Nick Wanserski
@nickwans.bsky.social
Illustrator and writer
Formerly @ The A.V. Club, currently occasional @ Retronauts contributor, the St. Paul half of the Twin Cities.
He/him
Formerly @ The A.V. Club, currently occasional @ Retronauts contributor, the St. Paul half of the Twin Cities.
He/him
Off the shoulder is back this season and it is HOT
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Off the shoulder is back this season and it is HOT
“Trump appeared to enter Sati -a state of mindfulness practiced to better reflect on the dharma to achieve enlightenment.”
Images of Donald Trump appearing to close his eyes at an Oval Office announcement this week rocketed around social media this weekend, with the president’s opponents seizing on the footage to raise questions about Trump’s on-the-job performance.
Images of Trump appearing to close his eyes during Oval Office event spread across social media | CNN Politics
Images of Donald Trump appearing to close his eyes at an Oval Office announcement this week rocketed around social media this weekend, with the president’s opponents seizing on the footage to raise qu...
www.cnn.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
“Trump appeared to enter Sati -a state of mindfulness practiced to better reflect on the dharma to achieve enlightenment.”
🎵Everything is flotsam/
Everything is jetsam when it’s caught in the Gulf Stream/
Everything is flotsam/
When you salvage marine
Everything is jetsam when it’s caught in the Gulf Stream/
Everything is flotsam/
When you salvage marine
November 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
🎵Everything is flotsam/
Everything is jetsam when it’s caught in the Gulf Stream/
Everything is flotsam/
When you salvage marine
Everything is jetsam when it’s caught in the Gulf Stream/
Everything is flotsam/
When you salvage marine
I’ve never assembled a list of generationally-specific utterly normal things labeled as weird and decorated it with AI slop.
I have never done (9) (it's anti-social), (13) (Blockbuster never operated in my country), or (20) (those things were *expensive*).
I am teh oldz.
I am teh oldz.
November 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I’ve never assembled a list of generationally-specific utterly normal things labeled as weird and decorated it with AI slop.
The sole facet of how Coney Barrett wants to and chooses to live her life impacted by feminism is making it possible for her to become a Justice.
JUSTICE AMY CONEY BARRETT:
“Being a conservative woman in a law school, particularly, takes a lot of courage and independence, and in many ways shows more feminism than just falling into some predetermined vision of what a woman should be.”
“Being a conservative woman in a law school, particularly, takes a lot of courage and independence, and in many ways shows more feminism than just falling into some predetermined vision of what a woman should be.”
November 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The sole facet of how Coney Barrett wants to and chooses to live her life impacted by feminism is making it possible for her to become a Justice.
We just finished a rewatch of Mad Men (holds up exceptionally well) and its neat watching the costume designers work so hard to keep Don’s style contemporary into 1970 while still retaining as much of the signature line of his early 60’s suits that made him iconic.
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
We just finished a rewatch of Mad Men (holds up exceptionally well) and its neat watching the costume designers work so hard to keep Don’s style contemporary into 1970 while still retaining as much of the signature line of his early 60’s suits that made him iconic.
Make sure your sidearm is properly holstered
November 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Make sure your sidearm is properly holstered
Who knew the center of the Venn diagram for financially secure Star Trek LEGO fans was the hot yoga instructor you slept with against your better judgment.
November 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Who knew the center of the Venn diagram for financially secure Star Trek LEGO fans was the hot yoga instructor you slept with against your better judgment.
It’s not new. It’s called giving your roommate the first bong hit after you destroy them in pro clubs mode.
FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award at the draw for the World Cup on Dec. 5 in Washington. https://to.pbs.org/47LyluB
FIFA to award new peace prize at World Cup draw in Washington
FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award for the first time at the World Cup draw on Dec. 5 in Washington.
www.pbs.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
It’s not new. It’s called giving your roommate the first bong hit after you destroy them in pro clubs mode.
Allah Akbar
Compagno: I woke up feeling so sad today but just praying a lot, knowing that God is in control and everything will be okay.
November 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Allah Akbar
Reposted by Nick Wanserski
Illustrations from Japanese fireworks catalogues (ca. 1880s) — https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/japanese-fireworks-catalogues #newyearseve #fireworks
November 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Illustrations from Japanese fireworks catalogues (ca. 1880s) — https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/japanese-fireworks-catalogues #newyearseve #fireworks
So pleasant to feel happy about actual news and not just fun little scenarios I invented for myself.
November 5, 2025 at 3:11 AM
So pleasant to feel happy about actual news and not just fun little scenarios I invented for myself.
Saint Paul is electing a mayor too!
*Single cough from a dead-silent audience*
*tumbleweed drifts by*
*Lone janitor looks up, silently shakes head, returns to mopping*
*Single cough from a dead-silent audience*
*tumbleweed drifts by*
*Lone janitor looks up, silently shakes head, returns to mopping*
On the ballot today:
-NYC: Mayor
-Minneapolis: Mayor
-VA: Governor, Lt. Governor, AG, and state House
-NJ: Governor
-PA: State Supreme Court
-GA: Public Service Commission
-TX: TX-18 U.S. House
-CA: Prop 50
This is a reminder of how crucial it is to vote up AND down the ballot.
-NYC: Mayor
-Minneapolis: Mayor
-VA: Governor, Lt. Governor, AG, and state House
-NJ: Governor
-PA: State Supreme Court
-GA: Public Service Commission
-TX: TX-18 U.S. House
-CA: Prop 50
This is a reminder of how crucial it is to vote up AND down the ballot.
November 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Saint Paul is electing a mayor too!
*Single cough from a dead-silent audience*
*tumbleweed drifts by*
*Lone janitor looks up, silently shakes head, returns to mopping*
*Single cough from a dead-silent audience*
*tumbleweed drifts by*
*Lone janitor looks up, silently shakes head, returns to mopping*
The old man's still an artist with a sandwich.
It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
November 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The old man's still an artist with a sandwich.
Reposted by Nick Wanserski
Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
There have been some concerns raised about Pinky’s impartiality overseeing this trail.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
There have been some concerns raised about Pinky’s impartiality overseeing this trail.
“Gentlemen. If the Ruskies don’t already have their own nightmare clown, it’s only a matter of time before they do.”
November 3, 2025 at 4:17 AM
“Gentlemen. If the Ruskies don’t already have their own nightmare clown, it’s only a matter of time before they do.”
Finally saw One Battle After Another and it does one of my favorite things in movies where it shows a whole bunch of tableau conceptually well-formed and interesting enough to support their own movies but just exist in the margins of this story.
November 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Finally saw One Battle After Another and it does one of my favorite things in movies where it shows a whole bunch of tableau conceptually well-formed and interesting enough to support their own movies but just exist in the margins of this story.
Kojima-ass coded Saint
The skull of Saint Mary Magdalen at Saint-Maximin Basilica in the Provence Verte region of France.
#AllSaintsDay
#AllSaintsDay
November 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Kojima-ass coded Saint
Reposted by Nick Wanserski
Today Mexico celebrates the #DayOfTheDead. Skeletal imagery features heavily, influenced in no small part by the work of José Guadalupe Posada, known for his satirical and politically acute broadside prints called "calaveras" (skulls) — publicdomainreview.org/collection/t... #diademuertos
November 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Today Mexico celebrates the #DayOfTheDead. Skeletal imagery features heavily, influenced in no small part by the work of José Guadalupe Posada, known for his satirical and politically acute broadside prints called "calaveras" (skulls) — publicdomainreview.org/collection/t... #diademuertos
Don’t get annoyed by the end of the night teenagers out trick-or-treating. They fill a vital niche in the Halloween ecosystem.
They gladly take all the bottom of the bucket Milky Ways you absolutely do not want to eat but surely would anyways.
They gladly take all the bottom of the bucket Milky Ways you absolutely do not want to eat but surely would anyways.
November 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Don’t get annoyed by the end of the night teenagers out trick-or-treating. They fill a vital niche in the Halloween ecosystem.
They gladly take all the bottom of the bucket Milky Ways you absolutely do not want to eat but surely would anyways.
They gladly take all the bottom of the bucket Milky Ways you absolutely do not want to eat but surely would anyways.
Handing out four ounces of my homemade switchel to every trick-or-treater who comes to our door.
“I sweeten it with molasses for a more authentic taste!” I yell after them as they run screaming down the street.
“I sweeten it with molasses for a more authentic taste!” I yell after them as they run screaming down the street.
November 1, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Handing out four ounces of my homemade switchel to every trick-or-treater who comes to our door.
“I sweeten it with molasses for a more authentic taste!” I yell after them as they run screaming down the street.
“I sweeten it with molasses for a more authentic taste!” I yell after them as they run screaming down the street.
Happy Halloween!
This year give the trick-or-treaters something they’ll love more than candy!
This year give the trick-or-treaters something they’ll love more than candy!
October 31, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Happy Halloween!
This year give the trick-or-treaters something they’ll love more than candy!
This year give the trick-or-treaters something they’ll love more than candy!
Reposted by Nick Wanserski
Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
I was listening to the Watch podcast where Andy Greenwald stated Tim Robinson has most perfectly captured the whole vibe of the modern American male and I gotta say he might be right.
A writer tried dating alt-right men as an experiment to learn about them. There is so much going on here I don't even know where to start
www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/...
www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/...
October 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I was listening to the Watch podcast where Andy Greenwald stated Tim Robinson has most perfectly captured the whole vibe of the modern American male and I gotta say he might be right.