Jake Cole
@jakecole.bsky.social
Freelance critic and terminally online figure. Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/jakepcole/
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Jake Cole
@jakecole.bsky.social
· Nov 19
You know what, we do movie prompts all the time and I enjoy them but where my real heads at, 1 like = 1 favorite heavy metal album
Beautiful way to send out Tanahashi, not just working around his body but actively calling attention to why he couldn’t go on with Okada relentlessly going after his legs. And it’s insane how good Tana can still make moves look, even as his ginger running gives away how much pain he’s in. #njwk20
January 4, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Beautiful way to send out Tanahashi, not just working around his body but actively calling attention to why he couldn’t go on with Okada relentlessly going after his legs. And it’s insane how good Tana can still make moves look, even as his ginger running gives away how much pain he’s in. #njwk20
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I promise you, you'll never guess which "politics" they're referring to
January 4, 2026 at 4:39 PM
I promise you, you'll never guess which "politics" they're referring to
Saya Kamitani vs Syuri whipped so much ass. The Stardom women get a little more time every year and they make the most of every second. #njwk20 🤼
January 4, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Saya Kamitani vs Syuri whipped so much ass. The Stardom women get a little more time every year and they make the most of every second. #njwk20 🤼
I certainly don’t think Ted Turner (the most Looney Tunes billionaire to ever live) intended this as some master plan, but the noteworthy shift from TV driving a stake into the heart of the Vietnam War and CNN selling the first Gulf War and beyond as a thrilling movie was a sea change
the most braindead kind of take in these situations. we've had the unquestioned power to turn most countries into glass parking lots for most of our lifetimes. who on earth is still impressed by this?
January 4, 2026 at 7:56 PM
I certainly don’t think Ted Turner (the most Looney Tunes billionaire to ever live) intended this as some master plan, but the noteworthy shift from TV driving a stake into the heart of the Vietnam War and CNN selling the first Gulf War and beyond as a thrilling movie was a sea change
For an analysis of current events, we turn to our Latin America correspondent, Sepultura youtu.be/j8UcNiV8V6Q?...
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January 4, 2026 at 7:27 PM
For an analysis of current events, we turn to our Latin America correspondent, Sepultura youtu.be/j8UcNiV8V6Q?...
I’m tbh less embarrassed at this point by full MAGA chuds than the liberals who respond to any post on the internet by someone in a different country about how sick they are of America the rabid dog state with “ummm MANY of us didn’t vote for him.” Insipid reflex.
January 4, 2026 at 5:26 PM
I’m tbh less embarrassed at this point by full MAGA chuds than the liberals who respond to any post on the internet by someone in a different country about how sick they are of America the rabid dog state with “ummm MANY of us didn’t vote for him.” Insipid reflex.
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Wishing a happy birthday to John McLaughlin, the influential jazz guitarist who also explored blues, flamenco, and Indian music, and helped found the jazz/rock fusion movement.
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January 4, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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There have been a number of lucrative company aces in the history of wrestling—Sammartino, Misawa, (ugh) Hulk—but maybe no one individual has been more responsible for a company’s literal survival than Tanahashi was for NJPW.
Hiroshi Tanahashi has officially retired from professional wrestling.
One of the absolute greatest to ever do it, and getting to watch him in real time has been a privilege.
Go Ace. Thank you, Tanahashi.
One of the absolute greatest to ever do it, and getting to watch him in real time has been a privilege.
Go Ace. Thank you, Tanahashi.
January 4, 2026 at 3:12 PM
There have been a number of lucrative company aces in the history of wrestling—Sammartino, Misawa, (ugh) Hulk—but maybe no one individual has been more responsible for a company’s literal survival than Tanahashi was for NJPW.
Immediately cashing in my once a year exception to never sharing a MY take even for dunks, but the sheer lack of effort spent to lie us into this is resulting in us speedrunning the “I was wrong but for the right reasons/others were right for the wrong reasons” faux-mea culpas from 06-08
Incredibly funny that this is the closest Matty Yglesias will ever get to admitting he was wrong about American empire. “Looks like that leftist was right. Like a fucking IDIOT”
January 4, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Immediately cashing in my once a year exception to never sharing a MY take even for dunks, but the sheer lack of effort spent to lie us into this is resulting in us speedrunning the “I was wrong but for the right reasons/others were right for the wrong reasons” faux-mea culpas from 06-08
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the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches
January 3, 2026 at 9:19 PM
the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches
I’ve managed to get my time running a 10K down to below an hour, which I know is profoundly mediocre for anyone who actually runs but as someone who used to get completely gassed after a single lap on the track in PE it’s good enough for me.
January 4, 2026 at 1:38 PM
I’ve managed to get my time running a 10K down to below an hour, which I know is profoundly mediocre for anyone who actually runs but as someone who used to get completely gassed after a single lap on the track in PE it’s good enough for me.
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Many Americans woke up to a sick sense of deja vu. Under the guise of liberty, an administration of warmongers has lied to justify an invasion and is dragging us into an illegal, endless war so they can extract resources and expand their wealth. 1/2
January 3, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Many Americans woke up to a sick sense of deja vu. Under the guise of liberty, an administration of warmongers has lied to justify an invasion and is dragging us into an illegal, endless war so they can extract resources and expand their wealth. 1/2
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it's crazy how many statements by elected democrats on the Venezuela stuff are like "wow that was freaking awesome. unfortunately, however, you didn't ask for my permission to do it (would have said yes btw)"
January 4, 2026 at 12:51 AM
it's crazy how many statements by elected democrats on the Venezuela stuff are like "wow that was freaking awesome. unfortunately, however, you didn't ask for my permission to do it (would have said yes btw)"
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12+ hours later we finally get an estimate of how many Venezuelans were killed
January 3, 2026 at 10:56 PM
12+ hours later we finally get an estimate of how many Venezuelans were killed
Got tripped up by the word “pioupious” in this Rimbaud poem and looked on the other page to see it translated as soldier, so I said it out loud with French phonetics and started laughing out loud, my main literally called them “pew-pews” like a child playing with GI Joes
January 3, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Got tripped up by the word “pioupious” in this Rimbaud poem and looked on the other page to see it translated as soldier, so I said it out loud with French phonetics and started laughing out loud, my main literally called them “pew-pews” like a child playing with GI Joes
I was very glad last year to see a big revival of old-school, pre-Skrillexification dubstep but was chatting about it with a British friend earlier and realized it was perhaps an indicator of a somehow even worse resurrection of the Bush-Blair era.
The government had long wanted @a transition of power” in Venezuela and kidnapping a president is a super simple way to do it - well done everyone - it’s Satan I feel sorry for , such company for eternity
January 3, 2026 at 10:03 PM
I was very glad last year to see a big revival of old-school, pre-Skrillexification dubstep but was chatting about it with a British friend earlier and realized it was perhaps an indicator of a somehow even worse resurrection of the Bush-Blair era.
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we have gone through to a mirror universe where instead of the government not caring about twitter because it isn’t real life, it doesn’t care about real life because it isn’t twitter
January 3, 2026 at 8:40 PM
we have gone through to a mirror universe where instead of the government not caring about twitter because it isn’t real life, it doesn’t care about real life because it isn’t twitter
<merengue cover of the Curb theme plays>
a hispanic fox news reporter in the ground in florida is saying the US attack on venezuela will make the country safe and make venezuelans want to go back.
January 3, 2026 at 7:24 PM
<merengue cover of the Curb theme plays>
A (pretty thin!) gathering of Miami Venezuelans celebrating in front of a Chevron station is the latest proof that the United States should have to pay yearly tribute to Paul Verhoeven
January 3, 2026 at 5:17 PM
A (pretty thin!) gathering of Miami Venezuelans celebrating in front of a Chevron station is the latest proof that the United States should have to pay yearly tribute to Paul Verhoeven
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it is incredible that the entire high level legal apparatus of the United States is "anything that helps people is impossible, anything that kills people is permitted"
January 3, 2026 at 2:24 PM
it is incredible that the entire high level legal apparatus of the United States is "anything that helps people is impossible, anything that kills people is permitted"
Alternate cut of Suspiria where the witches actually got Jessica Harper
Maria Corina Machado in November at the American World Business Forum in Miami promising a “massive privatization program” in Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Alternate cut of Suspiria where the witches actually got Jessica Harper
I will never forget when Matt Christman went on some wonk ass Beltway podcast whose hosts sounded like a black comedian’s impression of a white person and when Christman said Iran had a moral imperative to develop nukes to bring the US to heel they started meeping like Beaker from the Muppets
Mexico should develop nukes
January 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM
I will never forget when Matt Christman went on some wonk ass Beltway podcast whose hosts sounded like a black comedian’s impression of a white person and when Christman said Iran had a moral imperative to develop nukes to bring the US to heel they started meeping like Beaker from the Muppets
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Perhaps now people will stop wishcasting about the US military refusing illegal orders. That's not a thing that happens. The 100% compliance rate with using civilian boats for target practice was a bit of a tell.
January 3, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Perhaps now people will stop wishcasting about the US military refusing illegal orders. That's not a thing that happens. The 100% compliance rate with using civilian boats for target practice was a bit of a tell.
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People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.