Jake Nelson
@jakenelson.bsky.social
Ex-politics, retail, games, tokusatsu. Just some guy, I guess?
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Look, you may blame The Writers for really going overboard in an already crazy year, but who among us has not struggled with fucking clearances on character names.
and republicans still can’t figure out why they’re hemorrhaging young voters tiffinohio.net/posts/ohio-g...
Ohio GOP mayor accused of sniffing underage relative's underwear
Butler Mayor Wesley R. Dingus faces two misdemeanor voyeurism charges following a Richland County investigation. The case unfolds as he remains on bond in a separate felony matter.
tiffinohio.net
February 20, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Look, you may blame The Writers for really going overboard in an already crazy year, but who among us has not struggled with fucking clearances on character names.
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idk the venn diagram of people who talk about being poly vs people who talk about therapy is mostly one circle so
Millennials would rather do polyamory than go to therapy
February 20, 2026 at 3:32 AM
idk the venn diagram of people who talk about being poly vs people who talk about therapy is mostly one circle so
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I can't think of any immigrant in American history who has assimilated worse than Musk. The guy hates most of the people here and wants to hurt us, has open contempt for our traditions or values, and has spent billions trying to destroy our culture to replace it with that of his foreign childhood.
this is all racism, obviously, and multiculturalism is great, but i'll note that i'm pretty close to being a median american, and i can't think of too many other people in america with whom i share fewer cultural values that elon musk
February 19, 2026 at 8:53 PM
I can't think of any immigrant in American history who has assimilated worse than Musk. The guy hates most of the people here and wants to hurt us, has open contempt for our traditions or values, and has spent billions trying to destroy our culture to replace it with that of his foreign childhood.
96-06 for the US/"world I know", 86-96 pretty crazy for the rest of the world though
idle thing i’ve been wondering: over which period do you think the world looks more different from the one that preceded it? like if you time-traveled from the first year to the last one how weird would the world look to you?
1986-1996
1996-2006
2006-2016
2016-2026
1986-1996
1996-2006
2006-2016
2016-2026
February 20, 2026 at 3:55 AM
96-06 for the US/"world I know", 86-96 pretty crazy for the rest of the world though
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From an American perspective, it seems very strange that this case was taken to trial on a theory of negligence and not anything intentional, given the evidence prosecutors put on, especially when you read the more detailed earlier NYT story about it.
Oh my god, the guy who left his girlfriend on a mountain to die had done the same thing to a different girlfriend on THE SAME MOUNTAIN.
Austrian Man Found Guilty in Girlfriend’s Death on Mountain Hike
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2026 at 3:47 AM
From an American perspective, it seems very strange that this case was taken to trial on a theory of negligence and not anything intentional, given the evidence prosecutors put on, especially when you read the more detailed earlier NYT story about it.
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This really is a great picture:
February 20, 2026 at 2:08 AM
This really is a great picture:
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Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I’d strike the sun if it insulted me.
January 9, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I’d strike the sun if it insulted me.
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all I can add is Epstein apparently knew something about law enforcement and who they really serve
February 20, 2026 at 2:19 AM
all I can add is Epstein apparently knew something about law enforcement and who they really serve
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Big credit to Rep. Brad Tabke for killing an attempt to place an ICE concentration camp in Shakopee. If we make it so toxic to do business with ICE that corporations refuse to sell them real estate, we can fight these off.
Why a plan to use Twin Cities warehouses to hold immigrants failed
ICE determined it must acquire “non-traditional facilities,” such as warehouses, to be developed into 16 new regional detention centers.
www.minnpost.com
February 19, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Big credit to Rep. Brad Tabke for killing an attempt to place an ICE concentration camp in Shakopee. If we make it so toxic to do business with ICE that corporations refuse to sell them real estate, we can fight these off.
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La Retraite de Hugues de Payens, by Georges Mathieu, 1958 (rotated), 📸 by @tiltoncreative
February 19, 2026 at 9:26 PM
La Retraite de Hugues de Payens, by Georges Mathieu, 1958 (rotated), 📸 by @tiltoncreative
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It's easy to forget the Obama admin had a deal with Iran (JCPOA), and were signaling improved relations with Cuba.
Trump reversed the above in his first term, and the Biden admin failed to restore the JCPOA or return to the Obama era baseline.
Now Trump wants a "deal" or he'll illegally invade.
Trump reversed the above in his first term, and the Biden admin failed to restore the JCPOA or return to the Obama era baseline.
Now Trump wants a "deal" or he'll illegally invade.
Q: You said today on Iran that bad things will happen if Iran doesn't make a de--
TRUMP: Yeah. Really bad things. We're gonna make a deal or we're gonna get a deal one way or the other.
TRUMP: Yeah. Really bad things. We're gonna make a deal or we're gonna get a deal one way or the other.
February 19, 2026 at 8:53 PM
It's easy to forget the Obama admin had a deal with Iran (JCPOA), and were signaling improved relations with Cuba.
Trump reversed the above in his first term, and the Biden admin failed to restore the JCPOA or return to the Obama era baseline.
Now Trump wants a "deal" or he'll illegally invade.
Trump reversed the above in his first term, and the Biden admin failed to restore the JCPOA or return to the Obama era baseline.
Now Trump wants a "deal" or he'll illegally invade.
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can never not post samurai Chester A. Arthur (painted in the 1880's)
February 19, 2026 at 8:06 PM
can never not post samurai Chester A. Arthur (painted in the 1880's)
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A Japanese Twitter user goes to an American Denny's for the first time & finds them much different than their Japanese namesakes, with "pancakes containing as much sugar as we eat in a week."
Their conclusion? "I wish every Denny's in Japan were an American Denny's."
Their conclusion? "I wish every Denny's in Japan were an American Denny's."
February 19, 2026 at 9:23 PM
A Japanese Twitter user goes to an American Denny's for the first time & finds them much different than their Japanese namesakes, with "pancakes containing as much sugar as we eat in a week."
Their conclusion? "I wish every Denny's in Japan were an American Denny's."
Their conclusion? "I wish every Denny's in Japan were an American Denny's."
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Heads up, press freedom and 1A groups. Another "buffer zone" law coming down the pipe.
This bill just passed on party lines in the Senate. It'll now head to the House (TL;DR The bill that would make it a crime to interfere with or harass first responders, creating a 25-foot buffer zone)
Harassing an officer in Kentucky? Back up 25 feet under new GOP legislation
A bill that would make it a crime to interfere with or harass first responders, creating a 25-foot buffer zone, passed a Senate committee Thursday.
www.lpm.org
February 19, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Heads up, press freedom and 1A groups. Another "buffer zone" law coming down the pipe.
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The people hate AI, but the media and Silicon Valley wants you to think everyone loves it. Weird, huh.
AMC says they will not be screening an AI short film after online uproar
A third-party ad programmer had planned to show it in ~30% of their theaters
(via THR)
A third-party ad programmer had planned to show it in ~30% of their theaters
(via THR)
February 19, 2026 at 9:56 PM
The people hate AI, but the media and Silicon Valley wants you to think everyone loves it. Weird, huh.
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[Lindisfarne]
Me: (chanting) teeth, teeth-
Other fossil hunters: teeth, TEETH
British Geological Society: [pounding its clipboard] TEETH, TEETH, TEETH!
Me: (chanting) teeth, teeth-
Other fossil hunters: teeth, TEETH
British Geological Society: [pounding its clipboard] TEETH, TEETH, TEETH!
'Smiling' fossil discovered in Northumberland
The unusual looking fossil is estimated to be a few hundred million years old dating to the Carboniferous period.
www.bbc.com
February 19, 2026 at 2:23 PM
[Lindisfarne]
Me: (chanting) teeth, teeth-
Other fossil hunters: teeth, TEETH
British Geological Society: [pounding its clipboard] TEETH, TEETH, TEETH!
Me: (chanting) teeth, teeth-
Other fossil hunters: teeth, TEETH
British Geological Society: [pounding its clipboard] TEETH, TEETH, TEETH!
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We go a little too far with empathy sometimes. This woman is stupid, being stupid made her a bad mother, and being a bad mother may kill her kid. She should be told this.
If you have parents this stupid and you survive to adulthood unscathed physically, you should be legally able to take all their money and put them in a haunted house for their retirement
Mom whose 7-year-old has brain swelling from measles still wouldn’t vaccinate
EXCLUSIVE: South Carolina parents living in the state’s measles epicenter tell Rhian Lubin of their devastation after their unvaccinated 7-year-old son, Ethan, developed encephalitis, a complication f...
www.independent.co.uk
February 19, 2026 at 7:51 PM
We go a little too far with empathy sometimes. This woman is stupid, being stupid made her a bad mother, and being a bad mother may kill her kid. She should be told this.
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which is dumb because it's simple
- there is one China
- the CCP has an opinion on this, but US policy is the future of Taiwan will be decided by peaceful means
- the US will sell defensive arms to Taiwan
- the DoD will maintain the capacity to resist force or coercion against the people of Taiwan
- there is one China
- the CCP has an opinion on this, but US policy is the future of Taiwan will be decided by peaceful means
- the US will sell defensive arms to Taiwan
- the DoD will maintain the capacity to resist force or coercion against the people of Taiwan
it's insane to me that the mainstream press is mad at AOC over Taiwan when like, Taiwan policy is basically something basically 5% of the US FP elite can genuinely say coherently
I stopped caring about island chains and sixth generation fighters and whatnot when I realized this was the most anyone on either side of the Pacific had considered such things.
February 19, 2026 at 3:53 AM
which is dumb because it's simple
- there is one China
- the CCP has an opinion on this, but US policy is the future of Taiwan will be decided by peaceful means
- the US will sell defensive arms to Taiwan
- the DoD will maintain the capacity to resist force or coercion against the people of Taiwan
- there is one China
- the CCP has an opinion on this, but US policy is the future of Taiwan will be decided by peaceful means
- the US will sell defensive arms to Taiwan
- the DoD will maintain the capacity to resist force or coercion against the people of Taiwan
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yet again reminded of how little FP elites know about US relations/policy with NATO/Japan/ROK/Australia/etc, they just get to skate by virtue of there being a formal defensive alliance that in most instances papers over most of their intellectual shortcomings
February 19, 2026 at 3:53 AM
yet again reminded of how little FP elites know about US relations/policy with NATO/Japan/ROK/Australia/etc, they just get to skate by virtue of there being a formal defensive alliance that in most instances papers over most of their intellectual shortcomings
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Now that the cat’s out of the bag, and there’s no way to put it back in:
I need everybody to know that yes, my last name really is Manlove, so that’s one more point on the board for nominative determinism
I need everybody to know that yes, my last name really is Manlove, so that’s one more point on the board for nominative determinism
In the latest in a string of privacy abuses from the chatbot, Grok provided porn performer Siri Dahl's full legal name and birthdate to the public, information she'd protected until now.
Grok Exposed a Porn Performer’s Legal Name and Birthdate—Without Even Being Asked
In the latest in a string of privacy abuses from the chatbot, Grok provided porn performer Siri Dahl's full legal name and birthdate to the public, information she'd protected until now.
www.404media.co
February 19, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Now that the cat’s out of the bag, and there’s no way to put it back in:
I need everybody to know that yes, my last name really is Manlove, so that’s one more point on the board for nominative determinism
I need everybody to know that yes, my last name really is Manlove, so that’s one more point on the board for nominative determinism
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One of the things that personally drives me crazy in the U.S. is how youth sports/athletic activities went from a part of the public good (municipal leagues and fields! rec centers! public parks!) to a privatized, expensive, highly competitive, highly structured pursuit for wealthy kids’ résumés
NBC ran a piece where Mary Carrillo went to Norway to find out why they're so good at the Winter Olympics and i was yelling BECAUSE IT'S COLD THERE
then she went to a little tiny ski jump for kids and was like "it's free, equipment is provided, & they don't emphasize results"
and i was like.
oh!
then she went to a little tiny ski jump for kids and was like "it's free, equipment is provided, & they don't emphasize results"
and i was like.
oh!
February 19, 2026 at 5:20 PM
One of the things that personally drives me crazy in the U.S. is how youth sports/athletic activities went from a part of the public good (municipal leagues and fields! rec centers! public parks!) to a privatized, expensive, highly competitive, highly structured pursuit for wealthy kids’ résumés
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we couldn't use government funds to buy coffee (like, folgers ground coffee) when i worked on a CDC outbreak emergency response
The executive jet that DHS says it needs has a “bedroom with a queen bed, showers, a kitchen, four large flat-screen TVs and even a bar ..”
@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
@nbcnews.com
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February 19, 2026 at 3:58 PM
we couldn't use government funds to buy coffee (like, folgers ground coffee) when i worked on a CDC outbreak emergency response
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Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.
February 19, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.
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It is notable that Andrew has been arrested for "misconduct in public office", which is precisely what the US Supreme Court decided no American president can ever be charged with.
So SCOTUS, with its fabricated-out-of-thin-air immunity doctrine, has actually made American presidents less accountable than LITERAL royalty.
Breaking News: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, was arrested in Britain on suspicion of misconduct in public office over his links to Jeffrey Epstein, the BBC said.
February 19, 2026 at 12:22 PM
It is notable that Andrew has been arrested for "misconduct in public office", which is precisely what the US Supreme Court decided no American president can ever be charged with.
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all this stuff makes much more sense if you understand “anti wokeness” as a general backlash to elite accountability more generally, even if you have criticisms of left wing egalitarianism bsky.app/profile/kevi...
The possibility that pre-Elon Twitter was limiting the reach of conservative tweets was the greatest story in the history of journalism, while a vast network of sex trafficking pedophiles that included billionaires, celebrities and two presidents is just a big yawn.
Sure, sure. Story checks out.
February 19, 2026 at 1:55 PM
all this stuff makes much more sense if you understand “anti wokeness” as a general backlash to elite accountability more generally, even if you have criticisms of left wing egalitarianism bsky.app/profile/kevi...