All Summer in a Day obviously ruined my brain chemistry forever

I think it's actually essential to children's moral development to be exposed to short stories moderately beyond their reading level where a bunch of fucked up shit happens and then instead of offering a moral lesson or any sort of emotional or narrative resolution it just ends.

objectively the funniest critique an american could level at another country

As a protestant, this feels strange to say, but the point at which an adult convert to Catholicism has been rebuked by two Popes in one year and then goes on to write a memoir called 'Communion' about his faith, they ought to bring excommunication back. This guy is evidently an unrepentant heretic.

An excerpt of an interview with art historian and critic David Sylvester which i think feels relevant to the environment artists find themselves in the digital/social media/algorithmic content age

That's right

While I think it DID help bring comics more into the mainstream space, I think eventually we are gonna have to unpack whether the MG/YA boom actually pushed comics deeper into the rut of “for kids” that it has never quite been able to crawl out of in the US (as far as the public consciousness goes.)

Looking to start navigating away from good products - anyone have email recommendations? Mostly just want something reliable, secure, iOS accessible preferably and AI free.

Books should take forever to write. They should torture you your entire life and the things you could have said slightly better should haunt you forever. This is what art is for, transferring the discomfort of being human into something relatable to the other humans

A thing I find frustrating in real life, as well as fiction, is the notion that green energy will save us. That we can simply slot it into the place of dirty energy and life will simply continue on, that it will be our savior without having to meaningfully change the world otherwise.

Banger of a prefacing quote

「The Pitt」のファンアートを描きました #thepitt

Pioneering a new genre called “pessimismcore”

tbqh I'm not even sure what people mean when they say "indie will save us". save who. save what. do you just mean "well interesting indie games will continue to come out"? sure. do you mean "indie games can absorb the tens of thousands of workers laid off from AAA studios"? that's insane

Currently reading The Omnivore’s Deception by John Sanbonmatsu. This is the rebuttal to the Omnivore’s Dilemma that we NEED and one of the best ethical philosophy books I’ve read in a good while. Emotionally rough, but both clarifying and galvanizing, cannot recommend it enough

Okay! Trying to make small goals until we have official dates for the surgeries and such since everything is just ..overwhelming aha. Im sorry again for well...everything...but I sadly do need help. Ive got enough for one appt round trip at least! But yeah sadly i need help right now.

A viral dog rescue from 2016 is now immortalized with a statue in Kazakhstan. When a dog fell into the Sayran reservoir, bystanders formed a human chain to pull him to safety. The statue is a reminder of the value of unity, solidarity and collective action. 14/10 for all

Stop worrying about what YA books to let your kids read and let them sort it out with V C Andrews and cocaine era Stephen King as God intended

ngl I like this pope

Dying empire embroiled in a quagmire of its own making attempts outlandish conquest to restore faith

This is one of the most important issues with the global food system, yet it is often ignored. Put simply, we don't actually grow much *food* in our farms around the world. Instead, we grow grossly inefficient animal feed and biofuels. drawdown.org/news/only-ha...

You’ll find that every American art industry is pivoting to not making anything, has been for 10-15 years, and there are charts about profit from this that you’re not allowed to argue with. The fake promise of AI has only made this worse. It’s awesome

A five year old Hidetaka Miyazaki saw this and realized it was going to be his whole deal

Today we took baby’s first steps into learning more about workplace organizing 👀

fyi in the USA we parents have to supply toiletries & cleaning supplies for our kids' public schools every year.

Actually I think we should stop dunking on people for the raw milk and carnivore diet stuff. Like, let’s let nature take its course, you know

“Right now, the United States is tightening its siege on Cuba,” said political streamer Hasan Piker, explaining his decision to join the convoy, adding:

Eel smuggling was in the news again yesterday, and I got some questions. Like: "WFT?" & "Why? & "How?" So let's take a look. Eel smuggling is maybe the biggest wildlife crime going. It's a c. 4 billion a year black market industry. Interpol has called it "Europe's ivory trade." 1/7

The US government collected over $1 billion in immigration fees then refused to process the applications. No denials. No refunds. Just silence. This is the largest fee fraud in the history of the American immigration system. Here's what's happening. 🧵

We could just scrap TSA and go back to having airports & airlines be responsible for their own security. We wouldn’t have this chaos when there’s a government funding gap, and as a nice perk we’d ditch a lot of time-consuming theater that adds little meaningful security benefit.

This is precisely how a government sets up the framework to install a backdoor, create a firewall, and switch off the internet when it's convenient for them.

as a culture we have really given "ideas" way too much credit. ideas are a dime a dozen. they happen all the time. the magic is way more in the doing, and the doing's diminished stature is linked to lack of respect for labor and, more recently, skill and expertise.

I am struggling to understand the extremely muted international response to this. whatever you think of the regime, it is not the regime that is suffering. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

fun reminder: the reason why they make these fucking pointless "live action" remakes is because since it's "live action", the animation is considered "vfx" and not character animation, so they can pay these non-unionized satellite studios fuck-all and make a cool few million for essentially nothing

if you do anything creatively you have got to internalize not everyone is going to like you or your shit. it is fundamental to your growth as an artist.

It’s really feeling more and more like there is no recourse from the state of things and where we are heading. It’s suffocating.

HAMS

How can this go on for another 3 years?

A strategy I am recommending to people who don’t want to mask all the time is always in healthcare facilities and public transportation, AND if you see someone in a mask, put yours on. The first helps protect spaces high risk people may have no choice but to go, the second shows them support.

I too have some thoughts on the Shy Girl mess (free to read) www.patreon.com/posts/mia-cu...

‘dear rax, my writing group kicked me out for sending them my AI memoir’ www.patreon.com/posts/153531...

"USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025." did the US Navy post a profit last year?

The USPS IS NOT LOSING MONEY. THE USPS IS SPENDING TAX DOLLARS ALLOCATED TO IT BY THE BUDGET. THE USPS SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO ZERO OUT ITS BALANCE SHEET IT IS NOT A BUSINESS IT DOES NOT HAVE SHAREHOLDERS. IF THE USPS IS OUTSPENDING ITS BUDGET IT SHOULD BE ALLOCATED MORE BUDGET.

I just added a new full-color zine to the screamcones-verse with more lore and silliness. If you like haunted icecream, this is for you skullingway.itch.io/scream

Every time I'm on insta and see an AI add, the comments are full of people just posting "AI." "But that's still engagement so they think it's good!" Yes and no. I am unsure why, but yes lots of marketing teams still only care about impressions not conversions. But I think that is coming to an end.

Simon Palmer (b. 1956), “Pennine Railway” (1993), watercolour, ink, and gouache.

I don't think I've seen a more unanimous [ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ᴅɪꜱʟɪᴋᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ.] and god damn this quote sent me

I’m really happy for the people who are proud of their art but I am like a homing missile for my own flaws and I do NOT know what that’s like

Anyone on my timeline have an opinion about Anna Karenina translations? I’m trying to decide (for a first time read) and the internet is a MINEFIELD on this apparently contentious topic