A new analysis found that 80% of 45 anti-trans groups in the U.S. have received funding from fossil fuel companies or billionaires, including Shell and Anschutz. www.ehn.org/fossil-f... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

All of global politics is really just to distract us from this horrible fact

Help!

Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial." "Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."

paul dano could have directed inglorious basterds but no way could quentin tarantino have convincingly used daniel radcliffe's decaying corpse as a multitool

Once again, LLMs can’t believe reality is real.

“Sketches in her possession revealed that she had reanimated Dr. Phil after exhuming the freshly buried remains of a deceased cutthroat and scoundrel, which she then combined with the rotting organs of a door-to-door Amway salesman, several telemarketers, and a disbarred attorney.”

It’s very funny to me that countries are trying to pass laws banning teens from social media until they’re older and can “handle it” as if the last decade hasn’t been about watching rich middle aged men nuke their brains on Twitter and then run the USA via shitpost.

Further evidence that widespread covid vaccination is better for everybody.

I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30

You either die a hero or live long enough to say this is when we need villains, actually

THIS. Warner Brothers and Disney treating comics like IP generating machines has been horrifying to watch from the outside; I can only imagine the horror show from inside the house.

I think the reason why there is such a focus on the evils of "work for hire" in comics (instead of voice acting, etc.) is that you can no longer put food on the table with comics. These characters are bringing in millions while their creators cannot pay for groceries or rent. Or funeral expenses.

Studios lament the loss of "company men" without looking at the differences in the ways Stan Lee and Jack Kirby were treated. You get "company men" by being good to the men who work for the company.

A little snippet of something wonderful to start the day: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1prw...

One last job

Continually reminded that there's a difference between people who fight for something and people who just like fighting, and how important it is to learn to tell one from the other.

It's National Illustration Day. Post an Illustration. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Me: I just want to sleep! Brain: AND I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT EVERY LIFE CHOICE YOU'VE EVER MADE! Bladder: Oh & don't forget about me.

Artist: @twisteddoodles.bsky.social

Definitely seconding this! Colorists and letterers are almost always hired after the writers and pencilers, so if you wanna work with someone specific, it truly doesn't hurt to ask your editor. I've gotten jobs based on artist or writer requests MULTIPLE times.

it’s fun watching people see what trans folks have been warning of for years. the media has no capacity to inform about the politicization of health care

Post something random or you'll have an awful December...

There's a pretty great Tumblr post about this:

Fun, hand-lettered sound effect I did the other day. Fun fact: usually, the comicbook writer comes up with the sound effects (SFX), as was the case here, but some writers will ask me to make up my onomatopoeia. And yes, I do sound out the SFX as I work. 😊

It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own

Okay, it finally wore off but I still feel a bit queasy, it was a rough morning. The only thing I found about this is a Reddit where half the people also get physical motion-sickness type thing from AI, and the other half are people misunderstanding the entire problem as one of preference or taste.

Do other people experience serious nausea when watching AI videos? I try to avoid them, but when I see it in motion I immediately start to feel seasick. And the nausea sticks for hours afterwards, I don’t understand it but it’s a violent, physical reaction. 🤢

I’ve yet to find a high that hits as hard as finishing a really difficult job, (especially hot on the heels of two equally difficult jobs!) It’s almost as good as not taking on really difficult jobs in the first place… but I think maybe “difficult” is a prerequisite of design right now.

A friend sent this sweet version of the r.a.i.n. meditation and it helped me handle the burning in my fingers today, so maybe it’ll give you a moment of strength and care. (Personally, after this long in America, I enjoyed the uk accent too 😁) on.soundcloud.com/s9Zb3wU8JCff...

PSA: There's nothing I can do to guarantee a good medical experience when health fails you, but this helped a little; Last year I added a short summary of my medical history to the top of my records. It saves doctors' time and means I don't have to describe traumatic medical experiences again.

“I’d love it if there were some divine benevolent force in the universe ready to engulf me in its protective glow, but I suspect there’s just shitting and dying and not much else. Make the best of it.” #AliceLowe with #TanyaReynolds in #Timestalkers

During today’s forest therapy I traced the path of this little labyrinth and felt the rough concrete and cool water on each finger. Even with intense neuropathy it is essential to keep seeking out new sensations, to stay awake and not dissociate from life. Nature is our greatest support in this 💚

For those new to dealing with rapists and pedophiles; this is standard. They bring it up to try to normalize it and enlist supporters to validate their (horrific) choices. They’re recruiting with techniques that previously worked, but as they age it becomes increasingly obvious and ineffective.

I dreamt I was one of those dolls with hard, unusable (usually porcelain or plastic) hands and feet, but the body is soft, organic, stuffed fabric. It’s eerie that my unconscious mind came up with a better metaphor for life with neuropathy than awake-me ever has. Maybe part of me can handle this 🤷‍♀️

Thank you for articulating what I’m too nauseous and angry to get out.

Jewelry to help you fuck with people? www.etsy.com/listing/7213...

PSA: If you’re undergoing physical therapy, always ask your therapist to teach you what they’re doing and recommend any tools, so that you can do the work alone too. There’s no reason to wait until appointments to do the work, and putting in daily work as needed will have a much better effect.

If you’re needing to widen your window of tolerance, every Thursday at 12:30pm theres a free 30min group meditation that is broadcast live online, so that people all over can meditate together: hammer.ucla.edu/programs-eve...

People often ask me for an alternative to substack for newsletters and this looks like a pretty strong contender:

Trevor Von Eeden’s Batman Annual cover was the inspiration for my homage cover on Joe Casey’s compilation of short stories. In Jan 2017, the week after I found out I had breast cancer, painting it became a way to live outside of the fear! Making art can keep you sane: imagecomics.com/comics/relea...

“We get to decide what the terms of this new world are gonna be!” Artist #MimiOnuoha in discussion with #MorehshinAllahyari and #AmericanArtist art21.org/watch/specia...

#KarlTheFog #SanFrancisco #summer #EverythingIsPerfect #SwearingPattern

Recently learned that you don't need to relax muscles to massage them effectively, especially if the aim is to break up scar tissue! This means that self-massage is just as effective as being massaged by someone else, in therapeutic terms anyway. (Just FYI, in case anyone else's body is a WIP.)

Maybe the reason I always felt at home in San Francisco is because the first TV show I remember is “The Banana Splits”? youtu.be/XMl6HnhFFIA?...