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I write and draw the daily comic strip Heart of the City! It's a nationally syndicated strip in 100+ newspapers and has a few collections of the early strips. You can read it daily for free on www.gocomics.com/heartofthecity!

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Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM

The Internet as we know it right now, is very much in danger. The things you are doing here now, in this space, may be locked off from you for no reason. And these big tech companies? They can't WAIT to restrict you.

We can't sit by and let out of touch politicians and big companies take this space

ppl who still commission their favourite artists even in this era where everyone is broke and genAI is being pushed on us at every opportunity—you are appreciated more than words can express!!!

Would be super dope if you went and backed this <3

Exactly!! You've got this and your work is still gorgeous 💖 can't wait to see where it takes you

It must! Idk, my con family is my forever family. We could show up anywhere and have an "Ahhh it's great to see you!!!" reunion any time. I just want that for the next generation too 😭

Honestly, this is why you need a group chat where you just post wips to each other and everyone screams and says it looks great and that you're killing it instead of posting to socials.

Like you can also vent there, but it's for making you go "🥺 thanks guys"

It sneaks up on you every time!!

I miss trading and talking and meeting folks 😭 and I hate that the kids now don't have that as much, or that it's harder to find!

Yeah, luckily our tiny local markets are much chiller. I feel like the big con game is so far passed me now. But even then, that's more like me making $100 and doing outreach trying to meet local potential tattoo clients lol

Yeah not to wax poetic on "the good old days" but there used to be so much more community to go with the consumerism in Artist Alley

Frrr if folks could just be kind. Pls. 😭💖

It’s likely the artist behind that ECCC table paid at least

$450 for the table
$500-700 for lodging
$150 (+) for food/drink
$300+ for merch.

The financial risk is real! Be nice to the creators behind the table and even if you don’t got the $$ to spare, a kind word goes a long way.

Lmaooo omg this is so perfect

I also always suggest dropping a follow on Kofi! Sometimes I'll sneaky post on there before I talk about it anywhere else, so you'll be first in line ✨

Closing these for now since I got a couple big ones and a little side project on the way 🥹💖

Thank you for all the support everyone! It really means the world. I might be opening back up in a month or two, so keep an eye out if you're interested!

Text reads: Oh no! I was supposed to be at ECCC but instead I caught the flu! So it's time for a huge shop drop. There's also a doodle of me laying in bed. A collage of various risograph prints, stickers, and a book fill the page.

Folks, I caught the flu this week and won't be able to make it to ECCC. I've just dropped a bunch of new/con exclusive stuff on my online shop to help make up for the loss, and you can get 15% off til 3/15 if you use the code "BOOFLU"

kendrap.com/shop
Shares greatly appreciated!

Haha... Ha

👋😘

Also, yes, it's just one campaign. Lots of arcs, but one story. No one's died (yet) (except that one time). And we've managed to meet the big bad, or at least who we think is the big bad, a couple of tantalizing times. Spoilers ahead, obviously, but you could also just... jump in here and keep going

The podcast is also 100% FREE, and our editing is ALMOST entirely covered by our lovely Patrons over on Patreon. This game is truly a labour of love, and we really appreciate folks listening.

200!!! That's so many!!!

Two. Hundred. Episodes.

And when I tell you I feel like we're FINALLY digging into the plot....

If you've ever felt intimidated by jumping into #SQ, this is for you. A recap by our lovely DM @topspinthefuzzy.bsky.social, who is truly doing the most to wrangle us into telling a story each week

Happy bday!!!

It’s so weird that not so long ago, like, less than 20 years, the progressive feminist position was gender de-segregation in sport and other male dominated spaces. Then the terfs came along and convinced the mainstream that the most progressive feminist position is that women are weak and feeble.

everyone go say hi to Yoshi for me 😭😭😭

NOOO but its been especially bad downtown with all these little hot days

Get well soon! Black ice is so scary 😭

She’d Never Changed Her Gender Marker. Kansas Invalidated Her License Anyway. — Assigned A trans Kansas resident recently changed her name but not her gender marker on her license, fearing what Kansas may do if she did. The Kansas DMV still flagged her ID.

This story, from @natezuke.bsky.social, is absolutely wild. A trans woman who never changed her gender marker was issued a letter invalidating her license. At the DMV they cut up her license, which had an "M" marker.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

Taking this as a sign from the world that I needed this time of forced hibernation to finally come back stronger in the spring and be around more.

*Last link I posted wasn’t working! But my ability to work has been limited and I will post my link if you can spare it-
venmo.com/u/Nadia-Sham...