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Johnny Damm @johnnydamm.bsky.social · 3d

Definitely try MH. It’s actually pretty scary before sneaking in some sweetness. When ready for first real horror movies—but still retaining a family vibe—Poltergeist and The Gate will be good starters. (The 12 year-old in my house digs horror.)

Johnny Damm @johnnydamm.bsky.social · 3d

Monster House, ParaNorman, Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 8d

These are all flagrant lies, unsourced yet printed in a newspaper that allegedly fact checks things. The rest of it is meandering panic-bait that treats jail breaking LLMs. They don’t even describe the virus! They just said someone made one. Bullshit!

One answer is to look at the data. After the launch of GPT-5 in August, some thought that A.I. had hit a plateau. Expert analysis suggests this isn’t true. GPT-5 can do things no other A.I. can do. It can hack into a web server. It can design novel forms of life. It can even build its own A.I. (albeit a much simpler one) from scratch.

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Johnny Damm @johnnydamm.bsky.social · 11d

How I depicted our governor in Monster Crime. Holds up!

A vampire with money falling around him.

Smiling vampire pointing outwards under the words, "Californians will soon see."

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Johnny Damm @johnnydamm.bsky.social · 11d

Reposting my Jeff Bezos comic for "Prime Day." Don't support this maniac's plan to pollute the universe. Shop local and independent!

(Comic directly quotes Bezos speaking at the 2024 New York Times Deal Book Summit.)

Comics page with the title "Dark Side of the Moon." It depicts a bald white man reaching out towards a smiling moon. Text reads, "We need to lower the cost of access to space low enough that we'll be able to move polluting industry off Earth. And then this planet will be maintained as zoned residential."

Second comics page with title "Dark Side of the Moon." The bald white man grins at the now sad-looking moon. The man smiles as fire consumes the earth behind him. Text reads, "If you want to use large amounts of energy and large amounts of pollutants, you go do that off Earth... We're using up the natural world, but space has infinite energy, infinite raw materials."

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 12d

I am once again asking us all to recognize that the Luddites were not anti-technology but anti-exploitation. If they were around today they would have joined you in a call for technology that serves everyone’s, not just the bosses.

You *are* a Luddite Bernie, and you should be proud to be one

Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 12d

Can AI and robotics help us in many ways? I am not a Luddite — I believe they can.

But we must make sure these new technologies benefit all of us, not just a handful of billionaires.

I hope you'll take a few minutes to read my op-ed in Fox News. Let’s start the debate.

SEN SANDERS: AI must benefit everyone, not just a handful of billionaires

Billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos invest billions in AI and robotics that could eliminate millions of jobs while increasing corporate profits at workers' expense.

www.foxnews.com

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Truthout @truthout.org · 18d

As boats from the Global Sumud Flotilla prepared to set sail toward Gaza, a representative of Genoa’s Dockworkers’ Union declared that if anything happened to the flotilla, workers would “block everything.” When the flotilla was attacked, the reaction was swift: a 24-hour general strike was called.

We Said “We Will Block Everything” and We Did: Inside Italy’s Strike for Gaza

Following a 24-hour general strike on September 22, the country is now gearing up for a national protest on October 4.

truthout.org

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Johnny Damm @johnnydamm.bsky.social · 21d

The kicker?

So, yet again, higher education sells it souls, betrays its students, and utterly embarrasses itself. Their reward for Northwestern debasing itself so fully? The loss of $790m in funding.

Despite the university requiring students to undergo the training, the Trump administration still cut $790m in research funding.

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Johnny Damm @johnnydamm.bsky.social · 21d

"The video also states that Israel was founded 'on British land' and refers to the occupied West Bank as 'Judea and Samaria', the biblical name controversially used for the region by the Israeli government."

Students who didn't finish the propaganda training were blocked from class registration.

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Johnny Damm @johnnydamm.bsky.social · 21d

At a time in which the international community has finally begun to acknowledge the Gaza genocide and isolate Israel, Northwestern forces its students to be "trained" by a group whose website uses this banner for their website:

Screenshot of Jewish United Fund Website. Banner shows an Israel flag and the words "Together With Israel."

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Johnny Damm @johnnydamm.bsky.social · 21d

So much vile behavior from Northwestern here. First they assign mandatory "antisemitism" training created by "a pro-Israel advocacy group." In the training, "At one point the narrator compares critics of Israel to former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke."

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Northwestern students blocked from enrollment after refusing controversial antisemitism training

Students say mandatory training video is biased in favor of Israel and could inflame campus tensions over Gaza

www.theguardian.com

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Johnny Damm @johnnydamm.bsky.social · 28d

Honestly, not giving up much here…

Screenshot saying that a Hulu subscription has been cancelled.

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 28d

If you are involved in the arts in any way, you should know about Fall of Freedom. Let’s do something about this, together www.falloffreedom.com

FALL OF FREEDOM Fall of Freedom

Fall of Freedom is an urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation. Beginning November 21–22, 2025, galleries, museums, libraries, comedy clubs, t...

www.falloffreedom.com

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Johnny Damm @johnnydamm.bsky.social · 28d

“Memphis resident KeShaun Pearson states, ‘We are breathing dirtier air, experiencing higher rates of asthma, and our children are spending more time in emergency rooms due to the misguided ambitions of billionaires who don’t see us as human.’”

Truthout @truthout.org · 28d

As the South becomes the new epicenter of data center growth, it is becoming increasingly clear that Big Tech is following Big Oil’s footsteps.

Big Tech Data Centers Compound Decades of Environmental Racism in the South

The American South has long been a site of both corporate extraction and fierce political resistance.

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Benjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 29d

The US has now vetoed six UN Security Council cease fire resolutions since the beginning of Israel’s war on Gaza

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · Sep 17

One thing I'll say about DC not only canceling Red Hood, but recalling the first issue and refunding stores for buying it, is that you can still get Neil Gaiman's work through them. They still work with Otto Schmidt. Eddie Berganza worked there for years AFTER the formation of a policy that no women

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · Sep 17

not sure how else to use this place right now except check everything 3x before sharing, post more indie news outlets from all over, 'de-escalate all conflict that isn't with the enemy'

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#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · Sep 16

Activists in Seattle just sent us this update from the Tesla showroom in South Lake Union. This is the heart of Seattle's tech core, blocks from Amazon HQ and Google's Seattle campus. We can win. We are winning. Keep pushing. #teslatakedown #MuskMustFall

Photo of car navigation system pointed to Tesla at 435 Westlake Ave N, nav shows location listed as PERMANENTLY CLOSED

Photo outside the empty showroom, where protestors have hung a Spirit Halloween Coming Soon banner

Photo of side windows of former Tesla showroom where activists have hung banners reading "accountability for billionaires" and multiple anti-Tesla and anti-Musk signs.

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Andrea Ritchie @dreanyc123.bsky.social · Sep 13

It’s not a double standard this *is* their standard.

Speech for them not for us.
Violence for us not for them.

The sooner we understand this the better.

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Johnny Damm @johnnydamm.bsky.social · Sep 12

Apropos of nothing, I finished this stunner of a book by Gretchen Felker-Martin a couple days ago. Perfect ending!

Photo of Gretchen Felker-Martin’s Black Flame.

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Johnny Damm @johnnydamm.bsky.social · Sep 10

A real privilege to be interviewed by Ian Thomas for @comicsjournal.bsky.social. Such incisive, probing questions: Ian got me thinking about comics and how I approach the medium in ways I hadn't before.

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Johnny Damm @johnnydamm.bsky.social · Sep 8

Great to hear! I think I know what you mean (and am flattered).

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Jay Besemer @divinetailor.bsky.social · Sep 8

love this superb interview with my pal/collab johnny damm!

Johnny Damm @johnnydamm.bsky.social · Sep 8

New interview in @comicsjournal.bsky.social!

Really loved having this conversation with Ian Thomas, which was challenging in all the best ways. And it's amazing to be featured in the The Comics Journal, which I've been reading since I was a teenager.

www.tcj.com/comics-are-t...

'Comics are the perfect medium for challenging material': An interview with Johnny Damm - The Comics Journal

Ian Thomas talks to Damm about his new comic, Technocrat Tales, the art of collage, and what makes comics special.

www.tcj.com

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Johnny Damm @johnnydamm.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thanks, Jay! It's a gift when an interviewer goes this deep...

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Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · Sep 8

Really interesting interview about the technique and theory behind Mr Damm's collage comics.

Johnny Damm @johnnydamm.bsky.social · Sep 8

New interview in @comicsjournal.bsky.social!

Really loved having this conversation with Ian Thomas, which was challenging in all the best ways. And it's amazing to be featured in the The Comics Journal, which I've been reading since I was a teenager.

www.tcj.com/comics-are-t...

'Comics are the perfect medium for challenging material': An interview with Johnny Damm - The Comics Journal

Ian Thomas talks to Damm about his new comic, Technocrat Tales, the art of collage, and what makes comics special.

www.tcj.com

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