Chris Maka
@chrismaka.bsky.social
Video game writer-designer on SWTOR by day, comic book writer by night. Anti-fascist, pro-compassion.
I love Neil Diamond's music, and I love Hugh Jackman. But I've decided that in my head canon this is a prequel to the first X-Men movie.
November 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I love Neil Diamond's music, and I love Hugh Jackman. But I've decided that in my head canon this is a prequel to the first X-Men movie.
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Literally buying one copy of a book at your local indie bookstore can mean the difference in whether they buy future books from that author.
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Literally buying one copy of a book at your local indie bookstore can mean the difference in whether they buy future books from that author.
Continuing to inject comic book goodness into your doomscrolling via covers featuring characters I like.
I've always loved Adam Strange's classic spaceman hero look - all you need is a jetpack, laser pistol, smarts, and guts!
(Needless to say, I'm not a fan of a recent maxiseries featuring Adam.)
I've always loved Adam Strange's classic spaceman hero look - all you need is a jetpack, laser pistol, smarts, and guts!
(Needless to say, I'm not a fan of a recent maxiseries featuring Adam.)
November 29, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Continuing to inject comic book goodness into your doomscrolling via covers featuring characters I like.
I've always loved Adam Strange's classic spaceman hero look - all you need is a jetpack, laser pistol, smarts, and guts!
(Needless to say, I'm not a fan of a recent maxiseries featuring Adam.)
I've always loved Adam Strange's classic spaceman hero look - all you need is a jetpack, laser pistol, smarts, and guts!
(Needless to say, I'm not a fan of a recent maxiseries featuring Adam.)
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
I don't think Chuck Daly gets enough credit for his coaching in getting these guys to all play as a team (which not all future Team USA squads did).
An assemblage of the greatest basketball talent on the planet in 1992.
And Christian Laettner is there too.
And Christian Laettner is there too.
November 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I don't think Chuck Daly gets enough credit for his coaching in getting these guys to all play as a team (which not all future Team USA squads did).
Avoiding Black Friday nonsense by injecting comic book goodness into your scrolling via covers featuring characters I like.
This is such good, fun series. Great writing by Robinson and art by Paul Smith and team. Highly recommended.
This is such good, fun series. Great writing by Robinson and art by Paul Smith and team. Highly recommended.
November 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Avoiding Black Friday nonsense by injecting comic book goodness into your scrolling via covers featuring characters I like.
This is such good, fun series. Great writing by Robinson and art by Paul Smith and team. Highly recommended.
This is such good, fun series. Great writing by Robinson and art by Paul Smith and team. Highly recommended.
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Needing ChatGPT to tell you make pasta for a first date as though dudes haven’t been doing that since the beginning of time
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Needing ChatGPT to tell you make pasta for a first date as though dudes haven’t been doing that since the beginning of time
In the interest of intellectual honesty, the refs have blown a couple of calls in favor of the Lions, which I am okay with.
Refs apparently in the Packers' pocket today. Cool cool
November 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
In the interest of intellectual honesty, the refs have blown a couple of calls in favor of the Lions, which I am okay with.
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Happy Chompsgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Happy Chompsgiving!
Detroit's bend-and-then-break defense is killing me today.
November 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Detroit's bend-and-then-break defense is killing me today.
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Facts are like poison to anyone associated with the Old Criminal in the White House.
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Facts are like poison to anyone associated with the Old Criminal in the White House.
I'll always support Dan Campbell going for it on 4th down, but that was a HORRIBLE play call. Predictable and easily stopped. Ugh.
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I'll always support Dan Campbell going for it on 4th down, but that was a HORRIBLE play call. Predictable and easily stopped. Ugh.
Speaking of...questionable hockey unis, is it time for the Vancouver Canucks to bring back their disco flying V unis?
(No. No it is not. Oh, who am I kidding it, I'd love it if they did.)
(No. No it is not. Oh, who am I kidding it, I'd love it if they did.)
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Speaking of...questionable hockey unis, is it time for the Vancouver Canucks to bring back their disco flying V unis?
(No. No it is not. Oh, who am I kidding it, I'd love it if they did.)
(No. No it is not. Oh, who am I kidding it, I'd love it if they did.)
Injecting comic book goodness into your tryptophan dazescrolling via covers featuring characters I like.
My favorite version of the bat-costume and my favorite bat-logo -- with bonus hockey!
My favorite version of the bat-costume and my favorite bat-logo -- with bonus hockey!
November 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Injecting comic book goodness into your tryptophan dazescrolling via covers featuring characters I like.
My favorite version of the bat-costume and my favorite bat-logo -- with bonus hockey!
My favorite version of the bat-costume and my favorite bat-logo -- with bonus hockey!
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Happy Thanksgiving all!
November 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Happy Thanksgiving all!
Refs apparently in the Packers' pocket today. Cool cool
November 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Refs apparently in the Packers' pocket today. Cool cool
Continuing to inject comic book goodness into your doomscrolling via covers featuring characters I like.
This series has an amazing 80s premise, but unfortunately kind of goes off the rails past a certain point. But the initial miniseries is pretty danged good.
This series has an amazing 80s premise, but unfortunately kind of goes off the rails past a certain point. But the initial miniseries is pretty danged good.
November 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Continuing to inject comic book goodness into your doomscrolling via covers featuring characters I like.
This series has an amazing 80s premise, but unfortunately kind of goes off the rails past a certain point. But the initial miniseries is pretty danged good.
This series has an amazing 80s premise, but unfortunately kind of goes off the rails past a certain point. But the initial miniseries is pretty danged good.
You’re kidnapped. The characters from the last show you watched are coming to rescue you.
Heh. My kidnappers are so fucked.
Heh. My kidnappers are so fucked.
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
You’re kidnapped. The characters from the last show you watched are coming to rescue you.
Heh. My kidnappers are so fucked.
Heh. My kidnappers are so fucked.
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This is stunning -- an absolute must-read: "if you measured income inadequacy today the way [it was] measured it in 1963, the threshold for a family of four wouldn’t be $31,200.
It would be somewhere between $130,000 and $150,000.
It would be somewhere between $130,000 and $150,000.
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-life-is-a-lie?open=false#§how-a-broken-benchmark-quietly-broke-america
November 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is stunning -- an absolute must-read: "if you measured income inadequacy today the way [it was] measured it in 1963, the threshold for a family of four wouldn’t be $31,200.
It would be somewhere between $130,000 and $150,000.
It would be somewhere between $130,000 and $150,000.
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They didn’t even try to name it something less obvious lmao
Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
They didn’t even try to name it something less obvious lmao
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Greed, for want of a better word, is not in fact good. It’s really, really terrible, actually, and we should push back hard on efforts to normalize or ennoble it.
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Greed, for want of a better word, is not in fact good. It’s really, really terrible, actually, and we should push back hard on efforts to normalize or ennoble it.
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tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
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If everything is a top priority, then everything gets done quickly. That's basic management
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
If everything is a top priority, then everything gets done quickly. That's basic management
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US holiday sees an increase in new writers wanting to make comics so I tried to take new writers through an easy step by step process with examples on how to turn their idea into a script.
Also a few scripts on there available for artists to practice or collabs.
www.reddit.com/r/ComicBookC...
Also a few scripts on there available for artists to practice or collabs.
www.reddit.com/r/ComicBookC...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
US holiday sees an increase in new writers wanting to make comics so I tried to take new writers through an easy step by step process with examples on how to turn their idea into a script.
Also a few scripts on there available for artists to practice or collabs.
www.reddit.com/r/ComicBookC...
Also a few scripts on there available for artists to practice or collabs.
www.reddit.com/r/ComicBookC...