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Ronna Raz @ronnaraz.bsky.social · Jun 18

Graduated from TAW! I got so much out of these four years, both in experience and friends. Next thing now!

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Ronna Raz @ronnaraz.bsky.social · May 21

I'll be posting more work on here in the next few days, so watch out for it! This piece was re-posted on @crucialcomix.bsky.social, who also rock!!

www.crucialcomix.com/comic/catchi...

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Ronna Raz @ronnaraz.bsky.social · May 21

I got to learn and try so many new things while in the office. I met so many amazing, insightful journalists and editors, people with a passion for their community. I am so lucky to have been mentored by them and grateful for all I have experienced in my time there.

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Ronna Raz @ronnaraz.bsky.social · May 21

I have recently finished my internship as a comic journalist and illustrator at @missionlocal.org. I will soon show off more of the work I have done while there, but for now all I want to say is thank you!

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · Apr 25

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

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Ronna Raz @ronnaraz.bsky.social · Apr 25

Folks! Check it out! My comic also made it into Crucial Comix!!

Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · Apr 25

What cool urban wildlife have you spotted in San Francisco? Artist @ronnaraz.bsky.social of @missionlocal.org explores the birds, bees, and bugs of the city. www.crucialcomix.com/comic/catchi...

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · Apr 21

People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative.

A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.

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Ronna Raz @ronnaraz.bsky.social · Apr 17

Thank you!! Guys here is another comic I made with @missionlocal.org that you should check out

Andy Warner @andycomics.bsky.social · Apr 17

Get to know our Bay Area wildlife in this beautiful comic by @ronnaraz.bsky.social for @missionlocal.org
Nature is nice

Diving hummingbirds, Botta's gopher, sunburst lichen: Meet San Francisco’s urban wildlife

As San Francisco's wilderness turned into urban landscape, our wildlife changed with us. Get to know these wild neighbors, in cartoon form.

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Kristie De Garis @kristiedegaris.bsky.social · Mar 25

Publishing looks glossy from the outside. Inside? It’s built on unpaid labour.

My first book is out this year.
Here’s what I actually got paid, what my contract says, & why most authors can’t afford to do this twice.

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#Publishing #Books #Author #Writer

Published Doesn’t Mean Paid.

I want to talk about money. (Ugh, I know. How crass.) Specifically, how much money authors make, or more accurately, don’t. I signed my publishing deal in 2023. My advance was £2,500. That’s it. I w...

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Ronna Raz @ronnaraz.bsky.social · Mar 29

New piece with Mission Local! In my humble opinion it's a cool looking one

Mission Local @missionlocal.org · Mar 29

San Francisco has eight "alternative courts"—places where people can go outside of traditional criminal prosecution.

By completing a program, which can take months or years, participants avoid jail time & often turn their lives around.

One of them is drug court...

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Ronna Raz @ronnaraz.bsky.social · Mar 20

Hi! Im looking for good educational sources about finances as a freelancer. Finishing art school and... You know. Anybody have recs for good places to look to?

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Ronna Raz @ronnaraz.bsky.social · Mar 16

This is so beautiful, there's something very elegant about it 🧡

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Ronna Raz @ronnaraz.bsky.social · Mar 15

Thank you! I really appreciate that

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Ronna Raz @ronnaraz.bsky.social · Mar 14

And if you want to mayhap check out the full article

missionlocal.org/2025/03/new-...

New term, new S.F. supervisors: What are their goals?

What are San Francisco's new and re-elected supervisors planning on behalf of their districts and the city over the next four years?

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Ronna Raz @ronnaraz.bsky.social · Mar 14

Folks! Check out the first article I made for @missionlocal.org ! It's been a blast to work on, and excited to make more 😉

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Ronna Raz @ronnaraz.bsky.social · Mar 14

Check out my work with Mission Local!

Mission Local @missionlocal.org · Mar 14

It's a new term, a new Board of Supervisors, & all 11 have got plans & goals for the coming years.

Most San Franciscans don't know much about their local electeds—so we put pencil to paper, illustrating a bit about their backgrounds & promises.

First up: Connie Chan.

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Ronna Raz @ronnaraz.bsky.social · Mar 12

Another slightly ~crappier~ piece for Mission Local

Mission Local @missionlocal.org · Mar 10

Weaponized turds: San Francisco's strange and terrible victory over the EPA.

From @esksf.bsky.social

missionlocal.org/2025/03/weap...

Weaponized turds: San Francisco’s strange and terrible victory over the EPA

A dispute over floating turds has led to liberal San Francisco enabling Trump's Supreme Court to hamstring the EPA. How did this come to pass?

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Ronna Raz @ronnaraz.bsky.social · Feb 28

Art I drew!

Mission Local @missionlocal.org · Feb 28

Mayor Daniel Lurie has made downtown recovery a top priority, but a key part of that is missing: Maintaining fully-serviced public transit.

With a $15M budget shortfall, Lurie's team appears resigned to Muni service cuts this summer.

via @kellywaldron.bsky.social

missionlocal.org/2025/02/mayo...

Mayor Lurie has 99 fixes for San Francisco’s downtown. But fixing transit ain’t one.

Mayor Daniel Lurie has made downtown recovery a priority, but a key part of that is missing: maintaining fully-serviced public transit.

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Ronna Raz @ronnaraz.bsky.social · Feb 20

Omg these are beautiful!

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Johanna Taylor 👻 Lightbox Expo 630 @johannamation.bsky.social · Feb 1

Speaking of comics:

Whether this new administration “observes” it or not, it’s still Black History Month.

Here’s a list of great comics by Black creators, and/or centering Black characters & stories 🕊️ 📚

bookshop.org/lists/graphi...

Graphic Novels for Black History Month

Graphic novels created by Black authors/artists, and/or centering Black stories and culture.

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · Feb 15

The words of dictators and their assassins.

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Ronna Raz @ronnaraz.bsky.social · Feb 14

Made a lil drawing of Chappell Roan a bit ago, trying to get out of my children’s book art era

Illustration of Chappell Roan wearing her grammy outfit with a large pointy hat

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Ronna Raz @ronnaraz.bsky.social · Feb 7

Thank you! I'm excited to make more :)

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Ronna Raz @ronnaraz.bsky.social · Feb 6

I recently landed back in California to start my comics journalism internship. Very excited! Very turbulent time in news to start reporting, but is it not always? This short comic I made a while ago about how media algorithms can tunnel into negativity feels as relevant as now as ever.

Kait is taking a jog in a public park, listening to something on her phone with a smile. She gets distracted by her phone and sits down on a bench, trying to block media.

Text:

Kait has been getting into running again. It's pretty cool how her phone knows, and how social media sends related content her way!

But now it's turned from running shoe reviews and workout schedules, to content about fixation on weight loss and excessive eating restriction. Symptoms of anorexia.

Kait didn't like how personal and extreme this content got, but she couldn't figure out how to get her social media to stop tracking her. Social media being free means her personal data is the product. There is no way to turn it off.

Kait looks at her phone frustrated. A whirlpool of negative media swirls around her as the world turns dark, until she shuts off her phone. Kait keeps running, but not with a smile anymore.

Text:

Okay so she can't turn it off, but why did she get anorexia content? Social media's goal is to keep her online longer, and to get more information from Kait.

Nothing gets more interaction than provocative content. Because of how these algorithms learn, they tend to promote emotionally charged materials. This pushes anti-vax, self harm, terrorist and alt-right content to the forefront, and research indicates it's a contributing factor to how polarized politics are today.

This is a huge, unregulated power for tech companies to have. Currently there is no regulation for transparency in how these algorithms are built. These tech giants profiting from harmful content need to take responsibility, and users need agency over their own content.

Learn what needs to change.

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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · Feb 5

WHAT IS THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION EVERN FOR? We have an Ology for that.

2, actually.

Law scholar @proftolson.bsky.social walks us thru the whole thing & then in a bonus: I read the whole thing to you.

This ep came out a few years back but seems relevant, yeah?

www.alieward.com/ologies/nomo...

Nomology (THE CONSTITUTION) with Franita Tolson — alie ward

If you've never read The Constitution, you're like most of us. What does it even say? Most of Americans aren't law scholars, which is why we sat down with a Dean of USC's Gould School of Law, Professor Franita Tolson, to have her give us the crib sheet on the most important document in the free worl

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