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Jonathan Hill
@oneofthejohns.bsky.social
(He/Him) Award-winning cartoonist, illustrator, and educator. Serve on the board of directors for Literary Arts.

www.oneofthejohns.com
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U.S. immigration law started with laws explicitly & entirely designed to discriminate against & exclude arrivals from specific countries. Which is to say, federal immigration policy has from its outset been about defining certain communities as "illegal."

www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2018/05/cons...
Considering History: The Chinese Exclusion Act and the Origins of “Illegal” Immigration | The Saturday Evening Post
Ben Railton discusses The Chinese Exclusion Act and its impact on Chinese-American families throughout the 20th century.
www.saturdayeveningpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.

This is the power of vaccines.

The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.

Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 23,1944
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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OREGONIANS!!! Due to new legislation passed this year, the Oregon Public Utility Commission is developing new guidelines for how to divide energy costs between residential & commercial customers. TELL THEM DATA CENTERS NEED TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE!!!
apps.puc.state.or.us/docketpublic...
Oregon Public Utility Commission - Submit Public Comment - DocketPublicComment
apps.puc.state.or.us
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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PORTLAND: go see Joe Sacco in conversation with Kate Kelp-Stebbins, discussing Sacco’s new book. Tuesday 12/2 at Powell’s on Burnside. @powells.bsky.social www.powells.com/events/joe-s... #pdxcomics
Joe Sacco in Conversation With Kate Kelp-Stebbins
The Legendary Independent Bookstore
www.powells.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Are you an author? Come slay dragons with us.
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Nike co-founder Phil Knight makes record-setting donation to help elect Republicans
It is the single largest donation Knight has made to an Oregon candidate or political action committee.
www.oregonlive.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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The vicious cycle of monopolization:

1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
November 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Two former editors at The Nib, Shay Mirk and Eleri Harris, have created the only primer on ethical comics reporting.
Two Former Editors at The Nib Have Made the Only Primer On Ethical Comics Reporting
Suzette Smith
www.portlandmercury.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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We have reached a point where Adobe could probably charge extra to NOT have AI and people would pay it. Get a regular-ass version of Acrobat for only $20 more per month.
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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The Zohran press conference is your regular reminder that the entire administration folds like tissue paper at the slightest hint of confidence and conviction, and thus the fact that national democrats are playing a game of capitulation and weakness is exactly why they're all getting away with it
November 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Does ANYONE know of in the very least a short term solution? Are there non profits that help pay for people's healthcare??? I'm in FL and we are literally in the courts trying to get healthcare expansion on the ballot. I live in the worst part of the country for help. :(
Guess who's losing their healthcare next year?
November 19, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I keep harping the last handful of years that we need to support the things that we love or they will disappear. What Katie has built at @bkswpicspdx.bsky.social is what you hope every comic store in the world could be. Please donate to keep it going.

gofund.me/52340dc9b
Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now, organized by Katie Pryde
Dear friends: I need your help. I’m proud of everything Books with Pictures… Katie Pryde needs your support for Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now
gofund.me
November 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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It really needs to be pointed out how every one of these embarrassing statements is made by a c-suite executive and not an artist or even art department lead
"Surely there's a middle ground here?" The CEO of Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead says people "jump to extreme takes" when debating generative AI, and that there needs to be more nuance in the discussion.

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
‘Surely there’s a middle ground here?’ Helldivers studio CEO says people ‘jump to extreme takes’ when debating GenAI | VGC
“This is such a trigger point for big parts of the games industry today”…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Love this so much. 💜
November 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)

projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim
You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...
projects.propublica.org
December 11, 2024 at 2:39 AM
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steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Every decade, we hear "the kids can't read or write!"

Interventions that don't work are proposed. Those that do work are ignored: reducing class sizes, making kids & families feel safe at school and welcome, becoming a community resource.

When their expensive reform fails, they yell at us again.
November 15, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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I have a suggestion no one will like

Incidentally, flu deaths plummeted in winter 2020.

I wonder what people were wearing over their faces that helped stop the spread. I guess we'll never know; the practice appears lost to time.
November 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Anyone who’s ever used emergency contraception or gains peace of mind by even having it on hand owes Dr Camp a debt of gratitude. What a force.

(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)

Great obit—no paywall.
Sharon Camp, Mother of the ‘Plan B’ Contraceptive Pill, Dies at 81
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Hooray! @authorsabb.bsky.social is *OFFICIALLY* a nonprofit, and is now open for donations!

For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.

Imagine what we could do with $$$

www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
Donate - Authors Against Book Bans
Thank you for donating to Authors Against Book Bans. Your donation directly supports the freedom to read by powering our work with our partner organizations, bringing the author muscle to the fight to...
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Goodness me, I stayed up late reading and it’s already Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming by the Perimeter Fence Day. Hope you’ve all been good this year!
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 AM