Matthew Johnson

My other car is a Mewtwo

In other words, traffic deaths are a policy choice

YouTube video by Retrontario Cadbury Easter Creme Eggs - Roller Boogie Classic (1978) 🐇🐇🐇

It's the perfect getaway vehicle. Do your heist just before Easter, then it'll be gone www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8Nz...

I'm glad I don't have a graduation robe from Kay Kyser Kollege

Um so that is very bad. For many reasons, but perhaps the most obvious end-game of this new development is if you people are just reading AI summaries of original content, but that kills how we fund original content... eventually you won't have original content for AI summaries to draw on.

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Do you all know about Uvagut TV? It's Canada's first Inuktut television channel. There's lots of great stuff on here. Check it out!

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The Hittite emperors are the best for this. "Why didn't you send me lapis lazuli, you sent him lapis lazuli, and anyway my feet hurt."

Diverse Reproductive Strategies Gallery Walk — Gender-Inclusive Biology In this lesson, students do a reading about R- and K-selection and then a gallery walk of four more unique reproductive strategies in animals. Students use the notes taken during the gallery walk to…

In what ways can animals vary in their reproductive adaptations? This gallery walk radically broadens of the idea of reproductive adaptations as students learn sex-changing clownfish, "sperm-stealing" all-female salamander populations, and more. www.genderinclusivebiology.com/newsletter/d...

Big Bird on the cover of To Kill A Mockingbird.

muppetized book covers: thread

7/🧵 The loudest voices aren't the most representative. Every generation has extremists, but social media amplifies fringe movements beyond their size. A handful of young white nationalists create viral moments that crowd out broader trends. We mistake the exception for the rule.

I know I say this a lot, but this is one of my favourite MediaSmarts lessons:

They already remade The Prisoner, it was called Burn Notice

(kind of kidding but not really)

✨ New Research Spotlight ✨

How do celebrity bodies shape the way young Black and Hispanic women see themselves?

Our recent study in Feminist Media Studies dug into this question by analyzing how women ages 18–29 describe the celebrity bodies they admire. The findings were powerful:

Disney restyles 'Rapunzel' to appeal to boys Disney restyles 'Rapunzel' to appeal to boys

The actual conspiracy is that it was called FROZEN because "Rapunzel" was called TANGLED because they didn't believe boys would watch a movie named after a girl: www.latimes.com/archives/la-...

2-panel comic drawn with a sable brush and india ink with inkwash shading. The panels are stacked vertically. Panel 1 has a caption that says "Drawing another real-life creature I don't know, from a running list I'm now calling my 'Animal Un-familiars.' Today's animal is a quoll. I actually don't even know what part of the animal kingdom this one is from... maybe a rodent of some sort? You know the drill, let's draw it with no reference:" Below the first captions is a drawing of a small rodent that resembles a small chinchilla mixed with a chipmunk, with a sort of long, shitty tail, and little mouse claws. Panel 2 starts with another caption, which is in a caption box that begins with clean, angular lines on the left side and quickly devolves to jagged edges at the right side of the caption as I lose my mind mid-phrase. The caption reads "Now to look up a reference oh MY GOD, I NAILED IT!!!" Beneath that caption is a drawing of a quoll, which really is a small rodent. Cursive captions written around the drawing say "They did such a good job of naming this one, y'all. Cute little deer spots on its back. It even has the shitty little tail I expected. Looks a bit like a mix between sugar glider, possum & ferret." Beneath the comic is my signature (Kat Baumann), today's date (11-11-2025) and the time i spent drawing this (50 minutes)

Day 315: I swear to god, I've never seen or heard of a quoll before it went on this list. It just sounds like such a small rodent, doesn't it?
10/10 job naming this one, zoologists. You fuckin' did it.

At this rate, I won't be able to afford enough Altair water to polish my Spican flame gems.

TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!

Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png

Some Thoughts on Drawing Humans, page 1: Human people are weird compared to normal animals.

I wanted to do some little tip sheets on quick-sketching people from life. So here you go! First, an introduction to my outline-centric approach -- I'll get into technique points later. (1/3)

(I stole that joke from a commenter on the File 770 blog. Alas older comments on that blog are gone so I can't give more specific credit.)

Picts or it didn't happen

Audiences negotiate meaning

#DMLKeyConcepts

November 13 is World Kindness Day! Here’s a free lesson plan to teach Grade 7-9 students practical strategies for positively intervening when they witness bullying online: https://ow.ly/VaQ750XojBc

BBC really burying the lede there

In the background there is a photo of someone holding a pride flag. In a large white box, blue text reads, “As a 2SLGBTQIA+ person, what brings you joy online...Joy is found in the little moments of kindness, crowd-sourcing helpful information or supporting someone with positive affirmations. - Toronto”

We are collecting 2SLGBTQIA+ Digital Delights. In an era where online spaces can be filled with negativity and discrimination, this project seeks to uncover the moments of joy, connection, and resilience that our communities find online. By sharing these stories and small moments, we aim to foster a sense of unity and celebration in digital spaces. Share your Digital Delight with us! tr.ee/digitaldelights or comment below.”

As online spaces grow more hostile, our stories of joy, connection, and community matter more than ever. 💻❤️

💌 Share your story here: tr.ee/digitaldelights or drop it in the comments below!

#2SLGBTQIA #QueerJoy

I vote for the quoll, possibly the cutest animal alive.

It’s #StressAwarenessWeek! Help your kids and teens develop healthy media habits with these helpful tips: https://ow.ly/xP3E50XnPOw

Art becomes life becomes art

Try to remember, the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot
I see no reason why gunpowder treason
Should folllow
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From "F for Fantastick"

Having met the late Queen, I'm three hops from basically everyone in the Western hemisphere.

Copaganda by Alec Karakatsanis is an excellent book and right on the intersection of those topics.