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Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦
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Comic Book Flatter, Developer, Deaf Advocate. He/Him. #Deaf
Pineapple pulled pork tacos with Smokey bourbon bbq sauce and jalapeño coleslaw for dinner tonight.

First time doing this, but it won’t be the last time.
December 8, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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Reosted from a friend’s FB page:
December 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Sometimes pros guard their knowledge out of insecurities or because they lost touch with reading comics for fun.

You can even pull all the altruism out of it and in a self serving way- why wouldn't I help you to make comics? I like comics. I want to read your comics! Of course I'd help.
Share your knowledge if/when you can. Teaching other people how to do what you do doesn’t lessen your art - it just means more and better art for everyone.

I appreciate when people are willing to tell me about their brushes, how they study, etc… I want to put that back out into the world.
December 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
You couldn’t pay me to see a movie in the theater… and I still know this wank knob CEO of Netflix is utterly wrong.
Every new word in this sentence is worse than the last
December 7, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Trying to decide between a movie on a streaming platform, or one in my library.

Tubi, or not Tubi. That is the question.
December 7, 2025 at 4:20 AM
If you use 4K+ Video Downloader on a Mac, 2K and 4K videos are often only available in AV01, MKV and VP9 codecs. None of those work in Quicktime/AppleTV.

You can use HandBrake to convert 2K and 4K video to formats playable on Mac, complete with subtitles (if you included them in the 4K+ download.)
December 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
A ton of baking done over the last two days.
Double batch of shortbread cookies for Christmas, a huge loaf of sourdough rye bread, 10 waffles, and smokey bourbon BBQ sauce with chilis from our balcony garden.

I freeze all the extra waffles - If you're going to make them, might as well do a bunch.
December 6, 2025 at 1:34 AM
List of macOS symbols for shortcuts:

Most people know the ones on the left. The ones on the right are a little more esoteric.

Brought to you by WTF is that keyboard shortcut symbol (It was the Escape Key symbol: ⎋)

support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/...
December 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Clip Studio Paint 4.2.1 update is out. Fixes issues with the Fill tool that could cause CSP to crash.
December 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Consider this permission to stop scrolling for a minute and get that thing done, get a drink, go to the bathroom or something.
December 5, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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heads up, writers—this is the new version of the “I turned your webcam on and I have a video of you jerking off” scam
New extortion scam email going round (this was received via a writer's website contact form). I've seen a number of these recently but without the money demand; the translation angle is also a new one
December 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
How long before dhsgov just straight up posts a job ad featuring ss nazis in full uniform?
DOJ's newest recruitment ad features Judge Dredd, the comic satire about the dangers of lawless policing and authoritarian power
December 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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When we say “don’t use AI to research anything,” this is why.

Let Chuck take you on a little trip. Buckle up and keep your hands inside the tram at all time, or they might end up with six fingers.
December 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Hot off the presses!

An item on your Steam Wishlist has just released!
December 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
We have Schrödinger's Rustad.

John Rustad is currently both leader of, and not the leader of the BC Conservative Party.
#bcpoli
December 4, 2025 at 1:43 AM
BC Conservatives: "John Rustad is 'Professionally Incapacitated' and has been removed as Leader."

John Rustad: "Nuh uh! I'm still leader! of the BC Conservative Party!"

#bcpoli #cdnpoli
December 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Elgato Stream Deck 7.1 released:
Here's hoping it fixes the bug of the Virtual Stream Deck resetting position on screen.
Elgato Stream Deck 7.1 Release Notes
Release Date: 3 December 2025💻 Download LinksmacOSElgato Stream Deck 7.1.0.pkgWindowsElgato Stream Deck 7.1.0.msi What’s new in Stream Deck 7.1? 🔎 In-App Marketplace SearchPlugins enable new and po...
help.elgato.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.

It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Don Chendo’s frozen churros cooked in an air fryer are freaking awesome. The closest you can get to deep fried churros without leaving your house.
December 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
The tree is up, complete with new decorations:
December 2, 2025 at 2:44 AM
One thing Stranger Things will probably never explain is why the hell people wore shorts over track pants in the 80’s.

It was fuck-ugly fashion back then, and looking back doesn’t improve it any.
December 1, 2025 at 6:08 AM
If you think the kids in Stranger Things kids are "too old to be high-schoolers"... Welcome Back Kotter would like a word.

The 30-year-old teacher is only 4 years older than the oldest "student."
November 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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To be explicit, we executed a German U-Boat commander who said he had to sink lifesaving gear / “inadvertently” kill survivors because it might give away his position, thereby potentially resulting in the loss of his submarine.

We executed multiple members of that crew.
Heinz-Wilhelm Eck might have something to say about this one.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen

Bruce Springsteen
Robert Plant
Pink Floyd
U2
Robert Michaels
the pillows
death cab for cutie
radiohead
rasputina
st vincent

honestly I went to a lot of shows when I was like 16-24 and haven't really since haha. I'm too short to see anything and I hate standing around waiting for stuff to start!! the pillows was great though
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen

Magic Sword
Surfrajettes
Weird Al
John Denver
Dolly Parton
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM