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Sherif Adel

@barbatoze.bsky.social
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Egyptian scientist+cartoonist living in Japan. 苺大福食べたい

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Joseph Hewitt @gearheadrpg.com · 01/09/2026
There is no winning in comics. Watercolor and gouache on watercolor paper. #comics
"Cartooning will destroy you. It will break your heart"- Charles M. Schulz, quoted by my self-portrait penguin who is lying on top of Snoopy's doghouse.

Comics is a tough job, with long hours, little pay, and often abusive conditions. Osamu Tezuka's last words were "I'm begging you, let me work".

Even those who "make it" often end up broke, broken, or both. So why bother at all? This panel shows two Kirbyesque beings fighting.

I've got it pretty sweet. I'm not famous, but I draw what I want, when I want, and I get paid to do it! Not much, but still... This panel depicts my penguin self-portrait pulling a fish bone out of a trash can while wearing a Heathcliff hat.

"Success" or "Failure" ain't nothing but what you think they are. Just gotta do it for the love of the game. This panel depicts my penguin self-portrait getting beaned with a brick, a la Krazy Kat.
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Three panel comic. Panel 1: two friends are playing cards. There is a birdcage hanging behind them, just peaking out of frame. Friend 1 asks, “does your bird talk?” To which friend 2 replies, “Please… don’t.” Panel 2: friend 2 continues, head in hand, “he’s on this alpha male influencer thing right now.” Behind him, the bird - posed and wearing sunglasses and a leather jacket - is leaning forward on a tiny easy chair in his enclosure. Panel 3: with his hands clasped, easing back into his chair, the bird says, “stops eating seeds. Focus on your net worth.”
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Jen Sorensen @jensorensen.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
This week's comic
Selling The Sun

Despite overwhelming objections from scientists, the Trump FCC has approved a space mirror to create “Sunlight on demand.”

Person on Earth in spot being lit by space mirror: What the.?

Among other things, the company promises “unforgettable nighttime experiences for events and public spaces.”

Owl: Not another @&!# midnight corporate retreat!

Besides messing up circadian rhythms, animal navigation, and entire ecosystems, what could go wrong?

Tech bro to astronomer with seared retinas: careful with that telescope! Especially once we have 50,000 of these in orbit.

Coming soon: Blocking the sun unless you pay for it

Farmer in the dark: Hey, what gives?

Tech bro: You haven’t paid your monthly Sun-scription fee!

©2026 Jen Sorensen – jensorensen.com
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Certly @certly.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
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The Phantom Judge You Harshly 🎃💀🦇🧛‍♂️ @judgeyouharshly.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Good night.
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Sherif Adel @barbatoze.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Brings back so much memories. I miss when websites looked different and had character
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Wrong turn (1/3)
Page 1 of comic. A village of alien denizens on a planet with a massive black hole in place of a sun. Narrative text reads: We were a peaceful folk. Every day, we’d rise and sing to our sun. Until one day…Page 2. Narrative reads: “It sang back.” A neon blue green comet flies out from the black hole, impossibly. The aliens stare up at the sky.
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Sherif Adel @barbatoze.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Someone just walked into silent hill apparently.
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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Fukuiine-kun is a hand with a raised thumb who promotes Fukui Prefecture.
A white hand with legs and a raised thumb with a kanji character on it is standing on a crowded lawn in front of a large building.
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Zach Hazard Vaupen @emo-sludge.com · 08/07/2026
Here’s the part we all want to know which is behind the paywall. You’re welcome.
If you want to avoid these Al generations of your Instagram posts, without switching your account to private, you'll have to dig into the app's settings.
Open the Instagram app, tap your profile, and then tap the three lines in the top-right corner of the screen. Then, scroll down to the Sharing and reuse tab. Here is where you should see a section labeled Allow people to use your content on Instagram and with Al features on Meta, with a toggle for Posts and one for Reels.
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mothcub @mothcub.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
We've all been there, Grungus.
A girl greets some sort of screaming ghoul, "hey Grungus, what's up?"

Grungus replies, "GRARGKSPLLGR".

The girl says, "yeah, I feel that".
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Joseph Hewitt @gearheadrpg.com · 02/07/2026
GearHead Caramel is a tactics style mecha Roguelike RPG which doesn't skimp on either the mecha or the RPG bits. The game has just had a major upgrade, and it's currently 23% off at Steam and itch for the summer sale. store.steampowered.com/app/1565090/... #ghrpg #GameDev #SoloDev
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Sherif Adel @barbatoze.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
My support for everything playstation related will be discontinued starting January 2028.
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Hatem Aly @metahatem.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Almost missed #KidLitArtPostcard Day! I'm Hatem Aly. I illustrate books & enjoy working on smart, reflective, funny, and authentic stories for all age ranges. 💛 Picturebooks, chapter books, graphic novels, and books of all kinds. Portfolio (undergoing some repairs): metahatem.com Links in bio.
A girl holding a kite by the beach as the sun sets.
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Cybershell @cybershell.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Expect much of next!Sonic's first words, from the November 1990 issue of Sega Players Enjoy Club.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Weird Al: "I said, ‘Oh well, yeah, sure, I could do that.’ And then a week before we’re supposed to shoot it, I find out this is AI. And I thought, ‘Oh no, I can’t be the poster boy for AI, forget it.’" variety.com/2026/biz/new...
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‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Pulled Out of AI Ad Despite Offer to Make a ‘Nice Pile of Money’: ‘I Can’t Be the Poster Boy for AI’
Weird Al Yankovic revealed he was offered “a nice pile of money” to appear in a commercial but backed out after realizing it would involve AI.
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J.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN @jmberger.com · 01/07/2026
GQ, March 2021: NFTs are here to stay and the art world is having to catch up fast
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
New signed prints up in the shop!
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Kim Sokol (Open for Commissions/Freelance!) @kimsokol.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Right now the world is full of people who want to code and write and paint and film stuff and people who want to play and read and look at and watch stuff and nobody is allowed to do any of that because some unrelated third guy isn't making enough money off the deal
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Rocco Botte @roccobotte.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
All my hobbies are being destroyed by those that don’t care about anything.
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Generative AI is not only fundamentally based on the rejection of consent, but also *standards*. Artists have been micromanaged and hounded over individual pixels, academics fighting to defend every minute detail of their thesis, etc, and then are tossed away in favor of the get shit wrong machine.
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VGArtAndTidbits @vgartandtidbits.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Sonic The Hedgehog - two-page Sega Mega Drive ad (1991).
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Captain !Dizzy 💫 @captaindizzydx.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
> you feel a familiar stare beyond the trees
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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
"The level of effort is so low that we consider it spam" is a great rule to have against AI content
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Earthling @ziyatong.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
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@nluewmist / I’m finally reading Dune. This quote which in the first few pages hit hard; “once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only let other men with machines to enslave them.”
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 20/06/2026
Today's Israel: Israel brutally murders Lebanese marine ecologist that protected a precious turtle nesting area by literally bombing her house. They long stopped making up clearly bullshit excuses about Hamas or Hezbollah, they just execute people now. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Israeli attack kills famed turtle sanctuary ecologist in Lebanon
Mona Khalil led decades-long effort to protect nesting site for turtles near her home in south of the country
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BB_Azurite @bbazurite.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Sega channeling their inner Eggman. #sonictheheghedog
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ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Three Poems from Gaza "I pace this room alone, / fingertips brushing the wall, / memorizing each mark, each echo."... arablit.org/2026/06/18/three-poems-…
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Three Poems from Gaza
"I pace this room alone, / fingertips brushing the wall, / memorizing each mark, each echo."
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Kimo Force™ @kimoforce.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
BlueSky this, BlueSky that. I'm tired od BlueSky. You'll instead find me on
Cover artwork for the game "Red Earth" by Capcom.
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Sherif Adel @barbatoze.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Name a TV show you're positive no one remembers but you.
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Martin @concretebadger.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Why does it bother me when a manager or the CEO of my employer boasts about using Copilot to write their emails? This. This is why
A post by "rederiswrites" (with a photo of who I assume is Adam Conover in the background) that reads: "Just watched Adam Conover (of Adam Ruins Everything) make such a solid point that I think we should spread far and wide. Yes, having AI write your emails is lazy, sure, but people love being lazy. We need to really emphasize that sending AI emails (or using AI responses on social media, or publishing AI flyers, or or or) is *rude*.

It's rude. You're making someone take their time to read something you couldn't be bothered to write. You're telling them they were so unimportant you couldn't be bothered to actually take the time to say something yourself. And frankly, you're lying about it while you're at it.

It's rude."
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Pank 🦑 @littlepinksquid.gay · 15/06/2026
120 Games to avoid!
A chef insisting that his cake made with diarrhea is perfectly fine to consume.
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Joseph Hewitt @gearheadrpg.com · 12/06/2026
Lolcat. My brain doesn't understand what my hand was doing with this one but my gut does. #comics
A cat person is applying for a job. One of the items on the form asks "Are you now, or have you ever been, a LOLcat?"; the cat person checks no. At the job interview the cat person is first accused of being a LOLcat and then accused of maybe even being a murderer. The cat person anxiously asks if the interviewer would like to see their references.
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David Blatt @kopfstoff.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
"We already live in a world where you walk outside and there are billboards and signs that are obvious AI slop. That’s become part of our visual reality. To me, generative AI feels less like innovation than a symptom of a broader cultural and economic rot." King. 🙏
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Sherif Adel @barbatoze.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
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Ahmed Raafat @theahmedraafat.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
My character design sheet and some panels for Onuris from my upcoming comic project Death Deserved Onuris is inspired by ancient Egypt in terms of design and weapons from ancient Egypt. Launching soon on Kickstarter - Sign up to get notified here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/gar...
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Maggie Wiggin @maggie162.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
My god, Octavia Butler, just miss ONCE
 Page from a book saying:

From EARTHSEED: THE BOOKS OF THE LIVING
Choose your Leaders with wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward is to be controlled
by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool is to be led
by the opportunists who control the fool.
To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen.
To be led by a liar
is to ask to be told lies.
To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
the computer used to work
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Sherif Adel @barbatoze.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I love this!
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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
In almost all of these talks, I’ve had a lot of strong thoughts to share about how hideous gen Ai is and what it does to us. It’s such a dehumanizing grift - never surrender what makes you human. Make your own things, think your own thoughts.
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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Rise of The Machines
Fred Flentstone stands, hands on his hips, looking incredulously at Barney Rubble, who is at the corner of the panel barely visible. He appears to wearing tiny sunglasses.
"C'mon Barn, what's with the getup? and what is that on your head?" Fred asks.
"oh this, Fred?"
We now see Barney is also wearing a black trench coat and smoking a cigarette. A small bird is taped to the side of his head. "Just the latest in cybernetic enhancement technology- wired right into my brain."

The background dissolves and Barney stands next to a free floating diagram of a human body with several small birds going into it and says "we're entering a new age, Fred- the synthesis of man and machine as one flesh. This is the future. It's hack or be hacked."
Fred looks incredulous. 

The bird pecks Barney.

Barney puts his hands on his head and screams "the machines are turning against us! We have built God only for him to destroy us!" as the bird continues to peck at him.
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Michel Dinel @padder.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
tiny karma band-aid color doodle
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I’m so furious about how stupid everything is
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David Aja @davidaja.com · 17/05/2026
We have to separate work from the author: books go in the paper bin and author in the organic waste bin.
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Rasheed Abueideh - Now crowdfunding Dreams on a Pillow 🍉 @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I’m NOT excited and I’m NOT thrilled. I’m honestly scared to share this, but I’m not a coward. I have to show you what you helped us create. None of this would have been possible without your help, and we can’t finish it without your support www.launchgood.com/1948 youtu.be/D4qh1FAPEUo
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Dreams on a Pillow - Official Gameplay First Look
YouTube video by Rasheed Abueideh
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Ahmed Raafat @theahmedraafat.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Anyway here’s a one pager I did featuring my “comic persona” based on a dream/recurring fear styled like a Twilight Zone comic/episode, for your enjoyment
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 15/05/2026
It's heartbreaking that games as a medium remain out of reach for people telling the stories worth telling most. www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...
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The Palestinian game fighting to exist
A developer from the occupied West Bank is turning a 75-year-old Palestinian folk tale into a video game.
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Welcome to Night Vale @nightvaleradio.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Who's laughing now? (You hear someone laughing, right?)
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Freedom Cartoonists @freedomcartoonists.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Safaa Odah continues to draw cartoons under extremely difficult circumstances, making use of what little materials she can scrape together, for example, drawing on the plastic sheeting that forms her family’s tent. 👉 www.freedomcartoonists.com/award-2026
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Jymbo (Smurfmaster from the place that shall not be named) @smurfmasterjym.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
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