Paul Chadwick
@paulchadwick.bsky.social
Concrete's papa. The Matrix Online. Pee Wee's Big Adventure. Comics, storyboards, illustration. Paulchadwick.net
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So that was Thursday February 5th 2026. Crikey. Another day done, another day nearly here.
(Released this very month in 1988, just 38 years ago, The Spectre #14, with its gorgeously macabre cover by Charles Vess.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients. May tomorrow be kind.
(Released this very month in 1988, just 38 years ago, The Spectre #14, with its gorgeously macabre cover by Charles Vess.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients. May tomorrow be kind.
February 5, 2026 at 11:10 PM
So that was Thursday February 5th 2026. Crikey. Another day done, another day nearly here.
(Released this very month in 1988, just 38 years ago, The Spectre #14, with its gorgeously macabre cover by Charles Vess.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients. May tomorrow be kind.
(Released this very month in 1988, just 38 years ago, The Spectre #14, with its gorgeously macabre cover by Charles Vess.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients. May tomorrow be kind.
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Late Traveler, 1930, by Martin Lewis.
February 8, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Late Traveler, 1930, by Martin Lewis.
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Men of the Docks, by George Bellows, 1912.
February 9, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Men of the Docks, by George Bellows, 1912.
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Purchasing and converting these warehouse detention camps will cost the U.S. government billions of dollars. So far ICE has purchased at least half a dozen warehouses at a cost of $70-$110 million each. It'll cost billions more to refit them into detention camps, and hire staff.
February 9, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Purchasing and converting these warehouse detention camps will cost the U.S. government billions of dollars. So far ICE has purchased at least half a dozen warehouses at a cost of $70-$110 million each. It'll cost billions more to refit them into detention camps, and hire staff.
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The allies were shitting themselves over the knowledge that Germany had heavy water resources which the Manhattan project did not. Fortunately those fears were quelled when Haigerloch castle was captured and it was found they were nowhere close to a bomb. You can still see the reactor today!
February 9, 2026 at 9:18 PM
The allies were shitting themselves over the knowledge that Germany had heavy water resources which the Manhattan project did not. Fortunately those fears were quelled when Haigerloch castle was captured and it was found they were nowhere close to a bomb. You can still see the reactor today!
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Was fascinating to learn that the original Nazis have the dubious distinction of having the first ever meltdown (sorta)
youtu.be/4Rp4c2PVP1Y?...
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The Leipzig L-IV Accident: The World's First Nuclear Accident
YouTube video by That Chernobyl Guy
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February 9, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Was fascinating to learn that the original Nazis have the dubious distinction of having the first ever meltdown (sorta)
youtu.be/4Rp4c2PVP1Y?...
youtu.be/4Rp4c2PVP1Y?...
Can't argue with the stats, but this breaks my heart a little. Suspect romance readers moving to ebooks is the most of it. Those gals are voracious.
The mass market paperback "was one of the most brilliant technologies in the history of the world, precisely because you could shove it in your purse” Prof Emerita Paula Rabinowitz, who wrote American Pulp: How Paperbacks Brought Modernism to Main Street [gift article]
@princetonupress.bsky.social
@princetonupress.bsky.social
So Long to Cheap Books You Could Fit in Your Pocket
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Can't argue with the stats, but this breaks my heart a little. Suspect romance readers moving to ebooks is the most of it. Those gals are voracious.
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Crafting the perfect post
February 9, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Crafting the perfect post
Requires a moment of study
February 9, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Requires a moment of study
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BREAKING: Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says Juan Pablo Guanipa, a former governor and one of her closest allies, was kidnapped hours after being released from prison.
Venezuelan opposition leader Machado says a close ally was kidnapped hours after prison release
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says one of her closest allies has been kidnapped hours after being released from prison.
bit.ly
February 9, 2026 at 5:13 AM
BREAKING: Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says Juan Pablo Guanipa, a former governor and one of her closest allies, was kidnapped hours after being released from prison.
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February 9, 2026 at 5:30 AM
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“It’s cold here all the time and the food is poor. For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick.”
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Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...
lataco.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:51 AM
“It’s cold here all the time and the food is poor. For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick.”
lataco.com/captive-loti...
lataco.com/captive-loti...
11K!
California sues websites that publish blueprints for 3D printer ghost guns
California law enforcement agencies seize about 11,000 ghost guns every year. The state now is suing websites that help people manufacture untraceable firearms.
California law enforcement agencies seize about 11,000 ghost guns every year. The state now is suing websites that help people manufacture untraceable firearms.
California sues websites that publish blueprints for 3D printer ghost guns
California law enforcement agencies seize about 11,000 ghost guns every year. The state now is suing websites that help people manufacture untraceable firearms.
bit.ly
February 9, 2026 at 5:29 AM
11K!
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👀 What if I told you there was a hidden art gallery scattered across the country?
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
The disappearing art gallery in your post office
The U.S. Postal Service is home to thousands of historic works of art in post offices nationwide. Hundreds have been lost, sold or destroyed.
wapo.st
February 8, 2026 at 2:08 PM
👀 What if I told you there was a hidden art gallery scattered across the country?
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
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On the latest It's the Democracy, Stupid with @billscher.bsky.social & @eisendrath.net: GOP Gerrymandering Backlash in Texas
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GOP Gerrymandering Backlash in Texas | It's the Democracy, Stupid with The Washington Monthly's Bill Scher & Edwin Eisendrath
"Anyone who's looking at the numbers can figure out that Trump's stock in the country is tanking."
www.lincolnsquare.media
February 8, 2026 at 9:27 PM
On the latest It's the Democracy, Stupid with @billscher.bsky.social & @eisendrath.net: GOP Gerrymandering Backlash in Texas
Subscribe to watch
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Subscribe to watch
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Road to Moscow. Best song ever written about the Second World War.
February 7, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Road to Moscow. Best song ever written about the Second World War.
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For those that can't escape Photoshop, (such as myself RIP) request an agent to speak with on their virtual assistant to switch your plan not listed on the site. I requested to REMOVE generative AI "features" or extra apps -- it took me about an hour, but my plan went from 22.99 to 15.99 a month.
a girl sits at a desk in front of a computer screen
ALT: a girl sits at a desk in front of a computer screen
media.tenor.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:45 PM
For those that can't escape Photoshop, (such as myself RIP) request an agent to speak with on their virtual assistant to switch your plan not listed on the site. I requested to REMOVE generative AI "features" or extra apps -- it took me about an hour, but my plan went from 22.99 to 15.99 a month.
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Those poor kids.
If people are going to FAFO, I really wish they’d do so in ways that redound on them, not their children.
If people are going to FAFO, I really wish they’d do so in ways that redound on them, not their children.
Children in South Carolina are developing rare brain swelling complications after measles outbreak
The majority of the Southeast state’s 876 cases have been in unvaccinated children
www.yahoo.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Those poor kids.
If people are going to FAFO, I really wish they’d do so in ways that redound on them, not their children.
If people are going to FAFO, I really wish they’d do so in ways that redound on them, not their children.
This one goes in the 'encouragement' file! (I do keep one, I admit)
Concrete is why comic books are. Everything I’ve read by @paulchadwick.bsky.social has been phenomenal and has caused me to think beyond the surface of things. Really appreciate Concrete.
February 6, 2026 at 3:37 AM
This one goes in the 'encouragement' file! (I do keep one, I admit)
This is a strange and fascinating thread, not too long.
Want to share something. This is the entry for 17 February 1944 in the 2nd volume of THE INMAN DIARY, the 2 vol. collection of excerpts from Arthur Inman's 155 vol. diary.
Keep in mind Inman was a racist bastard by default. This isn't pleasant reading. This is where he learns about the Holocaust.
Keep in mind Inman was a racist bastard by default. This isn't pleasant reading. This is where he learns about the Holocaust.
February 6, 2026 at 3:36 AM
This is a strange and fascinating thread, not too long.
Colored a con sketch I found somebody selling on eBay. 33 years ago, sheesh!
February 6, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Colored a con sketch I found somebody selling on eBay. 33 years ago, sheesh!
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Glorious
Mozilla will allow Firefox users to entirely block current and future generative AI features on the browser after user feedback revealed many who wanted an AI-free browser experience.
New Mozilla Firefox version to allow AI features to be blocked
Mozilla will allow Firefox users to entirely block current and future generative AI features on the browser.
www.siliconrepublic.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Glorious
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I've got to be careful about spoilers regarding The Swamp Thing 1989, but I'm pretty sure you can't learn anything from this panel! Had a blast working on the project!
DC ANNOUNCES 'SWAMP THING 1989' | DC share.google/Y2CEgCaT2heR...
DC ANNOUNCES 'SWAMP THING 1989' | DC share.google/Y2CEgCaT2heR...
February 1, 2026 at 11:48 PM
I've got to be careful about spoilers regarding The Swamp Thing 1989, but I'm pretty sure you can't learn anything from this panel! Had a blast working on the project!
DC ANNOUNCES 'SWAMP THING 1989' | DC share.google/Y2CEgCaT2heR...
DC ANNOUNCES 'SWAMP THING 1989' | DC share.google/Y2CEgCaT2heR...
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FYI: the great comics artist Tom Mandrake is on here and his timeline is a nice mix of wild, intensely rendered pen & ink drawings and photos of the fox that hangs out on his porch.
I'll post some Swamp Thing teasers tomorrow. Today, just know foxy can nap comfortably in zero degrees. She loves our deck regardless.
February 1, 2026 at 2:13 AM
FYI: the great comics artist Tom Mandrake is on here and his timeline is a nice mix of wild, intensely rendered pen & ink drawings and photos of the fox that hangs out on his porch.