I can't think of two songs that capture the current moment better than "Life During Wartime" and "Nothing But Flowers" David Byrne saw the future

I'm doing first-timer-friendly reviews of Twin Peaks in its entirety for @popheist.com — nothing that spoils anything that's coming. If you've never experienced the best show of all time I'd love for you to watch and read along

The only hashtag you need for this morning's festivities. Follow along!

thinking about her today…

Such a fun book, and a terrific gift for comic book, super hero and mystery fans!

The one about comic book page rates – again. News flash: Comic book page rates are STILL stagnant, after all these years, and for indie cartoonists it's even harder

I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Jonly Ronly Ronly Tolkien

Read this entire thread.

The guy who launched his rocket ride to the Presidency on birtherism just got outplayed by a Muslim democratic socialist, any candidate (and their organization) who lost to Trump should be deeply embarrassed and find new work.

This is basically the only thing I want for Chanukah.

I'm sorry, but when, not if, we finally get the government back, we need to regulate the shit out of this entire industry

a movie so sharp and funny that it basically killed the musical biopic for a decade

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Ban private equity, tbh

Pluribus is great, huh? Also, well after the rest of the world, I've recently gotten into the novels of Stuart Turton and that's a very good thing. Finally, very much looking forward to reading @seantcollins.com' Twin Peaks recaps on @popheist.com when I do my rewatch soon!

It's the 60th anniversary of the release of Jules Feiffer's THE GREAT COMIC BOOK SUPER-HEROES, one of the most influential books about comics for a couple of generations of comic book creators! 13thdimension.com/my-13-favori...

After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run. We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader. If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇

That’s the name of a guy that has one Star Destroyer and a handful of Tie Fighters under his command, and he gives Wedge Antilles hell for four books.

Take it from someone who's written Star Wars: "Leader Thune" is a Star Wars-ass name. And not a good guy, neither.

I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:

Enough is enough. Contact your Democratic senators TODAY and tell them to call for Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. We desperately need new leadership in the Democratic Party.

This is the message of a failed, feckless, and leaderless party. We need a party with backbone, and the only path to it is through a cleansing primary season. If your Dem is up for reelection, and you aren't damn sure they're fighting the fascists with everything they've got, primary the bastard.

Can't believe how much I was cursing at my radio this morning. I hate being angry. It is not my natural state!

Walking Circulatory System for Senate Minority Leader

They turned Indivisible into an officially anti-Democratic incumbent organization overnight. Just remarkable stuff!

It doesn't actually matter if Chuck Schumer votes for this or not. If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.

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Caving now will teach Trump and Republicans that they can win any fight simply by threatening to cause terrible harm to regular people. no possible way that could have future adverse consequences

This shit is so bleak. If we had any sense at all, we'd ban chatbots and charge their CEOs w/ public endangerment. We're not even dying to Terminators or cool Matrix squids. LLMs pick which life-saving public services to end, coach kids to end their lives, & catfish retirees into pointless deaths.

i'm very glad this technology is being forced onto us everywhere on all levels

To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.

Here's how to turn off Bluesky's censorship settings, so you can see posts by people you follow, even if Bluesky thinks they're rude. You can customize the controls on quite a bit more than the Rude label, even.

Republicans thought they had a permanent hold over young men. They didn't. Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.

Boy, Andrew Cuomo is one of the most loathsome politicians of the century, huh? Absolutely wild watching him slough layer after layer off himself to become progressively more disgusting throughout this campaign like Pennywise the Dancing Clown

As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed. The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.

Marvel's Daredevil: The Illustrated History is now available in bookstores! Over 60 years of Daredevil, all in an illustrated book that I wrote. I'm beyond proud of how it turned out. For all Matt Murdock fans out there, I think you're gonna really enjoy it! www.simonandschuster.com/books/Marvel...

DirectFile, free covid tests via USPS, child tax credit: federal programs that worked and benefited ordinary people and therefore had to be ended in case everyone got used to it

This is worse than the worst thing ever attributed to any “Bernie Bro”. The Democratic leader literally refusing to say WHETHER HE VOTED FOR THE DEMOCRAT.

Holy cow, I cannot wait for this guy to not be my Senator.

YES YOU SHOULD VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS TOMORROW EVEN IF MAMDANI IS NOT ON THE BALLOT WHERE YOU LIVE

Happy DST youtu.be/mxqZ71Kw0uM?...

I don't know what I did to deserve the world's most cursed ad, but now I'm sharing the curse with you.

Greeting the trick or treaters of suburban Minneapolis

They literally ruin everything they touch

One time I wrote a Halloween story about the spookiest thing in the world: the knowledge of your own mortality. CBR published it and my brother did illustrations and somehow it's still available online! Take that, link rot! www.cbr.com/robot-666-s-...

"Leatherface is just a put-upon little guy with anxiety. Now that's a slasher you can relate to."

Happy Halloween!

New Yorkers vote today if you haven’t and you get this