Here’s a handy pre-order link for Sword & Backpack: The Three Companions, the first book in my new middle-grade (but for all-ages) hangout fantasy adventure trilogy. Use it! (Please?) Available in multiple formats - softcover! hardcover! ebook! audiobook! scroll! (not really on that last one)

Sword and Backpack: The Three Companions by Gabe Soria: 9780593522745 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

Embark on an epic journey with three unlikely companions in this rousing tale of friendship and adventure in book one of a fast-paced, action-packed middle grade fantasy trilogy. Calling all young Ma...

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I rate every book I finish reading 5-Stars on Goodreads, (bc having written a book that another human being finished reading is a 5-Star accomplishment), but I think I’d like to give How To Read A Book an *extra* strong 5-Star rating, as it’s super engaging and hitting me with all kinds of feelings

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I'm wondering if it was a bad idea to come clean on this... I really don't like drawing my son at adult height, I'd prefer to keep drawing h

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Emily Wilson gets one more piece on The Odyssey and then she needs to move on and let us know what she thinks about Mallrats

We’re numb to it, but this guy would rather see innocent people put in jail rather than admit his stupid pool wasn’t installed right

Pirro Meets With Trump at the White House After He Said She ‘Choked’ in Reflecting Pool Case

President Trump said Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., “folded like an umbrella.” For now, her job appeared to be safe, according to two people familiar with the meeting.

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Stop calling me an amateur. I've been doing this for decades. I'm incompetent.

I’d think for a virtual comics festival to work, it’d *have* to appear exclusive, curated and professional, otherwise it’d just be like browsing a Gumroad page. It seems pretty important that you give “attendees” the feeling they’re taking part in something special

If it was “vote blue no matter who” when it was a centrist, it’s gotta still be “vote blue no matter who” when it’s a progressive

PUBLIC POST: I am bummed, to say the least, to announce that I've decided it's time to shutter my Patreon 'Zine Club. But rather than dwell in my sadness, here's a post showcasing many of the covers to many of the comics I've published over the past five years. www.patreon.com/mikedawwwson...

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I am... bummed, to say the least, to share the news that I've made the decision to shutter my Patreon 'Zine Club for the time being. I phras

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Adults freaking out about “boys playing in girl’s sports” (a non-problem) don’t understand what they’re actually reacting to is the exorbitant cost of higher education (a massive problem)

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 3d ago

the obsession with trans women in sports is, apart from the abject bigotry, a symptom of how we take amateur sports participation way too seriously in this country.

But they will be

Steffen Rayburn-Maarup@rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 3d ago

I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.

Whatever you do don’t take me to The Island from The Prisoner! I’d hate to live in a cool rent free apartment full of bold late 60s modern furniture haha noooo a bubble don’t chase me haha

airbnb I’m staying at unintentionally created the toughest punk album cover of 2027

Small reason for optimism in very pressing times: at the exact moment slop threatens to drown us all, people start rewarding human ideas and effort again. The Odyssey, Obsession, Backrooms… audiences still crave original ideas and trying

Strongly recommend

Strategic Tape Reserve@strategictaper.bsky.social · 5d ago

If you like distorted guitar, check out Rock Music.

Thanks to everyone who gave this a view and a like, my son mentioned this morning that he feels motivated to start making a second episode

Mike Dawson@mikedawson.bsky.social · 5d ago

My son has been figuring out how to animate. Here’s his first attempt that’s more than a few seconds long. Would it be a lot to ask to give it a like? I would love for him to keep going with this, and I know from firsthand experience how getting internet high-fives can motivate you to keep trying

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My son has been figuring out how to animate. Here’s his first attempt that’s more than a few seconds long. Would it be a lot to ask to give it a like? I would love for him to keep going with this, and I know from firsthand experience how getting internet high-fives can motivate you to keep trying

B.F. Episode 1: The Arrival

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struck by this clip of Josh Johnson standup: he doesn't really develop the theme, no real punchlines. he just says what people have been complaining about re: The Odyssey and everyone laughs for *3 minutes* because a professional comedian *could not improve upon it* www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKcv...

Some people were so mad about the casting of The Odyssey

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I apologize, I know complaining about pop culture is among my worst most tedious Nerd Impulses, but I was pondering about how this charge sticks to Avatar, yet James Cameron has made a ton of very memorable movies with some extremely memorable moments. We know he can do it!

Exterminador Futuro: Arnold Schwarzenegger 'Volveré'

ALT: Exterminador Futuro: Arnold Schwarzenegger 'Volveré'

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Mike Dawson@mikedawson.bsky.social · 7d ago

I know the joke that "Avatar is the most successful movie franchise of all time but nobody can remember the names of the characters" is a bit played out, but are we sure that Avatar 3 ever got released?

my older sister and her sweet dog Starry were viciously attacked by a neighbor’s dog that got under the fence in their yard. my sister is a single mom who also takes care of our elderly mother with dementia. they need some financial help. gofund.me/e5dffb87f

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This kind of cuisine, combined with two pack a day smoking habits, is why historically all the men on the Scottish side of my family had heart attacks by age 60. Delicious breakfasts tho…

Hillbilly Highlander@hillhighlander.bsky.social · 6d ago

My wife and I went to The Robins Nest Tea Room for brunch. I had the "Full Scottish Breakfast": from 12 o'clock, black pudding, sauteed 'shrooms, a sunny side up egg, toast, a banger, Lorne sausage, back bacon, tattie scone and haggis with beans in the middle.

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Plus Backrooms and Obsession have the kids excited about movies again!

paul khruangbin (Dan Lehner)@danlehner.bsky.social · 6d ago

honestly, a middle-brow (complimentary) director doing a big splashy Classics adaptation that’s sold out for a month at the IMAX and there’s an ongoing debate about it with one of its en vogue translators is probably the healthiest the culture has been in a long time

Not to be all “this is gendered”, anecdotally I recall seeing lots of takes during the Kyrsten Sinema era arguing she was doing the things she was doing bc she “craved attention”. I don’t feel like I see the same assessment of John Fetterman, but I wonder if it could be chalked up to the same thing

[Homer sits backwards on a chair] let me tell you about ANOTHER giant brute who was being beaten by Nobody

I know the joke that "Avatar is the most successful movie franchise of all time but nobody can remember the names of the characters" is a bit played out, but are we sure that Avatar 3 ever got released?