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Paul Tobin

@paultobin.bsky.social

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Multiple Eisner winning writer of Bandette, Bunny Mask, Plants vs. Zombies, the Versus book series, String, Heart Acres, the Mammoth, and more. You can find me at PaulTobin.net

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Paul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 3h

King Kong alone in his jungle, completely unbothered by the modern world, rolling up a third fat blunt.

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Thomas N. Perkins IV @tnperkins4.bsky.social · 14h

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CalyxWorks @calyxworks.com · 1d

Turns out we are ALL #PortlandFrog!

Shirts, hoodies and mugs now available.

Profits to Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition. ✊

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Portland Frog Little Beirut » Calyx Design

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 21h

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 18h

"President Trump continued to describe Portland as a city on fire Friday even as residents enjoyed the first fall rain and the lone demonstrator at the city’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement building was dressed as a pink Care Bear."

Sometimes there is a good sentence or two in the NYT.

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Paul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 15h

Good storytelling.

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Paul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 1d

Just found out today is Friday.

(thought it was Saturday)

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Paul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 1d

Wail Of The Lonely Wench is my favorite Hardy Boys adventure.

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Paul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 1d

Calm night, getting a little more work done, listening to Willie and Orville.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=BirJ...

Orville Peck & Willie Nelson - Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond Of Each Other (Official Video)

YouTube video by Orville Peck

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Paul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 1d

Ha! Thanks!

Paul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe not, like, 100% of the time? But yeah.

Paul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 1d

Found the original art and went for it.

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Paul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 1d

My whole pitch for a new Dr. Strange series. Hire me, Marvel.

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Paul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 1d

I guess it depends on the rats.

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Paul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 1d

I think one of the reasons I like peanut butter is that it tastes exactly like peanut butter.

(an actual thought I just had and that I'm standing behind, 100%)

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Paul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 1d

Just proofing a project and there's a sentence that was supposed to be "whisk the spider away" but I typed "whisky the spider away" and now I wanna keep it. Like, I just partied with that spider and got it super drunk.

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CJ 🦋 @cjeanmartini.bsky.social · 3d

In war-ravaged Portland...
#Portland
#frog
#SafetyDance
#IStandWithPortland

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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 1d

The United States of America has become an authoritarian state.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Letitia James has been indicted on one count of bank fraud in Virginia, charge brought directly by Lindsey Halligan, just like the Comey indictment.

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Paul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 1d

It'd sure be nice if the insane folks in charge of the government were HELPFULLY insane.

FREE HEALTHCARE! argle bargle FREE COLLEGE! grah grah groodle IMMIGRANTS ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR NATION! sloop sloopah SCIENCE! EDUCATION! HOUSING! HUMAN COMPASSION! fahh la la TAX THE RICH!! gabba gabby hey

Paul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 1d

Like, I would legitimately shrug and say, "yeah."

Paul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 1d

Trying to gauge how much of a shock it would be, to me, if the top of RFK Jr's head popped off and two rats and a giant worm crawled out and I think the answer is...none?

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Shea Fontana @sheafontana.bsky.social · 1d

will always repost.

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

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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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 2d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Paul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 2d

It's community that makes the difference.

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