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Ben Steiner @bensteiner00.bsky.social · 1h

FIFA President Gianni Infantino said today that Donald Trump has the authority to determine which U.S. cities are safe for the World Cup.

Trump say Infantino would 'very easily' move 2026 World Cup matches if he asked.

FIFA sides with Trump.

www.si.com/soccer/fifa-...

FIFA Sides With Trump Over Its Own Vice President on World Cup Host Cities

Global soccer body FIFA issued a statement to multiple news outlets on Wednesday confirming the U.S. government has the ability to move 2026 World Cup matches.

www.si.com

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Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 5h

Grant Morrison's self-uploaded psyche within an AI language model given corporeal form fighting against Alan Moore's subconscious-projected manifestation of a snake god.

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Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 12h

Without hyperbole, some of the best comics I've read/stared at over the last few years. Even if they give me anxiety.

Losty @aaronlosty.bsky.social · 12h

If you would like to purchase any of my books directly you can on my shop! (this is the cheapest shipping if you're in Canada).

www.aaronlosty.com/shop

SHOP — LOSTY

Comic books by Aaron Losty

www.aaronlosty.com

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Jonty @fairless.xyz · 16h

Windows 10 goes out of support today. My fave useless fact about w10 is that the iconic blue desktop background is a *photograph* - not CGI.

Tiny 'making of' vid here - youtu.be/_2RacX9DgWM...

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WWF UK @wwf.org.uk · 15h

Congratulations to this year's #WPOTY winners. 👏📸

With ghostly urban landscapes & rodents stealing the spotlight – this year's images are truly striking, detailed and thought-provoking.

@nhm-london.bsky.social

A haunting scene of a brown hyena among the skeletal remains of a long-abandoned diamond mining town. The light glows orange around the building next to the hyena.

A longhorn beetle in a logged forest, the beetle sits in the bark of a tree in the bottom left corner of the image. To the right and blurred in the distance is a disused yellow digger amongst the trees.

A comical and perfectly timed shot showing a ladyfish snatching its prey from right under this little egret’s beak, above the surface of the water.

Black and white image of a Eurasian pygmy owl in a tree, holding prey between its legs.

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Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 1d

(I also feel the oh-god-did-i-really-need-to-spend-that-much-on-shipping lows, though, with associated stress and guilt.)

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Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 1d

DDT!

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Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 1d

Anecdotally: I have definitely purchased comics (online for eventual physical delivery) for the brief serotonin rush of feeling better in the moment, plus anticipation of their eventual arrival.

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Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 1d

I did! It’s a good match. I think Takeshita is pretty universally well regarded, but some have issues with him kinda spreading himself out between three companies and never really clearly communicating if he is heel or face. I don’t really have concerns with any of that as long as a dude can suplex.

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Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 1d

Tag yourself. I am “apologize.”

School playground graphic on asphalt. It’s a wheel (pie chart) with “it’s your choice” at the centre and various options: make a deal, share and take turns, walk away, apologize, tell them to stop, ignore it, talk it out, wait and cool off, and go to another game.

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Seth T. Hahne @sethhahne.bsky.social · 1d

Hi, I'm Seth T. Hahne, an illustrator working in several media/genres. I've done children's books, magazine illustrations, and boardgames, and am currently working on a 150-page graphic novel adaptation of one chapter from Moby-Dick. Love drawing nature. #PortfolioDay sethhahne.com

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Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 1d

Non-spoilery notes: perfect match for Aaron Wolf at WK, Knock Out Bros are legit, the BC/Unaffiliated stuff is weird, enjoyed Gabe/Tsuji but found ending flat, good main event, Sareee rules, announce Tana's opponent already, can we just fast-forward World Junior Tag League and get to Fujita/Douki?

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Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 1d

That's a good point! (I mean, if _I_ ran Dark Horse, it would be a BD size 48-page hardcover on its own, but it'll likely be packaged with other HB-adjacent tales; all the more reason I'm glad it came onto my radar in singles form!)

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Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 1d

I love Mignola's work, but having WJC on interior art means I won't even be able to wait for the inevitable collected edition and will have to get the singles.

Mike Mignola @mikemignola.bsky.social · 1d

Big Hellboy news today over at @nerdist.bsky.social.

nerdist.com/article/hell...

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Joshua W. Cotter @joshuawcotter.bsky.social · 2d

Frog on the persimmon tree by our house in rural Japan. We’re supposed to keep the tree picked so it doesn’t attract bears but I left this one alone.

A little green tree frog sitting comfortably on top of a sweet persimmon.

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Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 3d

I very much understand

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Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 3d

Me too! Also looking forward to Syuri/Sareee and KnockOut Bros. versus ToughStorn (sigh), but really, all the matches have some sort of value for me. Wondering if we get more hints for final Tana opponent… would love Nakamura or Naito, but would “accept” Okada.

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Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 3d

Staying off BlueSky and Instagram for the next 36 hours or so to avoid spoiling the results of NJPW King of Pro Wrestling. 🤼

I am almost forty-seven years old.

(Team ZSJ forever and ever.)

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Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 3d

Continually & continuously, “brilliant” people have shown they lack reading comprehension when it comes to fiction… not exclusively the comics of Alan Moore or whatever, but, like, someone’s take on Watchmen is always a pretty red flag. (Also, just once a billionaire should mention Gibbons’ art.)

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 3d

Peter Thiel describing ‘Watchmen‘ as if it’s Bible fan fiction. How is it that these tech bros read sci-fi and always come away with the totally wrong message?

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 3d

thiel, man, what the fuck are you talking about

He describes the plot of Watchmen, a 1986 graphic novel involving superheroes grappling with moral questions about humanity against the backdrop of impending nuclear war:

The antihero Ozymandias, the antichrist-type figure, is sort of an early-modern person. He believes this will be a timeless and eternal solution – eternal world peace. Moore is sort of a late-modern. In early modernity, you have ideal solutions, ‘perfect’ solutions to calculus. In late modernity, things are sort of probabilistic. And at some point, he asks Dr Manhattan whether the world government is going to last. And he says that ‘nothing lasts forever.’ So you embrace the antichrist and it still doesn’t work.

Thiel later finds biblical meaning in the manga One Piece, discussing how he believes it represents a future where an antichrist-like one-world government has repressed science. He believes that the hero, Monkey D Luffy, represents a Christlike figure.

In One Piece, you are set in a fantasy world, again sort of an alternate earth, but it’s 800 years into the reign of this one-world state. Which, as the story unfolds, gradually gets darker and darker. You sort of realize, in my interpretation, who runs the world and it’s something like the antichrist. There’s Luffy, a pirate who wears a red straw hat, sort of like Christ’s crown of thorns. And then towards the end of the story, transforms into a figure who resembles Christ in Revelation.

Thiel, along with a researcher and writer at Thiel Capital, explored these ideas at greater length in an essay for the religious journal First Things earlier this month.

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Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 3d

Am genuinely unsure who is who

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 4d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 5d

We have so many things in common!

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ShortBox Comics Fair @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social · 5d

One third of a way into the fair already; this year more so than ever it's a place to discover a variety of emerging and exciting artists, with our highest number of new-to-the-fair exhibitors and people making their very first comics!

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com

ShortBox Comics Fair

ShortBox Comics Fair is a unique and innovative digital comics fair, where every exhibiting artist debuts a brand-new comic!

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com

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Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 5d

We do, but, like, I think it's very much a personal choice. I just like how it looks and feels; it's not really about me fending off the hordes of interested parties.

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