Aden Howl-e-mariam
@adenhailemariam.bsky.social
I love having hobbies. Mostly thinking about comics, baking, healthcare-related stuff, systemic issues, libraries, and needing a nap. Banner image is from She-Hulk issue #12 (LGY #175). adenhailemariam.com
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IT on campus is definitely worried about AI's role in increased hacks and phishing attempts.
Not sure repeated "be careful as an individual" messages are gonna help much (kinda like climate change - its a systems problem, not an individual one (unless you're a billionaire, in both cases))...
Not sure repeated "be careful as an individual" messages are gonna help much (kinda like climate change - its a systems problem, not an individual one (unless you're a billionaire, in both cases))...
December 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
IT on campus is definitely worried about AI's role in increased hacks and phishing attempts.
Not sure repeated "be careful as an individual" messages are gonna help much (kinda like climate change - its a systems problem, not an individual one (unless you're a billionaire, in both cases))...
Not sure repeated "be careful as an individual" messages are gonna help much (kinda like climate change - its a systems problem, not an individual one (unless you're a billionaire, in both cases))...
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Every few months he trots this out hoping that this time the comics community isn't going to go ape****.
And then the community drags him for a full 24 hours and he goes into hiding again.
And then the community drags him for a full 24 hours and he goes into hiding again.
Activist and former quarterback Colin Kaepernick visited Largo High School to launch an AI tool designed to help students create their own graphic novels.
Colin Kaepernick launches AI storytelling tool at Prince George's County high school
Former quarterback and activist Colin Kaepernick visited Largo High School to launch an AI tool designed to help students create their own graphic novels. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.
www.nbcwashington.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Every few months he trots this out hoping that this time the comics community isn't going to go ape****.
And then the community drags him for a full 24 hours and he goes into hiding again.
And then the community drags him for a full 24 hours and he goes into hiding again.
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ANYWAY, AI is a atrocious. But you know what's great? Asking black comic creators to come speak to kids at your local middle school. (I'm namedropping @shawnrpryor.bsky.social and @shanfiction.bsky.social as two candidates for this.)
December 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
ANYWAY, AI is a atrocious. But you know what's great? Asking black comic creators to come speak to kids at your local middle school. (I'm namedropping @shawnrpryor.bsky.social and @shanfiction.bsky.social as two candidates for this.)
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Just…. Just give these kids art supplies and fund their art programs. Nobody wants this ai garbage they just want to enjoy the arts!!!
December 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Just…. Just give these kids art supplies and fund their art programs. Nobody wants this ai garbage they just want to enjoy the arts!!!
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my comics advice is: show feet
it sounds like dumb online meme nonsense but it's not; every 2-3 pages make sure you draw your character so their feet show, it grounds them in the environment and forces you to vary your panel composition.
it sounds like dumb online meme nonsense but it's not; every 2-3 pages make sure you draw your character so their feet show, it grounds them in the environment and forces you to vary your panel composition.
December 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
my comics advice is: show feet
it sounds like dumb online meme nonsense but it's not; every 2-3 pages make sure you draw your character so their feet show, it grounds them in the environment and forces you to vary your panel composition.
it sounds like dumb online meme nonsense but it's not; every 2-3 pages make sure you draw your character so their feet show, it grounds them in the environment and forces you to vary your panel composition.
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Since 2024 I've seen jobs on sites like Indeed listed as "librarian" but are just $20 p/hr AI training jobs. They all require a BA (which is both unnecessary for data training and also not an MLIS which is actually required for a librarian job).
I'm starting to see jobs out there for 'humanties experts' to train AI systems. I know we all need work, but don't do it.
December 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Since 2024 I've seen jobs on sites like Indeed listed as "librarian" but are just $20 p/hr AI training jobs. They all require a BA (which is both unnecessary for data training and also not an MLIS which is actually required for a librarian job).
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Anyone who says “be normal” betrays that they have an implicit value system of who is considered normal and who is not, and when you have that, you will always value some people and traits over another. They will always replicate hierarchies of power in the long run.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Anyone who says “be normal” betrays that they have an implicit value system of who is considered normal and who is not, and when you have that, you will always value some people and traits over another. They will always replicate hierarchies of power in the long run.
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Utopia is only ever found in the becoming, never in the destination.
December 7, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Utopia is only ever found in the becoming, never in the destination.
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Artist alleys at comic cons bum me out sometimes because I’ll see artists who’ve inspired me my whole life grinding away hour by hour when they should all be comfortable as hell and doing whatever they want, making whatever they want. I want that for everybody!
Miles Morales co-creator Sara Pichelli says she does not get any royalties from the ‘Spider-Verse’ films, Insomniac games, or merch
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
December 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Artist alleys at comic cons bum me out sometimes because I’ll see artists who’ve inspired me my whole life grinding away hour by hour when they should all be comfortable as hell and doing whatever they want, making whatever they want. I want that for everybody!
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"If you're teaching comics to kids, start with a silent comic."
[Forces readers to learn to read visually, to explain visually]
@scottmccloud.bsky.social
@massmice.bsky.social
@countwaylibrary.bsky.social
[Forces readers to learn to read visually, to explain visually]
@scottmccloud.bsky.social
@massmice.bsky.social
@countwaylibrary.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
"If you're teaching comics to kids, start with a silent comic."
[Forces readers to learn to read visually, to explain visually]
@scottmccloud.bsky.social
@massmice.bsky.social
@countwaylibrary.bsky.social
[Forces readers to learn to read visually, to explain visually]
@scottmccloud.bsky.social
@massmice.bsky.social
@countwaylibrary.bsky.social
A stressful part of trying to be out and about and putting things on my calendar is when I can’t tell if something happening is an event, a place, just a store, a pop-up, a fair, a vibe, or what. The vague details become an art itself 😆
December 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A stressful part of trying to be out and about and putting things on my calendar is when I can’t tell if something happening is an event, a place, just a store, a pop-up, a fair, a vibe, or what. The vague details become an art itself 😆
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It's here. Applications are now open for exhibitors, workshops and volunteers for the 3rd annual Black Zine Fair taking place on 5/9/26. Applications are accepted until Feb 9. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It's here. Applications are now open for exhibitors, workshops and volunteers for the 3rd annual Black Zine Fair taking place on 5/9/26. Applications are accepted until Feb 9. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I’m hosting an event to foster interest in Graphic Medicine in Guilford County, NC! Registration link and more info at adenhailemariam.com. I’ll also be encouraging participation in the 2026 Graphic Medicine Conference @graphicmedicine.bsky.social
#GraphicMedicine #comics #health #HealthCare
#GraphicMedicine #comics #health #HealthCare
December 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I’m hosting an event to foster interest in Graphic Medicine in Guilford County, NC! Registration link and more info at adenhailemariam.com. I’ll also be encouraging participation in the 2026 Graphic Medicine Conference @graphicmedicine.bsky.social
#GraphicMedicine #comics #health #HealthCare
#GraphicMedicine #comics #health #HealthCare
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A couple weeks ago we got a lovely note from someone on the other side of the country thanking us profusely for ILLing a book to them. Curious, we looked up the book they borrowed.
It would have cost $1,200 for them to purchase it.
ILL is one of the things I love most about libraries.
It would have cost $1,200 for them to purchase it.
ILL is one of the things I love most about libraries.
Requested a book through ILL over break. It arrived today. Libraries man.
December 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
A couple weeks ago we got a lovely note from someone on the other side of the country thanking us profusely for ILLing a book to them. Curious, we looked up the book they borrowed.
It would have cost $1,200 for them to purchase it.
ILL is one of the things I love most about libraries.
It would have cost $1,200 for them to purchase it.
ILL is one of the things I love most about libraries.
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Maybe we just attempt to do studies in perpetuity on a massive scale
November 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Maybe we just attempt to do studies in perpetuity on a massive scale
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"are you enjoying duo mobile" does a hamburger enjoy being made of quarks. does a fish enjoy linear time. does the mountain enjoy the first taste of a cup of hot chocolate when you get back to the ski lodge. your question means nothing to me. i couldn't enjoy duo mobile even if i tried
December 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"are you enjoying duo mobile" does a hamburger enjoy being made of quarks. does a fish enjoy linear time. does the mountain enjoy the first taste of a cup of hot chocolate when you get back to the ski lodge. your question means nothing to me. i couldn't enjoy duo mobile even if i tried
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Reminder: It's never too late to start wearing a mask again
December 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Reminder: It's never too late to start wearing a mask again
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americans watch the muppets christmas carrol every year but would 100000% let kermit the frog's son tiny tim die like yall would easily kill the disabled son of kermit the frog
December 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
americans watch the muppets christmas carrol every year but would 100000% let kermit the frog's son tiny tim die like yall would easily kill the disabled son of kermit the frog
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There are a lot of reasons for the failure of this narrative when it runs up against reality, but I think a lot of it is that we’ve been indoctrinated into this notion that capitalism is somehow inherently rational, which it is not
December 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
There are a lot of reasons for the failure of this narrative when it runs up against reality, but I think a lot of it is that we’ve been indoctrinated into this notion that capitalism is somehow inherently rational, which it is not
Had a dream last night that scared me awake and the only way I know how to describe it is like a cross between Three-Body Problem and Absolute Martian Manhunter.
December 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Had a dream last night that scared me awake and the only way I know how to describe it is like a cross between Three-Body Problem and Absolute Martian Manhunter.
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An obligation often imposed by a power dynamic that you may not understand or acknowledge, but which they are always aware of. And because there is a power dynamic, you don't see that the question that you can ask from an assumption of safety and security places them in a position of vulnerability.
December 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
An obligation often imposed by a power dynamic that you may not understand or acknowledge, but which they are always aware of. And because there is a power dynamic, you don't see that the question that you can ask from an assumption of safety and security places them in a position of vulnerability.
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You also don't see all of the conversations your friend is having with people whose intentions are less pure than yours, who frame their insincere bullying as "I'm just asking questions".
December 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
You also don't see all of the conversations your friend is having with people whose intentions are less pure than yours, who frame their insincere bullying as "I'm just asking questions".
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You may not know that your questions originated in propaganda and bigotry, because you don't see how the default, cisnormative, understanding of trans people is riddled with harmful discourses.
December 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
You may not know that your questions originated in propaganda and bigotry, because you don't see how the default, cisnormative, understanding of trans people is riddled with harmful discourses.
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Your can't recognize that the "neutral" questions you might be asking in good faith are the product of an oppressive culture because you are able to move without friction through that culture, even as they experience it as a threat.
December 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Your can't recognize that the "neutral" questions you might be asking in good faith are the product of an oppressive culture because you are able to move without friction through that culture, even as they experience it as a threat.