Age verification is surveillance by another name. They won’t stop until they’ve age-gated everything that transmits over the internet. Including your streaming and messages.

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.

Margot

Sunday - 1926 https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/39675

I did once.

David Lynch's Worlds@davidlynchsworlds.bsky.social · 3d ago

To be sitting across from David Lynch and Billy Wilder...

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

Donate to Help Us Heal After Starry’s Attack, organized by Krista Dalrymple

Help Us Close This Chapter After Starry’s Attack Some of you may have followed… Krista Dalrymple needs your support for Help Us Heal After Starry’s Attack

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Went to the new LACMA. Can’t say I was impressed by the incoherent layout, curation or terrible lighting. I think if the architecture doesn’t serve viewing the art it doesn’t have any business being a museum. Art-wise here are some pieces I enjoyed seeing.

If you’re an independent comic book creator looking for an editor, I’m available for freelance work. If interested, drop me a DM for inquiries, #Comicsky.

Never forget that *three days after the WGA & SAG/AFTRA joint strike ended* Newsom vetoed a bill that would have allowed striking union members to collect unemployment

Karl Bode@karlbode.com · 5d ago

dipshit nice sneak peak of the sort of media policies you can expect under his presidency

@jimmygaspero.bsky.social welcomed guests @gabrielhardman.bsky.social and @deankotz.bsky.social to talk about their @idwpublishing.com project The Rocketeer: Infiltrator. cryptidcreatorcorner.com/episode/gabr...

Gabriel Hardman & Dean Kotz Interview - The Rocketeer | The Comic Book Yeti Cryptid Creator Corner podcast

This is an incredible episode of the Cryptid Creator Corner as I chat with Gabriel Hardman and Dean Kotz about The Rocketeer: Infiltrator coming out from IDW on...

cryptidcreatorcorner.com

People think "Hollywood" is rich and famous. The reality? Film and TV is a national industry. It's a blue collar industry. And it is an industry free fall. My latest for @newrepublic.com on how the Paramount merger would crush blue collar workers who can not afford it newrepublic.com/article/2136...

There’s a Blue-Collar Hollywood—and the Paramount Merger Will Kill It

Hollywood isn’t all glamour. It’s thousands of line workers. And a Paramount takeover of Warner will make their lives even more precarious.

newrepublic.com

I almost convinced myself to go back to NYCC this year. No way I’d pay that company this much for the privilege.

Cody Ziglar@yayforzig.bsky.social · 7d ago

I’ll join Hydra before I pay for a professional badge for NYCC. SDCC gives them to you for free!!!

Dan Dare cover inks

A beautiful Alex Toth page from CREEPY #7 which comes up for auction at Heritage tonight. Toth's Warren work is my absolute favorite.

I cannot believe Ari Emanuel would write this and @wsj.com would publish it without disclosing that they are business partners, and Ari’s company TKO got $7 billion from David Ellison’s Paramount for UFC rights. www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

Opinion | The Paramount-Warner Merger Could Save Hollywood

California’s attorney general ignores the reality of competition in the entertainment business.

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I worked at Disney a while ago. Do you know why theme parks are so safe? Because OOSHA reps can walk the track on any ride at any time and any safety violation they see is a $10,000 fine. Each. Theme parks are not safe because the company cares. They're safe because it's cheaper to comply.

Jon of The North@krauza.bsky.social · last wk.

Turns out that food companies were only checking their food because the government told them to, which is exactly why we need government regulations.

I’ll be sending out completed commissions this week! I’m way behind but here is Rolling Thunder Revue era Bob Dylan #musiciancommission

At 19 years of age, Alex Toth landed work for the Green Lantern book. During this, he became very ill and stressed about deadlines. His mother called the offices and he soon received this letter.

Today’s Episode of Comix & Coffee House is Arcadia: Batman Green Arrow The Question? Book Four by @gabrielhardman.bsky.social listening @disco77.bsky.social Loves this book and always love the mix

Excellent piece on the Steven Spielberg approach, which is to smuggle complexities and unanswerable questions into the middle of pop confections. By @brendanhodges.bsky.social. And thanks for linking to our Steven Spielberg video series from so long ago. lareviewofbooks.org/article/disc...

Lights in the Sky | Los Angeles Review of Books

Considering Steven Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’ and his magic-of-movies persona.

lareviewofbooks.org

Yikes! Two days left of SDCC, and quantities are going fast! I still have all of these for now. Come by and say hi!

Steve Bryant SDCC Small Press L-01@stevebryantart.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'll have a whole bunch of new stuff at San Diego Comic-Con! Here's what I'll have and how to find me!

In case you’re watching Robert Altman’s “California Split” and wondering what’s the triple bill playing in the deep background when George Segal walks outside the massage parlor - it’s “COME BACK CHARLESTON BLUE” “ENTER THE DRAGON” & “GIMME SHELTER” All for 99 cents.

Uncredited Shadow illustration.

Also bought this at SDCC. I’d still love to write and draw a Shadow comic.

One more Virgil Finlay.

More Virgil Finlay.

Virgil Finlay.

I only bought a couple things at SDCC today but this is one of them.

I’m at SDCC having meetings today. Mostly I’d like to restart my convention portrait project. So if you’re here and want to sit for a portrait today let me know. It’s free but you don’t get to keep the drawing.

One of my DC Comics dream projects is to write a John Stewart Green Lantern story inspired by Paul R. Williams. (And yes, they, or at least the editors I've spoken to, know.)

Getty@gettymuseum.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Happy Birthday Paul R. Williams—the architect behind some of the most iconic buildings of our city. A very important 🧵.