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Well, looks like I won’t be visiting the US anytime soon…
Citizens of countries including the UK and France will have to disclose the past five years of their social media history to visit the US even though they are covered by visa waiver schemes, under new proposals by the Trump administration.
www.ft.com/content/683b...
www.ft.com/content/683b...
US to require social media disclosure for visa-waiver requests
Change would affect visitors from countries including the UK, France and Australia
www.ft.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Well, looks like I won’t be visiting the US anytime soon…
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White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
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🧵 This year’s stocking-filler chapbook in aid of Doctors Without Borders is The Adventure of the Seven Unnatural Women, a Sherlock Holmes story written at the invitation of J R Campbell and Charles Prepolec, editors of the Gaslight series of Holmes anthologies
December 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🧵 This year’s stocking-filler chapbook in aid of Doctors Without Borders is The Adventure of the Seven Unnatural Women, a Sherlock Holmes story written at the invitation of J R Campbell and Charles Prepolec, editors of the Gaslight series of Holmes anthologies
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Lawmakers and bible thumpers don't want you to understand the people they're demonizing are doing more good for society than they ever would
Tatas for Toys benefit has made it rain $183,000 over the past 14 years.
Strippers Are Now No. 1 Donor of Toys to Children’s Hospital
Rachel Saslow
www.wweek.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Lawmakers and bible thumpers don't want you to understand the people they're demonizing are doing more good for society than they ever would
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holy shit this game looks amazing 👀
My little brother had an idea for a game while he was still just a kid in high school. 8 years later, he has managed to bring UNBEATABLE to reality through nothing but blood, sweat and tears, and with the incredible contributions of his teams at @dcellgames.com and @playstack.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
holy shit this game looks amazing 👀
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This sent me to Linda Fiorentino’s Wikipedia page. I was always intrigued by what happened to her career and remembered her reputation as being “difficult”. Reading it, I see where some of the “difficulties” may have stemmed from.
December 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
This sent me to Linda Fiorentino’s Wikipedia page. I was always intrigued by what happened to her career and remembered her reputation as being “difficult”. Reading it, I see where some of the “difficulties” may have stemmed from.
But I like most of the Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine stories I've read. Some of them were written by James Reasoner.
Of course on a series that long there are various eras of various quality. The first novels are cool in a screwball hardboiled bein, then it becomes more standard hardboiled, hhen it becomes... well, the '70s weren't kind to the series.
Wow!! Googling now
December 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM
But I like most of the Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine stories I've read. Some of them were written by James Reasoner.
Of course on a series that long there are various eras of various quality. The first novels are cool in a screwball hardboiled bein, then it becomes more standard hardboiled, hhen it becomes... well, the '70s weren't kind to the series.
Wow!! Googling now
December 9, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Of course on a series that long there are various eras of various quality. The first novels are cool in a screwball hardboiled bein, then it becomes more standard hardboiled, hhen it becomes... well, the '70s weren't kind to the series.
Mike Shayne had 50 hardcovers before transitioning to paperback originals for 27 additional novels, to which one should add the stories in the pulps and his own long-running Digest, Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine.
Is there another crime fictional series that has as many books as Parker’s SPENSER-Spenser is at over 50 and counting
December 9, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Mike Shayne had 50 hardcovers before transitioning to paperback originals for 27 additional novels, to which one should add the stories in the pulps and his own long-running Digest, Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine.
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A PRINCESS OF MARS (1978)
Acrylic on Illustration Board - 24” x 28”
I have a special fondness for The Martian Tales by Edgar Rice Burroughs, ever since I first read them in my early teens. 1/5
Acrylic on Illustration Board - 24” x 28”
I have a special fondness for The Martian Tales by Edgar Rice Burroughs, ever since I first read them in my early teens. 1/5
December 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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I usually don't share stuff w/o alt text but this reminds me strongly of Sheeler & is beautiful.
Alt: a 1-room schoolhouse stands alone in a wintry rural landscape, surrounded by simple fencing, under a blue sky swarmed w/clouds. Red accents on the building contrast w/grays & whites of the world.
Alt: a 1-room schoolhouse stands alone in a wintry rural landscape, surrounded by simple fencing, under a blue sky swarmed w/clouds. Red accents on the building contrast w/grays & whites of the world.
December 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I usually don't share stuff w/o alt text but this reminds me strongly of Sheeler & is beautiful.
Alt: a 1-room schoolhouse stands alone in a wintry rural landscape, surrounded by simple fencing, under a blue sky swarmed w/clouds. Red accents on the building contrast w/grays & whites of the world.
Alt: a 1-room schoolhouse stands alone in a wintry rural landscape, surrounded by simple fencing, under a blue sky swarmed w/clouds. Red accents on the building contrast w/grays & whites of the world.
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
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Because they've poisoned the market with variant covers and people don't know this is different from the one that came out a couple of months ago. Seriously, I have to tell customers "this is a different book with different creators- you didn't read it already."
Retailers report disappointing sales on second BATMAN/DEADPOOL crossover issue
In spite of making a "far, far superior comic book," comics retailer and pundit Brian Hibbs reports that his sales on the DC-published DC/Marvel Batman/Deadpool #1 have disappointed relative to Marvel's…
In spite of making a "far, far superior comic book," comics retailer and pundit Brian Hibbs reports that his sales on the DC-published DC/Marvel Batman/Deadpool #1 have disappointed relative to Marvel's…
Retailers report disappointing sales on second BATMAN/DEADPOOL crossover issue
In spite of making a "far, far superior comic book," comics retailer and pundit Brian Hibbs reports that his sales on the DC-published DC/Marvel Batman/Deadpool #1 have disappointed relative to Marvel's earlier Deadpool/Batman one-shot.
www.comicsbeat.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Because they've poisoned the market with variant covers and people don't know this is different from the one that came out a couple of months ago. Seriously, I have to tell customers "this is a different book with different creators- you didn't read it already."
We are truly living in the worst timeline.
December 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
We are truly living in the worst timeline.
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Good morning. I just found a new "almost, but never happened" TV show for Max Overdrive: in 1976 Paramount bought the entire Nero Wolfe book series for a show to star Orson Welles as Wolfe. Sadly, it never came together but I guarantee you that Stark and Kasabian have seen it.
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Good morning. I just found a new "almost, but never happened" TV show for Max Overdrive: in 1976 Paramount bought the entire Nero Wolfe book series for a show to star Orson Welles as Wolfe. Sadly, it never came together but I guarantee you that Stark and Kasabian have seen it.
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Oh. There’s a new Parker movie out.
Let’s see how this video works!
Here’s a digital bust of Richard Stark’s Parker.
Here’s a digital bust of Richard Stark’s Parker.
September 30, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Oh. There’s a new Parker movie out.
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Sending a copy to my niece & nephew!
This holiday season, why not give your kid the gift of becoming obsessed with @dc.com's magical characters so they spend the first 30 years of their comic book career desperately trying to do a book with all of them and then finally getting to do that book!
DC's MISFITS OF MAGIC!
By me!
DC's MISFITS OF MAGIC!
By me!
December 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Sending a copy to my niece & nephew!
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Just emailed Grove Atlantic with info and documentation on this scam, about which I've gotten two recent reports. It's being run by publishing scammer WestPage Press. Impersonating publishers with fake contract offers is a very common ploy for this type of scam.
ICYMI #WritingCommunity Grove Atlantic is trying to track down scammers, and if you've encountered them, they'd like your help
cc @victoriastrauss.com
cc @victoriastrauss.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Just emailed Grove Atlantic with info and documentation on this scam, about which I've gotten two recent reports. It's being run by publishing scammer WestPage Press. Impersonating publishers with fake contract offers is a very common ploy for this type of scam.
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Oh wow that's a lot more than the last time I did this
firefox AI and slop disablers from tumblr for the people from local hero mckitterick. Tried it on my end and the browser is significantly faster now
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December 2, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Oh wow that's a lot more than the last time I did this
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first posted this ten years ago (over *there*) and it’s haunted my notifications ever since
“David, who shall we invite to the wedding?”
“Bono. Ono. Eno.”
“I love you, you unstoppable conceptual bastard.”
“Bono. Ono. Eno.”
“I love you, you unstoppable conceptual bastard.”
December 1, 2025 at 9:10 AM
first posted this ten years ago (over *there*) and it’s haunted my notifications ever since
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Just showed up in the mail: a proof copy of @darkhorse.com's physical collection of LAVENDER JACK VOLUME 1! I sort of can't believe how good it looks. It's HEFTY, too. They tell me FOC is Monday so if you haven't preordered yet I highly encourage it: www.darkhorse.com/books/3016-7...
November 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Just showed up in the mail: a proof copy of @darkhorse.com's physical collection of LAVENDER JACK VOLUME 1! I sort of can't believe how good it looks. It's HEFTY, too. They tell me FOC is Monday so if you haven't preordered yet I highly encourage it: www.darkhorse.com/books/3016-7...
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Palooka-Ville #1
Drawn & Quarterly, 1991
"I Should'a Ran", by Seth.
Drawn & Quarterly, 1991
"I Should'a Ran", by Seth.
November 30, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Palooka-Ville #1
Drawn & Quarterly, 1991
"I Should'a Ran", by Seth.
Drawn & Quarterly, 1991
"I Should'a Ran", by Seth.