The problem with American health care is the insurance companies. That layer of obscene profit, prices based on fixing not competition, entirely opaque costs that can't be compared. Every health insurance company needs to be regulated to within an inch of its life, or one inch further.

Open Enrollment discussions this year should absolutely radicalize every American to single-payer healthcare with no question.

Survey is open until 10/24.

kelly jensen@heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 2d ago

Did your library censor Banned Books Week, be it through outright banning, changing of programs, complaints about displays, etc? Tell me about it for a future Book Riot piece. Responses are anonymous. Linked in the survey is last year's piece. tinyurl.com/BannedBooksW...

Freddie and Elvira! Fellow Groundlings Improv Theater alumni. Ben Englund and Cassandra Peterson. Other notable members of their era include Howard Hessman, Edie McClurg, Diane Cary, and Paul Reubens!

This Saturday, we’re taking action with No Kings in all 50 states to make our voices heard and defend our democracy.

'No Kings' October 17 protest: 2,500 rallies, marches, and parties in all 50 states urge Americans to vote early in midterm election

Thousands of events are scheduled for Saturday, including voter drives and local election defense workshops, in a united push for voting rights.

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And yet it REALLY IS easy. Every time we've gotten a new neighbor, we walk over, introduce ourselves, and talk about what we love about where we live. Every time there's an issue, guess who all is outside or texting to make sure everyone's okay and has what they need? It's that straightforward.

More than THINK - people need to ENGAGE. To have a community requires you to show up and participate.

Matthew Noe@noethematt.bsky.social · yesterday

I understand the desire and I appreciate the love for libraries but I am begging you to THINK

The same people begging for this have never showed up in support of their libraries as-is.

Matthew Noe@noethematt.bsky.social · yesterday

"Libraries should be open late as an alternative to the bar" is going around some groups I'm in again and I just Y'all can't convince enough people to fund libraries to be open during the day with reasonable pay and expectations Where do you think you're finding night shift premium pay money

Lately my back doesn’t mind if I am sitting and doesn’t mind if I am standing, but transitioning from one to the other and then it has some real complaints. I feel like a broken transformer. 🤖😖🚗

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Ethan Sacks & Greg Pak With Comix Action To Host Virtual "No Kings" Comic Con - Comic Watch

Ethan Sacks & #GregPak With Comix Action To Host Virtual "No Kings" Comic Con Thursday, October 15, 2026 #NoKingsVoteEarly

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NYCC '26: Is NYCC even sustainable? 20 years on, NYCC 2026 is in the books, but how the show evolves has a lot of financial and logistical considerations

NYCC ’26: Is NYCC even sustainable?

20 years on, NYCC 2026 is in the books, but how the show evolves has a lot of financial and logistical considerations

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I like most of these cartoonists' work quite a bit, but I hated everything about this photo in 2007 and I still hate it today picturepoetry.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/c...

Come on, you want to throw pie at these guys too

Joe Sacco, Seth, Art Spiegelman, Chester Brown and Adrian Tomine Heidi MacDonald’s much-maligned piece about Chris Ware’s Best American Comics 2007 book for Houghton-Mifflin is the talk…

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Mike Dawson@mikedawson.bsky.social · 4d ago

I'm giving a talk at a librarians conference this week, partially touching upon the history of graphic novels. I have to include this pic from a 2004 NYT profile, a brief moment where it actually felt like comics really weren't going to be "just for kids" anymore www.nytimes.com/2004/07/11/m...

Look, just go buy whatever boulet publishes in a language you understand, you won't regret it. #comics

-Boulet-@bouletcorp.bsky.social · 3d ago

English-speaking followers! WAIT! *STORY TIME* A few years ago, I met a producer who asked me if I was tempted by the idea of writing for TV, and offered to talk about it around a drink. I spent the whole week thinking about it, took some notes, played a thousand scenes in my head…

I love Kevin

Linus has been in the pumpkin-patch too long.

It's free, but you have to register to get the viewing link! Don't wait to RSVP your slot!

Greg Pak@gregpak.net · 2d ago

This is huge, y'all. @markruffalo.bsky.social's coming to the online No Kings Comic-Con! Do not miss it - tomorrow night, Thursday! It's gonna be awesome! RSVP here: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

A little music to start the day: The Friendly Indians *I Know You Know (Best Man Lies) - Psych Theme* youtu.be/-sA8UDx0sMQ

I Know You Know (Best Man Lies) - Psych Theme (FULL LENGTH) // with lyrics

YouTube video by ExtremGrinsig7821

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We’re reading Station Eleven out loud to each other.

Pat Coleman@patcoleman.bsky.social · 3d ago

Reading ‘Station Eleven’ right now. I watched and loved the single series television version! The author worked on both versions of the story.

No King's Comic-Com is a free, digital comic con on Thursday night featuring amazing speakers and guests. The @comixaction.com crew has worked so hard on this, would love it if you can attend!!

Comix Action@comixaction.com · 4d ago

Thrilled to announce the STAR TREK panel at the online No Kings Comic-Con on Thursday, 10/15! Featuring the great @jerilryan.bsky.social @jonathandelarco.bsky.social @wilsoncruz.bsky.social and @nicholasmeyer.bsky.social! Don't miss it, friends! RSVP today! tinyurl.com/nkcomiccon

National Library Week - 1969 Peter Max

In high school I looked around and realized ALL people are pretty weird (especially young people). The kids who thought those were the “best years of their lives” just made me sad.

Gail Simone@gailsimone.bsky.social · 3d ago

QUESTION OF THE DAY: This sounds like a joke question, but it isn’t. If it doesn’t apply to you, fine. But it’s a serious question with different levels of meaning. And I am genuinely curious. When did you first realize you were weird?

girls only want one thing and it is a single aspect of human life that has not been intentionally made worse in the interest of chasing limitless profit

"You couldn't make a Mel Brooks movie today!" Of course not, nobody would give a Jewish veteran with a controversial Black comedian co-writer, both of whom have overt anti-fascist politics in their acts, a budget to make a parody of a genre nobody watches anymore.

friday is for kafkaposting

It's Banned Books Week & our report is out! They say everything is bigger in Texas & that includes book bans. TX leads the country in removing & restricting books in libraries. Read more about our report, how we gathered the data, & the full report on our website. www.txftrp.org/one_year_of_...

The Doings of the Duffs - 1920s

Cat and kitten door knocker, Clun, England

Author Jason Reynolds didn't spend much time in libraries as a child, but as an adult he found an anchoring point in them. Reynolds is the author of many award-winning titles. Two of his books appear on ALA's list of the Top 150 Most Challenged Books https://bit.ly/4jJJxiQ #BannedBooksWeek

The next Democratic president should appoint 700 Supreme Court justices, and during their first session, without warning, they should all swarm Bret Kavanaugh and eat him.