Caliban Darklock
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Professor of badass, world's smartest juggalo, and massive turbo weeb. He/him.
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Thinking about all those relatable Miyazaki quotes and the fact that he goes through all the same struggles as every other artist does. We’re all connected in that struggle. Its kinda nice to know god isn’t all that different from me.
January 27, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Thinking about all those relatable Miyazaki quotes and the fact that he goes through all the same struggles as every other artist does. We’re all connected in that struggle. Its kinda nice to know god isn’t all that different from me.
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Harry Potter stopped being popular because its author was became cosmically awful that she became a black hole that even the books couldn't escape from. All the other faults were already there, nobody really cared. She became a bigot and everybody left. There's no mystery here. Fix your heart or die
January 27, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Harry Potter stopped being popular because its author was became cosmically awful that she became a black hole that even the books couldn't escape from. All the other faults were already there, nobody really cared. She became a bigot and everybody left. There's no mystery here. Fix your heart or die
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What makes me mad is that autocorrect now changes words in my writing without me noticing at all. It's faster than my attention span.
Autocorrect has gone completely useless on iPhone lately. The way it mutilates it written speech is beyond recognition
January 27, 2026 at 7:16 AM
What makes me mad is that autocorrect now changes words in my writing without me noticing at all. It's faster than my attention span.
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Once at uni, we all skived off a lecture on Bodily Fluids in Modernist Literature & went to a friend’s for coffee.
An hour later, there was a knock on the door & Dave was standing there looking traumatised. ‘You bastards!’ he said.
This is why 1 person at the Melania screening is funnier than 0.
An hour later, there was a knock on the door & Dave was standing there looking traumatised. ‘You bastards!’ he said.
This is why 1 person at the Melania screening is funnier than 0.
January 27, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Once at uni, we all skived off a lecture on Bodily Fluids in Modernist Literature & went to a friend’s for coffee.
An hour later, there was a knock on the door & Dave was standing there looking traumatised. ‘You bastards!’ he said.
This is why 1 person at the Melania screening is funnier than 0.
An hour later, there was a knock on the door & Dave was standing there looking traumatised. ‘You bastards!’ he said.
This is why 1 person at the Melania screening is funnier than 0.
I will never pay OpenAI a dime for anything they make and I need you guys to understand just who is saying this
January 27, 2026 at 7:11 AM
I will never pay OpenAI a dime for anything they make and I need you guys to understand just who is saying this
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Got the video out. Nothing too great, but not a bad one.
Warmup Exercises and a Horse Story
YouTube video by Caliban Darklock
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January 27, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Got the video out. Nothing too great, but not a bad one.
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The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
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lifted from tumblr and posting here because holy shit this drives me insane
January 26, 2026 at 1:03 AM
lifted from tumblr and posting here because holy shit this drives me insane
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This is so important because A) she did it in response to Benedict Wong, a far more prominent actor, saying he's listening to the audiobooks a lot and B) did it unprompted, she specifically stopped the fluff interview to draw the comparison to the themes of their film and support trans people.
You’ve got to love how actress Kelly Marie Tran, one of the most harassed people ever to be on the internet, still leapt up to defend trans people in a recent interview. No one would blame her for keeping her head down and shutting up forever but she will NOT and I admire her for it ⭐
Star Wars actor says ‘trans rights are human rights’ when asked about Harry Potter
Kelly Marie Tran said ‘trans rights are human rights’ when the topic of JK Rowling's Harry Potter series was mentioned in an interview.
www.thepinknews.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:33 AM
This is so important because A) she did it in response to Benedict Wong, a far more prominent actor, saying he's listening to the audiobooks a lot and B) did it unprompted, she specifically stopped the fluff interview to draw the comparison to the themes of their film and support trans people.
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Only have a character do one action per panel. There are some exceptions like when The Flash zips around with after-images and does 8 things at once but for the most part, 1 panel, 1 action. Every panel needs to provide a clean, cohesive image and having someone do multiple things at once is muddy.
What advice would you give an aspiring comic creator? - 🦝
January 27, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Only have a character do one action per panel. There are some exceptions like when The Flash zips around with after-images and does 8 things at once but for the most part, 1 panel, 1 action. Every panel needs to provide a clean, cohesive image and having someone do multiple things at once is muddy.
I want Trump's grave to be the permanent site of a little booth that says "Piss on this grave: $10"
President Donald Trump fantasized about his own death while watching the funeral of one of his predecessors, according to a new report.
Trump muses on his own death while watching funeral on TV: 'That'll be me'
President Donald Trump fantasized about his own death while watching the funeral of one of his predecessors, according to a new report.New York Magazine reporter Ben Terris spoke to the 79-year-old president and those around him about Trump's health, which has been the topic of much speculation afte...
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January 27, 2026 at 5:32 AM
I want Trump's grave to be the permanent site of a little booth that says "Piss on this grave: $10"
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She is saying it loud but this is what they mean when they say oh this is not the country I am used to
January 26, 2026 at 7:21 PM
She is saying it loud but this is what they mean when they say oh this is not the country I am used to
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This March 1965 Herblock cartoon about police violence against civil rights activists has added relevance today.
January 26, 2026 at 1:08 PM
This March 1965 Herblock cartoon about police violence against civil rights activists has added relevance today.
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Great. Everything is so fucked that somehow I agree with Greenwald.
He nails it here, though.
He nails it here, though.
January 26, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Great. Everything is so fucked that somehow I agree with Greenwald.
He nails it here, though.
He nails it here, though.
I love this artist so much, they have nailed a particular aesthetic that was peculiar to a time and method long gone, and I just love the sheer dedication that takes to their craft
January 27, 2026 at 5:14 AM
I love this artist so much, they have nailed a particular aesthetic that was peculiar to a time and method long gone, and I just love the sheer dedication that takes to their craft
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Sometimes ppl push back against the “ice didn’t exist until 20ish years ago, get rid of it” argument with “but we had ins, they did exactly the same thing” like ok great then let’s reverse everything we did since we dissolved ins, you should have no problem w that
The moderate position is unwinding the entire post-9/11 security state
January 27, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Sometimes ppl push back against the “ice didn’t exist until 20ish years ago, get rid of it” argument with “but we had ins, they did exactly the same thing” like ok great then let’s reverse everything we did since we dissolved ins, you should have no problem w that
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I continue to believe that the fastest way to get Stephen Miller fired is to convince Trump that Miller's ICE operations are what cost him the Nobel Peace Prize.
January 27, 2026 at 4:54 AM
I continue to believe that the fastest way to get Stephen Miller fired is to convince Trump that Miller's ICE operations are what cost him the Nobel Peace Prize.
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This part. Celebrate every victory, large and small. Celebrate each other. Celebrate the love and solidarity that hold you together. Never stop doing this. It's fundamental.
I don't keep doomers in my feed but since apparently some folks do: "celebrate each and every win, loudly" is Organizing 101
January 27, 2026 at 4:22 AM
This part. Celebrate every victory, large and small. Celebrate each other. Celebrate the love and solidarity that hold you together. Never stop doing this. It's fundamental.
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(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star)
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:51 AM
(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star)
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
The garbage-farting computer machine is not just incapable of creating meaningful work of its own, it is also incapable of producing YOUR meaningful work, no matter how clearly you describe it.
There is ONE workable use case...
There is ONE workable use case...
I'm noticing more and more artists on DA "experimenting" with AI tools to animate their art, then they switch entirely to AI slop.
And then they stop posting entirely, citing frustrations with the AI tools not doing what they want.
It's so, so depressing. Just keep creating. Keep being yourself.
And then they stop posting entirely, citing frustrations with the AI tools not doing what they want.
It's so, so depressing. Just keep creating. Keep being yourself.
January 27, 2026 at 4:41 AM
The garbage-farting computer machine is not just incapable of creating meaningful work of its own, it is also incapable of producing YOUR meaningful work, no matter how clearly you describe it.
There is ONE workable use case...
There is ONE workable use case...
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This point isn't made often enough:
Rightwingers have a totally fucked up idea of what Americans are really like.
They were able to sway voters politically on immigration -- and assumed that meant they'd Iove it when they beat, tortured, and killed immigrants and anyone who sympathized with them.
Rightwingers have a totally fucked up idea of what Americans are really like.
They were able to sway voters politically on immigration -- and assumed that meant they'd Iove it when they beat, tortured, and killed immigrants and anyone who sympathized with them.
Long way to go yet but I think it's worth pointing out that the entire rightwing media ecosystem went all in on the idea that Americans, or at least enough of us, would accept the idea that the government should be able to murder people in the street and they failed utterly
January 27, 2026 at 3:43 AM
This point isn't made often enough:
Rightwingers have a totally fucked up idea of what Americans are really like.
They were able to sway voters politically on immigration -- and assumed that meant they'd Iove it when they beat, tortured, and killed immigrants and anyone who sympathized with them.
Rightwingers have a totally fucked up idea of what Americans are really like.
They were able to sway voters politically on immigration -- and assumed that meant they'd Iove it when they beat, tortured, and killed immigrants and anyone who sympathized with them.
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You can’t tell me we have a functioning economic system when the richest man in human history is one of the most profoundly stupid people in human history
January 27, 2026 at 2:11 AM
You can’t tell me we have a functioning economic system when the richest man in human history is one of the most profoundly stupid people in human history