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Shawn Gilmore
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Teaching Assistant Professor at UIUC, Editor of the @vaultofculture.bsky.social (https://www.vaultofculture.com/), Executive Secretary of the Comics Studies Society, NTFC Local #6546 steward, comics scholar, and a ton of other stuff. Views own.
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Shawn Gilmore @gipperfish.bsky.social · Apr 25
Now's a great time to check out my piece from a few weeks ago, considering how resistance and revolution are imagined in MachineGames' Wolfenstein reboots, over at @vaultofculture.bsky.social:
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“We’re organizing for a revolution in America”: Remaking Resistance in Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014) and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (2017) — The Vault of Culture
In this feature, Shawn Gilmore argues that MachineGames’ soft reboot entries in the Wolfenstein franchise, set in a world overrun by Nazi machines of war, increasingly humble (both physically and em...
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 1h
I have a theory www.theverge.com/policy/79849...
American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming
The Frog is owning the president.
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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 2d
Louis-Leopold Boilly, 'Self-Portrait', circa 1800, chalk
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Movie Magic Liker @latexmorbidity.bsky.social · 2d
In Prince of Darkness (1987), John Carpenter predicted that pure evil would take the form of slop
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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 4h
Hard to find a more obvious example of the journalism adage “If someone says it’s raining outside and someone else says it isn’t, your job is not to quote them both, your job is to go outside.”
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 6h
A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.
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Shawn Gilmore @gipperfish.bsky.social · 3h
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Shawn Gilmore @gipperfish.bsky.social · Jun 30
The best reading of the most recent Star Wars trilogy is that General Hux and Kylo Ren are cosplaying as the Empire and Sith, respectively (even ironically). And guess what, that still leads to fascism, genocide, and planet destruction. Just something I think about a lot lately…
a man in a black hat is standing in front of a large group of stormtroopers
Alt: General Hux standing in front of a large group of stormtroopers, in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
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Ghoul-jin Rondo @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 4h
Japanese poster for THE GHOUL (1933)
The poster features a painting of Boris Karloff staring up at a statue of an Egyptian god with madness in his eyes.
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Haitch Kay 🏳️‍🌈 @haitchkay.bsky.social · 3d
There's fucking yaoi art on a train by my house I'm fucking losing my mind, this rules so much
Anime styled graffiti art on a train car depicting a male demon looking seductively at another man while saying "That's a good boy", with the phrase "kiss yr homies goodnight" in the bottom left corner. Artist seems to be "Akira BPD"
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Shawn Gilmore @gipperfish.bsky.social · 5h
Jack Kirby, 2001 adaptation
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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 23h
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Shawn Gilmore @gipperfish.bsky.social · 5h
And Mad knock-off Sick, in which he would lampoon Stan Lee’s treatment of Cap: bsky.app/profile/gipp...
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Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 6h
Today is the birthday of writer, artist, & editor Joe Simon (Oct. 11, 1913-Dec. 14, 2011). With artist Jack Kirby, cocreator of Captain America, Manhunter, Boy Commandos, Guardian & the Newsboy Legion, the romance comics genre, & more. He also created Brother Power the Geek & cocreated Prez.
A photo of Simon in his later years holding a copy of his memoir. The cover to Captain America Comics #1, with the famous image of Cap punching Hitler.
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Samhain Goldstein @goldstein.bsky.social · 7h
Canceling the 21st century version of the Hoover Dam to own the libs. This would have been such an easy thing for Trump have named after himself. Really wasted opportunity for a narcissist like him.
Interior cancels largest solar project in North America
It's the Trump administration's latest move to slow or block major clean energy projects.
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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 17h
New from me at Cato: I go through the numerous and massive First Amendment and academic-freedom violations of Trump's proffered "compact" with universities and then talk about the mechanism by which it would be enforced, by way of what I describe as a "retroactive push-button guillotine."
Universities Must Defend Their Independence by Rejecting Trump's "Compact"
The Trump administration has proffered a “compact” to universities that would require them to surrender their independence and academic freedom. How many First Amendment violations can we identify in ...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18h
DOGE was a catastrophic failure by any measure except further hollowing out govt to be fleeced by tech guys. So yeah, DOGE seems like a success if rent-seeking is your goal, but no serious policymaker is under any obligation to take these people seriously, and those that do are doing it for the $
He praised Elon Musk’s DOGE initiative to slash federal spending, texting a recent photo of himself hanging out with Mr. Musk and a Tesla robot. He likewise praised David Sacks, another San Francisco tech billionaire and the chairman of Mr. Trump’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 7h
The Supreme Court of the United States is not a legitimate body.
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 8h
More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
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Manny Suazo @smokyburnout.bsky.social · 18h
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a cartoon of a man in a frog costume talking to a woman
ALT: a cartoon of a man in a frog costume talking to a woman
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 19h
UPDATE: Judge Perry issued an opinion explaining why she blocked the Texas National Guard deployment in Chicago.

She begins with Alexander Hamilton’s rejection of a “preposterous” idea that the Constitution lets a President deploy a State’s militia to a different State for political retribution. 🧵
OPINION AND ORDER Since this country was founded, Americans have disagreed about the appropriate division of power between the federal government and the fifty states that make up our Union. This tension is a natural result of the system of federalism adopted by our Founders. And yet, not even the Founding Father most ardently in favor of a strong federal government believed that one state's militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution, calling such a suggestion "inflammatory," and stating "it is impossible to believe that [a President] would employ such preposterous means to accomplish their designs." But Plaintiffs contend that such an event has come to pass, and argue that National Guard troops from both Illinois and Texas have been deployed to Illinois because the President of the United States wants to punish state elected officials whose policies are different from his own.
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Shawn Gilmore @gipperfish.bsky.social · 17h
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Shawn Gilmore @gipperfish.bsky.social · 19h
So, I apparently misunderstood something I agreed to do that involved some legwork and writing—quite badly, as well, btw. There is plenty of time to sort things out, but I genuinely can’t tell if we all weren’t on the same page and left no instructions or I just lost the plot…
a scarecrow is dancing with a woman and a dog
Alt: a scarecrow is dancing with a woman and a dog
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Shawn Gilmore @gipperfish.bsky.social · 19h
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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 21h
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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Nathalie Raoux @nathalieraoux.bsky.social · 23h
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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 1d
Thanks, Gabino!

I'm now 10 days into my effort to write a new essay on John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN every day in October. Everyone can check it out over on my newsletter!

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Tracing The Shape - Matthew Jackson and The Scares That Shaped Us
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Shawn Gilmore @gipperfish.bsky.social · 20h
Reposting for the later-in-the-day crowd 😎
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Shawn Gilmore @gipperfish.bsky.social · 1d
Comics of Kirby and Lee, Week 6: Marvel at full force, 1965-66. We covered the expansion of the Kirby/Lee stories into the cosmic, politics, traumatic backstories, and increasing mythic structures. At the same time, Marvel is becoming a media/franchise juggernaut.. #comicsteaching
Week 7, Comics of Jack Kirby and Stan Lee overview Week 7, Comics of Jack Kirby and Stan Lee overview Tom Scioli, Jack Kibry (2020) Tom Scioli, I am Stan (2023)
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Karen Summers-Murray @ksummersmurray.bsky.social · 1d
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Arthur David Spota @adaspota.bsky.social · Jun 25
Leonora Carrington ~ The Burning of Giordano Bruno, 1964
#LeonoraCarrington #Surrealism
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