1bpm.bsky.social
I wished that I'd grow up and make my living as a writer. Thanks, monkey's paw.
Heavy lurking, light posting, righteous blocking. Oakland.
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Would be really funny if I looked down to my left right now and saw those shoes.
(Enjoy the show!)
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Came here to say this. Feels like HBO Max REALLY needs me to watch that idiot’s show.
Makes me want to cancel the service, but also, I would pay a dollar more a month for the guarantee that I would never see Bill Maher.
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Looks so good. Lois being a tough reporter, the emerging (resonant) story themes, and more Krypto.
Also, I was pleased to discover that "The Mighty Crabjoys" is, so far, a very shallow rabbit hole.
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Friends ~20 years ago were vax "hesitant" (oh, the arguments). One of their "points" was herd immunity; "Don't gotta vax my kids when everyone else's vax stops the spread."
Maybe the inevitable collapse of herd immunity will change such thinking. When the only vax that will save them is their own.
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Very sad. Excellent artist with a great style. I met him long ago, as a kid at a con, and he was such a nice guy. Did this excellent sketch for me.
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Moka pot for a quick cup or two. Siphon if I want a serious quantity of coffee on hand.
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fwiw, there is a LOT to enjoy in this movie before the horror elements take over, and by that time, you're very invested. AND the film makes it so rewarding to get through the horror.
I don't gravitate to the genre, either, and I thought the brilliance was that it was SO MANY kinds of stories.
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Keep that up and you'll have to do a Covers Vol 2. And I shall enjoy my Vol 1 when it arrives, nonetheless.
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Did that lovely cover make it into The Covers Version?
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The ebook is also $1.99 right now at indie-supporting bookshop.org. Thanks for sharing this tip — buying my copy right now ...
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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I did this falconry thing on a vacation once, and had a hawk sitting on the leather glove on my wrist, and I had never even imagined looking into such psychopathic eyes. The one thing me and that bird both knew was that he could kill me in about 2 seconds. Only the bird knew whether he would.
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Glad I saw this post. Missed this completely at my local shop on Wednesday, and just called to have a copy held for me. Looking forward.
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I have to know something, at least be a big fan of the creators, to commit to that kind of cash/shelf impact. I'd bought WicDiv digitally, so happily scooped up the big black print collections. Another was Deadly Class, tried via digital library, loved and so I bought the big hardcover collections.
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I am, and his answer right now to Padilla's question about what can citizens do in this moment (Padilla asked specifically about young people) is epic, passionate, beautiful. Amazing, especially so far into this session.
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Beautiful. Looks like a birthday cake for someone turning eleventy.
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Finished this last night. Loved it.
Great premise, surprising twists, an organic rhythm that does not feel crammed into a monthly serialization, strong emotional moments, and a sense of moral voice (without preaching, with depth).
Also feels inviting for someone who doesn’t read comics (yet).
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Especially when matched with the time he made “rape and mind-control porn” the subject of a Superman/Barda team-up.
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Funny. Those are the (excellent/disturbing) book I'm smack in the middle of, and the book that's next on my to-read stack.
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It IS excellent, but I'm slowing my progress because it's almost too disturbing. I open it, recall a detail about cruel airport detentions and think, "Did I read that two chapters ago, or on ProPublica this morning?"
As unsettling as having been reading Parable of the Sower during the LA wildfires.
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I look at that one fantastic, effortlessly lively panel of MJ and remember that Romita (pencils and inks!) was a great romance comics artist.
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He absolutely is. Sometimes I just flip through the DC Style Guide and sigh.
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OMG just LOOK at that Ch. 2 splash …
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I rank the haircuts thusly:
Ringo
John
Paul
George
(This is descending order, general attractiveness. For sheer audacity, reverse.)
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I block without replying STOP, why I won’t support, or “don’t invade my texts have you no decency.” I don’t want to confirm that mine is a working number for the next list sale.
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Came here to write a funny sample message. Will not be able to top this. Kudos.
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Largely true (hashtag not all …), and also, absolutely perfect analogy.
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An hour ago I was able to leave voice messages at the SF offices for both Schiff (415-393-0707) and Padilla (415-981-9369).
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I would like to see an ActBluer that aggregates small-donor money only to support primary challengers with actual progressive values.
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That seems like a very good policy. I'd have to think that whatever the going price is for a worm, it's gonna be more than I want to pay.
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I feel like that's the underperforming universe where I'm currently living ... Discount Earth.
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Just finished the book (amazing), and was hoping to find a gift link to this piece. Thank you!
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Read it tonight & i admit the power of Tonta’s reaction skated by me. A story can pull me too fast.
Sitting w/every Jaime collection since Ghosts of Hoppers literally in my lap, pausing to say, yes, Life Drawing is beautiful. It amazes me how the vignettes I read over 5 years of L&R tie together.
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Just read this piece this morning. Exceptionally well-written, even against your usual top-quality work.
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Oh dang — C’est moi …
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Got a copy pre-ordered. (Nice to have something in the near future to look forward to.) Read Secret Son last month and really enjoyed it.
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That is so not what the question has become.
Canceled my paid NYT sub last year, but today I dropped the Daily feed as well. This sycophantic legacy media behavior will be studied in history books someday, in the event that there are still history books.
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I was kinda waiting for him to open the drawer. But that final look to camera is priceless.
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Does he mean the rain over the weekend? Is he taking credit for rain, now?
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Thanks very much for the gift link. If I might add: the Guardian used a similar photo, but somehow their image choice makes the point more clearly …
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This skeet is how I learned the movie exists. Having just watched it … since you did essentially warn me, I am committed to not blaming the messenger.
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People talk about how the matrix may be a rip off of Dark City. But the matrix came out only a year later, and it takes a lot longer to make a movie like this.
On the other hand, the 1999 Buffy episode “Hush“ maybe got its floating creepy bad guys here.
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I thought the film worked well as a story, and wouldn't necessarily change it. But a bonus ep (and album) that just strings together full performances would be really satisfying (just as the rooftop concert is). They could release that for, say, the 5th anniversary or whatever.
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Yep. Jesus Christ, simultaneously desperately craven and vanishingly petty.
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I am sad because I have no more national, mainstream newspaper subscriptions to cancel.
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Took me 11 days to see this. I’m bad at the things. Congratulations!