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@cartoonist.coop

Hourly Comics Day has MOVED!

It's the 20th anniversary and we're taking a stand alongside our Black cartoonist members and friends to demand a change to honor Black History Month- draw your comics on the 8th, not the 1st!

hourlycomicsday.com

#hourlycomicsday #hourlycomicday #hcd

"IN OBSERVANCE & SOLIDARITY". Two black speech bubbles with white text read "HOURLY COMICS DAY IS NOW ON FEB 8TH. CARTOONISTS HONOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. FEB 1 - MAR 1". There is an illustration of a black silhouetted hand raised and holding a pen in the top right, and an illustration of a nib pen and an ink well personified on the bottom right. The nib and ink are bumping fists. A URL at the bottom is "hourlycomicsday.com".

January 26, 2026 at 9:21 PM

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Skunkape

@skunkapegames.com

Five years after the Inventory closed its doors, this underground social club will reopen on March 5!

Poker Night at the Inventory is a high-stakes battle of cards, bets & trash talk coming to Steam, PlayStation & Nintendo Switch.

Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3897800/...

February 4, 2026 at 7:04 PM

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Aftermath

@aftermath.site

Blizzard QA workers' newly ratified union contract locks in pay increases, better benefits
aftermath.site/blizzard-qa-wo...

February 2, 2026 at 2:04 PM

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depths of wikipedia

@depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social

while anthropic secretly buys and destroys millions of books in hidden warehouses, let it be known that human staff at @archive.org carefully scan physical media by hand as always and there's literally a daily livestream because the process is so wonderful to watch!!!

February 2, 2026 at 6:16 PM

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TrueRef by Abbey Esparza

@trueref.bsky.social

I’ve been liking cosmos.so as a somewhat Pinterest alternative. Different, but good visual inspo at least.

February 1, 2026 at 7:07 PM

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani

@mayor.nyc.gov

As Black History Month begins, we honor the generations of Black New Yorkers who built this city into the “gorgeous mosaic” we call home.

Today, we reflect on the words of Mayor David Dinkins: our city’s first Black mayor (and a democratic socialist!).

February 1, 2026 at 2:11 PM

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IoI_xD

@ioi-xd.net

I would actually be so livid if I were one of those companies rn. can you imagine getting betrayed by stockholders because they're so disinterested in the product they're funding that some that some fucking toy from google gets them excited

Videogame stocks slide on Google's AI model that turns prompts into playable worlds

Jan 30 (Reuters) - Shares of videogame companies fell sharply in afternoon trading on Friday after Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab rolled out its artificial intelligence model capable of creating interactive digital worlds with simple prompts.

Shares of "Grand Theft Auto" maker Take-Two Interactive (TTWO.O), opens new tab fell 10%, online gaming platform Roblox (RBLX.N), opens new tab was down over 12%, while videogame engine maker Unity Software (U.N), opens new tab dropped 21%.

January 31, 2026 at 1:09 AM

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Rami Ismail (رامي)

@ramiismail.com

Its wild how the TikTok algorithm changes reveal to Western people how heavy Western censorship and propaganda really is. Access to continuous Israeli war crimes in Palestine, "law enforcement" abuses, global Western imperialism - all gone or deprioritized by the billionaire oligarchs. And this:

Reece @thiccreese.bsky.social · 16d

BREAKING: Now that TikTok is under US-based ownership, the social media app potentially collects more detailed information about its users, including precise location data.

My latest for @wired.com:

www.wired.com/story/tiktok...

TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes

According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US.

www.wired.com

January 26, 2026 at 10:12 AM

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Ilhan Omar

@ilhanmn.bsky.social

Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.

Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.

Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.

ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.

January 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM

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Shadok

@shadok.neocities.org

We still need 68 more sales for the Cybermare plushie to be funded!! Only 15 days left to make the mare real!!!!
www.makeship.com/products/cyb...

January 25, 2026 at 4:54 PM

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Mae-il Mae-il

@dramaddict.bsky.social

Quality performance art. Easy to parse, thematically relevant, kinda gross. Love it.

CW: Do you have any qualms about the fact that Al art is made by scraping other
artists? GG: Yeah, I mean, that's part of why I spat it out, because Al chews up and spits out art
made by other people.

January 22, 2026 at 7:06 PM

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Shadok

@shadok.neocities.org

More Undertale in one hour!! No one died and we're at the halfway mark so... I'm gonna make things a little more spicy...
youtube.com/live/QV5CwSS...

January 23, 2026 at 8:04 PM

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Shadok

@shadok.neocities.org

More Undertale streaming coming up in one hour!! Will this be the moment I start killing???
www.youtube.com/live/-9XOLGS...

January 21, 2026 at 8:03 PM

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Aluino #ProtectJho

@aluino.blacksky.app

I’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there.

I need you to listen to these people.
STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.

January 20, 2026 at 11:16 PM

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Natalia Zaitseva

@nataliadraws.bsky.social

Luckily, I've gotten much better at this lately!

A three panel comic titled "Portion control". A person is looking at art online. At first they are motivated "That's some interesting art... Maybe I should try that too?" They keep looking at more art and feel motivated: "Wow!! These artists are so good! I can't wait to go practise so I can catch up!". As they look at even more art, they get overwhelmed: "They're so many... Why am I even trying...?"

January 7, 2026 at 1:04 PM

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Corey They Them Brickley

@coreybrickley.bsky.social

oh i had this realization once

Are you actually lazy or are you just looking at the combined creative output of literally the entire internet and then comparing yourself to that

January 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM

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SuperWiiBros08

@superwiibros08.bsky.social

Made a video to promote my GoFundMe for a new PC, if you can't donate sharing helps a lot!!
Is almost near its goal!!
youtu.be/MMDnPaTJwgU?...

January 13, 2026 at 6:52 PM

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Scarlet Magus 💀 Horror Vtuber

@scarletmagus.bsky.social

EVERYONE DO THIS SURVEY

MAKE DISCORD PANIC AND REGRET AND REVERSE COURSE

DROWN THEM IN YOUR HATRED FOR GENAI

"If Discord added more AI featurss, would that change how often you use Discord?"

"I'd consider leaving Discord."

January 10, 2026 at 6:35 AM

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CN News/Schedules

@cnschedules.bsky.social

RIP Guy Moon, the composer for several series, including Fairly OddParents (and the rest of Butch Hartman's work), 2 Stupid Dogs, Cow and Chicken, Ned's Declassified, Big Time Rush, Back in the Barnyard, and many more.

He was 63 years old.

Screencap of a post on Guy Moon's Facebook:
We are overcome with grief to announce the passing of our beloved patriarch, Guy Moon. He was killed on Thursday morning in a traffic collision.
We feel singularly blessed to have been able to call him dad and husband. As we stand together at the base of what seems to be an insurmountable grief, we are emboldened to grieve him with honor and courage with the tools that he equipped us with in his beautiful life. He has left an unmistakable legacy, and will be profoundly missed by us, his family, and countless others whose lives he impacted.
We are tentatively planning to celebrate his life on his birthday, February 7th, in the Los Angeles area, and again sometime after in his hometown in Wisconsin. We will make details available as we plan.
Together we remain,
The Moon Family

January 10, 2026 at 10:24 PM

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Internet Archive

@archive.org

🎉 The public domain just got bigger! Join us January 21 for a virtual celebration of the films, music, art, & books newly free for everyone to use, remix, & share.

🎟️ Save your spot ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1977502652...

#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree #CreativeCommons