John Harland Berk
@snarkyjoan.bsky.social
Attorney, Husband, Father
Comic Book Nerd 🤓, Film Snob, Politically homeless rage machine
Comic Book Nerd 🤓, Film Snob, Politically homeless rage machine
Key barrier for me with Superhero comics is the idea of "canon". These characters have been around for 60 yrs stop acting like there's any definitive through line. Let writers and artists tell the story they want to with your public domain characters. It's fine
January 25, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Key barrier for me with Superhero comics is the idea of "canon". These characters have been around for 60 yrs stop acting like there's any definitive through line. Let writers and artists tell the story they want to with your public domain characters. It's fine
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Together! A fun little movie somewhat mismarketed as "horror"
A ★★★ review of Together (2025)
Way goofier than I was expecting. Had a lot of fun with this. File under "movies people didn't like because they didn't realize they were comedies." Would have been stronger if the middle was less rep...
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January 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Together! A fun little movie somewhat mismarketed as "horror"
How much did Apple pay for the F1 BP nomination?
January 22, 2026 at 2:39 PM
How much did Apple pay for the F1 BP nomination?
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Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
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“Cant sleep… i’ll just have a quick look at my phone”
January 22, 2026 at 4:21 AM
“Cant sleep… i’ll just have a quick look at my phone”
Waking up to news that people thought Trump was gonna die again but he didn't. He's gotta stop edging this beleaguered nation.
January 21, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Waking up to news that people thought Trump was gonna die again but he didn't. He's gotta stop edging this beleaguered nation.
My review of No Other Choice
A ★★★★ review of No Other Choice (2025)
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January 20, 2026 at 5:10 PM
My review of No Other Choice
Trump's been president again for 1 year today. Feels like 100 years
January 20, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Trump's been president again for 1 year today. Feels like 100 years
With the sequel coming out I finally caught up with 28 Years Later, one of 2025's pleasant surprises. boxd.it/cFYuc7
A ★★★½ review of 28 Years Later (2025)
People may have over hyped how "weird" this one is. Like yes the zombies are all nude and the climax is a meditation on death rather than a giant fight but it's not David Lynch or anything. Very stron...
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January 18, 2026 at 2:20 PM
With the sequel coming out I finally caught up with 28 Years Later, one of 2025's pleasant surprises. boxd.it/cFYuc7
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ICE and MAGA really did bet the farm on all of Minneapolis’s white people going “oh yes, please take away our disgusting, evil non-white-foreigner neighbors, oh thank you so much.”
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
January 18, 2026 at 2:39 AM
ICE and MAGA really did bet the farm on all of Minneapolis’s white people going “oh yes, please take away our disgusting, evil non-white-foreigner neighbors, oh thank you so much.”
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
Finally seeing No Other Choice today. Bums me out it took this long to come to Columbus. Probably has to do with demographics.
January 18, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Finally seeing No Other Choice today. Bums me out it took this long to come to Columbus. Probably has to do with demographics.
Bone Temple off to a slow start, there's a chance Avatar 3 could top the box office this weekend. Esp. for the 4-day
January 17, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Bone Temple off to a slow start, there's a chance Avatar 3 could top the box office this weekend. Esp. for the 4-day
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"i saw a bad post on x" ok well i saw a turd in the toilet but i'm not making you look at a screenshot of it
January 16, 2026 at 4:42 PM
"i saw a bad post on x" ok well i saw a turd in the toilet but i'm not making you look at a screenshot of it
I do wonder if Virginia Dems should go 10-1 with their new maps. It'll probably work out in November but could backfire down the line. You can draw a much safer 9-2 map.
January 17, 2026 at 2:28 PM
I do wonder if Virginia Dems should go 10-1 with their new maps. It'll probably work out in November but could backfire down the line. You can draw a much safer 9-2 map.
It's hard to blame people for just reading headlines when most in depth journalism is paywalled
January 16, 2026 at 2:43 PM
It's hard to blame people for just reading headlines when most in depth journalism is paywalled
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semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
RIP Scott Adams. You were a nut job but I have fond memories of not understanding your comics as a child.
January 13, 2026 at 5:39 PM
RIP Scott Adams. You were a nut job but I have fond memories of not understanding your comics as a child.
Not to be unnecessarily bleak but it is telling that the same week an insecure man with a gun murdered a queer woman and mother of 3, a jealous divorced man murdered a woman and her husband in their home (in Columbus).
Men in this country have a disease.
Men in this country have a disease.
January 11, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Not to be unnecessarily bleak but it is telling that the same week an insecure man with a gun murdered a queer woman and mother of 3, a jealous divorced man murdered a woman and her husband in their home (in Columbus).
Men in this country have a disease.
Men in this country have a disease.
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This is true. We may not be able to stop everything but we can sure as hell slow it down
obviously not in the sense that it’s stopping everything, but they are being stalled so much by trying to find places where they aren’t watched, wasting so much manpower and resources on crowd control and even arresting observers they know will just get released. i am so proud of everyone
January 10, 2026 at 9:52 PM
This is true. We may not be able to stop everything but we can sure as hell slow it down
Avengers Doomsday may in fact be aptly titled: seems like a disaster waiting to happen.
January 10, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Avengers Doomsday may in fact be aptly titled: seems like a disaster waiting to happen.