Chris Mautner
@cmautner.bsky.social
Editor at @pennlive.bsky.social. Co-editor at @comicsjournal.bsky.social. Putters around here and there.
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Highly recommended: this long piece by Alex Dueben on 30 years of James Robinson’s Starman. @comicsjournal.bsky.social
We are all in the gutter: Starman at 30, part 1 - The Comics Journal
Starman is 30 years old? Where did the time go? Good thing Alex Dueben is here to do a deep dive on this influential James Robinson/Tony Harris superhero series.
www.tcj.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Highly recommended: this long piece by Alex Dueben on 30 years of James Robinson’s Starman. @comicsjournal.bsky.social
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen
Nine Inch Nails
Bob Mould
Richard Thompson
Warren Zevon
Les McCann and Eddie Harris
Nine Inch Nails
Bob Mould
Richard Thompson
Warren Zevon
Les McCann and Eddie Harris
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen
Pixies
Breeders & Nirvana
Bikini Kill
Sonic Youth
Shonen Knife
Pixies
Breeders & Nirvana
Bikini Kill
Sonic Youth
Shonen Knife
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Ozzy & Metallica
SRV & Joe Cocker
Iron Maiden & Yngwie
Jazzfest
U2
Ozzy & Metallica
SRV & Joe Cocker
Iron Maiden & Yngwie
Jazzfest
U2
November 28, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen
Nine Inch Nails
Bob Mould
Richard Thompson
Warren Zevon
Les McCann and Eddie Harris
Nine Inch Nails
Bob Mould
Richard Thompson
Warren Zevon
Les McCann and Eddie Harris
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hi i bet you need to hear Hüsker Dü performing the Mary Tyler Moore song live in 1985 today
Love Is All Around
YouTube video by Husker Du - Topic
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November 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
hi i bet you need to hear Hüsker Dü performing the Mary Tyler Moore song live in 1985 today
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Happy birthday, Sparky!
November 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Happy birthday, Sparky!
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I’ve written about Julia Gfrörer’s work before, but Moto Hagio was new to me and I really can’t overstate how hard she walloped me. Ouch ouch ouch www.tcj.com/the-silent-r...
November 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I’ve written about Julia Gfrörer’s work before, but Moto Hagio was new to me and I really can’t overstate how hard she walloped me. Ouch ouch ouch www.tcj.com/the-silent-r...
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Neil’s 80th birthday and the 50th anniversary of “Zuma” arrived only a few days apart this month. Monumental moments both. As I rhapsodize:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Neil’s 80th birthday and the 50th anniversary of “Zuma” arrived only a few days apart this month. Monumental moments both. As I rhapsodize:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
R.I.P. Jimmy Cliff
Legendary reggae singer, actor dies at 81
His wife announced the news on Instagram on Monday.
www.pennlive.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
R.I.P. Jimmy Cliff
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I love comics www.tcj.com/the-silent-r...
The silent rebellion of certainty: Moto Hagio & Julia Gfrörer - The Comics Journal
Julia Gfrörer is perfectly capable of flawless rhetoric, as proven in the second of two Frasier parodies within World Within the World. She shows us a series of panels of environment furniture behind ...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I love comics www.tcj.com/the-silent-r...
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DW Griffith directed BIRTH OF A NATION (1915), a virulently racist film (and neither his first nor his last one of those) that saw racist violence follow wherever it was screened.
So, naturally, there are film bros and gals who think we should "ignore the racism" and keep it in the canon.
Thread
So, naturally, there are film bros and gals who think we should "ignore the racism" and keep it in the canon.
Thread
May 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
DW Griffith directed BIRTH OF A NATION (1915), a virulently racist film (and neither his first nor his last one of those) that saw racist violence follow wherever it was screened.
So, naturally, there are film bros and gals who think we should "ignore the racism" and keep it in the canon.
Thread
So, naturally, there are film bros and gals who think we should "ignore the racism" and keep it in the canon.
Thread
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NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.
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Also from me today, a review of Laura Pérez's wonderful Nocturnos for @comicsjournal.bsky.social . "Nocturnos... is a powerful book. A spell to remind us how nature weaves a way into everything around us, down to our subconscious"
www.tcj.com/reviews/noct...
www.tcj.com/reviews/noct...
Nocturnos - The Comics Journal
Nocturnos by Laura Pérez, translated by Andrea Rosenberg (Fantagraphics, 2025) reviewed by Aug Stone.
www.tcj.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Also from me today, a review of Laura Pérez's wonderful Nocturnos for @comicsjournal.bsky.social . "Nocturnos... is a powerful book. A spell to remind us how nature weaves a way into everything around us, down to our subconscious"
www.tcj.com/reviews/noct...
www.tcj.com/reviews/noct...
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Abrego Garcia is currently detained at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Philipsburg, Centre County.
From @statesnewsroom.com
From @statesnewsroom.com
Top ICE official elaborates on plan to send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials detailed to a federal judge Thursday plans for the Trump administration to again remove the wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, this time to the W...
penncapital-star.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Abrego Garcia is currently detained at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Philipsburg, Centre County.
From @statesnewsroom.com
From @statesnewsroom.com
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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An important piece of reporting. Even congressional Republicans wanted to include appropriations-bill language to protect Congress's power of the purse. But Russ Vought has pressured them to cut the language, and the House Republicans rolled over. www.notus.org/congress/mar...
A Top Republican Wanted to Reclaim Congress’ Spending Authority. The White House Stopped Him.
Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart, a top appropriator, tried to add guardrails from ‘pocket rescissions’ in an appropriations bill. But then Office of Management Budget Director Russ Vought talked to him.
www.notus.org
November 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
An important piece of reporting. Even congressional Republicans wanted to include appropriations-bill language to protect Congress's power of the purse. But Russ Vought has pressured them to cut the language, and the House Republicans rolled over. www.notus.org/congress/mar...
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If my heart is a place, it’s @bkswpicspdx.bsky.social: one of the most innovative, inclusive, and wonderful comics shops—and communities—that I’ve had the privilege to be a part of.
DM me proof of donation, and I’ll match up to $500 TONIGHT!
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-books...
DM me proof of donation, and I’ll match up to $500 TONIGHT!
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-books...
Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now, organized by Katie Pryde
Dear friends: I need your help.
I’m proud of everything Books with Pictures… Katie Pryde needs your support for Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now
www.gofundme.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:45 AM
If my heart is a place, it’s @bkswpicspdx.bsky.social: one of the most innovative, inclusive, and wonderful comics shops—and communities—that I’ve had the privilege to be a part of.
DM me proof of donation, and I’ll match up to $500 TONIGHT!
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-books...
DM me proof of donation, and I’ll match up to $500 TONIGHT!
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-books...
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This moment was necessitated by real life.
At the time, child sex abuse was a growing topic of conversation & the bit dating back to S3 of adults not believing in Mr. Snuffleupagus’ existence could be seen as the same as adults not believing children who report what happens to them.
At the time, child sex abuse was a growing topic of conversation & the bit dating back to S3 of adults not believing in Mr. Snuffleupagus’ existence could be seen as the same as adults not believing children who report what happens to them.
[November 18th, 1985] In the Season 17 premiere of Sesame Street, Episode 2096, the adults on Sesame Street finally meet Mr. Snuffleupagus and realize he is real, not imaginary.
Elmo is also introduced as a new character.
Elmo is also introduced as a new character.
November 19, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This moment was necessitated by real life.
At the time, child sex abuse was a growing topic of conversation & the bit dating back to S3 of adults not believing in Mr. Snuffleupagus’ existence could be seen as the same as adults not believing children who report what happens to them.
At the time, child sex abuse was a growing topic of conversation & the bit dating back to S3 of adults not believing in Mr. Snuffleupagus’ existence could be seen as the same as adults not believing children who report what happens to them.
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Pennsylvania, its local governments are on track to use nearly all $13B in pandemic relief by end of 2026
https://www.spotlightpa.org/statecollege/2025/11/american-rescue-plan-covid-19-funding-pennsylvania-arpa-treasury-local-government/
https://www.spotlightpa.org/statecollege/2025/11/american-rescue-plan-covid-19-funding-pennsylvania-arpa-treasury-local-government/
PA on track to spend $13B in federal pandemic relief funds
Pennsylvania and its county and local governments are on track to spend nearly all of the federal ARPA funds received to address pandemic impacts.
www.spotlightpa.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Pennsylvania, its local governments are on track to use nearly all $13B in pandemic relief by end of 2026
https://www.spotlightpa.org/statecollege/2025/11/american-rescue-plan-covid-19-funding-pennsylvania-arpa-treasury-local-government/
https://www.spotlightpa.org/statecollege/2025/11/american-rescue-plan-covid-19-funding-pennsylvania-arpa-treasury-local-government/
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NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
Contractor Paying Random People $300 to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE
“The more I listened to it, the more I’m like, something doesn’t sound right,” a person who was briefed on the pilot plans told 404 Media.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
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WSJ: “.. If the AI market blows up, the blast radius would be wide, hitting not only Wall Street firms, but also pensions, mutual and exchange-traded funds and individual investors, because of how debt is often sliced and resold across the financial landscape.”
@wsj.com
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@wsj.com
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November 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
WSJ: “.. If the AI market blows up, the blast radius would be wide, hitting not only Wall Street firms, but also pensions, mutual and exchange-traded funds and individual investors, because of how debt is often sliced and resold across the financial landscape.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
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NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
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When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
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Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
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Heritage, for its part, was so upset about this reporting that it threatened to sue Vox to try and stop publication. But we are confident in our source and our reporting.
Here's a gift link to the piece that Heritage tried to kill www.vox.com/on-the-right...
Here's a gift link to the piece that Heritage tried to kill www.vox.com/on-the-right...
The toxic culture behind the right’s civil war
A Heritage insider alleging “openly misogynistic and racist” conduct shines a light on the right’s inner workings.
www.vox.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Heritage, for its part, was so upset about this reporting that it threatened to sue Vox to try and stop publication. But we are confident in our source and our reporting.
Here's a gift link to the piece that Heritage tried to kill www.vox.com/on-the-right...
Here's a gift link to the piece that Heritage tried to kill www.vox.com/on-the-right...
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Cover by Irving Tripp.
November 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Cover by Irving Tripp.