Not a cover I would have expected.

The question of whether the wonky nail would fall out has been answered. Now to see if anything will grow in its place.

COMIC: My day's schedule

One for the block lists: 575 posts, all replies, all identical.

Some good news in my e-mail today. Remember, you too can shop with bookshop.org, buy good books, and not enrich Jeff Bezos in any fashion. @tomgauld.bsky.social

The physics of the genie statue intrigues me. I wonder if you could make that stand up?

If one could fine-tune these things, it would be amusing to let MAGA go just far enough to turn on Miller, then turn it all off.

If you followed @annabower.bsky.social you would have known this before the news was published.

Feel like being grateful for something? Be grateful that Henry Kissinger is dead and thus unable to give advice to this administration.

Those in need can always buy the costume.

I've messaged Katie Hobbs requesting her to dispatch the Arizona National Guard to protect the residents of Broadview and Portland from the federal government. Somehow, I doubt she will respond affirmatively.

A month of healing later

It's nice to occasionally see verification of your own existence.

Part of me looked at this and was happy that most American Jews recognise Israel's role. The other part of me looked at this and said "ethnical‽".

My copy of Animalia showed up yesterday. Absolutely gorgeous. www.kickstarter.com/projects/cen...

Thought I recognised that collapsing building in the Bronx. Most of the "Lost Pup" chapter of "Everything I Know About Zombies, I Learned in Kindergarten" (in graphic form, Issue 3 of "PS43 Survives") takes place in the Mitchel Houses.

I am in debt to Judge Young for bringing the word "obloquy" to my attention. I should start a #WriteStuff contest for the best use of it in a piece of fiction.

Hegseth's obsession with "grooming standards" and "fitness standards" does nothing but reveal how petty racists can be and how intent they can be on insisting their racism and misogyny are objectively true.

I once proposed giving every coal miner a $70K annual lifetime pension in order that we could immediately close all coal mines without hurting anyone that matters. No one got the point ... $3B/yr for roughly 40 years is *peanuts* compared to the damage coal does.

Looking for the violent? Look for the guns

Back when I taught Zumba, my Playlist included Ska Cubano, the Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, and Los de Abajo. There's a video out there somewhere of me guest teaching in Frome. I suspect if my students understood LdA's lyrics they would have rebelled

Fanta is one of those products that surprises me when I travel ... in Europe it is made with orange juice and seems vaguely healthy. Quite a contrast to the intensely orange corn syrup we drink in the states. Of course, no one beats Nesbitts.

"Sucker Punch Blues" by Buster Shuffle #ska #bluebeat #England

I've had people share incredibly racist things with me because my stereotypically Anglo appearance led them to believe I would agree with them.

Coming up on #WriteStuff: Regrets. See you at 9PM New York City Time, 30 SEP 2025

A little slice of history: a Thomas Nast drawing from 1874 depicting a Department of Justice that Donald Trump would abhor.

We fought the bloodiest civil war this country has ever seen for birthright citizenship. We amended the Constitution. We have all understood what that amendment meant--from the moment it was debated in Congress to this moment now.

The new Department of Revenge flag

Apropos of nothing, a great song about Amelia Earhart.

Pre-ordered my copy. You should too.

Bonus panel here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/xx #smbc

Dance like no one is watching.

Took more than a minute for me to remember what movie I remembered Claudia Cardinale from.

Idk it feels like something is shifting. This tweet was also the language of the AP push alert, and just now the Times chimed in:

One of the things I was proudest of on Twitter was that @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social followed me. I flattered myself into thinking it was because she like my book. In fact, I suspect that it was in response to me posting this article. Still a great article, but I doubt she'll follow me again ...

Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption. Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow. People have power. Ask Target

I detest how many of these I find in my tree.

I've even heard tell of Arizonans that can't speak Spanish, much less O'Odham or Yaqui.

Everyone post a Batman!

Just finished "Katabasis". Intriguing and challenging read, especially worthwhile for those of you that can recite the Nine Circles of Hell from memory.

Little bit of a workaround this morning, as the @bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social seems to be unable to post YouTube links at the moment. Here's The Dualers with "The One That I've Been Looking For" #ska #bluebeat

What is Dad playing?

Cline Creek filled today from the rain. My neighbours, the Shangri La Ranch, opened to through traffic so people could drive to work. I never thought I would be in a position where I would take shortcuts through a nudist colony ... for those that wonder, it is exceptionally unarousing.

BWAHAHAHAHA storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

When I was a kid, this *was* Superman. Ran on KETV Omaha in the afternoons.

I hate mealy-mouths -- "The move to fire Siebert because he refused to charge one of Trump's political rivals would mark an escalation in what the president's critics have called a retribution campaign, ... " Why not just "the president's retribution campaign"?

Can't promise, but this is my best bet. I was young. What was your first Batman comic?

BREAKING: Judge issues preliminary injunction barring Trump administration from returning unaccompanied minors to Guatemala. Trump appointee Timothy Kelly says administration's 'explanation crumbled like a house of cards.' Doc: ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...