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
Wow, ok.
I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
November 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Wow, ok.
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Hello friends! Here’s a new abstract painting in my sketchbook! 💜☺️ #abstractart #abstractpainting #sketchbook #modernart #art #painting #artsky #artists #mixedmedia #canadianartists #vancouverartists
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Hello friends! Here’s a new abstract painting in my sketchbook! 💜☺️ #abstractart #abstractpainting #sketchbook #modernart #art #painting #artsky #artists #mixedmedia #canadianartists #vancouverartists
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September 21, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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if I had a gazillion dollars, I would create an experience library for writers. do you want to know what something smells like? do you want to know what it was like to use this artifact? do you want to walk around a period-accurate house? we've got it along with specialists to explain.
November 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
if I had a gazillion dollars, I would create an experience library for writers. do you want to know what something smells like? do you want to know what it was like to use this artifact? do you want to walk around a period-accurate house? we've got it along with specialists to explain.
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Grid, Layered Print on Wove Paper
November 23, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Grid, Layered Print on Wove Paper
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615 of the estimated 3,000+ detained immigrants who were kidnapped in Chicagoland during Midway Blitz are expected to be eligible for bond this week. The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund shows up for people in detention who need bond, but it costs, at minimum, $1,500 per person. Pls help them.
A Midwest Bond Fund Is Helping Detained Chicago Immigrants Return To Their Families
The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund launched in 2020 to provide bond assistance to people navigating the complex immigration legal system. That mission has become more difficult under the second Trump a...
blockclubchicago.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
615 of the estimated 3,000+ detained immigrants who were kidnapped in Chicagoland during Midway Blitz are expected to be eligible for bond this week. The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund shows up for people in detention who need bond, but it costs, at minimum, $1,500 per person. Pls help them.
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the real test of whether bluesky has the juice is whether we can whine rian johnson into muppets knives out
November 19, 2025 at 2:37 AM
the real test of whether bluesky has the juice is whether we can whine rian johnson into muppets knives out
some of you may know that my day job is teaching mostly first-year writing students — this matches my understanding
We asked our first-year students to take a survey about the ethics of using LLMs at various points in the writing process (research, brainstorming, drafting, spell-checking) and the results were sort of heartening. Especially in their comments, it was clear that they're really thinking about it.
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
some of you may know that my day job is teaching mostly first-year writing students — this matches my understanding
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Thread. “AI is patching up the holes in conspiracy theories and so making them seem more reasonable, making them easier to spread and more resilient to collapse” was not on my bingo card.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Thread. “AI is patching up the holes in conspiracy theories and so making them seem more reasonable, making them easier to spread and more resilient to collapse” was not on my bingo card.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
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Imagine how broken you have to be when rape is an acceptable trade-off for white supremacy.
November 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Imagine how broken you have to be when rape is an acceptable trade-off for white supremacy.
I’ve seen enough to know that this man should not be teaching
Sex pest : i am retiring from public life
public : good fuck off
sex pest : except for these various paid and unpaid public positions
public : did we stutter
public : good fuck off
sex pest : except for these various paid and unpaid public positions
public : did we stutter
Larry Summers steps back from public commitments, ‘deeply ashamed’ by Epstein revelations
Emails revealed that Summers sought advice from Epstein on romantically pursuing a woman he referred to as his mentee.
www.politico.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I’ve seen enough to know that this man should not be teaching
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I get why it happens but goddamn do I wish anything could hit as hard on the timeline as something that sucks that everyone hates written by or about the worst person you know. I wish something good or interesting was able to get anywhere near the traction some shit that sucks does.
November 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I get why it happens but goddamn do I wish anything could hit as hard on the timeline as something that sucks that everyone hates written by or about the worst person you know. I wish something good or interesting was able to get anywhere near the traction some shit that sucks does.
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Prints of various of my Power Lines Drawings are for sale by me here:
marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com/category/pow...
marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com/category/pow...
November 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Prints of various of my Power Lines Drawings are for sale by me here:
marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com/category/pow...
marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com/category/pow...
AMERICAN CANTO is precisely what you'd call your book if you were an insufferable author character in a satirical film
November 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
AMERICAN CANTO is precisely what you'd call your book if you were an insufferable author character in a satirical film
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It's still wild to me how much we've memory holed Occupy Wallstreet.
November 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
It's still wild to me how much we've memory holed Occupy Wallstreet.
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the bad news: we are witnessing an ongoing right-wing capture of the media, underscoring the need for a robust system of alternate circulation / the good news: zine distributors are hard at work, strong as ever / here's our guide, available for $4 shop.nonmachinable.com/product/guid...
Guide to Zine Distros by NONMACHINABLE
THIRD EDITION: freshly updated! Our guide to active zine distros and zine-friendly shops around the world. Also available at nonmachinable.com as a...
shop.nonmachinable.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
the bad news: we are witnessing an ongoing right-wing capture of the media, underscoring the need for a robust system of alternate circulation / the good news: zine distributors are hard at work, strong as ever / here's our guide, available for $4 shop.nonmachinable.com/product/guid...
I just backed Apocalypse World: Burned Over on @kickstarter.com
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I just backed Apocalypse World: Burned Over on @kickstarter.com
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Iridescent Dark
This series is loosely based on the phrase "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil". I made these back in 2019, I was experimenting with different textures, one of the textures used in this series was a dirty sink, haha 😅
#photography #mixedmedia #pink #queerart #portaiture #art
This series is loosely based on the phrase "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil". I made these back in 2019, I was experimenting with different textures, one of the textures used in this series was a dirty sink, haha 😅
#photography #mixedmedia #pink #queerart #portaiture #art
November 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Iridescent Dark
This series is loosely based on the phrase "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil". I made these back in 2019, I was experimenting with different textures, one of the textures used in this series was a dirty sink, haha 😅
#photography #mixedmedia #pink #queerart #portaiture #art
This series is loosely based on the phrase "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil". I made these back in 2019, I was experimenting with different textures, one of the textures used in this series was a dirty sink, haha 😅
#photography #mixedmedia #pink #queerart #portaiture #art
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16 out of 614.
They arrested ~16 people with criminal records.
They terrorized thousands,
brutalized protesters,
destroyed families,
cratered businesses,
tear-gassed a Halloween parade,
traumatized kids in a day care,
killed a man,
& pepper sprayed a baby…
for 16 people with criminal records.
They arrested ~16 people with criminal records.
They terrorized thousands,
brutalized protesters,
destroyed families,
cratered businesses,
tear-gassed a Halloween parade,
traumatized kids in a day care,
killed a man,
& pepper sprayed a baby…
for 16 people with criminal records.
NEWS: Internal Homeland Security documents on 600+ detainees to be released prove that the vast majority of immigrants detained in Chicago area are "low" public safety risk, even by the government's loose standards. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/o...
Only 2.5% on list of 614 ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees had criminal histories, DOJ records show
Meanwhile, the other 598 people on the list had no listed criminal history at all.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
16 out of 614.
They arrested ~16 people with criminal records.
They terrorized thousands,
brutalized protesters,
destroyed families,
cratered businesses,
tear-gassed a Halloween parade,
traumatized kids in a day care,
killed a man,
& pepper sprayed a baby…
for 16 people with criminal records.
They arrested ~16 people with criminal records.
They terrorized thousands,
brutalized protesters,
destroyed families,
cratered businesses,
tear-gassed a Halloween parade,
traumatized kids in a day care,
killed a man,
& pepper sprayed a baby…
for 16 people with criminal records.
this will improve your day immediately
I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
November 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
this will improve your day immediately
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Some amazing and beautiful pieces in here, looking forward to more in the series.
🌈 Today is RELEASE DAY for COLOUR INTO FOCUS: QUEER AND TRANS COLLAGE #1! 🏳️⚧️ Contains works from 31 artists (on four continents!), published in a full-color half-size format. Copies available in-person at the Midwest Queer and Trans Zine Fest or online here: shop.nonmachinable.com/product/preo... 🔥
October 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Some amazing and beautiful pieces in here, looking forward to more in the series.