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FredRIK WORTHam 🎃

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Comics oik. Working class. Union man. Sci comm sometimes. Author of… 📚Pets Tell Tales series 🐈‍⬛ https://uk.bookshop.org/a/15438/9781526366627 📚Eisner-nom’d HOCUS POCUS👻🔮 Rep’d by Watson Little https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/ebooks/hocus-pocus-book/

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FredRIK WORTHam 🎃 @rikworth.bsky.social · Mar 18

NEW BOOK!
Pets Tell Tales: Egypt is the first in a series of non-fiction comics explaining history from the point of view of the animals who helped, hindered, and were downright baffled by, humans

@jordancollver.bsky.social
@hachettechildrens.bsky.social

#kidslit #booksky

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Pets Tell Tales: Ancient Egypt: Book 1

Get yours now:

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FredRIK WORTHam 🎃 @rikworth.bsky.social · 15m

Rather bizarrely, just yesterday I was reading about an inmate a Wakey who has a history of killing paedophiles.

Seems unlikely its the same guy.

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Whaaaa!

Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 42m

I am absolutely fascinated to see how this goes - Harper are attempting to launch a 32 page monthly children’s comic for 8-12 year olds in the US.

www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 1h

In case people need something to look forward to, I have the honour of collaborating with @hookland.bsky.social on a light novel. Initial discussions began in a necropolis and then moved onto a pub. Will begin in earnest early 2026.

Creature formed of woven willow and hagstones. Fearful in appearance. Pencil drawing with some tones.

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 2h

Jared Leto? More like Jared Lets-not-go-to-the-cinema, eh readers?

Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · 3h

‘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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FredRIK WORTHam 🎃 @rikworth.bsky.social · 3h

What if we made a Tron movie but instead of having Daft Punk in it, Jared Leto is in it?

Disney. For some reason.

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FredRIK WORTHam 🎃 @rikworth.bsky.social · 10h

Better yet. Report, then block.

Screen cap of Bluesky’s report options highlighting “Misleading Post” and AI Imagery Labeler

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FredRIK WORTHam 🎃 @rikworth.bsky.social · 4h

Oh my I was joking.
As if I have the money to do that in this economy!

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FredRIK WORTHam 🎃 @rikworth.bsky.social · 4h

Excuse me.
How do I “short” the AI industry?
Asking for someone who hates AI and feels nuts that people just go along with it.

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 4h

Gale Of Wind, by John Hoppner, 1795.

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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 6h

Liverpool Street Station, 1960, by Edward Bawden.

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FredRIK WORTHam 🎃 @rikworth.bsky.social · 10h

Better yet. Report, then block.

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FredRIK WORTHam 🎃 @rikworth.bsky.social · 10h

You don’t have to share AI disinformation.
Just block it and move on.

FredRIK WORTHam 🎃 @rikworth.bsky.social · 1d

Fitting that Jesus is sharing this as “Turn the other cheek” doesn’t mean forgive your enemy. It means place your enemy in a situation that attacking you is socially embarrassing for them.

Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 1d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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FredRIK WORTHam 🎃 @rikworth.bsky.social · 1d

Man goes to doctor. Says he’s depressed. Feels lonely. Lacks identity. Alienated from his labour and needs something to believe in.

Doctor says solution simple. Great political thinker Marx is in town. Go see him.

Man cries. But, Doctor…

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𝔾𝕆ℝ𝔸ℕ @gorangligovic.bsky.social · 1d

100% sure Trump thinks a Nobel Peace Prize is something God takes into consideration when it comes to invites for Heaven 2026

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Jordan Collver @jordancollver.bsky.social · 1d

Updated our bio image with characters from @rikworth.bsky.social's and my upcoming Rome book.

Cartoon illustration of Rik and I. Rik - bearded with luscious hair - leans casually against a desk and a stack of books, while holding a laptop. Jordan - bearded, bespectacled and bald - hunches over a desk and draws a comic page. Molly the dog lies on the floor, a magpie perches on Rik's arm, and a spider dangles from a lamp.

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 1d

I'm not a medical expert, but is it a good idea to inject a dangerously large bubble into your veins? Asking for a G20 economy.

Sky News headline from January 2025 reading "
UK to 'mainline AI in the veins' under new plans from Sir Keir Starmer

The government will be hoping the plans - with promises of billions of pounds and thousands of jobs - can help stymie the claims they are mismanaging the economy and stunting growth in the UK."

Futurism headline from October 2025 reading "Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster. The risk of a sharp market correction has increased. The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a “sudden correction” in global financial markets driven by the spending frenzy on artificial intelligence."

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FredRIK WORTHam 🎃 @rikworth.bsky.social · 1d

Because politicians continue to confuse doing unpopular things with being practical and being disliked as proof you must be right and everyone else is wrong.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge? | Martin Kettle

Today’s politicians need to learn that she is not the answer to contemporary problems, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

www.theguardian.com

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FredRIK WORTHam 🎃 @rikworth.bsky.social · 1d

Norway is now the most powerful nation on the planet.

Make demands or the prize gets it!

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says * Why is Donald Trump so obsessed with winning the peace prize? With hours to go until the announcement of this year’s Nobel peace prize, Norwegian politicians were steeling themselves for potential repercussions to US-Norway relations if it is not awarded to Donald Trump. The Norwegian Nobel Committee pointedly said on Thursday that it had reached a decision about who would be named 2025 peace prize laureate on Monday, several days before Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire under the US president’s Gaza plan. Continue reading...

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FredRIK WORTHam 🎃 @rikworth.bsky.social · 1d

Flawless and underappreciated

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PJ Holden @pauljholden.com · 1d

Cat believe these are all owned by one guy.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Experience: I own the world’s largest Monopoly collection

Every set is exciting. I’ve currently got 4,379 different ones. The dream is to hit 4,500, maybe even 5,000

www.theguardian.com

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FredRIK WORTHam 🎃 @rikworth.bsky.social · 1d

Do you think he think it will get him into Heaven, hence the rush?

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 1d

The Guardian- The US president may impose tariffs, demand higher NATO contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says, if on Friday he is not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. www.theguardian.com/world/202...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

FredRIK WORTHam 🎃 @rikworth.bsky.social · 1d

How your email finds me

Marc Laming all singing, all dancing comics guy. @marclaming.bsky.social · 1d

fine art if you ask me

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 2d

A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.

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FredRIK WORTHam 🎃 @rikworth.bsky.social · 2d

Fitting it’s trickle down

Jordan Collver @jordancollver.bsky.social · 2d

The spread of misinformation...

Illustration of four houses connected with hosepipes leading from each resident's phone/computer - the screens of which are blasting torrents of water straight into their faces, flooding their homes as they obliviously go about their business.