Woodrow Phoenix
@mrphoenix.bsky.social
Stashes pens around the house like drinkers stash bottles. Comics for cash. Where applicable. Artist/Author: Crash Course, Rumble Strip, Donny Digits, Sugar Buzz!, Plastic Culture, etc https://woodrowphoenix.co.uk/ No DMs, I’m not jumping thru that hoop
I bought 12 hardcovers of Lucy Ellmann’s ‘Dot in the Universe’ on the last day of a Selfridges sale because they were marked down to 20p each. I thought they’d make good birthday or Christmas presents but after reading, realised it was a bit too nutty for most of my circle. Still have 4 of them.
Rob Cave@robcave.bsky.social · 2d agoSo I have multiple copies of Steve Martin’s Born Standing up mainly because I couldn’t bring myself to throw them away when we had too many unsold copies on the shelf.
in re Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" (which, in the original Martian Chronicles, occurs on today's date), I didn't realize the very first published version of the story, in Collier's magazine, was set in April 1985. (the current edition of Martian Chronicles now sets it in 2057).
I bought 12 hardcovers of Lucy Ellmann’s ‘Dot in the Universe’ on the last day of a Selfridges sale because they were marked down to 20p each. I thought they’d make good birthday or Christmas presents but after reading, realised it was a bit too nutty for most of my circle. Still have 4 of them.
Rob Cave@robcave.bsky.social · 2d agoSo I have multiple copies of Steve Martin’s Born Standing up mainly because I couldn’t bring myself to throw them away when we had too many unsold copies on the shelf.
‘Oizo 3000’ voxel loop 19 By Mr Oizo, circa 2021/22 Turntablist Eric
And another thing: Mosquitoes ‘can develop an attraction to mosquito repellent’. This seems highly unreasonable. www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/cou...
Mosquitoes may learn to tolerate, or even prefer, the smell of DEET
A study highlights that mosquitoes can develop an attraction to low concentrations of DEET on human skin, emphasizing the importance of manufacturer guidelines and regularly reapplying DEET products.
medicalnewstoday.com
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never thought short form video would be able to capture a type of humor i can only describe as “the far side-esque” but this comes close.
Better headline: Why Does Spain Still Have a Colony in Africa? apnews.com/video/why-is...
Why is the Spanish territory of Ceuta a flashpoint for migration from Africa?
Between 50,000 and 60,000 migrants breached the frontier from Morocco to the Spanish territory earlier this week.
apnews.com
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🚨 After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.
And another thing: Mosquitoes ‘can develop an attraction to mosquito repellent’. This seems highly unreasonable. www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/cou...
Mosquitoes may learn to tolerate, or even prefer, the smell of DEET
A study highlights that mosquitoes can develop an attraction to low concentrations of DEET on human skin, emphasizing the importance of manufacturer guidelines and regularly reapplying DEET products.
medicalnewstoday.com
Endometriosis takes nine years to diagnose. That’s about to change. NICE has approved two tests: a saliva test reading microRNA markers, and a gut-sensor test returning results in 45 minutes, sparing women the keyhole surgery currently needed. buff.ly/QX3jHk8 #ShareGoodNewsToo
Rapid endometriosis tests to be made available on NHS in England and Wales
Saliva and gut sensor-based tests hailed as ‘gamechanger’ for millions of women who can wait years for diagnosis
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‘Oizo 3000’ voxel loop 14 By Mr Oizo, circa 2021/22 Night time lighting: Vampire Eric
‘Oizo 3000’ voxel loop 16 By Mr Oizo, circa 2021/22 My favourite loop: Ghost Eric Feel the smoooth bass under the drifty tuuunes
In light of the “good faith questions” discourse I just wanted to re-up @reveleth.com’s fascinating podcast about the complex (and frequently appalling) history and present of policing sexual biology in women’s sports.
Reo Eveleth@reveleth.com · 2y agoHello new people! My latest project was a 10+ year labor of love and it would mean the world to me if you checked it out. www.tested-podcast.com It’s a narrative, deep, complex and suspenseful story of gender, sports, science, and “fairness.”
christ if that’s not a metaphor for our times
This is what happens when you fire everyone who knows how to use GIS and replace them with Chat GPT.
PBS News@pbsnews.org · 6d agoThe State Department said it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.
This is wildly irresponsible of Google - allowing people to create AI generated satellite images. Satellite imagery has always been such a useful and reliable source because it came from reliable sources, but now Google is messing with it at source. www.digitaldigging.org/p/how-to-pla...
How to plant a nuclear plant in Iran
The question is: what on earth is Google doing?
digitaldigging.org
Sketchbook Two available now from my store. A5, perfect bound, 68 pages of black and white and colour drawings. Each copy is signed with a small drawing. Ship worldwide. andiwatson.bigcartel.com PDF for sale from my patreon (no membership needed) patreon.com/andiwatson/s...
🚨🗑️ new @countbinface.bsky.social comic drops 06.08.26 🗑️🚨 from @selfmadehero.bsky.social with 10% going to @sheltercharity.bsky.social Pre-order NOW from @goshcomics.bsky.social Crafted from contributions by 36 comic creators, including…
“She’s just a translator” shows that you don’t understand what translation is. Some of this comes from the ‘automation’ of translation, through things like Google translate. It’s as though it’s just looking words up in a dictionary. No. It’s an art and a science at once. To get meaning and feeling.
Preview: The Count Binface Comic Book – 30-Plus Indie Creators Bring the Extraterrestrial Politician to Comics in SelfMadeHero’s New Anthology. @selfmadehero.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/count-binfac...
Preview: The Count Binface Comic Book - 30-Plus Indie Creators Bring the Extraterrestrial Politician to Comics in SelfMadeHero's New Anthology – Broken Frontier
Steven Appleby, Woodrow Phoenix, Anna Readman and Mark Stafford are just some of the artists in 'The Count Binface Comic Book'.
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On the Northern Line from ctl London while both Piccadilly & Central lines are down & could not support this more.
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She was Hayao Miyazaki's "right-hand" collaborator from the '70s onward. Her name was Michiyo Yasuda -- the best color designer in animation. Yasuda's eye for color gave Ghibli's work a totally different look. We explore her methods: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-artist...
*whispers* you know we can do this cultural debate about art thing all the time, right? Websites and news organizations used to have culture critics on staff whose entire job was writing about books, movies, and TV. People read them and then discussed them. We have the technology to do this again.
Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised to see men on the internet being so upset with a woman scholar for being insufficiently awed by a popular male entertainer’s work. And after all, the Odyssey is, in part, about how men behave emotionally and destructively in response to women’s words and deeds