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Natalie H. "The Cool Natalie" Ironside @natalieironside.bsky.social · 1h

i fucking knew it

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Benito Cereno @benitocereno.bsky.social · 9h

I’ve also been noticing this — it’s not *just* comics, but I am of course more sharply aware of the decline in buzz for comics

When I saw someone posting about Power Fantasy earlier, I was like “Damn, this is how you know the book is a scorcher: someone actually talked about it”

The Princess Formerly Known As Prince @nataliereed84.bsky.social · 1d

Speaking about hope for the medium:

What are y’all reading these days?

Was talking with someone about how nobody seems to really *talk* about comics anymore, which is kinda strangling creator-owned titles, which rely on word of mouth to work. So might as well give this a shot.

The Princess Formerly Known As Prince @nataliereed84.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday I saw kids in a comic store. Kids! In a comic store! Excited about *Superman*! There is hope yet for the medium.

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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 8h

hey what happens to they 0% loan after three months when they can’t pay it back

what happens to it then

Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 10h

If this was happening in any other country you'd have journalists and analysts discussing risks of state failure

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Genderflux Superfluid @rewhan.bsky.social · 10h

Oh shit I knew I forgot something; hey release it again I missed it the first time.

Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · 12h

‘TRON: ARES’ has earned $14.3M in its opening day at the domestic box office.

For comparison, ‘MORBIUS’ opened to $17.3M.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 1d

I always knew my inability to whistle had to mean something....

ing school, generally all by myself. I spent a large part of my time in the house singing, but have never been able to learn to whistle. Inability to whistle is a general char- acteristic of passive inverts. I learned to sew and
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EXEGESIS FREAK @cryptotheism.bsky.social · 23h

They should try calling up all the generals to call them gay little fat boys who are too pussy to kill civilians again. Maybe it will work the second time.

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d

Buried in Michigan's antiporn bill is a provision to effectively outlaw "circumvention tools," such as VPNs.

Mark my words: legislators will increasingly leverage porn panic to restrict or ban VPNs, and to limit internet privacy far beyond adult sites.

Experts raise privacy concerns over Michigan bill targeting pornography and VPNs

Rep. Josh Schriver, the bill’s sponsor, says the law is designed to target only producers and distributors of pornography, not everyday internet users.

www.wilx.com

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Industrial Worker @industrialworker.bsky.social · 1d

The Phellow Workers of Philadelphia bring us the latest on a new historical marker dedicated to FW Ben Fletcher!

industrialworker.org/philadelphia...

#UnionStrong #union #workers #IWW #wobblies #labor

Philadelphia IWW Unveils Historical Marker

Philadelphia I.W.W. Unveils Historical Marker and Celebrates Local 8 and Ben Fletcher’s Legacy of Militant, Industrial Organizing On Saturday June 21, 2025 the Philadelphia Historical and Museum Co…

industrialworker.org

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Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · 1d

One new subscription means there's only eleven more to go until this milestone! Thank you ever so much!

Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · 4d

Years ago, a subscription drive was what resulted in my epic livetweet of Clavell's "Shogun." Now, I'm doing it again. 100 subs (12 more than what I have now) at buff.ly/R3YnYhq and I will livepost my read of Christopher Nicole's "Lord of the Golden Fan," which was Shogun before Shogun.

Lord of the Golden Fan by Christopher Nicole

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 1d

any product that depends on the long term stability of its maker is inherently defective

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

They brick you because they can.

Logitech will brick its $100 Pop smart home buttons on October 15

Logitech’s interest in the smart home has appeared to wane in recent years.

arstechnica.com

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Natalie H. "The Cool Natalie" Ironside @natalieironside.bsky.social · 1d

One time back in like 2016 a bunch of us called Rhyd Wildermuth a yellow-bellied coward for running away to France like he did and he informed us that it's impossible for him to be a coward because he meditated on top of a mountain until he no longer felt fear. I think about that sometimes.

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Natalie H. "The Cool Natalie" Ironside @natalieironside.bsky.social · 1d

The superhero Boy Man is a man with all the powers of a boy [knees that work]

Whereas Man Boy is a boy with all the powers of a man [driving, buying cigarettes]

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 3d

"Every trans person who doesn't leave the country has no hope and neither does their resistance" buys into assumptions about the state's invincibility and the weakness of trans communities that are not just false but actively damaging.

Sadly, I'm seeing it a lot more lately. So, this thread...

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#9 Dream @gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 2d

The Atlantic, the NYT, and so many others also participated in the destruction of public health by repeatedly publishing the lie that COVID is mild, and now an organ- and immune-system damaging airborne virus is running rampant everywhere—w/ no infection control anywhere.

Great work everyone.

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

The Atlantic, the NYT, the Post, the Free Press, Persuasion ... god, so many others ... they did it. They participated in the destruction of norms against bigotry & now bigotry is running rampant, out in the open, at the highest levels.

Great work everyone.

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Ariana Serpentine @arianaserpentine.bsky.social · 3d

This thread is excellent

RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social · 3d

Big Bird in the movie poster for The Exorcist.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

The young progs yelled at you online, and, well, I guess you showed them! You helped render their culture an ugly, violent, stupid, contemptible wreck that will likely take decades to return to any form worthy of pride.

You showed those fucking kids! That will teach them to talk back.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

The Atlantic, the NYT, the Post, the Free Press, Persuasion ... god, so many others ... they did it. They participated in the destruction of norms against bigotry & now bigotry is running rampant, out in the open, at the highest levels.

Great work everyone.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Richard Pace @rpace.bsky.social · 3d

Just don't share A.I. slop of any sort. I've seen a wave of Sora shit on various social media platforms.
A.I. is destructive on too many levels to ever encourage anyone to use it, and sharing or liking is encouragement.
Complicity in the destruction of our planet and humanity.

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 3d

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Natalie H. "The Cool Natalie" Ironside @natalieironside.bsky.social · 3d

Everyone is 12 years old now

mr pussy @mrpussy.xyz · 3d

>not a veteran
>wall full of challenge coins

Kash Patel wearing the corniest Christmas camo punisher skull sweatshirt with his own podcast advertised on the sleeve, wearing his own merch hat too and another behind him, in front of an American flag challenge coin holder that also contains stickers for his podcast

buster bluth in fatigues with arms full of stuffed animals. "these are my awards, mother. from army."

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Ariana Serpentine @arianaserpentine.bsky.social · 3d

It’s International Lesbian Day and I am an International Lesbian.

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Natalie H. "The Cool Natalie" Ironside @natalieironside.bsky.social · 3d

luck <3

Natalie H. "The Cool Natalie" Ironside @natalieironside.bsky.social · 3d

"So you just think you're special and the rules don't apply to you, huh?" yes <3

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Natalie H. "The Cool Natalie" Ironside @natalieironside.bsky.social · 3d

Individually, I won't be satisfied with anything less than general license. I recognize that it would be a bad way to run a society if we did that for everybody, but maybe we make one exception just for me because am cute and special

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