JPB
@jpb.bsky.social
Novelist (RELENTLESS MELT out now from Melville House) // collagist // inveterate notetaker // gracefully aging zinester // to be found in the Greater Boston/Chicago metro region
I still fuckin hate it, but I will accept it. Anything that throws sand in the gears here is good
NIMBY, but make it antifascist
for better or worse, this will probably be the most successful and compelling argument by communities against ICE concentration camps being built:
(from this piece: archive.is/eGsQf)
(from this piece: archive.is/eGsQf)
February 13, 2026 at 5:30 PM
I still fuckin hate it, but I will accept it. Anything that throws sand in the gears here is good
youth empowerment is a key part of my politics/pedagogy
Teachers kept saying “if you think this is tough, wait until you get to the real world” and every year of adulthood I’m reminded of how much safer and easier my life is because I’m empowered as an adult
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
youth empowerment is a key part of my politics/pedagogy
all too accurate
Sorry I can’t this weekend man I have to wander around my home like a tormented ghost for a couple days
February 13, 2026 at 3:55 PM
all too accurate
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chance encounter
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chance encounter
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February 13, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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chance encounter
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chance encounter
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something from minnesota that i would like people to learn, that i don’t think is hitting people yet:
helping MN is good. people need it. but people in your community need mutual aid too. care. resources. food. outside of times of crisis.
and you can help.
helping MN is good. people need it. but people in your community need mutual aid too. care. resources. food. outside of times of crisis.
and you can help.
February 12, 2026 at 10:02 PM
something from minnesota that i would like people to learn, that i don’t think is hitting people yet:
helping MN is good. people need it. but people in your community need mutual aid too. care. resources. food. outside of times of crisis.
and you can help.
helping MN is good. people need it. but people in your community need mutual aid too. care. resources. food. outside of times of crisis.
and you can help.
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Free card design if anyone needs it.
February 12, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Free card design if anyone needs it.
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I don't know if it's really clear, outside of coverage of Mpls and pockets of organizing elsewhere, that hundreds of thousands of people are actively and at every level of society fighting our government as it abducts and imprisons and torments our neighbors.
February 12, 2026 at 1:09 AM
I don't know if it's really clear, outside of coverage of Mpls and pockets of organizing elsewhere, that hundreds of thousands of people are actively and at every level of society fighting our government as it abducts and imprisons and torments our neighbors.
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The deafening silence of space policy people (or space journalists) on this is bizarre. He's a straight-up white supremacist, and we're still talking about "Elon's plans for Starship" or "Elon's take on space colonization" without a thought as to his core beliefs.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January
Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:31 PM
The deafening silence of space policy people (or space journalists) on this is bizarre. He's a straight-up white supremacist, and we're still talking about "Elon's plans for Starship" or "Elon's take on space colonization" without a thought as to his core beliefs.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Bad look for Maura
#Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, who is up for reelection this year, will forcefully criticize ICE and the Trump administration—what she won't do is stop working with them.
My latest for @lukeoneil47.bsky.social's Hell World.
#mapoli
My latest for @lukeoneil47.bsky.social's Hell World.
#mapoli
MA governor on ICE: “I support them”
Maura Healey declines to end state’s partnership with ICE
www.welcometohellworld.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Bad look for Maura
this was originally two separate works-in-progress that gradually grew into one another
February 11, 2026 at 11:03 PM
this was originally two separate works-in-progress that gradually grew into one another
I would also see a noise act with this name
Inspired by a delightful back-and-forth on here recently between @robertloerzel.bsky.social & @ladytophamcatt.bsky.social sharing photos of the Chicago Municipal Device, I thought it’d be fun to write about what the hell it even is and why you can spot it all over town once you look for it
Gift 🔗
Gift 🔗
The Chicago Municipal Device is the city symbol few Chicagoans know about
The backstory of Chicago’s century-old symbol — a “Y” inside a circle — that can be found dotted throughout the city.
www.chicagotribune.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I would also see a noise act with this name
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"Here, finally, is a worthy use of the NIMBY impulse that is so easy to activate for worse reasons." Friends, you can use that. I highly recommend going full Karen for the right reasons.
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:57 AM
"Here, finally, is a worthy use of the NIMBY impulse that is so easy to activate for worse reasons." Friends, you can use that. I highly recommend going full Karen for the right reasons.
current listening. nice one for a winter day:
View, by Steve Roden
4 track album
steveroden.bandcamp.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:08 PM
current listening. nice one for a winter day:
a concise articulation of a stance that I would like more people to adopt
maybe somebody will come up with a usable product that will affect my work, maybe they won't. simply not my problem unless and until that product is available to evaluate
February 11, 2026 at 6:27 PM
a concise articulation of a stance that I would like more people to adopt
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it takes a real management genius to cut both your sports and culture teams a few days before a sporting event hosting the biggest cultural moment in recent history
February 10, 2026 at 10:08 PM
it takes a real management genius to cut both your sports and culture teams a few days before a sporting event hosting the biggest cultural moment in recent history
Correct
we need to develop new types of bands that are more fun to be in than to listen to and then we need to be in those bands together.
February 10, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Correct
OK that's the spirit
Ahead of the release of Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die, I want to relay something from the Q&A after the early screening I attended.
There's a scene where people are shown scrolling a tik-tok-like app showing endless AI slop videos. Per Verbenski, all of them were made by human animators.
There's a scene where people are shown scrolling a tik-tok-like app showing endless AI slop videos. Per Verbenski, all of them were made by human animators.
February 10, 2026 at 10:31 PM
OK that's the spirit
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14/10 for being a real one.
February 10, 2026 at 8:28 PM
14/10 for being a real one.
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if you're somehow still into harry potter in 2026, fix your shit
February 10, 2026 at 7:38 PM
if you're somehow still into harry potter in 2026, fix your shit
This is the one for today. Almost at goal
ok pals, @reedeliot.bsky.social & i (in tandem with @jamesirvinghair.bsky.social) are barnraising for a family in minneapolis who needs urgent rent support.
this family has three kids and has been sheltering for two months.
Goal: $2100
V/PP: allisonannecollage
V: jamesirving
$: jamesirvinghair
this family has three kids and has been sheltering for two months.
Goal: $2100
V/PP: allisonannecollage
V: jamesirving
$: jamesirvinghair
February 10, 2026 at 7:51 PM
This is the one for today. Almost at goal
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I’ve put a free printable PDF of the below image up on my website (from the comic ‘Goat and Sheep by the Well’). Print it out and staple it to a telephone pole, tape it up on your wall, etc. www.joshuawcotter.com/jwc-comics-a...
January 26, 2026 at 5:37 AM
I’ve put a free printable PDF of the below image up on my website (from the comic ‘Goat and Sheep by the Well’). Print it out and staple it to a telephone pole, tape it up on your wall, etc. www.joshuawcotter.com/jwc-comics-a...