Neal Curtis
@nihilcurtis.bsky.social
Comics scholar, one-time critical theorist. Interested in science communication & graphic medicine. Enjoys SF. Concerned (to say the least) by climate emergency and fascism. Escaped UK for Aotearoa. Tangata Tiriti. He/him.
NYC Social Studies & Civics Hub - Comics Group
Civics for All Comics Group
sites.google.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Justice cannot exist under a law of absolutes.
-- Cpt Jean-Luc Picard (sort of)
-- Cpt Jean-Luc Picard (sort of)
November 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Justice cannot exist under a law of absolutes.
-- Cpt Jean-Luc Picard (sort of)
-- Cpt Jean-Luc Picard (sort of)
I am currently reading this amazing graphic memoir about a woman trying to reconcile herself to and rediscover her German identity in the face of the county's appalling 20C history.
November 28, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I am currently reading this amazing graphic memoir about a woman trying to reconcile herself to and rediscover her German identity in the face of the county's appalling 20C history.
In my later teens I visited Bamberg in #Germany as an exchange student several times. I loved it. The country, the people, the generosity. I remain a Germanophile to this day.
November 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
In my later teens I visited Bamberg in #Germany as an exchange student several times. I loved it. The country, the people, the generosity. I remain a Germanophile to this day.
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the poetry collection you mortal beings-in-time need for the darkest month is right here
moonpalacebooks.com/item/0vBk0cP...
(in the UK and Ireland order from @carcanet.bsky.social or @kennysbookshop.bsky.social respectively)
moonpalacebooks.com/item/0vBk0cP...
(in the UK and Ireland order from @carcanet.bsky.social or @kennysbookshop.bsky.social respectively)
November 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
the poetry collection you mortal beings-in-time need for the darkest month is right here
moonpalacebooks.com/item/0vBk0cP...
(in the UK and Ireland order from @carcanet.bsky.social or @kennysbookshop.bsky.social respectively)
moonpalacebooks.com/item/0vBk0cP...
(in the UK and Ireland order from @carcanet.bsky.social or @kennysbookshop.bsky.social respectively)
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
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My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
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An endless theme of my millennial life is perpetual bailouts for irresponsible and reckless corporations.
Dude who just got the SV Bank bailout two years ago is back banging the cup. It’s a tell.
November 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
An endless theme of my millennial life is perpetual bailouts for irresponsible and reckless corporations.
Farage didn't do it on his own. It was enabled by non-dom billionaires running The Sun, Daily Mail, Daily Express, and Daily Telegraph, and a BBC in mortal fear of the privatising Tories. Farage would be nowhere without a media capable of producing fact-free sensation to serve corporate power.
“Farage has already changed the UK (for the worse) more than any other living politician”
(Martin Wolf, Financial Times)
(Martin Wolf, Financial Times)
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Farage didn't do it on his own. It was enabled by non-dom billionaires running The Sun, Daily Mail, Daily Express, and Daily Telegraph, and a BBC in mortal fear of the privatising Tories. Farage would be nowhere without a media capable of producing fact-free sensation to serve corporate power.
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The latest on the doomed upcoming Angoulême fest. What a clusterfuck.
This article offers a nice recap of the crisis.
This article offers a nice recap of the crisis.
ANGOULÊME: Stakeholders call for '26 Festival to be cancelled
Creators, publishers and even the mayor are calling for the 2026 Angoulême comics festival to be cancelled in a dramatic week
www.comicsbeat.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
The latest on the doomed upcoming Angoulême fest. What a clusterfuck.
This article offers a nice recap of the crisis.
This article offers a nice recap of the crisis.
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Boris was a humanitarian - like Drumpf.
November 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Boris was a humanitarian - like Drumpf.
Because of course you can be racist in a caring and respectful way. 🙄
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Because of course you can be racist in a caring and respectful way. 🙄
UK Labour are as opposed to science as Trump's MAHA. This is simply manufacturing evidence to fit ideology.
Streeting is admitting that the Pathways “trial” already has a predetermined outcome. Stuffing it with SEGM placeholders is evidence of this.
The only way we are going to end state-mandated torture of trans kids is to get Labour out of government completely.
The only way we are going to end state-mandated torture of trans kids is to get Labour out of government completely.
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
UK Labour are as opposed to science as Trump's MAHA. This is simply manufacturing evidence to fit ideology.
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I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
That MAGA Account Might Be a Troll From Pakistan
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
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Rage rooms: demand is surging – and 90% of customers are women
Rage rooms: demand is surging – and 90% of customers are women
Venues designed for people to smash things up safely are seeing an enormous rise in bookings. But why? And what explains the pronounced gender gap?
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Rage rooms: demand is surging – and 90% of customers are women
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A snipped from this page that's nearly done. the first planet forming and as planets form, clearing their lanes... Really eager to have time to put this one to bed!
#Nostos #Unflattening 2
#Nostos #Unflattening 2
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 AM
A snipped from this page that's nearly done. the first planet forming and as planets form, clearing their lanes... Really eager to have time to put this one to bed!
#Nostos #Unflattening 2
#Nostos #Unflattening 2
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Happy to see the Northwest Labor Press running Sam Wallman’s @samwallman.bsky.social History of the Boycott comic! Here’s an earlier version that ran in The Nib. thenib.com/boycott-hist...
November 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Happy to see the Northwest Labor Press running Sam Wallman’s @samwallman.bsky.social History of the Boycott comic! Here’s an earlier version that ran in The Nib. thenib.com/boycott-hist...
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
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“What once sounded unthinkable is now being said openly: Tehran is not viable; and evacuation orders are imminent.
As I wrote before, President Masoud Pezeshkian himself said that it might be necessary to relocate Tehranis in large number.” open.substack.com/pub/peterfra...
As I wrote before, President Masoud Pezeshkian himself said that it might be necessary to relocate Tehranis in large number.” open.substack.com/pub/peterfra...
Makran or Bust: Tehran's water crisis gets worse
Ten days ago I wrote that Tehran was approaching a point where warnings, pressure cuts and appeals to save water would no longer be enough.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
“What once sounded unthinkable is now being said openly: Tehran is not viable; and evacuation orders are imminent.
As I wrote before, President Masoud Pezeshkian himself said that it might be necessary to relocate Tehranis in large number.” open.substack.com/pub/peterfra...
As I wrote before, President Masoud Pezeshkian himself said that it might be necessary to relocate Tehranis in large number.” open.substack.com/pub/peterfra...
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A major healthcare policy paper commissioned by @govnl.bsky.social government from Deloitte at a cost of $1.6 million, cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months. #nlpoli #AI
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. – The Independent
$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months
theindependent.ca
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A major healthcare policy paper commissioned by @govnl.bsky.social government from Deloitte at a cost of $1.6 million, cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months. #nlpoli #AI
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
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Video from Bora Bora (better with sound on)
November 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Video from Bora Bora (better with sound on)