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Story updated: @comicbookyeti.com Editor-In-Chief @byrononeal.com responds to Comic-Con International statement regarding the Eisner Awards and promise to formulate an AI Policy for the awards.
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
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Eisner Award AI Inclusion Fallout: Submission Withdrawn, New AI Policy to Be Created
Comic-Con International has responded to the discovery of an Eisner Award nomination that included generative AI work. According to the San Diego Comic Convention organizer, the editor of Stardust the...
www.dailycartoonist.com
May 19, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Story updated: @comicbookyeti.com Editor-In-Chief @byrononeal.com responds to Comic-Con International statement regarding the Eisner Awards and promise to formulate an AI Policy for the awards.
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
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There is a statue of author Alex Haley in East Knoxville, TN.
Knox County just removed Roots from all school libraries.
Knox County just removed Roots from all school libraries.
Alex Haley’s “Roots” to be removed from Knox County Schools libraries
KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — Alex Haley’s book “Roots” is included in an updated list of book titles to be removed from Knox County Schools libraries. The schools previously remove…
www.wate.com
May 15, 2026 at 2:26 AM
There is a statue of author Alex Haley in East Knoxville, TN.
Knox County just removed Roots from all school libraries.
Knox County just removed Roots from all school libraries.
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This is the way. All cities should take note, and then start to make movements like this permanent…
New York streets belong to New Yorkers, and Soccer Streets are for the kids.
We’re turning the block outside your school into a car-free playground and World Cup celebration.
Now until June 26, you’ll find Soccer Streets in front of 50 public schools across all five boroughs. Let’s play!
We’re turning the block outside your school into a car-free playground and World Cup celebration.
Now until June 26, you’ll find Soccer Streets in front of 50 public schools across all five boroughs. Let’s play!
May 15, 2026 at 4:36 AM
This is the way. All cities should take note, and then start to make movements like this permanent…
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When everything hits at the same time and you still have to show up, Love, Me is a love letter to you 🫶🏾
Love, Me by Tiffany Cross is out now!
Love, Me by Tiffany Cross is out now!
May 5, 2026 at 10:00 PM
When everything hits at the same time and you still have to show up, Love, Me is a love letter to you 🫶🏾
Love, Me by Tiffany Cross is out now!
Love, Me by Tiffany Cross is out now!
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I recommned Firefox
Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking. It is the weights for Gemini Nano, Google's on-device LLM. Chrome did not ask. Chrome does not surface it. If the user deletes it, Chrome re-downloads it.
www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-...
www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-...
Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. — That Privacy Guy!
Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user del...
www.thatprivacyguy.com
May 5, 2026 at 10:55 PM
I recommned Firefox
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A Harvard study just published estimates Elon Musk's destruction of USAID has already caused 600,000 deaths 2/3 of them children.
That is his legacy in this world.
That is his legacy in this world.
May 5, 2026 at 7:19 PM
A Harvard study just published estimates Elon Musk's destruction of USAID has already caused 600,000 deaths 2/3 of them children.
That is his legacy in this world.
That is his legacy in this world.
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So much brain power!!
(...and also me. 🤷♂️)
(...and also me. 🤷♂️)
May 5, 2026 at 10:22 PM
So much brain power!!
(...and also me. 🤷♂️)
(...and also me. 🤷♂️)
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This time in Double Take, @oliversava.bsky.social and @davidharper.bsky.social turn their sights on The Power Fantasy, as they discuss the series to date* and its incendiary third arc that will change The Power Fantasy's universe FOREVER.
* We did this before #15 came out.
* We did this before #15 came out.
Double Take: The Power Fantasy Makes the Leap in its Incendiary Third Arc - SKTCHD
Welcome to Double Take, a column dedicated to highlighting different comics and each’s merits through a discussion between two veterans of the comic site space. One is yours truly, the person behind t...
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January 29, 2026 at 5:59 PM
This time in Double Take, @oliversava.bsky.social and @davidharper.bsky.social turn their sights on The Power Fantasy, as they discuss the series to date* and its incendiary third arc that will change The Power Fantasy's universe FOREVER.
* We did this before #15 came out.
* We did this before #15 came out.
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The Verge laid off numerous gaming writers and an editor barely a week ago, and now has an article about how a writer used AI to generate his own copyright-infringing Nintendo games with detailed steps on how to do so.
This isn't games journalism. This is slop and clickbait, top to bottom.
This isn't games journalism. This is slop and clickbait, top to bottom.
January 29, 2026 at 6:19 PM
The Verge laid off numerous gaming writers and an editor barely a week ago, and now has an article about how a writer used AI to generate his own copyright-infringing Nintendo games with detailed steps on how to do so.
This isn't games journalism. This is slop and clickbait, top to bottom.
This isn't games journalism. This is slop and clickbait, top to bottom.
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For those who have never heard of the MOVE bombing
The largely forgotten history of Philadelphia’s police bombing of Black organization MOVE
This week marked the 40th anniversary of one of the worst tragedies in Philadelphia’s history. In May 1985, the city’s police department dropped an improvised bomb on a residential home that housed th...
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January 15, 2026 at 11:10 AM
For those who have never heard of the MOVE bombing
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I think it is generally good to realize (in life, as in politics) that when you conclude that nothing can be done, you will do nothing
January 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM
I think it is generally good to realize (in life, as in politics) that when you conclude that nothing can be done, you will do nothing
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The project is led by our Division Chief Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Shawneequa Callier (GWU) & Janet Shim (UCSF).
Justice Dialogues concluded on December 19, 2025 with a day-long convening at Columbia, and our final session featured engagement by @ruha9.bsky.social
Justice Dialogues concluded on December 19, 2025 with a day-long convening at Columbia, and our final session featured engagement by @ruha9.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 3:08 PM
The project is led by our Division Chief Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Shawneequa Callier (GWU) & Janet Shim (UCSF).
Justice Dialogues concluded on December 19, 2025 with a day-long convening at Columbia, and our final session featured engagement by @ruha9.bsky.social
Justice Dialogues concluded on December 19, 2025 with a day-long convening at Columbia, and our final session featured engagement by @ruha9.bsky.social
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“Abolish ICE” should be as noncontroversial as “abolish Hydra” - do it today.
Abolish ICE should be more than just an activist slogan. Time to put meat on the bones. By the same token, we need Democrats who won’t run away from good policy, needed accountability measures, and crucial democracy protections simply because they’re scared of Republican lies.
Abolish ICE—For Real This Time
Neither activists nor elected Democrats should repeat the mistakes of the past.
www.offmessage.net
January 14, 2026 at 8:26 PM
“Abolish ICE” should be as noncontroversial as “abolish Hydra” - do it today.
This is a sensible direction based on what has been going on. Digital learning still has its benefits but it’s been on a runaway train driven by greedy corporations and other stakeholders who need to be reined in.
Back to textbooks: Denmark rolls back digital learning • FRANCE 24 English
YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English
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January 13, 2026 at 4:47 PM
This is a sensible direction based on what has been going on. Digital learning still has its benefits but it’s been on a runaway train driven by greedy corporations and other stakeholders who need to be reined in.
MacKenzie Scott has given more than $19 billion to more than 1,600 organizations … Among her most profound impacts has been her record-breaking investment in Historically Black Colleges and Universities, where she has quietly directed more than $1 billion baptistnews.com/article/mack...
Mackenzie Scott rewrites philanthropy – Baptist News Global
A woman, not a man, has done more for HBCUs than any person in history in just five faithful years, Edmond Davis says.
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January 12, 2026 at 9:43 PM
MacKenzie Scott has given more than $19 billion to more than 1,600 organizations … Among her most profound impacts has been her record-breaking investment in Historically Black Colleges and Universities, where she has quietly directed more than $1 billion baptistnews.com/article/mack...
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I am founding a not-for-profit website where independent comic creators and small publishers can easily sell their works to libraries, plus provide other services. Called (for now) the Comics Librarian Commons, this will be an online hub bringing independent creators and librarians together.
December 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I am founding a not-for-profit website where independent comic creators and small publishers can easily sell their works to libraries, plus provide other services. Called (for now) the Comics Librarian Commons, this will be an online hub bringing independent creators and librarians together.
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September 8, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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August 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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This is the drug that is a 100% effective treatment for HIV. this is the one you've been seeing in the news. I would LOVE to see an in-depth discussion of exactly what "clinical, financial, and regulatory factors" are keeping them from essentially carrying a cure to a deadly disease.
CVS Health will not cover Gilead's Yeztugo, generic name lenacapavir (LEN), citing "clinical, financial, and regulatory factors."
CVS Health denies coverage for breakthrough HIV drug, committing 'clear violation' of ACA
CVS Health will not cover Gilead's Yeztugo, generic name lenacapavir (LEN), citing "clinical, financial, and regulatory factors."
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August 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This is the drug that is a 100% effective treatment for HIV. this is the one you've been seeing in the news. I would LOVE to see an in-depth discussion of exactly what "clinical, financial, and regulatory factors" are keeping them from essentially carrying a cure to a deadly disease.
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I made this not to point out what an awful human being he is (& he is) but to address people like my MiL who somehow look at this & say yeah, that’s my man, that’s what I want in a leader. And will defend all manner of horrors he spews out & will keep on doing so…
spinweaveandcut.com/draw-the-line/
spinweaveandcut.com/draw-the-line/
July 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I made this not to point out what an awful human being he is (& he is) but to address people like my MiL who somehow look at this & say yeah, that’s my man, that’s what I want in a leader. And will defend all manner of horrors he spews out & will keep on doing so…
spinweaveandcut.com/draw-the-line/
spinweaveandcut.com/draw-the-line/
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A stunning forensic account of how ignorance of vaccine efficacy was systematically manufactured. Steier exposes the anti-vaccine playbook: how flawed studies by discredited researchers created false doubt about vaccine safety, while 40+ rigorous studies of 5.6M+ people found no autism link.
A must-read, must-share piece - clearly deconstructing the shoddy science of the Geiers (who are inexplicably in charge of studies at HHS).
Consider this an early warning for what lies ahead. 🛟🩺🧪
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Consider this an early warning for what lies ahead. 🛟🩺🧪
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | The Playbook Used to ‘Prove’ Vaccines Cause Autism (Gift Article)
Data can easily be manipulated to show a causation that doesn’t exist.
www.nytimes.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A stunning forensic account of how ignorance of vaccine efficacy was systematically manufactured. Steier exposes the anti-vaccine playbook: how flawed studies by discredited researchers created false doubt about vaccine safety, while 40+ rigorous studies of 5.6M+ people found no autism link.
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As upset as I am that I keep getting this anti-union propaganda & that these people know where to find me - I’m equally disgusted that with all the money they spend to send this crap, they could actually do something positive to benefit education and our communities. The cruelty is the point…
July 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
As upset as I am that I keep getting this anti-union propaganda & that these people know where to find me - I’m equally disgusted that with all the money they spend to send this crap, they could actually do something positive to benefit education and our communities. The cruelty is the point…
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The fact that history is repeating itself in 2025 should infuriate everyone. We already know what comes next. I do not want to hear from Trump voters this is not what they voted for. They absolutely did. Their racism and misogyny will now murder millions of people. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ak6...
'It’s about scaring the pants off of immigrants’: Immigration atty. on Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
YouTube video by MSNBC
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July 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The fact that history is repeating itself in 2025 should infuriate everyone. We already know what comes next. I do not want to hear from Trump voters this is not what they voted for. They absolutely did. Their racism and misogyny will now murder millions of people. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ak6...
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New comic: on the origins of Due Process, how fundamental it is to our very notion of freedom, and how we all must stand up for the rights for any one of us to preserve liberty for all of us. Alt-text, notes/process & printable version on my site, appreciate sharing spinweaveandcut.com/due-process/
May 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
New comic: on the origins of Due Process, how fundamental it is to our very notion of freedom, and how we all must stand up for the rights for any one of us to preserve liberty for all of us. Alt-text, notes/process & printable version on my site, appreciate sharing spinweaveandcut.com/due-process/