JD Yates
@jdyates.bsky.social
An unmitigated nerd. Frequently verbose. Doing my best to bore you to death with politics and science and finance but most frequently just whatever I happen to be watching. (He/Him) 🏳️🌈 🤓 🖖
Dallas is home.
Primarily Mastodon: @[email protected]
Dallas is home.
Primarily Mastodon: @[email protected]
This will be a controversial opinion but it should go without saying that Legion is Aubrey Plaza’s best performance for television.
February 4, 2026 at 3:40 AM
This will be a controversial opinion but it should go without saying that Legion is Aubrey Plaza’s best performance for television.
First book of the year down. Choosing a 660pg tome right out of the gate was maybe a mistake but I enjoyed Ordinary Monsters on the whole, despite Victorian era things being far from my usual.
Time to start A Destiny of Dragons and see if TJ gives good sequel.
Time to start A Destiny of Dragons and see if TJ gives good sequel.
February 4, 2026 at 2:09 AM
First book of the year down. Choosing a 660pg tome right out of the gate was maybe a mistake but I enjoyed Ordinary Monsters on the whole, despite Victorian era things being far from my usual.
Time to start A Destiny of Dragons and see if TJ gives good sequel.
Time to start A Destiny of Dragons and see if TJ gives good sequel.
We all know the only reason to renovate the Kennedy Center is to find some way of putting his name on the building that we can’t just scrape and bleach off in three years, right?
February 2, 2026 at 2:50 PM
We all know the only reason to renovate the Kennedy Center is to find some way of putting his name on the building that we can’t just scrape and bleach off in three years, right?
Never not surprised to learn people still watch award shows.
February 2, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Never not surprised to learn people still watch award shows.
The problem with me periodically talking myself back onto the apps is that past me never once considers that some future me might have to actually suck it up and *heaves* go on actual dates with *wretching* actual strangers. 🤢
February 1, 2026 at 5:32 PM
The problem with me periodically talking myself back onto the apps is that past me never once considers that some future me might have to actually suck it up and *heaves* go on actual dates with *wretching* actual strangers. 🤢
I refuse to believe there is anyone that truly believes that the best or even the easiest way to make housing affordable is to take it away from other people. The only people heartless enough for this to resonate are already ICE goons. Who is this for?
January 31, 2026 at 10:31 PM
I refuse to believe there is anyone that truly believes that the best or even the easiest way to make housing affordable is to take it away from other people. The only people heartless enough for this to resonate are already ICE goons. Who is this for?
Bravely coming out as would eagerly fill all the holes of Dylan O’Brien, if he asked.
January 31, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Bravely coming out as would eagerly fill all the holes of Dylan O’Brien, if he asked.
Yeah, sex is good, but have you ever housed an entire bowl of cereal in the 14.4 seconds when it’s perfectly balanced between crunchy and soggy??
January 29, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Yeah, sex is good, but have you ever housed an entire bowl of cereal in the 14.4 seconds when it’s perfectly balanced between crunchy and soggy??
Wonder Man turned out surprisingly cute. A nice diversion for those burnt out on the MCU. It’s the least Marvel of all the Marvel things. Like, maybe 3% Marvel.
January 29, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Wonder Man turned out surprisingly cute. A nice diversion for those burnt out on the MCU. It’s the least Marvel of all the Marvel things. Like, maybe 3% Marvel.
Tonight on I Watch All the Dumb Shit So You Don’t Have To: All the B5 movies are unwatchable now and I’m not sure they ever were.
January 29, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Tonight on I Watch All the Dumb Shit So You Don’t Have To: All the B5 movies are unwatchable now and I’m not sure they ever were.
It’s not just pugs that make cute lil noises/imagine themselves vicious killers in their dreams. 🔊
January 29, 2026 at 12:41 AM
It’s not just pugs that make cute lil noises/imagine themselves vicious killers in their dreams. 🔊
If the scritches stop I am certain there would be a revolt and I will find myself on the business end of a guillotine.
January 28, 2026 at 7:23 PM
If the scritches stop I am certain there would be a revolt and I will find myself on the business end of a guillotine.
I’m not sure what I was expecting from Wonder Man but Ben Kingsley literal actual acting masterclass was probably not it.
January 28, 2026 at 4:22 AM
I’m not sure what I was expecting from Wonder Man but Ben Kingsley literal actual acting masterclass was probably not it.
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Hell fcking yeah. Lest anyone think this is extreme, the Patriot Act and the establishment of DHS happened while I was in high school. I demand back the civil rights that I can remember being taken from me!
Amid growing calls for the abolition of ICE, Rep. Delia Ramirez is calling for the entire DHS to be dismantled. Highlighting how much experience the officers who killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti had, Ramirez said, “DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity.”
House Democrat Says Abolishing ICE Isn’t Enough — DHS Must Go, Too
“The problem isn’t ‘training.’ DHS was built to violate our rights,” said Rep. Delia C. Ramirez.
truthout.org
January 27, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Hell fcking yeah. Lest anyone think this is extreme, the Patriot Act and the establishment of DHS happened while I was in high school. I demand back the civil rights that I can remember being taken from me!
It’s super weird how social networks have declared it impossible to draw clear lines around hate speech or abide by definitive copyright law, but apparently they found the bar for doxxing and it’s bright, obvious, and on the floor.
SCOOP
Meta has started blocking links to ICE List on Facebook, Instagram and Threads
www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
Meta has started blocking links to ICE List on Facebook, Instagram and Threads
www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
Meta Is Blocking Users From Sharing Website Listing ICE Agents
Users of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:03 PM
It’s super weird how social networks have declared it impossible to draw clear lines around hate speech or abide by definitive copyright law, but apparently they found the bar for doxxing and it’s bright, obvious, and on the floor.
Marking myself as froze-to-death from this bitch stole all my blankets. 😒
January 27, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Marking myself as froze-to-death from this bitch stole all my blankets. 😒
gRaPHic DesIGn Is mY pASsIOn
January 27, 2026 at 3:51 AM
gRaPHic DesIGn Is mY pASsIOn
Zane Phillips, of Fire Island fame, making a cameo on Loot is all I needed to know he and Joel Kim Booster are secret besties. And to say “hands off my man, bitch”. To both of them…
January 27, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Zane Phillips, of Fire Island fame, making a cameo on Loot is all I needed to know he and Joel Kim Booster are secret besties. And to say “hands off my man, bitch”. To both of them…
I can’t explain why, in order to write, I require a flawless environment with impeccable vibes or why it’s not my house, but I do and it’s not, so… project Write Things remains at a charitable 0.4%.
I think I understand celebrity riders now.
I think I understand celebrity riders now.
January 26, 2026 at 10:03 PM
I can’t explain why, in order to write, I require a flawless environment with impeccable vibes or why it’s not my house, but I do and it’s not, so… project Write Things remains at a charitable 0.4%.
I think I understand celebrity riders now.
I think I understand celebrity riders now.
If, by “studied the playbook”, you mean watched decades of wall-to-wall coverage of our own country’s failed foreign occupations complete with breathless real-time military commentary and pundit analysis, then yes.
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 8:39 PM
If, by “studied the playbook”, you mean watched decades of wall-to-wall coverage of our own country’s failed foreign occupations complete with breathless real-time military commentary and pundit analysis, then yes.
Winter storm update: my nose is froze and my toes is froze and my kimonos froze. 🥶
January 26, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Winter storm update: my nose is froze and my toes is froze and my kimonos froze. 🥶
Why, yes, I do continue to watch Shoresy for The Plot™️, thanks for asking.
January 25, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Why, yes, I do continue to watch Shoresy for The Plot™️, thanks for asking.
Have just been informed that, effective as of 12 hours ago, in addition to my duties as Daddy, I will henceforth also be responding to the title of Guncle. 🫡
January 25, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Have just been informed that, effective as of 12 hours ago, in addition to my duties as Daddy, I will henceforth also be responding to the title of Guncle. 🫡
🤔 Ya know what would be a great way to combat the cold? A hot bath. ☝️
*10 minutes later, my 6’4” gangly ass*
*10 minutes later, my 6’4” gangly ass*
January 24, 2026 at 10:19 PM
🤔 Ya know what would be a great way to combat the cold? A hot bath. ☝️
*10 minutes later, my 6’4” gangly ass*
*10 minutes later, my 6’4” gangly ass*
I know a crossover episode is way too much to ask but I just desperately need to know that Heated Rivalry exists in the Letterkenny universe. Like… they don’t even have to bring anybody new in, just stick Tierney in the Metro’s stands in full pastor Glen regalia.
January 24, 2026 at 7:46 PM
I know a crossover episode is way too much to ask but I just desperately need to know that Heated Rivalry exists in the Letterkenny universe. Like… they don’t even have to bring anybody new in, just stick Tierney in the Metro’s stands in full pastor Glen regalia.