Fandoms are trying to engage with activism that can make a difference, and your library is a great place to find those opportunities. @comicslibrarian.com breaks down all the ways libraries are standing up to ICE.

All the talk about the Absolute line getting a whole lotta reprints again means it's a good time to link again to this post of mine about why ABSOLUTE BATMAN (and by extension, the rest of the line) is doing so well: www.progressiveruin.com/2026/01/26/b...

This is why they still refer to the government as the enemy, despite them BEING the government. Without grievance they are nothing (because they have very low self esteem)

Raven from Teen Titans

Deep down they know that they’re dorks and that Gutfeld is not a real talk show and when an unexpected success leads it to sort of have to be a real talk show they start glitching out and they don’t know how to seal the deal with the average media consumer.

You don‘t get Christian rock without rock It’s one of the reasons that, even though/because they have more power than ever they’re always panic-screaming at us because it is painful and precarious for them to occupy the space of mainstream culture and they don’t know how to do it!

The Question

Sewage spill a potential ecological catastrophe #nzpol

They’re reprinting every issue of every series. Again!

Absolutely disgusting from NSW police. #nzpol

King Omega is crowned in DC K.O. #5. Today is Final Order Cut-Off for this climactic DC K.O. issue from @ssnyder1835.bsky.social, @javifernandez.bsky.social, @xermanico.bsky.social, @wescraigcomics.bsky.social and Alejandro Sánchez. Last call to pre-order these covers at your comic store!

Watching Eric Berger (historically a Musk fanboy) struggle with the revelation that Musk is a fake engineer conman white supremacist never loses its entertainment value

So was the housing bright line test Luxon avoided a levy or a tax? #nzpol

I like how the Nats are constantly accusing Labour of putting up taxes and then putting up taxes themselves! And of course no one cares.

It's a strategic energy security LIABILITY for New Zealand.

If Labour hasn’t / doesn’t say this is for the scrap heap I will pull my hair out.

National-led government sucking up to oil industry.

We can't get rid of our sewerage properly but can spend a billion on some gas facilities. Does it ever make sense? #nzpol

Is there a better analogy for a neoliberal govt? Shit all over the beaches and quiet suggestions ratepayers will be on the hook. No chance a corporation would be responsible

The 'KPop Demon Hunters' Writer-Directors Are Very Aware of the Sequel Pressure

Absolutely Positively Floaties in Wellington God we have some absolute muppets in charge of our water infrastructure. Have they been fired yet? Environmental agencies should be hammering these idiots. A fucking embarrassment.

Every single word and link in this article is more horrifying than the last. The mask is fully off. We're not just getting dogwhistles from conservative thought-leaders about the subjugation of women at this point - it's the actual message.

people complaining about not being able to understand the lyrics in another language is always so strange because I guarantee most of those people have never given any serious thought to the english lyrics of songs they listen to all the time

In good news, a little one was born in Utah🦒 www.sltrib.com/news/2026/01...

Congrats to overthinkers and perfectionists but I mostly use drafts to do posts where I need to remember some factual aspect of what I’m trying to get at and then I’ll come back to it two months later and read “Scooby Doo sandwich is the hatm” and think what the fuck was I smoking

Ironic, as this was the magazine that referred to Pokémon as a "pestilential Ponzi scheme" in 1999, characterising its creator Satoshi Tajiri as a literal monster "His eyes are bloodshot; dark circles ripple beneath them... His monsters are a child's predelictions." He never gave another interview.

Most of the SFX in Jurassic Park hold up better than anything in the 4 Jurassic World movies.

Yor is so mean to Loid for real.. #SPY_FAMILY

Supergirl in Progress… Rachel Dodson inks Pencil/Color Me

It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."

This was actually a pretty good issue. I'm still annoyed that so many villains in this book aren't actually Superman villains but Carter is a good foil for Clark so far and I'm interested to see how the Lex and Brianiac partnership develops. I think Ferreyra fits the book better than Sandoval tbh

Huge day for the girls gays and theys

Join your union.

We are a nation ruled by robber barons

LEX

Liquified Natural Gaslighting

Serebii Update: The Pokémon Super Bowl trailer pushing the "What's Your Favorite?" campaign for Pokémon's 30th anniversary has been released www.serebii.net www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3O4...

This is Millie. She has accurately predicted the winner of the Super Bowl three years running. Also knew Bad Bunny was going to bring out Lady Gaga, but no one bothered to ask her about that. 14/10 (TT: jo_jo177)

1 - Build out infra 2 - Privatize companies 3 - Dividends! 4 - Spend public money on more infra (??) 5 - Dividends! Gentailers have spent TEN BILLION DOLLARS on dividends over a decade of under investing in capacity We're left paying the bill? Fuck this #nzpol

"Osamu Tezuka Animation Art Archives", an 800-page book containing original drawings & storyboards created by Tezuka for the animated adaptations of his works. Available for pre-order only in Japan (Genkosha, Shoten) as of today (which is the anniversary of Tezuka's death).

bloody knight

Ever notice how it's the same people who claim shelter is a privilege who also complain about homelessness?

Littke something to pin on Insta after the wave of A/I slop from this weekend

Good news

shockingly little reporting in nz media this morning over the massive displays of police violence against people peacefully protesting at the albanese government's invitation of a war criminal.

Shotaro Ishinomori found himself referred to as "the king of manga" and Tezuka remarked to Ishinomori, "if you're the king of manga, I'm the god of manga." That's where "god of manga" comes from.

I'm seeing several nerd-news sites refer to Tezuka today as "the godfather of manga." The only people who refer to Tezuka as "the godfather of manga" are confused newbies without research skills, playing the telephone game.