Jesse Walker
@notjessewalker.bsky.social
I wrote THE UNITED STATES OF PARANOIA and REBELS ON THE AIR, and now I'm writing THE ANARCHIST AND THE REPUBLICAN.
I should read it. I've known bits and pieces about Bozell from various articles (and from Stephanie Slade's forthcoming book), but very little on the Carlist component.
January 18, 2026 at 5:15 PM
I should read it. I've known bits and pieces about Bozell from various articles (and from Stephanie Slade's forthcoming book), but very little on the Carlist component.
The national emergency is avoiding the national emergency. That which is called the Tao is not the Tao. You make the path by walking. Be here now.
January 18, 2026 at 3:36 PM
The national emergency is avoiding the national emergency. That which is called the Tao is not the Tao. You make the path by walking. Be here now.
"Not long ago, the notion of a White House press secretary casually threatening a lawsuit if a journalist does not obey her orders would be shocking. But..."
‘We’ll Sue’: White House’s Warning to CBS Is Sign of a New Media Status Quo
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:59 PM
"Not long ago, the notion of a White House press secretary casually threatening a lawsuit if a journalist does not obey her orders would be shocking. But..."
How the FCC became the speech police
How the FCC became the speech police
The constitutionally anomalous status of broadcasting invites government meddling.
reason.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:53 PM
How the FCC became the speech police
Your morning image
January 18, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Your morning image
"Nothing is more American than inventing weird cringe fusions of religion and atheism where you say that God doesn't exist as (gestures upward) some Big Man In The Sky the way *those people* believe, but also, there totally is a God, in some complicated sense which only I understand."
The Dilbert Afterlife
Sixty-eight years of highly defective people
www.astralcodexten.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:10 AM
"Nothing is more American than inventing weird cringe fusions of religion and atheism where you say that God doesn't exist as (gestures upward) some Big Man In The Sky the way *those people* believe, but also, there totally is a God, in some complicated sense which only I understand."
At last, someone found a way to make protein delicious.
January 18, 2026 at 1:12 AM
At last, someone found a way to make protein delicious.
"In the most powerful city in the world, the federal government spent scarce resources to make a felon out of a homeless man with nothing but a cat toy keychain."
Jeanine Pirro Just Suffered Another Major Embarrassment In Federal Court
It's another embarrassing outcome for Jeanine Pirro, who tried to "make a felon out of a homeless man with nothing but a cat toy keychain."
www.huffpost.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:47 PM
"In the most powerful city in the world, the federal government spent scarce resources to make a felon out of a homeless man with nothing but a cat toy keychain."
Those aren't my estimates for MAGA shills in general; it's for defenders of the Greenland grab, which polls terribly even among the Republican rank and file.
January 17, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Those aren't my estimates for MAGA shills in general; it's for defenders of the Greenland grab, which polls terribly even among the Republican rank and file.
Trump's imperial ambitions are starting to alienate even the AfD.
Germany’s far right loosens its embrace of Trump
As public opinion in the country increasingly turns against the U.S. president over his threats to seize Greenland, the AfD is seeing the downside of its strong alignment with him.
www.politico.eu
January 17, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Trump's imperial ambitions are starting to alienate even the AfD.
A snow-covered forest on Mount Zao.
January 17, 2026 at 7:31 PM
A snow-covered forest on Mount Zao.
By my rough estimate, about 10% of the people defending Trump's Greenland policies are genuinely stupid, 40% simply think their audience is stupid, and 50% know that no one's buying this but feel compelled to pretend for professional reasons.
January 17, 2026 at 5:51 PM
By my rough estimate, about 10% of the people defending Trump's Greenland policies are genuinely stupid, 40% simply think their audience is stupid, and 50% know that no one's buying this but feel compelled to pretend for professional reasons.
I find this hard to believe.
Specifically, I find it hard to believe that there's a lie so brazen that they deleted it.
Specifically, I find it hard to believe that there's a lie so brazen that they deleted it.
DELETED
After lying about this baby they gassed and almost killed in their own neighborhood, DHS deleted their post
After lying about this baby they gassed and almost killed in their own neighborhood, DHS deleted their post
January 17, 2026 at 4:56 PM
I find this hard to believe.
Specifically, I find it hard to believe that there's a lie so brazen that they deleted it.
Specifically, I find it hard to believe that there's a lie so brazen that they deleted it.
I was aware that there were American Carlists but I never really explored the topic, so I was glad to read this explanation of what exactly was going on there. The tale, as you might expect, is fascinatingly weird.
“Stitching Banners to an Exiled King”
Triumph, Radical Traditionalism, and the Temptation of Despair
joshuatait.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:49 PM
I was aware that there were American Carlists but I never really explored the topic, so I was glad to read this explanation of what exactly was going on there. The tale, as you might expect, is fascinatingly weird.
How YouTube conquered daytime TV
YouTube Has a Firm Grip on Daytime TV
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:57 PM
How YouTube conquered daytime TV
Your morning image
January 17, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Your morning image
"Scientists realized they'd met their cognitive match. In one study, researchers reported that all raccoon participants escaped through the laboratory ventilation system."
Raccoons break into liquor stores, scale skyscrapers and pick locks – studying their clever brains can clarify human intelligence, too
Trash pandas’ talent for escaping via lab vents may frustrate researchers, but their problem-solving skills make their brains a fascinating area of research.
theconversation.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:26 AM
"Scientists realized they'd met their cognitive match. In one study, researchers reported that all raccoon participants escaped through the laboratory ventilation system."
Reposted by Jesse Walker
Here's a secret: "Generations" only exist in families -- not in populations.
Some people become grandparents at age 30, and some become grandparents at age 100.
Example: Many children born in the Baby Boom had parents who were also born in Baby Boom, but they weren't in the same generation.
Some people become grandparents at age 30, and some become grandparents at age 100.
Example: Many children born in the Baby Boom had parents who were also born in Baby Boom, but they weren't in the same generation.
Now you know: In 1970 there were a million children born in the years 1960-1964 -- BABY BOOMERS -- whose parents were also Baby Boomers (born in 1946 or later)! The Baby Boom was 18 years. A lot of people had kids younger than that. Amazing when parents and their children are in the same generation!
January 17, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Here's a secret: "Generations" only exist in families -- not in populations.
Some people become grandparents at age 30, and some become grandparents at age 100.
Example: Many children born in the Baby Boom had parents who were also born in Baby Boom, but they weren't in the same generation.
Some people become grandparents at age 30, and some become grandparents at age 100.
Example: Many children born in the Baby Boom had parents who were also born in Baby Boom, but they weren't in the same generation.
"He said he made sure to keep potatoes out of his house while he waited to hear back from the ATF."
Man Successfully Registers Potato as Silencer
“TATE001”
thereload.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:04 PM
"He said he made sure to keep potatoes out of his house while he waited to hear back from the ATF."
XI: I am eager to learn from you. I understand that in the last century, particularly in Alberta, your country made great strides in creating a social credit system.
CARNEY: Ah.
CARNEY: Ah.
Thank you to Premier Li, for the warm welcome to Beijing.
Our countries align in many areas, such as clean energy, agriculture, and finance. We focused on how Canada and China can work together to build stronger, more sustainable economies for both our nations.
Our countries align in many areas, such as clean energy, agriculture, and finance. We focused on how Canada and China can work together to build stronger, more sustainable economies for both our nations.
January 16, 2026 at 2:32 PM
XI: I am eager to learn from you. I understand that in the last century, particularly in Alberta, your country made great strides in creating a social credit system.
CARNEY: Ah.
CARNEY: Ah.
Your morning image
January 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Your morning image
"The confession included 'all my recommendations to the African National Congress' about the best way to sabotage Koeberg and other facilities. 'And, gloriously, the judge read it out in court. So my recommendations went from the judge's mouth' straight to the ANC."
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:43 AM
"The confession included 'all my recommendations to the African National Congress' about the best way to sabotage Koeberg and other facilities. 'And, gloriously, the judge read it out in court. So my recommendations went from the judge's mouth' straight to the ANC."
"...a visual parallel between the unimaginable scale of celestial objects and the invisibly small realm of the microscopic, as if to suggest that both, in the end, are equally alien..."
Fantastic Planet: The Microscopy Album of Marinus Pieter Filbri (1887–88)
Micrographs that make the minuscule world as alien as outer space.
publicdomainreview.org
January 16, 2026 at 3:01 AM
"...a visual parallel between the unimaginable scale of celestial objects and the invisibly small realm of the microscopic, as if to suggest that both, in the end, are equally alien..."
"It wasn't easy. He was writing music in the vein of Hank Williams and Buck Owens at a time when Urban Cowboy pop-country was at its zenith."
Jim McBride Dies at 78; Brought Honky-Tonk Back to Country Music
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:22 PM
"It wasn't easy. He was writing music in the vein of Hank Williams and Buck Owens at a time when Urban Cowboy pop-country was at its zenith."
Jim McBride, RIP
Rose In Paradise
YouTube video by Waylon Jennings - Topic
www.youtube.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Jim McBride, RIP