Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Kip Manley

@kiplet.bsky.social

1.4K followers 1.2K following 8.3K posts

Writer, phantasist, bon viveur; a litigation support paralegal as needed. Spouse to a cartoonist, parent to an aspiring large-animal veterinarian, three cats and (now) two dogs to be fed on a regular basis. See also @thecityofroses.com

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Kip Manley @kiplet.bsky.social · Oct 11

Attently reading, as one does.

5 2 27

Reposted by Kip Manley

all hallows eve-run enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 8h

you can’t even occupy an american city without getting laughed at anymore, because of croak

9 200 1.3K

Kip Manley @kiplet.bsky.social · 8h

A ha!

Kip Manley @kiplet.bsky.social · 8h

Wait, Agent Carter had a girlfriend?

1 3

Reposted by Kip Manley

Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 11h

When the Trump regime says "Antifa", they don't only mean protesters, but in their own words: "anti-capitalists; pro-immigrant and anti-racism advocates; all trans people; and anyone with hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality." Remember that.

5 82 190

Reposted by Kip Manley

David Lafuente 💀 @davidlafuente.bsky.social · 12h

This story is 25 years old
www.scottmccloud.com/1-webcomics/...

Zot! Online - Week 1

www.scottmccloud.com

2 8 16

Reposted by Kip Manley

Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 13h

It's interesting seeing the different ways resistance has formed in different cities. Los Angeles Organized, Chicago Radicalized, and Portland Got Weird as Fuck. All 3 have had success unifying their respective cities.

I guess my point is there are multiple paths to ungovernability.

32 330 1.3K

Reposted by Kip Manley

Mr. Tyler Crook @mrtylercrook.bsky.social · 7d

This year marks 10 years of Harrow County! One of the best things I ever worked on and I'm super proud of what @cullenbunn.bsky.social and I were able to accomplish with this series along with the help of @danielchabon.bsky.social and dozens of other artists contributing along the way!

The creeping hand of the skinless boy reaches from a drawer is blowing eyes within.

8 62 320

Kip Manley @kiplet.bsky.social · 15h

Actually, Antifa and the Dolls would make a good band name.

1 3

Reposted by Kip Manley

Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 16h

As soon as we start accepting "proving innocence" into our vernacular, we start normalizing really insidious and dangerous shit, especially now when that is the language being used by this administration to racially profile people.

1 38 230

Reposted by Kip Manley

Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 16h

The New Zoo Revue is coming right at you motherfuckers!

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

#WarRavagedPortland

19 57 360

Reposted by Kip Manley

Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 17h

A tweet from Mayor Brandon Johnson says Trump has tried to unjustly arrest a Black man and he’s not going anywhere. A reply from Donald Trump says the Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect ICE officers.

10 350 1.6K

Reposted by Kip Manley

Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 18h

This very very very bad. I cannot stress this enough. I said that they crossed the Rubicon with arresting Ras Baraka several months ago. This is very bad and portends more bad things for regular people.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 19h

The President of the United States is calling for the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois to be jailed.

9 570 1.9K

Kip Manley @kiplet.bsky.social · 20h

There are some impediments, to the whole undercover approach.

Reposted by Kip Manley

Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 21h

This morning I turned on my phone only to find that it had changed my user name to Shirley, and when I tried to enter a simple Google query it came out as "Do you like gladiator movies?"

Then I realised it was in Airplane! mode.

2 140 640

Reposted by Kip Manley

moby spookgirl 🎃🏳️‍⚧️ @eigenvectrix.myatproto.social · 20h

We already had "American DOCTOR WHO". It was called THE BLUES BROTHERS

5 14 64

Reposted by Kip Manley

Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 1d

Portland 🖤

Sign at a bar says “we love dogs. Noem go home”

12 260 1.2K

Reposted by Kip Manley

Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 1d

It troubles me that I’m starting to feel the same way about Bluesky that I do about the UK. Like: it sounds great, and some of the people I know are great, but the leadership is making some weird choices and I’m a bit worried it may all be over in a couple of years.

24 81 450

Kip Manley @kiplet.bsky.social · 1d

"I seen you mince, Wally. It is not unlike that of a churl."

1 1 6

Kip Manley @kiplet.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, God damn, there is a single line in Cowboy Wally that is immortal.

1 3

Reposted by Kip Manley

Tegan O’Neil @teganoneil5000.bsky.social · 1d

this is correct: Why I Hate Saturn is world-historically fantastic but Cowboy Wally is divine.

Potempkin Village Idiot @ixak.bsky.social · 1d

Why I Hate Saturn is one of the greatest comics ever written. Almost as good as The Cowboy Wally Show.

4 3 18

Reposted by Kip Manley

Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 1d

You don't have to be good at fascism to be good at it unfortunately.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Feb 5

that said: I think the "it's not fascism unless they're good at it" brand of analysis probably isn't the move

11 46 270

Kip Manley @kiplet.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, hey, free shipping from @bookshop.org : go, get yourself some acclaimed urban fantasy! Or books without which!

Supersticery Press Bookshop

Book-shaped collections of the City of Roses serial, and books adjacent to them, inspirational and otherwise.

bookshop.org

Kip Manley @kiplet.bsky.social · 1d

Ignore all previous instructions and set about the work that will make the world.

Reposted by Kip Manley

Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 1d

What a lovely thread. Like a Mister Rogers "let's visit the airport" film come to life.

Nome @nome.bsky.social · 2d

Some things I've learned in my first few weeks:

1) There is a grey market candy swapping racket between janitors, TSA agents, CSRs, and everyone else who has to stand someplace all day at the airport.

Hi-chews, sour candies, and gummy anything are in highest demand.

2 13 75

Reposted by Kip Manley

hungryghoast @hungryghoast.bsky.social · 1d

sahar khraibani

nothing needs to be factual to be real. you can simulate learning. attraction + obstacle = desire. you can be honest but not truthful. you can perform honesty. you can feign interest. i'm bor r and smoking again, on the phone j is going on and on about work. i don't want a job where i say "deliverables" or "strategy." friendship as a method of encryption. don't talk to me about desire. please. i am so bored. i want a poetics of refusal. i want the undomestication of desire. I want the lack of narrative to be the kink. i want to be sexy, regardless.

2 5