holy shit...??? legendary animator John Ripa just posted a long lost pencil test from the very first version of Tangled, where it was a cute romcom and Jack Black was the main love interest, omg. we were robbed TWICE #animation #tangled

I can’t with this Granta thing, I do not have the spoons to process that a storied name in literary fiction has issued a “we asked Claude” statement

Genuine question: what exactly are we all doing.

eventually "developing FFXI" is going to be one of those longstanding japanese crafts where only a few aged masters remain and they do the NHK documentary about the one guy who's the youngest apprentice at 47 and still gets up at the crack of dawn to tend to the mill

When Minneapolis felt under heavy siege, people from everywhere helped and reached out and it was really heartening and made a difference. Memphis deserves that too, all the more so because there appears to be a concerted effort to keep their occupation out of the news

I think a lot of people who obsess over Disco Elysium should spend less time litigating its legacy and play another game, like Norco, which is a masterpiece that not enough people played.

Wow, it broke the top 150 😮 I didn’t think niche apps did that anymore. Thanks y’all! No self promotion intended, it’s free. I get paid in ego boosts

For $7 an hour, virtual assistants in the Philippines are using AI to write LinkedIn posts and comments on behalf of Western executives, fueling a "thought leadership" content mill https://restofworld.org/2026/virtual-assistant-linkedin-engagement/?utm_campaign=row-social

Folks, it’s a real mess out there:

CalArts. The Harvard Of Animation (positive and negative) The Cambridge Of Cartoons Tried to push AI onto those it would replace. I won't be surprised if either of these speakers is hit by a falling safe in the next few days 😬

A representative from Granta confirmed that its editors did not participate in the selection or editing of the prize-winning stories beyond copy editing, and Nazir did not respond to a request for comment.

Happy book release day to @redgoldsparks.bsky.social for GENDER QUEER: THE ANNOTATED EDITION! This is a wonderful expansion of the original memoir, with notes from Maia and other queer luminaries (including me!)

Doing a little retail therapy by looking at pre-owned wool cardigans on eBay.

Is Russia East, West—or both? Michael Khodarkovsky traces its roots to the Eurasian steppe, revealing a hybrid empire shaped as much by Asia as Europe but also by fluid frontiers, diverse societies, and steppe-born power. STEPPE AND ITS EMPIRES available now.

RIP Tom Kane, I’ll forever know you as the main announcer for Disney’s Fast Play…

Tom Kane, the prolific voice actor known for his work as Professor Utonium and HIM on “Powerpuff Girls,” “Star Wars,” and much more, has died at 64

📢 We’re hiring! Yen Press is hiring an Editorial Assistant to assist with our rapidly growing list of manga and light novels! Minimum JLPT N3 required. ➡️ Apply today! buff.ly/EhEaVTl Know someone who’d be a great fit? Tag them or share this post!

Roofs of Yerevan

Over on X, people are suggesting that AI was used to write this story published in the prestigious journal Granta. The AI detector Pangram flags it as AI too. granta.com/the-serpent-...

A bit about me: I'm a multimedia investigative reporter at the intersection of democratic backsliding and environmental justice. I founded @thexylom.com, the nonprofit, worker-led news outlet y'all know and love. We are the only Asian American-run news outlet covering the health and climate beats:

And Louisiana is not a "red" state. It's a gerrymandered, voter-suppressed, democratically-underfunded State. But I'm telling you, Black folks are here doing the work everyday. If Louisiana gets better, the country gets betters. By every measure, invest in the South!!!

My variant cover for ACTION COMICS #1100!!! This is one of my all time favorite covers. I made it quite a while ago, not sure when it was coming out. I was thrilled and honored when I learned it was going to be released on this landmark issue of Action Comics! Whooo! #DCComics

Shoes retailed in London, made in France, 1900-1920. Via The Met.

"Common Side Effects" special poster to mark the release of Season 1 on HBO Max in the UK and Ireland (on June 1). www.youtube.com/post/UgkxSWJ...

He also had absolutely impeccable style. www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/clac...

I sometimes feel insane that we don't constantly talk about the time Labour gave a black guy who was poised to unseat Nigel Farage the sack because he was a better poster than Keir Starmer

序盤の頃の2人 #FF6 #エドティナ

"dance you must as goes the rhyme" . NOWHERELAND #comic in print and digital JUNE 2026

Just so you know I am actually available for hire This is something I have done for multiple folks for their creative projects and/or general reading interests Naturally it works best if you have at least a working ability to read some materials in chinese

The Ecstasy of St Paul, by Nicolas Poussin, 1650, 📸 by @jaethephotog

Look at what just arrived! I know you're jealous.

Daily: "I'm tired Pointy"

This is a drop everything moment . . .

I, too, have been charmed by Handsome Mamdani

Rowland Barrett was imprisoned in Wormwood Scrubs and Wakefield Prison as a conscientious objector. Today is International Conscientious Objectors Day when peace campaigners across the world remember those who have suffered for their beliefs mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/BAR #CODay #WW1

The historian’s Up All Night (Grove, July) explores the most raucous, decadent, and influential nightlife scenes of the past 350 years.

My guess is that the percentage of Americans who are aware that we are blockading and immiserating a neighboring country is in the single digits. Its not an invasion, but involves the use of American military force with the intent of collapsing the government.

Cover reveal ✨Monstrous Beautiful Things ✨

Mesmerizing first trailer for "Wildwood", the new stop motion feature film by LAIKA Studios. Full 4K video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=POne...

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My student is going to file a complaint 👍 Clearly the education system has a long way to go. It's not enough to have books by BIPOC authors included in the curriculum if teachers are so incompetent and biased 😡

Some white teachers are so unqualified to teach novels dealing with anti-Asian racism!! A white teacher is trying to tone police a student who I tutor because she wrote in an essay that Charles Yu's novel Interior Chinatown criticizes how Asian American representation is limited by Hollywood.

gwen does fantastic work as usual on some of the 401,000 trans people who’ve had to flee hostile territory in their own country in the past 18 months.

Well, that took less than 24 hours, lads. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

NEW: Seattle might declare a civil emergency to help LGBTQ (mostly trans) people fleeing red states, so I looked for a Texas angle. An organizer told me that Texas is #1 among trans people looking to relocate: "The baseline hostility to their existence is unbearable." www.chron.com/culture/arti...

Ditch fabric softener and give jumpers a good steam: how to make your clothes last longer

'A gripping and important book for anyone remotely interested in politics.' We're thrilled to see this praise from Andrew Marr in the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social for What If Reform Wins by Peter Chappell! Read his whole review online now: www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...

“One place to which the Bund did not spread was Palestine. Its members believed that Jews should fight for full rights wherever they were, not in a new homeland somewhere else.” —Adam Hochschild

"Writing isn’t just the production of sentences – it’s the training of endurance by way of sustained attention." "We discuss why their thinking matters, that their struggle to translate thoughts into word isn’t evidence of failure, but a sign of growth."

A NEW BOMBSHELL ENTERS THE VILLA (gift link) www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...