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Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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El Romero Mero @maxoromero.bsky.social · 1d

Went to a follow-up appointment with the surgeon (everything’s good) and I got a sticker!

Square sticker featuring Jack Kirby’s Captain America in a dynamic, ready-to-fight pose on a background of sepia-toned comic book panels.

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io9 @io9dotcom.bsky.social · 1d

Drew Struzan, the King of the Movie Poster, Has Died

The beloved artist, who illustrated iconic posters for 'Star Wars', 'Indiana Jones', 'Back to the Future', and more, was 78.

gizmodo.com

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El Romero Mero @maxoromero.bsky.social · 1d

Ha ha sometimes I really love the closed captions

Scene from The House on Sorority Row. A man is being stabbed in the gut with a fireplace poker. The captions read: Katherine … [stabbing]

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d

Wow, wow, wow. This has always been legally possible but the law has virtually never been enforced — and now this is the SECOND case I've heard of in the last month (first involving a person with a green card) of a noncitizen being charged for failure to carry their papers.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2d

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Dan Schkade @danschkade.bsky.social · 2d

RIP to Christopher Mills — an old-school bona fide indie comics creator who did it for the love of the medium, which is the only reason to do it in the first place. He was the kind of guy who makes artist alleys worth walking, and he'll be missed.

Christopher Mills @atomicpulp.bsky.social · 10d

I only wrote about 100 comics in my so-called career, but now that I'm dying, I'm grateful that I got to do even that. Comics are such a wonderful medium, and they've always meant so much to me.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 2d

These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.

The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!

Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.

FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.

Flooding seen with water up to the crash barriers of local roads

Sheds and debris lie scattered in the storm

A small blue house has been blown onto its roof

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The Ken in Yellow @kenlowery.bsky.social · 2d

In two hours! This is a proper Halloween show, and just the first episode of @what981.bsky.social's story...

The Ken in Yellow @kenlowery.bsky.social · 3d

Due to scheduling conflicts tonight's VOID broadcast will actually be *tomorrow* night. Do NOT miss it; DJ Vera Lynn of @what981.bsky.social hosts strange callers, stranger weather reports and tracks from Tears for Fears, the Cure, and more.

Set your reminder here: bannerless.games/void-what

VOID 1680 AM // WHAT_10.13.25

Broadcasting (as always) from Nowhere, just north of The Island, DJ Vera Lynn of 98.1 WHAT makes her debut on the VOID Affiliate network. Tune in for live ca...

bannerless.games

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Siskoid @siskoid.bsky.social · 8d

SBG/Who's Editing: That's the Writer's Problem
siskoid.blogspot.com/2025/10/whos...
Siskoid and @onceuponageek.bsky.social (The Irredeemable Shag) recreate the DCU with just Who's Who Update'87 #3!

The show banner using Who's Who '97 #3 as a background

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Irredeemable Shag @onceuponageek.bsky.social · 3d

New ONCE UPON A GEEK PODCAST now available! Our 1980s BLUE DEVIL comic coverage continues! Shag & @diabolu.bsky.social find their joy in Las Vegas alongside Dan Cassidy and Norm the cameraman! It's weirdness and chaos in Sin City in BLUE DEVIL #6! #ouag33
fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/ouag...

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El Romero Mero @maxoromero.bsky.social · 4d

I expect I will too!

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El Romero Mero @maxoromero.bsky.social · 4d

Really kind of caught off guard by the anger directed at Tron.

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El Romero Mero @maxoromero.bsky.social · 4d

My old neighborhood in Chicago. This is the city I know and of which I’m so proud.

Flyer for Rogers Park Whistle Protocols, a whistle code to alert neighbors to ICE activities. Three short equals ICE is in area, three long means someone is being detained.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4d

I'm so proud of everyone from my old neighborhood of Rogers Park in Chicago. I see what you have been and are doing. I am so proud of how organized the community is and how much more so everyone is becoming. It is inspiring. Just one example... And this is something EVERYONE can do. Everyone.

Informational flyer about Rogers Park Whistle Protocols, explaining how to use whistles to alert neighbors of emergencies, with color-coded alerts, steps for use, and encouragement to form a crowd and stay loud for safety.

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El Romero Mero @maxoromero.bsky.social · 6d

Well … shit

404 Media @404media.co · 6d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Ibrahim Moustafa @ibrahimmoustafa.bsky.social · 7d

#Comics folks, I need you to pull up to this one.

The world sucks right now, and we have the opportunity to do a little bit of good for a displaced and marginalized member of our community. Please join me in supporting this KS campaign!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/den...

If you're somebody who values supporting marginalized voices in comics, here's your chance to put your money where your values are!

The writer of this RINGO NOM’D INDIE COMIC (and a very dear friend of mine) is a Syrian Refugee who has been through more continuous hardships than I have space to list here; constantly navigating visa applications, unstable living conditions, predatory landlords (limited options as a refugee).

Anas just wants to make comics and live a normal life like what so many of us take for granted. Backing this campaign will help Anas to take the next step toward freedom and autonomy, helping to fund a move to another country with more stable employment options. This is truly one of the most important comics purchases you will ever make.

Middle Eastern and North African comics creators are some of the most underrepresented in the comics industry of the western world. Anas isn’t running a GoFundMe to support this move, and is not asking for charity. Simply, Anas is using their talent for storytelling, along with Dennis’ gorgeous art, to offer you a beautiful experience in the comics medium, that also goes toward funding a better life for Anas.

I’m so proud of Anas, and humbled by their experiences and perseverance. I would like to see Anas’ Dream realized, and I’d love to see this community help to make that happen. Please join me in pledging to the Etheres Kickstarter campaign! (link below).

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 7d

Here’s an incomplete list of federal data and statistics that’ve been deleted or tampered with since Trump took office.

A Shortlist of Federal Data the Trump Administration Has Tampered With or Destroyed

The scale and scope of federal data and statistics that have been...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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El Romero Mero @maxoromero.bsky.social · 7d

I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve disagreed with a lot of Jim Lee’s decisions at DC, but he’s 100 percent correct here.

Comic Book Club @comicbookclub.bsky.social · 7d

Jim Lee's impassioned words about why DC will never use AI have already won New York Comic Con.

Jim Lee On Why DC Will Never Use AI: “AI Doesn’t Dream, Feel, Or Make Art, It Aggregates It”

The President, Publisher, and Chief Creative Officer of DC Comics spoke out at today's Retailer Day at New York Comic Con.

comicbookclublive.com

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Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 7d

CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements

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El Romero Mero @maxoromero.bsky.social · 7d

Do blogs count? Modern social media has contributed little that’s had a lasting, positive impact on my life, but people I’ve met through blogging still mean a lot to me. Social media basically gives me a way to keep up with those folks.