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Ron Johnson

@ronjohn31.bsky.social
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Progressive, secular humanist, US Army veteran, Science nerd. "For me it is better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." Carl Sagan No DMs!☠️ NO PORN🚫

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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 1h
Giant-sized rubber chicken.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 3h
This will sound absolutely crazy, but there times I have to watch the Lord of the Rings trilogy to motivate myself to move. Yes, sometimes it takes Frodo, Sam, King Theyoden, Aragorn, and Gandalf to get my to act.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 7h
It's far worse than you can imagine.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 14h
Axanar could have been a massive blockbuster for Paramount. But instead we got the J.J.-verse and Kurtzman.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 14h
We can't even get a senile and barely alive Mitch McConnell out of the senate. Short answer, we're a failed state. The Constitution ain't worth the lamb skin it's printed on.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 14h
This is the Jesus that Paxton follows.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 15h
Here's what the average retired South Carolinian says about that: Republicans want to cut social security? They would never do that. But, those trans folks scare me and I'm afraid the Dems will hurt my grandkids. Yeah, a approximation. But I've heard similar many times.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 15h
2016 was the bump. 2024 was a psychotic break with reality and a suicide attempt. Yeah, I'm a bright ray of sunshine.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I grew up in an evangelical family. From the late 60s to late 70s the church was crazy but relatively benign. As soon as Reagan appeared everything became fully unhinged with End Times and Rapture talk. It was surreal seeing people I cared about turn their religion into a death cult.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I remember my grandparents canning greenbeans, butterbeans, and corn. It was serious work.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I want more than the court to be better. I want the six fascist flushed down the toliet. But to even begin to reform we've got to win enough senate seats that Fetterman can't derail it.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Religion is one of the main reasons this country will fail. The world is just too complex and dangerous to base any decision on guidance from religious beliefs.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Putin is doing the same to non-ethnic Russians in the Ukraine War.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is the most kick ass post I've read in a long time.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In Florida on vacation and heard the GOP governor nominee on a local Jax news show this morning. He complained about home insurance rates and how he wants to solve them. Never once did he mention why the GOP hasn't fix them yet given they've been in control for decades.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Fools follow monsters to the bitter end.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I almost lost my account on Reddit for suggesting the rich should be treated like the aristocracy during the French Revolution. Actually I said it in far more blunter terms.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You've got to convince the people to stand up. Most have no idea they're being played.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Steinbeck said, "All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal." So is the working class believing any billionaire is out to help them.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A broken clock is always right twice a day.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I'm totally expecting trump to completely nuclear meltdown the economy. The thing that really ticks me off is that his diehard cultists will never accept nor understand their messiah did it.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Magnetic Fields" Mildred Thompson Seen at the Cummer Museum Of Art & Gardens, Jacksonville, FL. #blueskyart #photography
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The individual states will have to bring the ICE/Gestapo to justice. Trump, or his successor, will give them all a blanket federal pardon.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Spot on! 🎯
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The world has been wrong since 2016. I know this insane time will eventually end. But at what price? I'm too old to believe in happy endings.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Still too high. In a sane country it would be in negative numbers.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Predator (1987)
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
By the end of November trump will have 3 aircraft carriers and 10,000 additional troops positioned near Iran. aje.news/2uaw7l
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New aircraft carrier, 10,000 US troops: Is the Iran war about to escalate?
By the end of November, three US aircraft carriers and two amphibious landing groups will be positioned near Iran.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Here in the backwards bastion of South Carolina I'm hearing squeaks from MAGA about rallying the vote for their Orange messiah. Don't believe the polls! Don't get complacent!
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I guess these Martian yeast buildings would be covered with regolith to protect from radiation?
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Very nice!
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
An amazing human being.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Theoden (Bernard Hill) Leads Charge in LOTR
ALT: Theoden (Bernard Hill) Leads Charge in LOTR
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
As soon as anyone uses the words "glorious" and "colonize" in a phrase run away.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sunset on the Gulf of Mexico. Picture taken in 2023. #photography #oceansunsets #sunsets #oceanviews #gulfofmexico
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Glacier National Park. This picture is one of my failed attempts to capture the stunning beauty of Alaska. #photography #Glaciernationalpark #landscapephotography #Alaska
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My daughter and me hanging out with my personal God, Goofy. Picture taken in 2011. #photography #disneycruiseline #castawaykey
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Self explanatory.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Painting on display at one of the No Kings protests. While I still support manned space exploration, I am sick of everything associated with Elon Musk. #photography #nokings #SCstatehouse #columbia
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Peaceful and isolated home on the Alaskan coast. Photo taken in 2021. #photography #alaska #landscapephotography
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This scene with Whitmore out of Shawshank and on parole was truly terrifying. The loneliness and fear coming from his performance was Oscar worthy.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So let me get this straight, this is supposed to be NBC News? And this post doesn't mention anything about being advertising? So this is news? I'm out of here.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Don't crucify me as I crawl out on a long and weak limb. But apparently there was a time when Republicans were partially decent human beings.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Not that familiar with the teachings of Socrates, but wasn't this the reason he didn't like democracy?
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm far more worried about the number of news reports I keep hearing about of Christian pastors having improper relations with married women and kids. So the bathroom issue doesn't bother me.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My number one concern with A.I. is the very real possibility someone will use it to design a specialized virus to cause a apocalyptic pandemic. Yes, I understand the other issues but this danger hits differently. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Artificial Intelligence used to design brand new viruses
Scientists made 16 successful viruses that had their genetic code designed by artificial intelligence.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don't buy any of the ignorant mumbo jumbo when it comes to religious spirituality. But I do get a spiritual feeling when it comes to the realization that all life on Earth comes from a common ancestor. Its mind-blowing that I'm related to every lifeforms on this planet.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I was 55 when the second season of ST:Discovery aired and I got into a huge argument with a stupid MAGA kid of 25 when I told him Star Trek has always been woke. I listed several examples from every series. The kid didn't have a clue.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Another great day in America.
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Ron Johnson @ronjohn31.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I had such a crush on her!
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