John
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John
@johnlk.bsky.social
· Jan 15
I'm moving my comics tweeting (skeeting?) over here to Bsky, with Cyclops and a giant octopus, I guess. This thread will be #5501-5600 of the Complete Marvel Reading Order (cmro.travis-starnes.com). I did the first 5500 (!) comics over on Twitter.
Anyway, Cyclops! Giant Octopus! Let's begin.
Anyway, Cyclops! Giant Octopus! Let's begin.
Okay, starting my thread of comics threads. You can find the older threads (for now) on X/Twitter.
First thread: 5501-5594 is here, with Scott Summers fighting a giant octopus. bsky.app/profile/john...
First thread: 5501-5594 is here, with Scott Summers fighting a giant octopus. bsky.app/profile/john...
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I see people talking about Charles Guiteau having phimosis, which reminded me about Louis XVI's inability to consummate his marriage (not due to phimosis, as it turns out), and this incredible letter that his brother-in law the Emperor wrote to his brother about Louis's difficulties:
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I see people talking about Charles Guiteau having phimosis, which reminded me about Louis XVI's inability to consummate his marriage (not due to phimosis, as it turns out), and this incredible letter that his brother-in law the Emperor wrote to his brother about Louis's difficulties:
Yeah, um, what?
i simply do not care if you think it's antisemitic. i think this is neurotic and fucking weird. clearly aipac and israel are among the primary reasons for dem capitulation on core issues. it isn't close.
November 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Yeah, um, what?
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The ACA cuts happened in the reconciliation bill in July, every single Democrat voted against it and they got 3 detectors so Vance had to break the tie, and the Dems just shut down the government for 40 days to try and get them to undo it, it is absolutely deranged to blame this on “Democrats”
Yes - this is a loss because Democrats have now signed on to ACA cuts as a complicit party and once again made it a less effective issue for the mid terms
From that perspective, this would be a failure, right? Because the Dems lose the narrative that they did everything to stand in the way of ACA cuts.
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The ACA cuts happened in the reconciliation bill in July, every single Democrat voted against it and they got 3 detectors so Vance had to break the tie, and the Dems just shut down the government for 40 days to try and get them to undo it, it is absolutely deranged to blame this on “Democrats”
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i think the argument the cavers should’ve made/should make is “i couldn’t let people starve - we made a run thinking they would fold on aca, but trump really is that psychotic”
that’s an argument i think people could respect, but the won’t even make it
that’s an argument i think people could respect, but the won’t even make it
like this is basically it, the melts melted under pressure
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
i think the argument the cavers should’ve made/should make is “i couldn’t let people starve - we made a run thinking they would fold on aca, but trump really is that psychotic”
that’s an argument i think people could respect, but the won’t even make it
that’s an argument i think people could respect, but the won’t even make it
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Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day! Don’t forget to smash your clocks!
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day! Don’t forget to smash your clocks!
I'm not sure there were any great exit strategies but man this is just loser shit.
weirdly honest messaging from the breakaway mod/institutionalist leaders who blew up the party strategy
they're explicitly giving up. "It wasn't working so we quit" that's the message
they're explicitly giving up. "It wasn't working so we quit" that's the message
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I'm not sure there were any great exit strategies but man this is just loser shit.
For people saying that Democrats were on the verge of winning the shutdown, I'm going to note that last week when Schumer proposed a deal that would have given Democrats what they wanted in exchange for opening up the government, many of the same people were decrying it as a sellout.
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
For people saying that Democrats were on the verge of winning the shutdown, I'm going to note that last week when Schumer proposed a deal that would have given Democrats what they wanted in exchange for opening up the government, many of the same people were decrying it as a sellout.
Chait and Yglesias are often correct about things (but also often extremely incorrect), but Cillizza is wrong so much that him thinking this was bad absolutely moves me in the direction of "maybe caving *was* the right move."
the Democrats have lost MattY, Chait, even fucking Chris Cilizza on this cave
as far as I can tell the entire list of people in or around Democratic politics who think this vote was a good idea consists of the people who took the vote and whoever else in the caucus silently supported them
as far as I can tell the entire list of people in or around Democratic politics who think this vote was a good idea consists of the people who took the vote and whoever else in the caucus silently supported them
"Democrats could have held the line on the shutdown, and spent weeks watching Trump’s approval ratings fall," writes @jonathanbchait.bsky.social
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Chait and Yglesias are often correct about things (but also often extremely incorrect), but Cillizza is wrong so much that him thinking this was bad absolutely moves me in the direction of "maybe caving *was* the right move."
A lot of people pooh poohing the SNAP funding and anti-RIF measures because Trump may just ignore the law anyway.
But if nothing matters then nothing matters. You should stop paying attention to Congress and certainly not get mad at Dems for not passing laws you like. Laws don't matter, remember?
But if nothing matters then nothing matters. You should stop paying attention to Congress and certainly not get mad at Dems for not passing laws you like. Laws don't matter, remember?
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 AM
A lot of people pooh poohing the SNAP funding and anti-RIF measures because Trump may just ignore the law anyway.
But if nothing matters then nothing matters. You should stop paying attention to Congress and certainly not get mad at Dems for not passing laws you like. Laws don't matter, remember?
But if nothing matters then nothing matters. You should stop paying attention to Congress and certainly not get mad at Dems for not passing laws you like. Laws don't matter, remember?
Would be funny if these jokers scuttle the deal.
Rick Scott, Mike Lee and Ron Johnson have not voted. They appear to be negotiating something with Thune in the back of the Senate chamber.
We are at 56-40
Also waiting on Cornyn
We are at 56-40
Also waiting on Cornyn
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Would be funny if these jokers scuttle the deal.
Anyone from Virginia, Nevada, Illinois should be yelling at your senators (not Duckworth or Warner) to get them to flip to no on the final cloture vote.
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Anyone from Virginia, Nevada, Illinois should be yelling at your senators (not Duckworth or Warner) to get them to flip to no on the final cloture vote.
This is so lame. Thune has been offering this the whole time.
“Um well there aren’t even any Senate Dem Press releases saying they support the deal”
Sen Tim Kaine: Hold my beer
Sen Tim Kaine: Hold my beer
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
This is so lame. Thune has been offering this the whole time.
Ugh, what the fuck. If you were going to cave for literally what Thune has been offering since October 1, why even shut down in the first place?
November 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Ugh, what the fuck. If you were going to cave for literally what Thune has been offering since October 1, why even shut down in the first place?
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No kings, only this queen
November 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
No kings, only this queen
Has Vince Gilligan tricked me into watching a show with a ten minute dialogueless sequence of a woman riding a motorcycle and then flying a prop plane?
November 9, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Has Vince Gilligan tricked me into watching a show with a ten minute dialogueless sequence of a woman riding a motorcycle and then flying a prop plane?
Philly's hottest club is the valet parking office for Saloon, South Philly's top Italian restaurant for people in for the night from South Jersey, which is *blasting* "I Will Survive" right now
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Philly's hottest club is the valet parking office for Saloon, South Philly's top Italian restaurant for people in for the night from South Jersey, which is *blasting* "I Will Survive" right now
Both of these premises are questionable. (This is a district which has been represented by a Democrat for twenty-six of the last thirty years.)
I mean, yes, misguided progressive criticism of Golden has driven him from office and now Republicans are going to win the seat. According to me, that’s bad.
November 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Both of these premises are questionable. (This is a district which has been represented by a Democrat for twenty-six of the last thirty years.)
Apparently Matthew MacFadyen is playing Smiley in a series of Le Carré adaptations?!
I assume the MacFadyen version will really lean into the being cuckolded part.
www.televisionacademy.com/features/onl...
I assume the MacFadyen version will really lean into the being cuckolded part.
www.televisionacademy.com/features/onl...
Matthew Macfadyen on Death by Lightning and Playing John LeCarré’s George Smiley
www.televisionacademy.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Apparently Matthew MacFadyen is playing Smiley in a series of Le Carré adaptations?!
I assume the MacFadyen version will really lean into the being cuckolded part.
www.televisionacademy.com/features/onl...
I assume the MacFadyen version will really lean into the being cuckolded part.
www.televisionacademy.com/features/onl...
Let's just move to pure liberum veto. That would give small states even more ability to exert influence.
Underrated aspect of killing the filibuster is making pundit hacks at Cook Political p-p-p-piss their pants
November 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Let's just move to pure liberum veto. That would give small states even more ability to exert influence.
Do I have to hand it to Dr. Oz? Like, maybe?
Virtue ethics! It doesn't make Oz a good person overall, but he genuinely behaved admirably in this instance, and he did so because it had been so inculcated in him that that's what he's supposed to do that he did it without thinking.
Virtue ethics! It doesn't make Oz a good person overall, but he genuinely behaved admirably in this instance, and he did so because it had been so inculcated in him that that's what he's supposed to do that he did it without thinking.
Dr. Oz's instincts as a doctor made him immediately go to the guy's assistance. RFK's instincts as a drug-addicted failson made him immediately run away
November 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Do I have to hand it to Dr. Oz? Like, maybe?
Virtue ethics! It doesn't make Oz a good person overall, but he genuinely behaved admirably in this instance, and he did so because it had been so inculcated in him that that's what he's supposed to do that he did it without thinking.
Virtue ethics! It doesn't make Oz a good person overall, but he genuinely behaved admirably in this instance, and he did so because it had been so inculcated in him that that's what he's supposed to do that he did it without thinking.
Didn't he literally promise to leave New York if he lost this race? Another broken promise from Andrew Cuomo.
November 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Didn't he literally promise to leave New York if he lost this race? Another broken promise from Andrew Cuomo.
Look guys, if you don't think the Democrats will break, you have two choices, and I don't understand why you haven't chosen one yet.
GOP SEN. JOHN KENNEDY: It may be 2026 when we'll come out of the shutdown.
REPORTERS: 😳
KENNEDY: I'm not kidding, you guys. I mean, you see what I see. Okay? This shutdown is going to last a long time. What's going to get us out of it?
REPORTERS: 😳
KENNEDY: I'm not kidding, you guys. I mean, you see what I see. Okay? This shutdown is going to last a long time. What's going to get us out of it?
November 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Look guys, if you don't think the Democrats will break, you have two choices, and I don't understand why you haven't chosen one yet.
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Being called a Republican on Bluesky is the most annoying shit in the world.
It's like someone questioning your heterosexuality when you've shown up at a strip club alone.
It's like someone questioning your heterosexuality when you've shown up at a strip club alone.
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Being called a Republican on Bluesky is the most annoying shit in the world.
It's like someone questioning your heterosexuality when you've shown up at a strip club alone.
It's like someone questioning your heterosexuality when you've shown up at a strip club alone.