Jack, Trade Dawg
@tradenerd.bsky.social
Twitter refugee, trade compliance and export controls expert, consultant-ish. Geek of the liberal and illiberal arts, Damn (almost) Good Dawg. My clients don't know I'm here. 🛃📦🚢✈⛟💸
Announcing the Nuzzi-Voce Flash Fiction Contest! Write your own prose in the signature style of Today's Main Character and quote this post. First prize is a Cadillac, second prize is steak knives, third prize is you can block anyone you like. My inaugural entry:
November 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Announcing the Nuzzi-Voce Flash Fiction Contest! Write your own prose in the signature style of Today's Main Character and quote this post. First prize is a Cadillac, second prize is steak knives, third prize is you can block anyone you like. My inaugural entry:
Can't unsee it now, thanks I hate it
November 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Can't unsee it now, thanks I hate it
This is my breaking point, I am invoking the Butlerian Jihad
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
This is my breaking point, I am invoking the Butlerian Jihad
I hate to think we're subsidizing sugar beets for Louisiana when they don't grow them there 🤓
November 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I hate to think we're subsidizing sugar beets for Louisiana when they don't grow them there 🤓
Every single time--
October 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Every single time--
Their record last season would indicate they need some kind of help, though I'd start with earthly powers before bothering a deity
September 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Their record last season would indicate they need some kind of help, though I'd start with earthly powers before bothering a deity
emerging from my tariff-induced coma to watch the trash fire explode; 13/10 this is great
June 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
emerging from my tariff-induced coma to watch the trash fire explode; 13/10 this is great
Still alive, just in submarine mode after my therapist rudely pointed out "seeing your friends getting fired by your terrible former boss, the richest man alive, is re-traumatizing you from when that happened to you before, obviously". Love y'all, stay safe, don't talk to cops, use Signal 🤫
February 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Still alive, just in submarine mode after my therapist rudely pointed out "seeing your friends getting fired by your terrible former boss, the richest man alive, is re-traumatizing you from when that happened to you before, obviously". Love y'all, stay safe, don't talk to cops, use Signal 🤫
Happy birthday to me, and happy New Year to everyone else!
December 31, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Happy birthday to me, and happy New Year to everyone else!
Gunner Duvall Them Dawgs Is Hell Don't They Stockton
December 27, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Gunner Duvall Them Dawgs Is Hell Don't They Stockton
Attending a live screening of A Muppet Christmas Carol with anticapitalist commentary and breaks for shots of Fireball, this is art in its purest form
December 21, 2024 at 2:32 AM
Attending a live screening of A Muppet Christmas Carol with anticapitalist commentary and breaks for shots of Fireball, this is art in its purest form
It's the most wonderful time of the year - seed catalog season!
December 18, 2024 at 3:30 AM
It's the most wonderful time of the year - seed catalog season!
Yeah I think I'm gonna hang out here instead; the algorithm over on Threads is not doing it
November 23, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Yeah I think I'm gonna hang out here instead; the algorithm over on Threads is not doing it
I found this oil painting illustration of Jerry Jones' mind, titled "God's Team", for $100 at the Nashville antique market. Really challenges the priceless/worthless boundary.
November 20, 2024 at 2:47 PM
I found this oil painting illustration of Jerry Jones' mind, titled "God's Team", for $100 at the Nashville antique market. Really challenges the priceless/worthless boundary.
On a lighter note YES HA HA HA YES!
November 14, 2024 at 3:02 PM
On a lighter note YES HA HA HA YES!
Nashville is great but the number of times I get stuck at a railroad crossing is crazy. The timing and length of these trains is leading drivers to make unsafe and bad decisions - Metro could do a lot for constituents by addressing this!
November 14, 2024 at 12:34 AM
Nashville is great but the number of times I get stuck at a railroad crossing is crazy. The timing and length of these trains is leading drivers to make unsafe and bad decisions - Metro could do a lot for constituents by addressing this!
I appreciate the basic sentiment of folks trying to cope with all this, but it's far more constructive to express solidarity by speaking plainly and acting accordingly. But also this is my gym outfit
November 9, 2024 at 6:09 PM
I appreciate the basic sentiment of folks trying to cope with all this, but it's far more constructive to express solidarity by speaking plainly and acting accordingly. But also this is my gym outfit
I feel this in my bones. My friends are scared as hell for their futures, their careers, their kids. I'm trying to reassure them and bury myself into my client work and my research, but it feels a bit futile.
Though the distraction of a foster puppy helps, just a little bit.
Though the distraction of a foster puppy helps, just a little bit.
November 9, 2024 at 2:25 AM
I feel this in my bones. My friends are scared as hell for their futures, their careers, their kids. I'm trying to reassure them and bury myself into my client work and my research, but it feels a bit futile.
Though the distraction of a foster puppy helps, just a little bit.
Though the distraction of a foster puppy helps, just a little bit.
We're fostering her for a few weeks - she's a cutie but she's a handful!
November 9, 2024 at 12:07 AM
We're fostering her for a few weeks - she's a cutie but she's a handful!
Foster puppy Clara has also picked up a habit of claiming upholstered surfaces. We're also working through some of her separation anxiety, which is exhausting (especially this week) BUT HER FACE
November 8, 2024 at 4:44 AM
Foster puppy Clara has also picked up a habit of claiming upholstered surfaces. We're also working through some of her separation anxiety, which is exhausting (especially this week) BUT HER FACE