Russell Ramey BiWrathMonth
@russtoons.bsky.social
-storyboard artist and creator of the Cupbearers webcomic; -39, he/him, BI PRIDE; -sillying on levels hitherto unbillied -fuck Ai
For those automated spam calls: Answer (don’t speak) and hit 9 to be placed on the DNC lists Do it consistently. I’ll answer and hit 9 in a meeting idc idc idc The calls will start to be less frequent I started this late May, I now get zero calls
Manny Voices@itsdrlittle.bsky.social · 6h agoCan you share with the class? I get 96367 spam calls a day
They’re calling it the most theater kid story of all time
Pixie Casey@pixiecasey.bsky.social · yesterdayin insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...
I made a new sticker design right before we left on our con gauntlet. #art www.monkeyminionpress.com/products/boo...
"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read." Happy birthday, James Baldwin!
You can have clothing that fits, that is comfortable and practical and cute. You can have huge pockets. AND it can all be made ethically. #store store.mayakern.com/collections/...
What is happening here is that the folks complaining think writing is a series of correct answers Rather than a conversation about choices. They think gatekeeping is happening bc we can’t tell them the “trick” to being published
Antony Johnston@antonyjohnston.bsky.social · 2d agoSeeing 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.
If anything, you can't get writers to shut up about craft...
Antony Johnston@antonyjohnston.bsky.social · 2d agoSeeing 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.
sometimes people binge-like my old work and it leads me to reread a bunch of old pages and you know what this chapter is 9 years old and i still love it, i was fucking cooking with this one #cupbearers #webcomics #comics #indiecomics tapas.io/episode/719785
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If you haven’t read Cupbearers before, i designed the Origin Story to be fully accessible to new readers! (long time fans will still get a little extra out of it of course) #webcomicday tapas.io/series/Cupbe...
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Russell Ramey BiWrathMonth@russtoons.bsky.social · 3mo agocelebrating #webcomicday with an early update of Cupbearers! Kath and Lora have their first taste of grapes from the mythical Floating Vineyards #comics #webcomics #indiecomics tapas.io/episode/3885...
"But my nostalgia! But my favorite morning word game! But this mid video game! But my sport! But my chicken sandwich!" Hey, real quick, what ARE you willing to give up to not support our oppressors?
The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
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‘Coyote vs Acme’ will triumphantly release in theaters this month on August 28th. The film suffered almost being permanently shelved by Warner Bros. for a tax writeoff despite heavy backlash from audiences and bids from other studios. Ultimately, Ketchup Entertainment bought the film rights.
it's about 20 years late to start worrying about this if we're being generous, 40 if we're not lol
Raw Story@rawstory.com · 4d agoConcern is mounting among high-ranking Republicans that the next generation of conservatives consists primarily of "rabid" "idiot" Nazis, according to a new report.
like, former KKK Grand Dragon David Duke was an elected GOP official in 1989? On what planet is this "groyper revolution" a recent development? the GOP has been wholly and entirely dependent on the evangelical/racist fringe for my entire adult life
Different shows have different ways of breaking story. Different DOs and DON’Ts. This is the list of DOs and DON’Ts for Big City Greens. You’ll notice it’s all about character, story, and what the audience is feeling. No plot point guidelines, because overly formulaic stories become predictable. 🧵5
![Want vs Need
• What is the lie your chalacter beliams?
• Is it funny to watch?
• Who is the story about?
• What's at stake?
• Is the story relationship-based? What newin?
• What's it all about? (in 12 Voids)
• Escalate stories
• Avoid characters being miserable
• No simple mişunderstandings
• Simple stories. Let em beathe.
• Bad choices make good stories
• cause & effect story telling
• Contrast ( city/cantre, richpoor,
old/ yang, complicated/simple)
• The Greens are the weird ones
• Avail jealousy stories
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This is my logline template. I think I got it from some screenwriting book. It’s a good reminder that a logline is more than just a description of the world; it’s a call to action and the foundation of a character arc. Nail your logline and you’ve got enough conflict to carry your story. 🧵4
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Fuck the hell yes
Internet Archive@archive.org · 6d ago🌈 2010. 🎶 Erasure's Always plays as you mash Z, chasing that high score 🏆 and your best sparkly unicorn life 🦄 ROBOT UNICORN ATTACK still runs thanks to preservation & emulation via Ruffle. Flash is gone 👋, but your favorite games don't have to be. 🌐 Play it now! archive.org/details/robo...
we should charge the C-suite with fraud and theft if they take a tax credit meant to keep people employed and then cut staff anyway.
Paula Wirth@paulawirth.bsky.social · last wk.Pixar receives a $26.2 Million Tax credit to keep film jobs in CA, and immediately lays off 10% of its work force, after making over a billion from Toy Story 5, the highest-grossing film of 2026.
If I won the lottery I would hire an interior designer and just say “Columbo murderer” while waving my hand around my home office.
One sign that society has become far too prudish: we used to have chocolate that fucks. m.youtube.com/watch?v=5YqX...
1986 - Nestle Alpine White - Sweet Dreams Commercial
YouTube video by Consumer Time Capsule
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Where fiber history meets Pride. This is a large piece (10x28') of one of the two original 30x60' pride flags, the only known surviving section of either. They were designed, hand dyed and sewn by a community of queer artists. The colors are slightly different from most rainbow flags today.
Long-Lost Fragment of First Rainbow Pride Flag Resurfaces After Four Decades
The brilliantly colored banner—now on view in San Francisco—flew on "Gay Freedom Day" in 1978
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“Artificial intelligence labs are in a new arms race to buy up millions of rare books, slicing them open, scanning the pages and pulping the remains — sparking concerns that the last remaining copies of out-of-print texts are being destroyed on an industrial scale.”
Social Media Lab@socialmedialab.ca · last wk.This aught to be illegal ... "AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books" www.news.com.au/technology/o...
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