Kickstarter United NYC strike rally: ‘tech workers will never be defeated!’ Kickstarter United held a rally on Tuesday, October 7, in Manhattan outside the offices of venture capitalist Fred Wilson, a major investor in Kickstarter.

Police in Airdrie, Alberta (just north of Calgary) say this driver hit a 17-year-old girl in a marked crosswalk, got out of the vehicle, and appeared to get upset at the teenager before driving away. They released this video and are now trying to identify the driver.

Can confirm as my bisexual awakening. The sequel confirmed it.

I’m so grateful to be a small part of so many great projects in the comics world. Never stop creating my friends. We value you.

Man, @pranadms.bsky.social put a great team together on this. comicsthemagazine.com

Going live here in about 90 minutes with these amazing, phenomenal, luxurious human beings who make great #comics @philthepage.bsky.social @christofbogacs.bsky.social and @davidhazan.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/uONlMWK...

It’s banned book week. Go read some challenged books. Here are mine.

In an era of social media chaos, having a physical magazine in COMIC BOOK STORES is going to be a game changer for publishers, creators, and readers.

THE BEAT AND K-COMICSBEAT ARE HIRING: We are looking for a new person to fill the job of Managing Editor for KComicsbeat.com and manga/anime editor for The Beat. Knowledge of webtoon, manga and publishing business required. There is some pay as a PT position.

Prepare yourself! The world’s greatest comics’ greatest magazine about comics is here! Read Comics! The Magazine today! #comics

You heard it here first! After the timely death of the ZCN magazine, Prana Direct Market Solutions is launching COMICS! THE MAGAZINE. comicsthemagazine.com

I’ll be there on stream to say HELLO to everyone. Trust me, if you love comics, you love supporting comics, and you wanna hear something AWESOME, you’ll tune in at 11am PST

It makes me so incredibly happy to see other ‘Stephanie’s in the comic industry, especially when they THRIVE. Soon we will form a #comics cult of Stephs and we will be all powerful.

Really want to encourage libraries - especially school libraries - to put no-AI content into your collection development policy. At the very least, if you have a clause in there about requiring accurate information, you can use that to weed out or prevent genAI purchases.

I am very available for work! I'd love to write for ya! I've got some freelance editing availability! Also still looking for a full time gig! If you're going to NYCC, recommend me to your colleagues and publishers! Happy to send samples too!

This week only - get a digital copy of Alter Ego, my follow up to the award-winning Secret Identity, wherever you get your e-books for just $2.99! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Subscribe to The Onion. I want to have more subscribers than The Free Press as soon as possible. This is achievable. In exchange, when we sell the company to a drone and cobalt magnate so I can dive in a pool of gold coins Scrooge McDuck-style, you will be spared my wrath and retribution.

Tomorrow we go live with our #dnd Charity game DONATION SWEEPSTAKES donate and enter for a chance to be one of two players with These #StarTrek luminaries are coming together to roll some dice and fight pediatric cancer. More info soon! art by @jmaddalina.bsky.social and @igniheart.bsky.social

Listen - this game is brilliant. They’re all good. I’ll never shut up about Dragon Age so enjoy it while you still can before EA dumps it forever

Here we have witches who go on yearly paddles across the lake every October. One day, I will be one of them.

It's October, which means you know what time it is: ASHLEY IS RAISING MONEY FOR SICKKIDS! Gaming for 24 hours. Live stream. Prizes. Special guests. Shenanigans. This is my 10TH YEAR fundraising for SickKids so let's make it the best year yet! www.extra-life.org/participants...

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Show me how you draw armor! ⚔️ 🛡️

95% of most Disney films. And most romance/comedy films. Sorry FRIENDS, I never was able to make it through an episode of you.

this. do this. every time.

I don't have a hot comics take. Uplift your peers, celebrate your friends. that's it.

This was me at 13. I had to sneak out to get vaccines (with my dad’s permission) with the promise to never tell my Mother. It was the wildest thing, having to be smuggled out just to see doctors.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Sometimes a project pops on Kickstarter. Sometimes, it's a slower crawl to funding. I'm lucky to have an amazing fanbase (built over time) who are basically my KS cheat code. But that can take time to build. So let's help build it for a few projects that could use a few more fans. Starting with...

What the fuck did I just read? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Listen, is it a perfect game? No. BUT IT’S FUN and has some great Trek moments. Support them so we can ensure we get even more Trek games in the future.

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France 🇫🇷, UK 🇬🇧, Mexico 🇲🇽 and Canada 🇨🇦 joined as well You can find your location at the website "No Kings" 👇

No Kings October 18th Protests are absolutely HUGE 🤯 2,086 locations worldwide, with a majority of them Inside the United States 🇺🇸 from Kotzebue, Alaska to Key West in the tip of Florida Additional Solidarity Protests Planned in 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇩🇪 Germany and 🇸🇪 Sweden 👇

‼️🚨KICKSTARTER WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE🚨‼️ As of 8am this morning, the workers of Kickstarter United/OPEIU Local 153 are on strike. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A BOYCOTT! Creators and allies, please continue using and supporting the platform.

Support Kickstarter workers! Continue using the platform and let everyone know how much it (and the folks developing new features, fixing bugs, and answering questions) have helped you!

Am I sorry to miss NYCC this year? Yes. Does it make me feel slightly better that it's because I'll be at Wild West Hackin Fest in Deadwood SD signing an *exclusive* one-shot of THE FUTURE IS ****** featuring this DOPE PAUL POPE COVER w/our main character Wheeler? Yes. Yes it does.

Did you know you can read my graphic novel The Unfamiliars for free in weekly installments? Theunfamiliars.site

Apple removes ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE official sightings, from the App Store; AG Pam Bondi says the DOJ requested its removal (Ashley Oliver/Fox Business) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

EMERGENCY: ISRAEL ATTACKS GSF Israel has attacked the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters. People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and the Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon. 1 of 2

We've got a lot going on. Wanted to make sure you didn't miss anything.

Star Wars is out here creating media that will unite people and change lives. Meanwhile, the best Star Trek can do lately is be the LEAST inspiring Treks of them all.

We are going live with a friday stream of Phasmophobia in 5 mins! Come tell me about your week while I hide from ghosts! twitch.tv/stephgerk

Käärijä just dropped a whole new album and this has COMPLETELY changed my day

I'll just leave this here.

I almost forgot to share this CSP video of my Spirit Tiger #kpop #kpopdemonhunter #kpopdemonhuntertiger #kpopdemonhunterderpytiger #derpytiger #illustration #clipstudiopaint #timelapse #characterdesign #design

We wanted to take a moment to talk about the dedication page in The Last Starship #1. Our amazing artist Adrian Bonilla shared a deeply personal story about how his father, Miguel Manuel Bonilla Cantero, tragically lost his life during a major flooding event in Spain. @idwpublishing.com

Very much a work in “prog-mess”. Can anyone else relate?

A very big Onion announcement: The Onion has spent the last two months working on a masterpiece. It's a documentary titled Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile. It's so good, in fact, we were set to release it in theatres nationwide on October 2nd. Then two weeks ago, Charlie Kirk was shot.