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Rebecca Johns

@rebeccajohns.bsky.social
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Writer and professional awkward person. Check out my novels Icebergs (Bloomsbury) and The Countess (Crown/Broadway) www.rebeccajohns.com

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The GOP is desperately trying to rewrite history, but just a reminder that Donald Trump was president during the lockdowns, and he awarded Fauci a presidential commendation for his work on COVID. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Am I wrong though?
A meme of a young Bad Bunny titled Faculty Profile Pic and an old Bad Bunny titled Faculty IRL
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Rebecca Johns @rebeccajohns.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Congratulations! I just assigned Light From Other Stars for my fall novel-generation workshop. If you have any interest in zooming in to talk with them, they’d be thrilled.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
I mean, we all expected that right? No other reason to have those documents
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well it’s dan @danbe.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Sup chat this is Slouching Towards Bethlehem with your boy The Rough Beast, and it looks like today’s stream could be a big one, as some of you might’ve already seen there are rumors going around social media that the hour has come round at last, so we’re gonna get right into it
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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 09/02/2026
🎵 If they ask you to pay money it's a scam 👏👏 🎵 If they ask you to pay money it's a scam 👏👏 🎵 that is not your favorite author or a stunning book club offer 🎵 They are asking you for money=it's a scam 👏👏
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Ghoul-in’ Dickey @colindickey.com · 04/02/2026
Every day my taxes go to pay for armed goons harassing my neighbors and I spend money out of my pocket for an endless series of GoFundMes to help out people in need and honestly I think this is a deeply fucked way of doing things
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
The owner of Amazon killed the Washington Post books section.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 02/02/2026
Exclusive: A U.S. official has alleged wrongdoing by U.S. spy chief Tulsi Gabbard in a complaint that is so highly classified it has sparked months of wrangling over how to share it with Congress, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Classified Whistleblower Complaint About Tulsi Gabbard Stalls Within Her Agency
Congress hasn’t seen the complaint, which was filed eight months ago with the U.S. intelligence community watchdog’s office.
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
We profiled refugees who: Arrived in the country legally. Applied for green cards. Were arrested by ICE and detained. One refugee who was arrested found out they got their green card after being released. This is an unprecedented operation. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
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They ‘Had Done Everything Right.’ ICE Detained Them Anyway.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
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Rebecca Johns @rebeccajohns.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Fantastic piece, Paul. The first time I’ve read this one.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
It is in no way “law enforcement” to beat up an American 10th grader and steal and sell his possessions.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 24/12/2025
This is an almost shockingly wise essay. I'm glad I've finally read it.
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There Is No Mary Problem in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
George’s vision of his wife without him is essential to the film, but critics continue to miss its true—and profound—meaning.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
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Rebecca Johns @rebeccajohns.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
I miss physical journals. Getting @pshares.bsky.social as an email in my inbox feels like another thing on my to-do list, whereas getting a print mag in the mail always felt like a gift, I know why. The expense is enormous. But that doesn’t change the equation.
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Rebecca Johns @rebeccajohns.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Private Universe by Crowded House
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Rebecca Johns @rebeccajohns.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I might actually be able to afford to move back!
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
This NYT Obit of VP Cheney mentions something that seems impossible in retrospect: That he and GWB were re-elected *after* it was proved there were no WMDs in Iraq. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
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Dick Cheney, Powerful Vice President and Washington Insider, Dies at 84
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
ProPublica is hiring a reporter to join our amazing investigative unit with The Texas Tribune. APPLY HERE ➡️ propub.li/4qvyjzw
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 10/10/2025
“We should replace Bad Bunny with Lee Greenwood” is an also a perfect summation of the “deal” they’ve offered universities.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
This South Side Weekly report on the Chicago building raid is well worth reading. Most striking to me are the indications of collusion between federal authorities and the building owner and management to effect a mass eviction at the blighted property. southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 06/10/2025
"Did something happen in the intervening years that made me swerve into delusion and assholery? Could what happened to me happen to you? You’re not going to get any satisfaction with that line of inquiry. Even if you asked me directly, I couldn’t tell you."
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Hello, We Used to Know Each Other and Now I’m a Toxic Presence on Your Social Media Feeds
Hello, I’m someone you used to know. Pretty well, in fact. We had some good conversations. We saw eye to eye on all the important things. We laughe...
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
TikTok will be co-owned by China and Trump allies, Paramount was sold to a pro-Trump billionaire who's also set to buy Warner Bros, X is owned by an apartheid-bred fascist, WaPo and Meta are owned by Trump-cowering billionaires, and Murdoch owns the Fox empire. Here's why media has a liberal bias.
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Rebecca Johns @rebeccajohns.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
I’ll have to read that. I know, the problem with fictional utopias is that they’re boring if they work well. So it’s always a dystopia at some point.
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Rebecca Johns @rebeccajohns.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
I love when she gets salty about people thinking she was creating a blueprint for an actual utopia, when she was creating a thought-experiment and putting it through a stress test. I do miss her. Love that you are also a fan.
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Rebecca Johns @rebeccajohns.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
I just did a talk on The Dispossessed at a local community college. “A utopia with flies in it,” according to LeGuin herself.
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Rebecca Johns @rebeccajohns.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
As I’m slogging through a POV change in my novel, I decide to do a little experiment. I ask Claude to change the POV from first to third in one graph. It turns every instance of “I” into “they,” including words inside quotation marks. In case anyone’s thinking the machines are the answer.
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Rebecca Johns @rebeccajohns.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
What a great idea for a class! StoryStudio is great and you should definitely sign up for this.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/09/2025
it’s fascinating. majorities of americans oppose the military occupation of cities. a substantial number of those are fucking furious about it, but rather than lean into this anger and attack trump’s perception of strength, these “strategists” want democrats to avoid the confrontation entirely.
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Rebecca Johns @rebeccajohns.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Tavern style or deep dish
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Epstein survivors say they’re compiling their own client list. “We know who abused us. We saw who came and went. This list will be survivor-led—for survivors”
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Rebecca Johns @rebeccajohns.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Fantastic, Ashley! Congratulations.
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Rebecca Johns @rebeccajohns.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
This is me every day.
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Brando @btrissler.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
This is me in every above ground pool in the greater Chicago area.
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 29/08/2025
This story has it all: aquaculture, Black Flag, Bernie Sanders, Star Trek as policy, John Hodgman, male tears, and a candidate citing Luthen’s monologue from Andor. Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/1996...
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The Political Awakening of the Oyster Farmer Gunning for Susan Collins
Graham Platner’s campaign launch has been a sudden sensation. But what he’s building now is rooted in the work of a lifetime.
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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 28/08/2025
Please please help me spread the word! I've been to Atlanta a few times, but I don't know as many folks there as I do in Seattle or LA. So I would really *massively* appreciate any and all help letting ATL folks know about this event. 🍑💖📚
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
This is good: With Trump/RFK destroying CDC, JB Pritzker's officials are exploring the possibility of buying Covid vaccines from manufacturers and distributing them in-state themselves, source tells me. Dem govs must step up and fill the void. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/1998...
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Trump’s Decapitation of CDC Takes Darker Turn—and Hands Dems a Weapon
Illinois’s J.B. Pritzker is leading a charge other Democratic governors should take up: In our America, we’ll make sure public health systems remain strong.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
A man, near the White House, who describes himself as a "retired disabled combat veteran," after burning an American flag tells bystanders "I am being detained because I expressed my First Amendment rights."
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Howwwwww is the Lisa Cook story not in your newscast?? Malpractice.
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
could use a little less passionate intensity from the worst for a day or two
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/08/2025
Putin told him to do this. That’s a very important piece of the story. Im not kidding. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Trump Pledges Unconstitutional Order to Limit Mail-In Voting After Putin Chat
President Trump pledged to eliminate mail-in voting and the use of voting machines following a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Learn to poem www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/t...
Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle.
As companies like Amazon and Microsoft lay off workers and embrace A.I. coding tools, computer science graduates say they’re struggling to land tech jobs.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Reporter: The owner of Trump Burger restaurants, which has several locations in the Houston area, has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and now faces deportation
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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
comrade ChatGPT... welcome to the struggle
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Caught ChatGPT Lying
Educational Purpose Only
Had a very strange interaction with ChatGPT over the course of 24hrs. In short, it strung me along the entire time, all while lying about its capabilities and what it was doing. It was to help me write code and generate some assets for a project, told me it would take 24 hours to complete. 24 hours later I asked for a update, it said it was done and would generate a download link. No download link worked, after 10 attempts of faulty download links it admitted it never had the capabilities in the first place to create a download link. Furthermore, I asked what it had been working on this entire time… turns out nothing. And lastly after some back and forth it admitted to lying. I asked why, and essentially it said to keep me happy.

This is a huge problem.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/08/2025
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: A higher up at the Bureau of Prisons WAIVED Ghislaine Maxwell's sex offender status in order to transfer her to a minimum security camp in Texas, per source. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
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EXCLUSIVE: Someone Waived Ghislaine Maxwell's Sex Offender Status to Move Her to a Minimum Security Camp in Texas
According to sources, you can't move someone with a Public Safety Factor (PSF) designation - which Maxwell had - without waiving it. That's what happened here.
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