Pedro La Barba
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Pedro La Barba
@pedrolabarba.bsky.social
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Writer of space opera and cyberpunk comics. Half-Caribbean, half-British. Husbeard to @jenniegyllblad.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/pedrolabarba
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Goodbye, bud. Enjoy the great walkies in the skies - you've earned it.

You were the very best boy. Thank you.
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Inform the troops, BY MAN & ANGELS #5 just arrived!
Thank you @jenniegyllblad.bsky.social & @pedrolabarba.bsky.social
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It’s being reported that the IDF has physically mistreated Greta Thunberg. Witnesses say she was beaten and dragged across the ground.
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This is good.
Bear with me, I anticipate your disagreement. There is a clear pattern to the advice given to those who want to press back against rising racism. What it boils down to is that if you point out that racism is often being dressed up as “legitimate concerns” you will alienate people. /1
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U.K. residents, could this be your chance to stop paypro censorship in the country? Please sign this petition

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Last 6 days of my bday Kickstarter - 86% funded!

If I don’t raise the remaining $2118 by 8/31, I don't get ANY of the $$$ to make my 2 graphic novels.

- Lowest tier: $30, & you get 2 graphic novels for it
- Pledge today: no $$ gets deducted until 8/31

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ral...

Thx!
By Man & Angels Issue 5 is almost 400% funded with one week to go on @kickstarter.com - at £4500, we'll be able to complete a collected edition with behind the scenes project back matter, to showcase the creative process of @jenniegyllblad.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/jen...
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Posted another update on @pedrolabarba.bsky.social's heckin birthday!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/jen...

Another small painting is available as an add-on!
We're slooowly inching our way towards the stretch goal with £778 to go - Will we make it? 👀💦
You know, that's sweet, but I really don't think I'm qualified to stop Galactus.
You want me to do what now, Tesco? Filthy.
By Man & Angels #5 is 333% funded.

While we're waiting for the next 20 days of the campaign to finish, let's introduce a space pirate who is used to waiting...

#scifi #comics

www.kickstarter.com/projects/jen...
Meet the women of By Man & Angels.

Now over 300% funded on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jen...
By Man & Angels Issue 5 - a space opera fairytale, inspired by stories like Farscape, Mass Effect and The Fifth Element.

Kickstarter live and already at 200% funded: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jen...
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2) It makes it easier for someone to link a person's online account to their real world identity, which will facilitate stalking and blackmail.

3) It doesn't meaningfully accomplish the intended goal of age restricting content, which is mostly pointless anyway.

2/3
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🪪 My concerns about the Online Safety Act remain the same as when I last wrote about it nearly decade a decade ago when it was proposed as the Digital Economy Bill:

1) It normalizes uploading sensitive documents such as ID scans to random websites, which will likely increase identity theft.

1/3
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Micah @rincewind.run · Jul 24
“banning pornography” is bad on its own but it is imperative that everyone understand that these people consider the very existence of queer people to be pornographic

they consider the most chaste depiction of a queer relationship, or an openly trans person, to be porn and they want it banned
You don’t have to like, approve of, or engage with porn and nsfw work to see how right wing extremists are using fear and stigma around smut to ban queer people from public life, define “good” sex as only between married people for procreation, and otherwise further force white supremacy on everyone
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Filming done. Editing. I think this just sums it all up

Btw I'm earning nothing today so if you've ever wanted my comics/art/prints/studio membership - today's an amazing time 🫠💦
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We came to places like Bluesky in part because we wanted a home we can share with our people, and I get that. But it's the gathering that matters most--the fact that it may not be happening on a bustling thoroughfare should matter least of all, if our people're all here with us.
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“Without widespread theft, my industry can’t survive” is an argument against your industry surviving, and is not an argument for allowing widespread theft
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The justice secretary has no good choices – but releasing IPP prisoners should be one. It would end the short term prison crisis & one of the most monumental & cruel injustices of the past half century

youtu.be/nkBs2D0Wz_g?...
🚨 No one should spend 12 yrs in jail for stealing a mobile phone! It’s unthinkable! #IPPscandal
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I have questions about what I've done for this to be targeted towards me, if we're pretending this is personalised, Sony.
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Be afraid, be very afraid... comicatrix @jenniegyllblad.bsky.social joins us to discuss David Cronenberg's classic THE FLY [1986]

Content warning: Spoilers, swearing, and in this episode we discuss body horror and real-life medical and surgical experiences.
neverseenpod.podbean.com/e/never-seen...