Diverted from my research on Emily Brontë into reading Anne Carson’s funny and terrifying poem ‘The Glass Essay’ about her (and lost love and freedom and loneliness and horror) - the bits about Charlotte made me laugh out loud 🖤 www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48636/...

1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it). But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that

What a fantastic piece, in which @readingtheend.bsky.social absolutely nails what's wrong with publisher-monetised fanfic. "Let’s not get into the habit of trawling the wriggling, unknowable sea floor that is fandom, only to feed its most palatable morsels into the hungry maw of capitalism."

Happy #NewComicBookDay everyone! Drew a couple of funky little medieval marginalia guys reading the newest issue of their favourite comic. It’s about a not-so-dark knight with laser eyes. What are YOU reading this week?

dudes rock

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE HAPPY HELLO SUNSHINE DAY!! ☀️☀️☀️

I need to draw more critters. But here are some more designs I’d love to book before the end of the year ✨🫶✨

i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.

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Gonna just say, if it's this easy to protest against the monolith that is Disney. Then there is no excuse for people to be clinging to Harry Potter. Like, if the needle can be moved against Disney, people can make it move against JK Rowling. Stop the flow of money into her accounts,

is it normal to be tired all the time

That said, what we’re dealing with as I have said at nauseam is a social problem that people think can be fixed with technology. This is the undercurrent of the “defederate” argument. It was bullshit then, it is bullshit now, and it’s going to keep being bullshit.

double down, you stupid motherfuckers, every car dealership, personal injury firm and local franchise is about to get inundated from the angriest fucking libs you have ever met in your life demanding they stop advertising on sinclair stations

Truly, I cannot emphasize enough how much the artificial distinction between binary and nonbinary trans people is enforced on trans communities by cis people, and how much that artificial distinction is used to kill us and "justify" our deaths.

Only 1 person in the whole study went from identifying as trans to not identifying as trans. The 1/5 number came from youth going between the binary and non-binary spectrum. This headline and post are misleading on purpose to fit the economist's editorial bent on the political issue.

Starmer's speedrunning the coveted 0% polling, he's found ways to alienate everyone that shouldn't be physically possible, he's out of bounds, he's zip-skipping, he's manipulating code by picking up items and dropping them a specific number of times and then punching himself in the head

Finally picking up this piece again after starting it a year ago? Just needed the fall rains again to get the vibes 🍂

using my PTO well

Can someone who’s watched Knights of Guinevere please tell me if there’s any flashing/strobing like in the trailer? I’d love to watch it but flashing/strobing is a health hazard for me. I can’t find any conclusive information online.

I of course welcome the recognition of the state of Palestine. And there won't be a Palestinian state left if government's continue enabling Israel's unfolding genocide. Labour can't credibly support Palestinian statehood whilst also continuing to arm Israel.

Even before the announced TOS change, I had planned on making a post to share all of the cool art I have acquired through my Bluesky follows. Now it feels more urgent and this is my prompt.

Daily bunny no.3084 is an experienced Alley Bun

I'm so tired of concepts having more rights and protections than me, a living flesh person

Seeing the Bill Watterson originals full of pencil lines of stuff that didn’t work, scuffs the eraser didn’t pick up, white out galore and more was something I needed to see to remind myself that nothing is perfect the first go and tweaks need to be made and you’re allowed to try again.

I feel somehow guilty that Europeans are so up on our politics that they know who the chair of the FCC is.

Logging on.

Batman Day has lost it's way and become commercialised. So this evening I'm going to go out and punch a clown

The defining lesson of this first year of Trump authoritarianism is that kowtowing & capitulating yields zero permanent benefit and only emboldens the admin to come after you more. This critical lesson was first documented in the landmark political science treatise “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.”

jokes about the confederacy are always funny, but you gotta think about it in terms of "Supernatural lasted 5x longer than the Confederacy", which is absolutely hysterical

I’m hilarious guys

mushroom stew

Look. I'm not mad you bought a Kimmel picture book. But marginalized creators are getting banned and death threats and harassed all the time. It'd be neat to show them that wallet solidarity.

Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/

it turns out making art is spiritually and emotionally fulfilling. has anyone looked into this

A little gossip in the garden before starting work for the day... #fantasyart #babayaga #graphite

Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly. sbgi.net/tv-stations/

cancelling Disney+ and Hulu is well and good but it’s not a huge hit on an individual level but Disney adults? people who spend real money at the parks? you guys can make a dent, call ‘em up and tell them your vacation is postponed until they pull their heads out of their asses

I am biased but I don’t think there is a better website on the internet today than TheOnion.com.

Gentle reminder that in the late '50s, the U.S. government did not censor comics. Comics companies censored themselves. Not sure why that crossed my mind today but there it is...

I thought this administration was explicitly opposed to gender-neutral toilets; and then they go and do this.

A reminder that journalists should not give out source names willy nilly to government officials in exchange for comment

If you want the whole sordid story in entertaining form: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BIc...

New work in progress. Depression is hitting me hard today. Trying to combat it by painting some love.

The Sound of Music (1965)

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read. They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

Roadworks will tear us apart, again