Kiel Phegley
@kielphegley.bsky.social
Writer of comics and books for kids. Professor of Children's Literature. STRIKERS out from Lerner Books/Graphic Universe now.
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Kiel Phegley
@kielphegley.bsky.social
· Oct 21
Hey lots of new followers. I guess the Sonic starter pack made the rounds again. Welcome to The Good Posting Site.
I'm Kiel. I write books and comics for readers of all ages, including tons of Sonic The Hedgehog stuff and other characters. But what I'm most proud of is the OGN STRIKERS. Look it up!
I'm Kiel. I write books and comics for readers of all ages, including tons of Sonic The Hedgehog stuff and other characters. But what I'm most proud of is the OGN STRIKERS. Look it up!
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It's Thanksgiving and I'm feeling generous so here's Busta Rhymes and the TMNT
November 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
It's Thanksgiving and I'm feeling generous so here's Busta Rhymes and the TMNT
Thomas Nast an s-tier cartoonist.
How Republicans commemorated Thanksgiving in 1869--with a multi-racial/multi-ethnic gathering of people at a table with a centerpiece celebrating universal suffrage and self-government, and with an engraving of Castle Garden, the pre-Ellis Island point of disembarkation for immigrants.
November 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Thomas Nast an s-tier cartoonist.
Fuck you, I’ll do what I want.
November 28, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Fuck you, I’ll do what I want.
When they takin me away from dat Thanksgiving table.
November 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
When they takin me away from dat Thanksgiving table.
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Indeed this was the best part of the four-hour advertiser’s extravaganza.
November 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Indeed this was the best part of the four-hour advertiser’s extravaganza.
The big corporate stooges can suck it. Michigan is ruled by Dawn Doughnuts - always spelled correctly and always made correctly (cake never yeast unless it’s a glazed twist).
The year is 3025. The American empire has fallen. In its place a loose confederation of confections emerged. This is Donut world.
November 27, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The big corporate stooges can suck it. Michigan is ruled by Dawn Doughnuts - always spelled correctly and always made correctly (cake never yeast unless it’s a glazed twist).
You know, I did not have Of Monsters & Men marked off as “old timey 2010s band that’d still be charting radio hits over a decade later” but am surprisingly cool with this development.
November 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
You know, I did not have Of Monsters & Men marked off as “old timey 2010s band that’d still be charting radio hits over a decade later” but am surprisingly cool with this development.
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It's time for the 2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant!
My family and I are awarding four $250 grants to active comics critics. The application is simple, just your name, email, and two recent clips. Deadline for submissions is January 1st.
forms.gle/Cy8FtCcqVSWa...
My family and I are awarding four $250 grants to active comics critics. The application is simple, just your name, email, and two recent clips. Deadline for submissions is January 1st.
forms.gle/Cy8FtCcqVSWa...
2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant
This project will be awarding four mini grants of $250 to comics critics.
To apply, please provide 2 links to comics criticism work of at least 500 words published within the last year (blogs and YouT...
forms.gle
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
It's time for the 2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant!
My family and I are awarding four $250 grants to active comics critics. The application is simple, just your name, email, and two recent clips. Deadline for submissions is January 1st.
forms.gle/Cy8FtCcqVSWa...
My family and I are awarding four $250 grants to active comics critics. The application is simple, just your name, email, and two recent clips. Deadline for submissions is January 1st.
forms.gle/Cy8FtCcqVSWa...
When I told Tom Spurgeon I was engaged, he closed his eyes, tilted his head back and said, “You two are gonna have great-looking kids.”
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
When I told Tom Spurgeon I was engaged, he closed his eyes, tilted his head back and said, “You two are gonna have great-looking kids.”
Guys. The baby is sleeping in a crib-like structure for around 6 straight hours a night now. Please clap for me.
November 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Guys. The baby is sleeping in a crib-like structure for around 6 straight hours a night now. Please clap for me.
Back to the Future II is such a litany of weird Boomer anxieties.
Marty is 42 but graying and wrinkled. He has the pain (oh no!) of working a high-paying corporate job with the indignity of having (gasp!) a Japanese man as a boss.
Marty is 42 but graying and wrinkled. He has the pain (oh no!) of working a high-paying corporate job with the indignity of having (gasp!) a Japanese man as a boss.
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Back to the Future II is such a litany of weird Boomer anxieties.
Marty is 42 but graying and wrinkled. He has the pain (oh no!) of working a high-paying corporate job with the indignity of having (gasp!) a Japanese man as a boss.
Marty is 42 but graying and wrinkled. He has the pain (oh no!) of working a high-paying corporate job with the indignity of having (gasp!) a Japanese man as a boss.
They had a treatment for a second one where he’s at a journalist convention. 😭😭😭
They should have made four more FLETCH! movies with Jon Hamm.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
They had a treatment for a second one where he’s at a journalist convention. 😭😭😭
Glad to have a go-to, peer reviewed article to point to now which backs up the vague ramblings about Real Consciousness I go off on whenever LLMs come up in conversation.
Large language mistake
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... great read from @benjaminjriley.bsky.social
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... great read from @benjaminjriley.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Glad to have a go-to, peer reviewed article to point to now which backs up the vague ramblings about Real Consciousness I go off on whenever LLMs come up in conversation.
1st year in NYC I lived on Long Island. At Thanksgiving, I was invited to a friend’s in the city. Decided to make a pan of cheesy potatoes, which I placed (piping hot & covered in foil) in a duffel bag. One LIE > Penn Station > A Train trip later, and some of those potatoes were edible in Harlem.
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 AM
1st year in NYC I lived on Long Island. At Thanksgiving, I was invited to a friend’s in the city. Decided to make a pan of cheesy potatoes, which I placed (piping hot & covered in foil) in a duffel bag. One LIE > Penn Station > A Train trip later, and some of those potatoes were edible in Harlem.
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Orson Welles in The Third Man
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Orson Welles in The Third Man
Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups has pleaded not guilty to charges he profited from rigged poker games involving several Mafia figures and another former NBA player. n.pr/3XgQQSP
Portland Trail Blazers coach pleads not guilty in rigged poker games case
Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups has pleaded not guilty to charges he profited from rigged poker games involving several Mafia figures and another former NBA player.
n.pr
November 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
People Online Be Normal About Star Wars Challenge
Difficulty Level: Fucking Impossible
Difficulty Level: Fucking Impossible
November 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
People Online Be Normal About Star Wars Challenge
Difficulty Level: Fucking Impossible
Difficulty Level: Fucking Impossible
Greetings from the not-too-distant future.
Today in 1988 Mystery Science Theater 3000 premiered on KTMA in St. Paul Minnesota. #MST3K
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Greetings from the not-too-distant future.
Bend over and I’ll show you, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Bend over and I’ll show you, Charlie Brown.
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I know they’re really trying to make Mr. Pibb happen like never before, but how am I, the longtime Pibb devotee, supposed to get excited when I know it’s no longer “XTra”??
November 22, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I know they’re really trying to make Mr. Pibb happen like never before, but how am I, the longtime Pibb devotee, supposed to get excited when I know it’s no longer “XTra”??
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November 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Insane interview where the reporter keeps asking the Roblox CEO how they'll protect kids from predators, & the man CANNOT stop himself from giving canned answers he'd happily repeat on an investor call. Doesn't even occur to him that parents don't gove a shit what's in his slide deck. Breathtaking.
This interview is a snapshot into where tech companies are with online harassment right now.
They know how to end it, but they decided not to spend the money. They’re prioritizing growth (and profit) above all else. And they’re blaming YOU for logging on to the platform they designed to be unsafe.
They know how to end it, but they decided not to spend the money. They’re prioritizing growth (and profit) above all else. And they’re blaming YOU for logging on to the platform they designed to be unsafe.
We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Insane interview where the reporter keeps asking the Roblox CEO how they'll protect kids from predators, & the man CANNOT stop himself from giving canned answers he'd happily repeat on an investor call. Doesn't even occur to him that parents don't gove a shit what's in his slide deck. Breathtaking.