Neal Curtis
@nihilcurtis.bsky.social
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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Anthropic head of AI safety quits, warning of "world in peril" & announces plan to study creative writing, as my college charges ahead in deal with Anthropic, which trained its tech on at least 25 books taken without permission from our Creative Writing faculty. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Anthropic AI safety researcher quits with 'world in peril' warning
It comes in the same week an OpenAI researcher resigned amid concerns about its decision to start testing ChatGPT ads.
www.bbc.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Anthropic head of AI safety quits, warning of "world in peril" & announces plan to study creative writing, as my college charges ahead in deal with Anthropic, which trained its tech on at least 25 books taken without permission from our Creative Writing faculty. www.bbc.com/news/article...
It is als a very long process begun in 1979. Get them to think about how powerful corps and billionaires have become in the 40 years since, and project forward at an increasingly exponential rate.
February 12, 2026 at 9:59 PM
It is als a very long process begun in 1979. Get them to think about how powerful corps and billionaires have become in the 40 years since, and project forward at an increasingly exponential rate.
It's whether they care.
February 12, 2026 at 9:52 PM
It's whether they care.
They are clearly not paying attention.
February 12, 2026 at 9:52 PM
They are clearly not paying attention.
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Donald Trump isn’t going unchallenged — at least by us.
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February 12, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Donald Trump isn’t going unchallenged — at least by us.
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I keep thinking the corporate class and their political stooges hope to disestablish democracy before the full impact of the climate crisis takes hold b/c without representation or legal protection, they will then be able to do with us what they will.
Omni Corp.
Omni Corp.
February 12, 2026 at 9:31 PM
I keep thinking the corporate class and their political stooges hope to disestablish democracy before the full impact of the climate crisis takes hold b/c without representation or legal protection, they will then be able to do with us what they will.
Omni Corp.
Omni Corp.
We just need to keep giving the rich all the money. It's bound to work eventually.
'It's just not enough': Salvation Army warns families are starving
'It's just not enough': Salvation Army warns families are starving
The Salvation Army's latest State of the Nation paints a dire picture of worsening child poverty and unemployment.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 12, 2026 at 7:50 PM
We just need to keep giving the rich all the money. It's bound to work eventually.
Having an apocalyptic morning thinking about billionaires mining the moon. www.iop.org/explore-phys...
How does the Moon affect the Earth?
We explore why a small silvery-looking sphere orbiting 384,400 kilometres away has a profound impact on us here on Earth.
www.iop.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Having an apocalyptic morning thinking about billionaires mining the moon. www.iop.org/explore-phys...
Son is a Forest fan. We lived there for 22 years. Owner is a nutter. 😕
February 12, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Son is a Forest fan. We lived there for 22 years. Owner is a nutter. 😕
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In her @newscientist.com column, Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein did not mince words: Elon Musk has misunderstood the point of Star Trek.
The idea that a heavily corporate and militarized approach to exploration will create a prosperous future? Illogical.
@chanda.blacksky.app
The idea that a heavily corporate and militarized approach to exploration will create a prosperous future? Illogical.
@chanda.blacksky.app
!["We aren’t taking very good care of [Earth], but that could change. For me, that’s what Star Trek is all about. Not the promise of a high-tech future where we escape our world, but rather one where we learn to respect the incredible spaceship that is our home planet." -Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:weva5qcysw47fohyddwuctd6/bafkreigoafc5gtqe64af22jyj7hu2z3ijnhdo4eirm25dhmy4bvhjzl4fa@jpeg)
February 12, 2026 at 12:47 AM
In her @newscientist.com column, Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein did not mince words: Elon Musk has misunderstood the point of Star Trek.
The idea that a heavily corporate and militarized approach to exploration will create a prosperous future? Illogical.
@chanda.blacksky.app
The idea that a heavily corporate and militarized approach to exploration will create a prosperous future? Illogical.
@chanda.blacksky.app
No one else has won there all season, we had to pick ourselves up and the weather was shit. So, I'd say that's good. Not vintage football, but the football we needed. 🙂
February 11, 2026 at 11:52 PM
No one else has won there all season, we had to pick ourselves up and the weather was shit. So, I'd say that's good. Not vintage football, but the football we needed. 🙂
After a massive psychological blow against City in the middle of an awful campaign, we went to a side unbeaten at home all season and ground out a 1-0 win. Guts. #LFC
February 11, 2026 at 11:20 PM
After a massive psychological blow against City in the middle of an awful campaign, we went to a side unbeaten at home all season and ground out a 1-0 win. Guts. #LFC
Great stuff. Thanks.
February 11, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Great stuff. Thanks.
Excellent work. Urgent read.
My investigative piece today on Nicola Willis's surprise RBNZ Covid Inquiry announcement. She has set it up so that the results are released 6 WEEKS BEFORE THE ELECTION
Please share where you can - between the voter suppression laws, and this, it could be a real killer come Nov 2026. #NZPOL #NZ
Please share where you can - between the voter suppression laws, and this, it could be a real killer come Nov 2026. #NZPOL #NZ
Did Nicola Willis just appoint Atlas Network connections to her surprise RBNZ Covid Inquiry?
Willis launches a surprise Covid inquiry with results to come out 6 weeks before the election. Most NZ publications noted her hiring of "independent" experts. I looked further into it.
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February 11, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Excellent work. Urgent read.
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When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 AM
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
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I spent a long time trying to figure out what to do with my Harry Potter books, because just dumping them in a little free library felt wrong. So I mailed them to this artist who was turning them into portraits of murdered trans women
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/11/a...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/11/a...
Artist uses Harry Potter books to make portraits of murdered trans women
A Vermont-based artist is making a statement after using Harry Potter books to make powerful portraits of murdered trans women.
www.thepinknews.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:13 PM
I spent a long time trying to figure out what to do with my Harry Potter books, because just dumping them in a little free library felt wrong. So I mailed them to this artist who was turning them into portraits of murdered trans women
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/11/a...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/11/a...
Non-cat ppl visit and i need to explain cats. Best I could do is say that while dogs are part of your life, living with cats is more like co-habitation that might sometimes result in them sitting down with you and watching the telly.
February 10, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Non-cat ppl visit and i need to explain cats. Best I could do is say that while dogs are part of your life, living with cats is more like co-habitation that might sometimes result in them sitting down with you and watching the telly.
That is a really great photo. The Las Meninas of selfies. 🙂
February 10, 2026 at 8:34 AM
That is a really great photo. The Las Meninas of selfies. 🙂
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This is disgusting antisemitic language from the Australian PM - Herzog is the head of state of a genocidal regime, not the head of state of all Jews.
We are not Israel, and the only people who win when Jews and Israel are conflated are antisemites and Zionists.
We are not Israel, and the only people who win when Jews and Israel are conflated are antisemites and Zionists.
February 10, 2026 at 2:10 AM
This is disgusting antisemitic language from the Australian PM - Herzog is the head of state of a genocidal regime, not the head of state of all Jews.
We are not Israel, and the only people who win when Jews and Israel are conflated are antisemites and Zionists.
We are not Israel, and the only people who win when Jews and Israel are conflated are antisemites and Zionists.
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Amanda McCavour, Toronto-based artist who makes installations with fabric and embroideries #WomensArt
February 10, 2026 at 6:52 AM
Amanda McCavour, Toronto-based artist who makes installations with fabric and embroideries #WomensArt
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![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.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihcxd5wcrrf5nxz3g4riglsrccbucmdns6kxrtmtj6gjgwqibp3fi@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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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
www.instagram.com/reel/DUi5tO0...
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
www.instagram.com/reel/DUi5tO0...
February 9, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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
www.instagram.com/reel/DUi5tO0...
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
www.instagram.com/reel/DUi5tO0...
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exciting new characters coming to rory blank's comics in 2026
February 9, 2026 at 9:49 PM
exciting new characters coming to rory blank's comics in 2026