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Neal Romanek

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Founder of publishing company ¡AU! & a media biz journalist of many years - plus sustainability. Author of novel SKIES OF VENUS & graphic novel BOUDICCA. Used to write for the pictures. Dayton to L.A. to London https://linktr.ee/nealromanek

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Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 21d

Our new monster event at ¡AU!, which kicks off Oct. 18. It's going to be a mix of fun and deep monster study. Still working out what the frequency will be, but we'll be doing Monster Lab regularly. Ticket prices are absurdly low for this first outing. Join us.

¡AU! @auworks.bsky.social · 21d

¡AU! has launched a new event series, MONSTER LAB, where creatives of all types (from painters to brain surgeons) gather to talk monsters & see what we can learn.

First MONSTER LAB is Oct. 18, 2-4pm UK time, online. Get your ticket now!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/monster-la...

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Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 1h

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Uncle Big Bad @dont.bsky.social · 1h

People believe AI can think because we think houses with 2 windows and a door are alive.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 7h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 2h

Ooh! Ooh! I know this! I know this! It’s err
it’s err, Boudoo…
it’s err, Bondi….
it’s err, Boaconstric….
it’s err, Baobab….
Nah, it’s no good, it’s gone now…

Valiant testing essential general knowledge February 1974.
Strap on your spinning scythes of death, people, it’s #BoudicaFriday!
#Echolands

Valiant comic cover with a colourful depiction of Boudica in her chariot with the title Who is It?

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Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 15h

It’s much easier to understand Robert Kennedy if you mentally add “…or some shit” to the end of everything he says.

Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 15h

Cool way to do medicalize antisemitism, you effing Nazis cunts.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 18h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 16h

Could just be the plan is to make being a mom the cause of autism. Definitely could see them trying a version of that.

Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 16h

“Fear not, Divine Julius. We have also for you…a palace!”

Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 16h

Tremendous

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 18h

Read Jason Stanley's latest book on how attacks on education are one of fascism's opening gambits:

www.amazon.co.uk/Erasing-Hist...

Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future: Amazon.co.uk: Stanley, Jason: 9781804441619: Books

Buy Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future by Stanley, Jason (ISBN: 9781804441619) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

www.amazon.co.uk

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The Onion @theonion.com · 18h

Bored National Guard Goes Door To Door Asking If Chicagoans Have Any Order They Need Restored https://theonion.com/bored-national-guard-goes-door-to-door-asking-if-chicagoans-have-any-order-they-need-restored/

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Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 18h

Well, sure. That tracks.

Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 18h

World's most relaxing headline at CNN.com today

Screengrab of a thumbnail and headline from CNN.com, 2025.10.09 - A woman sitting in a meditative pose, with headline underneath reading "How exhaling at the wrong time saps your strength"

Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 21h

The numbers for Spain are fascinating - a Catholic country, after decades of dictatorship - still at such a relatively low number.

Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 22h

I guess you have to hope you have good teachers, read a lot of books, and keep your fingers crossed.

Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 22h

So that's why they've been so obsessed with Amelia Earhart.

Because she is literally the girlfriend of...

...the founder of Antifa.

Amelia Earhart on left, Eleanor Roosevelt on right. BFF.

Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 22h

There was a shining moment in Early Twitter where I was hoovering up amazing friends and colleagues every day.

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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1d

Portland is so good at trolling these fascists.

I ❤️ Portland

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Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 1d

"I don't want it near schools! I don't want it sold to children! In my city, we would..."

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 1d

Jason Blum says Hollywood should 'embrace AI' and viewers 'don't care if what they’re looking at is AI"

"it’s here to stay. It’s very important to use it ethically and legally, and for studios and guilds to protect the copyright of the artists"

(via Variety)

Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 1d

Ok, here's a weird one that only tangentially related. People who aren't from Los Angeles say "L.A." more than people who are from Los Angeles.

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Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 4d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 2d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

The historically volatile Texas grid was entirely stable this summer, despite extreme temperatures. Grid operators never once had to ask Texans to conserve energy or shut off their air conditioners.

Why? Solar & batteries. Want a stable grid? Try solar & batteries.

Solar and batteries had a record-setting, grid-stabilizing summer in…

Solar has set 17 power generation records in Texas so far this year, shoring up the grid alongside batteries as some gas plant developers step back.

www.canarymedia.com

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Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for the tip, Chuckles.

Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 1d

"We’ve learned, hearteningly, that majorities seem to harbor a deep attachment to liberal rights and liberties...But this must be activated. That takes conflict and controversy—powerful imagery and language that rivets attention"

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

newrepublic.com

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 1d

More literal songs please, I hate symbolism and stuff, that's why my favorite book is Moby Dick, no froo-froo metaphor just a man who hates an animal

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