Neal Curtis
@nihilcurtis.bsky.social
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Comics scholar, one-time critical theorist. Interested in science communication & graphic medicine. Enjoys SF. Concerned (to say the least) by climate emergency and fascism. Escaped UK for Aotearoa. Tangata Tiriti. He/him.
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nihilcurtis.bsky.social
The call goes out from fascist allegiant police to "Pepper the Frog".
dannykpolitics.bsky.social
WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents
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justinbaragona.bsky.social
Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.
nihilcurtis.bsky.social
I just came across this French comic, Hothead Paisan: Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist, written and drawn by Dianne DiMassa from 1991 to 1998. #comics
nihilcurtis.bsky.social
Ambient electronic lounge jazz
cover of Jeremy Dower, Sentimental Dance Music for Couples
nihilcurtis.bsky.social
On enforcing "conservatism" in US higher education that is not conservative.
ericgoldman.bsky.social
From @sivav.bsky.social :

The education "compact" is "like an invitation to borrow money from the mob, with substantial control & future penalties assured... Any university leader who signs on to this compact would...do deep & permanent harm to the US & the world"

newrepublic.com/article/2013...
Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down
How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education
newrepublic.com
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keithwdickinson.bsky.social
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.
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niallharbison.bsky.social
A very big day for the street dogs
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lebassett.bsky.social
I am begging men to go to therapy instead of running for office
patriottakes.bsky.social
Speaking at a church, Jack Ciattarelli suggested he be called “big daddy” instead of governor if he wins:

“…his grandchildren do not call him grandpa. …They call him big daddy, and I was thinking when we win this race I kind of like that better than governor. Big daddy.”
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vicstew.bsky.social
“Authoritarianism is as American as slavery, as internment camps, as police brutality, as voter suppression. To fight it, white people have to stop pretending government oppression arrived overnight and start dismantling the systems that have been incubating it all along.”
angryblacklady.blacksky.app
"Black people are tired. Not metaphorically tired—actually tired. The kind of tired that turns every group chat into a mix of gallows humor and emotional triage."

I write about white ignorance and how exhausting it is to hear white ppl insist "this isn't who we are, when it's ALWAYS who we've been.
White People’s Performative Ignorance Is Exhausting—Opinion
Disbelief over authoritarianism in America isn’t a cutesy personality trait. It’s a confession: You haven’t been paying attention.
rewirenewsgroup.com
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nihilcurtis.bsky.social
John Key would have voted for this. #NZpol
flglchicago.bsky.social
Here’s video of the incident
nihilcurtis.bsky.social
If anything happens to Dolly Parton, and I really, really hope she gets well, no one, literally NO ONE is going to have to police other people's speech because she is a genuinely good and great person.
nihilcurtis.bsky.social
Yea, but at least Dave Chapelle can tell his shit jokes there and not have ppl tell him they're shit. #MeSpeech
nihilcurtis.bsky.social
Cartoon by Ralph Chaplin for IWW.
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edzitron.com
Cool :)
techmeme.com
JPMorgan Chase reports that $1.2T of debt is now tied to AI-related companies, making it the largest segment in the investment-grade market (Caleb Mutua/Bloomberg)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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rickardsisters.com
Hello America & Canada, it’s publication day for This Slavery!

It’s the story of two sisters living in 1910s UK who work in cotton weaving factories. It’s about women’s place in industrial capitalism, and how marriage can be about power & control.

It’s also an inch-thick comic with a dog in it
nihilcurtis.bsky.social
Sure he fantasies about being on Fox News.
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nzrossvideo.bsky.social
So, absolutely nothing that Winston says has the slightest effect on anyone listening.
Concurrently, everything Chloe says is a siren call to violence.
The demented old man is telling on himself