Henry Johnson

Too bad that our legal and institutional safeguards only work to prevent good policies. It would be cool if they also stopped the evil stuff

I do need the record to reflect that no one in DC wants this. No one in DC has asked for this.

I live in DC. I work in DC. I go out in DC. I feel safe, I don’t feel threatened by crime.

I will feel threatened by Trump’s troops.

i don't really ascribe to the "touch grass" theory of mental health but offer instead a similar "big lizard" model where a trip to the zoo to see a big iguana or gila monster from a few feet away really does wonders

nation rejoices as "freak pervert sex pests out of politics" finally polls at 44%

all i want is to one day own a modest sized home in a walkable neighborhood and raise money for shelter animals. wear an outfit i like, walk to the grocery store, buy some nectarines, feed cats, and live in peace. just don't understand why achieving this is so hard

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

A CTA streetcar traveling south on Wabash towards Jackson

A CTA electric trolley bus 85 Central-Harrison makes a stop

How do we electrify/decarbonize our transit systems?

They used to be 100% electric. We don’t need to wait for battery tech or hydrogen to “catch up.” We did this a century ago.

Wires.

It’s time for both the transit and environmental communities to collectively pull their heads out of their asses.

there should be one new video game console, it should only be updated once every 10 years, it should play all the games, and it should have cigarette style warning all over it about the perils of the Gamer lifestyle

lord i do not often pray for you to deliver wet bulb temperatures and/or flash floods to my home in the district of columbia, but

Wikipedia definition of "idiot plot": In literary criticism, an idiot plot is one which is "kept in motion solely by virtue of the fact that everybody involved is an idiot",[1]: 26  and where the story would quickly end, or possibly not even happen, if this were not the case.

Nation Can't Believe It On Harvard's Side

homophobic pope is back. hopefully this deters youth from becoming devoutly religious

Getting a text alert saying the National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning and just being happy knowing the National Weather Service still exists.

A CNN news notification : The convicted killer crab walked between two walls and pushed through the newly installed razor wire to break out of prison, authorities say

*crab-walked

White South Africans granted refugee status by Trump administration arrive in US | CNN Politics A flight carrying a group of 59 White South Africans granted refugee status in the United States by the Trump administration arrived at Washington Dulles airport in Virginia on Monday, a State Departm...

A flight carrying a group of 59 White South Africans granted refugee status in the US by the Trump administration arrived at Washington Dulles airport on Monday, a State Department official said.

Headline idea:
Manic? This aging twink just spent $200+ on “storage solutions”

Tips For Planning A Mother’s Day Brunch

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Skinner meme: ARE WE OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE MEANING OF CHRISTIANITY? NO, IT'S THE POPE WHO'S WRONG.*

Pope Leo XIV: ‘There Couldn’t Be A Better Time To Get The Fuck Out Of America Forever’

Pope Leo XIV: ‘There Couldn’t Be A Better Time To Get The Fuck Out Of America Forever’

i actually think it's disgusting that slack automatically changes :) to 🙂. they do NOT communicate the same meaning! you're embarrassing me!!

Imagine if art could be about anything other than profits again

WH tweet annotating a NYT headline to insert the claim that Abrego Garcia is never coming back.

WH sharing story with AG Bondi saying Abrego Garcia is never coming back

With these posts, they’ve made it essentially inarguable that they’re deliberately defying the Supreme Court.

I am dead convinced that a lot of my problems wouldn’t exist if I had had access to mirrors with good lighting growing up 🥴

AOC: When he talks about rapists and criminals, he should look in the mirror

Privately, sources close to Jared and Ivanka say they oppose kidnapping Americans and sending them to die in El Salvador torture prisons.

important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:

Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library? An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.

Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.

An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.