Jonathon Jackson
@jonathonjackson.bsky.social
Writer and historian (BA, MA). Somewhat talented hobby musician. Husband, father, and grandfather.
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A bit about me - I worked in journalism for 25 years before earning two history degrees from the University of Waterloo. Still trying to make a go of it as a writer. I've published one book and will soon publish my second. I sing and I play guitar, bass, and keys. Oh, and I'm a dual citizen. 🇨🇦 🇺🇸
Well, it's official - I'm closer to 60 than to 50! 😮
Happy to still be here, though, whatever my age. Today was a good day. More good days still to come.
Happy to still be here, though, whatever my age. Today was a good day. More good days still to come.
January 19, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Well, it's official - I'm closer to 60 than to 50! 😮
Happy to still be here, though, whatever my age. Today was a good day. More good days still to come.
Happy to still be here, though, whatever my age. Today was a good day. More good days still to come.
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KIMMEL: “I’ll give Trump all these awards I won in exchange for leaving the people of Minneapolis alone.”
January 16, 2026 at 7:24 PM
KIMMEL: “I’ll give Trump all these awards I won in exchange for leaving the people of Minneapolis alone.”
Trump whined so much about the Nobel Peace Prize that the winner gave him the medal today in an obvious attempt at flattery with the two-pronged goal of a) getting him to finally shut up about it, and b) convincing him to let her help run Venezuela. (Neither of these things are likely to happen.)
January 16, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Trump whined so much about the Nobel Peace Prize that the winner gave him the medal today in an obvious attempt at flattery with the two-pronged goal of a) getting him to finally shut up about it, and b) convincing him to let her help run Venezuela. (Neither of these things are likely to happen.)
Listening tonight to an American Top 40 replay from this week in 1984 and I was reminded that this song (rising to its No. 29 peak this week) deserved to be a much bigger hit on this side of the Atlantic.
youtu.be/ntG50eXbBtc?...
youtu.be/ntG50eXbBtc?...
Spandau Ballet - Gold (HD Remastered)
YouTube video by spandauballet
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January 12, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Listening tonight to an American Top 40 replay from this week in 1984 and I was reminded that this song (rising to its No. 29 peak this week) deserved to be a much bigger hit on this side of the Atlantic.
youtu.be/ntG50eXbBtc?...
youtu.be/ntG50eXbBtc?...
This date in music history: On January 11, 1963, The Beatles released "Please Please Me," their second single on EMI's Parlophone label. It quickly became their first Top 10 hit, and on the New Musical Express chart dated February 27, it became their first No. 1, staying at the top spot for 2 weeks.
January 12, 2026 at 2:35 AM
This date in music history: On January 11, 1963, The Beatles released "Please Please Me," their second single on EMI's Parlophone label. It quickly became their first Top 10 hit, and on the New Musical Express chart dated February 27, it became their first No. 1, staying at the top spot for 2 weeks.
Did you ever notice that you never see Donald Trump and Jabba the Hutt in the same place at the same time? 🤔
January 10, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Did you ever notice that you never see Donald Trump and Jabba the Hutt in the same place at the same time? 🤔
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You lying piece of shit. I chaired the Minnesota DFL for all three of your runs here. I watched you lose. Three times. Minnesota never bought your con. And now, as Chair of the DNC, I’m looking forward to ending Trumpism for good in 2028 — not with lies, but with votes. Again.
Trump: "I feel I won Minnesota. I think I won it all three times. Nobody has won it since Richard Nixon won it many many years ago. I won it all three times in my opinion. It's a corrupt state ... I did so well in that state. The people were crying every time after."
January 9, 2026 at 10:06 PM
You lying piece of shit. I chaired the Minnesota DFL for all three of your runs here. I watched you lose. Three times. Minnesota never bought your con. And now, as Chair of the DNC, I’m looking forward to ending Trumpism for good in 2028 — not with lies, but with votes. Again.
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
When ICE murders a white woman in broad daylight and casually walks away, and then when the president and his regime lie through their teeth in order to excuse the crime, it should be obvious that there's literally no limit to what they'll do to the rest of us. No one is safe. RIP Renee Good.
According to witnesses, this is the masked ICE agent who shot the driver in Minneapolis. He shot from the side into the vehicle.
This is him walking away from the crashed vehicle.
This is him walking away from the crashed vehicle.
January 8, 2026 at 2:25 AM
When ICE murders a white woman in broad daylight and casually walks away, and then when the president and his regime lie through their teeth in order to excuse the crime, it should be obvious that there's literally no limit to what they'll do to the rest of us. No one is safe. RIP Renee Good.
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Today once again proved that everyday citizens protesting their government are braver than the titans who own the largest media corporations, run the biggest law firms and lead the most powerful technology companies.
January 7, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Today once again proved that everyday citizens protesting their government are braver than the titans who own the largest media corporations, run the biggest law firms and lead the most powerful technology companies.
Holiday movie season is over, but this quote from Holly Gennero to Hans Gruber seems appropriate here:
"After all your posturing, all your little speeches - you're nothing but a common thief."
"After all your posturing, all your little speeches - you're nothing but a common thief."
January 7, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Holiday movie season is over, but this quote from Holly Gennero to Hans Gruber seems appropriate here:
"After all your posturing, all your little speeches - you're nothing but a common thief."
"After all your posturing, all your little speeches - you're nothing but a common thief."
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The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made
January 6, 2026 at 2:51 PM
The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made
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So much of American history is just impulsive and extremely stupid elites, who don't believe in consequences because they have never personally experienced them, doing highly consequential stuff because they're bored or believe it might make them richer. I guess a lot of our culture, too.
January 3, 2026 at 7:22 PM
So much of American history is just impulsive and extremely stupid elites, who don't believe in consequences because they have never personally experienced them, doing highly consequential stuff because they're bored or believe it might make them richer. I guess a lot of our culture, too.
Every one of these seven films is so different from each of the others. I'm sure other directors could have strung together as many classics in a row as Rob Reiner did, but to do it in seven distinct genres? Inconceivable!
December 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Every one of these seven films is so different from each of the others. I'm sure other directors could have strung together as many classics in a row as Rob Reiner did, but to do it in seven distinct genres? Inconceivable!
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John Oliver really was not kidding about the overwhelming rebellious power of just saying “Fuck you, make me.”
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
John Oliver really was not kidding about the overwhelming rebellious power of just saying “Fuck you, make me.”
The Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace is right up there with the Derek Zoolander Center For Kids Who Can't Read Good.
I'm actually starting to wonder if Trump's own bureaucracy is trolling him with fake flattery. Then again, is anyone in the Trump regime really that clever?
I'm actually starting to wonder if Trump's own bureaucracy is trolling him with fake flattery. Then again, is anyone in the Trump regime really that clever?
December 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace is right up there with the Derek Zoolander Center For Kids Who Can't Read Good.
I'm actually starting to wonder if Trump's own bureaucracy is trolling him with fake flattery. Then again, is anyone in the Trump regime really that clever?
I'm actually starting to wonder if Trump's own bureaucracy is trolling him with fake flattery. Then again, is anyone in the Trump regime really that clever?
Ironic and totally not surprising that American-owned Postmedia takes federal government funding and uses it to criticize (among many other things) the ongoing government funding of the CBC.
I'm curious - has the government ever explained why Canadian taxpayers are underwriting Maple MAGA?
I'm curious - has the government ever explained why Canadian taxpayers are underwriting Maple MAGA?
Why are our tax dollars subsidizing American propaganda?
“The tens of millions of dollars that the National Post and Postmedia receive in funding from the Government of Canada are a ‘key pillar’ of the American-owned corporation’s business strategy.”
“The tens of millions of dollars that the National Post and Postmedia receive in funding from the Government of Canada are a ‘key pillar’ of the American-owned corporation’s business strategy.”
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November 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Ironic and totally not surprising that American-owned Postmedia takes federal government funding and uses it to criticize (among many other things) the ongoing government funding of the CBC.
I'm curious - has the government ever explained why Canadian taxpayers are underwriting Maple MAGA?
I'm curious - has the government ever explained why Canadian taxpayers are underwriting Maple MAGA?
My maternal grandfather was a 9th-generation New Englander on both sides, and our earliest North American ancestors, at least one of whom was on the Mayflower, were responsible for a lot of morally repugnant shit. I'm guessing this course is free because it's not exactly academically rigorous.
Neither Trump, nor half of his cabinet have “ancestors” who were in North America before the revolution. I’d guess that less than half of current US citizens do. “Your ancestors” is doing a lot of implicitly white Christian nationalist work here.
November 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
My maternal grandfather was a 9th-generation New Englander on both sides, and our earliest North American ancestors, at least one of whom was on the Mayflower, were responsible for a lot of morally repugnant shit. I'm guessing this course is free because it's not exactly academically rigorous.
Vance's goverment just reopened after a six-week shutdown that put nearly a million public employees out of work and threatened their living standards, all because of a political pissing contest overseen by his boss, creating a shit-show the likes of which is unheard of anywhere else in the world.
November 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Vance's goverment just reopened after a six-week shutdown that put nearly a million public employees out of work and threatened their living standards, all because of a political pissing contest overseen by his boss, creating a shit-show the likes of which is unheard of anywhere else in the world.
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Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
"Tom and Daisy . . . smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."
Not having read it sure hasn't kept the Mar-a-Lago crowd from embodying it.
Not having read it sure hasn't kept the Mar-a-Lago crowd from embodying it.
So trumps probably never read the great Gatsby, but is it possible that no one at mar-a-lago has read the great Gatsby?
November 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
"Tom and Daisy . . . smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."
Not having read it sure hasn't kept the Mar-a-Lago crowd from embodying it.
Not having read it sure hasn't kept the Mar-a-Lago crowd from embodying it.
The first rule of Dunning-Kruger Club is: You don't know you're in Dunning-Kruger Club.
October 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The first rule of Dunning-Kruger Club is: You don't know you're in Dunning-Kruger Club.
Meanwhile, the USA's self-appointed role in this world is not only meddling and influencing but also dominating everyone else's domestic and foreign policies. (Hence, Trump's tariff "strategy.")
Wonderful, generous, kind people will only let you push them so far. And I mean that. 🇨🇦
Wonderful, generous, kind people will only let you push them so far. And I mean that. 🇨🇦
October 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Meanwhile, the USA's self-appointed role in this world is not only meddling and influencing but also dominating everyone else's domestic and foreign policies. (Hence, Trump's tariff "strategy.")
Wonderful, generous, kind people will only let you push them so far. And I mean that. 🇨🇦
Wonderful, generous, kind people will only let you push them so far. And I mean that. 🇨🇦
Talk about a flair for the dramatic! This . . . this right here ⬇️ . . . is awesome. 😎
October 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Talk about a flair for the dramatic! This . . . this right here ⬇️ . . . is awesome. 😎