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Neal Curtis
@nihilcurtis.bsky.social
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Comics scholar, one-time critical theorist. Interested in science communication & graphic medicine. Enjoys SF. Concerned (to say the least) by climate emergency and fascism. Escaped UK for Aotearoa. Tangata Tiriti. He/him.
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xkcd.com
Dinosaurs And Non-Dinosaurs

xkcd.com/3204/
Comic. [2x2 chart. Top left quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of dinosaurs stegosaurus, triceratops, tyrannosaurus, velociraptor, and long-neck dinosaur. Top right quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of mosasaur, quetzalcoatlus, dimetrodon, plesiosaur, and pteranodon. Bottom left quadrant: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of penguin, egret, ostrich, pigeon, falcon. Bottom right: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of squirrel, stapler, plant, person, and bicycle.]
February 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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andreadevon.sheshed.rocks
This wasn’t just a halftime show.
It was history. Resistance. Truth.

Colonialism. Gentrification. Exploitation.
The banned flag. The broken power grid.
A call for sovereignty.

Bad Bunny said it clearly:
Seguimos aquí. 🇵🇷

#BadBunny #SheShed #Voices4Victory
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February 9, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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roryblank.bsky.social
exciting new characters coming to rory blank's comics in 2026
Large text at the top of the comic says "meet some of the exciting new characters coming to rory blank's comics in 2026!" Followed by 12 portraits of people as follows: Dale Hodgkins-Lymphoma - a weedy looking man with a large head and a hat Pain Man - a large bald man Sheryl Grunt - a woman with no eyebrows and a sullen face Edwina The Advice Vole - A vole Wet Edward - A blue man who is wet. Snake Cop - snake cop Gerinald Sextoilet - a fancy stern looking man with a bowtie The Professor - a lumpy nude man with no differentiation between his head and his torso Small Faced Linda - small faced linda The Fucker - a little green blob that is wearing a thong Steven Muscles - a man with bangs Gerald Harold Gerald - a foot with a face on it. then text at the bottom says "Sadly, all 12 of them died in freak jetski accidents today. This has been and will be their first and final appearance."
February 9, 2026 at 9:49 PM
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nick-pettigrew.bsky.social
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
dancow.bsky.social Dan Nguyen @dancow.bsky.social · 1d
VC, founder, dumbass
@Nick_Davidov Asked Claude Cowork organize my wife's desktop, it stated doing it, asked for a permission to delete temp office files, I granted it, and then it goes "ooops" Turns out it tried renaming and accidentally deleted a folder with all of the photos my wife made on her camera for the last 15 years. All photos of kids, their illustrations, friends' weddings, travel, everything. It's not in trash, it was done via terminal It's not in iCloud, it already synced the new file structure. She didn't have Time Machine. Disc recovery tools can't see anything. I called Apple and they pointed me to a feature in iCloud allowing to retrieve files that were saved before but are no longer on iCloud Drive (they keep them for 30 days). I'm now watching it load tens of thousands of files. I nearly had a heart attack. Nick Davidov • @Nick_Davidov VC, founder, DVC.ai - backing repeat founders with a community of 200 engineers. e/acc/OSS. Perplexity, Higgsfield, Animation, Etched. Husband to @msdavidova
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
nihilcurtis.bsky.social
McSweeney appointed a man openly known to be a Manichean, conniving manipulator focused on nothing but his own power. I'd say McSweeney is as guilty as anyone.
February 9, 2026 at 2:19 AM
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danziger.bsky.social
Billie Holiday avoids making political statement, sings Strange Fruit instead
February 9, 2026 at 12:47 AM
nihilcurtis.bsky.social
An interesting conservative take on my writings for Newsroom. I completely agree you should know who is writing and where they are coming from. I would, however, suggest that 'colinxy' does not write anonymously when talking about someone who uses their name. nominister.wordpress.com/2025/10/25/d...
Dr Neal Curtis: Critical Theorist vs Newsroom’s Editorial Framing
Introduction In an era of ideological polarisation and media fragmentation, the framing of intellectual voices within public discourse is as revealing as the content they produce. Dr Neal Curtis, a…
nominister.wordpress.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:28 PM
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musicalchairs.bsky.social
Nothing winds me up more than Luxon and assorted other suits saying we need to be wealthier before we can afford doctors, nurses, water we can swim in etc. Meanwhile wealthier kiwi households have stacked up huge piles of savings (cash, shares, equity etc). The economy works for the few. [🧵 1/n]
February 8, 2026 at 5:11 AM
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domesticanimal.bsky.social
PM Christopher Luxon, and his self-inflicted affliction, the architect of the Treaty Principles Bill, David Seymour.
My #cartoon today #NZpol #Waitangi #ToitūTeTiriti
Cartoon. Title: “Short and Curlies” Picture shows PM Christopher Luxon, in his bathroom, trying to look at a growth on his back (the architect of the Treaty Principles Bill, David Seymour). He is saying, “I thought it’d just fester and fade, but I don’t know, it’s looking kind of … smug”
February 7, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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joelhs.bsky.social
My contribution to Super Bowl Sunday is this Jewish Aramaic incantation bowl with a demon on it. From Nippur, Mesopotamia, circa 6th-7th century CE.

Truly a super bowl.
Incantation bowl with an Aramaic inscription around a demon. From Nippur, Mesopotamia 6th–7th ce
February 8, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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jennycohn.bsky.social
I read the “SAVE Act” (the GOP’s new voter suppression bill) so you don’t have to. This is my one page summary. Jesus it’s bad. 1/
February 6, 2026 at 7:54 PM
nihilcurtis.bsky.social
In its fight against fascism, the EU is hamstrung by two member states that support, embody and promote it, which is why Putin is a genuine existential threat.
slavaukraini033.bsky.social SlavaUkraini033 @slavaukraini033.bsky.social · 1d
Orban Nonsense of the Day:

“Ukraine is our enemy,” said Viktor Orbán.

“As long as Ukraine demands that Hungary be cut off from cheap Russian energy, Ukraine is not just our opponent,” the Hungarian prime minister added.
February 8, 2026 at 3:18 AM
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davmicrot.bsky.social
This morning, like every morning, US President will wake up: paint his face orange, clip on his comical wig, put on a big floppy tie & oversized suit & weird platform shoes, and will go out in the world to steal as much money has he can while undermining US national security & economy & democracy.
May 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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spockresists.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
Reform Vs Green.

Hate Vs Hope.

Hundreds and hundreds of people out on the streets today making sure hope wins.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Gorton and Denton by-election: Zack Polanski urges 'hope over hate'
Zack Polanski joined candidate Hannah Spencer, a councillor and plumber, on the campaign trail.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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thegodpodcast.com
They looked for “Don T” in the Epstein files and redacted all instances, which means they also redacted a lot of “don’t”
February 7, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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alexandragallant.com
Fried Zine Tomato is also available to purchase in print for the first time, too, for $10 🍅 www.radiatorcomics.com/shop/uncateg...
a hand holding a copy of my comic, Fried Zine Tomato, the cover has three tomato fruits on it and a bunch of sprawling vines
January 20, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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realjakebroe.bsky.social
Hey, what do you think will happen to the housing market when tens of millions of upper middle class white collar workers lose their high paying jobs and can no longer afford to pay their mortgages anymore?
February 7, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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jojofromjerz.bsky.social
“Ok, Trump may be a pedophile, but at least he’s still a racist!”

— MAGA right now
February 7, 2026 at 1:08 AM
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thomasbenner.bsky.social
Cartoon by Mike Luckovich | Creators
February 6, 2026 at 7:44 AM
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goodlawproject.org
It's not just the decision to give public money and public data to a sworn enemy of everything we stand for, appalling though that is. It's also the secrecy and illegal shutting out of any competition. What does Palantir have on Streeting and Starmer - and did Mandelson give it to them?
Calls to halt UK Palantir contracts grow amid ‘lack of transparency’ over deals
Opposition MPs urge Labour to pause public contracts with the US tech firm after attempts to examine deals blocked
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:46 AM
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neimanmarxist.bsky.social
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
February 6, 2026 at 10:23 PM
nihilcurtis.bsky.social
Having fun with astrophage on paper before they’re released on celluloid.
Cover of Andy Weir’s book Project Hail Mary.
February 7, 2026 at 8:37 AM
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nsousanis.bsky.social
“When people show you who they are, believe them the first time.” Maya Angelou. He’s shown us all along, and it speaks volumes of those who continue to support him…
A comics page in black and white. Arranged in 5 tiers of panels, each with successively smaller panels and more per row - with the exception of the first. Opens with no panel border - silhouette of a hand in a gun position - with smoke coming from index finger. speech balloon “i could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn’t lose any voters, ok?” Caption “this is perhaps the most truthful thing trump has ever said…” Same row - more than half page width panel with three drawings of trump making jerky body distortions mocking cerebral palsy. Caption “one might’ve assumed when he mocked reporter serge kovaleski that it would cross a line and be the end of him in public life.” Speech balloon “now the poor guy, you ought to see this guy!” Caption “that was naive.” Next row, first panel, slightly more than page width - closeup on trump’s open mouth, shouting “when you’re a star, they let you do it. you can do anything. Grab ‘em by the pussy. you can do anything.” Caption “surely, there’d be no coming back from this?” Second panel - silhouettes of tiki torch carrying rioters with their shirt collars showing. Caption “or this?” Dialogue “you also had some very fine people on both sides.” Caption “and yet…” Third row - three panels, first slightly more than a third, rest smaller still. Silhouette of trump throwing a paper towel roll like shooting a basketball. Dialogue “a great day…” Caption “c’mon…”. Second panel closeup on his lips, dialogue “why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” Caption “really?” Third panel closeup on a coiled-style phone cord, dialogue “i would like you to do us a favor, though.” In background words from the first articles of impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors. Dialogue “the call with ukraine was perfect, with “no pressure.” full alt-text on my site at the link
February 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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thepress.co.nz
The sudden disappearance of a small native fish from Canterbury’s rivers has broken an ancient cycle, revealing how the Rakaia River is being steadily drained of life and energy.

Video by @aldenwilliams. Click the link in our bio or go to thepress.co.nz for more.
February 6, 2026 at 7:34 PM