Jess Nevins
@jessnevins.bsky.social
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
My podcast, "The History of Comic Books in 500 Issues," is at http://500issues.com
See, if it had had Dave Bautista as Momoa's (living) partner, it would have made a lot of money.
November 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
See, if it had had Dave Bautista as Momoa's (living) partner, it would have made a lot of money.
"The potato: nature's Bouncing Betty" - Tom Servo
Anyone wanna argue about stuffing? Just to feel alive?
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"The potato: nature's Bouncing Betty" - Tom Servo
Del Toro's AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS
LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT but I can't figure out the best director for it
FACE/ON (YES the sequel to FACE/OFF with the original director & cast)
something something Kowloon Walled City + parkour + horror or sf
Iannucci's DEATH OF TRUMP
LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT but I can't figure out the best director for it
FACE/ON (YES the sequel to FACE/OFF with the original director & cast)
something something Kowloon Walled City + parkour + horror or sf
Iannucci's DEATH OF TRUMP
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Del Toro's AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS
LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT but I can't figure out the best director for it
FACE/ON (YES the sequel to FACE/OFF with the original director & cast)
something something Kowloon Walled City + parkour + horror or sf
Iannucci's DEATH OF TRUMP
LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT but I can't figure out the best director for it
FACE/ON (YES the sequel to FACE/OFF with the original director & cast)
something something Kowloon Walled City + parkour + horror or sf
Iannucci's DEATH OF TRUMP
And it's blue blue blue
A colour and a surge
Everything that rises must converge
She says one day soon
You and I will merge
Everything that rises must converge, Charlie Brown
A colour and a surge
Everything that rises must converge
She says one day soon
You and I will merge
Everything that rises must converge, Charlie Brown
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
And it's blue blue blue
A colour and a surge
Everything that rises must converge
She says one day soon
You and I will merge
Everything that rises must converge, Charlie Brown
A colour and a surge
Everything that rises must converge
She says one day soon
You and I will merge
Everything that rises must converge, Charlie Brown
Remember Mark Sanford? Remember his sex scandal? We all were making the "hiking the Appalachian trail" jokes, he went away in disgrace, it was all good clean fun.
Ahhh. Those were the days.
Ahhh. Those were the days.
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Remember Mark Sanford? Remember his sex scandal? We all were making the "hiking the Appalachian trail" jokes, he went away in disgrace, it was all good clean fun.
Ahhh. Those were the days.
Ahhh. Those were the days.
I got halfway through posting my Most Embarrassing Thanksgiving Moment--I thought it'd amuse y'all--before I realized that, no, it's probably not going to amuse most people, it's going to provoke cringe and second-hand embarrassment.
So I deleted it. Maybe I am growing up a litte.
So I deleted it. Maybe I am growing up a litte.
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I got halfway through posting my Most Embarrassing Thanksgiving Moment--I thought it'd amuse y'all--before I realized that, no, it's probably not going to amuse most people, it's going to provoke cringe and second-hand embarrassment.
So I deleted it. Maybe I am growing up a litte.
So I deleted it. Maybe I am growing up a litte.
I heard that Isaac Chotiner actually wanders around the American Southwest, sucking goat's blood, and if you catch him doing it, he immediately starts to interview you. That's why he's called "mal entrevistador."
Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I heard that Isaac Chotiner actually wanders around the American Southwest, sucking goat's blood, and if you catch him doing it, he immediately starts to interview you. That's why he's called "mal entrevistador."
Olivia Nudezzi.
Actually--I was gonna say, "Remember when the news branches of the media let everyone determine who the sex symbols were on our own?"
But that hasn't been the case for a long time, has it? Lauren Boebert & Marjorie Taylor Greene, Sarah Palin, Callista Gingrich...
Actually--I was gonna say, "Remember when the news branches of the media let everyone determine who the sex symbols were on our own?"
But that hasn't been the case for a long time, has it? Lauren Boebert & Marjorie Taylor Greene, Sarah Palin, Callista Gingrich...
November 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Olivia Nudezzi.
Actually--I was gonna say, "Remember when the news branches of the media let everyone determine who the sex symbols were on our own?"
But that hasn't been the case for a long time, has it? Lauren Boebert & Marjorie Taylor Greene, Sarah Palin, Callista Gingrich...
Actually--I was gonna say, "Remember when the news branches of the media let everyone determine who the sex symbols were on our own?"
But that hasn't been the case for a long time, has it? Lauren Boebert & Marjorie Taylor Greene, Sarah Palin, Callista Gingrich...
Well, that was exciting!
Genuine pea-soup fog on the ride to work. 20ft visibility, *maybe*.
Genuine pea-soup fog on the ride to work. 20ft visibility, *maybe*.
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Well, that was exciting!
Genuine pea-soup fog on the ride to work. 20ft visibility, *maybe*.
Genuine pea-soup fog on the ride to work. 20ft visibility, *maybe*.
Before you arrive is pleasure, but after is a pain the dong, Charlie Brown.
Don't say it, hiss it: "Sssssss", Charlie Brown
who will survive and what will be left of them, charlie brown
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Before you arrive is pleasure, but after is a pain the dong, Charlie Brown.
Okay, new novella time!
I'm going to call it "All Systems Pink and Fluffy," and it's going to be about a scientific expedition's ComUnit (Comfort Unit) which is supposed to spend its time hugging and tickling the humans--they call it "TickleBot"--but all it wants to do is watch cat TikToks.
I'm going to call it "All Systems Pink and Fluffy," and it's going to be about a scientific expedition's ComUnit (Comfort Unit) which is supposed to spend its time hugging and tickling the humans--they call it "TickleBot"--but all it wants to do is watch cat TikToks.
November 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Okay, new novella time!
I'm going to call it "All Systems Pink and Fluffy," and it's going to be about a scientific expedition's ComUnit (Comfort Unit) which is supposed to spend its time hugging and tickling the humans--they call it "TickleBot"--but all it wants to do is watch cat TikToks.
I'm going to call it "All Systems Pink and Fluffy," and it's going to be about a scientific expedition's ComUnit (Comfort Unit) which is supposed to spend its time hugging and tickling the humans--they call it "TickleBot"--but all it wants to do is watch cat TikToks.
Okay, novella time!
I'm going to call it "All Systems Fluffy and Pink." It's going to be about
I'm going to call it "All Systems Fluffy and Pink." It's going to be about
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Okay, novella time!
I'm going to call it "All Systems Fluffy and Pink." It's going to be about
I'm going to call it "All Systems Fluffy and Pink." It's going to be about
Okay, now they're just funnin' me.
November 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Okay, now they're just funnin' me.
i'm in the shelter and i'm bored
November 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
i'm in the shelter and i'm bored
uh oh
that boom wasn't playing around
(i'm safe, don't worry)
that boom wasn't playing around
(i'm safe, don't worry)
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
uh oh
that boom wasn't playing around
(i'm safe, don't worry)
that boom wasn't playing around
(i'm safe, don't worry)
"I pirate books because I can't afford to buy them."
Well...maybe save up until you can?
Nobody's entitled to books just because they want them.
Well...maybe save up until you can?
Nobody's entitled to books just because they want them.
November 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
"I pirate books because I can't afford to buy them."
Well...maybe save up until you can?
Nobody's entitled to books just because they want them.
Well...maybe save up until you can?
Nobody's entitled to books just because they want them.
yay tornado warning!
November 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
yay tornado warning!
I'm not sure if this is new or if I'm just discovering it, but:
prosobab.leidenuniv.nl/index.php
"Prosobab is an open access database of the recorded inhabitants of Babylonia between c. 620 and 330 BCE."
prosobab.leidenuniv.nl/index.php
"Prosobab is an open access database of the recorded inhabitants of Babylonia between c. 620 and 330 BCE."
Welcome to Prosobab
prosobab.leidenuniv.nl
November 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I'm not sure if this is new or if I'm just discovering it, but:
prosobab.leidenuniv.nl/index.php
"Prosobab is an open access database of the recorded inhabitants of Babylonia between c. 620 and 330 BCE."
prosobab.leidenuniv.nl/index.php
"Prosobab is an open access database of the recorded inhabitants of Babylonia between c. 620 and 330 BCE."
How's my day going?
Glad you asked!
A lot of our neurodiverse students are in the library today, working on their assignments.
One of the students is trying to get to a webpage that for whatever reason times out for them but not for me. I've had them switch browsers, switch computers, etc.
Glad you asked!
A lot of our neurodiverse students are in the library today, working on their assignments.
One of the students is trying to get to a webpage that for whatever reason times out for them but not for me. I've had them switch browsers, switch computers, etc.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
How's my day going?
Glad you asked!
A lot of our neurodiverse students are in the library today, working on their assignments.
One of the students is trying to get to a webpage that for whatever reason times out for them but not for me. I've had them switch browsers, switch computers, etc.
Glad you asked!
A lot of our neurodiverse students are in the library today, working on their assignments.
One of the students is trying to get to a webpage that for whatever reason times out for them but not for me. I've had them switch browsers, switch computers, etc.
My son graduates from high school next May.
I've been conscious of this fact for a long time, but most of the time I succeed in suppressing all thought of it so that I can act like nothing's wrong.
But right now it's hitting me that this will be the last Thanksgiving he is at home for.
I've been conscious of this fact for a long time, but most of the time I succeed in suppressing all thought of it so that I can act like nothing's wrong.
But right now it's hitting me that this will be the last Thanksgiving he is at home for.
November 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
My son graduates from high school next May.
I've been conscious of this fact for a long time, but most of the time I succeed in suppressing all thought of it so that I can act like nothing's wrong.
But right now it's hitting me that this will be the last Thanksgiving he is at home for.
I've been conscious of this fact for a long time, but most of the time I succeed in suppressing all thought of it so that I can act like nothing's wrong.
But right now it's hitting me that this will be the last Thanksgiving he is at home for.
At least the four of them are safe at last.
AM will be all the madder for that. It makes me a little happier. And yet ... AM has won, simply ... he has taken his revenge ...
I have no mouth. And I must scream, Charlie Brown.
AM will be all the madder for that. It makes me a little happier. And yet ... AM has won, simply ... he has taken his revenge ...
I have no mouth. And I must scream, Charlie Brown.
His feet are light and nimble. He never sleeps. He says that he will never die. He dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die, Charlie Brown.
and then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes to say yes my mountain flower and first I put my arms around him yes and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
At least the four of them are safe at last.
AM will be all the madder for that. It makes me a little happier. And yet ... AM has won, simply ... he has taken his revenge ...
I have no mouth. And I must scream, Charlie Brown.
AM will be all the madder for that. It makes me a little happier. And yet ... AM has won, simply ... he has taken his revenge ...
I have no mouth. And I must scream, Charlie Brown.
Y'know...hypothetically...if, say, Azania was a pretty powerful nation but was ruled by a crazy dying guy who was horribly unpopular with his own people and maintained power through corruption, coercion, and foreign support...and, I don't know, say, Cahokia decided that enough was enough and--
November 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Y'know...hypothetically...if, say, Azania was a pretty powerful nation but was ruled by a crazy dying guy who was horribly unpopular with his own people and maintained power through corruption, coercion, and foreign support...and, I don't know, say, Cahokia decided that enough was enough and--
Reposted by Jess Nevins
My friend just fuckin showed up with a corncob pipe & that’s when it hit me that we are all in our 40s which means we get one new accessory slot
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
My friend just fuckin showed up with a corncob pipe & that’s when it hit me that we are all in our 40s which means we get one new accessory slot
This is hella self-indulgent, I know, but I just spent an hour writing up a contract, drawn up by the Watchman of the Underworld in his office as Queen Ereškigal's legal representative, that awards the PC a mansion in the (ahem) hot part of the main city of the Underworld for services rendered.
November 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This is hella self-indulgent, I know, but I just spent an hour writing up a contract, drawn up by the Watchman of the Underworld in his office as Queen Ereškigal's legal representative, that awards the PC a mansion in the (ahem) hot part of the main city of the Underworld for services rendered.