Alex (Sandy) Tomlinson
@alexillustrator.bsky.social
Reclusive Illustrator; previously - editorial (Fortean Times etc), mid career - storyboards, concept art. Now it looks like I'm working with my old film friends to make comics/OGN. Also now painting big canvases. Autistic. 🚫NoAI
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Post your most popular art from Twitter. 10 years ago when the Tour de France was in town this sold several hundred fancy A2 giclee prints, t shirts, etc. At one point I was getting an alert saying my printer had sold another print every 2-3 minutes. That was in the days when twitter worked.
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none of these people are as smart as they pretend to be
they’re just creepy old men, every last one of them, trying to dress it up with their own prestige
they’re just creepy old men, every last one of them, trying to dress it up with their own prestige
Really wild how all these Harvard scientists and mathematics guys constantly talked about how Jeffrey Epstein was this brilliant, "misunderstood" man and then you read his emails and he's clearly a barely literate lecher, extremely easy to understand
November 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
none of these people are as smart as they pretend to be
they’re just creepy old men, every last one of them, trying to dress it up with their own prestige
they’re just creepy old men, every last one of them, trying to dress it up with their own prestige
I gave up on Frankenstein after 45 minutes. Hadn’t even got to making the monster. I couldn’t take all the silly accents, they just irritated me. Nice coffins though.
November 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I gave up on Frankenstein after 45 minutes. Hadn’t even got to making the monster. I couldn’t take all the silly accents, they just irritated me. Nice coffins though.
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If you have mini people aged 4-7, there is a lovely new show out today on C5/Milkshake from today called Stan and Gran. It's full of gags and nature facts. Also I wrote some of it, and it's all expertly head written by @howardread.bsky.social. My first ep is out next Monday (its all about worms 🪱🪱🪱)
November 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
If you have mini people aged 4-7, there is a lovely new show out today on C5/Milkshake from today called Stan and Gran. It's full of gags and nature facts. Also I wrote some of it, and it's all expertly head written by @howardread.bsky.social. My first ep is out next Monday (its all about worms 🪱🪱🪱)
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Everyone who has ever worked in retail knows that corporate memos are nonsense handed down by nitwits who have never worked at the business' front lines and have no idea how ridiculous their demands are.
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Everyone who has ever worked in retail knows that corporate memos are nonsense handed down by nitwits who have never worked at the business' front lines and have no idea how ridiculous their demands are.
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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
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It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
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A long and comprehensive opinion, but this jumped out at me: The judge accused the Federal Protective Service—which was called in to suppress the protests—of lying under oath to slander the regular Portland police.😬
DOJ recently admitted that other FPS claims in this case were objectively false.
DOJ recently admitted that other FPS claims in this case were objectively false.
November 8, 2025 at 1:13 AM
A long and comprehensive opinion, but this jumped out at me: The judge accused the Federal Protective Service—which was called in to suppress the protests—of lying under oath to slander the regular Portland police.😬
DOJ recently admitted that other FPS claims in this case were objectively false.
DOJ recently admitted that other FPS claims in this case were objectively false.
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What they want is for every American to be so broke, desperate and without hope that they can force them into jobs that are horribly underpaid. They want all Americans to be their obedient tools. So they remove all safety nets, kill all unions, crush all hope.
When contemplating the GOP's motives for destroying USAID, gutting the ACA, withholding SNAP, vaccine conspiracy mongering, etc. remember their wide, bloodthirsty streak of contempt for "welfare queens", "useless eaters" and pretty much anyone who isn't them.
They want their enemies gone...
They want their enemies gone...
November 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
What they want is for every American to be so broke, desperate and without hope that they can force them into jobs that are horribly underpaid. They want all Americans to be their obedient tools. So they remove all safety nets, kill all unions, crush all hope.
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
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Taking WiP photos for myself so I can remember how a drawing looked better before I overworked it.
November 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Taking WiP photos for myself so I can remember how a drawing looked better before I overworked it.
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New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
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The most corrupt administration in American history.
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The most corrupt administration in American history.
Dan's 'Blade pens' are the business, seriously check them out. Big recommend👍
I’ve got a sale on my pen store until midnight on Monday. Use the code TENTENTEN for 10% off your order total. thingsbydan.myshopify.com
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November 8, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Dan's 'Blade pens' are the business, seriously check them out. Big recommend👍
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Denmark steals possessions of people seeking asylum, as policy. It returns people to situations where they are killed.
Mahmood is copying some of the worst policies going.
Labour once again showing it's just another anti-asylum, anti-human rights, government. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Mahmood is copying some of the worst policies going.
Labour once again showing it's just another anti-asylum, anti-human rights, government. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK seeks inspiration from Denmark to shake up immigration system
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is taking cues from some of the toughest migration laws in Europe.
www.bbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Denmark steals possessions of people seeking asylum, as policy. It returns people to situations where they are killed.
Mahmood is copying some of the worst policies going.
Labour once again showing it's just another anti-asylum, anti-human rights, government. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Mahmood is copying some of the worst policies going.
Labour once again showing it's just another anti-asylum, anti-human rights, government. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The ads during the break in Taskmaster were coke’s dogshit AI Christmas ad followed by an ad for ChatGPT. Fuck this timeline.
November 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The ads during the break in Taskmaster were coke’s dogshit AI Christmas ad followed by an ad for ChatGPT. Fuck this timeline.
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ICYMI: Microsoft’s charge “implies a more than $12 billion quarterly loss at OpenAI, said Firoz Valliji, an analyst at Bernstein.”
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Our politicians did more to regulate Prince and Twisted Sister songs than glacier melting chatbots that promote suicide
We had fucking congressional hearings over Mortal Kombat.
There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Our politicians did more to regulate Prince and Twisted Sister songs than glacier melting chatbots that promote suicide
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am reminded of the old joke: what did James Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
am reminded of the old joke: what did James Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
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Great investigation of the Nazis, racists and criminals mobilising the flag-on-lamp-posts movement. This is the kind of journalism that the national media could and should have conducted:
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Great investigation of the Nazis, racists and criminals mobilising the flag-on-lamp-posts movement. This is the kind of journalism that the national media could and should have conducted:
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
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This is what is happening. It is cynical. It is strategic. It is organised. It is well funded.
And we need to pay attention.
The far right - and their cheerleaders, mimics, tribute acts, and handmaidens have identified two presentational frameworks that give them cut-through and traction. 1/7
And we need to pay attention.
The far right - and their cheerleaders, mimics, tribute acts, and handmaidens have identified two presentational frameworks that give them cut-through and traction. 1/7
November 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This is what is happening. It is cynical. It is strategic. It is organised. It is well funded.
And we need to pay attention.
The far right - and their cheerleaders, mimics, tribute acts, and handmaidens have identified two presentational frameworks that give them cut-through and traction. 1/7
And we need to pay attention.
The far right - and their cheerleaders, mimics, tribute acts, and handmaidens have identified two presentational frameworks that give them cut-through and traction. 1/7
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Why does anyone ask him anything about anything when we all know he’s just gonna lie again. It’s all he knows how to do.
Trump tells actual supporter that she is wrong about grocery prices going up. Instead Trump says on Fox News that the prices are "way down." Tough to gaslight people when they feel the pain of higher prices. But then again Trump has dementia. www.mediaite.com/media/tv/tru...
Trump Flatly Denies When Fox Anchor Confronts Him With MAGA Voter’s Pained Plea: Prices ‘Way Down’
Baier confronted Trump with a plea from a loyal supporter who said she was “not happy” with rising prices, only for the president to insist she's wrong.
www.mediaite.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Why does anyone ask him anything about anything when we all know he’s just gonna lie again. It’s all he knows how to do.
Everyone should be boycotting the World Cup by now. It’s obvious that these two corrupt cunts have already fixed it so that the country that can’t even call it football is going to win. So there’s no point in watching. This cunt would’ve given Hitler the ‘FIFA peace prize’ in 1938.
November 6, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Everyone should be boycotting the World Cup by now. It’s obvious that these two corrupt cunts have already fixed it so that the country that can’t even call it football is going to win. So there’s no point in watching. This cunt would’ve given Hitler the ‘FIFA peace prize’ in 1938.
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this is actually impressive, making up a brand new nobel peace prize replacement is a genuine innovation in bribery
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
November 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
this is actually impressive, making up a brand new nobel peace prize replacement is a genuine innovation in bribery
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
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The number of people between 16 and 34 who died or were injured in a work-related incident increased by 76% between 1939 and 1946
The number of people aged between 16 and 34 who are out of work due to long-term sickness increased by 76% between 2019 and 2024
UK ‘sliding into avoidable crisis’, major review into workplace sickness warns
The number of people aged between 16 and 34 who are out of work due to long-term sickness increased by 76% between 2019 and 2024
www.independent.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The number of people between 16 and 34 who died or were injured in a work-related incident increased by 76% between 1939 and 1946