Jess Nevins
@jessnevins.bsky.social
Encyclopedist, college librarian, writer, ttrpg writer. I like to talk about Mesopotamia & Vikings. Always outnumbered, never outgunned.
My podcast, "The History of Comic Books in 500 Issues," is at http://500issues.com
My podcast, "The History of Comic Books in 500 Issues," is at http://500issues.com
All this fuss about "The Wreck of the Edmund Pevensie." I don't get it. He gets high on Turkish delight and then splits the Dawn Treader in two during a November gale. Bfd.
Now, if he'd managed to snuff that annoying talking mouse, that'd be something to be proud of.
Now, if he'd managed to snuff that annoying talking mouse, that'd be something to be proud of.
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
All this fuss about "The Wreck of the Edmund Pevensie." I don't get it. He gets high on Turkish delight and then splits the Dawn Treader in two during a November gale. Bfd.
Now, if he'd managed to snuff that annoying talking mouse, that'd be something to be proud of.
Now, if he'd managed to snuff that annoying talking mouse, that'd be something to be proud of.
Sportsball talk:
I hope the NY football Giants have learned their lesson and that next time they hire a coach he won't look like a scruffy H. Jon Benjamin.
Archer has many virtues, but a football coach he is not.
I hope the NY football Giants have learned their lesson and that next time they hire a coach he won't look like a scruffy H. Jon Benjamin.
Archer has many virtues, but a football coach he is not.
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Sportsball talk:
I hope the NY football Giants have learned their lesson and that next time they hire a coach he won't look like a scruffy H. Jon Benjamin.
Archer has many virtues, but a football coach he is not.
I hope the NY football Giants have learned their lesson and that next time they hire a coach he won't look like a scruffy H. Jon Benjamin.
Archer has many virtues, but a football coach he is not.
ICYMI:
I uploaded a new episode of the podcast yesterday:
www.patreon.com/posts/500-is...
It's long (1 hr 40 min), but I think it's my best episode so far. It's about Tijuana Bibles, but about a lot more than just those:
I uploaded a new episode of the podcast yesterday:
www.patreon.com/posts/500-is...
It's long (1 hr 40 min), but I think it's my best episode so far. It's about Tijuana Bibles, but about a lot more than just those:
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
ICYMI:
I uploaded a new episode of the podcast yesterday:
www.patreon.com/posts/500-is...
It's long (1 hr 40 min), but I think it's my best episode so far. It's about Tijuana Bibles, but about a lot more than just those:
I uploaded a new episode of the podcast yesterday:
www.patreon.com/posts/500-is...
It's long (1 hr 40 min), but I think it's my best episode so far. It's about Tijuana Bibles, but about a lot more than just those:
One thing I don't hear or read academics discussing enough is the sheer weirdness that results from the entire world having access to your work via the Internet. I can't be the only one who ends up being cited in works about subjects that I barely recognize, much less am citable in.
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
One thing I don't hear or read academics discussing enough is the sheer weirdness that results from the entire world having access to your work via the Internet. I can't be the only one who ends up being cited in works about subjects that I barely recognize, much less am citable in.
Huh. Well, good for Wolf! (And good that Disney was professional about this).
www.imnotbad.com/2025/11/roge...
www.imnotbad.com/2025/11/roge...
November 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Huh. Well, good for Wolf! (And good that Disney was professional about this).
www.imnotbad.com/2025/11/roge...
www.imnotbad.com/2025/11/roge...
I cannot, of course, call for anyone's death here, because I'd get in a lot trouble.
But I will say that I hope God's punishment for the creators & propagators of the 50-year-mortgage is both swift and agonizing.
But I will say that I hope God's punishment for the creators & propagators of the 50-year-mortgage is both swift and agonizing.
November 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I cannot, of course, call for anyone's death here, because I'd get in a lot trouble.
But I will say that I hope God's punishment for the creators & propagators of the 50-year-mortgage is both swift and agonizing.
But I will say that I hope God's punishment for the creators & propagators of the 50-year-mortgage is both swift and agonizing.
New episode of the podcast just went up!
www.patreon.com/posts/143190...
This one on the Tijuana Bibles. 1 hour 40 minutes, and my best work so far, I think. An everything-and-the-kitchen-sink episode, since once you get going on the Bibles there's a lot that is relevant to it.
www.patreon.com/posts/143190...
This one on the Tijuana Bibles. 1 hour 40 minutes, and my best work so far, I think. An everything-and-the-kitchen-sink episode, since once you get going on the Bibles there's a lot that is relevant to it.
November 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
New episode of the podcast just went up!
www.patreon.com/posts/143190...
This one on the Tijuana Bibles. 1 hour 40 minutes, and my best work so far, I think. An everything-and-the-kitchen-sink episode, since once you get going on the Bibles there's a lot that is relevant to it.
www.patreon.com/posts/143190...
This one on the Tijuana Bibles. 1 hour 40 minutes, and my best work so far, I think. An everything-and-the-kitchen-sink episode, since once you get going on the Bibles there's a lot that is relevant to it.
God set a flower on the Internet's head. Sometimes it is good to us:
Such as abclegaldocs.com/blog-Colorad..., a website for notaries in Colorado with a lot of information & links.
On that site is this:
abclegaldocs.com/blog-Colorad...
about, yep, notaries in Sumeria.
Such as abclegaldocs.com/blog-Colorad..., a website for notaries in Colorado with a lot of information & links.
On that site is this:
abclegaldocs.com/blog-Colorad...
about, yep, notaries in Sumeria.
November 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
God set a flower on the Internet's head. Sometimes it is good to us:
Such as abclegaldocs.com/blog-Colorad..., a website for notaries in Colorado with a lot of information & links.
On that site is this:
abclegaldocs.com/blog-Colorad...
about, yep, notaries in Sumeria.
Such as abclegaldocs.com/blog-Colorad..., a website for notaries in Colorado with a lot of information & links.
On that site is this:
abclegaldocs.com/blog-Colorad...
about, yep, notaries in Sumeria.
*Man*, were the Assyrians judgmental!
"Šumma sin-ništu kinsaša ba-‘-la"
"if a woman's calves are abnormally large"
"Šumma ka bun-su ba-‘-la"
"if his nostrils are abnormally large"
"Šumma sin-ništu kinsaša ba-‘-la"
"if a woman's calves are abnormally large"
"Šumma ka bun-su ba-‘-la"
"if his nostrils are abnormally large"
November 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
*Man*, were the Assyrians judgmental!
"Šumma sin-ništu kinsaša ba-‘-la"
"if a woman's calves are abnormally large"
"Šumma ka bun-su ba-‘-la"
"if his nostrils are abnormally large"
"Šumma sin-ništu kinsaša ba-‘-la"
"if a woman's calves are abnormally large"
"Šumma ka bun-su ba-‘-la"
"if his nostrils are abnormally large"
Sometimes you find wisdom where you least expect it.
Was just scrolling through Facebook (don't judge) and saw a picture of a woman checking her makeup. The caption, however, was "If you can't picture her throwing a lit Molotov, she's not the one," and, yes, that is correct, sir/ma'am/other.
Was just scrolling through Facebook (don't judge) and saw a picture of a woman checking her makeup. The caption, however, was "If you can't picture her throwing a lit Molotov, she's not the one," and, yes, that is correct, sir/ma'am/other.
November 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Sometimes you find wisdom where you least expect it.
Was just scrolling through Facebook (don't judge) and saw a picture of a woman checking her makeup. The caption, however, was "If you can't picture her throwing a lit Molotov, she's not the one," and, yes, that is correct, sir/ma'am/other.
Was just scrolling through Facebook (don't judge) and saw a picture of a woman checking her makeup. The caption, however, was "If you can't picture her throwing a lit Molotov, she's not the one," and, yes, that is correct, sir/ma'am/other.
I know we've all got a lot on our minds and the gusher of news doesn't stop for anybody, but....
Did you see where the President of Iran announced that the drought there is so bad that if they don't get any rain in the next two months they'll run out of water and *evacuate Tehran*?
Did you see where the President of Iran announced that the drought there is so bad that if they don't get any rain in the next two months they'll run out of water and *evacuate Tehran*?
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I know we've all got a lot on our minds and the gusher of news doesn't stop for anybody, but....
Did you see where the President of Iran announced that the drought there is so bad that if they don't get any rain in the next two months they'll run out of water and *evacuate Tehran*?
Did you see where the President of Iran announced that the drought there is so bad that if they don't get any rain in the next two months they'll run out of water and *evacuate Tehran*?
"The baguette faces an uncertain future."
www.cnn.com/2025/11/08/t...
I don't know how, but I'm sure this is Trump's fault. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. I WILL NOT ALLOW THAT ORANGE-FACED SUPPURATING BOIL TO DESTROY EVERY LAST THING THAT IS GOOD AND PROPER IN THIS WORLD.
THE LINE MUST BE DRAWN *HERE.*
www.cnn.com/2025/11/08/t...
I don't know how, but I'm sure this is Trump's fault. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. I WILL NOT ALLOW THAT ORANGE-FACED SUPPURATING BOIL TO DESTROY EVERY LAST THING THAT IS GOOD AND PROPER IN THIS WORLD.
THE LINE MUST BE DRAWN *HERE.*
November 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
"The baguette faces an uncertain future."
www.cnn.com/2025/11/08/t...
I don't know how, but I'm sure this is Trump's fault. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. I WILL NOT ALLOW THAT ORANGE-FACED SUPPURATING BOIL TO DESTROY EVERY LAST THING THAT IS GOOD AND PROPER IN THIS WORLD.
THE LINE MUST BE DRAWN *HERE.*
www.cnn.com/2025/11/08/t...
I don't know how, but I'm sure this is Trump's fault. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. I WILL NOT ALLOW THAT ORANGE-FACED SUPPURATING BOIL TO DESTROY EVERY LAST THING THAT IS GOOD AND PROPER IN THIS WORLD.
THE LINE MUST BE DRAWN *HERE.*
Sometimes people ask me how my wife feels about me launching into historical lectures about popular culture at random moments, essentially triggered by a single word.
I asked my wife about how linen used to be dyed and got a concise, well-phrased historical lecture with several good examples.
I asked my wife about how linen used to be dyed and got a concise, well-phrased historical lecture with several good examples.
November 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Sometimes people ask me how my wife feels about me launching into historical lectures about popular culture at random moments, essentially triggered by a single word.
I asked my wife about how linen used to be dyed and got a concise, well-phrased historical lecture with several good examples.
I asked my wife about how linen used to be dyed and got a concise, well-phrased historical lecture with several good examples.
I'll be honest, I lost interest in GDT's FRANKENSTEIN when I learned it would be ignoring an integral part of the original novel.
November 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I'll be honest, I lost interest in GDT's FRANKENSTEIN when I learned it would be ignoring an integral part of the original novel.
Sometimes I fantasize about traveling into the world of The Crown during its first season, kidnapping Tommy Lascelles, bringing him back to our world, and setting him loose on the Trump White House.
November 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Sometimes I fantasize about traveling into the world of The Crown during its first season, kidnapping Tommy Lascelles, bringing him back to our world, and setting him loose on the Trump White House.
Possibly of interest--
A good long biographical write-up on Jane Gallion, a smut/erotica-writer of the Fifties & Sixties:
andrewnette.substack.com/p/jane-galli...
A good long biographical write-up on Jane Gallion, a smut/erotica-writer of the Fifties & Sixties:
andrewnette.substack.com/p/jane-galli...
November 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Possibly of interest--
A good long biographical write-up on Jane Gallion, a smut/erotica-writer of the Fifties & Sixties:
andrewnette.substack.com/p/jane-galli...
A good long biographical write-up on Jane Gallion, a smut/erotica-writer of the Fifties & Sixties:
andrewnette.substack.com/p/jane-galli...
Okay, I will publicly admit it: I would rather see "A Lawyer Named Victor" starring Kim Kardashian & Tracy Morgan (and of course Scott Adsit as Henry Clerval the IT guy) as a weekly & high-budget tv drama than I would GDT's film, no matter how good the latter is supposed to be.
November 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Okay, I will publicly admit it: I would rather see "A Lawyer Named Victor" starring Kim Kardashian & Tracy Morgan (and of course Scott Adsit as Henry Clerval the IT guy) as a weekly & high-budget tv drama than I would GDT's film, no matter how good the latter is supposed to be.
My mom was a lab tech for Watson & Crick when they did their DNA work. (Mom was a lab tech for two sets of Nobel Prize winners. She rocked). My parents hung out with them in Cambridge for years. (I have a photo of W&C holding me at my christening).
No matter how bad you think Watson was--
No matter how bad you think Watson was--
I grew up with a scientist educator mom and she made damn sure I knew Rosalind Franklin’s name.
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
November 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
My mom was a lab tech for Watson & Crick when they did their DNA work. (Mom was a lab tech for two sets of Nobel Prize winners. She rocked). My parents hung out with them in Cambridge for years. (I have a photo of W&C holding me at my christening).
No matter how bad you think Watson was--
No matter how bad you think Watson was--
Aw, man.
Have to admit, I haven't looked at one of these for years. But when I was ter lad I read it a *lot*. (Also got up super-early on Sunday mornings for the "Farmer's Report" on Channel 56. I was a little odd).
Ave atque vale!
www.farmersalmanac.com/fond-farewel...
Have to admit, I haven't looked at one of these for years. But when I was ter lad I read it a *lot*. (Also got up super-early on Sunday mornings for the "Farmer's Report" on Channel 56. I was a little odd).
Ave atque vale!
www.farmersalmanac.com/fond-farewel...
A Fond Farewell
After more than 200 years of sharing wit and wisdom, the 2026 Farmers' Almanac will be our last edition. But our story stays alive in you.
www.farmersalmanac.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Aw, man.
Have to admit, I haven't looked at one of these for years. But when I was ter lad I read it a *lot*. (Also got up super-early on Sunday mornings for the "Farmer's Report" on Channel 56. I was a little odd).
Ave atque vale!
www.farmersalmanac.com/fond-farewel...
Have to admit, I haven't looked at one of these for years. But when I was ter lad I read it a *lot*. (Also got up super-early on Sunday mornings for the "Farmer's Report" on Channel 56. I was a little odd).
Ave atque vale!
www.farmersalmanac.com/fond-farewel...
So, hey, wanna see something you'll really hate?
It's going to be thrust in front of your eyeballs in the next few weeks regardless, so you might as well be forewarned so as to be forearmed.
But if you aren't into hate-reading, you might want to skip this thread.
1/
It's going to be thrust in front of your eyeballs in the next few weeks regardless, so you might as well be forewarned so as to be forearmed.
But if you aren't into hate-reading, you might want to skip this thread.
1/
November 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
So, hey, wanna see something you'll really hate?
It's going to be thrust in front of your eyeballs in the next few weeks regardless, so you might as well be forewarned so as to be forearmed.
But if you aren't into hate-reading, you might want to skip this thread.
1/
It's going to be thrust in front of your eyeballs in the next few weeks regardless, so you might as well be forewarned so as to be forearmed.
But if you aren't into hate-reading, you might want to skip this thread.
1/
Ohhhhh my.
I have found something that's going to infuriate a lot of people.
In a meeting now--will post here when I'm out.
I have found something that's going to infuriate a lot of people.
In a meeting now--will post here when I'm out.
November 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Ohhhhh my.
I have found something that's going to infuriate a lot of people.
In a meeting now--will post here when I'm out.
I have found something that's going to infuriate a lot of people.
In a meeting now--will post here when I'm out.
This may be of interest:
"Empowering Voices: The Influence of Old Norse Mythology on Women’s Writing from 1950-2012"
The chosen authors to examine are Sylvia Plath, A.S. Byatt, and Kathleen Jamie.
ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...
"Empowering Voices: The Influence of Old Norse Mythology on Women’s Writing from 1950-2012"
The chosen authors to examine are Sylvia Plath, A.S. Byatt, and Kathleen Jamie.
ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This may be of interest:
"Empowering Voices: The Influence of Old Norse Mythology on Women’s Writing from 1950-2012"
The chosen authors to examine are Sylvia Plath, A.S. Byatt, and Kathleen Jamie.
ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...
"Empowering Voices: The Influence of Old Norse Mythology on Women’s Writing from 1950-2012"
The chosen authors to examine are Sylvia Plath, A.S. Byatt, and Kathleen Jamie.
ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...
Now, look.
It's all well and good to argue that a hot dog or taco is a sandwich, but right here we've got the 24 Nov 1762 entry from Gibbons' journal, which is the first use of the word "sandwich" which the OED recognizes, and *clearly* a sandwich can't have cold meat in it. Look at the phrasing!
It's all well and good to argue that a hot dog or taco is a sandwich, but right here we've got the 24 Nov 1762 entry from Gibbons' journal, which is the first use of the word "sandwich" which the OED recognizes, and *clearly* a sandwich can't have cold meat in it. Look at the phrasing!
November 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Now, look.
It's all well and good to argue that a hot dog or taco is a sandwich, but right here we've got the 24 Nov 1762 entry from Gibbons' journal, which is the first use of the word "sandwich" which the OED recognizes, and *clearly* a sandwich can't have cold meat in it. Look at the phrasing!
It's all well and good to argue that a hot dog or taco is a sandwich, but right here we've got the 24 Nov 1762 entry from Gibbons' journal, which is the first use of the word "sandwich" which the OED recognizes, and *clearly* a sandwich can't have cold meat in it. Look at the phrasing!
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! Just a week late.
November 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! Just a week late.
Just heard the words, "The Grinch is Black because he stole all those presents from white folks. That's praxis," and I'm going to have to sit with that one for a while.
November 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Just heard the words, "The Grinch is Black because he stole all those presents from white folks. That's praxis," and I'm going to have to sit with that one for a while.