Heartsib
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Nature, queer stuff, Star Trek, comics, and the Beaubier twins. Hi!
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"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
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In two Florida State Legislative special elections tonight, we are seeing big double-digit Democratic over performances to accompany tonight's huge win in Miami.
The wave continues to build, even in Florida.
The wave continues to build, even in Florida.
December 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
In two Florida State Legislative special elections tonight, we are seeing big double-digit Democratic over performances to accompany tonight's huge win in Miami.
The wave continues to build, even in Florida.
The wave continues to build, even in Florida.
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1) I was having drinks with @gregrucka.com who is in LA for VERY SECRET REASONS and we were discussing this post, because he had just finished A Thing and I am in the middle of A Thing and write all day, literally 9 to 5, and we were talking baout how THAT felt ...
I said it before, will say it again -- generative AI fetishizes "ideas" while sneering at effort, execution, and education. That, despite Gen-AI being built on and out of other people's effort, execution and education.
A.I. and the Fetishization Of Ideas
In writing and in dispensing my (very dubious, probably shady) writing advice, I am often keen to note that ideas are bullshit. Most writers treat them like precious gems when really, ideas are lik…
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December 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
1) I was having drinks with @gregrucka.com who is in LA for VERY SECRET REASONS and we were discussing this post, because he had just finished A Thing and I am in the middle of A Thing and write all day, literally 9 to 5, and we were talking baout how THAT felt ...
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I made a long-form comic book! It’s a romance! Teens fall in love! Hijinks! Transmasc non-binary love interest! Mother-daughter bonding! Idyllic wintry vibes! Five starred reviews from trade publications! bookshop.org/p/books/ange...
December 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I made a long-form comic book! It’s a romance! Teens fall in love! Hijinks! Transmasc non-binary love interest! Mother-daughter bonding! Idyllic wintry vibes! Five starred reviews from trade publications! bookshop.org/p/books/ange...
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IMO it's a messy discussion partly because people conflate "high quality" and "literary."
I can list comics I think are in same category as great lit. Some examples: Love Bunglers, Human Diastrophism, From Hell, Big Questions, Maus, Fun Home.
But that list's only partly based on quality.
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I can list comics I think are in same category as great lit. Some examples: Love Bunglers, Human Diastrophism, From Hell, Big Questions, Maus, Fun Home.
But that list's only partly based on quality.
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I feel conflicted about the comics / literature discourse, because on the one hand, of course they’re literature, but on the other hand, people are out here claiming things like that Saga is totally on par with Moby Dick and like, no, no it isn’t, fuck off, do you even read, bro?
December 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
IMO it's a messy discussion partly because people conflate "high quality" and "literary."
I can list comics I think are in same category as great lit. Some examples: Love Bunglers, Human Diastrophism, From Hell, Big Questions, Maus, Fun Home.
But that list's only partly based on quality.
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I can list comics I think are in same category as great lit. Some examples: Love Bunglers, Human Diastrophism, From Hell, Big Questions, Maus, Fun Home.
But that list's only partly based on quality.
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Those comics are all extremely high quality. But the other reason I list them is that they're in or adjacent to (what I subjectively perceive as) the "literary" genre.
There are comics that are ludicrously high quality that aren't in the "literary" genre. For example, Calvin and Hobbes.
There are comics that are ludicrously high quality that aren't in the "literary" genre. For example, Calvin and Hobbes.
December 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Those comics are all extremely high quality. But the other reason I list them is that they're in or adjacent to (what I subjectively perceive as) the "literary" genre.
There are comics that are ludicrously high quality that aren't in the "literary" genre. For example, Calvin and Hobbes.
There are comics that are ludicrously high quality that aren't in the "literary" genre. For example, Calvin and Hobbes.
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Another problem is that comics are, despite some antecedents going back centuries, a really young genre. Most widely-acknowledged great literary fiction is at least a half century old; Moby Dick is 175 years old, I think.
Comics are too young to have many acknowledged masterpieces that old.
Comics are too young to have many acknowledged masterpieces that old.
December 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Another problem is that comics are, despite some antecedents going back centuries, a really young genre. Most widely-acknowledged great literary fiction is at least a half century old; Moby Dick is 175 years old, I think.
Comics are too young to have many acknowledged masterpieces that old.
Comics are too young to have many acknowledged masterpieces that old.
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And finally - going back to the Calvin and Hobbes example - I think too many people conflate "in the high literature genre" and "greatest."
There are things comics do that prose can't do as well or as naturally.
Comics can be great with or without aping the "literary" genre.
There are things comics do that prose can't do as well or as naturally.
Comics can be great with or without aping the "literary" genre.
December 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
And finally - going back to the Calvin and Hobbes example - I think too many people conflate "in the high literature genre" and "greatest."
There are things comics do that prose can't do as well or as naturally.
Comics can be great with or without aping the "literary" genre.
There are things comics do that prose can't do as well or as naturally.
Comics can be great with or without aping the "literary" genre.
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The anti-MAHA messaging really needs to play this up. Do you realize the infant mortality rate in the US less than 100 years ago was over 60 per 1000 births and now it's down to 5.47 per 1000.
Also formula is a medical miracle. Babies used to just fucking starve to death!
December 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The anti-MAHA messaging really needs to play this up. Do you realize the infant mortality rate in the US less than 100 years ago was over 60 per 1000 births and now it's down to 5.47 per 1000.
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December 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Re: everybody getting got by an ai dog video: I want to talk about propaganda in general as well as ai in specific. We are awash in way too much stuff to pay deep attention to and that's absolutely by design.
December 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Re: everybody getting got by an ai dog video: I want to talk about propaganda in general as well as ai in specific. We are awash in way too much stuff to pay deep attention to and that's absolutely by design.
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FYI to anyone attending ALA: this Residence Inn is in the hotel block.
December 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
FYI to anyone attending ALA: this Residence Inn is in the hotel block.
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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Studios lament the loss of "company men" without looking at the differences in the ways Stan Lee and Jack Kirby were treated.
You get "company men" by being good to the men who work for the company.
You get "company men" by being good to the men who work for the company.
From Jack Kirby to Steve Gerber to Alan Moore to pretty everybody else who ever worked for DC or Marvel, "Work for Hire" is one of the biggest con jobs ever pulled.
December 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Studios lament the loss of "company men" without looking at the differences in the ways Stan Lee and Jack Kirby were treated.
You get "company men" by being good to the men who work for the company.
You get "company men" by being good to the men who work for the company.
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Good night, fellow denizens of the deep. May we all be blessed by a Whalefall in the coming weeks.
December 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Good night, fellow denizens of the deep. May we all be blessed by a Whalefall in the coming weeks.
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YES FINALLY .
prop rep would make this country into a socialist hellscape which is exactly why the tories hate it so much, trudeau ran and won on making this change which he never did, so fuck him let's do it ourselves
SIGN THIS. CANADIANS. DO IT 🫵🫵🫵
prop rep would make this country into a socialist hellscape which is exactly why the tories hate it so much, trudeau ran and won on making this change which he never did, so fuck him let's do it ourselves
SIGN THIS. CANADIANS. DO IT 🫵🫵🫵
Canadian citizens and residents, there's a new official parliamentary petition raising the issue of electoral reform and proportional representation. Signing is a direct means of meaningful action toward improving our democracy, and it just takes a moment to do. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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December 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
YES FINALLY .
prop rep would make this country into a socialist hellscape which is exactly why the tories hate it so much, trudeau ran and won on making this change which he never did, so fuck him let's do it ourselves
SIGN THIS. CANADIANS. DO IT 🫵🫵🫵
prop rep would make this country into a socialist hellscape which is exactly why the tories hate it so much, trudeau ran and won on making this change which he never did, so fuck him let's do it ourselves
SIGN THIS. CANADIANS. DO IT 🫵🫵🫵
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How Law Banning DEI, LGBTQ Topics in Schools Could Fare in Court
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
How Law Banning DEI, LGBTQ Topics in Schools Could Fare in Court
A lawsuit challenging Texas’ SB 12 heads to court Dec. 10, as students, teachers, and advocates argue the law chills speech, undermines GSAs, and blocks gender-affirming names and pronouns.
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December 8, 2025 at 12:44 AM
How Law Banning DEI, LGBTQ Topics in Schools Could Fare in Court
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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OPINION: "Most U.S. labor protections—health insurance, paid leave, workers’ compensation and retirement benefits—are tied to full-time, W-2 employment. But few artists work that way. They rely on gigs that don’t fit neatly into existing systems," Joanna Woronkowicz writes.
Opinion | Why It’s Becoming Harder to be an Artist in America
Joanna Woronkowicz writes about the economic challenges artists face and what can be done to help them.
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December 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
OPINION: "Most U.S. labor protections—health insurance, paid leave, workers’ compensation and retirement benefits—are tied to full-time, W-2 employment. But few artists work that way. They rely on gigs that don’t fit neatly into existing systems," Joanna Woronkowicz writes.
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Oh yeah btw the reason why Vine is being relaunched with great fanfare and no Al is because it's jointly operated with an Al company and they probably don;t want to pollute their scrap pile with stuff they've already shat out.
November 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Oh yeah btw the reason why Vine is being relaunched with great fanfare and no Al is because it's jointly operated with an Al company and they probably don;t want to pollute their scrap pile with stuff they've already shat out.
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unpopular take but women need to stop apologizing for liking the stuff their gender is associated with. fanfiction, pop concerts and pink isn't cringe or guilt pleasure or dumb. it's fun and exciting and sometimes amazing. we get to have that too.
December 7, 2025 at 6:34 AM
unpopular take but women need to stop apologizing for liking the stuff their gender is associated with. fanfiction, pop concerts and pink isn't cringe or guilt pleasure or dumb. it's fun and exciting and sometimes amazing. we get to have that too.
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This really is a must read for anyone in academia.
December 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This really is a must read for anyone in academia.
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The Moon and Jupiter are fabulous tonight. (That's β Geminorum / Pollux up at the top...) (Check Sky & Telescope for more info: skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...)
December 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The Moon and Jupiter are fabulous tonight. (That's β Geminorum / Pollux up at the top...) (Check Sky & Telescope for more info: skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...)
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“I can’t see a rational reason to move inmates that have been compliant in an environment to a more restrictive environment,” says the former president of the American Correctional Association.
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for “Living Hell” Under Trump
Trump officials are retaliating by imposing the harshest conditions in the entire federal prison system, including near total isolation.
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December 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“I can’t see a rational reason to move inmates that have been compliant in an environment to a more restrictive environment,” says the former president of the American Correctional Association.