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tara "tara wrist" hillegeist. i dabble. (once, i moonlighted as a dragon golem vtuber for a time. one day i shall do so again.) if you're here you're here for 1 of 3 things: media criticism, dialectical materialism, or unhinged reposts of what i like.

As a reminder, in 2020, more than 60 people accused Warren Ellis of grooming and sexual impropriety, coming together to create the website somanyofus.com. In its most recent update, in 2023, the site posted: "To the best of our knowledge, Warren Ellis took none of the steps we hoped he would."

A screenshot of an Image Comics press release announcing the reprinting of Warren Ellis and Chris Sprouse's Ocean.

i am simply sorry but you are not going to get me to consider harry potter but with dragons and all the slytherins have ae in their name somewhere and only avoid making habsburgs out of it because they're half-blood princes one and all some kinda pervert outsider art instead of mainstream popslop

this name shit would be the perfect time for obama and/or mamdani to do a hit for el-sayed. "we've heard a lot of people attacking dr el-sayed over his name. well, for eight years they called me PRESIDENT hussein obama. and i'm MAYOR mamdani. so maybe its time for SENATOR el-sayed."

at the risk of being pithier than necessary: as a result of it being part of a coherent ideological ambition shepherded by a consistent team over the course of a decade and more, it could be about something with moral stakes, not merely deck-shuffling for-stance's-sake.

Tom Ewing@tomewing.bsky.social · 12h ago

If pre-Massacre 80s X-Men is where the Morrison and Hickman versions have their seeds, post-Massacre X-Men is where the 90s begins: a constant colourful clash (sometimes between X-Teams) between different mutant ideologies or schemes. But since I prefer Morrison/Hickman, why do I dig this so much?

This is an excellent primer on the brutal history of post-13th amendment prison labor. As the need for workers to do backbreaking work continues to increase, this is only going to get worse. You better believe this is part of why the administration keeps boasting about new prison construction.

juno Rylee Schultz@junoryleejournalism.com · 18h ago

Taylor Farms is using slave convict labor in Arizona. I’ve written about this practice before. America LOVES slave labor. junoryleejournalism.com/2026/01/15/p...

i also think it's incredibly funny that at the same time aipac is screaming about him being a hamasnik, hamasniks are screaming about him being a zionist because he doesn't endorse sending 9M people packing as the solution to the problem

i have had to distance myself from so many people in the past few years because they've responded to legitimate bad things with this growing, black conviction that everything can only ever get worse, that we've lost, that it's all falling apart, and, no, we're still here. and we're beautiful!

If SCREEN were to pass, you'd be required to scan your face and upload an ID to access this site because it allows "harmful" material. This affects you even if you don't care about sex work or porn.

404 Media@404media.co · yesterday

Mike Lee's SCREEN Act, which heads to Senate Commerce Committee for markup on Wednesday, would expand age verification requirements to a nearly limitless scope of websites, and is supported by the architects of Project 2025.

Even with my (relative) awareness and involvement in prison abolition and improving conditions for incarcerated people, I wasn't aware until this post that prisons are exempt from the ACA. Not surprised, but damn. (This is why independent journalism is important, follow The Xylom)

The Xylom@thexylom.com · yesterday

Most states outsource prison healthcare to for-profit contractors, meaning profit shapes every level of care. Since the federal Affordable Care Act protections do not apply to prisons, incarcerated people are not guaranteed regular checkups, prescriptions, or access to doctors.