How bout this question to Cdns: While you’re squeezed by high oil & gas prices to heat your home and fuel your car, would you like to give your hard earned dollars to rich oil & gas companies to clean up their pollution & buy another pipeline while they give their massive profits to shareholders?

This is about writing & AI but could be about being a visual artist as well. "Do you actually want to learn how to write, or just pretend to do so?" www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Look, the Republican Party is pushing white supremacist policies to destroy our ability to change the system through democratic electoral politics. So it's time to stop giving their billionaire benefactors our money. Cancel ONE THING from a billionaire today. You can do it! #CancelParty

How I feel every time I think about Comixology

This is such a great angle, and so well executed. We're only beginning to see the consequences of this. Must read.

The #RingoAwards are open! You can nominate COME OUT AND PLAY for best anthology -- as well as all your favorite creators, short stories, and full-length comic works. Anyone can nominate someone here: ringoawards.survey.fm/ringo-awards...

Every day I watch the tech industry build The Boot On the Neck Of Humanity Machine and watch universities say “we are going to sustainably and ethically prepare our students to become innovators in The Boot On The Neck Of Humanity Machine space”

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Officially out May 19! Available to pre-order now at your local indie or right from us at chbooks.com/Books/N/Nebu...

Look at what came in the mail! Nebulas was born in 2022, inspired by the brightest objects in the cosmos & the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic. It feels gorgeous to hold it in my hands today — hot off @coachhousebooks.bsky.social’s antique litho press. Preorder now wherever you buy books ✨

In NEBULAS (@coachhousebooks.bsky.social), award-winning poet @meghankempgee.bsky.social looks to the stars to make meaning out of loss & sacrifice in unprecedented times. Celebrate National Poetry Month with #ALUPoetsResist & read our full interview with Meghan at alllitup.ca/poets-resist...

It’s long been my “Win The Lottery” dream to start a comics imprint where cartoonists get to adapt their favorite movies.

My next poetry book is about those exact bad vibes! How does the universe just keep spinning after all that? How much “just pretending” can we get away with?

A windfall tax on the Canadian oil industry could raise $46 billion this year... and the industry would still pocket $44 billion in profits. My analysis with @davidmaccdn.bsky.social for @policyalternatives.ca: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

I think my 90th essay at my newsletter is one of my best there. A meditation on cooperative power versus violence, with detours on Iran/Vance/Orban/Swalwell, and a zen ending, literally.

An argument

Alex de Marcos (Spanish, b.1985) "Esther and Lola," 2024 Oil on canvas 120 x 100 cm #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

More birds need evaluative adjectives in their names: We have: The Superb Lyrebird The Resplendent Quetzel The Parasitic Jaeger But what about: The Appalling (Brown-headed) Cowbird The Infuriating (Grey) Catbird The Pestiferous (House) Sparrow The Duplicitous (Northern) Mockingbird. Others?

Students were told for a decade about how incredibly important free speech on campus was. And then it wasn't. What lessons did we teach students over the last year? If you are a student today, do you feel confident that the government, media and university will support your speech rights?

This is a marvelous project and we need thousands more all over the country. www.sfgate.com/la/article/c...

some above/ground press author activity: Stuart Ross, Lillian Nećakov, Amanda Earl, Meghan Kemp-Gee, Gregory Crosby + Daphne Marlatt, / @amandaearl.bsky.social @meghankempgee.bsky.social @razovsky.bsky.social ; abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2026/04/some...

"Developers who fully delegated to AI produced working code but failed conceptual quizzes afterward. They couldn't debug what the AI had written for them. They had the output without the understanding."

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Selling queer comics and showing anti-fascist pride at WonderCon! Stop by the Prism Comics table at booth 1401 for cool LGBTQ+ comics, including the latest from Stacked Deck Press!

“Hidattinbin” is the first word of Cotton Eye Joe

Stop scrolling and read this. Cory Doctorow’s upcoming book explains everything good and bad about AI, and why we need to turn from reverse-centaur (a robot we move) to centaur (the robot that moves us). I’m laughing and crying EVERY LINE. He is SO GOOD. doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...

This always frustrates me too! Engagement with specific examples is a basic reading & writing skill that so many ppl struggle with… But it’s absolutely essential to making a good faith argument, critical thinking, & media literacy. 🚨 Be skeptical of writers who cannot or will not be specific!

If any editors are looking for fresh talent with a unique look....

Come Out and Play @queersportsproject.bsky.social gets a mention in this CBC Books article about Canadian @lambdaliterary.org finalists! www.cbc.ca/books/jaime-...

Nebulas is on the CBC Books list of Spring poetry titles! Very exciting to be here along with exciting new books by poets incl. @robmclennan.bsky.social, Sue Sinclair, Jordan Abel, NourbeSe Philip, and Michael Ondaatje. Preorder them now, wherever you buy your books! www.cbc.ca/books/canadi...

How can this go on for another 3 years?

You could say that Rock n Roll was born 111 years ago today in Arkansas, but probably not where you'd think. Before there was a Chuck Berry or Little Richard, there was those who wanted to be like her. Rosetta Nubin better known as Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of Rock was born on this day

Come Out and Play: The Queer Sports Project is a finalist for the 2026 Lambda Literary Awards in the category of LGBTQ+ Anthology! Congratulations to co-editors Megan Praz and Meghan Kemp-Gee! Winner announced June 12th! You can get your own copy at stackeddeckpress.com!

I love referring to myself as an “elder millennial,” like kids these days should be seeking out my pearls of wisdom 🧐

Wow, this is amazing! We are #Lammys2026 finalists! Thank you @lambdaliterary.org for recognizing Come Out and Play. And special thanks to all of our contributors & teammates! This is a beautiful anthology project made up of many people’s work, love, and support. 🩷🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

The latest addition to the Kay Sage "In the Third Sleep" ekphrastic project is @meghankempgee.bsky.social. Read Meghan's new poem, and all the previous poems, right here: inthethirdsleep.blogspot.com

"As a person of faith, I believe creation is sacred and that we are called to work for peace, security and justice — not only for ourselves, but for those who will inherit what we leave behind," @michaelpolanyi.bsky.social writes.

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The best part of my job is getting to design new Creepy Little Guys

Sometimes I miss the Venture Brothers

I love the illicit thrill of reading comics

My new book NEBULAS comes out in May from @coachhousebooks.bsky.social! In 2022, I started writing a bunch of poems inspired by images from the James Webb telescope. Stellar nurseries, glowing clouds, gods' eyes, fox pelts, and human brains. Preorder: chbooks.com/Books/N/Nebu...

We’re in our last couple of hours of our kickstarter campaign! 😁 Please share with a friend? 🐉

We’re in the final hours! Don’t miss our weird and wonderful graphic novel! 🐉💗

Just 28 hours left! We're 100% funded, so go on over and grab yourself a nice book. kck.st/46ydhYF

Last 30 hours to back Passing in the Night! This is a cute, funny urban fantasy with dragons, faerie curses, hospital bureaucracy, and a cool pirate ship. 72 pages of awesome art and a star-crossed love story that'll warm your heart. www.kickstarter.com/projects/shr...

Great interview on crises in higher education by Juhi Karkera. @agentlazero.bsky.social with brilliant insights and me with some thoughts. thebruns.ca/unb-professo...

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For your amusement, we put a little bit of #pickleball in Passing in the Night. We’re on Kickstarter for 2 more days if you’d like a copy :) kck.st/46ydhYF #picklesky #graphicnovel #comicsky #booksky #indiecomics