Happy new year, y'all! Here's to the joy we will carve out in defiance of fascism. Let this year be the turning point to something brighter, and let it be our joy that lights the way.

The confusion and conflation of ‘generative ai that is built on stolen artwork’ and ‘machine learning, character behaviour modelling and proc gen’ is intentional on the part of the grifters peddling the former. They benefit from murkiness of classification, because the latter predates their bollocks

The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.

The Shadow is in the public domain as of 2026. But only as a mysterious narrator. The pulp hero version goes PD next year, and in 2033 he’ll be able to cloud men’s minds so they cannot see him.

Journos need to always challenge the right-wing framing of "antifa" being a specific organisation that can be banned or restricted. Just straight up be like "but that's nonsense, it doesn't exist" every time

This is why the costumes are honestly brilliant. Ngo, who has never said a truthful thing in his entire life (remember the concrete milkshake?) now has to convince people inflatable Sesame Street and animal costumes are violent terrorists. Sometimes you just need an image too silly to demonize.

People make fun of me when I take the ribs off their plate that they did not eat to completion but frankly it's on you if you didn't eat them properly

The Japanese Mario 64 official strategy guide is an incredible thing. "Can we make little hand-made dioramas of all the levels?" "Sure, why the hell not."

It is always fun when a fan asks for a character from Legion of Super-Heroes. Here is Lightning Lad show commission I did at Paris Manga and Sci-Fi show. All done with markers, brush pen and white ink.

I liked when James Baxter used to do occasional guest spots on animated TV shows. I assume studios had a bat signal for him, except instead of a static bat it was a horse running in perspective towards the camera while the camera rotated around it

DOOM gave us more than demon-slaying. It gave us some of gaming’s most lovingly crafted asses. 🍑 Full feature: buff.ly/sliFkBm #DOOM #ThiccDemons

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Cups - Gator Days

If you don’t want to be called N*azis, don’t compare yourselves to N*azis. I don’t make the rules.

The term 'political violence' exists to manufacture an artificial distinction between the violence of capital and the state against the working class and any violence against capital and the state, expressly so that the former can be tacitly endorsed while the latter is condemned.

It's bonus bunny time today because of, well, everything 🫶🐇 #photography #bunny #rabbit

Insanely Good Movie. Absolute All-Timer. I loooove Casablanca!

It seems like we're experiencing a sort of rerun of the political violence of the 1960s—except this time we have the internet cooking everyone's brains. None of this leads anywhere good.

folks, I've never lived through years of mass political violence but I do study it for a living: you don't want to live through years of political violence.

oh no is the right wing demanding crackdowns, martial law, and masked secret policemen disappearing you or shaking you down for papers? all because of this specific incident!

I keep saying this. The Right fundamentally are *not* hypocrites. They believe in double standards. For them, double standards are correct, inevitable, and desirable, because the idea that certain groups are better than others and should therefore have more rights is the basis of right-wing ideology

No, the fake “free speech” crowd isn’t going to defend the professor fired for teaching exactly what her course was about. We can stop noting those “failures” now. Let’s move on from calling them hypocrites. They’re not hypocrites! They’re fascists, authoritarians, or apologist.

Of course, because propaganda doesn't work well unless you remove the truth first.

This week, the House begins reviewing the NDAA—the spending plan for the Defense Department. We should be focused on passing a bipartisan bill that works for all Americans, but my Republican colleagues are too busy introducing over 15 amendments that discriminate against LGBTQ+ service members.

to be clear I think this is very very bad and things are gonna get even scarier now but I'm still gonna reskeet some jokes about it all because gallows humor is the only way I know how to survive

“There is no place for political violence in this country” say the politicians using legislation and rhetoric to attack trans people, immigrants, women and BIPOC daily. Just because it’s done with a pen and not a gun doesn’t mean it’s not political violence. Hypocrites. Not that they care.

I think it’s kinda interesting that they chose an actor for Clayface that has really similar physical traits to Robert Pattinson.

if i can be y’all’s dad for a second: one of the most important things I’ve learned is that acquiring a skill is literally uncomfortable that awful moment where you feel confused and stupid and embarrassed? it means you’re about to learn something. and it’s *mandatory* if you want to get better

Hi. Books are incredibly important. Please let them be.

This, precisely, is what I think Dem voters want from their representatives: direct confrontation with people who are used to bullying others both as a matter of substance and style. You don't have to back down to these fucking clowns.

Whole lotta people in this administration seem to be committing actual factual crimes.

american society has been at “TV Interstitial from ROBOCOP” for a while but “president does a car commercial on the white house lawn” is really pushin it

bathroom bills were considered a hugely bigoted overreach a decade ago and the backsliding on trans rights is the result of a sustained propaganda campaign by elites the pendulum can swing back the other way if you try, and anyone who is not willing to do so is showcasing their own bigotry

This Superman picture is so good that I kind of can't believe that it uh, never actually made it into the comic it was created for.

Agreed with Gillian here. If you called your Senator (or didn't) to tell them to vote against a trans sports ban, it's important that you also call them and thank them for their vote. NO Democrat broke on this. myreps.datamade.us

Master Comics #30 (Sept. 1942). Mac Raboy cover art featuring Captain Marvel, Jr. Classic WWII cover.

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In the names of God, ESPECIALLY Wisconsin must be protected. 🙏🏻😭

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My wife, Rep. Zooey Zephyr, is working her ass off in the Montana legislature, railing against bill after bill, day after day. This is just one of many speeches I've watched her give... but it's one of the most powerful. This on a bill that criminalizes us for being trans. Watch her speak.

is it woke to want to end cancer?

This is an obscenity.

We're early in the development of a new game with the working title "Sulfur" (or "Silenus"), an investigative mystery set on a string of islands along the U.S. southern coast. We'll share updates here. We also post detailed dev logs on Patreon & are very grateful to our friends and supporters.

It's hard to express how much is going on here and what a big deal it is. We've been building toward this for over 8 years now, and we genuinely built a video game history research tool that is usable by anyone. We're democratizing game research through a free, no-bullshit, human-curated resource.