Jake Cole
@jakecole.bsky.social
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Jake Cole
@jakecole.bsky.social
· Nov 19
You know what, we do movie prompts all the time and I enjoy them but where my real heads at, 1 like = 1 favorite heavy metal album
Me getting mad at wide swathes of new Pitt watchers: this is not a show with heroes and villains, merely professionals trying their best in a broken system against them
Me when Ogilvie is on screen: not even hell can keep you safe from me
Me when Ogilvie is on screen: not even hell can keep you safe from me
February 15, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Me getting mad at wide swathes of new Pitt watchers: this is not a show with heroes and villains, merely professionals trying their best in a broken system against them
Me when Ogilvie is on screen: not even hell can keep you safe from me
Me when Ogilvie is on screen: not even hell can keep you safe from me
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
I woke up this morning to a flooded kitchen/foyer from my decrepit apartment’s water heater busting and I needed to see this to appreciate how much worse things could be.
Token Anxiety
i think i mostly echo this for myself. with so much that can be done, i often feel like i *should* be doing something, always
i think i mostly echo this for myself. with so much that can be done, i often feel like i *should* be doing something, always
February 15, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I woke up this morning to a flooded kitchen/foyer from my decrepit apartment’s water heater busting and I needed to see this to appreciate how much worse things could be.
Every single tactic these pigs use is right out of the most feverish castle doctrine paranoia about suspecting your neighbors. Everything you’ve ever heard from a conservative relative about not stopping to help others because it’s an elaborate trap is what they actually are doing, gleefully.
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Every single tactic these pigs use is right out of the most feverish castle doctrine paranoia about suspecting your neighbors. Everything you’ve ever heard from a conservative relative about not stopping to help others because it’s an elaborate trap is what they actually are doing, gleefully.
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UCLA’s **faculty unions** said no, and the govt is backing off. Its admin was so ready to comply the might have already set up an autopay for the wire transfer bribe money.
UCLA said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is backing off.
Harvard said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is left sputtering.
Columbia, Cornell, and Northwestern giving in was a big mistake. If only there were lessons against appeasing fascists.
Harvard said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is left sputtering.
Columbia, Cornell, and Northwestern giving in was a big mistake. If only there were lessons against appeasing fascists.
This is a genuinely huge, sweeping victory today for the University of California—or rather, for us, its faculty, acting through our faculty associations, while the UC itself maintained a strict policy of deer-in-headlights silence.
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
February 14, 2026 at 8:47 PM
UCLA’s **faculty unions** said no, and the govt is backing off. Its admin was so ready to comply the might have already set up an autopay for the wire transfer bribe money.
Putting cherry cordial on here in a worst competition is like using that first level jump to final world in Mario Bros. God even the lovingly taken photo looks like the necrotic fasciitis from The Pitt.
February 15, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Putting cherry cordial on here in a worst competition is like using that first level jump to final world in Mario Bros. God even the lovingly taken photo looks like the necrotic fasciitis from The Pitt.
What I enjoy about this most is the more than slight insinuation that this was made primarily for the benefit of Canada’s moron neighbors (hello!) to finally understand.
The CBC made this clever & cute video that uses kids to explain the rules of curling:
February 14, 2026 at 8:18 PM
What I enjoy about this most is the more than slight insinuation that this was made primarily for the benefit of Canada’s moron neighbors (hello!) to finally understand.
Almost done with the fourth omnibus of Chris Claremont’s X-Men run and one of the last big arcs (the Kulan Gath one) comes a bit too far out of nowhere but otherwise it’s wild that this gets up to CC’s 100th issue and he’s still cooking. Even Kirby was phoning in FF itching to leave at that point
February 14, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Almost done with the fourth omnibus of Chris Claremont’s X-Men run and one of the last big arcs (the Kulan Gath one) comes a bit too far out of nowhere but otherwise it’s wild that this gets up to CC’s 100th issue and he’s still cooking. Even Kirby was phoning in FF itching to leave at that point
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The deal was: they demagogue about “illegal aliens,” they militarize the border, they deport people who get reported by their bosses… but they don’t actually go looking for undocumented workers at farms, in kitchens, or on job sites. It was there to discipline labor, not create a shortage of it.
‘South Texas will never be red again’: Home builders warn GOP over Trump’s immigration raids
‘South Texas will never be red again’: Home builders warn GOP over Trump’s immigration raids
Construction executives have held multiple meetings over the last month with the White House and Congress to discuss immigration busts on job sites.
dlvr.it
February 14, 2026 at 7:15 PM
The deal was: they demagogue about “illegal aliens,” they militarize the border, they deport people who get reported by their bosses… but they don’t actually go looking for undocumented workers at farms, in kitchens, or on job sites. It was there to discipline labor, not create a shortage of it.
This summer is going to be a nonstop series of juxtapositions of Trump’s various shitkicker tributes to America’s 250th anniversary attended solely by his rapidly depleting bog spawn and people in the streets doing exactly what we tell ourselves America is
another guy who never protested before radicalized to the point of tears by watching masked ICE agents terrify children in his neighborhood
the Republicans are not ready or mentally capable of comprehending the backlash they have generated
the Republicans are not ready or mentally capable of comprehending the backlash they have generated
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 7:43 PM
This summer is going to be a nonstop series of juxtapositions of Trump’s various shitkicker tributes to America’s 250th anniversary attended solely by his rapidly depleting bog spawn and people in the streets doing exactly what we tell ourselves America is
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another guy who never protested before radicalized to the point of tears by watching masked ICE agents terrify children in his neighborhood
the Republicans are not ready or mentally capable of comprehending the backlash they have generated
the Republicans are not ready or mentally capable of comprehending the backlash they have generated
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 7:02 PM
another guy who never protested before radicalized to the point of tears by watching masked ICE agents terrify children in his neighborhood
the Republicans are not ready or mentally capable of comprehending the backlash they have generated
the Republicans are not ready or mentally capable of comprehending the backlash they have generated
Robby in The Pitt S1: God and I stopped speaking a long time ago.
God in The Pitt S2: I will send this man a mangled motorcycle rider every hour on the hour.
God in The Pitt S2: I will send this man a mangled motorcycle rider every hour on the hour.
February 14, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Robby in The Pitt S1: God and I stopped speaking a long time ago.
God in The Pitt S2: I will send this man a mangled motorcycle rider every hour on the hour.
God in The Pitt S2: I will send this man a mangled motorcycle rider every hour on the hour.
Ayn Rand texting this pic to Alan Greenspan at 2am
can you imagine how disappointed you’d be if you knew nothing about this book and only picked it up for this particular cover
February 14, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Ayn Rand texting this pic to Alan Greenspan at 2am
This season of The Pitt has ramped up the absolutely brutal off-handed references to tragedies compared to the first season. Like early on when Santos blithely mentions that the burn victim Whitaker treated last season indeed died in the ICU and another sad little update this ep I won’t spoil.
February 14, 2026 at 11:11 AM
This season of The Pitt has ramped up the absolutely brutal off-handed references to tragedies compared to the first season. Like early on when Santos blithely mentions that the burn victim Whitaker treated last season indeed died in the ICU and another sad little update this ep I won’t spoil.
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Both Neil Patrick Harris and Michelle Yeoh have basically said the same thing as Wim Wenders- everyone at Berlinale looks like they are in a hostage video I swear
I love Arundhati Roy's courage, integrity, intelligence, and her artistry as a writer of fiction & nonfiction.
Wim Wenders, the jury chair, on being questioned about Gaza, said filmmakers have to stay out of politics. Roy said a genocide demands a response from everyone, artists included. I agree.
Wim Wenders, the jury chair, on being questioned about Gaza, said filmmakers have to stay out of politics. Roy said a genocide demands a response from everyone, artists included. I agree.
Arundhati Roy quits Berlin film festival over ‘stay out of politics’ comment
Author says she is ‘disgusted’ by claim from jury president Wim Wenders that film-makers should remain apolitical
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Both Neil Patrick Harris and Michelle Yeoh have basically said the same thing as Wim Wenders- everyone at Berlinale looks like they are in a hostage video I swear
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In addition to continuing to downgrade Americans health, this further illustrates why we cannot depend on the private sector to pick up the work being put down by the government to improve both American and great global health.
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 12:13 PM
In addition to continuing to downgrade Americans health, this further illustrates why we cannot depend on the private sector to pick up the work being put down by the government to improve both American and great global health.
Wuthering Heights: the first segment, with its Gilliamesque production design, feral-child nastiness, and desperate bonding, was so good I thought maybe I’d turn a leaf on Fennell. And then with each subsequent minute it just drifted more and more off course like that penguin in the Herzog doc
February 13, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Wuthering Heights: the first segment, with its Gilliamesque production design, feral-child nastiness, and desperate bonding, was so good I thought maybe I’d turn a leaf on Fennell. And then with each subsequent minute it just drifted more and more off course like that penguin in the Herzog doc
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Shout out to the student journalists that have tirelessly covered their professors' ties to Epstein. My job would be much harder without them. See thread for some of my favorite recent student news pieces.
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd
Professors in the Epstein Files Begin to Face Consequences
Several faculty members who spoke regularly with Epstein have been stripped of their titles or teaching duties.
www.insidehighered.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Shout out to the student journalists that have tirelessly covered their professors' ties to Epstein. My job would be much harder without them. See thread for some of my favorite recent student news pieces.
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd
The hunt is now on to find someone who will let me write about Miles Davis for his 100th bday in May.
February 12, 2026 at 7:07 PM
The hunt is now on to find someone who will let me write about Miles Davis for his 100th bday in May.
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The standard judicial introduction to an opinion has shifted to "LISTEN UP, LIMP DICK" in Trump 2 and that is both a good and terrible indicator.
BREAKING: Judge blocks Hegseth effort to punish Sen. Kelly.
"This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-k...
"This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-k...
![UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
MARK KELLY,
Plaintiff,
Civil Case No. 26-81 (RJL)
V.
PETE HEGSETH, et al.,
Defendants.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
February 12, 2026 [Dkt. #2]
United States Senator Mark Kelly, a retired naval officer, has been censured by
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for voicing certain opinions on military actions and
policy. In addition, he has been subjected to proceedings to possibly reduce his retirement
rank and pay and threatened with criminal prosecution if he continues to speak out on these
issues.
Secretary Hegseth relies on the well-established doctrine that military
servicemembers enjoy less vigorous First Amendment protections given the fundamental
obligation for obedience and discipline in the armed forces. Unfortunately for Secretary
Hegseth, no court has ever extended those principles to retired servicemembers, much less a retired servicemember serving in Congress and exercising oversight responsibility over
the military. This Court will not be the first to do so!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiclbgaenrhgnor6zvmnfql4d3olwzqp7zikm3maum5ylc4m6epys4@jpeg)
February 12, 2026 at 6:35 PM
The standard judicial introduction to an opinion has shifted to "LISTEN UP, LIMP DICK" in Trump 2 and that is both a good and terrible indicator.
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Annnd there she goes, now that other people have done the real work and she thinks the crisis is over, running to the head of the parade
Minnesotans stood together, stared down ICE, and never blinked.
February 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Annnd there she goes, now that other people have done the real work and she thinks the crisis is over, running to the head of the parade
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Re: Minnesota I think it's important to both recognize they're lying about a full retreat and recognize it as a victory that they're cognizant enough of the PR disaster to feel the need to lie.
February 12, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Re: Minnesota I think it's important to both recognize they're lying about a full retreat and recognize it as a victory that they're cognizant enough of the PR disaster to feel the need to lie.
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According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.
February 12, 2026 at 3:28 AM
According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.
Pam bringing evidence of spying on members of Congress to a Congressional meeting to own them is basically the inverse of Legally Blonde’s climax
February 12, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Pam bringing evidence of spying on members of Congress to a Congressional meeting to own them is basically the inverse of Legally Blonde’s climax