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old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 22h

town talk diner, lake street, minneapolis, minnesota, 1984

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...

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One of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center

A rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land.

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mcad_faculty_union @mcad-faculty-union.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Today, MCAD faculty, students, alumni, labor allies, and community supporters delivered a petition with more than 800 signatures demanding a fair contract. Faculty are fighting for fair wages, institutional collaboration, and protections from the growing impact of AI on academic labor.

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Kiku @ SPX W15A @kikuhughes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Starting today!

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If you're in these states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas. Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check! And there's a lot happening across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️

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Maia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Since I wrote this comic, the Senate introduced their own version of HR 7661, also called the “Stop the Sexualization of Children Act” with nearly identical text. Please add NO ON S 4925 to your calls to reps about these federal book ban bills www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c... #bannedbooksweek

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If It Gets Too Real, Blue Can Always Turn It Off @bluedelliquanti.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

My monthly Patreon sketchbook is now available! Support me at the $5+ level and you get access to 130 other sketchbooks, plus plenty of comics and behind-the-scenes art. www.patreon.com/bluedelliqua...

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If It Gets Too Real, Blue Can Always Turn It Off @bluedelliquanti.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

chat is it good when an anxiety dream has you strapped down on board the Hail Mary because you have to be on Tau Ceti in 2.75 years for a work meeting

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mcad_faculty_union @mcad-faculty-union.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Help MCAD faculty win a fair contract! Read and sign act.seiu.org/a/mcad-petit..., then let's rally and deliver our petition!

Image of a poster, which has comic art and text at the top, which reads, "Help mcad faculty win a fair contract!" Beneath the text, a comic panel shows someone in a suite saying, "hmmm," while reading a piece of paper with from mcad faculty, to mcad admin written on it. A comic panel to the right whos the same suit-wearing folk asking, "huh?" while a large speech bubble overlaps from beneath the panel, containing the words, "pay us fairly!" More speech bubbles next to the first contain the words, "respect us!" and "give us a voice!" A long document of signatures trails from beneath the speech bubbles, supported by folks in a crowd. More text reads, "faculty, staff, friends, family, members in community, show them we care! Read and sign here," followed by an arrow pointing to a qr code for a petition. Beneath the qr code the text continues with, " and share! Then, let's rally and deliver our petition! Straight to the president!" The date October 6th, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, and location, Washburn Fair Oaks Park, are printed in the lower left.

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Cyrus Hall @cyrushall.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Election mail is so boring...but not this! Great concept and execution. Good messaging, too!

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Iron Circus Comics @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Let's eat! 🦗 Happy Book Birthday to 'MEAL' by @bluedelliquanti.bsky.social with @soleilho.com! There's all sorts of different foodstuffs out there you haven't ever tried, and some of them could help save the world! 🍽️ Pick up Meal for 30% off today only! store.ironcircus.com/products/meal

Today is Book Birthday for MEAL! Bugs are food too! You already eat things that are two skips and a hop from actual insects! What's more: several cultures already regularly eat them as quickly-produced non-meat protein supplements! Think of all the mouths that could be fed with a bit of an open mind and a willingness to try new foods! Pick up MEAL for 30% off today! https://store.ironcircus.com/products/meal

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

ATTENTION COMIC NERDS!

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 01/10/2026

workers drive minneapolis has passed the minneapolis city council! this requires autonomous vehicles to have a human safety monitor and bans remote operation, and also preserves local jobs largely held by immigrants over big tech. from a public memo released by robin wonsley -

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If It Gets Too Real, Blue Can Always Turn It Off @bluedelliquanti.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

i can't believe the bsky character limit lets me have this pun for the Halloween name

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Diskette Press @ PCX 38 @diskettepress.com · 28/09/2026

Hey Diskette Fans! This is your first notice that we're putting together a fundraiser anthology for a new Riso. Sign up here for launch info. More details to come in the coming weeks, this is gonna be a good one. diskettepress.com/pages/belove...

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Beloved! A Riso Fundraiser Anthology

Help Diskette Press get a new Risograph by picking up a new anthology featuring work by artists you know and love.

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If It Gets Too Real, Blue Can Always Turn It Off @bluedelliquanti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Put these up in my store. Now's a good chance to do some early holiday shopping before I raise my postage rates on October 1. ohumanstar.bigcartel.com

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If It Gets Too Real, Blue Can Always Turn It Off @bluedelliquanti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Put these up in my store. Now's a good chance to do some early holiday shopping before I raise my postage rates on October 1. ohumanstar.bigcartel.com

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Ryan North @ryannorth.ca · 28/09/2026

came across this classic ASW and i gotta say: STILL GREAT www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id...

I figured out how to be happy / but I can't tell you. / You not knowing is a big part of it.

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My 18-year-old nibling just spent 40 min on the phone with me to verify her voter registration & review her sample ballot. She asked about political parties, who I like and why, and what a constitutional amendment is. Next week, she's going to tell me her voting plan. Who're you helping vote?

Screen shot from the Office of the minnesota secretary of state steve simon. Text snippets include "Election and Voting" "Register to Vote" "Election Day Voting" "Other Ways to Vote" "Wha's Ball" "Find your Minnesota Vo" "If you're wondering, Am I registered to vote in Minnesota?, you can" "Name" "Date of birth Use numbers in the month/day/year format:"

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Chan @ LBX 411 @aluhnim.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Things I wish had museums or statues in Minnesota: -James Hong related things -MST3K celebration stuff in Hopkins Being jumpscared by the address while watching MST3K made me realize there was nothing in town while living there.

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If It Gets Too Real, Blue Can Always Turn It Off @bluedelliquanti.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

A view from my old farm in Stardew Valley. #repostyourart

Illustration of a grassy field with green and orange trees and mountains in the background. A large iridium meteorite has landed in the field, and several black and white chickens gather around the meteorite.

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If It Gets Too Real, Blue Can Always Turn It Off @bluedelliquanti.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This Saturday, September 26, I’m returning to @milkcomicfest.bsky.social in Milwaukee, WI! You can find me at table N5 in 3rd Street Market Hall, and I'll have both my printed hourlies collection and my newwww sticker pack.

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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.

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sfé r. monster @sfemonster.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

i have a new zine! Monster Menagerie - a collection of black and white mythical creature illustrations. Free for $2+ Patreon supporters, and also available for purchase in the post! www.patreon.com/sfemonster/p... #sfedrawing

A promotional image for Sfé's Monster Menagerie zine

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samanthAAAH! riedel @samanthawrites.net · 23/09/2026

thinking a lot about @bluedelliquanti.bsky.social's Adversary this week. If you haven't read it please do. One of the only books I've read that digs to the emotional core of ongoing COVID trauma

A page from ADVERSARY by Blue Delliquanti. Anton, on the verge of angry tears, tells Curtis "don't -- fucking touch me." The shadow of his head touches the shadow of Curtis's chest. In a large panel following, Curtis looks out on a lake, alone.

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If It Gets Too Real, Blue Can Always Turn It Off @bluedelliquanti.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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otava heikkilä @claystorks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

nero's guide is awesome, and concretely helped me with making a website as somebody who doesn't have the brain for this stuff 👍 if you're an artist of any sort, making a website for yourself is one of those things that hugely pays off the extended effort time and again

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 22/09/2026

gearing up to get another book ready to send into the world right now and i just wanted to take a second to say that you should get your hands on a copy of SIMPLICITY if you like anything i've ever made. i'm still so immensely proud of it.

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evan dahm @evandahm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ambiguity Program Cartoon Show "LIVE" Every 1st Friday in Brooklyn New York City at "SEA & SOIL" at "FIVE O'CLOCK"

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mechazany @mechamcscringle.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Ghost in the Shell 1995 garbage man who’s ghost hacked with falsified memories of having a family while lovingly reminiscing on them out loud

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Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhD @klhkhistorian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

**Lights Out Alert Sunday & Monday Nights** Birdcast is estimating 300-400 million birds will be in flight.

From meteorologist Eric Snitil

**Lights Out Alert Sunday & Monday Nights**

"Heads up birders, I would not be surprised if the biggest bird migration night of the year happens over the next 2 nights. Birdcast is estimating 300-400 million birds will be in flight. That is a lot, but the pattern could not be better for migratory birds. A massive area of high pressure will turn the low level winds from the northeast to the southwest across most of the US. The last time we had anything similar to this in the fall was early October last year when a record 1.25 billion birds were in flight. I doubt we get to that level, but I suspect the number will top 500 million especially Monday night which looks to be the bigger of the two nights. You can help by turning off those outdoor lights on big migration nights, and the next 2 nights is about as big as it gets."

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If It Gets Too Real, Blue Can Always Turn It Off @bluedelliquanti.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

My next book, Unauthorized Bread: A Radicalized Graphic Novel, is a Junior Library Guild selection! Based on the story by @doctorow.pluralistic.net, adapted by @theyoungdoyler.bsky.social and me. Coming out from First Second on April 20, 2027. 🍞 Preorders open! 🍞 us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

The cover of Unauthorized Bread: A Radicalized Graphic Novel, with the Junior Library Guild gold standard seal in the top right corner.

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If It Gets Too Real, Blue Can Always Turn It Off @bluedelliquanti.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

shoutout to Federalist contributor Eleanor Bartow who used ChatGPT to write a puff piece about an anti-trans lawyer’s agenda for the DoE without checking to see if she’d been sitting next to a trans person for several hours. Your opsec could use some work maybe.

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No Gods No Mayors Podcast @nogodsnomayors.com · 18/09/2026

🗣️🗣️🗣️MAGNA FARTA 🗣️🗣️🗣️

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026

I just called her DC office to let her know what I think of her position on trans rights and protecting trans children (202) 225-4146

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 17/09/2026

Do NOT vote for anti-transgender Democrats. www.erininthemorning.com/p/the-guide-...

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The Guide To Anti-Trans Democrats In The 2026 Elections, By State

These are the Democrats that LGBTQ+ people may wish to avoid this election cycle.

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18/09/2026

This guy who assaulted a sitting member of Congress got 28 years and 10 months less jail time than a Texas resident who transported a box of zines that contained constitutionally protected content opposing ICE reason.com/2026/06/25/t...

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Texas man gets 30 years in prison for transporting 'anti-government' pamphlets

The case stems from a violent anti-ICE protest, but critics say the government's prosecution threatens First Amendment rights.

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If It Gets Too Real, Blue Can Always Turn It Off @bluedelliquanti.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Thanks to everyone who’s signed the petition so far! act.seiu.org/a/mcad-petit...

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MCAD FACULTY PETITION

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I’m really trying not to go for cheap heat on here but you can write off any politician that does not support trans rights without equivocating because it’s the morally correct thing to do and additionally because it means they’re not above selling anyone out.

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If It Gets Too Real, Blue Can Always Turn It Off @bluedelliquanti.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

My fellow faculty members at Minneapolis College of Art and Design are several bargaining sessions into negotiating our next contract. We’re asking for your support by calling on the board of directors & college leadership to meet our demands and signing this petition. act.seiu.org/a/mcad-petit...

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MCAD FACULTY PETITION

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j.r. doyle @theyoungdoyler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#ghostintheshell #攻殻機動隊

Color drawings of Batou in three outfits (a polo, a trenchcoat, and a tight fitting black tshirt) from the new anime.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Yo. This is the union calling for a boycott. Here in America people like to say "Well I was already boycotting Starbucks!" No you were not. You were just choosing not to buy their stuff. That is not a boycott. A boycott is an organized, collective activity. "I" don't boycott: we do.

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George @hannahtempler.com · 12/09/2026

Seems this is going around!! Listen, I'm at SPX this weekend selling Cosmoknights books 1 & 2, if you wanna come say hi and get some great books!! my girlfriend is with me selling gay wizard comics!! we also have a minions zine we made together!!! table W16a

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If It Gets Too Real, Blue Can Always Turn It Off @bluedelliquanti.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

All set up for day one. And surprise item, my Finland travelogue sketchbook, made it in time! So those are available for sale (and FREE for any Patreon supporters who stop by)!

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