I cannot STAND these people!

the anti-vac man is telling the “govt controls the weather” people on this train to educate themselves. going back to bed as soon as i get home. fuck it.

The Washington Post editorial board comes out in favor of the Venezuela attack/operation to capture Maduro

A side story is there’s a ton of insider trading on these prediction markets. New accounts making hundreds of thousands on their first and only trade, that maduro would be ousted. Seems like insider trading is legal if not encouraged on these platforms

“Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!” Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves. My latest for Zeteo:

A good reminder of how major media outlets inflated and outright lied about the famous toppling of the Saddam statue in Firdos Square in 2004, which was a carefully stage-managed propaganda operation conducted by the U.S. military.

BREAKING: Venezuela’s government has accused the US of launching attacks on civilian and military installations across several states, rejecting what it described as a "military aggression," according to an official statement. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/p3fqh2

Buffalo save the date! Really looking forward to being hosted by the brilliant Dr. Lou Tam and in conversation with @benpassmore.bsky.social whose new book I’m teaching this spring for Bard Brooklyn.

A judge in Georgia has officially dismissed the bogus RICO charges against 61 defendants in the movement to stop Cop City

New: Cop City RICO Cases Dismissed Years After 61 Activists Charged as Criminal Conspiracy Racketeering charges against dozens indicted as co-conspirators in the Stop Cop City movement were dismissed yesterday marking a legal victory for the movement unicornriot.ninja/2025/cop-cit...

I started working some ideas for a new book that I want to do on my old reform school. I came across this promotional (?) video about the experimental school that existed right before the one I went to opened up.

*cough* *cough*

it’s not even noon and my partner telling me all about this white woman starting a white locks business. Wildcrafted beauty. wild indeed.

i was hitchhiking thru Vermont and stuck on a big curve on a small highway. it was the middle of nowhere’s middle of nowhere. a bus driver pulled over and picked me up for free. he told he’d been stuck in the same spot hitchhiking thirty years ago and didn’t get picked up for three days.

my brain is crazy. how do i go from obsessing about a slightly embarrassing conversation i had ten years ago to needing to know everything about Ujamaa villages within the same ten minutes. if i could harness it i’d run this town.

Hear @benpassmore.bsky.social on history, Black liberation, anarchism, martial arts, myths, comics & his new book, “Black Arms To Hold You Up”. + an interview with anarchist & former Belarusian political prisoner Mikola Dziadok, conducted by Frequenz-A thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/12...

Where have I seen this before, oh right.

“The exposure highlights the fact that Flock is not just surveilling cars—it is surveilling people, and in some cases it is doing so in an insecure way, and highlight the types of places that its Condor cameras are being deployed.” paywall free: archive.ph/2025.12.24-1...

this is always framed like the family you don’t want to deal with anymore isn’t make a choice to alienate you.

Via @ulaakuzi.bsky.social: Eritrean imam dies in ICE custody as detainee deaths hit 20-year high —> religionnews.com/2025/12/21/e...

State media doing the bidding of Nazi criminals. CBS News is gone.

Fascist activist Bari Weiss, recruited to align CBS News with the goals of American Nazism, again heeds the instructions of her boss.

Tate and Paul catching fades this weekend was very satisfying… but that goofy still made 100 mill in exchange for a broken jaw, so y’all gotta stop with the think pieces.

i always think about my own criminalization as a child/young person and the sheer scale of the “troubled teen” industry. it’s insanity.

Every year this comic feels more and more relevant.

It’s been a wild 30 days. The last few weeks I traveled from Baltimore, Burlington, Eugene, Boston, and LA to talk about Black Arms to Hold you Up. It’s only possible because of all the support from the comics community. I don’t have space to thank everyone, but hopefully you know who you are.

Order window closes for Death To Pachuco #4 today!!! Be sure to order your copies! Cover A: Sweeney Boo | Lunar Code 1125IM0276 Cover B: Ben Passmore | Lunar Code 1125IM0277 Cover C: Sarah Gordon | Lunar Code 1125IM0278 In-stores Jan 21 / 32 PAGES / FC / Mature

if anyone brings up Gait Analysis to you at all outside of saying "isn't this some bullshit?" cut all ties with them immediately and change your phone number. this advice would have saved The Blaze a lot of heartache too.

This could not be more relevant: In this exclusive Q&A with author / artist Ben Passmore, we discuss his graphic novel, "Black Arms To Hold You Up: A History Of Black Resistance," a story that follows some of the influential people from the Black liberation movement. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖✊🏾

here are CALA tabling. I’ll be on a panel about Jack Kirby at 4pm.

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gonna be tabling my new book in LA this weekend. also gonna be reading some comics at Heavy Manners Library tonight at 7pm.

BREAKING: Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI, and will allow its iconic characters to be on the company's Sora AI video generator.

study and training for all Black folks in Philadelphia.

After getting into some romance manga I been feeling like switching things up.

This feels like a joke that works for ten people.

Absolutely one of the best MICE kick-offs I've seen! Don't miss the recording of the "Comics in a Divided Age" conversation between @benpassmore.bsky.social and @alanjenkins.bsky.social, moderated by @joelchristiangill.bsky.social. Thank you for hosting @wburcityspace.bsky.social!

I've been silent cuz I've been dealing with a viral infection. This comes as the expense of promoting my comic Death to Pachuco I've co-created with @ohhhaeee.bsky.social. Tell your LCS you need to add DTP to your pull! @scarygorgon.bsky.social @benpassmore.bsky.social @sweeneyboo.bsky.social

Since the declaration of the supposed ceasefire, the Israeli military has violated it an average of ten or more times a day, murdering hundreds of Palestinians, including scores of small children. There is no peace in Gaza, nor in the West Bank. As the genocide continues, so must our resistance.

when its definitely not a hostage situation

LIVE NOW Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance ft Ben Passmore @imixwhatilike.bsky.social @rjohnston815.bsky.social m.youtube.com/watch?v=88T2...

www.youtube.com/live/6rikhbB... Gonna be streaming on Black Liberation Media this morning.

News! MICE @massmice.bsky.social, the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo, Returns December 6th-7th with Guests Including Huda Fahmy, Jesse Lonergan, B. Mure, Ben Passmore and More. www.brokenfrontier.com/mice-2025/

see you today NYC. this the last event i’m going to do in New York for a bit. so if you wanna talk in person come thru.