My phone just randomly showed this photo from several years ago when I was working at Goodwill in their e-commerce books and media warehouse and I sorted through a big batch of vintage pocket paperbacks. I just thought it was a neat pic and I wanted to share. That is all!

Breaking my #1 rule for Bluesky to say: Not only is that guy going to get a presidential pardon, he'll be given a Medal of Freedom and get a million dollars from a crowdfunder, mark my words Sorry, back to frivolity

Harold and Mothra

Someone give that kitten a crown and scepter stat (Attn. @johnporcellino.bsky.social )

🎶 Out on the road today, I saw a "baby" sticker on a Cybertruck 🎶

Putting sunflower seeds in trail mix is a bad idea because they filter to the bottom of the package and in the end you're eating mostly sunflower seeds

This book is wild in its dizzying use of language, not like anything I've ever read, which elevates what is already a compelling spear & sorcery tale. The characters are vivid. There's beauty in the brutal action and romance. Wilson sings and dances in the footsteps of Samuel R. Delany. #JustRead

I don't live in SF, but I've seen several great shows at this venue and it's one of my favorites. This is a bummer.

My mom wrote some definitions for this 1979 children's dictionary, and my paternal uncle was editor. (They used her maiden name in the credits to avoid accusations of nepotism, which is how I first learned of the concept of nepotism.) Oh cool, it's on archive dot org: archive.org/details/begi...

A planet transformed into an eco-paradise — sounds pretty good, right? But wait: private ownership and capitalism. Utopia and dystopia collide! Fascinating futurism from @annaleen.bsky.social. Plus there's a journalist cat named Moose. #JustRead

You ever feel the touchstones of your generation slipping out of relevance and just think, "well, okay"?

Facebook is still evil, but it just showed me this video from 2012 that I had completely forgotten about 🥹

Here's my thing for the next time "post a robot" goes around

HNY

how I'm walking out of 2025

Film restorationist,.cool Black Flame by @scumbelievable.bsky.social

In high school a kid drew cartoons of what he thought our classmates would be when we grew up and he drew me as a cult member

A great supernatural horror double feature. @thorazos.bsky.social's book is all simmering tension, while @scumbelievable.bsky.social's is more operatic in tone. Both get under the skin. #JustRead

Apparently we were in some elite company watching this movie tonight. A little Canadian noir to close out our holiday. #JustWatched

Do you still lose Whamageddon if you hear "Last Christmas" on Christmas Day? Asking for me

Genuinely thankful for my present from Uncle Dave: a 600-count bottle of vitamin D

How I'm turning up to the Bluesky Christmas party

It's your yearly reminder that 5 years ago (jeez) I made what I think is a pretty fun hour-long mix of vintage department-store Christmas music for your festive times. Please enjoy! www.mixcloud.com/DeejayBearcl...

One of many cool things about my dad is that he is a professional Santa ❤️🎅

With CECOT being in the news, I want to repost this article my wife wrote about our adopted kids' birth father. He finished a prison sentence and was deported to El Salvador and landed in CECOT. If anyone can help with this, please contact me. We're feeling pretty helpless.

If I were a tattoo guy, I would absolutely be getting at least one of these.

In my neighborhood Buy Nothing Facebook group:

Uncle Dennis comes through again. (He also sent cookies!) 🎅

My friend went to see the Kirby exhibit in LA and I'm so envious, just look at that stuff

I know a lot of people who are going to be delighted with the blue category today. Connections Puzzle #923 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪

This book is mentioned favorably in the "Time War" book below, so I checked it out. A fairy-tale fantasy novella FFO Earthsea and Neverÿon. #JustRead

I've never seen it so I have no idea what this portends

NYC Council approves JACK KIRBY WAY permanent street name

Me heading into 2026

A black and white panel, by Charles Schulz

Ana went to the eye specialist today, and we found out that the reason her pupils are always huge like this is that she has retinal atrophy and has lost most of her vision. It's irreversible, but it's unlikely to get any worse. And in other personal news today, I found out that my job is going away

The introduction to the Le Guin book was so good that I sought out its author's other work. I strongly suggest going into this one cold and getting swept up in what the story becomes. #JustRead

Collecting Le Guin's first three novels. She was doing something special right out of the gate. #JuatRead

Bio.site/Endgrain Hey gang, I'm feeling desperate. I need to raise a lot of money really fast so i can get compliant and not lose my car, literal days after finally restoring my license. Stuff was already tight, but this might actually ruin me. Thanks for everything, -J

Periodic reminder that I'm an inker for comics and I'm always on the look out for new projects! 👀✨ cavetoonist.com#hireme

WASHINGTON AND OREGON CARTOONISTS: Seattle's bus service is commissioning 6 artists for public art pieces, 2 each, of local stories, 16-32 pages, over 2026, for $54k per artist, to be freely distributed over their ridership. details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...

Saw Wake Up, Dead Man a couple nights ago. Pretty sure it was the first 2025 movie I've seen, if you can believe it. Fun flick.

The epic conclusion. Gripping, thrilling, and so, so bleak. #JustRead

Overheard: "You got socks that are 8 inches thick? I got some micro thin socks. You want some pantyhose?"

Meet Snooks, record store shop cat at Louisiana Music Factory in New Orleans. (The other NO photos I've taken aren't particularly interesting to a general audience)

And with this volume, I have now read every Peanuts strip ever published. How many of us are there who can say that? A few thousand? #EliteStatus #JustRead

A graphic novel about the intersection (or not) of Brutalist architecture, so-called progress, and revolutionary fervor in the capital of Albania. The feverish, scribbly art makes it surprisingly propulsive. #JustRead (last weekend)