oh ffs…

amc = one of the all-time great editors imo. wrote for suck-dot-com (as LeTeXan) in the ’90s and her edits on both ideas (thinking through the conceit of a piece) and style were excellent.

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.

Top 5 movie genres: - “You have powers!” “wha-a? OH!” - “Have powers, would rather not” - Quirky Crew heist - “I totally lost my way… oh here it is” - “Power. HUUH! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing” That gets 80% of them and covers Michael Clayton, Sense8, and Slow Horses, so… yeah.

If you can teach a student this, you’ve done a good job. “Learning new things is everything.”™️

WHEN the AI bubble bursts, LLMs still exist, right? They’re evil and degrade existing knowledge with their obsequious, probabilistic word vomit, sure. But they’ve proliferated. Anyone can download one. They’ll be a scourge, no? Like smallpox or white supremacy. Right? We’ll have to eradicate them?

Why do we have five fingers instead of four or six? Evolution suggests there’s an advantage. Maybe it’s to get discounts?

Also you have “all but won” the Mega Millions jackpot.

Hell, I object even to the characterization of The New York Observer as “read by the city’s elite.” How about “a weekly paper, once fairly respected, but then demeaned and ruined by passing into the hands of a 25-year-old Jared Kushner.” I enjoyed the mid-’90s iteration and even subscribed.

Absolutely. Even just Bandcamp listening parties (since I’m on a real choke-chain of a budget). Juana Molina’s listening party for her new album made me breathe funny.

I don’t do it nearly as often as I’d like. Thanks for being a great role model @bookshop.org !!

Still two of the greatest @theonion.com headlines ever, imo. It’s genuinely unsettling how often I think of these two. I definitely think of the CD-R one more. My stack just turned 15.

I have been called “David” more times than I can count, but I tolerate it because it’s my father’s name. (None of my names are David. It is just some spooky, cosmic connection.)

“Maybe I shouldn’t use index cards for story elements AND to-do lists…” Coming soon: a chapter in my “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo meets High Fidelity” novel where the deuteragonist switches from USAA to The Hartford for car insurance.

You’ve inherited a movie theater. What’s your first double feature? Merentau (2009) followed by Midsommar (2019). Unlike, and yet alike. Also works if the theater is a drive-in.

Aww. Someone needs a hug…

Literally bulldozing the country’s heritage. Metaphorically too, of course, but you don’t often get to use “literally” the ways it’s literally always being used these days.

This is fabulous.

As seen in The Peripheral:

What's the worst opening line you've ever gotten from a door-to-door cold knocker/solicitor? Mine's easy: "Hi, my name is—oh wow, I have that same t-shirt!" My response: "Really? What's your favorite release?" [waits 5 seconds, possibly more] "Didn't think so." [closes and locks door] The shirt:

Yes… ha ha ha… YES. As people look at the wreckage of my life over the past five years, I can just say, “It’s okay… I’ve been peaking.”

It’s truly uncanny, the extent to which this reflects my 17 years at a big tech company.

It seems like now diseases have a stronger infrastructure to fight us than we have to fight them! Disease HQ: they’re destroying their own fortifications, and filling in their moats with… dead measles patients. H5N1 *swiveling around in a high-backed chair, with steepled fingers*: Ehhhxcellent….

MUSICKE RULEZ

Still waiting for a world leader with enough of a sense of humor to do a Peter Sellers / Inspector Clouseau "Put Your Weight on Something and Have It Break" move with the ridiculous gold-spray-painted styrofoam in the Oval Office.

The US is imposing 1000% tariffs on ma, the concept of emptiness or negative space in Japanese cinema. From now on if a character quietly admires a river or sips a cup of tea, theaters will be taxed millions

I probably will never meet Gail, but I know Greg well — so it’s like we’re besties now! *goes back to playing rusty harmonica by just inhaling and exhaling while dancing like an old sailor doing “yo-ho-ho” arms and busking for spare change*

@metaltxt.bsky.social music ftw

Going live on YouTube at 11:30am today! What Scholars Know About Ancient Israel & Judah (That the Public Doesn’t) (and repping Allfather antifascist doom)

I would amend to de-personalize this: “I cannot believe this even exists.” It’s nearly always a compliment. Run-of-the-mill “wtf even is this” stuff just rates … no comment at all. I’ve read a lot of comics in this (good) category lately and they have enriched my soul and my humanity enormously.

I dropped the price on this to a full $10 below the price for the official edition. This slipcase is far sturdier, and you are buying 1 New and 1 Near Mint book (both first printings, I think). Help me out by buying this before August 1st (healthcare payment day). I also sell poetry and art books!

Reposting this with a further reduced price - - or, if you like poetry, please check out the rare New York School poetry I'm selling. See screenshot below - - Please, folks - - looking to make my healthcare exchange payment tomorrow and not overdraw our family account!

I've reduced the price of this Emil Ferris boxed set to $75 - - slightly less than the official one. It was my bad luck that I made this just before the official Fantagraphic set was announced - - but I will say that this one is better made, with thicker walls and a really nice textured covering.

The price on this Moloko boxed set (with handmade slipcase) is now only $240. The records are unplayed! Please help me make my healthcare.gov payment by August 1st.

I am reposting this listing - - the price is reduced and it is a Buy It Now instead of an auction. Folks, I need to make a health insurance payment by the first and I am looking to sell this handmade, bespoke box and these Mint-minus comics NOW. $125 - - a bargain.

when rick wakeman dies he will be a body without organs please subscribe to my patreon for more intersectional rhizome / prog rock humor

Same, for education and literacy reasons.

Big news, Philly! @reprabb.bsky.social is running for US Congress! Thrilled to see this - I went to college with Chris and love the guy. www.inquirer.com/politics/phi...

Truly one of the best and most important bands in the world. Start with “Health Is Wealth” and then graduate to “We Live Here”—

Accidentally creating kidz bop Velvet Underground last night when my daughter asked why is he waiting for a man? and I said “uhhh he’s got ice cream” “oh yum”

Very excited to get back to work on boxes this week. Went to Jerry’s Artarama for supplies and have started cutting the boards!

I don't want to alarm anyone, but hoopla has a whole dang 2025 eisner nominees section. You can just... read them all. For free. And support your local library at the same time. 😱

The pigeon in The Poet by @toddbotdotcom.bsky.social is on a roll…

Today’s “The Poet” by @toddbotdotcom.bsky.social is a good one:

Visited family this weekend in the hometown of myself and @gregpak.net, so I did not get a chance to make a comics shoulder box, but upon arriving home I did make a quick slipcase for some books I’ve had since high school.

Thank you to all new followers! I didn’t make anything last night, but here are a couple of the slipcases I made for books last fall. These were my 3rd, 4th, and 6th cases. Sold the @colsonwhitehead.com, but still have the others.

Hi @dragonslairllc.bsky.social — I’m a customer at the Austin store and I make luxe storage boxes for comics. I came by today to show my bespoke, title-specific boxes, but I also make generic ones. Let me know if you might be interested in having them at the store! Thanks—

I’ve been so buoyed by the response to my boxes and slipcases that I challenged myself to make something in one evening. The result is a slipcased set of Emil Ferris’ My Favorite Thing Is Monsters that I’ll be posting on eBay today. Thanks for your interest, everyone! 1/2…

Here's the eBay auction for the Monstress 1–18 handmade box. @sanatakeda.bsky.social created art that makes for a beautiful custom "shoulder" (although I make generic boxes, too). Issues 1 & 2 are inscribed to my daughter, but sadly we need to part with both comics and box. Pricey. Sorry about that!