Nilah "Nine Jobs" Magruder
@nilahmagruder.com
she/her. aka n. romaine white. making books and animated shows. master gardener.
OUT NOW: Creaky Acres.
UP NEXT: Hex and Havoc, Reel Love.
Work and stuff: nilahmagruder.carrd.co
OUT NOW: Creaky Acres.
UP NEXT: Hex and Havoc, Reel Love.
Work and stuff: nilahmagruder.carrd.co
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Creaky Acres is out today! At last, you can now find it at your nearest indie bookstore or library. And if you can't, tell them you want it! @calistabrill.bsky.social #graphicnovels #comics #kidlit #kidlitart
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/558467...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/558467...
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There is no such thing as unskilled labor.
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
There is no such thing as unskilled labor.
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Today and every day, we contemplate parallels between the colonization of Turtle Island and Palestine.
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Today and every day, we contemplate parallels between the colonization of Turtle Island and Palestine.
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On this day, Indigenous people and allies confront the settler-colonial narratives of “Thanksgiving,” observing it instead as a National Day of Mourning.
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
On this day, Indigenous people and allies confront the settler-colonial narratives of “Thanksgiving,” observing it instead as a National Day of Mourning.
Accidentally accepted a Wacom driver update cuz it sprang up right as I was typing and it totally destroyed my express key functionality, the good news is it only took me two tries to find an older driver that got my tablet back to its previous working state.
November 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Accidentally accepted a Wacom driver update cuz it sprang up right as I was typing and it totally destroyed my express key functionality, the good news is it only took me two tries to find an older driver that got my tablet back to its previous working state.
Happy My Dog Loves Barking at the Neighboring Community By the Way His Daycare's Closed So He's Home and Incidentally So Are the Neighbors Day
November 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Happy My Dog Loves Barking at the Neighboring Community By the Way His Daycare's Closed So He's Home and Incidentally So Are the Neighbors Day
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when you're double-checking what you just wrote but you mis-read it so you ADD a typo then press send
a young boy sits at a desk in front of a computer screen
ALT: a young boy sits at a desk in front of a computer screen
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
when you're double-checking what you just wrote but you mis-read it so you ADD a typo then press send
One of my former mentees is a tribal member and the most recent things we talked about over e-mail is that ICE is detaining Indigenous people but it goes vastly underreported.
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
One of my former mentees is a tribal member and the most recent things we talked about over e-mail is that ICE is detaining Indigenous people but it goes vastly underreported.
Alas I'm a freelance illustrator working in comics so for me US holidays are days off from the day job when I can catch up on freelance work more or less without interruption
Happy Meet Those Deadlines Day to all who celebrate
Happy Meet Those Deadlines Day to all who celebrate
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Alas I'm a freelance illustrator working in comics so for me US holidays are days off from the day job when I can catch up on freelance work more or less without interruption
Happy Meet Those Deadlines Day to all who celebrate
Happy Meet Those Deadlines Day to all who celebrate
writing the sex scenes before I figure out the plot.
….
that’s.
that’s how this works. right?
….
that’s.
that’s how this works. right?
November 27, 2025 at 1:29 AM
writing the sex scenes before I figure out the plot.
….
that’s.
that’s how this works. right?
….
that’s.
that’s how this works. right?
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not beating the “AI art is lazy” allegations
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
not beating the “AI art is lazy” allegations
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Some of you may know that I curate a huge reading list if Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror. It is not up to date… Please comment if you identify as Palestinian, or if you know of something that should be in the list! Please share for visibility. soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...
Read Palestinian Speculative Fiction Reading List
The following is a growing reading list for the #ReadPalestinianSpecFic challenge. This is a work in progress to create a list of all available Palestinian speculative fiction. Novels: Novels by Na…
soniasulaiman.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Some of you may know that I curate a huge reading list if Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror. It is not up to date… Please comment if you identify as Palestinian, or if you know of something that should be in the list! Please share for visibility. soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...
I’m psychic but it’s pretty useless: I was writing a scene, lovingly describing the flooring in a character’s apartment, then came up for air and saw I had a msg from a friend I haven’t talked to in ages saying, “Hey you like interior design, I have a flooring dilemma in my apartment, can you help?"
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I’m psychic but it’s pretty useless: I was writing a scene, lovingly describing the flooring in a character’s apartment, then came up for air and saw I had a msg from a friend I haven’t talked to in ages saying, “Hey you like interior design, I have a flooring dilemma in my apartment, can you help?"
The divine power of LinkedIn finally brought that post with shitty insensitive advice from an art director to my feed and at last I could see the name that posted it and my immediate thought was "Who the fuck is that guy?"
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The divine power of LinkedIn finally brought that post with shitty insensitive advice from an art director to my feed and at last I could see the name that posted it and my immediate thought was "Who the fuck is that guy?"
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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After one of the worst acts of racial terror in our history, *we erased it.*
We didn't teach it.
We didn't take anyone to trial.
Police records disappeared.
So did newspaper archives.
The silence continued until 2020, when people, you could say, woke up.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
We didn't teach it.
We didn't take anyone to trial.
Police records disappeared.
So did newspaper archives.
The silence continued until 2020, when people, you could say, woke up.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
November 25, 2025 at 3:21 AM
After one of the worst acts of racial terror in our history, *we erased it.*
We didn't teach it.
We didn't take anyone to trial.
Police records disappeared.
So did newspaper archives.
The silence continued until 2020, when people, you could say, woke up.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
We didn't teach it.
We didn't take anyone to trial.
Police records disappeared.
So did newspaper archives.
The silence continued until 2020, when people, you could say, woke up.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
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Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, has died. She was 111.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, has died. She was 111.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
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I’m not running special Black Friday sale this week (tbh my margins are already slim and I didn’t raise shipping costs for the USPS holiday increase anyway). I’ll keep promoting my shop regardless if you’re looking for lil gifts, thanks for the support! shop.breelundberg.com 💕 #shopsmall #artshop
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I’m not running special Black Friday sale this week (tbh my margins are already slim and I didn’t raise shipping costs for the USPS holiday increase anyway). I’ll keep promoting my shop regardless if you’re looking for lil gifts, thanks for the support! shop.breelundberg.com 💕 #shopsmall #artshop
LQP the timing of that leafblower post is funny cuz there's been a steady droning noise for over an hour that I've mostly been blocking out but every now and then it re-enters my awareness and I go what the FUCK is that?! And of course, it's leafblowers.
November 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
LQP the timing of that leafblower post is funny cuz there's been a steady droning noise for over an hour that I've mostly been blocking out but every now and then it re-enters my awareness and I go what the FUCK is that?! And of course, it's leafblowers.
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You know what, I'm just gonna re-up this post
November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
You know what, I'm just gonna re-up this post
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Hi folks - we’re still behind on rent, and we need to get a partial payment to our landlord today to keep him from taking action. Any help is massively appreciated. Thank you all for the help you’ve given so far. ❤️
PayPal.me/MaeGodHaveMercy
Cash.app/$MaeGodHaveMercy
Venmo.com/u/MaeGodHaveMercy
PayPal.me/MaeGodHaveMercy
Cash.app/$MaeGodHaveMercy
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Go to paypal.me/maegodhavemercy and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Hi folks - we’re still behind on rent, and we need to get a partial payment to our landlord today to keep him from taking action. Any help is massively appreciated. Thank you all for the help you’ve given so far. ❤️
PayPal.me/MaeGodHaveMercy
Cash.app/$MaeGodHaveMercy
Venmo.com/u/MaeGodHaveMercy
PayPal.me/MaeGodHaveMercy
Cash.app/$MaeGodHaveMercy
Venmo.com/u/MaeGodHaveMercy
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That non-artist will *never* learn how to do that angle. They will never enter the community of people who have suffered to figure out the solution to the problem.
They inherently alienate themselves from literally every actual artist. A core part of doing art will be totally alien to them.
They inherently alienate themselves from literally every actual artist. A core part of doing art will be totally alien to them.
November 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
That non-artist will *never* learn how to do that angle. They will never enter the community of people who have suffered to figure out the solution to the problem.
They inherently alienate themselves from literally every actual artist. A core part of doing art will be totally alien to them.
They inherently alienate themselves from literally every actual artist. A core part of doing art will be totally alien to them.
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The Frieran angle thing is so great because *every* artist knows that angle is tough. They've all been through it, learning the hard way how to do it.
To a non-artist it doesn't seem like a hard problem. A non-artist who only wants to be seen as an artist, will use genAI instead of learning it.
To a non-artist it doesn't seem like a hard problem. A non-artist who only wants to be seen as an artist, will use genAI instead of learning it.
November 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The Frieran angle thing is so great because *every* artist knows that angle is tough. They've all been through it, learning the hard way how to do it.
To a non-artist it doesn't seem like a hard problem. A non-artist who only wants to be seen as an artist, will use genAI instead of learning it.
To a non-artist it doesn't seem like a hard problem. A non-artist who only wants to be seen as an artist, will use genAI instead of learning it.
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one of the things that makes me most mad about genAI (and there are many) is we've been told there's not enough money for hiring. but there's billions poured into ai.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
November 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
one of the things that makes me most mad about genAI (and there are many) is we've been told there's not enough money for hiring. but there's billions poured into ai.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
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I found a big sign at the thrift shop with some live/laugh/love stuff on it, so I painted over that with my to-do list. Feel free to make it yours, too.
November 23, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I found a big sign at the thrift shop with some live/laugh/love stuff on it, so I painted over that with my to-do list. Feel free to make it yours, too.