Jake Cole
@jakecole.bsky.social
Freelance critic and terminally online figure. Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/jakepcole/
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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
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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.
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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
Seeing Antichrist isn’t a big deal if you were in a big city but being at Auburn at the time I had to drive 50 miles to LaGrange GA to see it the one week in the one theater it played where I sat in a room with two other ppl, one of whom had an absolute freak out during the dick maiming scene.
Have asked this before and always like the responses. What are your biggest “I saw that in the first run cinema” flexes? Couple of mine:
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
February 11, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Seeing Antichrist isn’t a big deal if you were in a big city but being at Auburn at the time I had to drive 50 miles to LaGrange GA to see it the one week in the one theater it played where I sat in a room with two other ppl, one of whom had an absolute freak out during the dick maiming scene.
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my colleagues worked so hard on this. And thank you, Congresswoman, and your staff, for championing this. 💖
Too often when discussing trans rights, we’re forced to be on the defensive, as Republicans wage attacks.
Today, we take the opportunity to look forward by introducing my Trans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive vision to provide protections for all trans and nonbinary people.
Today, we take the opportunity to look forward by introducing my Trans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive vision to provide protections for all trans and nonbinary people.
February 11, 2026 at 10:44 PM
my colleagues worked so hard on this. And thank you, Congresswoman, and your staff, for championing this. 💖
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Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
You just KNOW this fucker is right next to a vase it just shattered.
February 11, 2026 at 7:22 PM
You just KNOW this fucker is right next to a vase it just shattered.
Thanks to radical advances in efficiency, the Trump administration can now speedrun 1945 Germany and 1865 CSA simultaneously.
Fuck it hand the troops Monopoly money atp lmaooo
February 11, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Thanks to radical advances in efficiency, the Trump administration can now speedrun 1945 Germany and 1865 CSA simultaneously.
The only way forward is back: all of our appliances MUST be replaced by talking dinosaurs and early mammals who occasionally pause during labor, look into the camera and deadpan “hey, it’s a living.”
i can't believe big tech managed to sour me on the idea of one day having a robot butler. "a little robot butler who does a sarcastic beep when you ask him to get you a soda from the fridge" was an aspirational hope for the future for so many years
February 11, 2026 at 6:07 PM
The only way forward is back: all of our appliances MUST be replaced by talking dinosaurs and early mammals who occasionally pause during labor, look into the camera and deadpan “hey, it’s a living.”
Dems fucked up royally not doing this during Kavanaugh’s SCOTUS hearings but will someone challenge her to a breathalyzer test?
Pam Bondi starts ranting about the DOW and S&P in the middle of questions about the Epstein files.
February 11, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Dems fucked up royally not doing this during Kavanaugh’s SCOTUS hearings but will someone challenge her to a breathalyzer test?
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