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Ethan Sacks

@ethansacks.bsky.social

Journalist turned comic book writer. Puts words in the mouths of heroes for Marvel, Image, Dark Horse. No Kings comms volunteer. Comix Action co-founder. Past bylines in NY Daily News & NBC News. (He/Him) Newsletter: https://sacks-exchange.beehiiv.com/

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Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 16h ago

This is a wildly prescient story about Chicago's proto-RFK Jr., in charge of public health during the Spanish Flu. He thought beer killed malaria and that bathing could kill you. He had a feud with an actual TB doctor, who insisted bathing is good. He bullied the TB doctor until he killed himself.

Sachs believed that the new administration was undermining patient care by making hiring and contract decisions based on political connections. Thompson and Robertson in turn accused Sachs of being financially extravagant, incompetent, and dictatorial. As Sachs resigned from the sanitarium he had worked tirelessly to build, Frank Billings, one of the most respected physicians in the city, called Robertson “utterly unqualified.” On April 2, 1916, Sachs committed suicide. For reformers and the medical establishment, Sachs was a martyr to grotesque political corruption. Although The Republican, a propaganda sheet literally published in an office in City Hall, sneered that suicide “occasionally has been a haven of moral cowards who preferred the shelter of death to public exposure of their shortcomings,” Robertson took a less confrontational tone after Sachs’s death. Still, he refused to step down.
Mark Follman@markfollman.bsky.social · yesterday

My new investigation into a mass shooter’s harrowing history with ChatGPT reveals numerous red flags—and some very disturbing ChatGPT replies—from long before his attack on Florida State University www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0... 1x 🧵

Inside a mass shooter’s harrowing history with ChatGPT

A year of chats reveals glaring red flags—and disturbing ChatGPT replies—from long before a rampage at Florida State University.

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Heather Burns@heatherburnstech.bsky.social · yesterday

The most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.

CNN@cnn.com · 18h ago

Hundreds of World War II shells and munitions have been discovered in the French village of Le Porge, as residents return to the ravaged community in the wake of last month's blazes, according to local authorities. https://cnn.it/4xm9CZ3

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Justina Ireland@justinaireland.com · 21h ago

Anyway, I feel like we're about to head into a timeline of AI witch hunts on the publishing side and the people who are going to suffer are going to be the same people who always bear the brunt of a purity test.

Justina Ireland@justinaireland.com · 21h ago

I keep thinking about that Publisher's Marketplace article on AI in publishing and how the only two books that have been publicly challenged are two self-published books by Black women that did well and I cannot think that is a coincidence.

Greg Pak@gregpak.net · 21h ago

Hugely proud to be part of this project. Gorgeous line art by @joshadams.bsky.social, colors by @nickfil.bsky.social & Matthew Wilson, letters by @longtalljodie.com, and story by Jim & Allie Bourdy. In the ISLANDS IN THE SKY anthology in comic shops this Wednesday!

Appalachia Comics Project@appalachiacomics.bsky.social · 22h ago

It was just rain. Until it wasn’t. Check out this sneak preview of “Just Rain” by Jim & Allie Bourdy in ‘Islands In The Sky: A People’s History of Hurricane Helene’ Written By: Jim & Allie Bourdy And Greg Pak Art By Josh Adams Colors By Nick Filardi & Matthew Wilson Letters By Jodie Troutman

Comic Book Yeti@comicbookyeti.com · yesterday

Ocean's 11 meets Eternia as @jimmygaspero.bsky.social hosts returning guest @rdouek.com to hear about his new @darkhorse.com project Masters of the Universe: Genesis. cryptidcreatorcorner.com/episode/rich...

Rich Douek Interview - Masters of the Universe: Genesis | The Comic Book Yeti Cryptid Creator Corner podcast

Rich Douek returns to the podcast for a 4th time to discuss Masters of the Universe: Genesis , out from Dark Horse on August 5th. The series examines Skeletor's...

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Antony Johnston@antonyjohnston.bsky.social · 2d ago

Seeing complaints online that authors 'gatekeep' information…! Absolute nonsense. There is no industry or craft in the world which is so comprehensively written about, studied, and discussed as fiction writing, and every author I know welcomes new writers who are serious about giving it a go.

Ken Tremendous@kentremendous.bsky.social · 2d ago

That's what taxes are, man. That's the definition of taxes. "You are subsidizing things you might never use" man shut the fuck up. My taxes currently subsidize like oil company exec private jets, you think I'm upset at low-income people eating inexpensive bananas?

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

ProPublica@propublica.org · 2d ago

After a college student finally found a treatment that worked for his ulcerative colitis, UnitedHealthcare decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims. (Published Feb. 2023)

UnitedHealthcare Tried to Deny Coverage to a Chronically Ill Patient. He Fought Back, Exposing the Insurer’s Inner Workings.

After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for r...

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