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
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.
I salute everyone involved in this thread.
Home Alone makes changes to the Die Hard formula that render it hard for me to enjoy. The McClain character should feel overawed. And in theory having Kevin be a child versus adults achieves that. But the thing is: Kevin is a god. It's not just Tom & Jerry. This is some random punks versus Anansi.
November 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I salute everyone involved in this thread.
I think if I was dating a Mr. Shankly and he started to treat me badly I'd simply leave rather than waiting until a position I held corroded my soul.
November 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I think if I was dating a Mr. Shankly and he started to treat me badly I'd simply leave rather than waiting until a position I held corroded my soul.
genius.com/David-bowie-...
this is a fake, right? It's not real.
(Is this where Steve Gerber and Sal Buscema got the idea for Melf the Elf?)
this is a fake, right? It's not real.
(Is this where Steve Gerber and Sal Buscema got the idea for Melf the Elf?)
David Bowie – The Laughing Gnome
The mythological spirits of the subterranean underworld held great symbolism for Psychiatrist Carl Jung, embodying the fertile juices of the unconsciousness with their capacity for
genius.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
genius.com/David-bowie-...
this is a fake, right? It's not real.
(Is this where Steve Gerber and Sal Buscema got the idea for Melf the Elf?)
this is a fake, right? It's not real.
(Is this where Steve Gerber and Sal Buscema got the idea for Melf the Elf?)
"In the first millennium BCE there was a three-day festival of Dumuzi throughout the cities of AÍÍur. The first day of the festival was called “the screaming” (ikkillu); the second day “the release” (pašāru); and the third simply “Dumuzi.”"
(Dumuzi was the death-and-rebirth grain deity)
(Dumuzi was the death-and-rebirth grain deity)
November 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"In the first millennium BCE there was a three-day festival of Dumuzi throughout the cities of AÍÍur. The first day of the festival was called “the screaming” (ikkillu); the second day “the release” (pašāru); and the third simply “Dumuzi.”"
(Dumuzi was the death-and-rebirth grain deity)
(Dumuzi was the death-and-rebirth grain deity)
So back in Ye Olde Days, by which I mean the 18th century BCE (right smack in the middle of the Bronze Age), one way that crimes were solved was to take the god-icon/divine statue of a god (who was supposed to dwell in the icon/statue) out of its temple and carry it around the city.
November 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
So back in Ye Olde Days, by which I mean the 18th century BCE (right smack in the middle of the Bronze Age), one way that crimes were solved was to take the god-icon/divine statue of a god (who was supposed to dwell in the icon/statue) out of its temple and carry it around the city.
Can't believe I forgot to mention this here.
I'm offering a #blackfriday sale on my services as a taxi dancer. (Sorry, all other services will remain full price). Lasts only through Monday, so book that dance now!
I'm offering a #blackfriday sale on my services as a taxi dancer. (Sorry, all other services will remain full price). Lasts only through Monday, so book that dance now!
November 23, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Can't believe I forgot to mention this here.
I'm offering a #blackfriday sale on my services as a taxi dancer. (Sorry, all other services will remain full price). Lasts only through Monday, so book that dance now!
I'm offering a #blackfriday sale on my services as a taxi dancer. (Sorry, all other services will remain full price). Lasts only through Monday, so book that dance now!
rhythm. percussion. melody. harmony. my grandmother used to tell me stories about the old days, a time of peace when David Bowie kept the balance between the four groups. But that all changed when the Rhythm Nation attacked.
November 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
rhythm. percussion. melody. harmony. my grandmother used to tell me stories about the old days, a time of peace when David Bowie kept the balance between the four groups. But that all changed when the Rhythm Nation attacked.