Someone in Star Trek using a mobility device? Just takes me right out of it.

Yay! New Starfleet Academy! This is the best Star Trek show since Lower Decks

2 I won't eat mushrooms or avocados. Pretty much anything else is good.

As someone who owns a Switch 2 but does not know what a key card is and has never played a Metal Gear Solid game (Although DID translate The Art of Metal Gear Solid!) I will join in the boycott. I will not be purchasing whatever a key card is for a game I don't play on a system that I own.

"U is for..." Ultimate X-Men (the good one) by Peach Momoko and @zackdavisson.com One of the best X-Men runs of all-time that perfectly balances the tone and themes of classic Marvel X-Men and the authorial themes and style of the story that makes it unique. bsky.app/profile/anne...

It's an interesting question. I regularly talk to my friends from high school age, but none of whom I actually went to high school with. As a punk rocker in the 80s, the "scene" was where your real friends were. And you rarely went to the same school together. Sooo... yes and now.

I really wanted to use the clip from SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL for this post, but couldn't find a gif. I did get the joy of seeing (again) just HOW BAD ai is. Every word of this is wrong.

Had the joy of a publisher reaching out to me saying they want to work with me, and I got to point out that my agent contacted them with my latest pitch and they shot me down. Whoopsies! You want me?

This headline is literally the lyrics of Plasma Center by the Vampire Lezbos "You go down to the plasma center to sell you blood, to make ends meet! You go down to the plasma center to sell your blood so you can eat! Pump that cash from your own veins! Pump that cash from your own veins!"

Ah, sweet nostalgia! We used to do this in the 80s! Time to bring back this sweet tune from the Vampire Lezbos! www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKhP...

As someone with actual experience snorting cocaine in public bathrooms... ew. You make a little fist with your left hand, pour out the line, good to go. It won't be a long line, but if you are doing it in the bathroom a level of urgency is expected. A toilet seat is a fetish, not drug use.

Oh god, it me everyday "I fucking HATE kanji!!!"

Miyuki, showing why she is pure Showa Power: "Reiwa kids are all a bunch of wimps, crying all the time and running away from holding hands. Showa girls were boss bitches! We didn't fuck around!" - Translated from Japanese.

I have been language-shamed by @aimeekitty.bsky.social , @paultobin.bsky.social , and @tonyparkerart.bsky.social collectively, so here is the English version. This is a HILARIOUS show contrasting modern Japan (Reiwa) with Gen X Japan (Showa) and how society has changed.

COMICS!!!!

It's interesting to compare the action being taken in the UK over individuals in the Epstein Files versus the non-action being taken in the US. The explanation if easy, of course. in the US, the ones with the ability to take action are all the ones in the files.

I have seen this posted a few times, and followed my own advice to see if it is real. And... it is... and is not, all at the same time. Someone took the tweet; and then edited the women. Can you guess which is the original?

Just started this on Netflix and it is FANTASTIC! Was NOT expecting it to be a musical.

Oh my god... living in Rainer Valley this is a necessary education.

Sadly, me. It's even on the school wikipedia page.

12. Ultimate X-Men (2024) A fresh and unique take on the X-Men from a creator that I've been a big fan of. The setting and themes sorta work for what people want from X-Men. Mad respect for ending it the way it did and I hope Peach Momoko can write more of this some day.

On the off chance anyone wants a bunch of DC Action figure stands... www.ebay.com/itm/26757393...

It really is all of them, isn't it

"Overall phenomenal series, just confused" is the vibe we were going for. It wasn't a traditional comic. Don't expect it to have a traditional ending!

17) Ultimate X-Men by Peach Momoko (2024-2026) They didn't ask to be different. Or to be heroes. But they accepted the challenge. They are a team. They are a family. They are the Secret Society X-Men.

Clearly this is AI slop, but now I am amused by it. "Alright, scrappy kid! Tell me what TV show you are gonna pitch based on incest, rape, and cars that crave human blood?"

I get these every now and then, and usually they are a well-meaning kid. HOWEVER... This one specifically quotes my translation of Shintaro Kago's BRAIN DAMAGE... Yikes.

Anyone covering ECCC I guarantee a personal interview with the genius Zack Davisson

I apparently have so much Ramona Fradon art I have pieces lying around I forgot I bought...

Manta Comics has opened global submissions for its new Manta Creator program for webcomic creators!

Apocalypse Now (1979) Really only a flex because I was 7 years old. My grandmother took me.

I always think what a weird irony it is that my grandfather was at Pearl Harbor. Imagine telling that guy at the time that his grandson would grow up to marry a Japanese person and make a career out of spreading Japanese culture.

Yes, I am digging through old crap today, deciding what to keep...

Ships and Aircraft of the US Fleet, issued to my grandfather who was stationed at Pearl Harbor before WWII. And after.

This. Within tech, the focus is on making coding more efficient and implementing automated business processes with speed. GenAI can do this pretty well already, esp. for things like chatbots backed by knowledge bases and data analytics. Pretty sure GenAI will wipe existing BI tools off the map

It kinda sucks being the white guy who is "part Cherokee," because no one believes you. Here's the Cherokee Nation homestead certificate for my great grandfather and Cherokee Nation voting rights certificate for my grandmother.

Cherokee Nation homestead deed for my great grandfather Zacariah Preston, whom I was named for.

There it is.

The journey begins...

"AI is revolutionary and will transform the world!!!" "AI is a scam just like NFTs and will go away as soon as the bubble bursts!" Neither of these statements are true.

Yeah... this is definitely going to happen

Do you honestly think computers have not killed administrative jobs? Executives used to have entire secretarial pools. Typists whose entire role was producing typed documents from recordings, dictation, handwritten manuscripts... The dodge you put here is "all." Of course not "all." But many.

Yep. As someone who works in the tech industry, the idea of AI "going away" is wishful thinking. Most people here focus on ai for the creative roles--making art and stories. But the VAST usage of ai is just... administration. Things like going over your calendar and emails to prioritize your day.

"Do you expect me to talk?" "No, Miss Bondi, I expect you to lie."

Every issue of Ultimate X-Men I would eagerly wait to hear what @filthygrrls.bsky.social had to say. Her reviews were always insightful and appropriately critical. I felt like she got what we were trying to do with the series more than anyone else. Glad you enjoyed the ending. Thank you, Piper.

Wow. I must say, having never read a single Harlequin romance novel, this still makes me sad. They were a constant presence in the bookstores.

Clearly "NO ICE? NOICE!!!" is always a choice.

She was my favorite.