Yayyyy!!!! So excited to see so many great books and authors as finalists!!!!

“Grown ass man in Texas went to place where high schoolers were protesting the American Gestapo, he went with the intention of beating up the teenagers, mostly girls, and got his ass kicked” feels like the truest expression of the American right and why they want state murder agents killing everyone

The ACLU wants to hear from any families with kids or anyone who was significantly impacted by the use of chemical munitions at yesterday’s protest. Please email my office so we can help connect you with their legal team.

We are at a crossroads. The Police Union can choose to stand with Portlanders, to stand against fascism, or they can continue to obstruct policies that would reign the feds in because they see a kinship with corrupt law enforcement and not with the good people of our city. There is a choice here.

If your children got tear gassed today I want to hear from you, even if you don’t live in my district. You can contact my office at [email protected]

A gaiter is not a mask. ICE agents don’t wear respirators and neither do most white libs and leftists.

It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.

Man who wouldn’t wear mask to protect people fine wearing mask to shoot them

While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities. Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.

NVidia chief creep says resistance and scorn for AI have done a lot of harm. Good. Nice confirmation it's working. Keep it up. Although the main thing is this stuff is harmful crap so the mind and body tend to revolt against it automatically.

The memory-holing around COVID just dazzles me. Like, nine months after the trucks of dead bodies they were like "naaaaaaah"

Cartoonists, I’d love to hear your stories! For local resources, please check out @defend612.bsky.social defend612.com

I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports. And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.” Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.

I worry that people are relying too heavily on the fact that all this is unpopular in the polls. Most autocrats are unpopular with their people. Once you control every branch of government, muzzle the press, and start murdering your own citizens with impunity, you don't need to be popular.

He could have used his time to disavow the comments in the group chats. He could have called or had his staff call to get more insight before giving comment, as was suggested in the Mercury's initial email to his office. Instead he took a page out of the Trump playbook and just attacked our reporter

The fact that thousands of Minnesotans continue to show up day after day and night after night to protect their communities knowing ICE agents are a hair's breadth away from murdering them is a fucking testament to their bravery, empathy, and resolve. America has not earned it, but there they are.

Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"

Jeremiah Hayden is a Portland hero.

Here's the call to action. Please email if you work in comics, especially if you have a history of attending the SDCC. bsky.app/profile/kort...

Fan Expo Portland is this weekend, January 16-18! Steve Lieber, John Burkett, and Jeff Parker are featured guests. Keep track of all our appearances, or reach out about having our artists at your event, at our appearances page. @jeffparker.bsky.social helioscopepdx.com/appearances #pdxcomics

I'll be at Fan Expo Portland this weekend, January 16-18, along with a giant stack of books, prints, and Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen hardcovers. There's a terrific lineup of comics guests, and as always if you'd like feedback on your portfolio, I'm happy to take a look. #pdxcomics

ICE has a new tool to use location data from data brokers to identify the movements of protestors. Please remove your phone's Advertising ID and disable always-on location access forapps that sell your data (most of them). Instructions for Android and iOS from the EFF: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

Portland, are you seeing this?

Where are the book banners when it comes to Grok and child porn?

PBS taught me English, so... a lot of feelings today. But it's also an important reminder: people talk about how the next administration will fix things, but what Trump and Co. are doing right now will take generations to undo. We can't just sit passively - it's about fighting from every angle.

HI! If you are in the Portland OR area join me and David Walker for a conversation about historical fiction in comics. Specifically Out of Alcatraz and Big Jim. Friday, Jan. 16 , 7PM at Powell's Books

A 🧵 of editorial cartoons from around the globe about US aggression in Venezuela. When you get to the end, click on Read 1 more reply. If you save a cartoon, keep caption w/ artist's name & handle. Free Venezuela! Elmer, Argentina 🇦🇷

The persistent belief that a previous version of Portland was perfect feeds the idea that our best days are behind us. It's inherently conservative, a nostalgic obsession that's little more than a Make Portland Great Again philosophy. We've gotta define a compelling vision of the future.

Barbra Streisand

Many don't realize that the most vulnerable or immune compromised depend on the rest getting vaccinated properly to keep diseases from spreading out of control. It's not just “my body, my choice” when it comes to saving lives.

Okay. Can I share a big pet peeve? When (mostly white) people make New Year's posts with lunar new year zodiacs when the Gregorian New Year happens. Put all your zodiac animal posts away until it's actually the right new year. (February 17th in 2026)

“Serving Size: About 12 chips” please get fucking real

California residents now have a gov portal to request all personal data be deleted from over 500 data brokers

This quote is maybe the best sentence I've ever heard come out of the mouth of a politician

An important change to note. And as Bob says, one going largely unnoticed:

Look ahead promptly to how this will affect Vote By Mail this fall.

It's okay to keep wearing masks to protect yourself and others from illness. Self-care and community care are how we move forward.

In a moment where RFK Jr is taking away life-saving vaccines and spreading health misinformation on an unprecedented scale, making comments that stigmatize other important layers of public health protections like mask wearing is not the play.

This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

I just saw Stephen Miller referred to as PeeWeeHimmler and now I can’t unsee it. 😂😂

blue states should create escrow accounts into which citizens pay their federal taxes but are withheld by the state until the federal government stops acting like its only obligated towards states that support the maga agenda

It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines. It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States. And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).

“A free country does not only protect the right to speak. It protects the right to seek … That is the American bargain: we trade the comfort of control for the liberty of choice.”

Mr. Beast, all my friends and I were saying how good at boxing you’d be

Not all disabilities are visible. Don’t judge what you don’t know.

The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes. I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.