unseal your cards, unseal your comics, take things out of the fucking box. it's all just cardboard and plastic. fuck the resale market

Dexerto@dexerto.bsky.social · 5d ago

K-pop star Momo is under fire after breaking open a vintage graded Pokémon card to stick it on her face and keep it in her phone case

This is why you dont try to compromise or concede anything to these horrors

JK Rowling centre says Amnesty apology does not solve ‘reputational damage’ — The Independent

Beira’s Place was among organisations labelled ‘anti-rights’ in a briefing document.

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𝚂𝙾 𝙵𝚁𝙴𝚂𝙷. 𝚂𝙾 𝙲𝙻𝙴𝙰𝙽.

Two people tried to enter a screening of The Odyssey without buying tickets after hiding inside a miniature model of the Trojan Horse. 😂😂😂

worked five years on a book never saw a cent and was owed $15k royalties. They lied to my face until the very moment their email started bouncing back. and cruelest of all my book because it sold out its print run went out of print in the first six months it was available

Effin' Birds@effinbirds.com · 3w ago

Despite a paper trail proving otherwise, Unbound’s administrators claimed they still owned the rights to Effin’ Birds and threatened to sue Penguin Random House if PRH paid me any royalties for my ongoing book sales. Wasn’t resolved until two months ago. They tried to bankrupt me out of spite.

“The news cycle has moved on. We have not.” In their own words, how people in Minneapolis, New Orleans, and Los Angeles are still showing up for their neighbors in the fight against ICE.

Helpers On the Ground

In their own words, how people in Minneapolis, New Orleans, and Los Angeles are still showing up for their neighbors in the fight against ICE.

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DID YOU KNOW IF YOU FIND A HORSESHOE CRAB THATS BEEN TAGGED BY THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AND SUBMIT THE LOCATION YOU SAW IT USING THE FORM ON FWS DOT GOV SLASH CRABTAG THEY SEND YOU A BEAUTIFUL CRAB PIN

Free to download, and printable on standard Avery 5164 shipping label stickers. Enjoy!

As ICE ramps up their bullshit for the summer, a reminder that me and a whole bunch of other folks will get whistles out to you, for free, in quantities of 100 to thousands, to distribute in your communities. Just send a request here linktr.ee/3Dwhistles

1/ 🧵 OMB is advancing a proposed rule that would destroy the American scientific enterprise. Randos keep disagreeing with my 'here's how to fight it' I do this for a living. So before the "how," here's the "who" --- and why you should listen to me on this one.

Matthew Cortland (they)@matthewcort.land · 2mo ago

• Submit a comment opposing the destruction of 🇺🇸 science; • Pressure every org, professional body, association, uni, etc. you are affiliated with to submit the strongest possible comment opposing this calamity (highest ROI move for most of us) • Make sure your electeds see those comments 🧪

up to 40% off all Effin’ Birds merch at Threadless, only until May 26th. eatf.art/sale

Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake Tuesday grey and Wednesdaye eke Thursdaye Ich care not for thee Yet Fridaye Ich am yn love [sweete lute riff] Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye Yet Fridaye Ich am yn love

Just a little PSA- Neil Gaiman has reactivated his Bluesky account. Because he deactivated before a lot of people could unfollow him, and/or because Bluesky doesn’t remove you from a person’s followers when you block them, a LOT of you are still publicly listed as following him. You should check.

Ancient craft, modern vibes.

There should be a Star Trek movie every two years and they should have indie film budgets and no explosions and almost everyone should hate them.

Some good data. Thanks to @chadtopaz.bsky.social for this. bsky.app/profile/chad...

Chad Topaz Queer DEI Race Traitor@chadtopaz.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Many of us are livid about Kickstarter's new "mature content" rules. Over the past day, I have looked at a decade of data to see who may be harmed. Comic artists. Gender minorities. Disabled, deaf, blind, queer, and chronically ill users. Sex workers. International creators. A data-driven look:

From 3 years ago today. A mossy pathway in Coedydd Maentwrog in North Wales. Pen and watercolour.

Warning! You might see posts in the wild claiming "Hogwarts Legacy is free right now!" but this is malware, if you try and run it, it'll install Hogwarts Legacy on your PC.

"Is plastic surgery feminist?" boring/shallow/narrow "How do we get to a world with radical body autonomy? " wayyy more useful

Charlottesville used bookstore’s got game

And last but definitely NOT least, @katelynburns.com wrote about seeing herself in Heated Rivalry, a tender piece on queerness and sports. 

I Saw My Own Search for Sunlight in “Heated Rivalry”

'Heated Rivalry' dares to ask: Why should queer athletes be forced to choose between their identity and their sport?

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(•_•) <) )╯Publique fundinge / \ \(•_•) ( (> of the artes and humanityes / \ (•_•) <) )> doth benefit everyone! / \

"Of the children who were detained, nearly two dozen were held in custody for more than 20 days, in violation of a longstanding legal settlement. Teens who were detained alone were sent to Christian youth shelters in Michigan." sahanjournal.com/immigration/...

ICE detained more than 70 Minnesota children, data reveals

Immigration officials detained more than 70 Minnesota children between Dec. 1 and March 10, a Sahan analysis of court records and federal deportation data shows.

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Mean lesbian stack? Mean lesbian stack! Longtime viewers of Bar Cart Bookshelf know I love some toxic in the community, so I pulled together this stack of some of the most sinister sapphics in my library. Mad scientists, warlords, contract killers, vamps, empresses, mercs. It’s a good day to be bad!

Some good things for Dorothy Gentleman to bear in mind as the detective on the HMS Fairweather...🚀 Becky Chambers meets Miss Marple in Murder by Memory by @oliviawaite.com, a sci-fi ode to the cozy mystery, helmed by a formidable no-nonsense auntie of a detective!

on my way to get a second ice coffee