Samantha Puc 🍉
@theverbalthing.com
fat lesbian witch 🔮♿️ 🏳️🌈 she/they
📝 eisner-winning journo, rt-approved critic, writing everywhere 📚 fat forward books founder & naafa blog editor 📖 rep by stephanie winter @ komm 🖼️ pfp by @boooworth.bsky.social
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· Sep 6
How to Speak Up Against Anti-Fatness: Tips for Navigating Conversations That Dehumanize Fat Folks [2024 Edition] - Samantha Puc's Ko-fi Shop
How to Speak Up Against Anti-Fatness is a pay-what-you-can digital resource zine that includes tips for navigating social media and talking to your me...
ko-fi.com
In 2020, Jey Barnes and I released a digital zine with tips for navigating anti-fat comments on social media and with medical providers and loved ones. Today, we're releasing an updated edition!
This resource zine is PWYW ($0+). Shares welcome!
This resource zine is PWYW ($0+). Shares welcome!
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On a more positive note, many of the creators from Hiveworks came together to create the Chimera Comics Collective - a place where we could maintain the 'webring' aspect of Hiveworks and continue supporting each other.
Please follow us here! 🦁🐐🐍
@chimeracomics.bsky.social
Please follow us here! 🦁🐐🐍
@chimeracomics.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 9:21 PM
On a more positive note, many of the creators from Hiveworks came together to create the Chimera Comics Collective - a place where we could maintain the 'webring' aspect of Hiveworks and continue supporting each other.
Please follow us here! 🦁🐐🐍
@chimeracomics.bsky.social
Please follow us here! 🦁🐐🐍
@chimeracomics.bsky.social
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It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
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One out of 12 rams is uninterested in females. Deemed “non-procreative" by farmers, they're typically sent to slaughter. German farmer Michael Stücke rescues the gay rams. His company Rainbow Wool, sells fabulous wool products from his flock of gay sheep. rainbow-wool.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:26 PM
One out of 12 rams is uninterested in females. Deemed “non-procreative" by farmers, they're typically sent to slaughter. German farmer Michael Stücke rescues the gay rams. His company Rainbow Wool, sells fabulous wool products from his flock of gay sheep. rainbow-wool.com
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Check out our ✨special prizes✨ which recognize the outstanding contributions made by individuals to LGBTQ+ literature, culture, & community. These cash prizes are made possible through the generosity of our donors.
Check out our ✨special prizes✨ which recognize the outstanding contributions made by individuals to LGBTQ+ literature, culture, & community. These cash prizes are made possible through the generosity of our donors.
January 12, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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Check out our ✨special prizes✨ which recognize the outstanding contributions made by individuals to LGBTQ+ literature, culture, & community. These cash prizes are made possible through the generosity of our donors.
Check out our ✨special prizes✨ which recognize the outstanding contributions made by individuals to LGBTQ+ literature, culture, & community. These cash prizes are made possible through the generosity of our donors.
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The Hiveworks Artist Guild has released a public statement alleging years of labor abuses, financial mismanagement, and misconduct at Hiveworks at the hands of Xellette “Xel” Velamist and Isabelle “Isa” Melançon. Read their full statement at:
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
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January 12, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The Hiveworks Artist Guild has released a public statement alleging years of labor abuses, financial mismanagement, and misconduct at Hiveworks at the hands of Xellette “Xel” Velamist and Isabelle “Isa” Melançon. Read their full statement at:
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
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semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
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Abolish this
Social media monitoring systems, cellphone location tracking, facial recognition, remote hacking tools — now being turned on Americans by ICE to target protesters. bit.ly/3Kq348R
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
January 10, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Abolish this
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Sailor mars knight sketch:
January 10, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Sailor mars knight sketch:
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I do this with great embarrassment but with my unemployment plus short term writing gigs I’m flailing. I’m looking for absolutely any work right now. This would let me continue looking in my field. Times are tough so if you can’t donate please share gofund.me/bce622f22
Donate to Help Vanessa Keep Her House While Looking For Work, organized by Vanessa Gritton
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January 10, 2026 at 2:54 AM
I do this with great embarrassment but with my unemployment plus short term writing gigs I’m flailing. I’m looking for absolutely any work right now. This would let me continue looking in my field. Times are tough so if you can’t donate please share gofund.me/bce622f22
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I cannot stress this enough: this is not possible
in a literal technological sense: you cannot train an AI and expect even comprehensible results with under ~1 million pieces of data, nobody can supply all that with the variance needed. You can only achieve it through wanton scraping
in a literal technological sense: you cannot train an AI and expect even comprehensible results with under ~1 million pieces of data, nobody can supply all that with the variance needed. You can only achieve it through wanton scraping
Larian CEO says Divinity could have gen AI assets in it but only if the tools are trained on the studio's own data.
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
January 9, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I cannot stress this enough: this is not possible
in a literal technological sense: you cannot train an AI and expect even comprehensible results with under ~1 million pieces of data, nobody can supply all that with the variance needed. You can only achieve it through wanton scraping
in a literal technological sense: you cannot train an AI and expect even comprehensible results with under ~1 million pieces of data, nobody can supply all that with the variance needed. You can only achieve it through wanton scraping
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Declan Shalvey allegedly donated to anti-trans activist Graham Linehan
Declan Shalvey came under fire on social media for allegedly donating to a fundraising campaign for anti-trans activist Graham Linehan.
Declan Shalvey came under fire on social media for allegedly donating to a fundraising campaign for anti-trans activist Graham Linehan.
Declan Shalvey allegedly donated to anti-trans activist Graham Linehan
Declan Shalvey came under fire on social media for allegedly donating to a fundraising campaign for anti-trans activist Graham Linehan.
www.comicsbeat.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Declan Shalvey allegedly donated to anti-trans activist Graham Linehan
Declan Shalvey came under fire on social media for allegedly donating to a fundraising campaign for anti-trans activist Graham Linehan.
Declan Shalvey came under fire on social media for allegedly donating to a fundraising campaign for anti-trans activist Graham Linehan.
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Rest in power to Keith Porter who was murdered by an ICE agent in Los Angeles.
It’s terrible that his name is just now being circulated, but now that it is, continue to say his name.
It’s terrible that his name is just now being circulated, but now that it is, continue to say his name.
Advocates want legal action after man shot and killed by off-duty ICE agent in Northridge
Advocates argue that the off-duty ICE agent wasn't trained for the situation and should have called police and waited for them to arrive.
abc7.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Rest in power to Keith Porter who was murdered by an ICE agent in Los Angeles.
It’s terrible that his name is just now being circulated, but now that it is, continue to say his name.
It’s terrible that his name is just now being circulated, but now that it is, continue to say his name.
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Im so so so sorry to be hounding for help over and over but this year is ending on a very rough note for me. Im short on bills, funds for transportation to doctor appt & a procedure next week, and grocery money. I know i keep asking for help. Im sorry, I really am. Things keep happening.
I have an art book for #tyreecomic ! It's 62 pages at $10! Not only does it have art but I have some brief guides into my page process as well. There is even stuff I havent released publicly in it! It's a great way to support me currently and get a glimpse into my obsession
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December 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Im so so so sorry to be hounding for help over and over but this year is ending on a very rough note for me. Im short on bills, funds for transportation to doctor appt & a procedure next week, and grocery money. I know i keep asking for help. Im sorry, I really am. Things keep happening.
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"FBI is leading the investigation."
State and local electeds, law enforcement, and prosecutors need to come up with a plan to prosecute and charge murder by the feds because this federal jurisdiction loophole they've invented cannot hold as a means of avoiding accountability. People won't have it.
State and local electeds, law enforcement, and prosecutors need to come up with a plan to prosecute and charge murder by the feds because this federal jurisdiction loophole they've invented cannot hold as a means of avoiding accountability. People won't have it.
ICE/CBP just shot two people in Portland.
January 9, 2026 at 12:04 AM
"FBI is leading the investigation."
State and local electeds, law enforcement, and prosecutors need to come up with a plan to prosecute and charge murder by the feds because this federal jurisdiction loophole they've invented cannot hold as a means of avoiding accountability. People won't have it.
State and local electeds, law enforcement, and prosecutors need to come up with a plan to prosecute and charge murder by the feds because this federal jurisdiction loophole they've invented cannot hold as a means of avoiding accountability. People won't have it.
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Obligatory:
roses are red
poems are random
don't let nazis
into your fandom
Your periodic reminder that it is easier to boot nazis out of your spaces before they get entrenched instead of trying to do it afterward.
poems are random
don't let nazis
into your fandom
Your periodic reminder that it is easier to boot nazis out of your spaces before they get entrenched instead of trying to do it afterward.
January 7, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Obligatory:
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A good thread of what we know so far to add to your saved posts for quick access. The original video, witness statements, and also a second, clearer video down-thread.
NEW: An ICE officer killed a person in broad daylight in Minneapolis today — with posted video appearing to contradict the DHS statement claiming self-defense, as the driver appeared to be attempting to drive away when shot.
MPR: www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Video: bsky.app/profile/dani...
MPR: www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Video: bsky.app/profile/dani...
January 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
A good thread of what we know so far to add to your saved posts for quick access. The original video, witness statements, and also a second, clearer video down-thread.
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Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
January 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
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there is a reason why you are HEARING about the things that happen in this area. this community has a ton of organizers. they are oriented towards action. they stand up for their neighbors.
and because of all of that, and because they are also mostly BIPOC and poor, they are targeted by pigs.
and because of all of that, and because they are also mostly BIPOC and poor, they are targeted by pigs.
January 7, 2026 at 6:46 PM
there is a reason why you are HEARING about the things that happen in this area. this community has a ton of organizers. they are oriented towards action. they stand up for their neighbors.
and because of all of that, and because they are also mostly BIPOC and poor, they are targeted by pigs.
and because of all of that, and because they are also mostly BIPOC and poor, they are targeted by pigs.
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See the challenge: blog.libro.fm/2026-audiobo...
And join on @thestorygraph.com: app.thestorygraph.com/reading_chal...
And join on @thestorygraph.com: app.thestorygraph.com/reading_chal...
Libro.fm’s 2026 Audiobook Listening Challenge
Whether you’re a seasoned audiobook listener or you’re trying audiobooks for the first time, here are 24 prompts to help you read more.
blog.libro.fm
January 6, 2026 at 5:28 PM
See the challenge: blog.libro.fm/2026-audiobo...
And join on @thestorygraph.com: app.thestorygraph.com/reading_chal...
And join on @thestorygraph.com: app.thestorygraph.com/reading_chal...
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According to the latest YouGov poll, 60% of Americans read a book in 2025. Well, call us optimistic, but we want that percentage to be even higher this year!
Whether you're a seasoned audiobook reader, or new to them, our 2026 Listening Challenge is here to help 💓
Whether you're a seasoned audiobook reader, or new to them, our 2026 Listening Challenge is here to help 💓
January 6, 2026 at 5:28 PM
According to the latest YouGov poll, 60% of Americans read a book in 2025. Well, call us optimistic, but we want that percentage to be even higher this year!
Whether you're a seasoned audiobook reader, or new to them, our 2026 Listening Challenge is here to help 💓
Whether you're a seasoned audiobook reader, or new to them, our 2026 Listening Challenge is here to help 💓
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I wish I'd thought sooner to explain to tradpub editors that illustrating a graphic novel is not like writing a prose novel or illustrating a picture book, a 250-page GN is actually like illustrating eight picture books.
January 6, 2026 at 1:46 PM
I wish I'd thought sooner to explain to tradpub editors that illustrating a graphic novel is not like writing a prose novel or illustrating a picture book, a 250-page GN is actually like illustrating eight picture books.
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We don't have the disability education infrastructure to support a growing number of kids who are going to be disabled because their parents didn't get them vaccines against illnesses that can lead to the development of disabilities.
January 6, 2026 at 1:20 AM
We don't have the disability education infrastructure to support a growing number of kids who are going to be disabled because their parents didn't get them vaccines against illnesses that can lead to the development of disabilities.
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No Kings
2025
Evergreen
2025
Evergreen
January 4, 2026 at 4:46 PM
No Kings
2025
Evergreen
2025
Evergreen
On top of the horrors, if anti-fat nonsense is hitting you particularly hard right now, Jey Barnes and I have a free digital resource zine to help you navigate. 💛
In 2020, Jey Barnes and I released a digital zine with tips for navigating anti-fat comments on social media and with medical providers and loved ones. Today, we're releasing an updated edition!
This resource zine is PWYW ($0+). Shares welcome!
This resource zine is PWYW ($0+). Shares welcome!
How to Speak Up Against Anti-Fatness: Tips for Navigating Conversations That Dehumanize Fat Folks [2024 Edition] - Samantha Puc's Ko-fi Shop
How to Speak Up Against Anti-Fatness is a pay-what-you-can digital resource zine that includes tips for navigating social media and talking to your me...
ko-fi.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
On top of the horrors, if anti-fat nonsense is hitting you particularly hard right now, Jey Barnes and I have a free digital resource zine to help you navigate. 💛
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A periodic reminder that I've written and edited three critically acclaimed, award-winning nonfiction YA anthologies on the topics of feminism, mental health, and the physical/political body.
Buy or borrow these so-called "obscene" books.
www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/...
Buy or borrow these so-called "obscene" books.
www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/...
January 4, 2026 at 7:06 PM
A periodic reminder that I've written and edited three critically acclaimed, award-winning nonfiction YA anthologies on the topics of feminism, mental health, and the physical/political body.
Buy or borrow these so-called "obscene" books.
www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/...
Buy or borrow these so-called "obscene" books.
www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/...