John Brooks
@johnbrooks.bsky.social
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Religious studies person
Abolish ICE, DHS, and golf
BLM
Anti-fascism forever
Trans rights are human rights
Red Sox and Crystal Palace diehard
He/Him
1999 the Podcast: http://bit.ly/3I211ql
Religious studies person
Abolish ICE, DHS, and golf
BLM
Anti-fascism forever
Trans rights are human rights
Red Sox and Crystal Palace diehard
He/Him
Pinned
John Brooks
@johnbrooks.bsky.social
· Dec 9
This week, @kellyjbaker.bsky.social and @johnbrooks.bsky.social welcome @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social to discuss her book "Selling Out Santa: Hollywood Christmas Films in the Age of McCarthy"
Listen here or wherever you get podcasts!
Listen here or wherever you get podcasts!
#060 - Selling Out Santa - with Vaughn Joy by Pod Only Knows
Researcher Vaughn Joy discusses the Cold War era evolution of Christmas movies with her book "Selling Out Santa"
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You should listen to this because Vaughn is smart and I make the argument that "Elf" only exists because of "Miracle on 34th Street".
If you don't think water shouId come out of sinks maybe you have TDS
January 21, 2026 at 3:29 AM
If you don't think water shouId come out of sinks maybe you have TDS
CONGRESS IMMEDIATELY PASS THE WATER FROM SINK ACT
Q: What goals do you have for '26 in Congress for your agenda?
TRUMP: I have great executive orders. Like, water coming out of a sink. The water wouldn't come out. They had all sorts of restrictions. I took them off. Straws. They don't have to be paper anymore. I'd like to have all that confirmed.
TRUMP: I have great executive orders. Like, water coming out of a sink. The water wouldn't come out. They had all sorts of restrictions. I took them off. Straws. They don't have to be paper anymore. I'd like to have all that confirmed.
January 21, 2026 at 3:25 AM
CONGRESS IMMEDIATELY PASS THE WATER FROM SINK ACT
Again, it's just amazing that they get to make this insane claim with no pushback now, but it's still worth mentioning that I know for a fact that the majority of "supporters" at his "immigrants are rapists" campaign announcement a decade ago were, in fact, paid actors.
Trump: "I see people screaming 'Shame! Shame!' This is not people that are like, living in Minnesota. These are professional paid people. They are like actors."
January 21, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Again, it's just amazing that they get to make this insane claim with no pushback now, but it's still worth mentioning that I know for a fact that the majority of "supporters" at his "immigrants are rapists" campaign announcement a decade ago were, in fact, paid actors.
CC: Erik the Red
Trump, Still Salty About Nobel Loss, Threatens Greenland, Appears To Confuse It With Iceland
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January 21, 2026 at 2:29 AM
CC: Erik the Red
It's screamingly obvious that the words "white majority" have been both strategically omitted and heavily implied between "other" and "countries"
January 21, 2026 at 2:24 AM
It's screamingly obvious that the words "white majority" have been both strategically omitted and heavily implied between "other" and "countries"
Cool ask her how she now feels about the "LGBTQ agenda". Bet it's not great!
Incredible quote here from a Somali small business owner in Minneapolis who voted for Trump. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/19/a...
January 21, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Cool ask her how she now feels about the "LGBTQ agenda". Bet it's not great!
This is how a lot of people are finding out the JBS still exists which is weird since the JBS is literally their government now
January 21, 2026 at 12:54 AM
This is how a lot of people are finding out the JBS still exists which is weird since the JBS is literally their government now
I've read the Bible and God is also a narcissistic little bitch who whines when you won't love him and has a demonstrable penchant for inflicting random suffering and the attention span of a flea so maybe!
January 21, 2026 at 12:37 AM
I've read the Bible and God is also a narcissistic little bitch who whines when you won't love him and has a demonstrable penchant for inflicting random suffering and the attention span of a flea so maybe!
"Hello could I please have a list of all your Jews? We need to know the names and political leanings of all the people we're going to protect from ANTISEMITISM!"
When the government demands that an institution provides a list of all the Jewish employees, the outcome is never a good one
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
Penn Calls Government’s Demand for Lists of Jewish Staff ‘Disconcerting’
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:55 PM
"Hello could I please have a list of all your Jews? We need to know the names and political leanings of all the people we're going to protect from ANTISEMITISM!"
An IMPERIAL America?? Now I really HAVE seen it all!
I remain awestruck that you can be chief WH correspondent of the New York Times while apparently accepting the version of history that you were taught in grade school in the 1970’s
January 20, 2026 at 11:33 PM
An IMPERIAL America?? Now I really HAVE seen it all!
"Ma and Pa America" - Oil on beaverboard, Grant Wood, 1930
January 20, 2026 at 10:40 PM
"Ma and Pa America" - Oil on beaverboard, Grant Wood, 1930
The rest of us, meanwhile
Pam Bondi’s old friends shocked at her transformation into a MAGA enforcer
Pam Bondi’s old friends shocked at her transformation into a MAGA enforcer
Pam Bondi’s old friends shocked at her transformation into a MAGA enforcer
www.independent.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 10:37 PM
The rest of us, meanwhile
JFC
Despite Trump’s promises, grocery prices are still rising fast. Families can’t afford this… when is he going to get serious about lowering costs?
January 20, 2026 at 10:37 PM
JFC
He's talking about the high employment numbers that he has brought way down
Trump: “Maybe I have bad public relations people…We are not getting it across. We inherited high numbers, and we brought them way down.”
January 20, 2026 at 9:12 PM
He's talking about the high employment numbers that he has brought way down
Yes. Trump wants to invade Greenland because he is literally an insane person who wants to rule the world.
Bending over backwards to find some other - any other - explanation is a quixotic exercise that is doing nothing but putting undue stress on your back.
Bending over backwards to find some other - any other - explanation is a quixotic exercise that is doing nothing but putting undue stress on your back.
This argument that Trump is just threatening to invade Greenland for leverage makes no sense. The Greenlanders and the Danes have said it's not for sale and not to be taken without a fight. Anything he could negotiate for is already his for the asking.
January 20, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Yes. Trump wants to invade Greenland because he is literally an insane person who wants to rule the world.
Bending over backwards to find some other - any other - explanation is a quixotic exercise that is doing nothing but putting undue stress on your back.
Bending over backwards to find some other - any other - explanation is a quixotic exercise that is doing nothing but putting undue stress on your back.
"Nostalgia is not a strategy" fucking LANDS
“The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy.”
As a piece of prose and geopolitical analysis Carney’s Davos speech feels history-making. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
As a piece of prose and geopolitical analysis Carney’s Davos speech feels history-making. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:01 PM
"Nostalgia is not a strategy" fucking LANDS
The number that appears after you scan all your items is fake news and should be ignored, so says your president
Q: Are average Americans wrong to still feel high prices?
TRUMP: So I think a lot of people are listening to the fake news a little bit
TRUMP: So I think a lot of people are listening to the fake news a little bit
January 20, 2026 at 9:01 PM
The number that appears after you scan all your items is fake news and should be ignored, so says your president
Sorry but the idea that the inevitability of the worst case scenario wasn't crystal clear to literally everyone long, long before that happened is very much why we're here
The moment it was crystal clear we were in the worse case scenario, was exactly a year ago when Trump pardoned every single Jan 6 perpetrator, including the ones that beat the crap out of cops and were convicted of seditious conspiracy.
January 20, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Sorry but the idea that the inevitability of the worst case scenario wasn't crystal clear to literally everyone long, long before that happened is very much why we're here
Alpha Male encounters binder clip, survives manlyishly
Trump: "Whoo. I'm glad my finger wasn't in that sucker. That could've dome some damage but you know what? I wouldn't have shown the pain. I would've gone back. Boy did you hear that? That was nasty. But I would not have shown the pain. I would've acted like nothing happens as my finger fell off."
January 20, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Alpha Male encounters binder clip, survives manlyishly
AI slop sucks so bad because it's always like "what if everything was by Thomas Kinkade?"
January 20, 2026 at 7:10 PM
AI slop sucks so bad because it's always like "what if everything was by Thomas Kinkade?"
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Julia saw Jim Jarmusch's new movie and we talked about it! Plus, we discuss other anthology movies and why it's good there's a casting Oscar now!
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
See Also: FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER (2025) by 1999: The Podcast
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January 20, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Julia saw Jim Jarmusch's new movie and we talked about it! Plus, we discuss other anthology movies and why it's good there's a casting Oscar now!
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
"Please, my family is very hungry and I can barely afford the rent..."
"WE RAN SIMULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!"
"WE RAN SIMULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!"
Brooke Rollins is still at it!
"We had run almost 1,000 simulations, and between $3 and $4 is a fair number if you can have access to that food. I just saw new numbers that were run: a full day, meaning 3 full square meals and a snack, is about $15.64."
"We had run almost 1,000 simulations, and between $3 and $4 is a fair number if you can have access to that food. I just saw new numbers that were run: a full day, meaning 3 full square meals and a snack, is about $15.64."
January 20, 2026 at 6:40 PM
"Please, my family is very hungry and I can barely afford the rent..."
"WE RAN SIMULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!"
"WE RAN SIMULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!"
The biggest miscalculation of American conservatism is insofar as they sincerely believe America became a super power solely by acting like a giant fucking asshole and not *in spite* of being a giant fucking asshole and we are now very much in the find out phase on that one.
January 20, 2026 at 4:05 PM
The biggest miscalculation of American conservatism is insofar as they sincerely believe America became a super power solely by acting like a giant fucking asshole and not *in spite* of being a giant fucking asshole and we are now very much in the find out phase on that one.
*Only* not believable by virtue of the fact that none of them know what that is or how to pronounce it
My sources tell me that after Greenland, Trump has his eyes on the Sudetenland.
January 20, 2026 at 4:01 PM
*Only* not believable by virtue of the fact that none of them know what that is or how to pronounce it