John
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John
@johnlk.bsky.social
· Jan 15
I'm moving my comics tweeting (skeeting?) over here to Bsky, with Cyclops and a giant octopus, I guess. This thread will be #5501-5600 of the Complete Marvel Reading Order (cmro.travis-starnes.com). I did the first 5500 (!) comics over on Twitter.
Anyway, Cyclops! Giant Octopus! Let's begin.
Anyway, Cyclops! Giant Octopus! Let's begin.
Okay, starting my thread of comics threads. You can find the older threads (for now) on X/Twitter.
First thread: 5501-5594 is here, with Scott Summers fighting a giant octopus. bsky.app/profile/john...
First thread: 5501-5594 is here, with Scott Summers fighting a giant octopus. bsky.app/profile/john...
Only Maryland kids will remember
ahh, maryland-style pizza. america's most rightly unremarked upon regional pizza. famous for its motto "just like that one so-so chain used to make it"
January 30, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Only Maryland kids will remember
Is all of Canadian politics just Heated Rivalry jokes now?
KINEW: [The press] want there to be a heated rivalry between Doug Ford and I, but we're on the same team.
CARNEY: I want you to just take that image – the heated rivalry between Doug Ford and Wab Kinew.
CARNEY: I want you to just take that image – the heated rivalry between Doug Ford and Wab Kinew.
January 30, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Is all of Canadian politics just Heated Rivalry jokes now?
Last David Brooks column hits hard
January 30, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Last David Brooks column hits hard
This is fucking embarrassing.
we will fund your deportation machine if you pinky pwomise not to bweak any mowe lawss
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
January 30, 2026 at 6:20 AM
This is fucking embarrassing.
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The job right now isn't to advocate for more training, or body cams or QR codes or whatever because those things will be effective in their own right. It's to advocate for those things because it will bleed ICE's slush-fund white.
January 30, 2026 at 3:21 AM
The job right now isn't to advocate for more training, or body cams or QR codes or whatever because those things will be effective in their own right. It's to advocate for those things because it will bleed ICE's slush-fund white.
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He's about 10 seconds from dancing for Six Flags
Wearing a cross outside the mustard suit brings the ensemble all together.
January 30, 2026 at 4:36 AM
He's about 10 seconds from dancing for Six Flags
Because I am a masochist, this got me thinking about (ugh) the 2028 primaries. And, uh, my one suggestion is "as few debates as possible." Those things are clown cars that make everyone look small and push them to go at each other like crabs in a bucket.
We'll get some charismatic people in a year when the presidential race gets up and running. Everyone here will spend that time developing deep and performative hatreds for all but one candidate.
Until then there's just no structural way for that role to exist.
Until then there's just no structural way for that role to exist.
January 30, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Because I am a masochist, this got me thinking about (ugh) the 2028 primaries. And, uh, my one suggestion is "as few debates as possible." Those things are clown cars that make everyone look small and push them to go at each other like crabs in a bucket.
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I'm sorry, folks, but we're now more than a year in. If you're new to the fact that I consider it dangerous & unacceptable to presume that the administration won't comply with a lawful court order, that's on you at this point. I've been discussing this here & writing about it at Law Dork nonstop.
January 30, 2026 at 1:19 AM
I'm sorry, folks, but we're now more than a year in. If you're new to the fact that I consider it dangerous & unacceptable to presume that the administration won't comply with a lawful court order, that's on you at this point. I've been discussing this here & writing about it at Law Dork nonstop.
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Sixers hold a moment of silence for Dan McQuade.
January 30, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Sixers hold a moment of silence for Dan McQuade.
Would a DHS shutdown shut down TSA? I guess they're probably essential, so working without pay?
January 30, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Would a DHS shutdown shut down TSA? I guess they're probably essential, so working without pay?
People just going out here saying the literal opposite of what happened. Thune caved! Thune did! This is a cave by Thune and Senate Republicans, any possible way you cut it.
January 29, 2026 at 11:48 PM
People just going out here saying the literal opposite of what happened. Thune caved! Thune did! This is a cave by Thune and Senate Republicans, any possible way you cut it.
Again: snorting derisively about how useless bodycams are while ignoring all the other things the Democrats are asking for in the DHS bill is such a tell for people who are not serious.
January 29, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Again: snorting derisively about how useless bodycams are while ignoring all the other things the Democrats are asking for in the DHS bill is such a tell for people who are not serious.
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Something I think is getting lost here in the scrum about Democratic strategy is that people thought starting with a small ask would foreclose getting more later, but Democrats literally started with a small ask in the DHS fight & have subsequently banked those asks & now look to be getting more.
January 29, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Something I think is getting lost here in the scrum about Democratic strategy is that people thought starting with a small ask would foreclose getting more later, but Democrats literally started with a small ask in the DHS fight & have subsequently banked those asks & now look to be getting more.
This seems like a preliminary to cutting bait and splitting off the DHS part, right? Like not even an attempt to whip votes by Thune.
The massive government funding package just failed badly in the Senate, 45-55.
Needed 60.
Zero Democrats voted for it.
SEVEN Republicans opposed it:
Budd
Johnson
Lee
Paul
Moody
Rick Scott
Tuberville
(John Thune switched his vote to no for procedural reasons.)
Needed 60.
Zero Democrats voted for it.
SEVEN Republicans opposed it:
Budd
Johnson
Lee
Paul
Moody
Rick Scott
Tuberville
(John Thune switched his vote to no for procedural reasons.)
January 29, 2026 at 5:54 PM
This seems like a preliminary to cutting bait and splitting off the DHS part, right? Like not even an attempt to whip votes by Thune.
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I don’t know what to do with the fact that Scott Free found out about Jesus thru an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical
January 29, 2026 at 4:27 PM
I don’t know what to do with the fact that Scott Free found out about Jesus thru an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical
53>47
218>213
1>0
6>3
218>213
1>0
6>3
"abolish ICE isn't within grasp"
source: I made it up
source: I made it up
“Abolish” or “defund” aren't within grasp in 2026. But where are:
- End qualified immunity
- Rewrite use-of-force so this crap isn't ruled “within policy”
- Overturn July 8 mandatory detention memo
- Reinstate TPS
- Open up detention centers, enforce humane conditions
He doesn’t even *ask* for it.
- End qualified immunity
- Rewrite use-of-force so this crap isn't ruled “within policy”
- Overturn July 8 mandatory detention memo
- Reinstate TPS
- Open up detention centers, enforce humane conditions
He doesn’t even *ask* for it.
January 29, 2026 at 1:48 PM
53>47
218>213
1>0
6>3
218>213
1>0
6>3
Come on, this isn't a hard question to have an answer to.
January 29, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Come on, this isn't a hard question to have an answer to.
Are we in "Strange Death of Tory England" territory?
One reason I've been so bearish on the Tories over the past few years is I don't see a route out for them. They can't beat Reform on the right and they've lost their liberal vote.
So - I think Kemi Badenoch is *right* that the conditions for a centre-right party are worse now than they were in, say, 2019. The territory that Reform and she are scrapping over is electorally fertile. I just don't think it is territory the Conservative party, specifically, can win on:
January 29, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Are we in "Strange Death of Tory England" territory?
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Leftists need to really consider the fact that they were less antifascist than the fucking Cheneys were.
Dick and Liz: “this is too important for normal politics, we will oppose fascism without conditions”
Leftists: “here’s our list of demands, if you meet them all we MIGHT not help fascists win”
Dick and Liz: “this is too important for normal politics, we will oppose fascism without conditions”
Leftists: “here’s our list of demands, if you meet them all we MIGHT not help fascists win”
January 28, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Leftists need to really consider the fact that they were less antifascist than the fucking Cheneys were.
Dick and Liz: “this is too important for normal politics, we will oppose fascism without conditions”
Leftists: “here’s our list of demands, if you meet them all we MIGHT not help fascists win”
Dick and Liz: “this is too important for normal politics, we will oppose fascism without conditions”
Leftists: “here’s our list of demands, if you meet them all we MIGHT not help fascists win”
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I think the key that unlocks Dan was his desire to share the things he loved with other people. Wouldn’t be the worst way to honor him if we make the effort to do that for the things we love, too. defector.com/dan-mcquade-...
Dan McQuade, 1983–2026 | Defector
Dan McQuade, our friend and colleague, died this week at the age of 43. He is survived by his wife and young son. At the end of 2024, Dan was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. The news of his diag...
defector.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:06 AM
I think the key that unlocks Dan was his desire to share the things he loved with other people. Wouldn’t be the worst way to honor him if we make the effort to do that for the things we love, too. defector.com/dan-mcquade-...
This isn't an offer! Why would anyone actually reply to this?
Below is the buyout offer all CBS Evening News staff received today.
"We hope you are excited about this vision, but we understand that some of you may not be, and we want to provide support. As such, we are offering an extraordinary chance to leave CBS News with an enhanced separation payment."
"We hope you are excited about this vision, but we understand that some of you may not be, and we want to provide support. As such, we are offering an extraordinary chance to leave CBS News with an enhanced separation payment."
January 29, 2026 at 12:32 AM
This isn't an offer! Why would anyone actually reply to this?
For people who think the Democrats are aiming too low, here's one of the most "reasonable" Republicans in the Senate balking at "no masks for ICE agents".
Tillis says he opposes ICE being barred from wearing masks: "I've seen people dox me. I've seen people take pictures and identify law enforcement officers and then put their families at risk. So, I think that's a step too far."
January 28, 2026 at 10:36 PM
For people who think the Democrats are aiming too low, here's one of the most "reasonable" Republicans in the Senate balking at "no masks for ICE agents".
Feels like the Ellisons are just setting CBS/Paramount on fire
Paramount executives want to add short-form video and user-generated content to Paramount+, according to leaked emails and presentations.
Paramount+ is planning a major move into short-form video, leaked documents reveal
Paramount executives want to add short-form video and user-generated content to Paramount+, according to leaked emails and presentations.
www.businessinsider.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Feels like the Ellisons are just setting CBS/Paramount on fire
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The moment in recent history that most succinctly captures Bari Weiss’s approach to bold reform is when Bill Ackman bought his way into a pro tennis tournament and then flailed around for a while as the audience booed. That’s the Bari Weiss Media Revolution in a capsule.
January 28, 2026 at 1:37 PM
The moment in recent history that most succinctly captures Bari Weiss’s approach to bold reform is when Bill Ackman bought his way into a pro tennis tournament and then flailed around for a while as the audience booed. That’s the Bari Weiss Media Revolution in a capsule.