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Spring has sprung which means fresh zine fests and art book fairs. If you participate in these events and haven't checked out this sales transparency page, have a look! It might help you set expectations and it would be great for you to share your results/experiences. tinyurl.com/artbookfairsales

Thinking about all these beloved and deeply important art institutions closing in SF. Not a suggestion, but a plaintive wish--I wish the comics/art community would start taking root in the East Bay. I'm not even talking Berkeley or Oakland, I mean like Richmond, Antioch, Martinez etc

Check out zinemap.com. This international map of zine shops, libraries and events is a stellar resource - lots of community input and some interviews too. Thanks to its creator CJ for telling me about it this morning. Happy to boost this, as it's filled with useful information.

I've been tracking every ICE detention death under Trump and publishing the data publicly. Read the full breakdown, including the searchable table of all 42 deaths, at: austinkocher.substack.com/p/as-predict...

finally watched Weapons. WOW i loved it. i just LOVE A SCARY WITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!

really love zines lately

I met with AI data labelers in Kenya who are organizing their colleagues to fight the brutal working conditions and horrible pay given to the workers at the "bottom of the AI supply chain." They believe the NDAs they've signed are unenforceable so are speaking out: www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...

At a recent zine fest, I circulated a little manifesto against using AI for protest flyers and wound up talking about AI with a bunch of folks. the most common sentiment I picked up was: "At least I only use it for this, not for that."

Organizers have collected 14 lotion bottles, two deodorant bottles, and one AA Battery that detainees have thrown over the fences with notes attached to them. The full story: lataco.com/captive-loti... By Aisha Wallace-Palomares

HELP FOR SOMEONE KIDNAPPED BY ICE! Oliver Aguillon is the nephew of one of my mom's friends, and his family is raising funds to help fight for his freedom. Please consider making a donation! If you can't, hit repost and/or share with comrades by email/text. Thank you!

4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government

Welcome to today's episode of Shut The Fuck Up Friday! Check out this video for some tips from a local lawyer for those of you headed out to the streets to protest. You're a target of the state when you take action. NEVER talk to police & always STFU! Full video in thread👇

Leading up to that.. Eric Lee Atty Kids screaming "Let us out! Let us out!"

Children screaming and crying can be heard as a possible uprising is underway at the ICE Children's Concentration Camp in Dilley, TX (1/24/26).

Cartoonists, I’d love to hear your stories! For local resources, please check out @defend612.bsky.social defend612.com

8/ So why are children being left to languish in federal shelters? Advocates for immigrant kids believe it's to pressure them to self-deport. Last week, lawyers obtained a document the government provides to kids in the shelter system:

People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position 👇 (Published Dec. 2024)

OUR NEXT COMICS READING IS UP 😎 October 25th in Berkeley. I'm gonna do my damnedest to finish that horror comic I started in the summer. see you there!

6/ This isn’t the first time ProPublica has reported on ICE under Trump 2.0 acting in unprecedented ways. In July, my colleagues @mckenziefunk.com and @nicolefoy.bsky.social documented ~50 incidents of officers shattering car windows to make arrests. projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...

8/ If you have tips about new ICE enforcement tactics in courts, my colleagues and I want to hear from you. Reach out to me on Signal (tilleckert.90) or via propublica.org/tips.

Who owns ProPublica? Spoiler: No one. We don’t answer to corporate interests or advertisers, just 80,000+ readers like you who power fearless investigative journalism. Join us during our Fall Member Drive: https://propub.li/41FsQeL

Eventually you have to accept that no matter how many different notebooks you buy, they won’t make you a better writer. For that, you need to spend a lot of money on the right pen.

I am making a sticker set that I am almost certain no one is gonna want

My daughter’s tamagotchi just evolved into a man???

BAY AREA FOLKS I am reading at this comics reading on June 27th in Berkeley! I'm making a whole new horror comic for it, wish me luck

an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law

these are the names of young Black men who were "found dead" after the Ferguson uprising following the murder of Michael Brown in 2014. Edward Crawford Jr. is in the famous image below. his death was ruled a suicide. our gov't is not new to silencing activists. the least we can do is remember them.

UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is. They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there. They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.

Bay Area folks, come to Hella Comix our comics reading event by East Bay BIPOC Cartoonists!!! We have zines, snacks, comics. IT IS MORE FUN THAN YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE

THIS IS TOMORROW 🥰

This is also a VERY useful stat sheet for calls tomorrow reminding your members of Congress how many voters they just voted to fuck over in favor of billionaires.

New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

Bay Area folks, come to Hella Comix our comics reading event by East Bay BIPOC Cartoonists!!! We have zines, snacks, comics. IT IS MORE FUN THAN YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE

Does anyone have senator adam schiff’s fax number??? This dude’s voice mailbox is always full 😡

After 11 years, my time at HuffPost is coming to an end tomorrow. Last week, I learned HuffPost would be ending its dedicated coverage of energy and climate change. So, I took a buyout.

Attn: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent granted representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency full access to the federal payment system!

The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they resisted turning over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Musk’s staffers. America, please stand with us—we are fighting to defend this country!

We're going to make it through this 🩷💙 Let's turn our fear and rage into community action.

Israel has killed at least 73 Palestinians in Gaza since the ceasefire announcement.

Something I managed to finish using the gentle comics habit!

This is, or should be, a big deal -- Ann Telnaes, an absolute legend, quitting WaPo due to censorship of a cartoon criticizing billionaires anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

God i love @propublica.org so much

They backed down www.stamfordadvocate.com/connecticut/...

fuck joe biden

i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same

Die más. Poem in the Shape of the Poet Beating Henry Kissinger to Death with Their Bare Hands by Felix. tacobellquarterly.org/poem-in-the-...

Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program

Thinking about that Goerge Saunders interview "Once you start imitating yourself, you're dead" I feel like that's where I'm at right now