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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking: Text messages of Young Republican groups across the country have just been leaked.

They talk about putting Democrats in “gas chambers,” attacking “Jews,” calling Black people “watermelon people,” calling to “rape” their enemies, and bringing back slavery.

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A. David Lewis (he/him) @adlewis.bsky.social · 15h

If it isn’t a fascist government, then one should be safe in loudly calling it a fascist government.

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A. David Lewis (he/him) @adlewis.bsky.social · 2d

No shade on Monorail, but I’m a big fan of “Baby on Board.”

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Gene HA!unt @geneha.com · 3d

Thiel's reading: “Nothing lasts forever.”

Actual line: “‘In the end’? Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends.”

@tadethompson.bsky.social “Literally THE OPPOSITE of what Dr Manhattan said. Also, Moore didn't see this as an ideal solution. Moore literally negates the plan in the last panel
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Partial screenshot from screenshot in the original post:

He describes the plot of Watchmen, a 1986 graphic novel involving superheroes grappling with moral questions about humanity against the backdrop of impending nuclear war:

“The antihero Ozymandias, the anticrhist-type figure, is sort of an early-modern person. He believes this will be a timeless and eternal solution - eternal world peace. Moore is sort of a late-modern. In early modernity, you have ideal solutions, ‘perfect’ solutions to calculus. In late modernity, things are sort of probabilistic. And at some point, he asks Dr Manhattan whether the world government is going to last. And he says that ‘nothing lasts forever.’ So you embrace the antichrist and it still doesn’t work.

Thiel later finds biblical meaning in the manga One Piece, discussing how he believes is represents a future where an antichrist-like one-world…”

Panel from Watchmen. Foreground, Ozymandias' hand reaches toward Dr Manhattan as the Doctor starts to fade away.

Dr Manhattan: "In the end"?

Dr Manhattan: Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends.

The full page from Watchmen. I'm not typing the whole thing. Watch the cartoon or movie or read the GN.

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A. David Lewis (he/him) @adlewis.bsky.social · 3d

Half-serious question: How do we distinguish the Portland protest frogs from the Groyper Army ones?

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A. David Lewis (he/him) @adlewis.bsky.social · 4d

Welcome to the Fall — and the fact you can’t tell if I’m talking about the season or society should tell you how bad things are.

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A. David Lewis (he/him) @adlewis.bsky.social · 5d

Hello! What is the age limit for volunteers?

A. David Lewis (he/him) @adlewis.bsky.social · 5d

“…that was just the way the whole universe worked — you lived for reasons you invented yourself, you died for no reason at all.” - FACELESS GALAXY (2025)

A. David Lewis (he/him) @adlewis.bsky.social · 6d

evert (v.) - turn (a structure or organ) outward or inside out
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A. David Lewis (he/him) @adlewis.bsky.social · 10d

“Show a tyrant his works of tyranny, and he will still be a tyrant. But he will be a tyrant without excuses any longer.” - FACELESS GALAXY (2025)

A. David Lewis (he/him) @adlewis.bsky.social · 10d

I had a wonderful discussion last month with Czech creator Štěpánka Jislová about her book Heartcore: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
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Graphic Medicine Podcast: Heartcore

Podcast Episode · Graphic Medicine Podcast · 10/04/2025 · 1 sec

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 11d

Look at this gorgeous cover for Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine!! Thanks to Ian Williams for giving us permission to use his image on the cover, which captures brilliantly the concept & structure of the book. Briana Martino (@briwok.bsky.social) & I are grateful & thrilled!
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Book cover for Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine edited by Lisa Diedrich and Briana Martino. The image on the cover is from Ian Williams, & is a version of an image from his book The Bad Doctor, a graphic narrative based on his own experience with OCD. A boy is in bed with his hands folded in prayer & his thoughts take the form of a sefirot surrounding his head.

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negm25.bsky.social @negm25.bsky.social · 11d

We’re getting the space ready! Official, on-site attendee information to go out shortly, with Zoom information to follow thereafter.

Under 3 weeks to #NEGM25!
#GraphicMedicine
#Boston
#healthhumanities

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A. David Lewis (he/him) @adlewis.bsky.social · 14d

Any guesses?
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My Favorite Curseword

For the end of my 47th episode, so to speak, I answer the Pivot questionnaire.

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A. David Lewis (he/him) @adlewis.bsky.social · 14d

Aw, a government shutdown for my birthday —
Guys, you REALLY shouldn’t have!

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A. David Lewis (he/him) @adlewis.bsky.social · 16d

I offered some thoughts this past July on the global reach and community that Graphic Medicine promises.
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World(s) of Graphic Medicine

There is a difference between universal, global, and uniform. Graphic Medicine offers a way to link our far-reaching world -- as a "guild."

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 18d

I’m happy to have my cartoons reposted, but it’s always nice when credit is given to the artist so people can find me

There’s a lot more where this came from

Shawn Eli @elistrums.bsky.social · 18d

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A. David Lewis (he/him) @adlewis.bsky.social · 19d

Hm! I think, in this case, that I am the former. So, I am happy to take a look at the resource you provided. Thank you!

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 19d

This is going to kill people. And to be honest I think that’s part of the point.

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 19d

The United States will impose a 100 per cent tariff on imports of branded or patented pharmaceutical products from October 1, unless a pharmaceutical company is building a manufacturing plant in the US.

Breaking: Donald Trump imposes 100 per cent tariff on pharmaceuticals from October 1

The United States will impose a 100 per cent tariff on imports of branded or patented pharmaceutical products from October 1, unless a pharmaceutical company is building a manufacturing plant in the US.

www.abc.net.au

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A. David Lewis (he/him) @adlewis.bsky.social · 20d

That's sensational! Thank you for this resource. I will look into it ASAP.

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A. David Lewis (he/him) @adlewis.bsky.social · 21d

I think I’m going to index my own book. Any advice, scholars? Any warnings or pitfalls?

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 21d

Do any of the professors or journalists or teachers also get their jobs back or nah

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A. David Lewis (he/him) @adlewis.bsky.social · 22d

When you think of stories, poems, plays, illustrations, and songs that address loneliness — and encourage (re)connection and community — what comes to mind?

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tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 23d

Just in case you needed to hear it from one more place: Tylenol does not cause autism.

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A. David Lewis (he/him) @adlewis.bsky.social · 23d

Do I have any friends and colleagues who know much about the financial side of #highered systems? That is, does anyone have experience with policy and numbers dealing with #tuition at one school covering classes at another? #college