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Nick Wright
@nickthewright.com
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I make the webcomic Treading Ground (a raunchy romcom about broke people), videos, games, and burritos. I talk about Star Trek, lefty stuff, and old anime. he/they

Comic! - https://treadingground.com
NSFW! - https://patreon.com/treadingground
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Nick Wright @nickthewright.com · Oct 17
Hey, Bluesky!

I'm a cartoonist, writer, video maker, and Star Trek fan. I do fan panels at conventions and help run Trek Track at Dragon Con.

My romcom webcomic Treading Ground came back LITERALLY TODAY after 13 years. Talk about timing!

Comic: treadingground.com
Other Crap: nickthewright.com
A comic strip featuring three grocery store employees. The first panel shows the exterior of a grocery store called "Food Baron" with a parking lot and cars. A speech bubble from a character off-screen says, "Sup, Kate. Is that the new schedule?" The second panel shows a woman with purple afro hair (Kate) looking at a schedule, responding, "Yep. Freshly squeezed from Corbin’s teat." A man next to her says, "Wow, I’m closing on Saturday night AGAIN??" In the third panel, a woman with glasses, named Tracy (per her name tag), sarcastically teases, "Aww, so poor widdle Natey-Wate has to work a Saturday? Suck it up, buttercup!" The man, Nate, rolls his eyes, replying, "Ugh, here we go." The next panel shows Tracy smirking, continuing, "I bet he schedules you like that because he knows there’s no chance you’re out hooking up on weekends." Nate responds, "Isn’t it time for you to slither off to lunch, Tracy?" The final panel zooms in on Tracy, waving and smiling as she walks away, saying, "Toodaloo, incel!" with a heart symbol. A four-panel comic featuring my OC Aya, a woman with short, dark blue hair, sitting in front of a laptop. In the first panel, she looks thoughtful, with her hand on her chin, thinking, "Hmm... Am I posting too much and annoying people in the chat?" In the second panel, she smiles confidently and responds to herself, "...Of course not! Can't be annoying if nobody ever THINKS about you!" In the third panel, her expression shifts to one of shock, eyes wide, as she realizes the implication of her own statement. In the final panel, she covers her face with both hands in despair. Art of my OC Kate King. She has punkish hair with dark red locs over a black undercut, dark skin, freckles, purple nail polish and maroon-ish lipstick. She's wearing a black (hopefully fake) leather vest, dark blue jeans and a burgundy tank top. She's looking away embarrassed while handing you a heart-shaped red box with a black bow on it that says "Happy V-Day". A six-panel comic featuring a man (my OC Nate) and a woman (my OC Rose) sitting at a table in a restaurant with drinks. In the first panel, Nate holds his cup and looks behind him, saying, "Be right back, grabbing a refill." Rose asks, "Oh, can you get me one too?" In the second panel, Nate turns back and awkwardly asks, "Sure. Can you take your top off?" The third, fourth and fifth panels focus on Rose, who looks surprised and confused at first, then appears to blush while considering the request, and finally grins mischievously and starts to lift her shirt up. In the sixth panel, Nate, flustered and blushing, hurriedly clarifies, "The DRINK! The top of your DRINK!" Rose reaches offscreen for her cup and simply responds, "Ah."
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I looks to me like Rp Omar was about to throw hands on that guy herself. I don't know what else that could have been.
thetnholler.bsky.social The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h
REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”
January 28, 2026 at 4:05 AM
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Romance is not immune to analysis paralysis

Chapter 2 | Page 10: Plenty

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Rose: What about you? You ever going to go on a date again? Aya: I'm not in a hurry. Rose: You don't have your eye on anybody? Aya: I've had my eye on plenty of them. Swim team guys, nonbinary fashionistas, horse girls, hipster sadboys, that one cool lesbian I see at work with the green and purple hair... Rose: Whoa, hold up, one of these things is not like the others. Green and purple hair? Aya: It doesn't matter. I'm pretty sure she's taken. Rose: You never know unless you try! Aya: Right now I just want to try to get some lunch before I have to sling coffee all night. (EXTERIOR: Aya's car entering the Food Baron parking lot) Rose: From the grocery store? Aya: What? I like their deli sandwiches.
January 26, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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I don't know how anyone can look at this and not realize these people are fucking evil.
January 23, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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Rose ponders her missed connection.

Chapter 2 | Page 9: Benefits

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(Aya and Rose in Aya's car, from behind, as they leave Aya's neighborhood) Aya: So the train was about to enter the tunnel and he just... stops? Rose: Yep. It's all good though. Aya: How? Rose: I think... I made a friend. Aya: Uh, a friend with benefits? Rose: No, like, a FRIEND friend. With shared interests and goals and stuff. Rose: Well, I dunno. Maybe benefits too? We'll see. Aya: You've never wanted to get to KNOW one of your paramours. They're more like... appliances. Rose: Eh, sometimes people can surprise you. Aya: I'm not holding my breath.
January 15, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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I somehow* missed the social posts for this comic last time, so I guess you get two this week.

*The somehow is ADHD

Chapter 2 | Page 8: Stuck

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Aya: Jeeze, Rose, what the hell?! Rose: I told you I'd wait for you. Aya: Yeah, but I expected you to come into the house, like a normal person. Rose: I didn't want to risk running into your brother, and you were taking forever. Aya: Ugh, I know. I got stuck writing a scene and lost track of time. (Rose awkwardly crawling into the passenger seat, Aya recoiling) Rose: Happens. You going to make it to work on time? Aya: Not if you crush me with your butt first!
January 15, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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Somebody please find these "we have to eat bugs" scientists and show them what a bean is
Headline from Smithsonian Magazine: Maggots Are an Incredibly Efficient Source of Protein, Which May Make Them the Next Superfood for Humans Inexpensive to raise and insatiably hungry for trash, black soldier fly larvae are already on the menu for livestock, pets and, maybe soon, people
January 14, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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Eric Adams, former NYC mayor, launched a memecoin (cryptocurrency) today. He marketed it as an “NYC Token” and used media appearances and his social media to promote it.

Within hours, Adams then drained its liquidity, apparently having scammed investors out of $3.4 million—a move called a rug pull.
Eric Adams ® @ericadamsfornyc X.com We're about to change the game. NYC NYC Token Don't blink. @buynyctoken • 5h 0:31 2:59 PM • 1/12/26 • 349K Views Eric Adams @ericadamsfornyc X.com Proud to launch @buynyctoken, a new token built to fight the rapid spread of antisemitism and anti-Americanism across this country and now in New York City. Now live at BuyNYCtoken.com 1:03 4:59 PM • 1/12/26 • 464K Views Rune @RuneCrypto_ X.com Eric Adams has now drained over $3,400,000 from the liquidity pool of his memecoin: it's now a rug-pull funny enough, his networth was only $2,000,000 3.43M USDC (~$3.43M) ~ Q Search by name / symbol / address Tokens (2) Positions (1) USDC O 3,432,243.8443 USDC NYC 34,565,184.501296 SNYC tics $3,432,243.84 51 VIEW ALL HOLDINGS RONATOON 10 mainao 4:56 PM • 1/12/26 • 29K Views Zephyr @zephyr_z9•13m g Incredible rug pull Eric Adams @ericad... • 3h Proud to launch @buynyctoken, a new token built to 1:03
January 13, 2026 at 2:51 AM
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Avatar: The Third One is in theaters, so it's time to bring out this gem again
[Rose is reclining on a couch in a coffee shop, looking up and to the left, bored] Rose: So anyway, the only difference is his kids all have four fingers, while the other Na'vi only have three. Rose: I'm not, like, an Avatar geneticist. But I'd expect a Human-Na'Vi hybrid to be, I don't know, shorter? Less blue? [Camera pans out to show Aya sitting next to Rose on the couch, looking at her hand.] Aya: Ok, sure, but... Aya: Why four fingers? Rose: Uh, because that's the standard number of fingers for a person to have? [Aya, skeptical, holding up three fingers and a thumb with her right hand] Aya: FOUR fingers? Rose (laughing, holding up her hand): No! Four fingers and a thumb. Aya (dour): A thumb IS a finger. Rose: I guess? But you wouldn't say that like, MICKEY MOUSE has four fingers. Rose: He's got three fingers. The thumb is just assumed. Aya: Why would we assume that? Aya: Some people don't have THUMBS!
January 7, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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"we're gonna kill 80 people so we can kidnap you and your wife and take you to a special room where a 92-year-old will look at you sternly"

This shit all falls apart when you think about it for half a second
January 6, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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Apparently I was talking in my sleep last night but the only word my spouse could make out was "BEANS"

honestly, on brand
January 5, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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Me waking up to the news this morning
A half-lidded cartoon man looking down and to the right. JESUS CHRIST is written in Impact font above him.
January 3, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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Hell yeah, this was a kickass app.
hhackenbecker.bsky.social Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 29d
Someone has lifted the QuickTimeVR movie files from 1994's "Star Trek: The Next Generation Interactive Technical Manual", upscaled them then built an in-browser replica of the ITM's "Tour" module. mijofr.github.io/st-panorama/
#StarTrek
Trekorama!
360° of Star Trek
mijofr.github.io
December 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Christmas feels like a Thursday holiday. Just make it the last Thursday of December and give us Wednesday to Friday off.

Jesus would understand. It's not like it's his real birthday anyway
December 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Merriment will now commence
Rose from the webcomic Treading Ground, posed on a couch in a skimpy sexy Santa suit that reveals like 60% of her butt, sucking seductively on a candy cane. If you want to see what's under her suit, go to https://patreon.com/treadingground
December 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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I drew Rose from @nickthewright.com's comic Treading Ground, because I like it and her and everyone should draw everyone's OCs really, and have OCs of their own
December 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Place your hands on the steering wheel at 10 and 2 before slumping and sighing heavily

Chapter 2 | Page 7: Ugh

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(EXT. AYA'S HOUSE, a reasonably large and nice two-story suburban home) (AYA is wearing her Loco Mocha Uniform shirt and approaching her car, wearing a bookbag and looking at her phone) Aya: Ugh, guess I'm eating while driving again today. (Aya enters the car and sets her bag down next to her) (Aya closes her eyes and leans forward on the steering wheel, sighing heavily) (Rose pops up from the back seat, surprising Aya) Rose: Took you long enough. Aya: GAH!
December 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
December 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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December 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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I swear to fucking god mozilla, *everyone hates this idea*. Do NOT succumb to The Fear & the Monetization Disease. You don't need to have a "modern AI browser", at all, ever. You need to be th comany that respects user privacy, meaningful consent, & choice; the one w/ The Browser That Fucking Works
Mastodon post from february 28th 2025 by username TheZeldaZone. "Hello, We're firefox, The Only Browser that Hasn't Hit Itself in The Dick With A Hammer. For years now, folks use us because of our unhammered dick. Now, you may be wondering why today we've brought this hammer and pulled out our dick. Well I'm glad you asked--"
December 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Coffee is the unseen machinery that powers all industry

Chapter 2 | Page 6: Adequate

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(Tracy and Nate standing by the coffee urns at the deli) Tracy: Ah, adequate coffee. Nate: It gets caffeine into the body. Tracy: I have to say, I'm glad you're here. Nate: Oh yeah? Tracy: It'll be good for me to not have to open every day. Marie and I were the only ones who knew how to do the morning close. Nate: Ah. Well, glad to help, I guess. (Miranda appears, leaning on the counter behind them. Her nametag says "Deli Clerk | Miranda".) Tracy: Miranda, this is Nate. He's the new Bookkeeper. Miranda (looking at Nate's cup): "Boss Bitch"? Nate: It's aspirational.
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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It’s legit easy to spin up your own, too. Unlike video, MP3s can run on basically any computer you have lying around, and you can stream music to your devices with all the features they offer, all totally legal.

For real: you don’t need these services at all. They offer zero actual value.
bcmerchant.bsky.social Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · Dec 3
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.

So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Is this a professional relationship?

Chapter 2 | Page 5: Opportunities

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(Tracy showing Nate the safe and explaining something) NARRATION: This isn't so bad. She's had plenty of opportunities to fuck with me, but she hasn't. Tracy: Time for another coffee. Nate: I'd join you but I don't want to pay three bucks for a paper cup. Tracy: Oh, hang on. I might be able to help with that. (Tracy rooting around in the cash office, Nate looking off behind her) NARRATION: It's been almost four years. I've changed. Maybe she has too? (Close-up of Tracy handing Nate a sparkly tumbler with "Boss Bitch" on it) Tracy: Here you go. Shauntae left it when she quit. Nate: Ha, thanks.
December 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Club Pink Taco updated: clubpinktaco.com/comic/boom/

Bonus panel for the NSFW tiers on my Patreon. Bonus panels are NSFW, but not needed to get the joke/etc. in the more SFW version. www.patreon.com/zombieroomie
December 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Just tried to say "have a good one" and "see you next time" at the same time and it came out "I'll have you next time"
December 1, 2025 at 11:55 PM