Alex Johnson

@malexjohnson

Scribbler/scribbling fixer at NBC News. Recovering politics, tech and world football reporter. Ex-WaPo (when that meant something). Georgian in the PNW. Audere est confidere chao apud Tottenham Hotspur.

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Alex Johnson@malexjohnson· 19h

I got the tag I wanted for my tiny Miata

A midnight blue Mazda Miata in a parking lot with the tag HTTP507, the server error code for "insufficient space"

Alex Johnson@malexjohnson· 18d

"the brightly coloured confectionery" is a wonderful example of the elongated yellow fruit periphrasis.

Passage from a Guardian article on Eddie Howe's leaving Newcastle United:

He conjured up an imaginary scene involving Springsteen asking for M&M's before a concert and being duly supplied with a dressing room overflowing with the brightly coloured confectionery. The same principle, he said, would apply to "Eddie", who would e [sic] furnished with "whatever he wants".

Alex Johnson@malexjohnson· 18d

Today is July 30.

An aisle at a Walgreen's store with Halloween decorations more than three months before Halloween

Alex Johnson@malexjohnson· Jul 7

(Pedantry alert. Sorry. I can't resist when it's this egregious.) The Folarin Balogun controversy has been FIFA president for 10 years?

BBC promo text reading, "After 10 years as Fifa president, could the Folarin Balogun controversy tip the balance against Gianni Infantino? Don't bet on it."

Alex Johnson@malexjohnson· Jul 3

Cape Verde!

Alex Johnson@malexjohnson· Jun 12

Wow.

A man at the airport wearing a hoodie with the message on back "Dead Pedos Don't Reoffend."

Alex Johnson@malexjohnson· Jun 12

Bloody Mary's what is served all day? I'm afraid to ask.

A restaurant sign proclaiming "Burgers, Breakfast and Gourmet Bloody Mary's Served All Day"

Alex Johnson@malexjohnson· Jun 2

I declinate

An ad for smart glasses with the feature headline "Conversate"

Alex Johnson@malexjohnson· May 31

So the NBA looks like it's going to use the same technology that probably put a picture of a football referee on a story about basketball.

A football referee gives a signal in a football stadium.

Alex Johnson@malexjohnson· May 26

"Saxophone Colossus" was both his breakthrough recording and his most fitting description. What a legacy. sonnyrollins.com

Pop-up on sonnyrollins.com announcing his death:
It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died May 25, 2026 at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95.
"I think when the creative person ends, he continues in the next existence. I'm a person who believes this life isn't the be-all and end-all of everything. A spiritual person doesn't feel like that."
-Sonny Rollins (2009)

Alex Johnson@malexjohnson· May 10

There are SO MANY pictures of him like this.

Another picture of Pier-Luigi Collina with bulging, all-seeing eyes.

Alex Johnson@malexjohnson· May 6

This is what you get if you go to any page on the Infowars site:

An otherwise blank white screen with the words "Off Air" in the middle in small type

Alex Johnson@malexjohnson· Apr 27

Anyone know who designed this bag?

A travel bag with at least seven zippers all labeled KENNETH COLE

Alex Johnson@malexjohnson· Apr 25

"Newstands." Who says literacy is dying?

A newsstand that says its name is "Gateway Newstands"

Alex Johnson@malexjohnson· Apr 25

Knicks fans have taken over downtown Atlanta. My brothers and sisters, be extra alert for any open flames.

New York Knicks fans monopolizing a bar outside the Atlanta Hawks'arena

Alex Johnson@malexjohnson· Apr 24

I'm not a food poster, but when I can come home to Atlanta and the Food Shoppe's shrimp and grits, you have to just put up with it.

A bowl of shrimp and grits from the Food Shoppe, the best in the country outside Charleston itself

Alex Johnson@malexjohnson· Apr 17

Frickin inflation

A display of sand dollars for sale in a beach store priced at $1.95

Alex Johnson@malexjohnson· Mar 31

It's probably just AI slop, but speculation is fun, so ... The president has made noises about taking over five other countries: Canada, Greenland, Cuba, Iran and Venezuela. The U.S. flag in the mock-up video for his presidential library has ... 55 stars. www.trumplibrary.org

Alex Johnson@malexjohnson· Mar 26

To bold go where no dust bunny has gone before.

A dust bunny on the floor shaped remarkably like the USS Enterprise

Alex Johnson@malexjohnson· Mar 26

You're starting to sound like me with "sits down with."

A collection of headlines and news story passages depicting journalists as "sitting down" with people instead of "interviewing" them

Alex Johnson@malexjohnson· Mar 25

"Breaking"

Alex Johnson@malexjohnson· Mar 10

Please understood we do this for your protection. ivacheung.com/2026/03/peda...

A cartoon by Iva Cheung depicting an author talking to an editor.

Author: What's with all these edits? I thought you said you weren't a pedant!

Editor: Well, l'm not pedantic, but a lot of your readers will be. How much do you enjoy getting emails from random strangers with unsolicited grammar advice?

Author: I'll go make these changes.

Alex Johnson@malexjohnson· Mar 1

Aaaauuuugggghhhh (reaches for poison)

An ad for Chili Lime Mango Peeps, "exclusive at Kroger Family of Stores"

Alex Johnson@malexjohnson· Mar 1

what rutherford.house.gov/media/press-...

Press release from Rep. John Rutherford, R-Fla., with the headline "Rutherford Statement on Operation Epic Furry"

Alex Johnson@malexjohnson· Feb 26

Grammar and spelling checkers can be stupid. Edit with appropriate independence.

A passage from a news story for which a grammar checker balloon suggests changing "carrying 10 armed individuals" to "carrying 10-armed individuals."

Alex Johnson@malexjohnson· Feb 23

That is an ...*interesting* figure skating outfit choice ...

A Spanish figure skating pair skating in the Olympics closing gala wearing red shirts, black shorts and long black socks

Alex Johnson@malexjohnson· Feb 7

The "This Is Fine" meme with the dog wearing a Tottenham Hotspur shirt amid the flames

Alex Johnson@malexjohnson· Jan 27

He'd love it!

Frank Gorshin as a black-on-one-side, white-on-the-other character on the "Star Trek: TOS' episode "Let This Be Your Last Battlefield."

Alex Johnson@malexjohnson· Jan 16

Allow me to introduce you to Abel Xavier.

Former footballer Abel Xavier sporting dyed-blond hair swirled and slicked around his head like meringue.

Former footballer Abel Xavier sporting a fauxhawk based on alternating black and dyed-blond tiger stripes.

Former footballer Abel Xavier on the sideline as a coach wearing a snappy, well-tailored suit. His hair is dyed blond with extensive black roots and crafted into something like a barrister's wig.

Alex Johnson@malexjohnson· Jan 12

The CBS censors tried to silence out the F-word in Erin Doherty's Golden Globes acceptance speech. But they mistimed it and censored everything *but* the "f---." (Audio converted to mp4 because Bluesky won't accept an mp3 ...)