As I drive around my local communities, I am seeing US flags both at half- and full-mast. This is at both official or governmental locations as well as not. I don’t know how to interpret all this. Is it a quiet sign of our political divide locally? Or am I overreading something at a tense moment?

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With a bit of wariness, I want to ask those with opinions and insights their views on the death of #ScottAdams. Without inviting outright conflict or aggression, can I ask how people feel about his passing?

Shut this down.

“My own morality. My own mind. Is the only thing that stop me” is something a b-list villain in a marvel movie would say just seconds before professor X invaded their mind.

I’m coining a new word: sinisterious. It’s a combination of sinister and ridiculous. It has two related meanings. 1. When one is sinister intentionally and to an unbelievable degree. 2. When one is both sinister and ridiculous, as in falsely intelligent or buffoonish. #sinisterious

Right goddamn now: 5calls.org/issue/trump-...

I don’t love you and I’m not holding your hand: call your Senator and tell them that the must shut down the government on January 30th until this ends, a thing that Democrats have the hard power to do at this very moment.

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Who is we?

I just watched madness.

Trump would rather invade another country, kidnap a (corrupt) political leader, and risk war than face the Epstein files.

Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil.

Infanticide. It’s called infanticide.

The Justice Department released more files from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation that include some references to Donald Trump. Follow live updates.

DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar: "Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...

I need to know, in Christopher Nolan's upcoming THE ODYSSEY adaptation, if Elliot Page is playing Tiresias. It would be brilliant casting, if so.

Wow, according to @davejorgenson.bsky.social it seems that Sam got an honorary degree at @harvard.edu I had no idea! #Harvard wow!

Who is Steve Rogers’s child??

Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison. Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.

call your reps. find 'em here: reps.fyi

And on that note: www.them.us/story/dl-hug...

The panel I personally moderated for #NEGM25 is going live now on YouTube! youtu.be/5x55Ql1iNvM... #GraphicMedicine

Rob Reiner (1947–2025)

He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.

Rob Reiner directed some of the most beloved movies of all time, including Stand By Me, This is Spinal Tap, and The Princess Bride. His production company also made movies like The Shawshank Redemption, Before Sunrise and Michael Clayton. The film industry has lost one of its titans.

There’s a lot of bad news out there today. Why is Rob Reiner’s death landing the hardest?

Could The Lonely Island issue an apology for putting her in "The Creep?" Or is that song a metacommentary on her? www.them.us/story/nicki-...

On 12/15 @ noon, the #NEGM25 playlist goes public. Post comments, share w/friends, and call out all the scholars, creators, and works mentioned. If you copy, edit, or remix all this content, fully credit the participants, include #NEGM25, and, of course, be ethical and respectful. bit.ly/NEGM25vids

I don’t think we’d get HEARTSTOPPER or GENDER QUEER without Alison Bechdel. Am I wrong?

Colin Jost as Hegseth is breathtaking. #SNL youtu.be/WWG5YJPuGFo?...

BREAK: Horror Comics and Mental Health panel with @adlewis.bsky.social, @keezyyoung.bsky.social, @zeroforest.bsky.social, Ingrid Pierre, and Brenden Whipple mice2025.sched.com/event/2Bdqd/... @massmice.bsky.social #GraphicMedicine (Debut of the reading glasses!)

Lookit the swell folks you run into at @countwaylibrary.bsky.social and thanks to @massmice.bsky.social (KEYWORDS/KEYIMAGES IN GRAPHIC MEDICINE is out this February from Penn State Press.) @briwok.bsky.social a.co/d/hNwtbGx

I’ll be at my post from 1-2pm today! #GraphicMedicine

"If you're teaching comics to kids, start with a silent comic." [Forces readers to learn to read visually, to explain visually] @scottmccloud.bsky.social @massmice.bsky.social @countwaylibrary.bsky.social

Ya see, there's these things called comics, totally full of words AND pictures, and they're like, drugs for literacy man ✌️ Some imaginary words I could've said but didn't tonight to go along with this hilarious photo taken by @adlewis.bsky.social

I'm kind of amused that LNI invoked former Marvel Comics editor Jim Shooter in today's newsletter. What's next, No-Prizes? @davejorgenson.bsky.social

What are some of the best poetry comics out there? That is, these could either be comics written as poems or comics that adapt preexisting poems. Recommendations, please?

Join us 12/7 for a Humanities Forum! @adlewis.bsky.social, PhD is an Eisner Award nominee and a founder of the Comics Studies library at BU. Anna Henchman is Assistant Professor of English at BU. She focuses on 19th-century British literature, science, and the mind. 📷 1: Golden Door Photography

I’m going to need a GIF of Benoit Blanc saying, “Scooby-Doobie-Doo.”

So great to be here at American Academy of Religion, especially with old friends Elizabeth Rae Coody, Yvonne Chireau, and Dan Clanton Jr -- with Darby Orcutt and Megan Goodwin in the audience. Delighted to meet Matt Cressler, Spencer Drew, and Christina Pasqua in person, too. #sblaar

"Nearly 200 attendees gather at MCPHS for the New England Graphic Medicine Summit to examine how visual storytelling makes illness and care more understandable." www.mcphs.edu/news/new-eng... #GraphicMedicine #HealthHumanities #Comics

I’ve got a nagging question that feels like a time-travel paradox: Why was Netflix originally called “Netflix?” I mean, it makes sense NOW, when we stream movies over the internet. But, why was it called this back when it delivered DVDs by mail…? Why’d that make sense to us?

A real effective demonstration. Not only the persistent manipulation but also why I am bothered by the proportions and outline of much post production photography.

I'd like to think this will finally be the thing to make his supporters turn on him. But I don't know - who he is has been obvious from the start. Yes - he's a monstrous person, but the problem is everyone who sees that, and says I'm ok with that actually... spinweaveandcut.com/draw-the-line/

How is the parking near @portersqbooks.bsky.social Boston Edition? Any recommendations for the Friday evening event?

Huzzah! www.avclub.com/dropout-come...

harvard medical school got bombed yesterday and it barely made news