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Mark Stafford @marxtafford.bsky.social · 1d

My poster for the Halloween Drink and Draw at Gosh/the Royal George on the 31st.
With guests zombie Zen K and spooky Shane Melisse.
I guess that makes me macabre Mark Stafford.
Be there!
And, uh.... Boo!

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sarahquaint @sarahquaint.bsky.social · 17h

While providing tech support for my FIL:

FIL: What's that screen?

ME: The terminal. You should never use it.

FIL: Never?

ME: So you know how I'm allowed to watch you open the electrical panel and swap out breakers, but I'm not allowed to ever open up it myself?

FIL: Ah! I understand, thank you.

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K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 3d

This is the aesthetic of the future

Kyle wolf
@CRXSSF4DE
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someone on the Motorola forums was having the same problem with the camera I've been having, but I just have to share the image they posted to demonstrate the issue.
it's the funniest shit I've ever seen in my life dude

The photo is of an elderly woman in gray clothes that has been so bizarrely processed that it looks both totally over and desaturated

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Hugh Ryan @hughryan.bsky.social · 1d

What a fantastic night! Catch the whole interview on our Queer 101 podcast later this month! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/q...

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Leigh Walton @leighwalton.bsky.social · 17h

Vibes: impeccable
Game design: absolute dogshit

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adam @kumerish.bsky.social · 23h

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Leigh Walton @leighwalton.bsky.social · 18h

They’d be better off with editor-in-chief Barry White, who’s been dead a quarter century

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 18h

hm so that comes out to one million dollars per viewer

FOX NEWS
Bari Weiss joins CBS News as editor-in-chief, Paramount buys Free Press for $150
million
Brian Flood
Mon, October 6, 2025 at 9:02 AM EDT • 6 min read

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Leigh Walton @leighwalton.bsky.social · 19h

If I recall correctly there was also absolutely no game consequence for having attributes between 6 and 15!

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Saoirse ☀️ @scratchcarddust.bsky.social · 2d

If you know basic kabbalah it's actually not too hard to make a golem out of a labubu. Don't recommend it though. They have a pre-existing body-dharma. As soon as they wake they run straight for the sea. V hard to counter. Lost the first one. No idea what it's doing out there. Moved like lightning.

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Leigh Walton @leighwalton.bsky.social · 1d

Many such cases

Jess Fink🍉🌈🎃 @jessfink.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday to the woman who let me in on the fact that I was queer 🌈

Rumic World @furinkan.com · 1d

A very happy birthday to Rumiko Takahashi! Born on October 10, 1957 in Niigata, she is entering into her 47th year as a mangaka! Happy birthday, sensei!

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George @hannahtempler.com · 2d

Just announced at NYCC! A new Vertigo series from Grace and I about fandom, obsession... and parasocial chaos :)

the cover for Fanatic, a new series from DC vertigo by Hannah Templer and Grace Ellis. The cover depicts a woman cast half in shadow, looking back over her shoulder in a look of surprise as she is caught holding a shovel and wearing a tattered costume in a wooded area. The colors are in two tones of blue and red

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

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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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 1d

It is very important to make as legible as possible as often as possible that various administration administration officials are either straight-up delusional or lying through their teeth, every single day

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Leigh Walton @leighwalton.bsky.social · 1d

These are nuclear hot takes but I respect them

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Sara Smith @smwordsmith.bsky.social · 2d

This is so sad. I met Matt at comic con last year and was looking forward to reviewing more Star Fruit books. He had such a passion for bringing unique stories to English-speaking audiences, and he was a genuinely kind person. RIP Matt.

Last Gasp of San Francisco @lastgaspbooks.bsky.social · 8d

REMEMBERING STAR FRUIT BOOKS PUBLISHER MATT HAASCH, 1990-2025
by Zach Davisson

www.tcj.com/remembering-...

Remembering Star Fruit Books publisher Matt Haasch, 1990-2025 - The Comics Journal

Zack Davisson pays homage to the late Haasch, who died of cancer on Sept. 6.

www.tcj.com

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Leigh Walton @leighwalton.bsky.social · 2d

It’s 8:20 AM and I’ve already seen too much Rowling stuff at New York Comic Con 😑

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jam @socialistboat.dad · 2d

"This website is free" No. This website comes at a terrible cost

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Mike Dawson @mikedawson.bsky.social · 2d

Not only have editors prevented me from showing my ass in public, so has hiring sensitivity readers. I’m a big fan of both. Having someone be honest with you while also keeping your best interests at heart is something to be valued not dismissed

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 2d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 3d

I wasn’t aware of all the ballot measures coming up in NYC—important to catch up before the vote

Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 3d

yes, us! here you go:

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John R'lyeh, where dead Cthulhu waits dreaming @johnryanwrites.bsky.social · 18d

*taps sign*

A sign saying "I'm not interested in competing with anyone. I hope we all make it."

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Ben Passmore @benpassmore.bsky.social · 4d

today is the day my book Black Arms To Hold You Up officially comes out. about 5-7 years of hard ass work finally in the world. i’m mfing terrified 😂

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 3d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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J Alex Morrissey @jalexmorrissey.com · 4d

The super-talented, Chris Schweizer joins me for an in-depth conversation about his upcoming web-serialized graphic novel, OUTLAW’S APPRENTICE. We discuss story creation, writing, lettering, structure, panel and page format, crowdfunding, AND how the book will look in print.

Links in bio
#podcast

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Leigh Walton @leighwalton.bsky.social · 3d

youtu.be/vzxZzIiO84Y
Hell yeah brother. When you’re the biggest prog rock band in the world and your world-renowned frontman and keyboard player both quit, and your manager also manages a futuristic synthpop duo taking over the world with their first single, you might just… do a merger

Yes - Tempus Fugit (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by yesofficial

youtu.be

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