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Zach Clemente

@clementeworks.com

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Publisher & Boss, Bulgilhan Press // President, Boston Comic Arts Foundation // IT @ 🔁⚡// he/him // 🇰🇷 & 🇮🇹 www.clementeworks.com

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Zach Clemente @clementeworks.com · Sep 4

you ever just
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Youtube duet: Miles Davis improvising on LCD Soundsystem

YouTube video by Alessandro Grespan

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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 4h

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How do you feel about becoming a political lightning rod?

People occasionally just flip [me] off or whatever, but nobody's come up to me and tried to make a statement about anything. Personally, it's kind of dumb. It's just a vehicle. So it's ironic that it would even become a political statement, but nonetheless it is. [Editor’s note: Taylor was arrested and convicted of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding in the January 6 attack on the Capitol. He was later pardoned by President Trump.]

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J. Marshall Smith - SLICE Table 14B @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social · 2h

Hey! I'm going to be flying out to St Louis for @slicexpo.bsky.social this weekend where I will also be on a panel about science and comics. I'm looking forward to it a lot!

I'm especially looking forward to visiting the new @bettysbooksstl.bsky.social shop!

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 3h

Instead of "This is inappropriate!" Democrats - especially those who might run for president - should say right now "Anyone who participates in this should know: You are committing a crime, and in the next administration you will be prosecuted."

That will change the frame of the story.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13h

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.

And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

26 U.S. Code § 7217 - Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations
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(a)Prohibition
It shall be unlawful for any applicable person to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.

(b)Reporting requirement
Any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service receiving any request prohibited by subsection (a) shall report the receipt of such request to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

(c)Exceptions
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any written request made—
(1)to an applicable person by or on behalf of the taxpayer and forwarded by such applicable person to the Internal Revenue Service;
(2)by an applicable person for disclosure of return or return information under section 6103 if such request is made in accordance with the requirements of such section; or
(3)by the Secretary of the Treasury as a consequence of the implementation of a change in tax policy.
(d)Penalty
Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or fails to report under subsection (b) shall be punished upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.

(e)Applicable person
For purposes of this section, the term “applicable person” means—
(1)the President, the Vice President, any employee of the executive office of the President, and any employee of the executive office of the Vice President; and
(2)any individual (other than the Attorney General of the United States) serving in a position specified in section 5312 of title 5, United States Code.

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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · 3h

The crisis of American masculinity, neatly summarized in four sentences from this interviewee

Thomas Amato @tjamato88.bsky.social · 4h

yikes

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Dirk Vanover @dirkv.bsky.social · 13h

“Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter he earned high seven figures for the role, plus a seven-figure producing fee.”

I should do a blog post on this, but I’ll do a brief thread here, as it’s something in the comics industry that riles me up.

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“No One Asked for This Reboot”: ‘Tron’ May Mark End of Jared Leto’s Franchise-Leading Days

As 'Ares' disappoints, insiders question whether the self-styled boundary-pushing A-lister can still be counted on to carry a franchise vehicle to the bank.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Jeremy Stanley @jeremydstanley.com · 5h

And are you married?
I was married, but I'm not married anymore. Women don't like the vehicle.

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Ryan McDiarmid @ryanmcdiarmid.com · 21h

I think it should remain possible to work professionally on video games without having to move to scandinavia or eastern europe.

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Zach Clemente @clementeworks.com · 15h

This is magnificent

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GKIDS Films @gkids.com · 1d

It's still there now. Still dreaming.

✨ ANGEL'S EGG 4K restoration ✨

Dolby Early Access Screenings November 12
In North American theatres November 19 & 20

Select tickets on sale now, additional locations coming soon.

🪶 brnw.ch/21wWApc

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Tasha Suri @tashasuri.bsky.social · 1d

"This shows that if Israel, with the whole world watching, can treat a well-known, white person with a Swedish passport this way, just imagine what they do to Palestinians behind closed doors."

Edvin Alpros Ⓜ️ antisocial dominans minister @edvinalpros.bsky.social · 1d

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Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

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Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 1d

If you tried to come up with a slogan as opposite as possible from "No taxation without representation," it would be hard to get one better than this

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 1d

new union alert!

Aftermath @aftermath.site · 1d

Battle.net workers unionize as Microsoft neutrality agreement expires
aftermath.site/battle-net-wor...

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Zach Clemente @clementeworks.com · 1d

*squints at name* yeah those two letters don't seem too important 😅

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ᴄᴀʟᴜᴍ ᴀʟᴇxᴀɴᴅᴇʀ ᴡᴀᴛᴛ @calumalexanderwatt.bsky.social · Aug 6

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1d

ICE targeted an apartment building near my home. Masked agents in unmarked cars. I've said this before. Democratic Governors & Mayors need to order their local police depts to arrest any & all unidentified & masked alleged ICE agents.

This anonymous denial of due process is deadly.

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carson thorn @carsonthornart.com · 1d

heard something about #PortfolioDay so here’s my stuff:

im carson, an illustrator and a cartoonist, predominantly working in comics and book covers.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

Tech billionaire: for too long adult material has involved real human beings. Tonight I bring you my invention: Robert Pattinson’s mermaid carving from 2019’s The Lighthouse

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BRUZZESE✸ @bruzzeseonline.bsky.social · 1d

Guess what, #portfolioday? I'm open to doing some cover art. Email bruzzeseonline [at] proton [dot] me.

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Zach Clemente @clementeworks.com · 1d

That's definitely one of the best ways I've seen. Do you have editor/editor-leaning friends/peers to go over it with you? Sorta like an art crit scenario to help you develop clarity on what you think isn't working and ways to refine/iterate.

Zach Clemente @clementeworks.com · 1d

what length of comic are you evaluating yourself against? 8/12/20/40+ pages?

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 1d

The world lost a genial man, a genius communicator and a supreme artist. I lost a friend - beloved Drew.

Andrew 🐻 @awd.bsky.social · 2d

Rest in Peace, Drew Struzan

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🌞 LaweyD 🌞 @laweyd.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #portfolioday

I’m a Vietnamese - Norwegian artist who fancy drawing wlw and dark fantasy indie comics and illustrations.

🔗: laweyd.bigcartel.com
Carrd: laweyd.carrd.co

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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 1d

This is cool after the war on everything called “porn” by platforms and payment processors. A machine that stole all your words can generate and sell “erotica” but you can’t haaa

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 1d

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Zach Clemente @clementeworks.com · 1d

lmao it's the same floor as the pool

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Design Room @designroom.bsky.social · 2d

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We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.

• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site

Design Room

Video game oral histories

designroom.site

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