Andrea Horbinski
@horbinski.bsky.social
Anime + manga expert, PhD History and New Media (UC Berkeley), writer + researcher. Bay Area. Preorder MANGA'S FIRST CENTURY: HOW CREATORS AND FANS MADE JAPANESE COMICS, 1905-1989 now!
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Today is publication day for MANGA'S FIRST CENTURY in North America! It's available at bookstores large and small. ahorbinski.com/books/
If you've already read the book, please consider leaving a review online! It helps. And if your budget is tight, requesting the book at the library is great too!
If you've already read the book, please consider leaving a review online! It helps. And if your budget is tight, requesting the book at the library is great too!
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Reducing tropical deforestation is absolutely critical to addressing biodiversity loss *and* climate change.
Dr. Paul West from Project Drawdown writes about why the proposed Tropical Forest Forever Facility is so important in doing this.
drawdown.org/insights/wha...
Dr. Paul West from Project Drawdown writes about why the proposed Tropical Forest Forever Facility is so important in doing this.
drawdown.org/insights/wha...
What to know about the Tropical Forest Forever Facility from COP30
Project Drawdown Scientist Paul West, Ph.D., explores what the TFFF is, why it matters, where it goes from here, and how it could be improved.
drawdown.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Reducing tropical deforestation is absolutely critical to addressing biodiversity loss *and* climate change.
Dr. Paul West from Project Drawdown writes about why the proposed Tropical Forest Forever Facility is so important in doing this.
drawdown.org/insights/wha...
Dr. Paul West from Project Drawdown writes about why the proposed Tropical Forest Forever Facility is so important in doing this.
drawdown.org/insights/wha...
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We have a “poverty trap” and it’s driving the destruction of social cohesion.
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We have a “poverty trap” and it’s driving the destruction of social cohesion.
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
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In Morrow County, healthy adults were coming down with unexplained medical conditions, including diseases that usually afflicted the elderly.
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
In Morrow County, healthy adults were coming down with unexplained medical conditions, including diseases that usually afflicted the elderly.
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
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According to Oxford professor of energy Jan Rosenow, rapid electrification of Europe's industry, not rolling back the EU's Green Deal, will save European industry.
Why electrification, not repealing green laws, will save Europe's industry
According to Oxford professor of energy Jan Rosenow, rapid electrification of Europe's industry, not rolling back the EU's Green Deal, will save European industry.
euobserver.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 AM
According to Oxford professor of energy Jan Rosenow, rapid electrification of Europe's industry, not rolling back the EU's Green Deal, will save European industry.
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The Evangelion Kabuki play is coming in three months!
Evangelion Kabuki Project Unveils Main Cast, Staff
Performance to be conclude anime's 30th anniversary festival on February 23
www.animenewsnetwork.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The Evangelion Kabuki play is coming in three months!
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I think this NVIDIA Enron thing might have slightly jokerfied me. I occasionally laugh and mutter "we are NOTHING like ENRON." It's so funny. Like NVIDIA genuinely does not seem to be like Enron! Right? Why did you mention Enron? Why are you trying to "dodge the Enron allegations"?
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I think this NVIDIA Enron thing might have slightly jokerfied me. I occasionally laugh and mutter "we are NOTHING like ENRON." It's so funny. Like NVIDIA genuinely does not seem to be like Enron! Right? Why did you mention Enron? Why are you trying to "dodge the Enron allegations"?
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Flock lied about a Texas sheriff who searched Flock to track down a woman for an abortion. Flock asserted the woman was never under criminal investigation. Court documents showed Flock misled the public for months, accusing journalists of lying. #shutdownflock #whattheflock
Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime
Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.
www.404media.co
November 25, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Flock lied about a Texas sheriff who searched Flock to track down a woman for an abortion. Flock asserted the woman was never under criminal investigation. Court documents showed Flock misled the public for months, accusing journalists of lying. #shutdownflock #whattheflock
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20th-century anthropologists called romantic love a Western invention – our new paper, with data from 9 non-WEIRD societies (N = 937), finds high levels of passion, intimacy & commitment everywhere, adding evidence for the universality of love hypothesis. doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
May 29, 2025 at 6:11 AM
20th-century anthropologists called romantic love a Western invention – our new paper, with data from 9 non-WEIRD societies (N = 937), finds high levels of passion, intimacy & commitment everywhere, adding evidence for the universality of love hypothesis. doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
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This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
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AI: For when you want to be mean to people but you're too stupid.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
AI: For when you want to be mean to people but you're too stupid.
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We also have to assume that from the regime’s wild over reaction to the video it is causing them problems inside the Pentagon as they plan their illegal war against Venezuela.
Hegseth gets cut out of Russian-Ukraine talks, scrambles to find ways to please the King and save his pathetic ass.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
We also have to assume that from the regime’s wild over reaction to the video it is causing them problems inside the Pentagon as they plan their illegal war against Venezuela.
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Another great starter pack—highly recommended.
It’s worth noting that more of us need to work on multiple important issues simultaneously. Making a city more walkable isn’t just placemaking; it also improves mental health, combats loneliness epidemic, reduces crime, AND helps tackle #climatechange.
It’s worth noting that more of us need to work on multiple important issues simultaneously. Making a city more walkable isn’t just placemaking; it also improves mental health, combats loneliness epidemic, reduces crime, AND helps tackle #climatechange.
ICYMI, this STARTER PACK is my team-up with celebrated climate scientist @katharinehayhoe.com, and it’s full of people & organizations that specifically embrace the overlap between better cities and climate action! Please follow them, and help spread the pack around! #ClimateAction #UrbanistShoutOut
November 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Another great starter pack—highly recommended.
It’s worth noting that more of us need to work on multiple important issues simultaneously. Making a city more walkable isn’t just placemaking; it also improves mental health, combats loneliness epidemic, reduces crime, AND helps tackle #climatechange.
It’s worth noting that more of us need to work on multiple important issues simultaneously. Making a city more walkable isn’t just placemaking; it also improves mental health, combats loneliness epidemic, reduces crime, AND helps tackle #climatechange.
Eric Swalwell sucks, do not vote for him for CA governor.
Also, "abolish ICE" should be the minimum position.
Also, "abolish ICE" should be the minimum position.
eric swalwell said on msnow that a major goal of a dem majority after the midterms would be for ice masks to come off and badges to come out, this is insufficient
November 24, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Eric Swalwell sucks, do not vote for him for CA governor.
Also, "abolish ICE" should be the minimum position.
Also, "abolish ICE" should be the minimum position.
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eric swalwell said on msnow that a major goal of a dem majority after the midterms would be for ice masks to come off and badges to come out, this is insufficient
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
eric swalwell said on msnow that a major goal of a dem majority after the midterms would be for ice masks to come off and badges to come out, this is insufficient
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(Lightbulb going off)
Me too wasn’t threatening to shitty men just because of their past behavior: it also threatened their self-concept of masculinity
Me too wasn’t threatening to shitty men just because of their past behavior: it also threatened their self-concept of masculinity
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 AM
(Lightbulb going off)
Me too wasn’t threatening to shitty men just because of their past behavior: it also threatened their self-concept of masculinity
Me too wasn’t threatening to shitty men just because of their past behavior: it also threatened their self-concept of masculinity
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Do not steal books, I beg. Borrow from a library. Libraries lend e-books!
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Do not steal books, I beg. Borrow from a library. Libraries lend e-books!
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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The only truly irreversible thing a trans child is likely to do is take their own life. "What if they do something irreversible?" actually means "theyre not allowed to make a decision!"
You cant undo or reverse any decision you make, you can simply change your mind later and handle the consequences
You cant undo or reverse any decision you make, you can simply change your mind later and handle the consequences
November 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The only truly irreversible thing a trans child is likely to do is take their own life. "What if they do something irreversible?" actually means "theyre not allowed to make a decision!"
You cant undo or reverse any decision you make, you can simply change your mind later and handle the consequences
You cant undo or reverse any decision you make, you can simply change your mind later and handle the consequences
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This is exciting: A generous @runforsomething.net supporter is matching all donations up to $300,000. If you've been waiting for the right time to give, your support will go twice as far. secure.actblue.com/donate/2025g...
Let's build sustainable power!
Run for Something elects young diverse progressives to local office to help Democrats build permanent power for the long haul — no matter who’s in the White House.
secure.actblue.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is exciting: A generous @runforsomething.net supporter is matching all donations up to $300,000. If you've been waiting for the right time to give, your support will go twice as far. secure.actblue.com/donate/2025g...
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Cities are the best human habitat. Cities are what most of us are drawn to. Not Mars or bunkers in the desert or some AI-fever dream, but cities, in all their creative concentrated exuberance.
Cities are where we can be together, learn from each other, celebrate and build our future life on earth.
Cities are where we can be together, learn from each other, celebrate and build our future life on earth.
ICYMI, this STARTER PACK is my team-up with celebrated climate scientist @katharinehayhoe.com, and it’s full of people & organizations that specifically embrace the overlap between better cities and climate action! Please follow them, and help spread the pack around! #ClimateAction #UrbanistShoutOut
November 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Cities are the best human habitat. Cities are what most of us are drawn to. Not Mars or bunkers in the desert or some AI-fever dream, but cities, in all their creative concentrated exuberance.
Cities are where we can be together, learn from each other, celebrate and build our future life on earth.
Cities are where we can be together, learn from each other, celebrate and build our future life on earth.
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a thousand apologies, gov-elect Sherrill, i was unfamiliar with your game
November 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
a thousand apologies, gov-elect Sherrill, i was unfamiliar with your game
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Very pleased with the announcement of thre new members of the Sidewise Award. Some excellent folks.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Very pleased with the announcement of thre new members of the Sidewise Award. Some excellent folks.
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