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Christoph Johnson

@christophj.bsky.social

Linguist FKA The Name Inspector. Author of Microstyle: The Art of Writing Little. Analytical Linguist @ Twitter fired by Musk. Fomenting revolution on LinkedIn. MANGETOUT. Working on a new book. He/him.

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Hi, I’m an Early 2010s Tech CEO I wear the same T-shirt every day, and I have a relatably unkempt haircut. I remind you of the smart kids from high school, so I give you hope that...

"I’m an engineer, so I have an objective, scientific view of the world. Everything I do is thought out and logical, and it means I won’t ever have the desire to surround myself with MBAs and yes-men who let me win at Catan."

12.10.2025 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

11.10.2025 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 21626    πŸ” 6511    πŸ’¬ 455    πŸ“Œ 375
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Hello, old friend.

01.10.2025 08:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is excellent, thanks!

29.09.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Where are the crime comics and how can I get my hands on them?

29.09.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Mangetout

22.09.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I could murder an Impossible burger right now.

14.09.2025 01:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Read to the end of this one. Trust me.

07.09.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3031    πŸ” 404    πŸ’¬ 227    πŸ“Œ 51

It’s always frustrating when you have to explain the joke

05.09.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Twitter is owned by a neo-Nazi, the LA Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal are owned by pro-Trump billionaires, and CBS News will soon be run by a far-right Likud extremist. American media still has a liberal bias problem.

04.09.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 5684    πŸ” 1366    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 33

As right-wing oligarchs were buying up mainstream and social media, the mistake everyone else made was thinking that these purchases were based on a normal assessment of value. Remember when Elon Musk β€œoverpayed” for Twitter?

They understood that controlling the message and narrative is priceless.

01.09.2025 04:11 β€” πŸ‘ 487    πŸ” 169    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 3

Yeah good point

22.08.2025 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’d have to explore the issue with corpus data but it seems like FYI modifies explicit assertions?

22.08.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Looking forward to this!

22.08.2025 11:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Human Intelligenceβ„’ - Christopher Johnson Linguist & writer. Graffitist & dissident. Thoughtpunk. Ex-Analytical Linguist at Twitter.

I talked to Kira and Ned from the Human Intelligence Institute about generative AI, meaning, and creativity: www.humanintelligence.news/p/human-inte...

14.08.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A picture of the food described in the post. All tangled and yellow and green and brown, sitting on a long irregular red trivet on a blue tablecloth just visible at the corners.

A picture of the food described in the post. All tangled and yellow and green and brown, sitting on a long irregular red trivet on a blue tablecloth just visible at the corners.

Chaotic clean cooking: whole wheat pasta with yellow cherry tomato and green bean sauce topped with toasted walnuts and Parm. Cherries and beans organic from garden.

13.08.2025 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m like Wednesday Addams except my palette includes gray and navy.

10.08.2025 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Organic tomatoes and corn I just picked from my back yard. I am a farm boy.

10.08.2025 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m actually pretty sexy if you squint and give me a fighting chance.

02.08.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s like a deep proverb right there

28.07.2025 03:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But is this about my spine the cat says

28.07.2025 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Dudes, if you can’t please a cat then you need some instruction

28.07.2025 03:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Eminently reasonable

24.07.2025 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The least creative people in the world are trying to make computers do creativity

22.07.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tbf I think women were done with Asmongold a long time ago.

22.07.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m just high on life! And also cannabis.

20.07.2025 11:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Man’s Use Of β€˜Babe’ Increases Exponentially As Girlfriend Closes In On Truth

Man’s Use Of β€˜Babe’ Increases Exponentially As Girlfriend Closes In On Truth

Man’s Use Of β€˜Babe’ Increases Exponentially As Girlfriend Closes In On Truth
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19.07.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3987    πŸ” 269    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 20

I hate the dating apps. Organic free-range dating is where it’s at.

18.07.2025 05:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is how insane people sound when you tell them why A.I. is bad

16.07.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3488    πŸ” 1491    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 80

Oops I forgot to be old

16.07.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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