Jonah Buck

"prohibition in the united states" has this time lapse map that switches from folksy banjo music to ominous industrial sci-fi for the 15 seconds when alcohol was illegal nationwide

Pigeons in center of a magical circle

Powerful magic

The Always Be Closing scene from Glengarry GlenRoss but Alec Baldwin is replaced by Dr Hammond giving a presentation from Jurassic Park and the chalkboard now reads Always Be Cloning

I know men think they can fight ridiculously powerful animals all the time, but could you (personally) beat an ent if you had a chainsaw?

A small, haphazardly painted figure resembling the Creature from the Black Lagoon

When I was a child, I had a Creepy Crawler Thing Maker, that allowed me to make weird little creatures on demand. I've been chasing that high for 30 years, but the 3D printer I recently acquired scratches a similar itch. Been haphazardly painting some little monster dudes, much to my own delight.

My favorite opening credits come from the 1931 Frankenstein because they're so intent on creating a mystery around the monster that they credit him with "?" as if to say "Ooooh, who could it be? We don't knooowwwww... Is it even an actor?? Oooooh"

Semafor: Guinea worm neared global eradication, with just 10 cases reported worldwide in 2025, all of them in Chad, Ethiopia, or South Sudan. When former US President Jimmy Carter founded an eradication program in the mid-1980s, there were millions of infections in developing countries and the only human disease that had ever previously been permanently defeated was smallpox. The parasitic infection, transmitted via contaminated water, leads to three-foot worms emerging from painful leg ulcers, and causes long-term incapacitation and disability. While Carter did not, as he hoped, outlive the last Guinea worm (he died in 2024), he may have come close; the 10 cases mark a 33% decrease year-on-year.

Only 10 cases of Guinea worm disease were recorded *globally* last year.

It may become the second human disease we eradicate, after smallpox.

Have you ever seen a baby Sphinx?
Sphinxes playing with fawns
ancient Greek vase painting, oil flask, 5th century BC

Hey, is it a good sign when your employer starts sending out "First Amendment & Safety Planning" emails?

Living in the trump era makes me feel very connected to my ancestors, who lived as serfs under a succession of insane moron god kings

the lion doesn't concern himself with the reality of being grotesquely over wordcount

Fake it* till you make it**

* counterfeit money
** go to prison

Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.

1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.

2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.

A few months ago I was curious to know how much Anna's Archive was charging AI developers for access to their massive library of pirated works for training - so I emailed them saying I was interested in buying access.

Here is their reply.

🧵 1/n

Email reading: "Hello and Happy Holidays! Dear [Recipient Name], I hope you are doing well and having a wonderful holiday season. I wanted to reach out and say hello. I've been thinking about you and would love to take you out on a date soon. Would you be interested in grabbing dinner with me at [Restaurant Name] on [Date]? Happy holidays! Love, Ansanka." It has very clearly been sent to 200 different people at the same time.

Behold the least competent scam email I have ever received.

Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees

COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS

the funniest part of this book is how the kingdom is just called “Navarre”. What’s it called in the Spanish translation, i wonder? somewhere out there there’s a Spanish fantasy novel set in the distant magical realm of, like, “Connecticut”

every scene in Fourth Wing is like:

“‘This blows chunks,’ says McKenzie, sheathing her bloodstained sword.
‘Your mom blows chunks,’ says the largest man i have ever seen, narrowly edging out the previous record-holder from a chapter ago. It’s Connor Plantagenet! I seethe with hatred and arousal.”

Extreme times require extreme measures.

Great careers for writers in 2026:

1) Servant to Sharvix, Lord of the Throne of One Thousand Agonies

2) Charismatic street urchin

3) Intern servant to Sharvix, Lord of the Throne of One Thousand Agonies

4) Writer

5) Moss-covered forest cryptid

Three skull-headed druggists in black coats and red tights fetch a jar of medicine, look at a prescription, and grind drugs in a mortar.

#TheVictorianBookoftheDead #NationalPharmacistDay
"No Substitution" - skeletal druggists at work from a 1900 Antikamnia Calendar.
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Text: when anyone asks me if l've seen any good movies? The characters from MST3K

can't decide if this is good or bad news for Moldavian vampires

BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!

A black cat sitting on the back of a statue of a Minmi, a genus of Ankylosaur, a dinosaur from the Cretaceous period, typically found in Australia, and apparently 2026 Los Angeles. This statue is life sized.

“My… friend… and I wanted to talk to you about the lackadaisical feeding schedule at this domicile.”

Dog No. 2 under the dining table, peering out from under the dining cloth.

Our dog fully and utterly believes she is in Turbo Ninja Stealth Mode™ for securing any table scraps if she positions herself like this.

I’d quite like a small forklift as a pet.

I’m most likely never going to write a memoir, so this is what it was like to photograph the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6th.

I got to The Ellipse a little bit after Trump’s speech started. I hadn’t planned on photographing the speech bc I wanted to be with the crowd.

A story about a fish.