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Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️‍🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · Apr 7

In the midst of all of this crap news, I’d like to remind y’all that I had a cameo in one of Dav Pilkey’s comics, about a year ago. It’s about my work on Fredric Wertham. Check out some of the images!

I appreciate having my work cited in academic pubs, but this citation is priceless. 📚 #libcomix

A two page spread from the Fredric Wertham mini-comic in Pilkey’s Cat Kid Comic Club: Influencers. It is drawn in “kid”-style. The panels depict the impact of Wertham’s Seduction of the Innocent, Carol Tilley’s research at the Library of Congress and subsequent publication in 2012 of her findings about Wertham’s research, and a visual depiction of Wertham conducting questionable research on comics. In the top right panel, Carol is depicted with a book titled, “Diary of a Wimpy Doctor” and is saying “That dude LIED!"

The Notes & Fun Facts page from Cat Kid Comic Club: Influencers. One note is circled. It reads: “Somebody” (mentioned on page 102) was actually an assitant professor at the University of Illinois named Dr. Carol Tilley. She investigated Dr. Wertham’s manuscripts at the Library of Congress and in 2012 concluded that “Wertham manipulated, overstated, compromised, and fabricated evidence - especially that evidence he attributed to personal clinical research with young people - for rhetorical gain."

The cover of Dav Pilkey’s book Cat Kid Comic Club: Influencers. It shows a three big-eyed creatures along with Cat Kid reading a bright pink book.

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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 17h

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Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️‍🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · 9h

Goodnight, friends.

May this note encourage you, wherever, whenever, however, it finds you. Keep going.

I love you.

Princess Leia looks at the viewer. Text says, We are the resistance.

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 12h

Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @keeanga.bsky.social, and @astra.bsky.social for a town hall on the Trump administration's authoritarian war on the Left, hosted w/ @hammerandhope.bsky.social.

Tuesday, October 14th at 6:00 PM ET

RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

Solidarity Against Sadism
Naomi Klein
Chenjerai Kumanyika
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Astra Taylor

An Emergency Town Hall
Tuesday, October 14 at 6:00 pm ET
Sponsored by Haymarket Books and Hammer & Hope

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Mr. Tyler Crook @mrtylercrook.bsky.social · 9h

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Mr. Tyler Crook @mrtylercrook.bsky.social · 1d

October is a big month! Out of Alcatraz collected hardcover comes out on October. 21st. And then the trade paperback Complete Harrow County comes out on October. 28th. Two of the best things I ever worked on.

The cover for out of Alcatraz by Christopher Cantwell and Tyler Crook

The cover for the complete Harrow County by Cullen Bunn and TYLER CROOK and others

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14h

Federal workers: If you were impacted by the Trump administration's just-announced mass layoffs, our reporters are here to listen.

We understand you may be taking a risk in contacting us, and we take your privacy seriously.

Here's how to get in touch securely 👇

How to Contact ProPublica or Send a Tip Securely — ProPublica

Our job is to hold people and institutions accountable. To do that, we need evidence.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 12h

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️‍🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · 9h

Goodnight, friends.

May this note encourage you, wherever, whenever, however, it finds you. Keep going.

I love you.

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Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️‍🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · 10h

The interior designer took a moment to admire their work.

A squirrel sits inside a hole it has gnawed in the side of a pumpkin.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 14h

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

@MrAndyNgo
Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes.

The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence.

In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons.

photo of three people in inflatable frog costumes

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Slackermom @slackermom.bsky.social · 14h

Was just at a neighborhood school at dismissal. Hundreds of people with whistles surrounding the school and stationed down every block making sure ICE doesn’t snatch anyone. The same is happening at all the schools around here. I love my neighborhood and I love Chicago.

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Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️‍🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · 13h

Indiana, definitely.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 15h

And the lawsuits will follow promptly. Government shutdowns give presidents no additional authority to dismiss federal workers. We’ll fight these outrageous assaults on civil servants and public services.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 15h

A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 16h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️‍🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · 13h

Everything or poppy seed, plain cream cheese. Black coffee or a NYC regular is ok too. That’s it.

No need to toast unless it’s stale or it’s an otherwise sub-par bagel.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 14h

Tell me your bagel order and I will tell you *based on NYC cultural expectations* if you have won or lost your election for political office in NYC.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 14h

One of my favorite things about NYC is whenever anyone runs for office here they are required to disclose their bagel order.

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Katy Glenn Bass @katygb.bsky.social · 17h

If you’ve never been to a big protest like No Kings before: It feels great to be part of a big gathering of people who want to change things. It sparks joy, and resolve for the long fight ahead. Sometimes there are dance parties. You could be the one who starts the dance party! Just show up!

Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 19h

If you can show up on October 18, you should. The country is shifting. The battleship is turning. And while, yes, usually mass street protests don't do much, there are exceptions.

And sometimes those exceptions go down in history.

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 17h

Since Link is banned, his mutual aid Fridays have gone with him. This was one of the most altruistic things I’ve seen anyone on this site do.

In light of this, I’m gonna try to fill the gap.

Drop your mutual aid requests under this thread and I will repost them for as long as I can.

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 16h

Portland isn't burning, it's lit

Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 18h

This is awesome.

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 16h

Farm bankruptcies are back in the news, so it's time to pull this chart out again.

Hey look they kept rising during Trump's first term. Then they went way down under Biden.

Now they're up again? So weird. Thanks Farm Bureau for the graphic

Screenshot from Farm Bureau article on farm bankruptcies. It shows farm bankruptcies climbing steadily 2014-2020, falling by half in 2021, & continuing to fall through 2023.

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 1d

Use only water or fresh air on tear gas or pepper spray.

No milk, vinegar, antacids, urine, etc. and especially not in eye.

Thank me later,

An actual expert

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 19h

Mike Johnson, one of the great cowards in American history, has cancelled votes again.

A reminder that by law a budget was supposed to have been passed and in place on September 30. There is no Republican budget; no process to create one; and Johnson is preventing Congress from working on one.

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 19h

UNREAL

Democratic Whip Notice: The House GOP Leadership have made the following change to the House Floor schedule:

Members are advised that votes are no longer expected in the House on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.

Pending Senate action on FY26 Funding, Members will receive 48 hours' notice prior to any potential votes in the House. Further information regarding the Floor schedule will be provided as soon as it becomes available.

This is a change from the House GOP Leadership's previously announced schedule.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · Aug 3

Paul Ingrassia has called for reparations from the descendants of slaves to slave owners.
You read that correctly.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · Aug 2

The guy Trump picked to lead the office that’s now investigating Jack Smith:

— said Niki Haley is ineligible to be president
— has neo-Nazi ties
— was Andrew Tate’s lawyer
— 2x Claremont fellow
— wrote for Gateway Pundit
— called for Pence to be hanged
— called for secession after 2020 election

Paul Ingrassia (lawyer) - Wikipedia

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Kevin Moore @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 19h

On the passing of John Lodge, I'm listening to the Moody's odd yet lovely To Our Children's Children's Children from 1969. His bass was a driving force that kept even quiet moments buoyant. His "Eyes of a Child" is a standout track. RIP

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To Our Children's Children's Children - Album by The Moody Blues

To Our Children's Children's Children is the fifth album by the Moody Blues, released in November 1969.

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 19h

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

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