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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My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
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An endless theme of my millennial life is perpetual bailouts for irresponsible and reckless corporations.
Dude who just got the SV Bank bailout two years ago is back banging the cup. It’s a tell.
November 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
An endless theme of my millennial life is perpetual bailouts for irresponsible and reckless corporations.
Farage didn't do it on his own. It was enabled by non-dom billionaires running The Sun, Daily Mail, Daily Express, and Daily Telegraph, and a BBC in mortal fear of the privatising Tories. Farage would be nowhere without a media capable of producing fact-free sensation to serve corporate power.
“Farage has already changed the UK (for the worse) more than any other living politician”
(Martin Wolf, Financial Times)
(Martin Wolf, Financial Times)
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Farage didn't do it on his own. It was enabled by non-dom billionaires running The Sun, Daily Mail, Daily Express, and Daily Telegraph, and a BBC in mortal fear of the privatising Tories. Farage would be nowhere without a media capable of producing fact-free sensation to serve corporate power.
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The latest on the doomed upcoming Angoulême fest. What a clusterfuck.
This article offers a nice recap of the crisis.
This article offers a nice recap of the crisis.
ANGOULÊME: Stakeholders call for '26 Festival to be cancelled
Creators, publishers and even the mayor are calling for the 2026 Angoulême comics festival to be cancelled in a dramatic week
www.comicsbeat.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
The latest on the doomed upcoming Angoulême fest. What a clusterfuck.
This article offers a nice recap of the crisis.
This article offers a nice recap of the crisis.
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Boris was a humanitarian - like Drumpf.
November 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Boris was a humanitarian - like Drumpf.
Because of course you can be racist in a caring and respectful way. 🙄
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Because of course you can be racist in a caring and respectful way. 🙄
UK Labour are as opposed to science as Trump's MAHA. This is simply manufacturing evidence to fit ideology.
Streeting is admitting that the Pathways “trial” already has a predetermined outcome. Stuffing it with SEGM placeholders is evidence of this.
The only way we are going to end state-mandated torture of trans kids is to get Labour out of government completely.
The only way we are going to end state-mandated torture of trans kids is to get Labour out of government completely.
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
UK Labour are as opposed to science as Trump's MAHA. This is simply manufacturing evidence to fit ideology.
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I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
That MAGA Account Might Be a Troll From Pakistan
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
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Rage rooms: demand is surging – and 90% of customers are women
Rage rooms: demand is surging – and 90% of customers are women
Venues designed for people to smash things up safely are seeing an enormous rise in bookings. But why? And what explains the pronounced gender gap?
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Rage rooms: demand is surging – and 90% of customers are women
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A snipped from this page that's nearly done. the first planet forming and as planets form, clearing their lanes... Really eager to have time to put this one to bed!
#Nostos #Unflattening 2
#Nostos #Unflattening 2
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 AM
A snipped from this page that's nearly done. the first planet forming and as planets form, clearing their lanes... Really eager to have time to put this one to bed!
#Nostos #Unflattening 2
#Nostos #Unflattening 2
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Happy to see the Northwest Labor Press running Sam Wallman’s @samwallman.bsky.social History of the Boycott comic! Here’s an earlier version that ran in The Nib. thenib.com/boycott-hist...
November 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Happy to see the Northwest Labor Press running Sam Wallman’s @samwallman.bsky.social History of the Boycott comic! Here’s an earlier version that ran in The Nib. thenib.com/boycott-hist...
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
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“What once sounded unthinkable is now being said openly: Tehran is not viable; and evacuation orders are imminent.
As I wrote before, President Masoud Pezeshkian himself said that it might be necessary to relocate Tehranis in large number.” open.substack.com/pub/peterfra...
As I wrote before, President Masoud Pezeshkian himself said that it might be necessary to relocate Tehranis in large number.” open.substack.com/pub/peterfra...
Makran or Bust: Tehran's water crisis gets worse
Ten days ago I wrote that Tehran was approaching a point where warnings, pressure cuts and appeals to save water would no longer be enough.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
“What once sounded unthinkable is now being said openly: Tehran is not viable; and evacuation orders are imminent.
As I wrote before, President Masoud Pezeshkian himself said that it might be necessary to relocate Tehranis in large number.” open.substack.com/pub/peterfra...
As I wrote before, President Masoud Pezeshkian himself said that it might be necessary to relocate Tehranis in large number.” open.substack.com/pub/peterfra...
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A major healthcare policy paper commissioned by @govnl.bsky.social government from Deloitte at a cost of $1.6 million, cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months. #nlpoli #AI
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. – The Independent
$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months
theindependent.ca
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A major healthcare policy paper commissioned by @govnl.bsky.social government from Deloitte at a cost of $1.6 million, cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months. #nlpoli #AI
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
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Video from Bora Bora (better with sound on)
November 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Video from Bora Bora (better with sound on)
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To date, 1007 schools reject the Government’s racist removal.
“The government plans to remove the requirement for school boards to give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Too bad, say hundreds of schools, because they plan to uphold their commitments anyway, as Awanui Te Huia explains.” #nzpol
“The government plans to remove the requirement for school boards to give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Too bad, say hundreds of schools, because they plan to uphold their commitments anyway, as Awanui Te Huia explains.” #nzpol
Schools commit to Te Tiriti anyway | E-Tangata
“The relationships that schools and kura have with Māori endures despite directives from the right-wing.” — Awanui Te Huia.
e-tangata.co.nz
November 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
To date, 1007 schools reject the Government’s racist removal.
“The government plans to remove the requirement for school boards to give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Too bad, say hundreds of schools, because they plan to uphold their commitments anyway, as Awanui Te Huia explains.” #nzpol
“The government plans to remove the requirement for school boards to give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Too bad, say hundreds of schools, because they plan to uphold their commitments anyway, as Awanui Te Huia explains.” #nzpol
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He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
My TL is AI saying MTG is not resigning and then a video of MTG saying she is resigning.
November 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
My TL is AI saying MTG is not resigning and then a video of MTG saying she is resigning.
How can you not love science?!
It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
How can you not love science?!
A very long thread that should be circulated amongst AoNZ folk as our government steps up its attack on trans people. #NZpol
[111] Betsy Mariel was one of two people (the other being an elderly cisgender woman) killed by hitmen in their home in Cúcuta, Santander (Colombia) on 11 Jan 2025.
She was 32. #SayHerName #TransLivesMatter #TDoR
tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2025...
She was 32. #SayHerName #TransLivesMatter #TDoR
tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2025...
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A very long thread that should be circulated amongst AoNZ folk as our government steps up its attack on trans people. #NZpol
And ppl will tell you this bloke's a genius.
November 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
And ppl will tell you this bloke's a genius.
If Musk finds out Grok had a significant part in a not guilty verdict for a young black man, I'm sure he'd demand another rewrite of the algo.
November 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If Musk finds out Grok had a significant part in a not guilty verdict for a young black man, I'm sure he'd demand another rewrite of the algo.