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Jess Nevins
@jessnevins.bsky.social
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Encyclopedist, college librarian, writer, ttrpg writer. I like to talk about Mesopotamia & Vikings. Always outnumbered, never outgunned. My podcast, "The History of Comic Books in 500 Issues," is at http://500issues.com
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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 11h
Okay, fair enough.
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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 11h
"Toxic" would have done the trick.
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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 11h
Oh, dear. I missed that one! Yeah, not good.
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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 11h
It's entirely possible I am overreacting, btw, I mean that seriously.
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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 11h
I...look. Stephen Miller is a truly evil person, that much is obvious.

But...maybe it's just me?...but using terms like "venomous" about a Jewish person kinda feels off. There's a long history of comparing Jews to animals & reptiles, and it's all bad.

Am I overreacting?
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John Harwood @johnjharwood.bsky.social · 14h
Stephen Miller is trying to provoke violence in American cities so he can justify authoritarian repression

he's that bad a person

zeteo.com/p/who-is-ste...
Sinister, Malevolent, Venomous: Stephen Miller Is Like No Other White House Aide in Modern US History
Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, has never hidden his disfigured and dangerous psyche. But now Donald Trump has empowered him to execute his fascist impulses.
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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 13h
Yeah, I'm driving, an Uber would be expensive, I pretty much have to stay sober. And the boy's never really expressed much interest in drink or drugs. So that's that.
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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 14h
taking the boy to a Radiohead 3d psychedelic laser show Saturday night.

Am I wrong for wishing that both he and I could get high for it?
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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 14h
I'll be second!
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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 14h
Those people should go take a look at how much academic ebooks cost and die of shock so they don't bother you any more.
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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 14h
Recent convert to the new local (not a franchise) bagel shop's garlic bagel (toasted) with jalapeno-cheddar cream cheese.

(Harper's Bagels, 16949 N Eldridge Pkwy, Tomball TX, 346.808.5136. Get there quickly--once they sell out of bagels, they're done for the day)
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 15h
One of my favorite things about NYC is whenever anyone runs for office here they are required to disclose their bagel order.
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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 15h
Good for you!
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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 16h
I'm sure that Idaho, a land of xenophilia, embrace of people of color, and friendly welcomes to foreigners, will take the news of a Qatari Air Force facility at the Mountain Home base with their usual (Owyhee County Sheriff Larry Kendrick) grace (Chik-fil-A in Pocatello) & charm (Hetero Fest).
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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 17h
Nah, I have the odd Yiddish word stuck in my brain.
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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 17h
Nice!
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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 17h
Oh, the temptation to intervene in bad relationships!
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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 17h
It's just over-the-top stuff piled on top of over-the-top stuff with extra over-the-top stuff added for taste.

It's the Iron Chef of Gothics--keep adding amazing stuff, then deep fry it, then create a tasty sauce, then add ice cream.
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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 17h
No one's talking about it.
"Luchador Monkey Crisis"
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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 18h
In all seriousness, I do feel a bit bad for the teenagers and students who try to have sex in the study rooms. They probably don't have anywhere to go where they are guaranteed any privacy.
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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 18h
"I love you, but I hate what you are." "I don't hate Baptists. Just their lifestyle." "Have you tried attending a non-Baptist church?" "What, I just said, 'That's so Baptist!' You should be less sensitive." "It was just a joke!" "Hey, no sola fide, dude! What?"
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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 18h
I should probably just get over myself. It's just a revival meeting. Prayer, repenting of sins, calling of the blessings, blah blah blah, lots of people dig that sort of thing.

Still. I want to ask them questions. "Have you tried not being a Baptist?" "Maybe it's just a phase?"
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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 18h
To my shock, they were not raising their voices, just their hands. But otherwise...

I actually jumped back, like something obscene and shocking was imminent. I confess to feeling disgusted.

(I was extra polite when I asked them to leave because someone else had the room reserved).
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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 18h
I had to tell the occupants of one of our larger seminar rooms that their time was up.

I always peek through the window, to make sure nothing untoward is going on and that my knock on the door isn't going to interrupt something.

Today I saw what looked looked like a revival meeting.
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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 18h
people eating *extremely* messily (fressing, if that means anything to you), people playing D&D, any number of tutors conducting business in the library (which is forbidden), tax-preparers conducing business in the library (forbidden), and so on.

Today was first, however.
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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 18h
Of course, people being people, sometimes the people in the study rooms (who can be students or faculty or staff or members of the public) forget where they are and forget they are in a room with windows, in a public building.

So I've walked in on couples having sex, test-takers cheating,
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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 18h
My library has a variety of study rooms of varying sizes for people to use. People get one two-hour slot per day, and if no one reserves the room when the two hours are up, people get to stay in the room until someone makes a reservation.

I am responsible for kicking people out when time is up.
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