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Josh Rose

@cosmosis.bsky.social

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Art historian. College professor. Former cartoonist. Lapsed painter. Cultural bon-vivant. *Views expressed here are my own and not representative of my employer or any institution to which I belong.* Also...Academic Freedom is non-negotiable.

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Josh Rose @cosmosis.bsky.social · 11h

This is a really great assessment by Rhiannon Bevan of how Microsoft went wrong with the recent GamePass price increases (and corresponds with my reasons for cancelling because of it). #xbox

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I Will Never Forgive Xbox For Ruining Game Pass

Xbox Game Pass gave me hope for broke gamers at the start of this generation. Now, they're being priced out again.

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Josh Rose @cosmosis.bsky.social · 11h

My pull list of comics for this coming Wednesday at @zeuscomics.bsky.social . It finally happened: I'm buying an issue of a title I'm not reading just because I love the cover. Try and guess which one! #comics

www.zeuscomics.com/checklist-sh...

Zeus Comics, your best online comic book store

New Comics, our entire back issue catalog, pull list subscriptions, discount preorders, shipping available.

www.zeuscomics.com

Josh Rose @cosmosis.bsky.social · 2d

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Timothy @landbeforetim.bsky.social · 4d

Ken Paxton’s plan

“How Do You Do, Fellow Kids?" is a reaction image commonly used to respond to users pretending to be part of a community that they are clearly unfamiliar with. The image features the actor Steve Buscemi dressed youthfully and holding a skateboard, and is usually subtitled with the tagline. The image is often photoshopped to adapt to a particular subculture, and the phrase is often used in conversation without the image. It’s edited to include random trans symbols including a trans Texas saying “y’all means all” and a badge that says “fuck the cis stem” and a trans hat with the hammer and sickle symbol.

Text reads: How do you do fellow transgenders

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Josh Rose @cosmosis.bsky.social · 4d

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@mikeachim.bsky.social on Bluesky

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy: https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/unemployment-and-redundancy/employment-support-schemes/basic-income-arts/

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Josh Rose @cosmosis.bsky.social · 7d

My pull list of comics for the coming week at @zeuscomics.bsky.social . I am definitely interested in this next era of The Transformers in the Energon Universe. #comics

www.zeuscomics.com/checklist-sh...

Zeus Comics, your best online comic book store

New Comics, our entire back issue catalog, pull list subscriptions, discount preorders, shipping available.

www.zeuscomics.com

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Zeus Comics @zeuscomics.bsky.social · 7d

Worried about missing out on new releases or alternate covers each week?

You can reserve all of Wednesday's New Releases TODAY at Zeus Comics

www.zeuscomics.com/checklist

The new release list goes up every Sunday at Zeus. Make your choices, put in your email & never miss out. Shipping available

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Josh Rose @cosmosis.bsky.social · 9d

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Josh Rose @cosmosis.bsky.social · 9d

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Josh Rose @cosmosis.bsky.social · 10d

I just opened a fortune cookie and there was no fortune inside. That's bad, right? Am I going to die?

Josh Rose @cosmosis.bsky.social · 10d

I guess this is a thing I am doing now.

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NPR @npr.org · 11d

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

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Josh Rose @cosmosis.bsky.social · 14d

My pull list of comics for this coming Wednesday at @zeuscomics.bsky.social . A fairly light week, but I am interested in the new Spiderman Noir series. #comics

www.zeuscomics.com/checklist-sh...

Zeus Comics and Collectibles

New Comics, our entire back issue catalog, pull list subscriptions, discount preorders, shipping available.

www.zeuscomics.com

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Josh Rose @cosmosis.bsky.social · 17d

Today was a nail-biter.

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Pyperkub @pyperkub.bsky.social · 19d

🤣🤣🤣 (yes, I'm old enough to have worn through many Choose your own adventure books...) Maybe "Edward Packard" would be a pseudonym for @markfrost.bsky.social ;) (artist credit appears to be Matthew Skiff)

Image of a Choose your own adventure book.
"You're the star of the Story! Choose from 36 possible endings"
Book Title: The Owls are not What they Seem - by Edward Packard
Image of Dale Cooper cartoon, drinking a beer (this should be coffee!) with peanuts, and a smaller cartoon of a woman bleeding from her nose with the caption "it is happening again".

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Josh Rose @cosmosis.bsky.social · 19d

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Josh Rose @cosmosis.bsky.social · 19d

So: the film Idiocracy is just a documentary now, huh? America really devolved into that state way too seamlessly.

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Josh Rose @cosmosis.bsky.social · 20d

I got lucky

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Josh Rose @cosmosis.bsky.social · 21d

a close up of a plane 's propeller with the letter g on it

ALT: a close up of a plane 's propeller with the letter g on it

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Josh Rose @cosmosis.bsky.social · 21d

Huge freaking week of comics on my pull list for this coming Wednesday at @zeuscomics.bsky.social ! I'm excited for the new Masters of the Universe series and Phantom series.
#comics

www.zeuscomics.com/checklist-sh...

Zeus Comics and Collectibles

New Comics, our entire back issue catalog, pull list subscriptions, discount preorders, shipping available.

www.zeuscomics.com

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The Onion @theonion.com · 23d

Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/

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Josh Rose @cosmosis.bsky.social · 24d

Current mood:

Josh Rose @cosmosis.bsky.social · 25d

I also love how that backdrop screams "We took this group photo at Sears."

Josh Rose @cosmosis.bsky.social · 25d

It's been a shit day and the world is on fire, so I want to share this question that has been living rent-free in my brain for years: WHY IS GREEN LANTERN'S COSTUME BLUE IN THAT HORRIBLE 90S LIVE-ACTION TV PILOT? It's literally in his name.