listen, I am trying to be reasonable here, but if you are an In The Know Political Person and you publish a memoir with damning information that you kept secret in order to get a big book advance, you should be skinned alive over several weeks

Let this be the thing that finally kills your impostor syndrome, because what the actual ****. Even if you don't think you deserve to be there, you need to be there or else these are the people who will take that spot instead. Henchmen for terrorists and pedophiles.

i feel insane, to be seeing the photos of the earth from the moon, THE MOON IN THE SKY, and seeing how small we are, and seeing how beautiful things could be, and to have such a small, pathetic man and his small minority be such a threat to our beautiful home!! our, the whole of people, all of us!!!

"History will judge-" let me stop you right fucking there, history doesn't do fucking shit, I'm a historian, let's be clear here: elected officials need to do their fucking jobs, right now, before it happens, or future historians will judge THEM. Everyone knows and knew who Trump was.

[Chuck Schumer scavenging through the post-apocalyptic rubble for scraps of food] He's gone too far. Someone should do something about this

Today's Mon, April 6 Good morning ❤️ eat take your meds hydrate tell your people you love them let them love you back The revolution starts here Where you work & where you play Where you lay your money down What you do & what you say The revolution starts now Get ready for May Day maydaystrong.org

THEY TRAINED THE AI ON ACTUAL WRITERS. YOU CANNOT TELL IF SOMETHING IS AI SIMPLY BASED ON IT USING PROPER GRAMMAR. IT STOLE FROM US!!! IT STOLE!!! IT IS A THIEF AND I WILL NOT EVER BE QUIET ABOUT IT!!!!

The best thing you can do when you’re living under authoritarianism is provide public opposition to the regime. That opens up public channels of dissent & those who oppose the regime recognize they’re not alone. That public opposition includes pointing out unhinged the leader’s statements are.

💯💯💯 This sort of thinking inevitably degenerates into a tactic where no one is ever Poor Enough for help (See: "98% of the so-called 'poor' own refrigerators!!" from FOX News), and why it's essential all basic income/daycare/etc. arguments are UNIVERSAL. The ultimate fairness, TBH.

When it comes to writing, the process is the purpose. You don’t have to always like or enjoy the process, but if you don’t respect it enough to do it yourself, there is no purpose. AI will never fill that void. www.thehandbasket.co/p/refusing-t...

humble round beast 🪱

You can't intellectualize the entire universe, man. Can you "measure" time? Could one "quantify" intelligence, or "weigh" a human heart? You’re gonna “test” my blood alcohol level?? Give me back my gun, officer, and be on your way.

Pete Hegseth is practicing day drinking the right way. by Ezra Klein

Oh, hello my everyday

I need a break from procrastinating from work before I start work

An excerpt of an interview with art historian and critic David Sylvester which i think feels relevant to the environment artists find themselves in the digital/social media/algorithmic content age

seeing posts cross my feed about how to make AI 'serve the public' that only acknowledge half the problem the ethics completely aside, AI can never serve anyone as long as it is dependent on water-guzzling, air-poisoning datacenters, it can only be a weapon

My kids have measles, the economy is in the toilet, I can't afford steak, and gas is $7 a gallon. But at least now none of my interns are wearing Che t-shirts.

Writing a comic is not the same as drawing one. Drawing it takes 100x more work, pays like shit and is treated like shit. Artists should be first bill and treated like gods.

"Using reference is cheating, Tracing photos is cheating...." Some people are constantly competing with other artists, and it REALLY shows. Do we need to remind you that this is NOT a competition? Everyone has its own struggles. Just don't steal other people's art, claiming it's yours and we good

The most foolish aspect of this political ploy is that it treats the extreme right's invocation of Reagan as a good faith argument Also tries to frame Reagan as good/positive when...uh...

I'm political. My writing is political. All art is political.

You would get so many more amazing books if you had Universal Basic Income. Not even the most dream-scenario AI could compete with the creativity of a world of authors no longer afraid of affording rent.

It’s nearly impossible to get rich making comics

Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is. GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart. But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.

The debate around No Kings is one where I think people on both sides make good points. On one hand, getting more people activated through mass protest is good. OTOH, the lack of clear demands does make it ripe for co-operation by people who want to return to a “status quo” that leaves ppl behind.

I like these amazingly vast generalizations about the majority of Americans who live on the coasts. The assumption that everyone who lives out here is some sorta wealthy idiot with no idea about hard work. Surely none of us are dockworkers, day laborers, boat people, nope. None of that happens here.

Oh, you blocked me?

What the average person thinks HR is supposed to do for them at a job is what unions are actually for.

Great science fiction is never political. You think Ursula K LeGuin ever thought about politics? You think JG Ballard had Opinions about how we were ordering society? You fucking idiot. What, you think the Star Wars Rebel Alliance is supposed to represent the Viet Cong or someth—

Let's catalogue all of the links between Graham Platner, neo-Nazism, and other extremism that many Democrats are choosing to make excuses for. This should be laid out simply in one place. I literally had to screenshot this because it goes over the character limit.

There is something to be said on what a "kids show" is Its the same as people going "OH CLONE WARS IS SO ADULT!" despite any dismemberment is off screen and 0 blood because lightsabers cauterize wounds. People think cartoons are either Bluey or family guy with no in-between

How I feel reading 99% of art and media critique these days

America's economy is dominated by finance, a point of view that thinks that all businesses are in the same business. Whether your business bakes bread or builds fighter jets, you're making the same thing: Money.

Neil Gaiman is a terrific writer. Woody Allen is a terrific filmmaker. I dropped them like hot potatoes and they only harmed individuals, not an entire category of people. It has nothing to do with their talent or skill and everything to do with the harm they do. Simple as that.

“Separate the art from the artist” is a nuanced concept that should be reserved for dead creators only, whose legacies we have to grapple with in the context of history. It should NOT be used for living creators actively doing harm. That’s my two cents.

Bruce ignores a lot. The build up of his anger, processing the trauma of losing a parent and limb. The new voice and shape that follows him after using a magical artifact with unknown properties to power his artificial arm. The list goes on...

the AuDHD urge to put additional context in parentheses in texts so others know there’s more than one thought happening at the same time

Dolly Parton.

In “’A Gorgeous Waste;’ Solitude in Calvin and Hobbes,” Michelle Ann Abate speaks to Watterson’s unique perspective on the value of solitude and the ways that this viewpoint speaks forms something of a philosophy in the comic, one that speaks to modern concepts of isolation. #CalvinAndHobbes 1/9

I don't want gen AI in my browser I don't want gen AI in my pc I don't want gen AI in my art I don't want gen AI in my games I don't want gen AI in my music I don't want gen AI in my movies I don't want gen AI in my books I don't want gen AI in my cart I don't want gen AI in my life

Seen this float around, just getting a chance to write my thoughts. This...is weird to me the more I dwell on it. Like, if I didn't have to worry about /having/ money for living, I'd feel more free to work on it all and share it as I do. But it also diminishes the idea of living off it in a way. 1/3

I published this in the Boston Globe in November 2022, right before ChatGPT was released which I didn't know was coming that next week and had no idea this conversation would be where it is three years later.