Why? Why must everything we enjoy be sealed up with a "grade"? I get baseball cards being put in plastic because you can still enjoy both sides of the card. But a Blu-ray?
Vanessa Satone
@vsatone.bsky.social
comic artist, manga letterer, slacker
Sure, you lefties can win in safe places like New York, but you gotta learn how to play the game like us if you want to survive at a national level. Check this out: *loses twice to the worlds dumbest pedophile*
Somehow things that would have been a background gag in a Verhoeven movie are now just real
This is maybe the perfect example of @gregpak.net bit that replacing every instance of “AI” with “cocaine” gets to the deeper truth of the attitude.
Holly Lyn Walrath@hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 22h agoThere is a lengthy pro-AI screed in the latest HWA newsletter and it is . . . a mood.
Can't read it because I don't subscribe, but my gosh, this headline alone makes my whole morning! Thanks, @wsj.com, lol!
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 20h agoNew York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Congratulations @abdulelsayed.bsky.social! Outspent 11 to 1, Abdul proved that people-powered campaigns can still beat big money. Michiganders chose hope over fear, and a future rooted in dignity, justice, and opportunity.
Texas isn't a red state. It's a state held hostage by gerrymandering and voter suppression. Hell, earlier this week they announced they're shutting down half the voting centers in Tarrant County (that's Fort Worth, 2.2 million people) and kicked everyone out of the hearing who wanted to comment.
John DeVore@johndevore.bsky.social · 8h agoThis is a sentimental essay about politics, which I know isn't the fashion, and yet the editors at @newrepublic.com let me write something personal about the Lone Star State. Link in the replies.
For the first time in years, I'm opening up some limited slots for Character Commissons! Want a drawing of your D&D character? Maybe a new take on your fursona? Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Friendly reminder: you can scroll past things that don’t apply to you.
reminder I'm running another manga freelancer meetup for ANYC, and you can sign up to get information here 👇
sara linsley@sara.pizza · last mo.Manga industry folks attending ANYC: I've opened up the signup sheet for my industry meetup over here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Damn, it's out and about. I wonder where you could find this book? Hopefully most everywhere books are friggin' sold. It's a little guy, so look in the little guy sections (but not the kids section)
kc green@kcg.bsky.social · yesterdayMy book “This is Fine: Life Lessons for a World on Fire” is out today. Online and at select retailers.
It would’ve been a clear mandate and rejection of the left if the centrist had won by one vote.
Politico@politico.com · 14h agoProgressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted
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Zi Xu@ziqqix.bsky.social · 3w agoHi #portfolioday, I’m Zi Clio-award winning poster/cover illustrator, with clients including Disney, Lionsgate, Marvel, Netflix, Universal, Warner Bros., etc. I am looking for work ASAP 🙇🏻 I’d hugely appreciate a reshare or a kind word among the ADs you know! 🙏🏼 🎨 www.ziqqix.com 📧 ziqqix@gmail.com
The most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.
It is 2006. I am 22. The US is mired in a costly Forever War. A predictable historic market collapse looms. I do not have health insurance. It is 2026. I am 42. The US is mired in a costly Forever War. A predictable historic market collapse looms. I do not have health insurance.
Once upon a time, there was a miraculous creature, and a stranger from a distant land... FEAST OF THE UNICORN is coming soon on Kickstarter! A new sexy story from me and Ananth! www.kickstarter.com/projects/joh...
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Once upon a time there was a miraculous creature, and a stranger from a distant land... An 18+ original series.
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📢 BIG NEWS! 📢 We're hosting our first-ever BL Café in New York this year, right before Anime NYC on Aug 19! 🎉 Come hang out with the Renta! BL team, enjoy a BL manga gallery, and meet other BL fans at this special one-day event! 👇️ FREE ticket info in the thread below 👀 #AnimeNYC2026 #RentaBLCafe
If SCREEN were to pass, you'd be required to scan your face and upload an ID to access this site because it allows "harmful" material. This affects you even if you don't care about sex work or porn.
404 Media@404media.co · yesterdayMike 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.
Hey there, lonely driver You wouldn’t want To disappoint The Lady Would you?
The other day the algorithm fed me 1 part of a 5 part series of some woman targeting a romantasy writer with “why I think her book series is AI generated” and it was just…vibes. With a caveat that said “just my opinion” Trying to ruin someone’s career over vibes AI has created collective paranoia
Erin Biba@erinbiba.bsky.social · 2d agoThe way that everyone sees fantom AI in original work now is such a fucked up secondary downstream AI nightmare consequence. People can’t critically identify real art any longer and so everything gets accused of not being original. I don’t know how we climb out of this hole.
there are two types of fans of things- those who treat it like a hobby and understand it's ok to laugh at things you enjoy and those who use it to replace church or whatever in their lives and are very vigilant against Blasphemy