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...
Good Posts I did on X, an occasional series. Here's Trump's "truth" endorsing Marvel's Doctor Druid for the 2022 Pennsylvania Senate election:
November 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Good Posts I did on X, an occasional series. Here's Trump's "truth" endorsing Marvel's Doctor Druid for the 2022 Pennsylvania Senate election:
Russell Crowe as Göring is just John Goodman.
November 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Russell Crowe as Göring is just John Goodman.
lol
WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed.
November 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
lol
This list is largely correct. A few quibbles, but man knows what he's talking about
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This list is largely correct. A few quibbles, but man knows what he's talking about
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Cast it into the fire. Destroy it, Charlie Brown!
Many Who Die Deserve Life. Can You Give It to Them, Charlie Brown?
Okay. Yes. We’re bored now. We’re all bored. But has it ever occurred to you, Charlie Brown, that the process which creates this boredom that we see in the world now may very well be a self-perpetuating unconscious form of brainwashing created by a world totalitarian government based on money?
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Cast it into the fire. Destroy it, Charlie Brown!
RIP Jimmy Cliff (has there ever been a more obvious song to play when someone dies) www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y9Q...
Many rivers to cross - Jimmy Cliff
YouTube video by TheSunAnge
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November 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
RIP Jimmy Cliff (has there ever been a more obvious song to play when someone dies) www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y9Q...
Why is Marco Rubio a talking head in a documentary about UFOs?
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Why is Marco Rubio a talking head in a documentary about UFOs?
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Never pass up the opportunity to share my favorite meme on that whole thing
November 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Never pass up the opportunity to share my favorite meme on that whole thing
I feel like if you're the foreign minister, and you tell a bunch of legislators something on the record, and then you're told you completely misstated the government's position, you should resign
November 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I feel like if you're the foreign minister, and you tell a bunch of legislators something on the record, and then you're told you completely misstated the government's position, you should resign
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Wow seems like Dane probably has a lot of internalized self loathing and guilt from that experience; something which would lead him to self destructive tendencies, to inflict on himself horrors even worse than those he has perpetuated on others (picture unrelated)
November 23, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Wow seems like Dane probably has a lot of internalized self loathing and guilt from that experience; something which would lead him to self destructive tendencies, to inflict on himself horrors even worse than those he has perpetuated on others (picture unrelated)
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Jan Van Dyne looking over in bed: I bet he's thinking of other women
Dane Whitman:
Dane Whitman:
November 23, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Jan Van Dyne looking over in bed: I bet he's thinking of other women
Dane Whitman:
Dane Whitman:
Look, lots of good options as you go back through the quotes, but the correct answer is that he's singing "Southern Cross" by Crosby, Stills and Nash.
November 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Look, lots of good options as you go back through the quotes, but the correct answer is that he's singing "Southern Cross" by Crosby, Stills and Nash.
Why is Rubio telling a bipartisan group of senators one thing while his spokesman is tweeting the opposite?
what is going on
November 23, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Why is Rubio telling a bipartisan group of senators one thing while his spokesman is tweeting the opposite?
I have clearly been proven wrong about Shachtman's point being incoherent.
November 23, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I have clearly been proven wrong about Shachtman's point being incoherent.
This is interesting. Honestly looks like a much worse position than Trump was in after the Zelensky White House visit to try to impose this deal on Ukraine.
November 22, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This is interesting. Honestly looks like a much worse position than Trump was in after the Zelensky White House visit to try to impose this deal on Ukraine.
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Not many people know - the Tragedy, just tragic, of Darth Plagueis the Wise. The woke Jedi won't tell you this, they don't want you to - it's a Sith thing. Dark Plagueis was a tremendously strong, powerful Sith, so strong people say he could use the Force to not let people die.
November 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Not many people know - the Tragedy, just tragic, of Darth Plagueis the Wise. The woke Jedi won't tell you this, they don't want you to - it's a Sith thing. Dark Plagueis was a tremendously strong, powerful Sith, so strong people say he could use the Force to not let people die.
This is the best look Trump has ever had.
November 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This is the best look Trump has ever had.
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November 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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I don’t care that Mamdani met with Trump and they had a cordial meeting. I do care that many of the people lauding this action were incensed that Kamala Harris accepted Lynne Cheney’s endorsement based on their mutual support of democracy.
November 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I don’t care that Mamdani met with Trump and they had a cordial meeting. I do care that many of the people lauding this action were incensed that Kamala Harris accepted Lynne Cheney’s endorsement based on their mutual support of democracy.
Russia rejected their own peace plan?
Russia flat out rejects Trump's 28-point peace plan: "Even in a reduced military and territorial form, Ukraine would remain a significant danger, requiring us to keep our forces on the western borders."
November 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Russia rejected their own peace plan?
Based on the quotes and replies a lot of people seem to think this is insightful(?) but I am honestly baffled by what point Shachtman thinks he's making here. Does he think Schumer and Jeffries look out of touch because they don't get along well with Trump?
I really didn't think Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries could look more out of touch. Then the president just exchanged friendship bracelets with Zohran.
November 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Based on the quotes and replies a lot of people seem to think this is insightful(?) but I am honestly baffled by what point Shachtman thinks he's making here. Does he think Schumer and Jeffries look out of touch because they don't get along well with Trump?
Looping back around to this, and I think it's got to be worse than anyone imagined, right?
personally I achieved illumination through long contemplation of what RFK and Olivia Nuzzi's sexting looked like.
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Looping back around to this, and I think it's got to be worse than anyone imagined, right?
Lizza you bastard
November 22, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Lizza you bastard
Why is it okay for a political appointee to tell experts what their position should be? Kennedy's role should be administering the department and setting policy priorities, not telling scientists what the science is.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Why is it okay for a political appointee to tell experts what their position should be? Kennedy's role should be administering the department and setting policy priorities, not telling scientists what the science is.
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there has been a lot of debate about what Elon has and hasn’t invented, whether those things are good or not, etc. etc. but you can never say he didn’t invent a chatbot that once said he’d would be so hot as a clocky transwoman that he’d rewrite the conventions around it
November 21, 2025 at 4:56 AM
there has been a lot of debate about what Elon has and hasn’t invented, whether those things are good or not, etc. etc. but you can never say he didn’t invent a chatbot that once said he’d would be so hot as a clocky transwoman that he’d rewrite the conventions around it