William Johnston

I'm a candidate for Minnesota State Representative in HD44B, covering Oakdale, Pine Springs, Landfall, and parts of Maplewood, and North Saint Paul.

[William Johnston @williamformn]

@jordanforhouse Congrats!

[William Johnston @williamformn]

@STPCityGOP Thanks! Fixed.

[William Johnston @williamformn]

Worth noting that Seneca was a contemporary of Nero. That era was not unlike our own in some ways…

[William Johnston @williamformn]

"Of all people, only those who make time for philosophy, only they truly live. Not satisfied to merely keep good watch over their own days, they annex every age to their own. All the harvest of the past is added to their store."

-Seneca the Stoic

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I've wondered this for a while… It'll be a nice silver lining if all the COVID-19 measures result in a significant drop in the flu. https://t.co/QGNVmjcKbl

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Raspberries are finally bearing!

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@bitesquad @STPCityGOP All of the above?

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Pleasure to meet Sia Lo, our candidate for congress, at a Minnesota Young Republicans event!

[William Johnston @williamformn]

@WSJ @JoannaStern I've always enjoyed Firefox. Their containers extension is super useful for segmenting different sets of accounts.

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Setting up a new computer for web development: brew cask install imageoptim. Gotta keep the campaign site loading fast.

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@yaf This was tough… Three men climbed into a gigantic, complication explosion machine which blew them hundreds of thousands of miles, landed two of them on the moon, and then launched another one which freaking fireballed its way back into earth's atmosphere is tough to make boring.

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@yaf Some dude took a few steps somewhere and everyone remembers what he said. It might have been on the moon or something. #boringamericanhistory

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Sorry that Sur la table is closing in Woodbury, but enjoying my new wok.

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This so saddens me… I want to attempt to summarize and publish my position every time I'm asked to cast a vote. This will hopefully help them get a first-party understanding of the situation and also hold me directly accountable. https://t.co/30Hrl9IUVQ

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TL;DR: Models seem to indicate that low immunity in the population outweigh summer conditions. Standard disclaimer about all models being wrong, yet some useful, apply.

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

A few months ago, some scientists hoped summer conditions might help tamp down coronavirus transmission. Yet case counts are surging in the U.S. What happened? https://t.co/lsKEjXVaPm

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Assuming this is all true, it's an example of how true reforms are indeed needed, although lost in the absurd ideas being suggested. When you have a couple of rats in a house, you don't burn down the house. But you do remove the rats.

https://t.co/gLBXBZWdyJ

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Nice thing about school choice is that each school and its parents can decide when to reopen and how. None of this one-size-fits-all absurdity.

[William Johnston @williamformn]

Spent some of the day ripping out flooring for part of a friend's bathroom remodel. Quite sore now…

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It's wonderful that things are better than expected!

[Clarity @covid_clarity]

This week was the forecast PEAK in Minnesota covid deaths.

How has the MN covid model performed?

> Model says 4 million+ infected
> 17,000 hospitalized vs 227 actual
> 2,500 in ICU vs 124 actual
> 700+ daily deaths vs 5 today (+14,000% higher)

See tracking dashboard below.

[William Johnston @williamformn]

If you have never worked in an early stage business, I really enjoyed this story of one company's journey to initial profitability and their start of long-term success. It's hard work, and involves a lot of risk! Kudos to founders!
https://t.co/iXUMQ57OFO