Jess Nevins
@jessnevins.bsky.social
Encyclopedist, college librarian, writer, ttrpg writer. I like to talk about Mesopotamia & Vikings. Always outnumbered, never outgunned.
My podcast, "The History of Comic Books in 500 Issues," is at http://500issues.com
My podcast, "The History of Comic Books in 500 Issues," is at http://500issues.com
This year, I'm thankful for the fact that no matter how far I go back in my family tree, I'm still not related to Donald Trump.
Seriously--I can trace my ancestors back about 2333 generations to the 10,000 or so people who survived the Toba Catastrophe, and Trump's ancestors still aren't there.
Seriously--I can trace my ancestors back about 2333 generations to the 10,000 or so people who survived the Toba Catastrophe, and Trump's ancestors still aren't there.
November 28, 2025 at 12:07 AM
This year, I'm thankful for the fact that no matter how far I go back in my family tree, I'm still not related to Donald Trump.
Seriously--I can trace my ancestors back about 2333 generations to the 10,000 or so people who survived the Toba Catastrophe, and Trump's ancestors still aren't there.
Seriously--I can trace my ancestors back about 2333 generations to the 10,000 or so people who survived the Toba Catastrophe, and Trump's ancestors still aren't there.
So...let's see now...it's Thanksgiving Day afternoon here in the US. Americans are probably feeling a little slow and logy on account of overeating. Non-Americans, if you're feeling a little slow and logy, I don't know what to tell you.
I do, though, actually.
Let's talk about the gods' hitwomen.
I do, though, actually.
Let's talk about the gods' hitwomen.
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
So...let's see now...it's Thanksgiving Day afternoon here in the US. Americans are probably feeling a little slow and logy on account of overeating. Non-Americans, if you're feeling a little slow and logy, I don't know what to tell you.
I do, though, actually.
Let's talk about the gods' hitwomen.
I do, though, actually.
Let's talk about the gods' hitwomen.
Wouldst thou like to overeat deliciously?
November 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Wouldst thou like to overeat deliciously?
Celebrating today as it should be done: watching PHILADELPHIA STORY, WOMAN OF THE YEAR, ALL ABOUT EVE, and GUYS AND DOLLS while drinking whiskey (neat) and exchanging rapid-fire banter with my wife.
There's a reason the holiday is called "Manksgiving," after all.
There's a reason the holiday is called "Manksgiving," after all.
November 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Celebrating today as it should be done: watching PHILADELPHIA STORY, WOMAN OF THE YEAR, ALL ABOUT EVE, and GUYS AND DOLLS while drinking whiskey (neat) and exchanging rapid-fire banter with my wife.
There's a reason the holiday is called "Manksgiving," after all.
There's a reason the holiday is called "Manksgiving," after all.
This popped up in my FB Memories this morning.
I would be dubious (to say the least) if I saw this in someone else's FB account. And I have no memory of this taking place.
But it's not the sort of thing I lie about, and I can't imagine choosing this, of all things, to make up.
I would be dubious (to say the least) if I saw this in someone else's FB account. And I have no memory of this taking place.
But it's not the sort of thing I lie about, and I can't imagine choosing this, of all things, to make up.
November 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This popped up in my FB Memories this morning.
I would be dubious (to say the least) if I saw this in someone else's FB account. And I have no memory of this taking place.
But it's not the sort of thing I lie about, and I can't imagine choosing this, of all things, to make up.
I would be dubious (to say the least) if I saw this in someone else's FB account. And I have no memory of this taking place.
But it's not the sort of thing I lie about, and I can't imagine choosing this, of all things, to make up.
oh god i'm so sorry i can't help it my fingers are typing on their own they've taken control and are posting this against my will help help
www.youtube.com/watch?v=no7P...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=no7P...
November 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
oh god i'm so sorry i can't help it my fingers are typing on their own they've taken control and are posting this against my will help help
www.youtube.com/watch?v=no7P...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=no7P...
Today I'm thankful for all the things that I am not which would cause unhappiness and make the world a worse place to be in.
November 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Today I'm thankful for all the things that I am not which would cause unhappiness and make the world a worse place to be in.
Good lord.
Pissing someone off enough that they change their gauge is like infuriating someone so much that they, a lifelong reader of DC, immediately switch to Marvel-only.
Pissing someone off enough that they change their gauge is like infuriating someone so much that they, a lifelong reader of DC, immediately switch to Marvel-only.
do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Good lord.
Pissing someone off enough that they change their gauge is like infuriating someone so much that they, a lifelong reader of DC, immediately switch to Marvel-only.
Pissing someone off enough that they change their gauge is like infuriating someone so much that they, a lifelong reader of DC, immediately switch to Marvel-only.
Well, Seymour, have the steamed hams stopped screaming?
November 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Well, Seymour, have the steamed hams stopped screaming?
In less than a year's time it will have been twenty years since John Scalzi taped bacon onto a cat, and I don't think we're ready for that conversation.
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
In less than a year's time it will have been twenty years since John Scalzi taped bacon onto a cat, and I don't think we're ready for that conversation.
See, if it had had Dave Bautista as Momoa's (living) partner, it would have made a lot of money.
November 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
See, if it had had Dave Bautista as Momoa's (living) partner, it would have made a lot of money.
"The potato: nature's Bouncing Betty" - Tom Servo
Anyone wanna argue about stuffing? Just to feel alive?
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"The potato: nature's Bouncing Betty" - Tom Servo
Del Toro's AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS
LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT but I can't figure out the best director for it
FACE/ON (YES the sequel to FACE/OFF with the original director & cast)
something something Kowloon Walled City + parkour + horror or sf
Iannucci's DEATH OF TRUMP
LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT but I can't figure out the best director for it
FACE/ON (YES the sequel to FACE/OFF with the original director & cast)
something something Kowloon Walled City + parkour + horror or sf
Iannucci's DEATH OF TRUMP
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Del Toro's AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS
LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT but I can't figure out the best director for it
FACE/ON (YES the sequel to FACE/OFF with the original director & cast)
something something Kowloon Walled City + parkour + horror or sf
Iannucci's DEATH OF TRUMP
LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT but I can't figure out the best director for it
FACE/ON (YES the sequel to FACE/OFF with the original director & cast)
something something Kowloon Walled City + parkour + horror or sf
Iannucci's DEATH OF TRUMP
And it's blue blue blue
A colour and a surge
Everything that rises must converge
She says one day soon
You and I will merge
Everything that rises must converge, Charlie Brown
A colour and a surge
Everything that rises must converge
She says one day soon
You and I will merge
Everything that rises must converge, Charlie Brown
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
And it's blue blue blue
A colour and a surge
Everything that rises must converge
She says one day soon
You and I will merge
Everything that rises must converge, Charlie Brown
A colour and a surge
Everything that rises must converge
She says one day soon
You and I will merge
Everything that rises must converge, Charlie Brown
Remember Mark Sanford? Remember his sex scandal? We all were making the "hiking the Appalachian trail" jokes, he went away in disgrace, it was all good clean fun.
Ahhh. Those were the days.
Ahhh. Those were the days.
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Remember Mark Sanford? Remember his sex scandal? We all were making the "hiking the Appalachian trail" jokes, he went away in disgrace, it was all good clean fun.
Ahhh. Those were the days.
Ahhh. Those were the days.
I got halfway through posting my Most Embarrassing Thanksgiving Moment--I thought it'd amuse y'all--before I realized that, no, it's probably not going to amuse most people, it's going to provoke cringe and second-hand embarrassment.
So I deleted it. Maybe I am growing up a litte.
So I deleted it. Maybe I am growing up a litte.
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I got halfway through posting my Most Embarrassing Thanksgiving Moment--I thought it'd amuse y'all--before I realized that, no, it's probably not going to amuse most people, it's going to provoke cringe and second-hand embarrassment.
So I deleted it. Maybe I am growing up a litte.
So I deleted it. Maybe I am growing up a litte.
I heard that Isaac Chotiner actually wanders around the American Southwest, sucking goat's blood, and if you catch him doing it, he immediately starts to interview you. That's why he's called "mal entrevistador."
Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I heard that Isaac Chotiner actually wanders around the American Southwest, sucking goat's blood, and if you catch him doing it, he immediately starts to interview you. That's why he's called "mal entrevistador."
Olivia Nudezzi.
Actually--I was gonna say, "Remember when the news branches of the media let everyone determine who the sex symbols were on our own?"
But that hasn't been the case for a long time, has it? Lauren Boebert & Marjorie Taylor Greene, Sarah Palin, Callista Gingrich...
Actually--I was gonna say, "Remember when the news branches of the media let everyone determine who the sex symbols were on our own?"
But that hasn't been the case for a long time, has it? Lauren Boebert & Marjorie Taylor Greene, Sarah Palin, Callista Gingrich...
November 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Olivia Nudezzi.
Actually--I was gonna say, "Remember when the news branches of the media let everyone determine who the sex symbols were on our own?"
But that hasn't been the case for a long time, has it? Lauren Boebert & Marjorie Taylor Greene, Sarah Palin, Callista Gingrich...
Actually--I was gonna say, "Remember when the news branches of the media let everyone determine who the sex symbols were on our own?"
But that hasn't been the case for a long time, has it? Lauren Boebert & Marjorie Taylor Greene, Sarah Palin, Callista Gingrich...
Well, that was exciting!
Genuine pea-soup fog on the ride to work. 20ft visibility, *maybe*.
Genuine pea-soup fog on the ride to work. 20ft visibility, *maybe*.
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Well, that was exciting!
Genuine pea-soup fog on the ride to work. 20ft visibility, *maybe*.
Genuine pea-soup fog on the ride to work. 20ft visibility, *maybe*.
Before you arrive is pleasure, but after is a pain the dong, Charlie Brown.
Don't say it, hiss it: "Sssssss", Charlie Brown
who will survive and what will be left of them, charlie brown
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Before you arrive is pleasure, but after is a pain the dong, Charlie Brown.
Okay, new novella time!
I'm going to call it "All Systems Pink and Fluffy," and it's going to be about a scientific expedition's ComUnit (Comfort Unit) which is supposed to spend its time hugging and tickling the humans--they call it "TickleBot"--but all it wants to do is watch cat TikToks.
I'm going to call it "All Systems Pink and Fluffy," and it's going to be about a scientific expedition's ComUnit (Comfort Unit) which is supposed to spend its time hugging and tickling the humans--they call it "TickleBot"--but all it wants to do is watch cat TikToks.
November 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Okay, new novella time!
I'm going to call it "All Systems Pink and Fluffy," and it's going to be about a scientific expedition's ComUnit (Comfort Unit) which is supposed to spend its time hugging and tickling the humans--they call it "TickleBot"--but all it wants to do is watch cat TikToks.
I'm going to call it "All Systems Pink and Fluffy," and it's going to be about a scientific expedition's ComUnit (Comfort Unit) which is supposed to spend its time hugging and tickling the humans--they call it "TickleBot"--but all it wants to do is watch cat TikToks.
Okay, novella time!
I'm going to call it "All Systems Fluffy and Pink." It's going to be about
I'm going to call it "All Systems Fluffy and Pink." It's going to be about
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Okay, novella time!
I'm going to call it "All Systems Fluffy and Pink." It's going to be about
I'm going to call it "All Systems Fluffy and Pink." It's going to be about
Okay, now they're just funnin' me.
November 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Okay, now they're just funnin' me.