the growing number of deaths inside ICE's civil immigrant detention system, with links to source material and downloadable data. austinkocher.substack.com/p/launched-t...
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New Tool Now Available: The ICE Detention Mortality Dashboard
A new interactive tool from Relevant Research tracks the growing number of deaths inside ICE's civil immigrant detention system, with links to source material and downloadable data.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Proud to one of Mark's 'fierce fighters.' I'd add: every local news reporter covering the hell out of ICE, DOGE and every local impact of these nightmarish Trump policies.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
My controversial take is that the WNBA should be about basketball.
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
They need to hammer down relentlessly on this. They can't become overconfident, like they did with Hillary in 2016.
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Dan Johnsen @loonspeak.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Resistance is growing to Flock's intrusive and abusive surveillance technology in use all over our roadways.
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phoenix509.bsky.social @phoenix509.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
💙💙💙NJ Town pulled $91 Million from Citizens Bank ➡️because they fund ICE Detention Centers (aka Camps) Great job for taking a stand against the inhumanity 👏👏
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This N.J. town just pulled $91M from Citizens Bank over ICE
Two N.J. municipalities have now pulled more than $330 million combined, according to the De-ICE Citizens Bank coalition.
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Dan Johnsen @loonspeak.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Copy editor wanted at WaPo: If "senate candidates" doesn't fit just change it to "senators"?
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Edward Fitzpatrick @fitzprov.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Commentary by Claudette Nshimiyimana -- The world cheered Congo’s team at the World Cup. It should also pay attention to the nation’s enduring struggles. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/m...
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The world cheered Congo’s team at the World Cup. It should also pay attention to the nation’s enduring struggles. - The Boston Globe
For the first time in years, millions are paying attention to the Democratic Republic of Congo for reasons other than war. The challenge is ensuring that does not disappear when the tournament ends, w...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Duckworth weighs in on Maine senate race.
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Dan Johnsen @loonspeak.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Have a nice day.
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Antonio Chefskiss @racerx.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Happy to say that the town of South Portland, Maine decided to remove their flock cameras. www.southportland.gov/m/newsflash/...
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Update: Flock ALPR Cameras Removed
Update: As a result of direction that the City Council provided at its June 11, 2026 workshop, the City of South Portland ceased its use of Flock automated license plate readers (ALPR) and stoppe
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Dan Johnsen @loonspeak.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
“If you take a person away from the land that they come from, then it’s like they’re not whole,” apnews.com/article/clim... hope Farm Bill can feed more people and preserve Indigenous culture
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Tribes hope Farm Bill can feed more people and preserve Indigenous culture
Dawn and Cassius Spears would like to expand their farm’s reach beyond their farm stand, but it’s challenging.
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Edward Fitzpatrick @fitzprov.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
By @carlosrmunoz.bsky.social -- The Black and Indigenous soldiers of R.I.’s First Regiment were fighting for their own freedom as well as America’s www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/01/m...
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Black and Indigenous soldiers of the First Rhode Island Regiment fought for America’s freedom — in exchange for their own - The Boston Globe
More than 250 years later, the enslaved men who agreed to fight in the American Revolution have yet to be fully recognized.
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Dan Johnsen @loonspeak.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Brown students in largest-known Ivy League AI cheating scandal. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
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‘Humanity has chosen to become idiots’: This Brown professor switched to take-home exams after a mass shooting and discovered mass cheating
Roberto Serrano literally wrote the book on game theory, but he's befuddled: "Why are you at a university if you refuse to learn, you refuse to work hard?"
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Orange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
: Trump has finally released photographic proof that his American State Fair is absolutely packed. Some are calling it the largest crowd ever assembled.
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Dan Johnsen @loonspeak.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
MAGA on the move?
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Democracy Docket is hiring! ats.rippling.com/democracy-do...
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Senior Legal Editor | Work With Us
Job Overview  Democracy Docket is seeking a Senior Legal Editor to help steer and shape Democracy Docket’s original reporting – specif...
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The Maine Monitor @themainemonitor.org · 12/06/2026
Collectively, a group of nearly 100 billionaires and spouses have donated $9.8 million to the #Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ network since the start of 2025, representing a third of what groups supporting #Maine's Collins raised from all donors. themainemonitor.org/billionaires...
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Nearly 100 billionaires and their spouses have donated to reelect Susan Collins
The level of billionaire funding shows how the race, which could decide control of the U.S. Senate, has drawn interest and funding from some of the wealthiest people in the world.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
L - GOP Rep and MI senate candidate Mike Rogers actual photo from the campaign trail. R - Photo put out by staffer.
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MFCarter @mfcarter.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Thank you, Rep Joyce Beatty! Nobody else tried to do it. I appreciate it very much!👏👏👏
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
MSM, some quick notes: 1. It’s not a settlement (the case was dismissed). 3. It’s not a ballroom (it’s a bunker). 3. It’s not a library (Trump said it will be a hotel). It matters that you get it right.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Mainstream media should be covering Trump with fewer political reporters and more crime reporters.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Cassidy played this in the worst possible way. He took a stand on impeachment thinking Trump was finished. Then Trump comes back and he sells out on everything thinking he could appease him somehow. He sold his soul & lost anyway. He loses with his integrity gone. What a legacy.
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Dan Johnsen @loonspeak.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
This is just to say
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Dan Johnsen @loonspeak.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Got your winning 2028 ticket right here: @captmarkkelly.bsky.social and @aoc.bsky.social Unbeatable.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
This comparison of Trump—ailing, sunsetting, obsessing over monuments to himself—to the ancient emperor Ozymandias is so good. From @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social, on our pod. Check out this exchange: newrepublic.com/article/2102...
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
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Dan Johnsen @loonspeak.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
We can hope! Gotta get out that vote.
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Mary Dominiak @bardicvoice.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
DC looks increasingly like North Korea, plastered with “Dear Leader’s” glowering face and with armed troops roaming the streets and Metro stations. It’s a disgusting display with no place in a democratic society, but then, would-be dictator Trump has no use for democracy.
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Andrew Kinsey @andrewkinsey.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
We seriously should treat sports betting ads like cigarette ads: ban them.
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Dan Johnsen @loonspeak.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
From someone who knows her legal cases: AI "completely hallucinated"
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Dan Johnsen @loonspeak.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
www.youtube.com/shorts/x4svd...
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A Farmer’s Inner Wisdom
YouTube video by Earth Care Farm
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Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. @repdexteror.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Right now, the federal government can buy Americans’ most sensitive data—including healthcare information—without a warrant. Congress must reject a clean reauthorization of FISA Section 702 and close the data broker loophole. I will be voting no.
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Dan Johnsen @loonspeak.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
When parental rights threaten my kid. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | What makes this appeals court decision on vaccines so noteworthy
Constitutional law on vaccines was long settled. Now, the Supreme Court favors religious exemptions.
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Edward Fitzpatrick @fitzprov.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Commentary by Sam Loranger -- They work. They save money. Why are Hospital-at-Home programs still temporary? www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/14/m...
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They work. They save money. Why are Hospital-at-Home programs still temporary? - The Boston Globe
Hospitals in R.I. regularly operate near capacity, an advisor in the Patient Experience department at Kent Hospital notes. This program could give providers a way to care for more patients without bui...
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Spencer Koelle @spencerkoelle.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Instead of asking chatgpt, why not ask a librarian? You'll get real answers and they won't tell you to kill yourself.
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[Christopher M. Federico] @chrispps.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
there really isn't much to the American ideology that refers to itself as "conservatism" beyond rejection of the New Deal reforms of the 1930s and the civil-rights reforms of the 1960s
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Dan Johnsen @loonspeak.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Note from the copy desk: This WaPo subhead is a work of art.
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Dan Johnsen @loonspeak.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
"It is to create havoc on the seas." Welcome to the Ocean State, where beautiful beaches look out on maritime havoc. www.providencejournal.com/story/news/m...
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Under the surface of Narragansett Bay, HavocAI is building a drone Navy
Havoc is one of many companies working on maritime drone technology in Rhode Island, part of the ecosystem state leaders call the "Blue Economy."
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Dan Johnsen @loonspeak.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Braiding knowledge: how Indigenous expertise and western science are converging
Researchers are weaving Native practices with western methods to revive ecosystems and reclaim food sovereignty
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