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I’m a Gen X queer comic fan married to a wonderful woman. I'm also a mom of two nerdy males. I currently live in the beautiful Pacific Northwest but was born and […] [bridged from https://retro.pizza/@allflooby on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]

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The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...

Read @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social on the "intellectually insecure reactionaries" around Epstein. Much here that I did not know

www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...

06.03.2026 12:59 πŸ‘ 580 πŸ” 277 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 26
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I just backed The DC Art of BRUNO REDONDO - A Deluxe Art Book and more! on @Kickstarter

The DC Art of BRUNO REDONDO - A Deluxe Art Book and more!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cloverpressart/the-dc-art-of-bruno-redondo-a-deluxe-art-book-and-more?ref=android_thanks_share

> New Clover […]

03.03.2026 02:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A CSAPDA (THE TRAP) - Az OrbΓ‘n-korszak elvesztett lehetΕ‘sΓ©geinek tΓΆrtΓ©nete
A CSAPDA (THE TRAP) - Az OrbΓ‘n-korszak elvesztett lehetΕ‘sΓ©geinek tΓΆrtΓ©nete YouTube video by Direkt36

Here's the documentary that 1.1 million Hungarians have watched over the past week, documenting the damage that Viktor Orban's regime has done to health, education and public transportation in Hungary
with English subtitles:
youtu.be/9NQEcLIiOpM?...

21.02.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 3443 πŸ” 1407 πŸ’¬ 81 πŸ“Œ 56
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There is no reason to believe Trump's foreign policy is designed to benefit America or Americans
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

20.02.2026 06:02 πŸ‘ 2808 πŸ” 1007 πŸ’¬ 104 πŸ“Œ 51
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I just backed Morgana Pendragon #1-2 (A Medieval Adventure) on @Kickstarter

Morgana Pendragon #1-2 (A Medieval Adventure)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mhollyrosing/morgana-pendragon-1-2-a-medieval-adventure?ref=android_thanks_share

> After twenty years, Morgana returns to England to […]

11.02.2026 14:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Purge the Public Servants The destruction of the civil service can destroy democracy, too.

The destruction of the civil service can destroy democracy, too

the next episode of the AUTOCRACY IN AMERICA podcast has dropped:

www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...

30.01.2026 13:26 πŸ‘ 863 πŸ” 323 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 19
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I just backed Finding Dee Volumes 1-3 on @Kickstarter

Finding Dee Volumes 1-3

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lagunastudios/finding-dee-volumes-1-3?ref=android_thanks_share

> Finding Dee is the semi-autobiographical comic about the ins and outs of COMING out as transgender while trying […]

28.01.2026 22:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Sal Buscema, R.I.P. Sal Buscema, one of the last illustrators for Marvel in the "Silver Age" has died last week at the age of 89. Today would have been his 90th birthday. Sal was born in Brooklyn on January 26, 1936. He followed his older brother John into a career in art but, at first, not comic book art. Sal worked in commercial art and magazine illustration but then, in 1968, he began inking some of John's work for Marvel and soon was drawing on his own. His clear, direct storytelling pleased most or all of the writers he worked with. His speed and dedication to meeting deadlines pleased his editors. I never heard anyone speak of Sal in less than glowing terms. At one point or another, he drew just about every major super-hero comic that Marvel published. In the seventies, there was a period when Marvel was desperate for artists who could handle that kind of material and Sal was pressed into service as a pencil artist who did what some called "breakdowns." That meant that he penciled the pages but not in great detail, leaving much to be left to the inker/finsiher. His rep as an artist may have been sullied a bit by some of those stories that went to not-the-best inker/finishers. As I understand it, Sal became bothered by that and eventually, though it lowered his income a bit, asked to do finished art all by himself. Some of this material was quite outstanding. I got to interview Sal at the 2003 Comic-Con International in San Diego and we also had him on the Jack Kirby Tribute Panel. Here's a photo from that panel… Photo by Richard Pini Left to right standing, that's Michael Chabon (author of _The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay_), Stan Lee, Sal Buscema, Larry Lieber, Stan Goldberg and me. In the front row, we have Wendy Pini and Mike Royer. Sal was a very nice man and a very good artist and he drew a huge amount of comics that people loved. Always sad to lose someone like that.

Sal Buscema, R.I.P.

https://www.newsfromme.com/2026/01/26/sal-buscema-r-i-p/

#comics #SalBuscema #RIP

27.01.2026 05:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcome to the American Winter In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.

"behind the violence in Minneapolisβ€”captured in so many chilling photographs in recent weeksβ€”is a different reality: a meticulous urban choreography of civic protest."

from Robert worth, @theatlantic.com

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

26.01.2026 09:48 πŸ‘ 1362 πŸ” 484 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 35

Everyone freezing on the East Coast or in the Midwest remember: Kyiv has the same weather, except that hundreds of thousands of people don't have electricity, heating or running water

24.01.2026 16:22 πŸ‘ 3854 πŸ” 1094 πŸ’¬ 77 πŸ“Œ 31
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How Crypto Is Used for Political Corruption This new source of money is giving the administration unprecedented new powers.

How Crypto Is Used for Political Corruption
The Autocracy in America podcast, episode 2
Listen here:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...

16.01.2026 11:23 πŸ‘ 975 πŸ” 419 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 24
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Federal Agents Are Violating the Rights of Americans ICE and the National Guard are acting with impunity.

The transformation of ICE into a type of national police force, backed, in some cases, by soldiers from the National Guard, has been covered as immigration storyβ€”but these forces are reshaping democracy for all of us.

Listen to 'Autocracy in America' here:

www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...

10.01.2026 09:10 πŸ‘ 3199 πŸ” 1377 πŸ’¬ 131 πŸ“Œ 52
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Venezuela’s New President Is No Moderate In fact, Delcy RodrΓ­guez is a regime extremist.

Read Quico Toro on Delcy Rodriguez:
open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...

08.01.2026 05:23 πŸ‘ 439 πŸ” 148 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 10
Missing Med-Mastodon? Come to postcall.pub! <p>The sudden shutdown of Med-Mastodon was a shock, splintering the medical and science community, and causing years of quality content to become lost. Over the holidays I made it my mission to create that space for the medical (and allied health) community on the fediverse once again.</p> <p>Introducing <a href="https://postcall.pub/" rel="nofollow ugc">postcall.pub</a>! <strong>Postcall.pub</strong> is the digital lounge for clinical practice, medical science, and everything in between. A decentralized home for the medical community to think, share, and connect.</p> <p><img src="https://community.nodebb.org/assets/uploads/files/1767631104191-e3f2a72a-90a3-468b-ba97-d8c5dba5eb19-image.png" alt="e3f2a72a-90a3-468b-ba97-d8c5dba5eb19-image.png" /></p>
05.01.2026 16:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Comic art illustration of two women... one with red hair who is wearing a latex maid outfit and the other with black hair wearing a skin tight black latex dress. The redhead has a collar and leash on and the other woman is holding the leash. They are both smiling and having fun.

Comic art illustration of two women... one with red hair who is wearing a latex maid outfit and the other with black hair wearing a skin tight black latex dress. The redhead has a collar and leash on and the other woman is holding the leash. They are both smiling and having fun.

I just backed The Art of Sunstone on @Kickstarter

The Art of Sunstone

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/topcow/the-art-of-sunstone-stjepan-sejic?ref=android_thanks_share

> Some art books belong on the coffee table - this one belongs under it, because it's […]

[Original post on retro.pizza]

19.11.2025 03:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
photo of paulina borsook

photo of paulina borsook

1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).

But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that

24.09.2025 18:36 πŸ‘ 6993 πŸ” 3246 πŸ’¬ 82 πŸ“Œ 343
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Hi everyone. As you probably know already Trump and the Republican Fascist Congress are playing chicken with SNAP benefits, including by withholding available contingency funds. (Reporting on this at https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cew4gnyw8rlo). This got me thinking - maybe we can harness the […]

27.10.2025 07:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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**I'm looking for work!**

I'm a **high-level infra and devops engineer** and **team lead.**

I've previously **run my own team** , and previously worked at **Mozilla** and **Facebook**. I'm looking for **infra/devops lead** or **senior infra/devops engineer** positions.

I'm not looking for […]

03.10.2025 18:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A bunch of brown, black, and white goats happily lounging in the sun on a grassy area next to a wooden fence.  There's also a couple of happy fluffy dogs mixed in, and a small brown horse.  The sky above is blue.

A bunch of brown, black, and white goats happily lounging in the sun on a grassy area next to a wooden fence. There's also a couple of happy fluffy dogs mixed in, and a small brown horse. The sky above is blue.

Fediverse! I need some help!

I have a fellowship to go to Aotearoa New Zealand for a few weeks, and also an offer of an additional fellowship to give lectures around NZ. This is INCREDIBLY EXCITING!!

...but I have a lot of animals! And it's going to be […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]

19.09.2025 14:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 149 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump's Shell Game Threatens American Security We're pushing to make anti-corruption a top priority on the political agenda to fight authoritarianism, strengthen the rule of law and protect democracy.

Read the Dekleptocracy substack: "When a phantom foundation with no address, no registration and a founder who might not exist, wires $100 million to the president's crypto company, America has a problem"
dekleptocracy.substack.com/p/trumps-she...

23.09.2025 21:32 πŸ‘ 1902 πŸ” 866 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 70
Graphic: The Center Seat 55 Years of Star Trek.

Graphic: The Center Seat 55 Years of Star Trek.

Watch: Entire β€˜The Center Seat’ Star Trek Docuseries Now Streaming Online For Free – TrekMovie.com

https://trekmovie.com/2025/09/21/watch-entire-the-center-seat-star-trek-docuseries-now-streaming-online-for-free/

> All 11 episodes are now available on YouTube.

#StarTrek

23.09.2025 15:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Blacka and white picture of a heavyset balding white man standing in what looks to be the dealer's room at a convention. The man has a goatee and is wearing glasses. He isn't smiling but doesn't look angry.

Blacka and white picture of a heavyset balding white man standing in what looks to be the dealer's room at a convention. The man has a goatee and is wearing glasses. He isn't smiling but doesn't look angry.

The Professional: Peter David, 1956-2025 - The Comics Journal

https://www.tcj.com/the-professional-peter-david-1956-2025/

> Peter David, the writer known for a long and inventive run on The Incredible Hulk, his copious work on Star Trek comics and licensed […]

[Original post on retro.pizza]

20.09.2025 13:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Anne Applebaum Predicted Trump’s β€˜Absolute Power’ in Second Term
Anne Applebaum Predicted Trump’s β€˜Absolute Power’ in Second Term YouTube video by Mediaite

From October, 2024: Everything that has happened was predictable, and indeed predicted

youtu.be/pHDVpBLMiFI?...

27.08.2025 05:32 πŸ‘ 1604 πŸ” 509 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 30
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Strange New Worlds 3.03 β€” "Don't Say the 'Z' Word!" β€” Dr. Trek's Second Opinion #60 Dr. Trek's take on the latest Trek headlines and episodes β€” always through the Trekland big-picture lens. THIS EPISODE: I told you they were saving M'Benga for a big one -- and here it is! LIKE and SUBSCRIBE for the latest from Trekland on YouTube β€” including Trekland Tuesdays LIVE at 1pm PT / 4 pm ET, Second Opinion, Cadet Alice Talks Prodigy, Trekland Live Now, Life Support LIVE, and more! Find even more TREKLAND at https://www.larrynemecek.com, including... β€” "The Trek Files" 20-minute weekly podcast and guest, from Roddenberry: https://podcasts.roddenberry.com/show/the-trek-files/ β€” Portal 47: https://larrynemecek.com/portal47/ β€” BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/larrynemecek.bsky.social β€” Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/larrynemecek β€” Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/larrynemecekstrekland β€” Shop: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/trekland-shop β€” Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/treklandlive

πŸ––NEW VIDEO! #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds 3.03 β€” "Don't Say the 'Z' Word!" #SecondOpinionWithDrTrek #60 is now on my YouTube channel. I told you they were saving #MBenga for a big one!

#startrek #trekland #drtrek #SNW

28.07.2025 03:50 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Very happy to see Absolute Wonder Woman won best new series.
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The Results Of The 2025 Eisner Awards As They Were Announced (Updated)

The Results Of The 2025 Eisner Awards As They Were Announced (Updated)

https://share.google/m32FUlkRQCic6kvNs

> The results of the […]

26.07.2025 14:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Strange New Worlds 3.01-02 β€” "What Are Little Squires Made of?" β€” Dr. Trek's Second Opinion #59
Strange New Worlds 3.01-02 β€” "What Are Little Squires Made of?" β€” Dr. Trek's Second Opinion #59 YouTube video by Larry Nemecek's TREKLAND

πŸ––NEW VIDEO! #StrangeNewWorlds 3.01-02 β€” "What Are Little Squires Made of?" #SecondOpinionWithDrTrek #59 is now on my YouTube channel.

We're back, and diving into Strange New Worlds' TWO season premiere episodes!

#startrek #trekland #drtrek

21.07.2025 18:01 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0