Elana Levin
@levin.bsky.social
Digital & narrative trainings @NewMediaMentors.
Host of Graphic Policy Radio: a podcast on genre media & movements for social change. 🤘🏻 🏳️🌈 🖖🏻 Public Health, unions, NYC, comic books, music history & DS9. https://graphicpolicy.com/radio/
Host of Graphic Policy Radio: a podcast on genre media & movements for social change. 🤘🏻 🏳️🌈 🖖🏻 Public Health, unions, NYC, comic books, music history & DS9. https://graphicpolicy.com/radio/
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Batman: Caped Crusader with Leslie Lee III of Struggle Session
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Half the time when Leslie Lee would come on my podcast (or vise versa) we would disagree on whether the film, comic or tv show in question was good.
But his take was always eye opening and he would show me something I hadn’t perceived before. Most recently re the Batman Caped Crusader show.
But his take was always eye opening and he would show me something I hadn’t perceived before. Most recently re the Batman Caped Crusader show.
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Meet the Feather Stalkball (Onygena corvina): a tiny cluster of fungi that grows on feathers and bones (possibly an owl pellet in this case, according to the observer).
📷 phyllisma on iNaturalist
📍 Switzerland
🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#ObservationOfTheDay
📷 phyllisma on iNaturalist
📍 Switzerland
🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#ObservationOfTheDay
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Meet the Feather Stalkball (Onygena corvina): a tiny cluster of fungi that grows on feathers and bones (possibly an owl pellet in this case, according to the observer).
📷 phyllisma on iNaturalist
📍 Switzerland
🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#ObservationOfTheDay
📷 phyllisma on iNaturalist
📍 Switzerland
🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#ObservationOfTheDay
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Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NYC’s Lander Recommends Dropping $42 Billion BlackRock Mandate
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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And that’s why it’s important we fund music and arts for every child right? Or is it the make rich guys richer thing again?
All AI music does is devalue the work done by human artists. It’s not accessibility, it’s exploitation. We need real protections for artists against AI!
BTW — even if you had access to this AI startup as a child, you still wouldn’t know how to make music.
BTW — even if you had access to this AI startup as a child, you still wouldn’t know how to make music.
November 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
And that’s why it’s important we fund music and arts for every child right? Or is it the make rich guys richer thing again?
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Suspended the man for several days and didn't give him a reason why.
Trust and safety here is dogshit. Just non stop needless own goals.
Trust and safety here is dogshit. Just non stop needless own goals.
What the hell happened to my boy @gorangligovic.bsky.social????
November 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Suspended the man for several days and didn't give him a reason why.
Trust and safety here is dogshit. Just non stop needless own goals.
Trust and safety here is dogshit. Just non stop needless own goals.
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Bluesky suspended Goran Gligovic, the guy that makes nice art. Jesus fucking Christ Bluesky
November 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Bluesky suspended Goran Gligovic, the guy that makes nice art. Jesus fucking Christ Bluesky
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the bbc changed their article from saying 'trans woman' to saying 'biological male who identifies as a woman'.
even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.
they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.
even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.
they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.
November 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
the bbc changed their article from saying 'trans woman' to saying 'biological male who identifies as a woman'.
even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.
they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.
even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.
they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.
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Trump bragging about taking a cognitive decline test, and talking about it without any hint that he recognizes what it was or that it shouldn't be difficult, is one of those things he's been doing for years but the political press rarely remarks upon. He's been fixated on it since 2020.
Extremely calm president again bragging about "acing" a test meant to check if his brain is still on
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Trump bragging about taking a cognitive decline test, and talking about it without any hint that he recognizes what it was or that it shouldn't be difficult, is one of those things he's been doing for years but the political press rarely remarks upon. He's been fixated on it since 2020.
Covid is a workers rights issue.
Dublin People: Sherlock criticises “heartless” cuts to Long Covid scheme for healthcare workers
'Labour TD & health spokesperson Marie Sherlock has called the government “heartless” for refusing to continue a scheme for healthcare workers who contracted Long Covid'
dublinpeople.com/news/northsi...
'Labour TD & health spokesperson Marie Sherlock has called the government “heartless” for refusing to continue a scheme for healthcare workers who contracted Long Covid'
dublinpeople.com/news/northsi...
Sherlock criticises "heartless" cuts to Long Covid scheme for healthcare workers
"We went from applauding our healthcare heroes to essentially telling them to get over it" - Labour TD Marie Sherlock has called the government “heartless” for refusing to continue a scheme for health...
dublinpeople.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Covid is a workers rights issue.
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Polybio: 'Road to the Cure for Long COVID'
'Steve Pagliuca and the PolyBio Research Foundation team detail a new program to identify Long COVID diagnostic tests and treatments.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW_2...
'Steve Pagliuca and the PolyBio Research Foundation team detail a new program to identify Long COVID diagnostic tests and treatments.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW_2...
Road to the Cure for Long COVID
YouTube video by PolyBio Research Foundation
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Polybio: 'Road to the Cure for Long COVID'
'Steve Pagliuca and the PolyBio Research Foundation team detail a new program to identify Long COVID diagnostic tests and treatments.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW_2...
'Steve Pagliuca and the PolyBio Research Foundation team detail a new program to identify Long COVID diagnostic tests and treatments.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW_2...
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I know you all like to hear your own voices and feel helpful, but if you are not an athletic swimmer with G cup boobs you cannot help me here. No, D cup is not the same as G cup. No, DDD — the most suspicious of all big cup sizes — doesn’t count and I will not buy from companies that use it.
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I know you all like to hear your own voices and feel helpful, but if you are not an athletic swimmer with G cup boobs you cannot help me here. No, D cup is not the same as G cup. No, DDD — the most suspicious of all big cup sizes — doesn’t count and I will not buy from companies that use it.
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BTW when I say I want athletic swimwear for big boobs I mean a couple things:
1) I swim 3 times/week; any swimsuit I get is going to be worn at least once a week (for at least an hour if not more) and needs to be able to handle that much chlorine exposure without falling apart. That's a big ask!
1) I swim 3 times/week; any swimsuit I get is going to be worn at least once a week (for at least an hour if not more) and needs to be able to handle that much chlorine exposure without falling apart. That's a big ask!
November 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
BTW when I say I want athletic swimwear for big boobs I mean a couple things:
1) I swim 3 times/week; any swimsuit I get is going to be worn at least once a week (for at least an hour if not more) and needs to be able to handle that much chlorine exposure without falling apart. That's a big ask!
1) I swim 3 times/week; any swimsuit I get is going to be worn at least once a week (for at least an hour if not more) and needs to be able to handle that much chlorine exposure without falling apart. That's a big ask!
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On the @junkfilterpod.bsky.social patreon feed, returning guest Mike Mekus wanted to talk about Brian De Palma's HI, MOM! with me... a 1970 satire that predicted incels, computer dating and the Dimes Square scene while introducing us to Robert De Niro! Fun show!
www.patreon.com/posts/224-br...
www.patreon.com/posts/224-br...
224: Brian De Palma: Hi, Mom! (with Mike Mekus) | Jesse Hawken
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November 26, 2025 at 2:36 AM
On the @junkfilterpod.bsky.social patreon feed, returning guest Mike Mekus wanted to talk about Brian De Palma's HI, MOM! with me... a 1970 satire that predicted incels, computer dating and the Dimes Square scene while introducing us to Robert De Niro! Fun show!
www.patreon.com/posts/224-br...
www.patreon.com/posts/224-br...
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🙄 Hassett is STILL trying to get this BAD LIE over.
2025's Walmart 🦃 meal is cheaper not only bc of generic items substituted (in smaller qtys!), it's *fewer side dishes* & a smaller turkey! This meal will not feed same # people.
Pointless gaslighting — another Trump regime #FAIL.
📺 is.gd/E23D9G
2025's Walmart 🦃 meal is cheaper not only bc of generic items substituted (in smaller qtys!), it's *fewer side dishes* & a smaller turkey! This meal will not feed same # people.
Pointless gaslighting — another Trump regime #FAIL.
📺 is.gd/E23D9G
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 AM
🙄 Hassett is STILL trying to get this BAD LIE over.
2025's Walmart 🦃 meal is cheaper not only bc of generic items substituted (in smaller qtys!), it's *fewer side dishes* & a smaller turkey! This meal will not feed same # people.
Pointless gaslighting — another Trump regime #FAIL.
📺 is.gd/E23D9G
2025's Walmart 🦃 meal is cheaper not only bc of generic items substituted (in smaller qtys!), it's *fewer side dishes* & a smaller turkey! This meal will not feed same # people.
Pointless gaslighting — another Trump regime #FAIL.
📺 is.gd/E23D9G
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This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
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grease floats.
when it flows in sewage and into our plants, it thickens as temps fall, separating in our settling tanks.
the churning water forms grease globs that build like snowballs, and operators remove them so they don’t clog the process.
listen. don’t pour grease down your drains.
when it flows in sewage and into our plants, it thickens as temps fall, separating in our settling tanks.
the churning water forms grease globs that build like snowballs, and operators remove them so they don’t clog the process.
listen. don’t pour grease down your drains.
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
grease floats.
when it flows in sewage and into our plants, it thickens as temps fall, separating in our settling tanks.
the churning water forms grease globs that build like snowballs, and operators remove them so they don’t clog the process.
listen. don’t pour grease down your drains.
when it flows in sewage and into our plants, it thickens as temps fall, separating in our settling tanks.
the churning water forms grease globs that build like snowballs, and operators remove them so they don’t clog the process.
listen. don’t pour grease down your drains.
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God this is so motivating.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
God this is so motivating.
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X-men got real confusing in season 2 for a hot second like is the shellaced timerobot with the back problem ironically named what’s happening
November 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
X-men got real confusing in season 2 for a hot second like is the shellaced timerobot with the back problem ironically named what’s happening
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are we just calling Virginia a blue state now
COOK POLITICAL: Republicans “may have had a blind spot: the extent to which Democrats could push .. in blue states to fight back.” 🤡
@cookpolitical.com #Redistrict
www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/hou...
@cookpolitical.com #Redistrict
www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/hou...
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
are we just calling Virginia a blue state now
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I talked to Sombr, which was divine! He's such a cool kid! www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
Sombr Is a “Pop Star, Apparently”—and Even He’s Surprised
'Vanity Fair' catches up with the 20-year-old TikTok-fueled phenomenon.
www.vanityfair.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I talked to Sombr, which was divine! He's such a cool kid! www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
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Oh snap I'm so glad Wucan is still going! I don't generally go for metal but I was really into this EP during a 6 month stretch of 2015 when I was listening to a ton of folk metal. Besides Tenger Cavalry this was my fav.
Vikarma, by Wucan
5 track album
wucan.bandcamp.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Oh snap I'm so glad Wucan is still going! I don't generally go for metal but I was really into this EP during a 6 month stretch of 2015 when I was listening to a ton of folk metal. Besides Tenger Cavalry this was my fav.
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THE OLD MILL (1937)
November 26, 2025 at 5:39 AM
THE OLD MILL (1937)
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not a month before zickgraf apparently took inspiration for this weeks piece, mask bloc LA—just one of many global anticovid groups primarily made up of chronically ill & disabled people—announced they’d distributed nearly 300k free masks while their city burned. but better they were at a bar right?
November 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
not a month before zickgraf apparently took inspiration for this weeks piece, mask bloc LA—just one of many global anticovid groups primarily made up of chronically ill & disabled people—announced they’d distributed nearly 300k free masks while their city burned. but better they were at a bar right?
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"A recent review of dozens of studies performed by Cornell University found that 51 of them showed positive outcomes for trans people receiving gender-affirming care. ... [N]o studies examined by the university concluded that gender transition or affirmation 'causes overall harm' to recipients."
A report published by the HHS pushes the dubious claim that gender-affirming care for transgender youth does more harm than good — a statement that flouts years of studies concluding otherwise. The report derides gender-affirming care by reclassifying it as “pediatric sex-rejecting procedures.”
HHS Packed Anti-Trans Activists Into Report Undermining Gender-Affirming Care
Studies on youth-based gender-affirming care consistently show it is highly beneficial for those who receive it.
buff.ly
November 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"A recent review of dozens of studies performed by Cornell University found that 51 of them showed positive outcomes for trans people receiving gender-affirming care. ... [N]o studies examined by the university concluded that gender transition or affirmation 'causes overall harm' to recipients."
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People also aren’t understanding that the exertion in PEM can be mental or emotional. So if I workout, set up to rest and then have an emotionally stressful day- BAM. PEM.
And as you said, enough PEM and you get a function drop.
I can’t control emotional or mental loads. 2/
And as you said, enough PEM and you get a function drop.
I can’t control emotional or mental loads. 2/
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
People also aren’t understanding that the exertion in PEM can be mental or emotional. So if I workout, set up to rest and then have an emotionally stressful day- BAM. PEM.
And as you said, enough PEM and you get a function drop.
I can’t control emotional or mental loads. 2/
And as you said, enough PEM and you get a function drop.
I can’t control emotional or mental loads. 2/
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We could say the same about many of the scientists in Marvel, especially Hank Pym.
November 26, 2025 at 4:55 AM
We could say the same about many of the scientists in Marvel, especially Hank Pym.