Indeed. (Although I'd say it without the comma!) www.verizon.com/about/parent...

If red state schools accept this we are going to get a two-tiered system of higher ed. One set of states will be based in empirical reality and the other will be subject to the whims of a conspiratorial movement that is increasingly detached from facts.

Which, whose, and how much knowledge do LLMs represent? I'm excited to share our preprint answering these questions: "Epistemic Diversity and Knowledge Collapse in Large Language Models" 📄Paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2510.04226 💻Code: github.com/dwright37/ll... 1/10

Time goes by so fast, don't miss reading some good indie comics on @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social! Here's the link to mine, In the heart of the island! 🐍 www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky. No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.

Daniel Warren Johnson rules

If ever there was a paragraph that made me grateful I didn’t go into video game development…

If you only read one story today, make it @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social's breakdown of the Saudi-backed EA buyout, which includes thoughts from multiple business analysts and experts who explain what the $55B deal could mean for EA workers, its video games, and the wider industry. Essential reading.

Comics schools need to beef up their comics writing and professional practices classes + we urgently need more platforms and journalism to support original graphic novels + more people who know about comics should apply their skills to parts of the publishing industry besides design and editorial.

Happy Courier-ween! Your daily reminder that The Comics Courier issue 3 Kickstarter is live and going strong! If you like print comics criticism, head over to our page and pledge now! comicscourier.com

Good heavens! @jesselonergan.bsky.social - this is mind blowing out-of-this-world work! Inspiring use of the grid in relentless innovation - really blown away by it page after page. Bravo!! 1/2

I freaking love this idea… gonna have to track down my ward’s (and maybe a few others)

Absolutely outrageous to say that a uni’s academic press doesn’t serve its undergraduates. Non-profit university presses support and sustain a scholarly and intellectual system THAT MAKES TEACHING UNDERGRADUATES POSSIBLE. No presses? no fields of study, no professors, no college.

On the one hand, I’m glad to see it’s coming back into print. On the other, how is it that fucking no one at Marvel knows how to spell “Lieber?” It’s a name with some significance there.

New book is officially out in the US! Canada next month (I still don't have a copy). You can find it at your usual online retailers or at www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/C/Chri.... #xmen #claremont #comicsstudies

Premier Smith's plan to use the notwithstanding clause to enforce her anti-trans bills endangers the rights and wellness of trans youth. If Alberta overrides the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, it will set a dangerous precedent for all Canadians IF you live in Alberta --> transactionalberta.ca

The use of colour in Lore Olympus is, first and foremost, an exercise in creating a vibrant aesthetic. But beyond that, the choices of colours in the narrative reveal additional layers of meaning that help to make Smythe’s world as detailed and nuanced as it needs to be. #LoreOlympus 1/11

"Our industry faces the most sophisticated, venomous, creeping evil in America’s history. There’s no standing above this conflict. No impartial observers. If you’re on the sidelines you’ve made a choice and must live with it." -—Dan Gilroy

Support a queer/trans/comics business!!

Excellent article by @eurogamer.bsky.social. Fantastic work & a model for how other games outlets & games journalists should be covering this issue. Please read it and share widely. It's giving a voice to many developers often left unheard on paypro censorship www.eurogamer.net/queer-develo...

I KNOW it’s boring and I KNOW it’s whatever but it’s really honestly causing me so much “that’s… pathetic” how much of Buffy is just recycled recycled recycled Claremont kitty

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

I searched libgen itself, and it turns out they have almost every book Iron Circus has ever published. They don't show up in the Atlantic Search because they were uploaded without author names. @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social authors could help destroy them singlehandedly.

Do it. Search your name. Take their money. It’s yours anyway.

Slightly diminish a book. Ew, Pioneers!

Your last saved pic is your moral philosophy

I enjoyed the Superman movie quite a bit, though I wasn't chomping at the bit for a sequel to come out right away. BUT I am a child of the 80s, which means I am a sucker for Lex Luthor in his warsuit, so, okay, you got me.

I legit cannot tell if this is a conservative school board going ham censoring literature because they have been given permission to OR if it’s a school board trolling the premier by spreading their anti-LGBTQ+ censorship initiative to cover straight literature www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

And I’m boosting this post and Leslie specifically one more time—she is not only an actual parent but our collective con mom who takes care of us and our community as a whole. One of the most genuine, kind, and welcoming people we’ve got. Please show her some more love and support ❤️

My drawn statement on Ai as standalone from my now finished minicomic as syllabus for new liberal studies class! As promised this is shareable, printable - all from my site, feel free to make use of it, cite me & let me know how it’s received. Share away all here! spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-sy...

Man who unironically wrote “democracy defender” in his own profile description judging terms that marginalized folks choose for themselves is pretty galling

'Vacations.' The word is 'vacations.'

I think we (or at least I) have a pretty strong idea of what writing is as an act/experience. Every so often I take a step back and realize that over my lifetime, schooling has been on a steady march of alienating students from the act/experience of writing, replacing it with a kind of simulation.

BREAKING: Silksong will be out on September 4. Two weeks from today. Really. Often, games that take 7+ years to make are plagued by mismanagement and painful burnout. But for Silksong? Team Cherry was having a blast. They still are. This is their story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Very excited for this one! May have to share copies with my Communication colleagues at my college

I got the proofs today for my upcoming graphic novel about language, cognition, and visual communication and I cannot contain myself with how excited I am for this book to finally come out after working on it for 7 years 😱 visuallanguagelab.com/sip

Feels like working Canadians everywhere owe the flight attendants a gigantic thank you for setting a precedent for labour www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A must-read, must-share piece - clearly deconstructing the shoddy science of the Geiers (who are inexplicably in charge of studies at HHS). Consider this an early warning for what lies ahead. 🛟🩺🧪 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Was looking into what Cognitive Scientists mean by ‘domain-general’ cognition, and then hit upon this. This is definitely NOT how we use that term. Tip: read the last sentence to understand what went wrong here. Sigh.

"we don't need any humanities education" is also the position of much of the ROI Center and ROI Left (aka neoliberalism's position on higher ed). So they have allies.

Got an ad from cell phone carrier offering a special rate for their new AI service called (I shit you not) “Perplexity Pro” Why does a service provider need an AI feature? Who thought Perplexity was a good name for an AI assistant? What the bloody hell are we doing here?

Watching the #Transformers Five Faces of Darkness miniseries for the first time since I was a kid, and the animation in the dream sequences are actually pretty trippy! Pretty sure my 6-year-old self fully bought into the idea that this is what a robot's conscious might look like.

Hope I’m still dancing like Ron when I hit 80.

Groups representing First Nations and cultural institutions are raising questions about the transparency of the process to sell the 1670 Hudson's Bay charter -- a document that played a foundational role in Canada’s history. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Today, the word “Luddite” is used as an insult to anyone resistant to technological innovation. But a recent book argues that Luddism stood not against technology per se but for the rights of workers in the face of automation.

Another podcast from Off Panel's back catalog is now up in video form on the SKTCHD YouTube, as my chat with @heatherantos.bsky.social is now in all its Zoom glory. Already listened? Haven't yet? You can watch it now over on YouTube.