Debra Johnson

Intersection of Digital & ESG for industrial sectors. Putting my dent in the Universe transforming how to drive industrial innovation to scale. Digital IIoT ESG

[Debra Johnson @ecoedge]

"Show up for life more, work harder than most, are smarter than many, do your best, treat people with respect, you'll always have a job" Dad

[Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar]

Justice Kagan says it best

[Debra Johnson @ecoedge]

@AdamMGrant Nature rewards trees that survive being regularly battered by small storms by giving them greater ability to endure the massive ones. This applies to humans and life as a law of nature.

[Debra Johnson @ecoedge]

Nature rewards trees that survive being regularly battered by small storms by giving them greater ability to endure the massive ones. This applies to humans and life as a law of nature.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

When people struggle under pressure, it doesn’t mean they lack resilience.

It often means they lack practice.

[Forbes @Forbes]

Quote of the day. #qotd

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Each person finds joy in making the most of their relational abilities, realizing they contribute to the common good and finding recognition as a unique and dignified person, within a community of encounters that multiply and expand the spirit. Without joy there is no renewal; without interiority there is no liberation; without encounter there is no politics; without the other there is no justice. #ApostolicJourney #Angola

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Research links heavy social media use not only to declines in mental health but to measurable cognitive effects — on attention, memory and focus — that in some studies resemble accelerated aging.

The solution is surprisingly simple: Take a break. https://t.co/4wVfUduxIX

[Debra Johnson @ecoedge]

@FarousPopoola @DoctorLemma You are probably this way because you were rejected by your mother. Get some therapy or go love a full grown tiger - yum yum.

[Thomas L. Friedman @tomfriedman]

My column: Anthropic’s Restraint Is a Terrifying Warning Sign https://t.co/ue5xv791Fd

[Debra Johnson @ecoedge]

@RantaoLoveDrama @NatureUnedited Trump

[Dustin @r0ck3t23]

Dario Amodei just gave his first interview since the Pentagon blacklisted his company. The toll is visible on his face.

He was asked one question. What would you say to the President right now?

He didn’t hesitate.

Amodei: “We are patriotic Americans. Everything we have done has been for the sake of this country.”

Anthropic built their models to defend America. They were the first AI lab cleared for classified military systems. They wanted to help the warfighter.

But the Pentagon demanded unrestricted access to fully autonomous weapons and mass surveillance of American citizens.

Amodei drew the line.

The government responded with emergency Cold War powers. A supply chain designation normally reserved for foreign adversaries. A six-month federal phaseout ordered from Truth Social.

Amodei: “When we were threatened with supply chain designation and Defense Production Act, which are unprecedented intrusions into the private economy, we exercised our classic First Amendment rights to speak up and disagree with the government.”

The administration framed Anthropic’s refusal as anti-American.

Amodei’s response dismantled that framing in one sentence.

Amodei: “Disagreeing with the government is the most American thing in the world.”

Here is the deeper paradox nobody in Washington wants to say out loud.

We are in a geopolitical race against autocratic adversaries who use AI for mass surveillance of their own citizens and autonomous weapons with no human oversight.

The Pentagon demanded that Anthropic build those exact capabilities for America.

Amodei: “The red lines we have drawn, we drew because we believe that crossing those red lines is contrary to American values.”

You cannot defeat authoritarianism by adopting its methods.

You cannot defend the open society by forcing private companies to build its antithesis under threat of wartime emergency powers.

Anthropic held the line. Got blacklisted for it. And came out the other side saying the same thing they said going in.

That is what it actually looks like to mean it.

[. @jdpoc]

JD #Vance personally invited Pope Leo to the U.S. 250th celebrations on the 4th of July.

#Vatican has confirmed Pope Leo will be spending the day with migrants instead.

That's the Papal equivalent of a middle finger.

[Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Ret. @stavridisj]

Ambassador Nick Burns has it exactly right. Hundreds of @NATO troops died under my command on the front lines in Afghanistan 2009-2013. I honor their memory every single day.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Multitasking isn't just unproductive—it's stressful too.

Average attention on a screen has fallen from 2.5min in 2004 to 75sec in 2012 to 47sec today. Rapid switching puts our nervous systems on alert.

The best way to keep calm and carry on is to focus on one thing at a time.

[Louis Tay @LouisTaySC]

1/ Remember the Tiger Woods vs. Roger Federer from "Range" by @DavidEpstein? Early specialization vs. sampling many activities?

New paper in #Science by my @PurdueUniversity colleague @BrookeMacnamara, Güllich, Barth & @ZachHambrick provides empirical proof. 🧵

[Senator Mark Kelly @SenMarkKelly]

Over twenty-five years in the U.S. Navy, thirty-nine combat missions, and four missions to space, I risked my life for this country and to defend our Constitution – including the First Amendment rights of every American to speak out. I never expected that the President of the United States and the Secretary of Defense would attack me for doing exactly that.

My rank and retirement are things that I earned through my service and sacrifice for this country. I got shot at. I missed holidays and birthdays. I commanded a space shuttle mission while my wife Gabby recovered from a gunshot wound to the head– all while proudly wearing the American flag on my shoulder. Generations of servicemembers have made these same patriotic sacrifices for this country, earning the respect, appreciation, and rank they deserve.

Pete Hegseth wants to send the message to every single retired servicemember that if they say something he or Donald Trump doesn’t like, they will come after them the same way. It’s outrageous and it is wrong. There is nothing more un-American than that.

If Pete Hegseth, the most unqualified Secretary of Defense in our country’s history, thinks he can intimidate me with a censure or threats to demote me or prosecute me, he still doesn’t get it. I will fight this with everything I’ve got — not for myself, but to send a message back that Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump don’t get to decide what Americans in this country get to say about their government.

[Ryan Johnson @RyanCTJ]

These refs in Suns vs Pelicans are unwatchable @NBA

[Mariska den Eelden 🇪🇺🇳🇱 @eeldenden]

"If not for Ukraine standing in front of Russia, Russian tanks would already be in Poland".

Spot on. Ukrainians could've left for Paris to live the good life. Yet they still hold the line for Europe after these four brutal years! We owe them everything

[Kevin W. @Brink_Thinker]

Christmas 1944 so we could have Christmas in 2025 🇺🇸

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Rudolph is running late for Christmas

[old toons @oldtoons_]

One of the all time coolest fourth wall break 📺

🎥: Duck Amuck (1953)