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thehighsign.bsky.social
Regardless of the election outcome, this is a foghorn for anyone still on Twitter, especially politicians & government organizations, to get off of there immediately. How can anyone keep pretending to themselves it's some sort of "public square" ? [Sidenote: this sounds like God's worst watch party]
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · Nov 5
Elon Musk plans to spend election night with Donald Trump, giving the former president direct access to the person controlling X, a key information platform, on what could be a chaotic evening.
Musk to Spend Election Night With Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Elon Musk has spent $119 million on a super PAC supporting Donald Trump and held events on his behalf. But his ownership of X is especially valuable.
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2024 at 7:42 PM
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nsousanis.bsky.social
My Brand new comic about the election and elections! #Vote
(Printable off my site here spinweaveandcut.com/election-202...)
Alt-text A comic in black and white - with a series of metaphorical and literal images. Text is as follows: Elections, of course, have consequences. A path chosen, erases a possible future. As such, elecctions are a moment to reflect on where we’ve been and who we want to be - to consider our values, mirrored in the conduct of those we choose to represent us: They recognize, that while we’ve granted them great responsibility, they don’t stand above us, espousing their singular greatness. Rather, they stand with us, ever a public servant. Treating everyone with respect, never dividing between us and “them.” But bringing people together, and being there for all. Inset: Greek key to offset it: Greek myths warn of the dangers of hubris and the importance of hospitality.” On it’s surface, talk of restoring the greatness of bygone eras has obvious appeal. But for whom was this great? Without a critical eye, it’s no more than a myth. For history is still with us - not so distant. We don’t go back. Democracy moves forward. Evolving alongside our understanding, expanding as more voices are included. It changes because we change it. We cast our votes to hone those before us who made this experiment possible, and to ensure it continues for all who come after. Elections aren’t endpoints, but reminders that the work of democracy is ongoing.
November 4, 2024 at 6:02 PM
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goldengateblond.bsky.social
stop stop I can’t vote for her any harder
tweet from that cowardly chode elon musk: “A lot of people still don't believe me when I say that the Dems will do everything in their power to destroy me if they win on Nov 5th”
November 1, 2024 at 8:12 PM
zwol.bsky.social
Fascinating sky this morning.
October 30, 2024 at 3:34 PM
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rickihirsch.bsky.social
Fred Rodgers on the importance of making something even if other people don't think it's good had me crying this morning. Passing it along for anyone else that might need it.
A man in a green sweater and blue shirt drawing with crayons across three pictures. "Do you like to draw with crayons. I'm not very good at it but it doesn't matter" A man in a green sweater and blue shirt drawing with crayons across three pictures. "It's the fun of doing it that's important. Now, I wouldn't have made that if I'd just thought about it." A man in a green sweater and blue shirt drawing with crayons across three pictures. "No matter how anybody says it is. It feels good to have made something. The best thing is that each person's would be different." A man in a green sweater and blue shirt drawing with crayons across three pictures. "In a way, you've already won in this world because you're the only one who can be you and that's the way it's supposed to be."
October 25, 2024 at 12:28 AM
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kateweb.bsky.social
A small group of egrets should be a Sinatra; the absence of egrets, a Piaf.
qatanarama.bsky.social JustJo @qatanarama.bsky.social · Oct 24
Convocation of snowy egrets 🪶
5 large white birds with long legs hanging out at the pool at the marsh. Photo 2 & 3 are slightly closer up, this one has 3 birds , next one has 2. Long legs, long necks, long black beaks and muddy feet.
October 24, 2024 at 11:22 PM
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atrupar.com
The Kamala Harris town hall was fine. She’s more than capable. Vote against the fascist, for god’s sake. The end.
October 24, 2024 at 2:50 AM
zwol.bsky.social
Completely agree.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Oct 16
Unpopular take on this platform, but I think it's good that Kamala Harris is making a targeted pitch to anti-Trump Republicans and former Republicans. She's made no concessions and is trying to win a general election. Swing voters were key for Biden in 2020. I don't see any downside.
October 16, 2024 at 10:08 PM
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ostrichson.bsky.social
Art Nouveau is when stuff looks like it was made by Elves.

Art Deco is when stuff looks like it was made by Dwarves.
An Art Nouveau staircase decorated with curved patterns and soft colors, with a nature-themed background and rounded windows on the walls. Art Deco staircase. An angular, grand design in dark colors.
October 9, 2024 at 12:10 AM
zwol.bsky.social
Have you seen this, @scottmccloud.bsky.social ?

boxd.it/LjA6

Everyone you know must be recommending it.
Look Back (2024)
Popular, outgoing Fujino is celebrated by her classmates for her funny comics in the class newspaper. One day, her teacher asks her to share the space with Kyomoto, a truant recluse whose beautiful ar...
boxd.it
October 7, 2024 at 1:48 AM
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markpopham.bsky.social
The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
Photograph of the fucked up looking cake, now with a crown of burning candles
October 2, 2024 at 10:46 PM
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rosemarymosco.com
Rice’s whale.

Made in collaboration with Tommy Tucker, www.instagram.com/tommy_in_the....
A whale swimming in a beautiful blue ocean with shafts of light. Text: This is one of the rarest whales in the world. It's American, but most Americans have never heard of it. A whale swimming to the surface. Text: Rice's Whales live only in the Gulf of Mexico. They were identified as a species in 2021. Arrows point to the pointy fin, three ridges on the head, and a length that's a little longer than a school bus. A whale making calls that look like swirly lines and little frogs. Text: They make unique sounds, including a frog-like grunt and a sweeping, descending moan. These calls have echoed through the gulf for millions of years. An image of 50 whale tails, and a whale resting at the surface. Text: Today, there are fewer than 100 Rice's whales left - maybe only 50. Oil spills, noise from industry, and shipping traffic make things tough, especially since these whales sleep close to the surface at night. A whale swimming through a sunset-purple sea, with two other whales farther away
September 25, 2024 at 1:41 PM
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jessicacalarco.com
Growing up in a conservative Catholic family, I was told--you won't need abortion if you just make "good choices." But sometimes abortion is the "good choice" that makes all the other choices possible. So, I was deeply grateful to hear Kamala Harris acknowledge that reality last night.
More than that, Harris said something in her remarks that no one running for president ever has: She spoke about abortion as a normal part of a person’s life. Not a tragedy or an impossible choice, but a decision a young woman made in service of the life she wanted for herself. “She was excited, she was working hard. She was a medical assistant. She was going to nursing school, raising her 6 year-old son. She was really proud that she had finally worked so hard that she gained the independence…that she was able to get an apartment in a gated community with a pool for her son to play in. She was so proud, and she was headed to nursing school. And her name, and we will speak her name: Amber Nicole Thurman. And she had her future all planned out. And it was her plan. You know, pause on that for a moment. She had her plan. What she wanted to do. For her son, for herself, for her future. And so when she discovered she was pregnant, she decided she wanted to have an abortion."
September 21, 2024 at 5:31 PM
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thehighsign.bsky.social
Roses are red
April brings rains
Screenshot from Dear Leader's Truth Social account: "Why didn't she do something about the things of which she complains?"
August 23, 2024 at 3:22 AM
zwol.bsky.social
I’m super confused by this sign. Maybe that’s fine.
August 16, 2024 at 4:23 PM
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stevelieberart.bsky.social
Blessing the timeline with an outtake from the Hounds of Love album cover shoot.

Lots more photos and an account of the shoot at www.vintag.es/2024/08/houn...
Kate Bush back in 1985, lying on lilac satin with her two dogs, seen from the same overhead view as the famous cover photo. But she has no make-up, her eyes are closed, and it looks like she was just laughing. The dogs aren’t being very cooperative, and someone is reaching into frame trying to push one of them back into the shot.
August 14, 2024 at 4:49 AM
zwol.bsky.social
I need this.
josie.zone 🏳️‍⚧️ Tár-Tár Binks @josie.zone · Jul 27
The eerily beautiful highlight of this graphic novel is when the Peanuts gang observes a moment of silence at the site of the Battle of Culloden
July 27, 2024 at 4:57 PM
zwol.bsky.social
I want her to eat him alive.
scottmccloud.bsky.social scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social · Jul 21
Ladies and Gents, we have a PROSECUTOR.
July 21, 2024 at 7:41 PM
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redrawnoxen.bsky.social
River crossing
July 17, 2024 at 4:15 PM
zwol.bsky.social
This is an absolutely wonderful movie. See it if you can.
tvaziri.com Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · Jul 7
"Thelma" (2024) is exactly the kind of incredibly enjoyable, low-stakes movie we all have been asking for. This movie is so sweet and charming and thoughtful. A delight.
July 7, 2024 at 7:43 PM
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tvaziri.com
I understand how juicy the “is Biden too old?” story is for The New York Times and the Washington Post but there’s also the story that one political party is promising to end democracy. They might want to write some more stories about that.
July 4, 2024 at 7:14 PM
zwol.bsky.social
Sometimes the algorithm just lines up.

@lopatto.bsky.social @guinnessisacat.bsky.social
June 28, 2024 at 10:15 PM
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washingtonpost.com
Breaking news: Donald Trump is found guilty in his N.Y. hush money trial, becoming the first ex-president convicted of a crime.

Follow live updates: wapo.st/3X1Mu2Y
Guilty, Trump convicted in NY hush money trial
May 30, 2024 at 9:07 PM
zwol.bsky.social
Some of my favorite original art. From the comic Finder by @carlaspeedmcneil.bsky.social

Including a penciled page that is, to my knowledge, unpublished?
Original art from Finder: Talisman Original art from Finder: Dream Sequence Original art from Finder: Dream Sequence Original art from Finder, but pencils only; unpublished
October 31, 2023 at 12:09 AM
zwol.bsky.social
Yellowing, but otherwise unharmed.

@scottmccloud.bsky.social
Original art for page 186 of Understanding Comics Note from Scott McCloud in thanks for buying the art
October 31, 2023 at 12:03 AM