Gonna hold on to this croissant metaphor for the rest of my creative life

Stunning painting!

Who would’ve thought brain worm/snort blow like feral hog off toilet seats dude wasn’t a scientist…

“I don’t want to hear even the slightest amount of bullshit about how you didn’t need to ask for permission to use our names & use our identities. You just wanted to steal, so you stole. You wanted to take things w/o permission, so you did. It’s wrong.”

Urban fantasy author Charles de Lint just published a new "novelet" and released it for free, his stories of myth and magic and community and found family are full of so much love and hope and we could all use some of that right now www.charlesdelint.com/IceOut.html

In case you missed it yesterday, here’s the cover of the final (I swear to god this time) Sandman Slim novel, IN THE DEVIL WIND. It’s up for pre-sale on all of your favorite online site. (some extra info: The title is a reference to blues song lyrics)

Killed by a boa constrictor? Of that size? I don't think so. #TheTwoFacesOfDrJekyll #FrightClub

1/2 I just had a nice conversation with another photographer about our love for a classic camera: the plastic, shitty in just the right way Holga. Here are a few of my favorite images, all shot on Fuji 3000 B&W film (though I tinted the angel photo for an album cover)

Despite the algorithmic parts, we live in an era of unrivaled connectivity and community when we have already made those bonds. It is possible to call a great of people in a great deal of places and have a clear conversation or share or receive data. The enemy wants to get in the way of you doing so

London? Not that Hammer was ever especially concerned with continuity, but none of the subsequent movies has him in London. #FrightClub #TheRevengeOfFrankenstein

On previous watches, I entirely missed that the second body looked exactly like Cushing. The ending made much more once I noticed that. #FrightClub #TheRevengeOfFrankenstein

Here's another of mine. #FrightClub #TheRevengeOfFrankenstein

Unusual end for Frankenstein Generally there's a big explosion and fire. #FrightClub #TheRevengeOfFrankenstein

Precursor of that slasher film trope - horny gal Gerda gets killed (without even having had sex, alas). #FrightClub #TheRevengeOfFrankenstein

The courtyard the girl rides into looks like the graveyard set re-dressed. #FrightClub #TheRevengeOfFrankenstein

When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

One thing I loved about Deadwood was how Swearengen seems the villain in S1, and a hero by S3, without ever changing his behavior. It's purely our deeper understanding of his character and motivations that changes our perspective. That's some brilliant writing right there.

We can’t clean up Washington without restoring integrity to the Supreme Court. That’s why I believe we should expand the Supreme Court to 13 justices. And then, institute term limits. Because an appointment to the Supreme Court shouldn’t mean a lifetime lack of accountability.

Rearranging the deck chairs again. The only thing that would help would be loudly reversing their decisions on DEI and LBGTQ support, and even that might not save them, because who can trust a gutless corporation whose policies depend on who's in political power at the moment.

Painted these separately to be incorporated into an alternative poster for this one. #FrightClub #TheCurseOfFrankenstein

1/3 Because "FCC" now stands for Federal Censorship Commission, CBS' lawyers would not allow the broadcast of a Late Show segment interviewing James Talarico, a Dem running for senate in TX. So Colbert and his cronies posted it to their youtube channel. youtu.be/oh7DPSP65JA?...

Let me tell you about the SAVE Act. You need to know about it. It’s Trump’s first (of likely many) major attempt to rig the election in his favor. It takes away the right to vote for millions and allows your voting records to be erased. We cannot let it pass the Senate.

(This one's my favourite version.)

If you're going to Boskone this weekend, hope to see you there. I'll be in the art show, in Authors' Alley, and on several panels. Schedule follows.

What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it

Important thread for self publishers and small indie presses:

Word guessing programs that guess wrong or make shit up make you work harder and longer instead of making it faster and easier like the scammy techlords claimed. Who could have guessed?

it's never been easier to dunk on people, all you have to do is answer questions

Post a mage. #noAi #3dRender

Post a mage.

Age verification? This was my first computer. Programs came on cassette tapes, so you had to provide your own cassette player, and use your own TV (CRT) for a screen.

People get prickly about these requests bc they see them as individual critiques but they're really efforts to set norms and build culture around sharing information, which feels very meaningful and worthwhile to me in this moment.

Great thread. "you can make art with literal trash." It's true, I once made a giant puppet out of *literal trash.* Pro artist for over 40 yrs, most of my work still starts with pencil on cheap copy paper.

if you see this, post your orange art

Layoffs over the last year: UPS: 48,000 Amazon: 32000 Intel: 27,159 Microsoft: 15,387 Nestle: 16000 Verizon: 15000 Google: 12000 Chevron: 8000 Paramount: 7000 Walmart: 7000 P&G: 7000 Estée Lauder: 7000 Your reminder that massive corporate tax cuts don’t create jobs, they create profits.

I don't even know where to start with the illegal...The Executive does not have the constitutional power to raise revenue. The Executive does not have the constitutional power to make decisions about expenditures. The Executive does not have the power to privatize the functions of the US Treasury...

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Omar is exactly the kind of Dem we need. Note that when the guy attacks, she moves *toward* him like she's ready to take him down herself. Once her security guys have him, she insists on finishing her speech. We need more fierce Democarts.

What makes these Vichy Democrats think that a few more regulations will reform a rogue agency that ignores the law, murders citizens w/o consequences, abducts children, tear gasses preschools and does random driveby pepper spraying? This is useless bullshit.

Folks attending Boskone should be aware this person is offering to sell a full list of all attendees, including email addresses and phone numbers. This is a serious breach of privacy, and potentially dangerous for marginalized folks and prominent presenters. 1/4

@attackerman.bsky.social's destruction of Bari Weiss here is so vicious because it is so spectacularly well-informed; this one is an earner, folks www.forever-wars.com/watching-bar...

Another health breakthrough. (h/t Gav)

Terrific book at a great price. Grab it while you can. (Of course then you'll want to get the rest of the series).

Once again invoking Betteridge's Law: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word 'NO!'"

Move over, Clement Clarke Moore.🧵

A festive Solstice to all!