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Joan Zahra Dark 🔥 جون زهر درك

@joandark.com

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(they/them) Writer, organizer, gamedev. I say good words sometimes too! Currently steering @cartoonist.coop, formerly @silversprocket, @bluestockings 📧: [email protected] 🕸️: linktr.ee/whoaitsjoan

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Joan Zahra Dark 🔥 جون زهر درك @joandark.com · Nov 26

I should probably do an intro with more of you here now, I'm Joan! You may remember me from such works as steering @cartoonistcoop.bsky.social, or my day job as @silversprocket.bsky.social's Production Manager!

I'm also an occasional writer, artist, and game dev, find me at linktr.ee/whoaitsjoan!

Joan wearing a skull buttoned shirt, with their left hand up to their jacket looking to camera in bisexual lighting.

Looping gif of ship hovering on Freighter title screen, interrupted by brief start menu click and transition at the end.

Title screen for Friendly Delivery game, with a hand-drawn pixel font and sprite work.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 2h

A decade after the Paris Agreement, global greenhouse gas emissions are barely rising, up just 0.3% a year since 2015, compared with 1.7% before. buff.ly/JXM4dIv
#ShareGoodNewsToo

Paris Agreement at ten – ‘brakes slammed on’ emissions growth, finds…

Annual increase slowed fivefold to just 0.32% since agreement signed

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George @hannahtempler.com · 2h

ive said this before, but the dissonance of marketing AI as an absolute source of unlimited intelligence (the implication being some sort of factuality or neutrality), while a few very wealthy humans manually carve it to say the things they want, should be ringing alarm bells for everyone

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 4h

The administration “is currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”

OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT

GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal ‘pressure,’ the company says.

www.theverge.com

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Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 1h

Can repeat enough: Chicago is the rehearsal for what's ahead (and yes, is also already underway) in other cities — AND for the campaign of noncooperation & opposition that must be unleashed. We must study & practice & prepare.

I repeat: we love you, Chicago.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2h

I know not everyone is who they thought they would be under a fascist, authoritarian regime. That's okay. But it's time to do more than react and post about it. It's time to get organized—including mapping or creating lines of support and defense in your community.

Mapping Community Defense and Care in Our Neighborhoods

This worksheet can help us prepare for Trump's military interventions at the neighborhood level.

organizingmythoughts.org

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Doaa @doaaomar.bsky.social · 2d

🤲 Your support is more than a donation — it’s hope, warmth, and humanity.
Every share brings us closer to healing. 💫
#Charity #MutualAid #SupportOmar #gaza #freepalestine chuffed.org/project/1153...

Please Help Doaa and Omar Survive After Fleeing Gaza

Hello everyone I am Duaa Jad Al-Haq, 37 years old, Palestinian from Gaza I have a 5-year-old child named Omar who suffers from autism and does not speak and is going through the worst period of his li...

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 1d

Mahmoud’s wife Malak is due with their third child in only 2 months it’s so important that she is able to access healthy food and clean water now ❤️

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Mahmoud. Mahmoud was a computer engineer doing web development before this. He’s lost his job and home (and many coworkers) and is in a tent with his family including his children Zeina, 6 and Zane, 2. His wife Malak is 7 months pregnant.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 22h

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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Sloane @sloanesloane.bsky.social · 2d

And The Soul Lay Cindered by Famine’s Wet Flame // 2025 // watercolor and gouache 🩸

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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 6d

Want my anti-ICE posters? I'm selling them at cost in my shop www.mollycrabapple.com/shop/p/icepr...

25-pack of Risographed Fuck ICE posters — Molly Crabapple

Express your feelings towards our American Gestapo with these striking posters, risographed by Molly Crabapple at her beloved Robert Blackburn Studios. These posters are NOT archival. They are printe...

www.mollycrabapple.com

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 23h

ICE continues its relentless assault on Chicago street vendors. Rapid response teams in Pilsen and Little Village confirmed a street vendor was taken on Cermak and Troy and also on Damen and Cermak. These are on two major Latine commercial corridors.

Confirmed sighting in little village

Today October 10, 2025 at 10:55am we were able to confirm that ICE kidnapped a street vendor on Cermak and Troy in front of the laundry mat. Another street vendor was taken on Damen and Cermak in Pilsen. If you have any more information please call 855-435-7693 or to report any unusual or suspicious activity. Our community is safest when we are informed and organized.

Description of vehicles: a black GMC Denali suv and Tahoe

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Michael DeForge @michaeldeforge.bsky.social · 1d

I'm very sad to say that this event has to be cancelled!

Yesterday, I was among 8 arrested at an action demanding:

- The safe return of Freedom Flotilla members currently being detained in Israeli prisons, including Mskwaasin Agnew

- A two way arms embargo

- Immediate sanctions on Israel

Michael DeForge @michaeldeforge.bsky.social · 18d

Buffalo! I'll be in town to read at @gutterpopcomics.bsky.social on October 10, alongside @philmcandrew.bsky.social, Gia Ligammari and Max Weiss

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Alex @dirtbagboyfriend.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t forget to send them the email saying no to forced arbitration ig seems more relevant by the second

404 Media @404media.co · 2d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 2d

honestly fu** you if you think gazans are only allowed to ask for help to cover their very basic necessities when they’re starving or being killed, calling a gazan a grifter for trying to secure her education proves that you don’t see gazans as humans who deserve to live equally.

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Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 2d

surprise chicago!! come hang out with me and Bianca THIS WEEKEND!!

ig: restoriedbookshop

WENDY XU & BIANCA XUNISE LET'S TALK COMICS!
BOOK TALK & COMMUNITY EVENT
SATURDAY
OCTOBER 11, 2025 12PM - 2PM

Restoried BOOKSHOP
4613 N KEDZIE AVE
CHICAGO, IL 60625

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Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 3d

So just once again reiterating, if you wanna be a patron of my art, every dollar of your support goes really, REALLY far in making a tangible difference in my life.

patreon.com/kodyisover
subscribestar.adult/kodyisover
ko-fi.com/kodyisover

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Skunk Cabbage Books @skunkcabbagebooks.bsky.social · 3d

There's too much to focus on here in Chicago to be on my "Amazon is even worse than you think" soapbox this week, but here's a sample of the ways that they are profiting off of genocide and occupation, both here and abroad. Kill the cop on your doorstep (your Ring camera).

Skunk Cabbage Books @skunkcabbagebooks.bsky.social · Jul 10

idk that this ever got shared here, but the last few years we've made some little zines in honor of a certain day named for a number indivisible by other numbers. tbh I did not have the bandwidth to update it this year, but these two remain relevant. Check out our website for citations.

"What Amazon is doing to us. a digital zine from Skunk Cabbage Books."

We all know by now that Amazon is bad for small businesses, especially indie bookstores like us. Amazon's model, on the surface, looks like this - Amazon sells books at the lowest possible prices because they're willing to sell them at a loss to get their consumers into higher margin products like Kindles, Alexa devices, Ring cameras, and Prime accounts. We know Amazon doesn't really need to sell books. We want to dig deeper into why they bother and how Amazon hurts not just small businesses, but our entire communities.

On the surface, Amazon's model looks like selling cheap books at a loss to lure people into higher margin tech, like Kindle, Alexa, Audible, Prime, and Ring. But the higher margin items still aren't the product - you are. The consumer Amazon cares about isn't us, it's the companies that will buy all the data Amazon is collecting about you. Our privacy is the most profitable product.

Amazon relies on our government's disinterest in protecting our privacy and surveillance devices like Ring cameras and Alexa devices to farm your data. The data is the part that's really profitable, especially when Amazon sells it to agencies like law enforcement. On the smaller scale, Amazon has sold data from people's Ring cameras to local police without any notification or permission from the camera owners. On the large scale, Amazon's tech and data models power models that allow governments to enact mass surveillance and policing. Tech contracts make up a huge portion of ICE's budget and Amazon is using their tech and your data to help ICE surveil, track, and deport our neighbors. ICE's surveillance system pays Amazon approximately $600,000 a month to power their tech.

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Rascal News @rascal.news · 3d

Day one of @kickstarterunited.org's ongoing strike saw elected officials and union leaders show up in the streets of NYC to support workers.

Kickstarter United strikes in New York City for fairer contract

The workers were joined on day one by elected officials and various union leaders.

www.rascal.news

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priya MY PATREON huq 🏳️‍🌈 @priyahuq.art · 3d

please support me on patreon before bluesky falls into the sea. my goal is $500/mo, i'm at $60/mo. i need $6K a month to pay all my bills and rent so this feels very modest to me 😂

priya MY PATREON huq 🏳️‍🌈 @priyahuq.art · Jun 17

no new patrons yet, i'm looking to change that! here's a thread of the types of posts you can get by subscribing patreon.com/priyahuq #patreon #art #artistpayday #comics

Get more from priya huq on Patreon

making comics and paintings

patreon.com

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 3d

look if Dolly Parton needs you to pray for her then you find a scrap of floor and get to fucking work

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toril @ NYCC #4455 @toril.bsky.social · 3d

you should read my horse yaoi

toril @ NYCC #4455 @toril.bsky.social · 4d

#mybook HOTBLOOD! is a neo-noir Fantasy/Western about bestiality and the Transcontinental Railroad, Publishers Weekly said it was "good," and I'm drawing Vol. 2 for September 2026

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 3d

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4d

I’m. So. Tired.

I don’t just want you to pay attention to Chicago because I want you to understand our plight. I want you to see how hard people are fighting and know wtf you’re made of. We’re not just fighting for this place. This is for all of us.

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Nadia Shammas @nadiashammas.bsky.social · 3d

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Joan Zahra Dark 🔥 جون زهر درك @joandark.com · 3d

Before October 7th, it was August 5th 2022. Or May 2021, or March 2018, or December 2008, or June 2007. Or 1982, or 1967, or 1948.

Over 77 years of Palestinian exile, occupation, and suffering at Israel's hands. We need to be shutting everything down to fight, to give way to a truly free Palestine.

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Joan Zahra Dark 🔥 جون زهر درك @joandark.com · 3d

Also @plusoneexp.bsky.social was cool to work with too, I guess

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Ben Passmore @benpassmore.bsky.social · 4d

today is the day my book Black Arms To Hold You Up officially comes out. about 5-7 years of hard ass work finally in the world. i’m mfing terrified 😂

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