Avuncular Curmudgeon

Find me on spoutible (@cgjohnson) or blue sky (@cgjohnson.bsky.social) 📚Books | 📻Broadcasting | 🤔 being a better human | he/him

[Vernon Reid @vurnt22]

Louder for the people in the back.

[Avuncular Curmudgeon @CGJohnson]

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings "100 Days, 100 Nights" https://t.co/Nucr1WjzJb via @YouTube

[Avuncular Curmudgeon @CGJohnson]

Sir Duke https://t.co/02ZDZ5vATV

[Eric Alper 🎧 @ThatEricAlper]

With a voice like a freight train and stories forged from hard-won truths, Joe H Henry’s Real Things is raw, real, and ready to roll across Eastern Canada this spring. https://t.co/PBmMWbPvg2

[Kate Wells @KateLouiseWells]

Michigan appears to have abruptly lost $390 million in HHS grant funds, according to DOGE. But unlike other states (NY, NJ, CO, LA, MA) facing apparently similar cuts, MI health officials & @GovWhitmer haven't confirmed or even commented. 🧵 https://t.co/lwr0HZ81en

[Avuncular Curmudgeon @CGJohnson]

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At age 46, Foreman still retains the title. He is presently a preacher, community leader and dedicated child advocate. His new book By George: The Autobiography…

[Avuncular Curmudgeon @CGJohnson]

At age 46, Foreman still retains the title. He is presently a preacher, community leader and dedicated child advocate. His new book By George: The Autobiography…
https://t.co/c9iIonSPr4

[Avuncular Curmudgeon @CGJohnson]

Connections: Sports Edition
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[Avuncular Curmudgeon @CGJohnson]

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[Avuncular Curmudgeon @CGJohnson]

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🔥 streak:12
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[:) @therotidoctor]

one of the best, most relevant pieces I’ve ever read. it’s about Lamar and the Super Bowl, but really about our relationship with pop culture. there wasn’t a single sentence that wasn’t a bar. @dancharnas idk who u are, but u dropped this 👑

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[Vernon Reid @vurnt22]

We. ALL of us- who LOVE ❤️ Him? Should have a DONUT 🍩 ON DILLA DAY.

[Vernon Reid @vurnt22]

And to think, this iconic, revolutionary artist, who absolutely liberated the role of the crooner to be much more than the flawless, impeccably turned out, Lover Man On The Mic, wound up shot dead by his own Father, Senior to his name. For standing up for his Mom. Hero to the END

[Avuncular Curmudgeon @CGJohnson]

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[Avuncular Curmudgeon @CGJohnson]

"There'll always be working people in my poems because I grew up with them, and I am a poet of memory." ~ Philip Levine

January 10, 1928 – February 14, 2015

[M(all the vowels)h @micaiah_johnson]

Yay! Vote for me for Best Sci-Fi of 2024 (if you feel so inclined! But also if you don’t and just want me not to cry? 😬)

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[Avuncular Curmudgeon @CGJohnson]

“If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.” ~ John von Neumann

December 28, 1903 -February 8, 1957

[Avuncular Curmudgeon @CGJohnson]

"Democracy is the best revenge" ~ Benazir Bhutto

June 21, 1953 - December 27, 2007

[Vernon Reid @vurnt22]

The first host of a TV show 📺 to reveal 3 great truths (to me) 1) Nothing is quite the way it appears, or seems 2) Anything can happen to anyone, at any time. 3) No one is guaranteed a “ Happy” ending. HBD, Oracle🖤.

[Sam Robinson @samueljrob]

Temple Bar coming back Tuesday! https://t.co/wnMlNdRnVB