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Cole Henley

@cole007.bsky.social

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Draws pictures in exchange for money. Recovering archaeologist, former lecturer and retired technical director of websites. Shy extrovert, lazy workaholic and impatient perfectionist.

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Cole Henley @cole007.bsky.social · Mar 5

Some news shared in visual format (more details in blog post #linkinbio).

Please swipe for a short heart-felt summary of my health and if you need an illustrator/artist please do get in touch!

Thanks for reading 🙏

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Alex Paknadel from off of comics @alexpaknadel.bsky.social · 1d

"I think I have an absolutist moral code from the Marvel Comics that were written in the 1960s and 1970s by self-educated working class Jewish people who opposed fascism." - Stewart Lee

a woman wearing sunglasses and a red jacket is pointing up with the words " this " above her

ALT: a woman wearing sunglasses and a red jacket is pointing up with the words " this " above her

media.tenor.com

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Cole Henley @cole007.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday @realgdt.bsky.social - thanks for your passion and your exquisite storytelling 🙏

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Sam Hardacre @skinnydrawnboy.bsky.social · 2d

Bank robbers: "Vaults and security systems really make it difficult to do what we want..."

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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David Ziggy Greene (Jam bookshop) @jambookshopuk.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly, bookshop.org was a blessing & helped pay shop bills every month

Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 2d

$41 million: The amount of money we’ve raised for indie bookstores since 2020.

$0: The amount of money Amazon has raised for indie bookstores since 1994.

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 3d

George Orwell’s Animal Crossing

Someone in a frog costume facing down a line of police in riot gear

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Cole Henley @cole007.bsky.social · 3d

A lovely article. More of this please ❤️ www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

'With power comes responsibility' - Hector Bellerin wins BBC Green Sports Award

Former Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin talks about his attempts to live a more sustainable life as he wins the BBC Green Sports Award.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 3d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

zeldawilliams
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From Create Mode
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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 3d

I know I share this a lot, but I keep having to remind myself of this, even though I drew this very comic.

Art might not save the world, but it'll certainly make it a more pleasant place to live.

John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · Nov 8

create

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bonus comics:
patreon.com/nhoj

4 panel comic

P1: a right hand draws a wavy stroke on a sketchbook page. A caption box up top reads "draw"

P2: the word "CREATE" dominates a panel with a black background, forming in the negative space. Various small shapes surround it.

P3: a lone simplified humanoid figure is on the bottom right of a another panel with a black background. A thought bubble forms above their head, the words "if not for others, then at least for yourself" within.

P4: The Earth dominates the bottom of the panel, with a sliver of space above it. Clouds swirl and boil across the Earth, which is the only element on the entire page coloured a pink-red. A caption box above reads "now, more than ever"

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Cole Henley @cole007.bsky.social · 3d

❤️🎨

Little Deer Comics @littledeercomics.bsky.social · 4d

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Budget 2026: State’s basic income scheme for artists made permanent

www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Budget 2026: State’s basic income scheme for artists made permanent

Negotiations down to the wire, with five big-spending departments yet to agree their budget allocations

www.irishtimes.com

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 4d

How would $50M change your life?

You'd have more than enough for yourself, your family, for generations. If you taxed Elon Musk at 99.99%, so he only controlled .01% of the wealth he currently controls—he'd still have $50M.

No one needs or earns $500B. Abolish billionaires. Save democracy. Period.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 4d

We're launched! In my newsletter this week, I write about our new female-founded media collective
@thenerve.news,
the fuck you energy that's fuelling it & why the mainstream media's laundering of Tony Blair is *exactly* why you need to read it 👊👊👊
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-nerve

The Nerve

We've got it. Do you?

broligarchy.substack.com

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FredRIK WORTHam 🎃 @rikworth.bsky.social · 8d

Treat yo’self!

Jordan Collver @jordancollver.bsky.social · 10d

Alakazam Magic shop have Hocus Pocus on sale for £20. That's less than @rikworth.bsky.social & I have sold it at conventions!
alakazam.co.uk/products/hoc...

Hocus Pocus by Richard Wiseman, Rik Worth, Jordan Collver and Owen Wat

One of the most exciting and refreshing explorations of the world of magic and mystery our community has ever seen. Brought to you by Professor Richard Wiseman and Vanishing Inc., Hocus Pocus is a one...

alakazam.co.uk

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Cole Henley @cole007.bsky.social · 9d

Had a lovely trek to Berlin for my 50th. Beautiful city, personal connection with a place my family had to flee over 90 years ago and got to enjoy it with the love of my life. Not a bad few days

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Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 14d

“This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer Story” is out now.

It’s a graphic memoir: comics can do things that no other medium can. I’ve tried to be as honest as possible while also making you laugh. I’ll break your heart while giving you a hug.

Buy it here:

linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...

#cansky

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Cole Henley @cole007.bsky.social · 14d

Link to the 4-page comic here: www.sarcoidosisuk.org/wp-content/u...

www.sarcoidosisuk.org

Cole Henley @cole007.bsky.social · 14d

Today is World Lung Day. A pleasant surprise to have the @sarcoidosisuk.bsky.social charity feature my comic about being diagnosed with pulmonary sarcoidosis.

Please spare a thought today for those affected by the range of conditions that affect our lungs, from asthma to COPD to Sarcoidosis.

Instagram screenshot from Sarcoidosis UK

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Arts Emergency @artsemergency.bsky.social · 15d

⏰ Just 4 days left to register as an Arts Emergency mentor!

If you...

🧑‍🎨 work in the creative or cultural industries
💬 can spare just 1 hour a month to chat to an ambitious young person
🫶 believe in making the sector fairer for all

Please sign up today!
👉 www.arts-emergency.org/get-involved...

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Gabby HC, but a ghost, hiding in a corner @scriblit.bsky.social · Nov 25

I remain obsessed by how much this publicity photo from Spaced looks like every British Xennial's First Houseshare Photo. The poses! The sofa! THE LITTLE BAMBOO TABLE FOR THE LANDLINE WITH SPACE BENEATH FOR THE YELLOW PAGES.

A photo from the millennial sitcom Spaced. 6 people are sharing a tattered greyish 2 person sofa, sitting on each other, arms around each other, smiling. There is a dog and a little bamboo table for the landline phone.

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Keith Purtell @keithpurtell.bsky.social · 18d

“There’s endless money and other resources to build a punishment archipelago, while communities have to beg for food and health care. These things are connected.”
@prisonculture.bsky.social

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 17d

Look who’s the snowflake now.

https://youtu.be/L3UPVLrclAk

Cancel Culture

YouTube video by The Lincoln Project

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Cole Henley @cole007.bsky.social · 17d

💯 - incredible live

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Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · 17d

Useful reminder from Peter Kellner on the problems we refuse to acknowledge are getting better, and the politics of hopelessness that this breeds

open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...

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David Ziggy Greene (Jam bookshop) @jambookshopuk.bsky.social · 18d

I absolutely hate making this book

but I want you to ask your local bookshop to order it.
Thanks.

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