J.R. Nelson
@jrnelson.bsky.social
Owner of Myopic Books and formerly 50% of Chicago Reader's Gossip Wolf. Fuck Ayn Rand.
Proud to rep for the Dick Cavett of the Adderall Generation
November 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Proud to rep for the Dick Cavett of the Adderall Generation
Got a visit from @imleor.bsky.social on his 40th born day!!! Happy bday to the big homie!! Throw him some wishes and love, y’all ❤️❤️
November 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Got a visit from @imleor.bsky.social on his 40th born day!!! Happy bday to the big homie!! Throw him some wishes and love, y’all ❤️❤️
As for me, I'm still not tired of Woke Drudge
November 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
As for me, I'm still not tired of Woke Drudge
Proud to be a subscriber and help support the big homies @chicagoreader.com 🖤
October 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Proud to be a subscriber and help support the big homies @chicagoreader.com 🖤
The only way to do it
October 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
The only way to do it
"You are as constructed as me; the same anarchic womb has birthed us both"
September 27, 2025 at 3:02 AM
"You are as constructed as me; the same anarchic womb has birthed us both"
Earth will be recycled!
August 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Earth will be recycled!
Hardest ex libris I’ve ever seen
July 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Hardest ex libris I’ve ever seen
Ok, well, as I was saying, etc.
July 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Ok, well, as I was saying, etc.
A sinster drone, old BBC footage of an empty brutalist UK motorway and cold words on the screen: "Underneath There Was Nothing"; oh yeah, the first watch of that new Adam Curtis joint is hitting
June 27, 2025 at 6:13 AM
A sinster drone, old BBC footage of an empty brutalist UK motorway and cold words on the screen: "Underneath There Was Nothing"; oh yeah, the first watch of that new Adam Curtis joint is hitting
My sprawling Harold Washington campaign collection is large enough to have reached the point of bracing specificity
June 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
My sprawling Harold Washington campaign collection is large enough to have reached the point of bracing specificity
Everything is truly happening
June 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Everything is truly happening
Mine is too! (Published in the issue after Siskel died, naturally)
May 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Mine is too! (Published in the issue after Siskel died, naturally)
Whatever Woke Drudge is smoking, I want some
April 18, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Whatever Woke Drudge is smoking, I want some
Over a decade of waiting to find this and it just shows up
April 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Over a decade of waiting to find this and it just shows up
That’s quite the corpus, Alfred
April 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
That’s quite the corpus, Alfred
I, for one, celebrate Chicago's most pro-nip book club without any reservations whatsoever. We are serving our community the right way
March 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I, for one, celebrate Chicago's most pro-nip book club without any reservations whatsoever. We are serving our community the right way
Edwardsville 9/11/1858 always really did it for me. As usual, he has some consequential words for our time, too. "Accustomed to trample on the rights of those around you, you have lost the genius of your own independence, and become the fit subjects of the first cunning tyrant who rises."
March 11, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Edwardsville 9/11/1858 always really did it for me. As usual, he has some consequential words for our time, too. "Accustomed to trample on the rights of those around you, you have lost the genius of your own independence, and become the fit subjects of the first cunning tyrant who rises."
if you didn't pick Mick Jagger in Freejack you don't like singers
February 27, 2025 at 3:56 AM
if you didn't pick Mick Jagger in Freejack you don't like singers
Does the FAQ answer if that is Mr. Milchick from Severance or not in that photo too cause wow it sure looks like it? (Recently Severance-pilled and going thorough it, sorry)
January 19, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Does the FAQ answer if that is Mr. Milchick from Severance or not in that photo too cause wow it sure looks like it? (Recently Severance-pilled and going thorough it, sorry)
“I have no idea where this will lead us, but I have a definite feeling it will be a place both wonderful and strange.”
January 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
“I have no idea where this will lead us, but I have a definite feeling it will be a place both wonderful and strange.”
