John Rogers
@johnrogers.bsky.social
TV, comics and film writer. LEVERAGE, JACKIE CHAN ADVENTURES, BLUE BEETLE, MARRY ME, a couple other things. Free newsletter of reviews, recommendations, and general oddities at https://buttondown.email/kungfumonkey
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How we feel reaching 1,000 backers! Thank you all!
Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Musical now funding on Kickstarter! 🎶🔪🐦⬛
📸: Joe Stribling on film
kickstarter.com/projects/shi...
#poeparty #poepartymusical #shipwreckedcomedy #kickstarter
Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Musical now funding on Kickstarter! 🎶🔪🐦⬛
📸: Joe Stribling on film
kickstarter.com/projects/shi...
#poeparty #poepartymusical #shipwreckedcomedy #kickstarter
February 4, 2026 at 7:29 PM
How we feel reaching 1,000 backers! Thank you all!
Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Musical now funding on Kickstarter! 🎶🔪🐦⬛
📸: Joe Stribling on film
kickstarter.com/projects/shi...
#poeparty #poepartymusical #shipwreckedcomedy #kickstarter
Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Musical now funding on Kickstarter! 🎶🔪🐦⬛
📸: Joe Stribling on film
kickstarter.com/projects/shi...
#poeparty #poepartymusical #shipwreckedcomedy #kickstarter
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The left Joe Rogan is Hasan Piker but establishment Dems hate him. There is no centrist Joe Rogan because it is impossible to be a centrist and build a slavish political fanbase because you stand for nothing, not even something atrocious.
I wrote a bit about the misguided effort by Democrats to replicate Joe Rogan the right-wing podcast ecosystem.
February 4, 2026 at 6:53 PM
The left Joe Rogan is Hasan Piker but establishment Dems hate him. There is no centrist Joe Rogan because it is impossible to be a centrist and build a slavish political fanbase because you stand for nothing, not even something atrocious.
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For my animation friends: Here's a thoughtful list of Adobe Animate alternative program pros & cons from an experienced show TD who knows her shit (I have worked with her and can attest to her expansive knowledge, capability and insight).
With Adobe being very unreliable in the present circumstances with Animate I have been seeing a particular list going around of "Adobe Alternatives". I don't think this list is written by Animation Industry savvy folks so I'd like to present my thoughts on alternatives with each plus and minus
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February 4, 2026 at 6:48 PM
For my animation friends: Here's a thoughtful list of Adobe Animate alternative program pros & cons from an experienced show TD who knows her shit (I have worked with her and can attest to her expansive knowledge, capability and insight).
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Anyway, for those who are intrigued by wealthy failcouples getting into farming:
I did a whole video on how the Neelemans can't even get beef right. And beef is a LOT easier than raw dairy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLZU...
I did a whole video on how the Neelemans can't even get beef right. And beef is a LOT easier than raw dairy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLZU...
Ballerina Farm: What ARE They Doing?
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Anyway, for those who are intrigued by wealthy failcouples getting into farming:
I did a whole video on how the Neelemans can't even get beef right. And beef is a LOT easier than raw dairy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLZU...
I did a whole video on how the Neelemans can't even get beef right. And beef is a LOT easier than raw dairy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLZU...
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"Successful anti-authoritarian movements do not win by softening their positions. They win by building unlikely coalitions around a broadly resonant grievance."
Like, say, corruption. Or, unchecked corporate power.
Like, say, corruption. Or, unchecked corporate power.
How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism
Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.
www.bostonreview.net
February 4, 2026 at 6:01 PM
"Successful anti-authoritarian movements do not win by softening their positions. They win by building unlikely coalitions around a broadly resonant grievance."
Like, say, corruption. Or, unchecked corporate power.
Like, say, corruption. Or, unchecked corporate power.
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Why do comic creators self-promote all the time?
Because we have to.
Even working with a publisher that's supportive, press only goes so far. The rest of the success falls on the shoulder of the creator rallying their fanbase.
So here's mine. I'll RP yours.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/whi...
Because we have to.
Even working with a publisher that's supportive, press only goes so far. The rest of the success falls on the shoulder of the creator rallying their fanbase.
So here's mine. I'll RP yours.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/whi...
White Ash 1 to 10 (and a half)
The long-running, hit fantasy series about Elves and Dwarves in Pennsylvania, returns with two ALL-NEW ISSUES!
www.kickstarter.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Why do comic creators self-promote all the time?
Because we have to.
Even working with a publisher that's supportive, press only goes so far. The rest of the success falls on the shoulder of the creator rallying their fanbase.
So here's mine. I'll RP yours.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/whi...
Because we have to.
Even working with a publisher that's supportive, press only goes so far. The rest of the success falls on the shoulder of the creator rallying their fanbase.
So here's mine. I'll RP yours.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/whi...
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DOJ didn’t forget to redact this one.
![[an email chain that mentions influencing WaPo coverage via new owner Jeff Bezos, with large redaction blocks throughout]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:on5oeywiqx32fh2zau473wz6/bafkreifblvske52tumhu4euwpmv6m6z5kmjm7c6uidejjn67rsjsmfynh4@jpeg)
February 4, 2026 at 5:42 PM
DOJ didn’t forget to redact this one.
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The last time I saw my grandmother, she told me "men were changing their gender to win at women's sports" so I guess I better send her this! I'm sure it'll change her mind!
A new systematic review has found that trans women on HRT have the same level of fitness as cis women and don't retain any advantage in sports.
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
Trans athletes may not have fitness advantage in women’s sport, landmark study finds
Findings suggest physical performance in trans women converges toward that of cis women over time
www.independent.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 5:38 PM
The last time I saw my grandmother, she told me "men were changing their gender to win at women's sports" so I guess I better send her this! I'm sure it'll change her mind!
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"The other iron law of reactionary centrism...is that only the left and liberals really have agency. The right just reacts – everything is always backlash, never a self-generated political project." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Beware of ‘anti-woke’ liberals: they attacked the left and helped Trump win | Jan-Werner Müller
So-called ‘reactionary centrist’ pundits proclaimed that there was a global ‘vibe shift’ in favor of the right. They were wrong
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:54 PM
"The other iron law of reactionary centrism...is that only the left and liberals really have agency. The right just reacts – everything is always backlash, never a self-generated political project." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Tooting the horn again, but I wrote a whole book about this. Tom Homan has been promising this.
Wait wait wait, this "drawdown" is because sheriffs agreed to break state law to help DHS with nazi crimes on the stipulation their legal costs are covered when people rightly say hey fucko thats illegal? This isn't a drawdown, it is just replacing some DHS goons with regular cops
February 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Tooting the horn again, but I wrote a whole book about this. Tom Homan has been promising this.
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A thing that is funny about the moral grandstanding by Repubs re: Christopher Columbus is that nobody knew or cared about him 100 years ago. His "holiday" is barely 50 years old and was pushed through by Italian-American lobby groups in response to...anti-immigrant prejudice.
February 4, 2026 at 5:23 PM
A thing that is funny about the moral grandstanding by Repubs re: Christopher Columbus is that nobody knew or cared about him 100 years ago. His "holiday" is barely 50 years old and was pushed through by Italian-American lobby groups in response to...anti-immigrant prejudice.
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i feel like we've had a good enough sample size for like two decades on whether or not body cameras on cops do anything whatsoever to stop them from killing people. the guy that murdered renee good was filming it on his phone for fun!
February 4, 2026 at 12:58 PM
i feel like we've had a good enough sample size for like two decades on whether or not body cameras on cops do anything whatsoever to stop them from killing people. the guy that murdered renee good was filming it on his phone for fun!
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Scenes from a personalist regime: the president speaks directly with the security agents expected to generate a justification for his taking control over elections
Holy shit. Not only was Tulsi Gabbard present for the raid on Georgia's election center, she called Trump and put him on speaker phone to the FBI agents conducting the raid! (Gift link)
Trump Had Unusual Call With F.B.I. Agents After Election Center Search
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Scenes from a personalist regime: the president speaks directly with the security agents expected to generate a justification for his taking control over elections
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In a sane world, the decision by Rufo, Vance, & co. to slander and slap a target on the traumatized, hardworking immigrants who revitalized a rust belt city -- and who *were invited* to that city -- would be a stain on their careers that they never live down.
They should be reminded of it. Often.
They should be reminded of it. Often.
MAGA is a movement of America haters who despise this country and are conspiring to destroy it
February 4, 2026 at 5:04 PM
In a sane world, the decision by Rufo, Vance, & co. to slander and slap a target on the traumatized, hardworking immigrants who revitalized a rust belt city -- and who *were invited* to that city -- would be a stain on their careers that they never live down.
They should be reminded of it. Often.
They should be reminded of it. Often.
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People keep saying Bezos wrecked the Post on purpose but he could have just done that if he wanted to, no need to drag it out for years. I think he and his fellow traveler billionaires have thoroughly cooked their worldview and honestly believe there is a vast, silent, ignored right wing audience
February 4, 2026 at 4:30 PM
People keep saying Bezos wrecked the Post on purpose but he could have just done that if he wanted to, no need to drag it out for years. I think he and his fellow traveler billionaires have thoroughly cooked their worldview and honestly believe there is a vast, silent, ignored right wing audience
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BREAKING: The Trump administration repeatedly said the aggressive apartment raid in Chicago last fall was prompted by intel on a gang takeover.
New docs show the real motivation was to get alleged squatters. And the landlord and manager helped them.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
New docs show the real motivation was to get alleged squatters. And the landlord and manager helped them.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building
The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille...
www.propublica.org
February 4, 2026 at 3:47 PM
BREAKING: The Trump administration repeatedly said the aggressive apartment raid in Chicago last fall was prompted by intel on a gang takeover.
New docs show the real motivation was to get alleged squatters. And the landlord and manager helped them.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
New docs show the real motivation was to get alleged squatters. And the landlord and manager helped them.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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This is how wicked people think
Conservative figures such as Riley Gaines and Allie Beth Stuckey are urging their followers to ward off empathy for victims of ICE’s crackdown
The womanosphere urges dubious followers to back ICE: ‘Don’t let compassion cloud you’
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:53 PM
This is how wicked people think
If "all people probably need is a little help, and its wrong for people to hoard that help" was actually internalized in the US, entire power bases would collapse.
One of the retirement porjects is a book on how a rabidly Christian nation obsessed with sin turned Greed into a virtue.
One of the retirement porjects is a book on how a rabidly Christian nation obsessed with sin turned Greed into a virtue.
February 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM
If "all people probably need is a little help, and its wrong for people to hoard that help" was actually internalized in the US, entire power bases would collapse.
One of the retirement porjects is a book on how a rabidly Christian nation obsessed with sin turned Greed into a virtue.
One of the retirement porjects is a book on how a rabidly Christian nation obsessed with sin turned Greed into a virtue.
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I live in Iowa so if you wanna see a cow up close, you have plenty of opportunities to do so. And when you do you understand exactly why pasteurization is an essential, life-saving process.
February 4, 2026 at 2:45 AM
I live in Iowa so if you wanna see a cow up close, you have plenty of opportunities to do so. And when you do you understand exactly why pasteurization is an essential, life-saving process.
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Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
February 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
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One problem with billionaires is that they're so rich they no longer have rational incentives. To someone like Bezos, the financial performance of WaPo is wholly irrelevant, and so the only "incentive" is to satisfy emotional urges, such as breaking something just to show he can.
WaPo's Matt Murray told staff the paper is shuttering sports, moving remaining staff to features, shrinking foreign coverage, restructuring metro, closing books coverage, suspending Post Reports podcast
“Whole company now waiting for a live or die email” one staffer said
More in tonight’s Status
“Whole company now waiting for a live or die email” one staffer said
More in tonight’s Status
February 4, 2026 at 2:54 PM
One problem with billionaires is that they're so rich they no longer have rational incentives. To someone like Bezos, the financial performance of WaPo is wholly irrelevant, and so the only "incentive" is to satisfy emotional urges, such as breaking something just to show he can.
We have enough evidence for UBI in general that this policy should be a given. But the difference is, to understand UBI works is to believe that people are fundamentally good. And a big chunk of society is built around the belief, *must maintain the belief* that people are fundamentally bad.
"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
Homeless Oregon youth got $1,000 a month for two years. Most found housing after • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon is the second of its kind in the nation to implement the direct cash transfer program after New York City.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:54 PM
We have enough evidence for UBI in general that this policy should be a given. But the difference is, to understand UBI works is to believe that people are fundamentally good. And a big chunk of society is built around the belief, *must maintain the belief* that people are fundamentally bad.
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with the Washington Post firings I'll redirect you again to the piece I wrote last year for Dame Magazine:
America’s Right-Wing Propaganda Problem Might Be Terminal - Dame Magazine
America’s descent into mass delusion isn’t happenstance. The demise of courageous journalism isn’t a happy accident. Its replacement with engagement-chasing infotainment and propaganda isn’t an error....
www.damemagazine.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:47 PM
with the Washington Post firings I'll redirect you again to the piece I wrote last year for Dame Magazine:
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this is literally the critique of crypto that was offered when it was launched, so please, fuck off into the sun
"We've basically funded an elite global pedophile ring since 2015. I feel sick."
Crypto Bros Nauseated After Realizing Bitcoin Itself Was Funded by Jeffrey Epstein
The crypto community is reeling from the discovery that Epstein was a huge backer of early Bitcoin efforts.
trib.al
February 4, 2026 at 1:20 PM
this is literally the critique of crypto that was offered when it was launched, so please, fuck off into the sun