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Dork Gently

@accurateblasters.com

I’m a self-taught software engineer and a collector, mainly of comic books with a couple of smaller interests on the side. Collecting focus is X-Men, and I only need 10 more Uncanny X-Men (1963)! 50 | Autistic/OCD | United States | leftist | he/him

created November 26, 2024

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Profile picture Dork Gently (@accurateblasters.com)

What’s going on with YouTube ads these days?

Alt text: picture of a YouTube ad for “truck paint services”. The ad itself is a pixelated tricolor image of what could easily be interpreted as a still from an adult film.
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Shell prompt or Login URL? Why not both?

Alt text: picture of a comic book panel. At the top is a box that says, “C:>//DAILYPLANET/securelogin/loislane”
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It does look pretty ow, tbh

Alt text: Deadpool taking a glowing yellow arrow right through his head (back to front, not side to side). His response is to say, “Oh. This is ow as hell.”
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We neeeeeeddddssss it!!

30/7/2025, 7:24:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Imagine teaming up with Aquaman and you’re just “the others.”

Alt text: cover a comic book. Aquaman is front and center, with three other superhero types behind him. The title of the comic is “Aquaman and The Others”
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It’s possible (likely, even) that Superman was actually the first to perform this power stunt, but my first exposure to it was in a Hulk comic.

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Looks like Supes has been taking Hulk lessons.

Alt text: Superman claps his hands with enough force to create a concussion wave that knocks over his enemies. A speech bubble above his head says, “Now that I’ve got your attention.”
12/7/2025, 12:18:03 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You think he says “I M. Pupin” to introduce himself?

Alt text: Comic book illustration of two stone sculptures. They are both busts if men and each has a nameplate. The left one says, “M. Pupin”. The one on the right is cut off, but the visible part says “M. Milankov”.
11/7/2025, 11:49:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not only is Thing a reader, but he also has great taste!

Alt text: Thing from Fantastic Four is talking to Rocket Raccoon. They are inside a spaceship in space. Rocket: I’m hungry. Is anyone else hungry? Thing: There’s a restaurant at the end of the universe. Rocket: There is? Thing: Never mind. Earth reference.
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Cat, I love you, but this is not even remotely helpful.

Alt text: An orange cat sitting in a partially-filled long comic box.
5/7/2025, 4:02:39 AM | 201 5 | View on Bluesky | view

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Motion to make this a real PSA.

Alt text: Comic book panel showing The Hulk fighting a woman made of vapor, who is apparently also named Vapor. At the top, in large letters, are the words Tales To Admonish.” A speech bubble above Hulk’s head says, “Stick around kids. After Hulk smash Vapor, puny Banner will talk to you about the dangers of vaping!”
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1/7/2025, 5:19:10 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Absolutely unhinged character design

Alt text: picture of a comic book page. In the center is a woman character wearing a very deep-cut purple apparently scale mail top with a giant gold bauble at the bottom of the V, below her generous décolletage. Her nethers are covered by a quite brief bikini bottom that has three gold sashes draped from it. She has calf height brown boots on, and a blue like scrunchie thing around her right thigh, from which hangs a green and gold sword. On her arms are metallic gold sleeves that cover from her bicep to the backs of her hands. A green snake spirals down her left arm. Around her neck she has what appears to be a fringed purple leather necklace/choker. She has a gold mask on that covers her eyes, leaving most of her face uncovered. It extends above and to the sides, with a narrow red slit for her eyes. The mask is topped with purple tendrils that stick up from it. Her hair is waist-length, voluminous, and orange. In addition to the sword strapped to her thigh, she has a long gold spear in one hand and black bolas (the balls on a string weapon) in the other. It’s all a bit much, if you ask me. Her name is Snap Dragon.
1/7/2025, 5:09:02 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is why you always read the label.

Alt text: Panels from a comic book. A woman is shopping at a convenience store and looking as an energy drink display. The advertised drink is called “Giant Woman Energy Drink.” The label on the can says “Warning: This drink will turn you into a giant woman.”
28/3/2025, 4:08:50 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture aubrey🌋sitterson (@aubreysitterson.com) reposted

What better hobby? What better art form? What better start to a pull list than @jebriodo.bsky.social and my FREE PLANET from @imagecomics.com?

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Momoko doesn’t miss. This is a masterpiece.

Alt text: A Marvel comic book titled Magik. The title character is pictures, wearing a black kimono. She is stepping forward and her right hand rests lightly on the pommel of an impractically large, wide-bladed, yellow sword.
21/3/2025, 3:55:37 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This Absolute Flash homage cover was too good to pass up.

Alt text: The cover of Absolute Flash 1. The cover illustration has Flash, in a more modern looking costume, saying, “Stop! Don’t pass up this issue! My life depends on it!” The image is an homage to the very similar cover of Flash 163, from 1966.
20/3/2025, 1:23:31 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“Can’t draw feet, huh? I’m gonna give Cable the feetiest feet that ever feeted!” -Liefeld, probably

Alt text: an illustration from the back of a comic. Captain America and Cable are pictured. Cable is wearing ludicrously large boots.
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I feel like this might have meme potential

Alt text: panel from a comic book. A scantily-clad woman stands at what is probably supposed to be a control panel. A thought bubble above her says “this is pointless. I don’t know how this device works.”
18/3/2025, 7:02:10 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This expresses how I feel lately just so perfectly

Alt text: A panel from Witchblade #4. A yellow inset box has the text, “…I want to smash everything that I’m seeing apart. I want to be a brick hurled through a stained glass window. I want to make it all not true.”
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Really cool find at the comic shop today.

Alt text: Four comic book spread out on a wooden surface. It is a series called JLA/Avengers, which is a DC/Marvel crossover from 2003. Each cover features characters from both companies in heroic poses. The rightmost comic has post-its on it that say “40” and “set of 4.”
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Profile picture Liam Sharp (@liamsharp.bsky.social) reposted

Half of the most ambitious spread I ever attempted... It will be in Savage Sword of Conan #11 from Titan. :-)

Conan and a giant woman with horns walk through an elaborate hoard of many riches...
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Someone please tell me I'm not a complete fuck-up

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Was on a bit of a road trip over the weekend and stopped in at a comic shop I had never been to before. Picked up a pack of DC Women Of Legend cards on a whim and I scored a cool sketch card!

Alt text: five collectible cards arranged on a wooden desk along with the foil package they came in. Each features a different comic book character and on one, the art is an artist’s sketch of a blonde super-heroine in a purple and white costume.
11/3/2025, 1:38:23 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A thermos, yes!

9/3/2025, 8:28:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You know how sometimes you really just wanna schnitz an apple?

Alt text: A picture of a ceramic bowl with a protrusion in the center. It is wrapped in plastic and there is a small card inside that says “apple schnitzer.”
9/3/2025, 6:42:37 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture RiffTrax (@rifftrax.com) reposted

Just under six hours in and we are over 75% of the way funded! Thank you all so much for your support! Can we get the rest of the way tonight? www.kickstarter.com/projects/rif...

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It was nice to read a few comics tonight. If I’m being honest, I’ve been kind of struggling the last couple weeks and haven’t even felt capable of that much. Seems like maybe I’m coming up for a bit of air now.

4/3/2025, 5:14:39 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Now reading Savage Tales 1.

Alt text: A comic book. The cover image is a Joseph Michael Linsner painting. Red Sonja stands atop a mound of bones. One hand is on her hip, the other rests on the pommel of a sword thrust down into the mound. Vampirella and Dejah Thoris are sitting seductively on the mound, flanking Sonja.
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Now reading Witchblade 8.

Alt text: A comic book. It’s Witchblade 8 and the cover image is of the title character in her spiky golden armor. It’s done in an anime style and there’s are green serpents writhing around underneath and behind her.
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This is a really badass look for her.

Alt text: A panel from a Vampirella comic book. The upper half of her face is shown. Her eyes are blood red with black vertical slit pupils. Her face is framed with black hair and there is a black line under meat each eye, from the center of her lower eyelid to about the middle of her cheek. The color palette is all shades of black, white, and red.
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Now reading Vampirella: Black, White and Blood.

Alt text: Vampirella: Black, White and Blood. This is the metal Jae Lee cover with his signature dark and kind of spiky aesthetic. On it, Vampirella is pictured sitting on what looks like a jagged throne of bones (the seat is not jagged, that part looks comfortable enough).
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Profile picture Bob Q! (@robotjq.bsky.social) reposted

Came straight from the gym. Sorry for the pesto stain.

Magik in adidas coming out of a stepping disk with the soul sword.
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Gonna do some filing and scanning now, so that means movie time!

Alt text: Photo of a television playing the 1998 movie Blade. A crowd of vampires is backing away from Blade, who is in the center of the screen. He is dressed in a long black leather coat with body armor underneath. He also has black sunglasses on and looks very cool. Alt text: Photo of a television playing the 1998 movie Blade. Blade is standing in front of blood-spattered walls, grinning and pumping his fist.
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I got Immortal Hulk 1 when it came out just on a whim and that series was amazing!

27/2/2025, 3:57:38 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You might be right. I was really surprised it hadn’t been snapped up immediately. Apparently it was up on the wall for a couple days.

Alt text: The cover of Avengers Annual 10 from 1981. The cover features several panel-style images rather than the standard single image. Three of them feature Avengers (Captain America, Iron Man, and Spider-Woman) and the final two feature Marvel mutants. One has the Brotherhood of and the other features the X-Men facing off against the Avengers. There is also a small silhouette, which is if the head and shoulders of someone who appears to be a woman. Next to that are the words, “Plus: a shocking mystery guest!” This refers to Rogue, who would go on to become a member of the X-Men. There are two Post-Its on the comic’s bag. One just says “20” which was the price. The other says, “1st Rogue.”
27/2/2025, 12:02:50 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Honestly I didn’t even notice that, but yay! 😅

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Low grade beats no grade!

26/2/2025, 8:57:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What amazing finds! Congratulations!

26/2/2025, 8:56:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I was so stunned to see it up there at all, much less for so cheap. It’s not immaculate or anything (probably in the 5-6 range), but still. I’m very pleased.

26/2/2025, 8:53:29 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Lookie what I found at the comic shop today. And it was only $20!

Alt text: The cover of Avengers Annual 10 from 1981. The cover features several panel-style images rather than the standard single image. Three of them feature Avengers (Captain America, Iron Man, and Spider-Woman) and the final two feature Marvel mutants. One has the Brotherhood of and the other features the X-Men facing off against the Avengers. There is also a small silhouette, which is if the head and shoulders of someone who appears to be a woman. Next to that are the words, “Plus: a shocking mystery guest!” This refers to Rogue, who would go on to become a member of the X-Men.
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I can hear the purrs.

26/2/2025, 5:22:53 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This cat is extremely comfortable but my leg is falling asleep.

Alt text: An orange cat curled up and asleep in my lap.
26/2/2025, 3:27:00 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Love these weirdos!

25/2/2025, 1:46:16 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you! 😊

25/2/2025, 1:44:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If the arc of the moral universe could be a little less long and a little more bendy, that’d be great, thanks.

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My Vampirella Black, White, and Blood Kickstarter rewards finally arrived! I checked on the site when I got home from work today and it’s still saying the package hasn’t shipped, so I wasn’t at all expecting it.

Alt text: Three Vampirella comics laid out side by side, and slightly overlapping. On the left is a metal Jae Lee cover with his signature dark and kind of spiky aesthetic. On it, Vampirella is pictured sitting on what looks like a jagged throne of bones (the seat is not jagged, that part looks comfortable enough). In the middle is a copy of issue 2 from the series Vampirella: Southern Gothic. This cover is from a limited run of only 50 copies. The art is black and white with a 90s vibe. Vampirella is prone, head toward the viewer. She looks scared but is somehow making both her breasts and butt quite prominent. A large demon is reaching for her from behind. Sitting in the middle comic is a metal trading card. The art on it is a classic picture of Vampirella. She stands tall and imperious in her skimpy red suit and high-heeled black boots. Her right arm is stretched forward and there is a bat perched on her hand. The third comic, on the right, is a Michael Linsner piece. Vampirella has on a purple beret and is holding a painter’s palette in her left hand. There is a paintbrush in her right hand, the non-brush end of which she is cheekily touching to her teeth, which are revealed by a very toothy grin. On the canvas in front of her is a sort of abstract painting with fangs and blood and bat wings. It is signed “Vampi” at the bottom.
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Avengers not thinking this argument through. I swear Cap is the only one open minded.

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Publisher La Prensa was translating and reprinting Spider-Man in Mexico when Marvel killed off Gwen Stacy. The publisher didn't believe Mexicans would read Spider-Man after her death so they created 45 original issues after Spider-Man #119 where she lived. They've never been translated or reprinted.

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With alt text.

Alt text: The response of the German scientific community to these edicts looks today disturbingly compliant. Even a cynic would have to doubt that a governmental ban on racial minorities in the university posts of a modern European country would fail to incite mass protests and resignations. But in Germany in 1933 there was little more than private expressions of dismay, almost always with reference to the harm that was being done to German intellectual status and international reputation rather than to moral values. This is not to make some fatuous…
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You’re welcome! It’s Age of Chaos 2, Frankie’s Comics Edition. Just in case you needed that.

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Profile picture David Harper (@davidharper.bsky.social) reposted

DC seems to have embraced the bold strategy of just making cool as hell comics. Let’s see if it works out for them.

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Here’s one of my favorites. All of her work is just so good.

Alt text: Photograph of some comic-related things on a small shelf. First, there is a Red Sonja Funko Pop (blood spattered version). There is a PSA-graded Red Sonja sticker from the 70s in which she is pictured leaning on her sword and saying “my sword gives six extra shaves!” I have no idea what that is supposed to mean. And finally there is a CGC-graded copy of Red Sonja: Age of Chaos 2, the cover of which has a beautiful Peach Momoko painting of Red Sonja crouched on a hillside. She is holding the haft of an axe, its head on the ground in front of her. She is wearing her traditional scale mail bikini armor and her red hair is flowing in a breeze coming from behind. There are tall spears protruding at a slight angle in the background and in the foreground there are bones in the grass.
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I’ve never seen that Momoko! Douglas Adams has a bit in one of the Dirk Gently books about how amazing it is to go instantly from total ignorance of a thing to total desire for that thing. I am feeling that now.

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This is so relatable to me as a former “Make Mine Marvel” kid.

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I feel like we’re not too far from the resurrection of the idea to copyright “pi is exactly 3” so we can charge people royalties for teaching math. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana...

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You and me both, man. Good luck to us all.

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An eccentric pig named Pjörk.

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There are times when you're feeling close to the ground And there's times when you may feel there's no place to call home And there's times when your best friend just seems so far away And there's times when the only end in sight is the end You've got to come out fighting! youtu.be/ZWl-V0y-YTM?...

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I’ve never heard that term but it perfectly describes this guy I work with. He’s a fine coworker but man, being in the office with him during allergy season is just the worst.

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🤌

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Profile picture G (@jasky.bsky.social) reposted

any Janet fans here?

the wasp of marvel comics avengers in her original silver age outfit in a pinup cartoony style inspired by midcentury modern art sitting in a black brick arch overlooking a pastel city
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Transcript in alt text.

Alt text: Transcript of the video in the OP, in which Sean Hannity is interviewing Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Trump: …wanted to find somebody smarter than him. I searched all over. I just couldn’t do it. I couldn’t. I couldn’t. Hannity: You really tried hard. Trump: I couldn’t find anyone smarter, right? So we had a… we had a… for the country! But this is the, the, we settled on, we settled on this guy. Musk: Well, thanks for having me. I’m just trying to be useful here. Hannity: But this is the interesting… [video ends]
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I typed “were busy” and this is what my phone thought should go there instead. Wth is going on anymore?

Alt text: Screenshot of an iPhone keyboard in the Messages app. I tried to type “I figured you were busy” and my phone tried to turn it into “I figured you wet baby’s y” complete with the “y” at the end.
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Autocorrect on my phone has started correcting misspellings of "that" to "rhat" and sometimes not even underlining it. Like, technology was good once right? I didn’t hallucinate that things used to generally work like they were supposed to?

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I would bet so much money that all of their suggestions boil down to “use AI.”

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With alt text.

Alt text: Excerpt from a statement by the Governor of New York.
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With alt text.

Alt text: An excerpt from an article in The Atlantic. One of the defining features of the social-justice orthodoxy that swept through American culture between roughly the death of Trayvon Martin in 2012 to Hamas's assault on Israel in 2023 was the policing of language. Many advocates became obsessed with enforcing syntactical etiquette and banishing certain words.
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He could wreck a person with a completely straight face too. It was just beautiful.

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Kellogg’s better watch out. This looks an awful lot like inclusion and maybe even some empathy.

Alt text: The back of a Crispix cereal box. There is an advertisement for an app called NaviLens which is meant to be an accessibility aid. The text of the advertisement is: Everyone deserves a place at the table. This box features NaviLens® technology to assist blind and low-vision adults in the U.S. With the NaviLens code and app, users can now easily find this product and hear its name, nutrition, and allergen information. Kellogg's Better Days Kelloggs.com/BetterDays Kellogg is proud to be the first food company to feature this technology on its packaging in the U.S. Accessibility: part of our commitment to create better days for 3 billion people by the end of 2030.
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Profile picture batkaren (@batkaren.bsky.social) reposted

KRANGAROO

A cartoon pic of a kangaroo with kind of dead eyes and its arms held out like a zombie—instead of a pouch on its stomach, I put Kramer from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles like he’s piloting the kangaroo exterior the same way he does that person suit thing on TMNT
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Alt text: A tweet by Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett. Jasmine Crockett @JasmineF...[Twitter @ is cut off in image] There's an immigrant taking people's jobs... his name is Elon Musk. He's snatching farms, government jobs (even those in which they manage our national security), and definitely those whose jobs are to root out fraud (inspector generals), & those that are keeping us safe (FAA), meals on wheels workers, head start, and the list goes on, so I'll be the bigger person and admit to MAGA that I was wrong when I said immigrants wouldn't take our jobs. You were 1000 percent correct.
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Profile picture Comrade Bullski (@comradebullski.bsky.social) reposted

Alright, it's finally time. This is something I've had in the pipeline for _years_ but was shying away from due to the sheer amount of research and notes necessary. But with the current state of affairs in the world, this is the moment Folks, it's time we talk about Mark Gruenwald

A photograph of Mark Gruenwald, late editor and writer of Marvel Comics.
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With alt text. Link to original article: www.sltrib.com/news/politic... Note that the bill was subsequently amended somewhat: www.sltrib.com/news/politic...

Alt text: A four-panel comic in a tweet by Twitter user @bluefolf. First panel: A crudely drawn man stands next to a pasted-in picture of the American flag. He asks “hey America, hows it goin?” Second panel: A screenshot of a news headline and subhead that says “Nazi flags can fly in Utah schools, but not pride flags, GOP lawmaker says. A new bill would allow for Nazi and Confederate flags to be displayed in some instances in Utah schools and government buildings, but pride flags would be banned.” Third panel: The man looks nonplussed and says nothing. Fourth panel: The man says “jesus [fucking] christ.” The word “fucking” is censored in the comic. I wrote it out here because I worry that the asterisks would render it unpronounceable by a screen reader.
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Profile picture Kevin Freeman (@ksfphd.bsky.social) reposted

I did this a few of months ago and have a couple of free days. So… Pick a reasonably mainstream marvel silver or Bronze Age issue and I’ll post a picture if I have it. A couple of caveats: I’m super weak on ASM and don’t have many of the super-big keys. We will se how I do.

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With alt text. A source: www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Alt text: A tweet by journalist Josh Rogin. Josh Rogin @joshrogin Multiple lawmakers here in Munich told me the U.S. Congressional delegation presented Zelensky with a piece of paper they wanted him to sign which would grant the U.S. rights to 50% of Ukraine's future mineral reserves. Zelensky politely declined to sign it. #MSC2025
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Profile picture Dork Gently (@accurateblasters.com)

When the US finally gets to a place where we can start restoring our norms, can we start with this one?

Alt text: A headshot of actor and comedian Norm Macdonald.
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Profile picture Sen 🏳️‍🌈 (@dresdencodak.com) reposted

I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir here, but if even if you're not an artist, that goofy meme idea in your head will be a thousand times funnier if you just do a crappy drawing of it yourself vs using generative A.I.

16/2/2025, 11:10:19 PM | 3096 370 | View on Bluesky | view

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With alt text.

A post from Bluesky user Mike Nellis. Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social Maybe Elon Musk should spend more time with his 18 kids and less time cutting cancer research for other people's kids.
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Profile picture Lord Jubalon Flux (@lordflux.co.uk) reposted

New Department of Health and Human Services logo unveiled…

A Pokémon trainer holding a virus up in each hand, surmounted by the slogan Gotta catch ‘em all!
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Now reading Bug Wars 1.

Alt text: The cover of a comic book called Bug Wars. The cover illustration is a painting of a woman almost in the fetal position, but looking at the viewer with two human eyes and six insect eyes, threw above each normal eye. Her skin and hair are white, and she seems to be clothed only in tattered webs. All around her is a background in gradients of grey, crisscrossed with spider webs. There are water droplets here and there, suspended in the webs. The artist is Peach Momoko.
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This hits a little too close to home.

Alt text: Part of a comic book panel. A man stands, back to the viewer, with an arm outstretched, palm out as though he’s warning someone to stop. A squarish speech bubble next to him — jagged at the corners because it’s coming over a radio, says “Because all those ideals, those dreams you’re toiling for? They’re dead. Progress is dead. History is dead. Truth is dead.”
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Now reading Absolute Batman 5.

Alt text: The cover of Absolute Batman 5. A very broad-chested Batman stands on the edge of a building’s roof. His cape appears to be in tatters and he is holding a throwing knife in each hand. The background is a cityscape crowded with buildings.
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Mine keeps leaving out the apostrophe in “that’s” and capitalizing it like it’s a proper noun. I have no idea what it’s doing anymore.

Alt text: Screenshot of an iPhone with the autocorrect suggestions for my having typed “thats” without an apostrophe. First it suggests “Thats” capitalized like a proper noun and without the apostrophe. Next it suggests the proper spelling, with the apostrophe, but still capitalized despite being in the middle of a sentence.
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Wonder Woman just loves Guy to pieces.

Alt text: A page from a comic book. A vampire Wonder Woman tears Guy Gardner in half. There is a lot of blood.
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Now reading DC vs Vampires: World War V - Darkness and Light #1.

Alt text: The cover of DC vs Vampires: World War V - Darkness and Light #1. The illustration has Alfred Pennyworth swooping through the air as a Green Lantern. Below him on the ground is a snarling, sword-wielding vampire Wonder Woman.
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I always wonder about the process by which something like this comes into being.

Alt text: A comic book. The title is X-Women and it was written by Chris Claremont, with art by Milo Manara. The remarkable thing about that is that Milo Manara is largely known for his work in porn. Thus, the X-Women on the cover here (Rogue, Storm, Psylocke, and Kitty Pryde) are all bending and stretching to show off their physical attributes to best advantage. The effect is heightened by the tightness of all their clothing.
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This is a great cover.

Alt text: The cover of Vampirella: Sad Wings of Destiny. The illustration is a headshot of Vampirella resting her chin on her laced fingers. She has shiny black hair parted in the middle. She has hazel eyes and bright red lips turned up slightly in a small smile. The points of her fangs are just barely visible and there are small trickles of blood at the corners of her mouth. Her earrings are very shiny gold crescents.
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How many Justice League? Or total? The total is 14,009 right now. The exact number of Justice League will take me a minute to tally up.

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Profile picture Alycia the Artist 🪶 (@alycia.art) reposted

This is one of the funniest videos I've ever seen in my life

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When I say that I welcome death, this is what I (usually) mean.

Alt text: A comic book titled Lady Death: Last Rites. The cover illustration is of Lady Death herself. She is in profile and visible from head to toe. She is also virtually naked except for a thing held together with tiny chains and a very brief bikini top. She has thigh high platform boots with giant spikes sticking out backward from the heels. She has a flowing black cape with a red lining, long black leather gloves and long blonde hair. Her left arm is extended forward and coruscating lightning is flowing from it.
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Doing some filing in my comic collection. The Justice League section is always the most annoying part to deal with. Love the comics, hate figuring out what order they go in.

Screenshot of the CLZ comics app, showing a list of 15 titles, all of which start with “Justice League.” Another screenshot of the CLZ comics app, showing a list of 15 titles, all of which start with “Justice League.” Yet another screenshot of the CLZ comics app, showing a list of 15 titles, all of which start with “Justice League.”
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More like Fairy Tale Glow-Up.

Alt text: A comic book titled Fairy Tale Team-Up: Robyn Hood & Van Helsing. The cover illustration is of two women, the titular Robyn Hood and Liesel van Helsing. Ms. Hood has a scar over one eye and that eye is solid white. She has on right green camouflage pants and a quite brief, also camouflage, athletic top with hood. She is holding a bow and drawing an arrow from a quiver on her back. Ms. van Helsing has a bit of a steampunk look about her. She has on a black top hat with a dark red band around it. There is also a pair of goggles around the hat, the lenses of which are blue and red. In her left hand, she holds a crossbow resting on her shoulder. Her right hand is at her hip, near some — presumably wooden — stakes. She is wearing a long black leather coat, a red and black lace-up bustier, black shorts, calf-high laced boots, and fishnets.
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With alt text. Also, a source: www.forbes.com/sites/omeraw...

A Bluesky post by investigative reporter Lewis Kamb. Lewis Kamb @lewiskamb.bsky.social CDC source:
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With alt text.

Alt text: A quote tweet from New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The quote tweet: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @АОС You are totally making things up. I'm not even worth $1 million. Nor even $500k. I don't even own a house! I am one of the lowest net worth members of Congress, trade no stock, and take no outside income. My filings are public. I loathe corruption, and your lying is disgusting. The quoted tweet: Mila Joy @MilaLovesJoe BREAKING: Trump called for an investigation to find out who in the government has been getting kickbacks from USAID. For instance, @aoc has been in Congress for six years. She makes $174K/yr. She is worth $30 MIL. The ONLY way that happens is kickbacks.
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Profile picture Dork Gently (@accurateblasters.com) reply parent

I’m not?

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Profile picture Dork Gently (@accurateblasters.com) reply parent

I didn’t say she was a source. I added alt text for people who are not able to read the image and want context for the post.

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Glad I could help!

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This argument is well understood to be without merit.

Alt text: A panel from a comic by The Nib. A woman holds an iPhone and is giving a guy in an orange shirt the side eye. The woman had just previously posted something about how poorly workers are treated in Chinese factories. The man says with a smug expression, “…you said on an iPhone. Heh. Gotcha.”
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