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Chris Maka

@chrismaka.bsky.social

Video game writer-designer on SWTOR by day, comic book writer by night. Anti-fascist, pro-compassion. He/him.

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Chris Maka@chrismaka.bsky.social · 12h ago

This is a good and accurate mini-thread that also reminds me of an experience I had in my 20s that has stuck with me ever since. I was part of a three-person panel interviewing web programmers for a gig. All three of us were white and very genuinely progressive and anti-Republican. 1/

Big Ol’ Mush@chadstanton.blacksky.app · 13h ago

I think a good way to think about the current moment is understanding white supremacy as a spectrum with passive acceptance as the status quo out to actively arguing for global genocide.

Chris Maka@chrismaka.bsky.social · 12h ago

I love this...I mean, through the tears, but I do I love it for the clarity, because I canNOT keeps this shit straight on my own.

Michael Grabois@mgrabois.bsky.social · 12h ago

Can't tell #Legion continuity without a scorecard? Well, here's your scorecard. What do you mean they have a complicated history? Just follow the flowchart! This is updated through the recent #Superman Annual Year One Thousand. The Legions seen in #Brainiac 1M's bottles are shown in orange. #LSH

Adam Santangelo@adamsantangelocomics.com · yesterday

I have a story in Vagabond: Nowhere Man, new on Kickstarter from my fellow creator, @charliemcelvy.bsky.social. My story’s called “220 Stories” and we’re having a lot of fun putting it together. Check it out! 👍🏻 www.kickstarter.com/projects/xio...

Vagabond: Nowhere Man - A Sprawling Epic Anthology

A comic anthology following an immortal throughout time and across history in an exploration of humanity, morality, and even passion.

kickstarter.com

Chris Maka@chrismaka.bsky.social · 13h ago

Excited for this one! Charlie and the people he works with always deliver the goods, and I highly recommend any of their comic book projects without hesitation.

Charlie McElvy - AMERICAN YAKUZA is LIVE on Kickstarter!@charliemcelvy.bsky.social · 13h ago

We are LIVE w/ our FIRST-EVER anthology — Vagabond: Nowhere Man on @kickstarter.com! Feat. tales from @stokesthewriter.bsky.social @chrismoses.bsky.social @ronmarz.bsky.social @adamsantangelocomics.com @incogvito.bsky.social myself & many others with fantastic art all around! www.vagabondcomic.com

Nate Piekos of Blambot@blambot.bsky.social · 17h ago

I am honored to announce that in cooperation with the Toth family, I will be working on the official Alex Toth typeface in the coming months. The plan is for this to be a commercially available font via the official Toth estate. Stay tuned for updates.

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Bree (half of Kit Rocha)@mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 2d ago

I'm just gonna say: it somewhat baffles me that people who are understandably skeptical of opaque LLMs as legitimate sources of information will suddenly go full on "the computer KNOWS" when they are using opaque tools to "detect" AI. The computer does not know.

Susanna Kearsley@susannakearsley.bsky.social · 2d ago

❤️ Gillian Green, publisher at Tor Bramble, told The Bookseller: “HM Wolfe has confirmed that Daggermouth was written entirely without AI. We stand behind our author, and we do not recognise third-party AI detection tools as a fair or reliable measure of authenticity when used on their own.”

Paul Renfro@renfro.bsky.social · 2d ago

This is the tragic yet logical result of a decades-long project—undertaken by rightwing politicians and “business-minded” administrators alike—to distort the meaning of higher education, to deny the intrinsic value of the pursuit of knowledge, to deprive us all of richer, more purposeful lives.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 3d ago

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

Jodie Troutman@longtalljodie.com · 2d ago

It's weird that, as a reader, it feels like comics come out super fast from month to month. Ephemeral things. But being in the weeds of comic production, it feels like every single issue is climbing a mountain.

Chris Maka@chrismaka.bsky.social · 4d ago

@scottmccloud.bsky.social is gonna love this whole thread (unless like 300 people have pointed it out to him already). Regardless, this whole thread is terrific!

Flint Dibble@flintdibble.bsky.social · 6d ago

In this example, Achilles and Ajax are both named & calling out their scores, with words coming out of their mouths. In every example like this, Achilles is winning In this sense, ancient Greek art is like a modern comic book. With labels and the characters even speaking words /11

jessamyn@librarian.bsky.social · 5d ago

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
Chris Maka@chrismaka.bsky.social · 7d ago

He has a great social media team and likes to dunk on Trump, but other than that he's a rich-people-and-big-business-first, tough-on-(some *wink wink*)-crime neocon on steroids. He's terrible, and would be a terrible presidential candidate.

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 7d ago

Gavin Newsom has no moral code or unshakeable political beliefs. His primary purpose in life has been serving rich people, which he learned from his dad and continues today.