Keith Friedlander
@friedkeith.bsky.social
PhD - He / Him - Comics, Counterpublics, Production Cultures, Super Heroes - Research and Scholarly Activity Lead @ Olds College
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🌹 10 years ago, I launched THE CARPET MERCHANT OF KONSTANTINIYYA, and it changed my life forever.
To celebrate, the 10th Anniversary Edition of my very first completed #webcomic will begin February 18, 2026 - updates every Wednesday + Saturday.
Read the prologue now:
thecarpetmerchant.reimenayee.com
To celebrate, the 10th Anniversary Edition of my very first completed #webcomic will begin February 18, 2026 - updates every Wednesday + Saturday.
Read the prologue now:
thecarpetmerchant.reimenayee.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
🌹 10 years ago, I launched THE CARPET MERCHANT OF KONSTANTINIYYA, and it changed my life forever.
To celebrate, the 10th Anniversary Edition of my very first completed #webcomic will begin February 18, 2026 - updates every Wednesday + Saturday.
Read the prologue now:
thecarpetmerchant.reimenayee.com
To celebrate, the 10th Anniversary Edition of my very first completed #webcomic will begin February 18, 2026 - updates every Wednesday + Saturday.
Read the prologue now:
thecarpetmerchant.reimenayee.com
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Did you know doing something like historical advising for Bad Bunny is not necessarily the kind of thing that counts for tenure at American research universities?
Did you know we’ve been doing our part to change that at the Office of Public Scholarship at WashU?
Did you know we’re hiring?
Did you know we’ve been doing our part to change that at the Office of Public Scholarship at WashU?
Did you know we’re hiring?
February 9, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Did you know doing something like historical advising for Bad Bunny is not necessarily the kind of thing that counts for tenure at American research universities?
Did you know we’ve been doing our part to change that at the Office of Public Scholarship at WashU?
Did you know we’re hiring?
Did you know we’ve been doing our part to change that at the Office of Public Scholarship at WashU?
Did you know we’re hiring?
I say this without an ounce of hyperbole: I never thought I’d live to see the day.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Beautiful, wonderful, or Toronto transit's black eye? Whatever it is, the Eglinton Crosstown is finally open | CBC News
The Eglinton Crosstown LRT line has finally opened Sunday morning, over 15 years after construction first started on the long-delayed project.
www.cbc.ca
February 8, 2026 at 1:52 PM
I say this without an ounce of hyperbole: I never thought I’d live to see the day.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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This nefarious assault is the inevitable product of the bogus right-wing “academic freedom” campaign that the nyt itself championed. Groups like FIRE and Heritage wanted to silence campus liberals so they concocted a “cancel culture” panic that never existed
“A wave of censorship and self-censorship that… is curbing academic freedom and learning” — the NYT on how “we’ve never seen this much surveillance” of university faculty
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
Professors Are Being Watched: ‘We’ve Never Seen This Much Surveillance’
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:17 AM
This nefarious assault is the inevitable product of the bogus right-wing “academic freedom” campaign that the nyt itself championed. Groups like FIRE and Heritage wanted to silence campus liberals so they concocted a “cancel culture” panic that never existed
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Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 7, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
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Wow! What sounded like the entire AEW Dynamite audience in Las Vegas tonight chanted "Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE!" in unison before the main event
February 5, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Wow! What sounded like the entire AEW Dynamite audience in Las Vegas tonight chanted "Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE!" in unison before the main event
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Working in coordination with standwithminnesota.com, I’m raising rent funds for Minneapolis immigrant families in need. We now have a $5000 match offer (!) and are going to help as many families as we can to stay housed today.
V: @Ian-Coldwater
CA: $iancoldwater
PP: @coldwater
Thank you so much! 🌷
V: @Ian-Coldwater
CA: $iancoldwater
PP: @coldwater
Thank you so much! 🌷
February 5, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Working in coordination with standwithminnesota.com, I’m raising rent funds for Minneapolis immigrant families in need. We now have a $5000 match offer (!) and are going to help as many families as we can to stay housed today.
V: @Ian-Coldwater
CA: $iancoldwater
PP: @coldwater
Thank you so much! 🌷
V: @Ian-Coldwater
CA: $iancoldwater
PP: @coldwater
Thank you so much! 🌷
I know that so many of the people of Minnesota are standing up and fighting the good fight right now, but I still gotta say, Zander Cannon just seems like a really cool, decent guy.
Interview: Cartoonist Zander Cannon on the frontlines of the Minnesota resistance: "It's truly astonishing the way that life has changed just in the last couple of weeks."
Interview: Cartoonist Zander Cannon on the frontlines of the Minnesota resistance
Cartoonist Zander Cannon talks about life on the ground in Minnesota as protests continue against ICE and its violent tactics
www.comicsbeat.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:47 PM
I know that so many of the people of Minnesota are standing up and fighting the good fight right now, but I still gotta say, Zander Cannon just seems like a really cool, decent guy.
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I started sabbaticast.brennaclarkegray.ca this month as a way to track and report out on my sabbatical in the open, because I think open scholarship helps all of us who spend a lot of time thinking, "Am I doing this right?"
The Sabbaticast – A Podcast and Research Blog
sabbaticast.brennaclarkegray.ca
February 3, 2026 at 3:38 AM
I started sabbaticast.brennaclarkegray.ca this month as a way to track and report out on my sabbatical in the open, because I think open scholarship helps all of us who spend a lot of time thinking, "Am I doing this right?"
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An AI tutor isn't "one-to-one" support, it's "zero-to-one."
January 28, 2026 at 7:04 PM
An AI tutor isn't "one-to-one" support, it's "zero-to-one."
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STP Issue #13 is out now! A bumper issue of weird fiction, wretched vibes, queer cyberpunk, vengeful aliens, an unhinged horsegirl, and loads more.
The sick cover art is by Ana Luna and design is by J.R. Bolt.
The sick cover art is by Ana Luna and design is by J.R. Bolt.
January 28, 2026 at 4:33 PM
STP Issue #13 is out now! A bumper issue of weird fiction, wretched vibes, queer cyberpunk, vengeful aliens, an unhinged horsegirl, and loads more.
The sick cover art is by Ana Luna and design is by J.R. Bolt.
The sick cover art is by Ana Luna and design is by J.R. Bolt.
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I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
January 28, 2026 at 2:26 AM
I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
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Yo! Reading this guy has an Eisner?! Spirit of Comics Retailer Award. Hell yeah!
Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
January 25, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Yo! Reading this guy has an Eisner?! Spirit of Comics Retailer Award. Hell yeah!
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Comics retailing legend Greg Ketter standing up to ICE in Minneapolis. Yes, that's tear gas. He's 70 years old.
January 25, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Comics retailing legend Greg Ketter standing up to ICE in Minneapolis. Yes, that's tear gas. He's 70 years old.
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Over the course of the 12th & 13th centuries in Europe, the layout of the page in books became increasingly complex, due to changes to reading practice with the rise of scholasticism & the university. The sophisticated architecture of the page compresses an amazing amount of info into this space.
April 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Over the course of the 12th & 13th centuries in Europe, the layout of the page in books became increasingly complex, due to changes to reading practice with the rise of scholasticism & the university. The sophisticated architecture of the page compresses an amazing amount of info into this space.
We are living through the dismantling of public post-secondary education
Another program they're cutting, in manufacturing engineering, feeds an industry so short of workers that, Algonquin says, many graduates get two or three job offers. www.algonquincollege.com/sat/program/...
January 22, 2026 at 7:25 PM
We are living through the dismantling of public post-secondary education
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Happy “David Ehrlich 25 Best Films Day” to those who celebrate!
(also please consider clicking through to his thread and donating to his fundraiser for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund)
(also please consider clicking through to his thread and donating to his fundraiser for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund)
January 21, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Happy “David Ehrlich 25 Best Films Day” to those who celebrate!
(also please consider clicking through to his thread and donating to his fundraiser for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund)
(also please consider clicking through to his thread and donating to his fundraiser for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund)
I’m going to guess upper back and quite large
Query: Where do you suppose on Doug's body is his Bowser tattoo and how large is it?
Nintendo of America’s recently retired president and COO, Doug Bowser, has joined the board of directors of toy giant Hasbro www.videogameschronicle.com/news/doug-bo...
January 21, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I’m going to guess upper back and quite large
Happy “David Ehrlich 25 Best Films Day” to those who celebrate!
(also please consider clicking through to his thread and donating to his fundraiser for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund)
(also please consider clicking through to his thread and donating to his fundraiser for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund)
January 21, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Happy “David Ehrlich 25 Best Films Day” to those who celebrate!
(also please consider clicking through to his thread and donating to his fundraiser for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund)
(also please consider clicking through to his thread and donating to his fundraiser for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund)
Query: Where do you suppose on Doug's body is his Bowser tattoo and how large is it?
Nintendo of America’s recently retired president and COO, Doug Bowser, has joined the board of directors of toy giant Hasbro www.videogameschronicle.com/news/doug-bo...
January 20, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Query: Where do you suppose on Doug's body is his Bowser tattoo and how large is it?
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We can't believe it's only been a week since we announced Mothership on Post Games. All week, we've been watching our lives change before our eyes as we realize just how many people have been longing for a site like Mothership. We're so excited you found us! Only 10 more days til take-off...
January 16, 2026 at 8:01 PM
We can't believe it's only been a week since we announced Mothership on Post Games. All week, we've been watching our lives change before our eyes as we realize just how many people have been longing for a site like Mothership. We're so excited you found us! Only 10 more days til take-off...
Alright, the "debate format" of this new study into the nature of comics looks cool as hell. Each chapter is two scholars debating a point (I think)?
Looking forward to seeing how it reads.
Looking forward to seeing how it reads.
Comics is…: Debating the Subject of Comics Studies
This book brings together comics scholars from different disciplines to debate and discuss the foundations of Comics Studies in a thought-provoking way.
link.springer.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Alright, the "debate format" of this new study into the nature of comics looks cool as hell. Each chapter is two scholars debating a point (I think)?
Looking forward to seeing how it reads.
Looking forward to seeing how it reads.
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Ron Cobb, 1970
January 10, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Ron Cobb, 1970