Jon Holt
@jonhulkholt.bsky.social
Professor of Japanese, comics, and funk
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Trump IS the epstein files
February 14, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Trump IS the epstein files
Epstein Files #...5055. 2 page note that records what a fellow SHU inmate told the government (feds?) about the days leading up to Epstein's "suicide". Note 2-hr gaps (shift durations) on guards checking on inmates. Found the version that was not redacted.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov
February 14, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Epstein Files #...5055. 2 page note that records what a fellow SHU inmate told the government (feds?) about the days leading up to Epstein's "suicide". Note 2-hr gaps (shift durations) on guards checking on inmates. Found the version that was not redacted.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
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Our democracy works best when we all can participate. That’s why I voted against the SAVE America Act, which could disenfranchise millions of women who changed their last name after marriage. I didn't come to Congress to watch my daughter's generation have fewer rights than mine.
February 12, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Our democracy works best when we all can participate. That’s why I voted against the SAVE America Act, which could disenfranchise millions of women who changed their last name after marriage. I didn't come to Congress to watch my daughter's generation have fewer rights than mine.
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NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
February 12, 2026 at 3:22 AM
NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
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Khanna: There were two rounds of redactions. There was the original FBI redactions… and they did a second round of redactions at the DOJ. What they’re showing members now is the unredacted version of the DOJ’s redactions—not the original FBI redactions. They’re in blatant violation of the law.
February 11, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Khanna: There were two rounds of redactions. There was the original FBI redactions… and they did a second round of redactions at the DOJ. What they’re showing members now is the unredacted version of the DOJ’s redactions—not the original FBI redactions. They’re in blatant violation of the law.
Trump had angry Bondi distracting everybody today. My guess is that Thursday we will wake up to Trump doing 1) new tariffs or 2) bombing somebody
February 12, 2026 at 5:52 AM
Trump had angry Bondi distracting everybody today. My guess is that Thursday we will wake up to Trump doing 1) new tariffs or 2) bombing somebody
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Today’s CBO report says US consumers pay 95% of tariffs. 🤡
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February 11, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Today’s CBO report says US consumers pay 95% of tariffs. 🤡
@brendanvduke.bsky.social
www.cbo.gov/system/files...
@brendanvduke.bsky.social
www.cbo.gov/system/files...
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February 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
Epstein files! When an incredibly rich person offers you the chance to have a massage that will “drive a man wild”, it’s more than helping you with that sore shoulder from moving an IKEA couch. Duh.
February 1, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Epstein files! When an incredibly rich person offers you the chance to have a massage that will “drive a man wild”, it’s more than helping you with that sore shoulder from moving an IKEA couch. Duh.
Today during JET interviews an interviewee used YOLO and FOMO in her replies. Good thing I happened to look up those terms last night.
January 30, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Today during JET interviews an interviewee used YOLO and FOMO in her replies. Good thing I happened to look up those terms last night.
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If you answer “No” you get an invitation to Mar-a-Lago
January 30, 2026 at 7:32 PM
If you answer “No” you get an invitation to Mar-a-Lago
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Don't mess with Omar.
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January 29, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Don't mess with Omar.
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This is the "gun" that Trump, Noem, Bovino, and every other administration official claims the victim was brandishing that justified him being pushed, tackled, shot, and killed.
A phone.
A phone.
January 25, 2026 at 12:23 AM
This is the "gun" that Trump, Noem, Bovino, and every other administration official claims the victim was brandishing that justified him being pushed, tackled, shot, and killed.
A phone.
A phone.
I'm re-reading Miyamoto Hirohito's excellent article on the origins of the word "manga" and I wonder if we, in English, can boil things down this way. So, the stupid translation of manga as "random pictures"... it's not "random". It's relentlessly curious. "Manga" artists were always on the hunt
January 24, 2026 at 11:13 PM
I'm re-reading Miyamoto Hirohito's excellent article on the origins of the word "manga" and I wonder if we, in English, can boil things down this way. So, the stupid translation of manga as "random pictures"... it's not "random". It's relentlessly curious. "Manga" artists were always on the hunt
You know you’re in trouble when Germans are saying your people look like nazis
January 23, 2026 at 11:25 PM
You know you’re in trouble when Germans are saying your people look like nazis
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They
Kidnapped
A
Child
Kidnapped
A
Child
January 23, 2026 at 4:23 PM
They
Kidnapped
A
Child
Kidnapped
A
Child
Assuming we're still around as a country in a few years, can we all agree on this: no more electing men past 70 to POTUS. Christ, no more grandpas in the WH. (I could actually be okay with an older lady for POTUS though..)
January 23, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Assuming we're still around as a country in a few years, can we all agree on this: no more electing men past 70 to POTUS. Christ, no more grandpas in the WH. (I could actually be okay with an older lady for POTUS though..)
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Trump's *left* hand -- not the one that is usually disfigured -- now has a large bruise and is discolored
These pictures are from today in Davos and are via Chip Somodevilla (Getty) and Fabrice Coffrini (AFP)
These pictures are from today in Davos and are via Chip Somodevilla (Getty) and Fabrice Coffrini (AFP)
January 22, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Trump's *left* hand -- not the one that is usually disfigured -- now has a large bruise and is discolored
These pictures are from today in Davos and are via Chip Somodevilla (Getty) and Fabrice Coffrini (AFP)
These pictures are from today in Davos and are via Chip Somodevilla (Getty) and Fabrice Coffrini (AFP)
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January 21, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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I think we’ve got better and more culturally-varied street food than I could have imagined, cool jackets galore, and drugs that make us think we’re really fast and strong before they kill us.
we're getting all the downsides of cyberpunk (social alienation, ruthless hyper capitalism, digital mass surveillance state) but none of the promised upsides (cheap street food, cool jackets, super drugs that make you really fast and strong before they kill you)
January 20, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I think we’ve got better and more culturally-varied street food than I could have imagined, cool jackets galore, and drugs that make us think we’re really fast and strong before they kill us.
Duel in Davos: I already miss the days we could have light days of politicians doing quirky things like this and the world was still okay. Instant nostalgia
January 21, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Duel in Davos: I already miss the days we could have light days of politicians doing quirky things like this and the world was still okay. Instant nostalgia