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Jeri Westerson @jeriwesterson.bsky.social · 2d

For #HalloweenMonth I am also flogging my #gaslampsteampunk series #EnchanterChronicles #booksky #readersky #booksky.club Magician Leopold Kazsmer has learned the dangerous art of summoning Jewish daemons to perform true magic to fight the supernatural. www.jeriwesterson.com/series/the-e...

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Eric Carrasco @erictcarrasco.bsky.social · 3d

This is still our cultural apex, I think

Sexy Sax Man Careless Whisper Prank feat. Sergio Flores (directors cut)

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Eric Carrasco @erictcarrasco.bsky.social · 4d

Cheetah & Cheshire Rob the Justice League is the kind of book I have sorely missed - @gregrucka.com and @nicolascottart.bsky.social just nailing their own little corner of the DC universe. Issue 3 was beautiful and lived-in and fully realized. And a cameo from the Black Magick logo too. Gimme more.

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Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 5d

“Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.”

CNBC @cnbc.com · 5d

To shut down rude behavior instantly, try a simple yet powerful five-word response.

Use this 5-word phrase when someone is rude to you—it's like 'holding up a mirror,' says public speaking expert

When we encounter a rude person, our first instinct might be to fire back with a snarky comment. But that's not the right move, says public speaking expert John Bowe. Here's the perfect response to instantly shut down rude behavior.

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Eric Carrasco @erictcarrasco.bsky.social · 5d

I realize there's a lot going on but I want streamers to stop alphabetizing movies so that anything with a "the" in the title ends up in the Ts.

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FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social · 7d

FYI: The Academy Award-winning makeup artist behind such films as BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA, INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, and THE CELL has passed away.

Michele Burke: 1949-2025

The Academy Award-winning makeup artist behind such films as BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA, INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, and THE CELL has passed away.

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Eric Carrasco @erictcarrasco.bsky.social · 8d

"And most importantly, we are total alpha males..."

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 13d

Star Trek: The Next Generation started 38 years ago today.

The future began again at this (Encounter at Far)point.

Newspaper advertisement for the U.S. premiere of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Specifically, this ad was for its broadcast on the New York station WPIX on the week of its debut. The headline, "TONIGHT, THE 24TH CENTURY BEGINS WITH A SPECTACULAR TWO-HOUR MOVIE," refers to the series' double-length pilot episode, "Encounter at Farpoint."

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 13d

Once again, the moderate position is for ICE to be abolished and Border Patrol to be gutted, and massive civil rights prosecutions leading to prison time. Anybody running on anything less is kicking the can down the road.

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 13d

Border Patrol agent talks about how he knows that the people he's arresting at this nutrition bar factory in NY are "literal street rats" who would "eat our kids"

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 14d

Today in 1983 Stanislav Petrov saved the human race.

On duty at the Soviet early warning command centre, he refused to warn superiors of radar reports of an incoming US strike. It proved to be a false alarm. If the Soviets had responded it would have been all out nuclear war.

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Eric Carrasco @erictcarrasco.bsky.social · 15d

Phil, get off Emily's computer.

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 16d

Alan's scripts were conversations with the artist, and as such, highly readable and pleasurable to work from. Here's a scan of pg. 1 of SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING #20, Alan's first-ever issue, when he didn't know who the artist would end up being (it was Dan Day, pencils, John Totleben, inks)...

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Steve Lieber: NYCC K-19 @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 16d

At school a teacher gave us part of an Alan Moore Swamp Thing script for an assignment. It was detailed, but not like this. I loved doing that homework. Working with @stephenrbissette.bsky.social & John Totleben, his scripts were full of helpful scene-building detail. Inspiring, not smothering!

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Chris Cantwell @ifyoucantwell.bsky.social · 16d

Out today:

I read THE LAST STARSHIP early, and what I said then was true—it was one of my favorite beginnings of any Trek story ever.

I knew @hivemindactual.bsky.social first as fans, then as friends. This is high, gothic TREK.

And @adrianbcomics.bsky.social does something extraordinary here.

Cover of Star Trek the Last Starship #1 with Kit nested with the portraits of new crew and a new ship. Art by Michael Cho.

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · Nov 18

Illustrations by the great Noel Sickles for the 1955 Reader's Digest Books edition of Alan Le May's The Searchers

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Andy Khouri @andykhouri.bsky.social · 19d

PLAYLIST: All tracks written, performed, produced or remixed by Trent Reznor in the order they were released to the public. Singles, b-sides, collabs, soundtracks, remixes of his own music (no remixes of NIN by other artists). A fascinating 35 years of evolution.
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Chronology: Nine Inch Nails

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Eric Carrasco @erictcarrasco.bsky.social · 19d

I liked this one, and you might too.

Chris Cantwell @ifyoucantwell.bsky.social · 19d

I have one more book out this Wednesday—the full trade collection for our CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN series.

We did heady weird sci-fi, killer robots, DC deep dives, & existential meditations on life and death.

@seanizaakse.bsky.social, @amancay.bsky.social, & @jorgefornes.bsky.social killed it.

Challengers of the Unknown cover featuring the team plus Batman Superman and wonder woman in signature purple, art by Mike Deodato

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 21d

As usual with this issue, Harris is calling for a compromise that already exists. Every sporting body has standards for how long athletes must be on hormones before they can compete as women.

The problem isn’t that we’re ignoring ‘reasonable concerns,’ the problem is that republicans are lying.

I agree with the concerns expressed by
parents and players that we have to take into account biological factors such as muscle mass and unfair student athletic advantage when we determine who plays on which teams, especially in contact sports,, Harris writes. "With goodwill and common sense, I believe we can come up with ways to do this, without vilifying and demonizing children."

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 21d

🎵Take my love, take my land,
Take me where I cannot stand.
I don't care, I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.🎵

Firefly started 23 years ago today on Fox.

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Eric Carrasco @erictcarrasco.bsky.social · 20d

It partially revolved around protecting Palestinian trees from the IDF, it features one of Lance Reddick's final performances, it boasts in my opinion one of the finest ever Alfred performances, and a Dini-esque Riddler whose every riddle was custom-built, rhymed, and added up to a meta riddle.

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Eric Carrasco @erictcarrasco.bsky.social · 20d

We closed on an episode with a Gray Ghost radio broadcast, and our Bruce Wayne making a genuine emotional breakthrough. And I got to co-write it with one of my oldest friends, @grahamwesterson.bsky.social.

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Eric Carrasco @erictcarrasco.bsky.social · 20d

Huge spoilers, so beware, but maybe our best moment was the big Poison Ivy episode.

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08. Deadly Things

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Eric Carrasco @erictcarrasco.bsky.social · 20d

Happy Batman Day - I remain proud of this dive into the character. Winston Duke made a great Bruce Wayne, and I think we had some great takes on some Rogues Gallery personal favorites like Cornelius Stirk, and Hugo Strange.

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01. Kind of a Night Person

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Josh Crews @joshcrewsreally.bsky.social · Jan 29

Batman Year One art by David Mazzucchelli.
#comics #art

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 23d

People legit yelled at me for 24 hours when I said it's extremely dumb to RSVP to a protest. Why hand your name over to a group organizing a protest/rally? Do you *want* to have to talk to the FBI?

Treat anyone encouraging you to RSVP to a protest as a fed. End of.

Deputy AG Todd Blanche says ‘organized’ Trump protesters could be investigated

Blanche spoke as DOJ sought to walk back Attorney General Pam Bondi’s comments about "hate speech," which landed her in hot water with conservatives.

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