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J. Nelson Jr. 📖🖊️
@jnelsonjr.bsky.social
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(He/Him)

A pile of pop culture references in the vague shape of a person.

Also, I wrote a book! It has airships, pirates, grief, addiction, existential crises, and, most of all, hope. Out for queries now.

Find my work at jnelsonjr.com
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You can have my em-dash when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers. #Writing #Author #AI
I, Robot: Will Smith looking at Sonny, clearly disgusted. Will is labeled "Me," and Sonny is labeled "AI."
November 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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If you're gonna have a massive villainous crashout, then do it in the coolest fucking way possible. #Hazbin #LifeAdviceWithLute
Lute in Hazbin Hotel season 2, standing in the light of a massive broken window.
November 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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HAS YOUR PHONE COMPANY GONE WOKE?? Verizon is secretly paying MARXIST DEI HIRES at Google to implant microchips in their phones. When you use a Little Red Phone, the chip broadcasts images of sexy middle-aged men DIRECTLY INTO YOUR BRAIN. These woke billionaires are making your sons gay!
Mail campaign asking, "Has your phone company gone woke?"
October 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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#Elementary spoilers without context.

#ShitpostingAboutaTVShowFromTwelveYearsAgo
October 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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I love the way mechanics talk.

"Well, I don't know what your price range is, but if you want to put A WHOLE NEW ENGINE IN IT, that would be my recommendation."
October 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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I've been watching the OG #X-Men cartoon the last few weeks, since I never did growing up.

At this time, I would like to issue a formal statement to all the Rogue fans:
Shaq: I owe you an apology. I wasn't really familiar with your game.
September 15, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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"Mr. Nelson, you've been reading the same three mid-2000s urban fantasy series since you were sixteen. Like...I'm not going to feed your soul to Ammit or anything. But...you good, man?"
Tumblr post that ends with, "You are not going to face Book Anubis who will weigh every book you've ever read against the Feather of Literary Value." Then, a comic: "I have no fear." "Book Anubis." "I have one fear."
September 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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August 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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So apparently your rosary gives you stat buffs in M:TOC.

I've been trained my whole life for this moment.
August 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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By the way, even if he had committed a crime (which he has not) there is nothing in the Due Process Clause specifying that only a citizen gets due process:
"No 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."
July 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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My favorite is when they reference Rockin' in the Free World.
We got a thousand points of light For the homeless man We got a kinder, gentler machine gun hand We've got department stores and toilet paper Got styrofoam boxes for the ozone layer Got a man of the people says keep hope alive Got fuel to burn, got roads to drive
July 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Every time Microsoft and Gemini start offering me writing tips.
Ron Swanson: "I know more than you."
June 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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#BuryOurBones spoilers without context:
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: "You know this one girl with hair like this?
June 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Blog post: We're not the martyrs here. I’ve never been told I couldn’t get married, or that I couldn’t adopt a child. I’ve never been turned down for housing, harassed in the grocery store, or lost my job because one vindictive customer decided they didn’t want me serving them. I’ve never been told that the story of my life was no better than porn, or had my romantic relationships compared to bestiality. I’ve never had laws written to disenfranchise me by some politician who thinks they’re a priest, or been told that I couldn’t serve my country because my identity makes me inherently dishonorable, dishonest, and unfit for the military. I’ve never contemplated suicide because that would be easier than dealing with the cloud of suspicion and hatred that follows me everywhere I go. For most of you, like me, the sum total of your “oppression” during Pride Month is that you might see a shirt with a rainbow on it in Target. You might see a book at Barnes & Noble with a queer protagonist on the cover. That’s not oppression, and I’m sick of hearing that I should be angry about it. I’m tired of the delusion that I—a cis, straight, white, middle-class dude from the suburbs—am the real victim. It’s not oppression. It’s a plywood cross you’ve built yourself so you can pretend to be a martyr, and it’s time to come down and open your fucking eyes.
June 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Americans watching the President of the United States have a post-breakup passive aggressive social media spat with his ex as the country collapses around us.

c.2025 (colorized)
Jordan Peele pouring sugar in his coffee, while a mushroom cloud erupts outside his window.
June 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

Day 20! N. K. Jemisin

#Booksky #AuthorChallenge
N. K. Jemisin's The City We Became
June 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

Day 19: Emma Mieko Candon

#Booksky #AuthorChallenge
Emma Mieko Candon's The Archive Undying
June 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

Day 18: Lara Elena Donnelly

#Booksky #AuthorChallenge
Lara Elena Donnelly's Amberlough.
June 1, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Shout out to kinda shitty superhero teams fr. Gotta be one of my favorite genders

#Thunderbolts #Defenders
Shout out meme with the Thunderbolts and the Defenders
June 1, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

Day 17: S.A. Chakraborty

#Booksky #AuthorChallenge
Chakraborty's The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi
May 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

Day 16: Laini Taylor

#Booksky #AuthorChallenge

(Shout-out to Zuzana; I love that little gremlin.)
Laini Taylor's Daughter of Smoke & Bone
May 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

Day 15: The wonderful V.E. Schwab, a personal hero.

#Booksky #AuthorChallenge

"His heart has a draft. It lets in light. It lets in storms. It lets in everything."
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Gallant A Darker Shade of Magic
May 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

Day 14: Nnedi Okorafor

#Booksky #AuthorChallenge
Nnedi Okorafor's Binti
May 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

Day 13: Melissa Scott

#Booksky #AuthorChallenge

(Want some classic cyberpunk that isn't Neuromancer? Want it to be super gay? Have I got a book for you.)
Melissa Scott's Trouble and Her Friends
May 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM