Good read about harrowing times. Ultimately the EA leveraged buyout is part of the larger trend of media acquisitions, allowing the obscenely wealthy to shore up power and control the cultural narrative.

i think it is cool that a government run by fanatical bigots is on track to plunge the economy into a mountain and cause a food crisis

Full thread. Truly unprecedented times.

This is great news. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Drawing spooky, scary skeletons this month for the Halloween season. Kicking it off with a tavern keeper, requested in Twitch chat. More to come! stephenbobbett.com/skeleton-tav...

I swear, nobody in Silicon Valley would pass the Voight-Kampff test.

I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files. But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.

Creature Feature time! Drawing your spooky scary skeletons twitch.tv/fancyschmancy

Behold as I smite these crosswords with the strength of my mighty intellect. twitch.tv/fancyschmancy

Creature Feature requests, niece and nephew editions.

Listen, the recent C-suite crash out might have you feeling like this platform sucks now, but if it’s any consolation, this type of social media already sucked to begin with. 🙂

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Playing some more Donkey Kong Bananza. I refuse to be sated until every last banana is consumed. twitch.tv/fancyschmancy

When you studied to do graphic design as part of your career, and now you have to do graphic design sometimes

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

So egregious. The administration has essentially coerced federal employees into violating the Hatch Act. Crime after crime after crime.

Been catching up on The Righteous Gemstones. Here’s the heir apparent Jesse, sling at the ready.

We believe healthcare is a right for every American. But starting today, millions of people will be notified that they are being priced out of their insurance thanks to Republican policies. Enough is enough. The GOP may shut down the government, but we will stand tall for YOU.

Being a brand director, expectations: You are an aesthetic wizard, orchestrating a mystical cadre of artisans to enchant weary travelers to partake in your merchant wares. Being a brand director, reality: You live in Powerpoint now, lil' bitch.

I wish people were more wary of algorithms in light of AI-generated content. It's more important than ever to curate information based on reliable sources, and when you cede that responsibility to an algorithm, you don't stand a chance at telling fact from fiction, no matter how discerning you are.

Procreate came out with all these great new brushes, and the one I’m most excited for is a single-width, hard-edged comic brush that feels like a regular felt-tip pen. Anyway, here’s a weird slug monster based on a scribble.

Procreate came out with all these great new brushes, and the one I’m most excited for is a single-width, hard-edged comic brush that feels like a regular felt-tip pen. Anyway, here’s a weird slug monster based on a scribble.

Being a nine-to-fiver in America right now feels like being asked to do eight hundred pushups while an arsonist is actively burning the gym to the ground.

you know what probably isn't great for military readiness? turning a blind eye to violent hazing, sexual assault and bigotry, while purging leaders on the basis of race and gender.

Really was kind of wild that Tobey Maguire’s Spider-man could sling web from his actual wrists. I like to imagine he could only do it two or three times a night, and only after a ten-minute refractory period.

Censoring words, suppressing research, and silencing scientists doesn't change reality. Climate change will affect everything from intensifying weather patterns to disrupting our global supply chains. Treating it as "That-Which-Must-Not-Be-Named" will only make us woefully unprepared.

It's that time of year when the sun disappears at a point in the evening I take personally.

Achieving easy dopamine in the form of bananas. twitch.tv/fancyschmancy

Made a lentil soup that looks like hot manure but tastes like a thousand hugs from your grandma.

Every time I forget to charge my headphones and remember that we used to just have aux cords for this shit

The most pissant little Parks & Rec improvement project in any random small town is infinitely more satisfying than the largest AI projects because it's solving REAL problems for REAL people, and not eating the world with FAKE NOTHING ROT

Paul Rudd doesn't age. He also doesn't have social media. In this TED talk, I will explain...

Vanquishing the NYT crosswords. twitch.tv/fancyschmancy

My hunger for bananas is ceaseless. I will not rest until every last one is consumed, until every Banandium has gone the way of the Gros Michel. twitch.tv/fancyschmancy

This works. I turned my iPhone into a monochrome, game-less, social media-less brick, and it’s the best tech decision I’ve ever made.

Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption. Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow. People have power. Ask Target

In 1983, 50 companies controlled 90% of the U.S. media market. That number is now down to 5.

This is nothing more than putting a computer on your face instead of inside your back pocket. Which makes sense, given they make you look like an ass.

Sunday blog: reflecting on my on-and-off-again relationship with California while listening to the Goo Goo Dolls in a laundromat. stephenbobbett.com/broken-and-k...

Had one of those days where I probably drank more coffee than water, and now my body feels like each of its bones has a soul, and they’ve been tasked with fighting God.

A lovelorn America texting this article to its Supreme Court like, “this could be us but you keep playing 💔”

If I ever get married, I'm wearing this instead of a tuxedo.

Weird, I feel like this dude should’ve been, like, mega-impeached by now? Maybe something to float by your elected representative, I ‘unno.

The only way to learn is by playing. The only way to win is by learning. The only way to begin is by beginning. It’s taken me 40+ years and 7 seasons of Game Changer to realize this, but … that’s just a good mantra for life.

I don’t know much about the Bug Game, but happy Bug Game Day to all who celebrate.

RFK is secretary of Hazards and Human Suffering. His testimony today shows his staggering incompetency and his complete indifference to the truth — indifference that is costing lives. He must be impeached before he harms more people. #ImpeachRFK

I have a long-standing theory that end-times evangelicals lost their shit when they didn’t get their rapture in the early 2000’s and have since been clawing their fingernails like madmen against the walls of a reality their God won’t let them escape.

jesus christ

1000+ current and former HHS staff speak out: "Should he decline to resign, we call upon the President and U.S. Congress to appoint a new Sec. of HHS, one whose qualifications and experience ensure that health policy is informed by independent and unbiased peer-reviewed science." www.savehhs.org

It's wild to me that some of the best, most well trained artists in history have been posting their work online for decades at no cost to the public, and some people are still like, "nah, make a robot do it, and make sure it uses my drinking water and raises my electric bill, too."