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Author/illustrator: the DELILAH DIRK series, LET'S GET SLEEPY, BUBBLE. Currently making an epic tale of 19th-century adventure, PRACTICAL DEFENCE AGAINST PIRACY, or #PDAP 🎨 tonycliff.com ⚔️ delilahdirk.com ✨ patreon.com/tonycliff

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Tony Cliff @tangocharlie.bsky.social · Sep 27

Hello New Folks!
I made the DELILAH DIRK BOOKS (for everyone), LET'S GET SLEEPY (for kids), and illustrated BUBBLE (NOT for kids).
Currently making an ambitious, full-colour, full-throated, no-slop new GN which I am sharing online as I go.

Behold, a webbed site:
👉 www.tonycliff.com

A photo of the three Delilah Dirk books: DD1 (THE TURKISH LIEUTENANT), DD2 (THE KING'S SHILLING), and DD3 (THE PILLARS OF HERCULES)

WIP Cover art for the book PRACTICAL DEFENCE AGAINST PIRACY

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Kate Beaton @katebeaton.bsky.social · 18h

I have letter to the editor this week in our local paper.
Our community is, once again, facing a developer who wants to turn public, protected coastal land into a golf course. We've been here before. This time, it's shadier. And God knows it was shady last time. www.invernessoran.ca/top-story/co...

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Tony Cliff @tangocharlie.bsky.social · 1d

i laughed out loud just now

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Tony Cliff @tangocharlie.bsky.social · 2d

I mean,
Literally,
hang from a bar for 30 whole seconds. Breathe good.

The kids at the playground might look at you funny. Ignore them.

Tony Cliff @tangocharlie.bsky.social · 2d

You don’t even have to do it upside down!

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Tony Cliff @tangocharlie.bsky.social · 2d

Though if *I* had to only travel once, it would be Lucca.
No, maybe Quai des Bulles in St Malo.

Wait omg the dates are right next to each other, 😍😍😍

Tony Cliff @tangocharlie.bsky.social · 2d

🫡
👍 👍

Tony Cliff @tangocharlie.bsky.social · 2d

This seems like a VERY handsome font

astronef.typofonderie.com/index.html

cc @wardjenkins.bsky.social

Astronef | Typofonderie

astronef.typofonderie.com

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Tony Cliff @tangocharlie.bsky.social · 2d

“Tony is this a problem that happens often?”
“Occasionally.”
“Perhaps you could…”
“If you’re going to say ‘paint all your coffee beans a contrasting colour, such as white,’ well, I have considered it, but would you be surprised to learn that the time savings do not add up favourably?”

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Tony Cliff @tangocharlie.bsky.social · 2d

While scooping coffee beans, one fell, and I worried it would land on our coffee-bean coloured floor (frustrating). But it fell straight into the coffee grinder instead (convenient)!
Anyway we have to look for good omens wherever they present themselves, is all I’m saying.

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Tony Cliff @tangocharlie.bsky.social · 3d

Haaaa ha ha ha ha ha
“It’s okay if it doesn’t look quite right,” I say, lying through my teeth

No, ha ha, actually everything he does is perfect, somehow, I wish I could be as kind to myself as I am with him

Tony Cliff @tangocharlie.bsky.social · 4d

Oh hellooo
kottke.org/25/10/quenti...

Quentin Blake: How I Draw

Illustrator Quentin Blake, who is most widely known for his energetic drawings for Roald Dahl’s books, generously shares h

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Tony Cliff @tangocharlie.bsky.social · 4d

“More stores need to stock what’s good and not what will obviously sell,” I think, surprised to suddenly find myself allied with the obnoxious know-it-all retail worker

Tony Cliff @tangocharlie.bsky.social · 4d

This, but maybe a different release or whatever bc the album art is different

Tony Cliff @tangocharlie.bsky.social · 4d

I rarely go to thrift stores and I never flip through the vinyl records.
But I was there today and I found an old copy of an album I set out only HOPING I MIGHT find at the actual record store,
and now I’ll be chasing this high for the rest of my life, I guess
🤷‍♂️

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Tony Cliff @tangocharlie.bsky.social · 5d

have you heard tempers.bandcamp.com/album/privat...
(upon re-listening, this is not as similar as I remembered it being, but wth, enjoy)

Private Life, by TEMPERS

10 track album

tempers.bandcamp.com

Tony Cliff @tangocharlie.bsky.social · 5d

i am also enjoying Pixel Grip, making me feel like the cyber-goth and/or cool kid which I am definitely not

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Tony Cliff @tangocharlie.bsky.social · 5d

For more information: action.openmedia.org/page/173242/...

Stop Carney’s Surveillance Plan: Stop Bill C–2!

Bill C-2 threatens our privacy, erodes our freedoms, and grants the government unchecked surveillance powers. Tell Mark Carney: surrendering to U.S. data demands isn’t leadership — it’s a betrayal of ...

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Tony Cliff @tangocharlie.bsky.social · 5d

🇨🇦 CANADIANS:
Sign this House of Commons petition to withdraw bill C-2!
The bill is bad, the petition is quick and easy.

Thank you, @jennykwan.bsky.social

👉 ✒️ www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Screenshot of the linked page, text below:

Petition to the House of Commons
Whereas:
- Bill C-2, titled the “Strong Borders Act”, contains provisions that threaten fundamental rights and freedoms protected under Canadian and international law;
- The Bill would grant law enforcement and national security agencies warrantless access to Canadians’ historical associations with organizations and businesses;
- It would allow authorities to compel the disclosure of sensitive personal information, including geolocation data and contact details, based merely on suspicion of relevance to the investigation of offences under Acts of Parliament, regardless of individual involvement;
- The Bill is designed to facilitate Canada's alignment with the United States' CLOUD Act and the United Nations Cybercrime Convention, raising serious concerns about foreign access to Canadians’ private data, including by regimes with poor human rights records; and
- Bill C-2 undermines Canada’s obligations under international human rights instruments, particularly in relation to privacy rights and the fair treatment of migrants and refugees.

We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons to:
1. Immediately withdraw Bill C-2 in its entirety;
2. Reaffirm Canada’s commitment to privacy, civil liberties, and international human rights standards;
3. Reject any legislative or policy initiatives that would enable foreign states, including the United States, to gain undue access to Canadians’ personal information; and
4. Ensure that national security and border-related legislation upholds the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and is subject to meaningful judicial oversight.

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Tony Cliff @tangocharlie.bsky.social · 6d

My internal monologue used to say, “that can’t possibly be what he meant,” but no, not anymore, not after the last few years

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Chappell Ellison @chappelltracker.bsky.social · 6d

Just look at how Phil de Guard rendered a hutch in this background painting for Bewitched Bunny (1954). Absolutely perfect level of fidelity for a quick pan. Absolutely obsessed with that dude

A cartoon witch with green skin, messy black hair, and a long crooked nose wears a teal dress and tall black hat while carrying Bugs Bunny in her arms. Bugs appears annoyed, his arms folded and ears drooping. Behind them is a light-green cabinet with white silhouettes of dishes and teapots, and a vase of red flowers on top. The wooden floor contrasts with the flat, pastel background.

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Tony Cliff @tangocharlie.bsky.social · 6d

Well, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to YOU!

Tony Cliff @tangocharlie.bsky.social · 6d

(Boy I sure hope I’m using the right term there.)

Tony Cliff @tangocharlie.bsky.social · 6d

Every time I do the tiny bit of extra work to not end a sentence with a preposition, I feel like I might as well be wearing a powdered wig.

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Tony Cliff @tangocharlie.bsky.social · 7d

Hmm I guess it’s possible that chasing down negligent customers is also worth incentivizing against. 🫤

Tony Cliff @tangocharlie.bsky.social · 7d

Mobile carriers around here offer *SUPER deep discounts* for setting up auto-pay, so I can only assume that “you knowing how much you’re paying every month” is, at scale, a tremendous blow to their profits, and I just think that’s really gross! Thanks!

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