I learned this week that the New York Times was founded 175 years ago. There is a useful set of pieces floating around on this for journalism history buffs. But what struck me is that means the Times was founded 25 years *after* the black press which will celebrate its 200th birthday in a few months

You do not need to explain, to Queer or Black or Disabled people in America, that you can't always have a perfect thing. That is not news to us. You are not providing new information. It is the height of arrogance to assume that's not already part of our understanding of the world.

Marvel has Miracleman at home; he's called the Sentry

'Bladerunner 2049' (2017) dir: Denis Villeneuve 📽️

It's been a hot minute since we promised a close reading micro-course on keeping a reading journal, but we've finally pulled it together! So if you've ever considered keeping a reading journal, uh, read on!

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Working on another close reading micro-course, this one about why & how to keep a reading journal. If there's something about close reading you'd like us to dive into, let us know! [contains quote…

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This is the truth. Keep your brain happy. Read hard.

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston@portersqbooks.bsky.social · 2d ago

Deep engagement with books is one of (maybe the) best ways to inoculate your mind against our (almost aggressively) toxic intellectual environment. So, we've been doing these micro-courses on BlueSky to help with that engagement. Look for the next one on Friday morning!!!

"Gasoline hungry motorists caused traffic jams and near chaos at service stations still selling gasoline here. Cars in the foreground and lined up down the street are waiting to get to the pump area of the station at the left front." Chicago 1974

Volume 2 of Last War in Albion is now available in print. The story of how Watchmen set off a magical war for the soul of Britain. Also featuring The Cuddled Little Vice, my Hugo-nominated history of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman. Written for neophytes and deep fans alike. www.amazon.com/Last-War-Alb...

"Look, I swear we can make white supremacy work this time."

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 2d ago

Vance's midterms pitch: "Give us another chance. Give us another couple of years"

Steve Bannon is a white supremacist war criminal and anyone who aligns with him is antiblack. Would you pair up with David Duke if he announced he was anti-AI?

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 3d ago

Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon are showing how political figures who once wanted nothing to do with one another are joining forces in the face of AI proliferation, Toluse Olorunnipa reports:

it is possible to defund the police

Aaron Cynic@aaroncynic.bsky.social · 3d ago

Incredible headline here (among other things)

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

We never punished the people who authorized torture and the last 20+ years of our politics are a consequence of that.

Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "

Remember to get your shots, animals~ :3 🎨: @eyeball6300.bsky.social

me: I just want to drink coffee and look out of my office window cat: no

ICE officers are publicly stating that Renee Good was killed not because an officer was threatened but because they were mad at her for not instantly following every order issued. The new ICE threat. "Have you not learned? This is why we killed that lesbian bitch." newrepublic.com/post/205189/...

“We Killed That Lesbian B*tch”: ICE Uses Renee Good’s Death as Threat

Protesters are recounting federal agents using Good’s death to warn them off.

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Hello and hi! That magazine I've been teasing for funsies for like a year and a half is now mostly a real thing! soundandcolormag.com

Sound & Color

A digital interdisciplinary magazine of speculative fiction

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Follow your passion. #grickledoodle #spiderman #DocOck #octupus #cartoon #art #drawing #funny #humor

In case you missed it: Iif you’re giving your money to Starbucks right now, you’re officially crossing a picket line. The union has called for a boycott, and we respect the union’s wishes.

Fight For A Union@fightforaunion.bsky.social · 3w ago

Don't forget: Starbucks is boycotted. The company has received hundreds of NLRB rulings against it and still has 550 cases pending. Corporate is refusing to finalize a fair contract. Meanwhile, their CEO makes $14,900/hr. Baristas are asking for $17. No contract? No coffee.

I love the string & washer envelope closure. So satisfying to unlock and (especially) to wind it shut. Been around in this specific embodiment for at least 100 years. Long may it last. 

SOME DRUNK MERCENARY: Hey let's go pick a fight with this long eared ronin* who's just here to eat a simple meal of rice and sake before he leaves town on his journey to find peace ME, READING AN USAGI YOJIMBO COMIC: Oh my god, these guys are all about to get killed so fast *A masterless samurai

Sometimes I lose a lot of time thinking about how the rules of the afterlife function largely the same in Alan Moore's Jerusalem and Chris Onstad's Achewood.

How was building instructors not able to get into a building to inspect it not a huge red flag

Chicago Sun-Times@chicago.suntimes.com · 2w ago

For years, city building inspectors weren't able to get inside the funeral home property where 56 bodies were mishandled last month — and numerous government agencies were familiar with the owners.

You asked for this... he is lit.

So Many of Us: Recognizing Abuses of Power

We are a collective of people from across the world who were targeted by Warren Ellis, a comics and television writer from the UK.

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Popverse@popversesays.bsky.social · 3w ago

Image Comics & Warren Ellis have been developing new comics together since 2023, with Ellis joking back then that the publisher was "trapped." Details: www.thepopverse.com/comics-warre...

Off went the van with their whole home in it!

Will Quinn@willquinnart.bsky.social · 3w ago

Daily bunny no.3427's lease is up

Miles O'Brien is to Deep Space Nine what that one child is to Omelas

Guardian: “can you help? We’re not funded by billionaires. Donate! Also the Guardian: platforms transphobes, indulges in Nazi style “disabled people cost too much”, joined in the hounding of Jason Arday Nah I’m good

I like when kittens are so small when they meow it's just "ee!! Eee!"