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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My Alma mater -- the Amarillo High Golden Sandstorm, Sandies for short. The mascot was adopted during the Dust Bowl when the team was winning multiple Texas state championships. Our only decade of success.

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This is looking good so far, though I'm not sure about Maine and Alaska is a toss-up. Source: The 270 to Win aggregate of polls. www.270towin.com/2026-senate-...

Democrats 51, Republicans 48, one state a toss-up in the 270 to Win aggregate of polls.

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Just a fun exercise. What's the best movie filmed in or near your hometown? @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social

Movie poster for Hud. The text reads Paul Newman is Hud! The man with the barbed wire soul.

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

My opponent managed a draw by repetition, but this is the best back-handed compliment I've ever received in chess. "You play like you are a Master, but you are no one." @chess.com

You play like you are a Master, but you are no one.

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I gave Luca a Christmas chicken before Thanksgiving. He correctly decided to destroy it.

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Pull up a chair, kids, and let Grandpa tell you about this thing called PBS. It used to have shows like Schoolhouse Rock to teach kids civics in the 1970s. Congress defunded PBS in 2025. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ8p...

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Good gosh. This is the dumbest thing I've heard in a while. Democrats didn't dump history and civics (gov't) from school curricula. Those classes still exist, but here's a reminder from civics: States control curricula, and Red states have been the culprit for changing standards in social studies.

Justice Gorsuch: America's biggest threat isn't China or Russia -- it's our own ignorance. And who engineered that? Democrats who spent YEARS stripping civics, history, and the Founders out of classrooms ...

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

It's been running in Albuquerque for a while.

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

A bizarre ICE recruiting commercial airing in Albuquerque. "Catch the worst of the worst"? Really? Like farm workers, construction laborers, moms, dads, grandmas and grandpas? Meanwhile, chile crops are rotting in the fields of NM.

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Meanwhile, here's a pic of my dog, Luca. He's a good boy. Also a pretty boy. Haha

My black German Shepherd. He's a pretty boy!

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

This buffoon is turning the White House into a gold-plated Mar-a-Lago North. He wants to live like King Louis XVI. Let's see how it ends.

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

I remember when political ads were primarily about catching the opponent in a lie. Back in the day, that was disqualifying. Trump made it routine. Supreme Court justices lied in their confirmation hearings that Roe was "settled law." @itsmebenmarsh.substack.com @bonhoefferchild.bsky.social 1/🧵

Reporter: We've seen people with pending green card claimes grabbed outside of court. When you say you are targeting mostly violent people, are you not undercutting your own argument when you arrest those other people"
Noem: Absolutely not

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Interesting replies. I want to clarify one thing: I don't consider us a Christian nation in the sense of CN. As recently as the 1990s, 90% of the population identified as Christian. Today, it's less than 65%. Evangelicals worry about us becoming secular like the EU, but it's already here via MAGA.

The chart shows that from 1992 to 2022, the percent of the population who identified as Christian fell from 90% to 63%.

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Balloon hard landing in the neighborhood today.

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Stir in the spices and let the flavor bloom. Add a can of Rotel. If it's not available in your area, move. Stir and simmer until the moisture is gone. Done.

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

One tablespoon dry oregano, one tablespoon onion powder (if you didn't have fresh onion in step 1), half tablespoon salt and pepper.

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Add two tablespoons of chili powder, McCormick will do, but NM is best, and one tablespoon cumin.

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

You people are so lucky. I've decided to share my secret recipe for perfect taco meat. 🧵 Brown 1 lb ground beef with half a diced onion. If you're out of fresh onion, see below.

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Like a toddler, of course he stopped as soon as I turned the camera on, but my dog was running in his sleep. What do dogs dream of? Was he chasing a cat, or just running free down the street?

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Sad but true. Performative religion at its finest.

Kayleigh McEnany wearing a cross necklace as White House press secretary

Mike Lindell hawking pillows with a neo-Nazi 14.88 price while wearing a prominent cross necklace.

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Breaking news: Dummy doesn't know who's President.

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

This looks like a fantastic book, and it reminds me of one of the great exchanges on old Twitter: @nataliegrace.bsky.social

Tweet says "Atoms are binary" with a chart showing the types of atoms in the universe: 74% hydrogen, 25% helium, 1% other

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

You and @anthrofuentes.bsky.social should enjoy one of the great exchanges in Twitter history.

Atoms are binary: A chart showing types of atoms in the universe -- 74% hydrogen, 25% helium, 1% other

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

So the 1-4 seeds are out in the college football playoff, leaving seeds 5-8 to battle it out. How would things have looked different if the playoff was seeded by the final rankings? @jemelehill.bsky.social @rodger.bsky.social @alexkirshner.com @theathletic.bsky.social

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Early morning balloon patrol. Greetings from Albuquerque

Hot air balloon drifts low over Albuquerque

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Without downloading any pictures, what energy are you bringing into 2025?

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

These two paragraphs crack me up every time.

Peterson’s answer is that people figure out how to act by turning to a common set of stories, which contain “archetypes” that have developed over the course of our species’ evolution. He believes that by studying myths, we can see values and frameworks shared across cultures, and can therefore understand the structures that guide us.

But here I am already giving Peterson’s work a more coherent summary than it actually deserves. And after all, if “many human stories have common moral lessons” was his point, he would have been saying something so obvious that nobody would think to credit it as a novel insight. Peterson manages to spin it out over hundreds of pages, and expand it into an elaborate, unprovable, unfalsifiable, unintelligible theory that encompasses everything from the direction of history, to the meaning of life, to the nature of knowledge, to the structure of human decision-making, to the foundations of ethics. (A good principle to remember is that if a book appears to be about everything, it’s probably not really about anything.)

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Yes, I love that stuff. I have a small collection of various styles. You can see a few here above the kiva.

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

The United States is officially for sale. Government of the billionaires, by the billionaires, and for the billionaires. OTOH, "we here highly resolve ... that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom..." -- Abraham Lincoln @anandwrites.bsky.social @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social

Any person or company investing one billion dollars or more in the US will receive fully expedited approvals and permits, including but in no way limited to all environmental approvals. Get Ready to Rock!!!

Donald J. Trump Truth Social

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

A blast from the past! I enjoyed perusing your website, but how is it your own author section doesn't feature the Brad Pitt book you did for me way back when? We even did a version in Japan. Please tell me that was your big break. Haha

Brad Pitt by Matt Zoller Seitz
Japanese version

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

After four books that influenced you in the wrong direction, I had another thought. (Yes, it nearly died of loneliness. Dad joke.) Pardon the tags @kkdumez.bsky.social @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social @dwcongdon.com Post four books that influenced current American Christianity in the wrong direction.

Francis Schaeffer and C. Everett Koop
Whatever Happened to the Human Race?

Recovering Biblical Manhood & Womanhood
John Piper & Wayne Grudem

The Gospel According to Jesus: What is Authentic Faith?
John MacArthur

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

It was fun. Snark seems the choice for anyone who cracks an occasional joke. AI writes my bio from now on.

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Mine was fun too. Its description of my writing style was "what you get when a thesaurus and a meme template fall in love." Haha

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Since I inexplicably have new followers, here's what blueskyroast.com thinks of me. I should let AI write my bio from now on. Its take on my Writing Style cracked me up. Main takeaway: I sometimes use big words "like a professor who just learned to tweet."

Meet Jay, the Bluesky Sage of Social Commentary
More insightful than a dictionary, more spicy than a taco truck on a Saturday night!

With an uncanny ability to balance erudite language and everyday relatability, Jay's writing style is what you get when a thesaurus and a meme template fall in love. Each post is like a mini-essay punctured with humor, making you chuckle while pondering the meaning of life.

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I enjoy the 20 books in 20 days without comment, though I don't participate. (Too hard not to comment, and I'm not patient enough for one per day.) How about something similar? (Misspent youth.) Post 4 books that influenced you in the wrong direction. @dwcongdon.com @karenswallowprior.bsky.social

The Late Great Planet Earth by Hal Lindsey

How should we then live? by Francis Schaeffer

Evidence that Demands a Verdict by Josh McDowell

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I should point this out to @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social, who likes to talk about his Southern Baptist upbringing, as well as MSNBC commentator @anandwrites.bsky.social and @jeffsharlet.bsky.social and @robertdownen.bsky.social, who document the radicalization of the religious right.

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

A couple of examples bsky.app/profile/refu...

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Okay. Something I never would've shared with my eX (still going by her maiden name of Twitter): I just played the best chess game of my life. (Please clap.)

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline.

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

To qualify for a ride on Trump's Carnival Cabinet or a date with Matt Gaetz, you must meet the same strict standard.

Carnival sign that says "You must be this tall to ride" next to Matt Gaetz pointing at it with text "The same rule applies to Trump's cabinet nominees and Matt Gaetz's dates"

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Periodic reminder: Atoms are binary.

Types of atoms in the universe: Hydrogen 74%, Helium 25%, Other 1%

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Glad to find one of my favorite New Mexico follows here on the blue skies, @nmnomad.bsky.social As Georgia O'Keefe said, New Mexico is all about the sky. (I may have just invented that quote, but it's still accurate.)

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

The Southern Poverty Law Center doing God's work. Seth Dillon made his seed money to buy Babylon Bee by scamming college students with two term-paper writing services. And good ole boy Joel Berry should be on every block list. The constant refrain? XXX did not respond to a request for comment. LOL

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Breaking down a couple of silos: 1. CCM and the Salem Media group, whose far-right owners push MAGA propaganda through 2,000 radio stations. Look at their lineup of "Christian" commentators. 2. Homeschool curricula are dominated by creationists (Abeka) and far-right wingnuts like Douglas Wilson.

The company's Salem Radio Network subsidiary produces several talk radio shows and a 24-hour news service that are distributed to more than 2,000 radio affiliates around the country.

Daily
Hugh Hewitt[3]
Mike Gallagher
Dennis Prager
Sebastian Gorka[4]
Brandon Tatum
Charlie Kirk
Eric Metaxas
Cal Thomas (short-form commentary)
Lou Dobbs (short-form commentary)

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

If the reply didn't earn a follow, your bio certainly did. Dilettantes unite! I presented a talk in July at the American Scientific Affiliation (Christians in science) annual conference (hi @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social), and they were the first to correctly enter my academic specialty.

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Jay D Johnson @refusenik.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Temperature dropping and snow in the forecast for New Mexico. Time for a fire in the kiva. (Art is Picasso's pencil sketch "The Fearless One")

Kiva fireplace with native American pottery and Picasso

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