Brian Jay Jones
@brianjayjones.com
NYT bestselling biographer and big mouth, now coming to you from the wilds of New Mexico. Come for the Muppets, Star Wars, and Dr. Seuss; stay because I make a mean cocktail. Up next: the U.S. Capitol. He/him. Go Lobos 🐺
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Brian Jay Jones
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The Capitol by Brian Jay Jones: 9780593185001 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
An in-depth exploration of the design and construction of the US Capitol building, from New York Times bestselling author of Jim Henson and Becoming Dr. Seuss The Capitol is a unique biography of a p...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
Ready to read the untold stories of the politicking and backstabbing that went into the design and construction of the Capitol? Wanna hear more about the bombings, gas explosions, fistfights, gunfights, and botched assassinations that occurred within its walls?
It's coming your way June 2, 2026.
It's coming your way June 2, 2026.
The Rio Grande, baby!
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 13, 2026 at 7:23 AM
The Rio Grande, baby!
Four TV friends you love
January 13, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Four TV friends you love
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The Batman tv show is 60.
Adam West should have got an Emmy for this scene alone.
I love DeNiro, Washington, Day-Lewis etc but none of them have had an acting challenge like this.
youtu.be/tgCkmUS1IYI?...
Adam West should have got an Emmy for this scene alone.
I love DeNiro, Washington, Day-Lewis etc but none of them have had an acting challenge like this.
youtu.be/tgCkmUS1IYI?...
Bruce Wayne / Batman Has a Conversation With Himself
YouTube video by loomyaire
youtu.be
January 12, 2026 at 10:13 PM
The Batman tv show is 60.
Adam West should have got an Emmy for this scene alone.
I love DeNiro, Washington, Day-Lewis etc but none of them have had an acting challenge like this.
youtu.be/tgCkmUS1IYI?...
Adam West should have got an Emmy for this scene alone.
I love DeNiro, Washington, Day-Lewis etc but none of them have had an acting challenge like this.
youtu.be/tgCkmUS1IYI?...
This was the very first issue I got in the mail when I subscribed to BATMAN. Cover art by Garcia-Lopez, interiors by Walt Simonson & Dick Giordano, and a bang-up script by Len Wein.
God, what a way to start off a subscription!
God, what a way to start off a subscription!
January 11, 2026 at 10:25 PM
This was the very first issue I got in the mail when I subscribed to BATMAN. Cover art by Garcia-Lopez, interiors by Walt Simonson & Dick Giordano, and a bang-up script by Len Wein.
God, what a way to start off a subscription!
God, what a way to start off a subscription!
I used the word "buttonholing" in my manuscript, and my brain immediately read it as "buttholing."
January 11, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I used the word "buttonholing" in my manuscript, and my brain immediately read it as "buttholing."
I’m going through the nearly-final galleys for THE CAPITOL, and I *love* this two-page splash the designers opens the book with. (Forgive the poor print quality, my printer is running on fumes..)
January 11, 2026 at 7:36 PM
I’m going through the nearly-final galleys for THE CAPITOL, and I *love* this two-page splash the designers opens the book with. (Forgive the poor print quality, my printer is running on fumes..)
My mom’s cat Riley is such a sack of guts.
January 11, 2026 at 6:06 PM
My mom’s cat Riley is such a sack of guts.
Frey uses the F word: “HE NEEDS TO BRING DOWN THE TEMPERATURE.”
Any R uses the F word: “They talk to voters in an accessible, plain language.”
Any R uses the F word: “They talk to voters in an accessible, plain language.”
WELKER: Do you bear any responsibility to bring down the temperature?
FREY: Of course. But I dropped an F bomb and they killed somebody. I think the killing somebody is the inflammatory element here and not the F bomb.
FREY: Of course. But I dropped an F bomb and they killed somebody. I think the killing somebody is the inflammatory element here and not the F bomb.
January 11, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Frey uses the F word: “HE NEEDS TO BRING DOWN THE TEMPERATURE.”
Any R uses the F word: “They talk to voters in an accessible, plain language.”
Any R uses the F word: “They talk to voters in an accessible, plain language.”
Fun fact: the Beatles filmed this segment on the same TV sound stage where The Muppet Show would be filmed 13 years later.
The Beatles - 【Eric Morecambe And Ernie Wise Show】- 1963
YouTube video by Beat Room - Glory1Dx
youtu.be
January 9, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Fun fact: the Beatles filmed this segment on the same TV sound stage where The Muppet Show would be filmed 13 years later.
Holy shit
DHS Releases Watchlist Of Mothers Driving Cars https://theonion.com/dhs-releases-watchlist-of-mothers-driving-cars/
January 9, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Holy shit
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The Beatles resting in their "George V" Hotel room, Paris,1965
January 9, 2026 at 12:10 AM
The Beatles resting in their "George V" Hotel room, Paris,1965
For the first time ever, Mike Johnson has seen the video everyone is talking about. Weird, that.
Mike Johnson says “the driver of the vehicle weaponized it” before the ICE agent in Minnesota shot and killed her
January 7, 2026 at 9:55 PM
For the first time ever, Mike Johnson has seen the video everyone is talking about. Weird, that.
At top left is the “dragster style” ship that Lucas abandoned after seeing the Eagle landers in SPACE:1999, and deciding they looked too similar to this version of the Falcon. The design was scrapped, and the model was refitted and reused as the TANTIVE IV. The cockpit was reused for the new Falcon.
Star Wars artist Ralph McQuarrie's concept art for the Millennium Falcon
January 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM
At top left is the “dragster style” ship that Lucas abandoned after seeing the Eagle landers in SPACE:1999, and deciding they looked too similar to this version of the Falcon. The design was scrapped, and the model was refitted and reused as the TANTIVE IV. The cockpit was reused for the new Falcon.
Superfuzz will return in AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY.
January 7, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Superfuzz will return in AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY.
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Reading yet another thread about Agatha Christie, and all the “pfffft I figured it out halfway through the book” responses get my eyes rolling right out of my head. Sorry, but no you didn’t.
January 7, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Reading yet another thread about Agatha Christie, and all the “pfffft I figured it out halfway through the book” responses get my eyes rolling right out of my head. Sorry, but no you didn’t.
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In his first day in office, Trump pardoned nearly 1,600 people in the Jan. 6th Capitol riot. Five years later, most of the officers injured that day have never widely shared their experience.
Here are some of their stories, in their own words:
Here are some of their stories, in their own words:
Five years after Jan. 6, officers describe the toll of defending the Capitol
In his first day in office, Trump pardoned nearly 1,600 people in the Jan. 6th Capitol riot. The country has moved on, but for some the day still looms large.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:47 AM
In his first day in office, Trump pardoned nearly 1,600 people in the Jan. 6th Capitol riot. Five years later, most of the officers injured that day have never widely shared their experience.
Here are some of their stories, in their own words:
Here are some of their stories, in their own words:
Just watched an extended YouTube video all about the TV show THE OFFICE that was essentially, “Man, The Office got so bad that they should take it off the a—oh, wait…”
January 7, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Just watched an extended YouTube video all about the TV show THE OFFICE that was essentially, “Man, The Office got so bad that they should take it off the a—oh, wait…”
Sad news to hear that yet another notable biographer is gone. Schumacher wrote a terrific biography of Will Eisner, and a fun bio of Francis Ford Coppola, among others.
Michael Schumacher, author of Francis Ford Coppola and Eric Clapton biographies, dies aged 75
Daughter of the Wisconsin author confirmed her father died on 29 December and did not provide cause of death
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Sad news to hear that yet another notable biographer is gone. Schumacher wrote a terrific biography of Will Eisner, and a fun bio of Francis Ford Coppola, among others.
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January 6 in History
Wrote this two years ago: “If the insurrectionist-in-chief returns to power without ever facing any real consequences and while explicitly declaring his intent to establish a vindictive autocracy, then January 6 will have been successful.”
And here we are.
Wrote this two years ago: “If the insurrectionist-in-chief returns to power without ever facing any real consequences and while explicitly declaring his intent to establish a vindictive autocracy, then January 6 will have been successful.”
And here we are.
January 6 in History
Was it a key moment in the republic’s eventual demise or a milestone on the road to democracy’s ultimate triumph? The meaning of January 6 is yet to be determined
steady.page
January 6, 2026 at 3:22 PM
January 6 in History
Wrote this two years ago: “If the insurrectionist-in-chief returns to power without ever facing any real consequences and while explicitly declaring his intent to establish a vindictive autocracy, then January 6 will have been successful.”
And here we are.
Wrote this two years ago: “If the insurrectionist-in-chief returns to power without ever facing any real consequences and while explicitly declaring his intent to establish a vindictive autocracy, then January 6 will have been successful.”
And here we are.
Forget? Never.
(And I wrote a bit about it in my upcoming biography of the U.S. Capitol building.)
(And I wrote a bit about it in my upcoming biography of the U.S. Capitol building.)
January 6, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Forget? Never.
(And I wrote a bit about it in my upcoming biography of the U.S. Capitol building.)
(And I wrote a bit about it in my upcoming biography of the U.S. Capitol building.)
In high school, I once told someone I was reading Agatha Christie’s DEATH ON THE NILE. They said, “oh, that’s the one where [gives away exact details of the murder and who did it], right?”
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me: I'm finally watching [very popular TV show].
social media people: did you get to the part where the bomb goes off on the hot air balloon with John on board?
me: ... fucking no.
social media people: did you get to the part where the bomb goes off on the hot air balloon with John on board?
me: ... fucking no.
January 6, 2026 at 1:23 AM
In high school, I once told someone I was reading Agatha Christie’s DEATH ON THE NILE. They said, “oh, that’s the one where [gives away exact details of the murder and who did it], right?”
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