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Neal Romanek

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Founder of publishing company ¡AU! & a media biz journalist of many years - plus sustainability. Author of novel SKIES OF VENUS & graphic novel BOUDICCA. Used to write for the pictures. Dayton to L.A. to London https://linktr.ee/nealromanek

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Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 24d

Our new monster event at ¡AU!, which kicks off Oct. 18. It's going to be a mix of fun and deep monster study. Still working out what the frequency will be, but we'll be doing Monster Lab regularly. Ticket prices are absurdly low for this first outing. Join us.

¡AU! @auworks.bsky.social · 24d

¡AU! has launched a new event series, MONSTER LAB, where creatives of all types (from painters to brain surgeons) gather to talk monsters & see what we can learn.

First MONSTER LAB is Oct. 18, 2-4pm UK time, online. Get your ticket now!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/monster-la...

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Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 17h

What! They can’t do this already?? Where have US tax dollars been going all this time?

onion person @junlper.beer · 20h

we need to abolish this shit

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 1d

[2] Click the links to read the inspiration behind each work & the symbolism involved. Each of my drawings is A3 in size [11.7x16.5”/29.7x42cm]. I ship worldwide.

Horse and Hare (2021) | Original pen & ink on paper drawing by Robert Bohan

More info: robbohan.etsy.com/listing/4375...

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Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 18h

Lovely work. You might be interested in the Monster Lab project we’re launching at @auworks.bsky.social - looking at monsters in different ways to explore creativity.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/monster-la...

Monster Lab: Incarnation One - with guests Surekha Davies & Esti Reich

Monster Lab is an event series from ¡AU! where creatives and fans learn how to understand, create, and tame bad guys.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 19h

Tremendous

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

This Is Fascism

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Comics Outta Context 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @comiccontext.bsky.social · 1d

Head and shoulder shot of 1970s era Captain Marvel from Marvel comics. His eyes are angry and red and his face has otherwise been completely replaced by stars planets. What look like a couple of exploding stars. Narration: “… And THIS man can protect it. For he is now COSMICALLY AWARE!“

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 1d

This workshop will initiate with people from Mexico, Latin America and Europe to strengthen the ties of stop motion and collaboration and, in exchange, education will be provided for free for one Mexican / Latinamerican student for the first ten years also.

Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · 1d

Guillermo del Toro, Netflix, and Gobelins have teamed to open a stop-motion studio in Paris. The endeavor shares a kindred spirit with Mexico's El Taller del Chucho, also co-founded by del Toro, and will honor stop-motion legend Mark Gustafson.
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Guillermo Del Toro, Netflix, Gobelins Team On Stop-Motion Studio

The new Paris studio shares a stop-motion spirit with Mexico's El Taller del Chucho, also co-founded by del Toro, and honors Mark Gustafson’s legacy.

www.cartoonbrew.com

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Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 1d

Was just at the Oxfam used book shop here in Ealing and, man, was that place packed.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

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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Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve been thinking about money. Nobody is going to be refunding those parts of government that have been cut. That money’s not coming back.

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Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 1d

More unicorns and raccoons please.

Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 2d

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 1d

Gazing in awe & wonder 😮

Inside the spectacular Little Woodbury house at @butserancientfarm.co.uk where the great soot-blackened roof stands without central posts

An incredible family house from Late Iron Age Britain

With @durotrigesdig.bsky.social
@theduncanmackay.bsky.social

📷 My own, Sept

Duncan & Miles inside a roundhouse gazing up at the roof

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 3d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Thought Bubble Festival @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social · 2d

The Thought Bubble Comic Convention full programme is LIVE!!

Two days rammed with panels, workshops, guest signings, and loads, loads more. Why not start planning your weekend schedule?

Take a look: thoughtbubblefestival.com/conventionprogramme

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ceej @ceej.online · 2d

damn. hoping it at least signifies something

William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 3d

It is a tale
Told by an idiot

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Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 2d

It's very possible that they think a peer-reviewed paper is just pitch document.

Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 2d

"Private lectures". The unmedicated gentleman at our local library also does those.

Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 2d

Dude, they're still doing Communist Conspiracy. That's already coming on it's 100th birthday.

Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 2d

Stanford are not sending their best.

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Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 2d

This is awesome.

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Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 2d

Very Wagnerian.

James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 2d

“We refuse to pay the troops and also we’re doing indiscriminate firings of people for no reason”

I’ve never seen an administration so faithfully committed to self-immolation in my entire life

Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 2d

And staring. So much staring.

Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 2d

Cats rioting. I mean, what would that even look like?

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Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 2d

Kind of like how Al Qaeda wasn't really much of a thing until people said that Al Qaeda was an actual thing.

Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 2d

This

Uncle Big Bad @dont.bsky.social · 2d

People believe AI can think because we think houses with 2 windows and a door are alive.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 2d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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