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Nilah "Nine Jobs" Magruder @nilahmagruder.com · 05/10/2026

She's yelling about graphic novels again. I wrote a blog post about how to track work hours and do the math to build better work schedules. This speaks to graphic novelists specifically but it's good info for any freelancer!

nilahmagruder.com

Graphic Novel Math

How comic artists can track work hours to manage time and build better graphic novel production schedules.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 01/10/2026

Okay, 3 tries and the image never uploads(?). Or maybe it’s just me and my janky phone.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 01/10/2026

Lino micro-cutting challenge. I decided to try a linocut of this before moving to drypoint but didn’t realize just how small the line work is at 5”x7”.

A 5"x7" sheet of grey linoleum with a red (mostly) contour line drawing of a group of reindeer on it. The reindeer are about 3" tall at most. Some areas of dark are added to suggest the darker areas of the reindeers' fur.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 30/09/2026

The cool/fun/embarrassing thing about hand making stuff is how imperfections happen almost in spite of one’s efforts to be perfect. (This is a big oopsie imperfection that needs to be fixed but still a good example.)

A three-color lino cut print of a dragon emerging from fire, its wings spread and its mouth open spewing fire around a small ceramic jug. The image is printed in a deep, mustard yellow and a dark red and black. The yellow and black layers are almost right in their registration (alignment) but the red is very “off”. The image is intended for a poster for the Fall run of the local anagama kiln. Letterpress type will be applied above and below the image.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 20/09/2026

Chauncey begged to go outside, presumably for a walk. Yet, here we are now.

A tan and black pekingese dog lays on its side sleeping soundly on the somewhat damp driveway just a few feet from the door it just exited to get outside. It wears a teal harness and lead that seem a tad bit superfluous.

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Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

My dad (92 years old!) has lost his lease in #NYC because building was sold. He must be out of the office by end of the year. So if you or anyone you know might be interested in #vintage #beads, #stones, #crystals, #chain, or other #jewelry parts or supplies, check out CJSSales.com Please share!

A selfie with my dad (on his 90th birthday, 2 years ago) at his jewelry warehouse. Boxes and boxes of vintage glass beads, seed beads, chain, Swarovski, Preciosa, copper, metal, findings, etc. Wholesale only. Must have Tax ID.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Red State Universities: we believe in indoctrination and job training Students: we hate that is there another option? Blue State Universities: we promise to have no values except job training. It ain’t enough. My latest. Gift link.

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Perry: Republicans fought ‘indoctrination.’ Now they’re telling students what to study.

The conservative attack on higher education in states like Iowa is hard to watch. But it also provides an opportunity for blue states like Minnesota.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 29/08/2026

Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title: Workers react to bad management (This could work for a few films now that I think on it.)

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Shawn Pryor @shawnrpryor.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

For the evening crowd. FAST BREAK comes your way this October!

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 27/08/2026

Guess I basically missed International Dog Day. Oh well. Have a mix of old art of dogs I’ve done down thru the years.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 25/08/2026

Borrowed A’s earbuds and you literally can’t chew gum and use them. They keep opening Voice Control and trying to Facetime random folks in my address book. Gaaaah!

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 23/08/2026

Post your album cover kitties A. When Xena was tired of the boys in the band and released her first solo album B. Scamp’s original album of neo-soul love songs

A picture of a tabby cat sitting with her front paws draped over the back of a brown leather chair as she stares with smoldering anger directly into the camera.

A tuxedo cat lounges back on a red and white striped blanket folded on a yellow armchair with a white floral pattern. He stares out at the viewer with a slight forward tilt to his head and heavy eyelids.

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amulya.bsky.social @amulya.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

My husband Drew wrote this at breakneck speed while moving cross-country and caring for an 8 month old, bc he felt it was necessary, ethically and politically, to correct the record. If you read Tyler Austin Harper's piece, I hope you'll read this.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 19/08/2026

Democratic Socialism: Myth Vs. Fact theonion.com/democratic-socialism-m…

MYTH: The government will take away your money and give it to the poor.

FACT: You are the poor.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 19/08/2026

I continue to be infuriated that we have succumbed to the marketing and continue to call half-assed large language models “ai” when they clearly are not.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 13/08/2026

Looking back at old ideas for inspiration? affirmation? Adopt a Cryptid. I was inspired by the adoption ads we ran when I worked at the local shelter.

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Rainesford Stauffer @rainesford.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

For @slate.com, I reported on the nostalgia surrounding Pizza Hut's Book It! program 🍕 People shared fond memories of falling in love with reading, what it meant to them as kids in terms of food access, and the glory days of books + personal pan pizzas. Gift link:

slate.com

It Might Be the Best Thing a Corporation Has Ever Done. It’s Finally Back.

Reading may reportedly be in crisis, but the personal pan pizza is forever.

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Daryl Hannah @dhlovelife.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

timeline cleanse Romeo got to visit with some Veterans 🦄 💕 www.instagram.com/romeoroadsho...

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AnthropoceneMPG 🌊 @anthropocenempg.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The world is on fire 🔥

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folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Resharing: I reflect on what it means to be labelled an "activist" as an academic, why racialised scholars are often described this way when others are not, and whether the distinction between scholarship and activism is hardly ever a good-faith one. tinyurl.com/3jafr3xc

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When Scholarship Is Called Activism: Race and the Politics of Naming

Who Gets Called an Activist? And who is seen as the default and “proper” scholar?

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Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 05/08/2026

anyway, if anyone has a lead on jobs for a science journalist/writer who has been a planetarium director (meaning I can talk to the public), please let me know. I am *awfully* broke.

1918 letter from Edna St. Vincent Millay to her editor: "Spring is here,—and I could be very happy, except that I am broke. Would you mind paying me *now* instead of on publication for those so stunning verses of mine which you have? I am become very, very thin, and have taken to smoking Virginia tobacco. Wistfully yours, Edna St. Vincent Millay. P.S. I am *awfully* broke. Would you mind paying me a lot?"

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 26/07/2026

I would never have thought to use the term “pegging” in that way

A screenshot of an image search for “Horse Rider With Lance” showing an image of a horserider galloping with a lance with the caption “1,032 Pegging Stock Photos, High-Res Pictures, and Images - Getty Images”

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nancyforde.com @nancyfjorde.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Tater surplus! 🥔

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 24/07/2026

Big Boy, Green Giant, Little Caesar, and Mr. Peanut for my uncle who was him in Toronto in the 50s/early 60s.

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Carla Speed McNeil @carlaspeedmcneil.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Today’s the day SETTLERS OF THE STORM WORLDS returns to Patreon, this time in glorious full color! This third chunk is titled “The Circus Runs Away With Us,” featuring a mess of various genre characters under the Big Top! No AI, all by hand! Please share and repost! www.patreon.com/carlaspeedmc...

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SETTLERS 3 pages 1-3 | Carla Speed McNeil

SETTLERS 3 pages 1-3 by Carla Speed McNeil on Patreon. Join Carla Speed McNeil's community for exclusive content and updates.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 20/07/2026

Morning arms workout – squeezing the water out of cabbage

A large silver bowl is filled with diced purple and green cabbage which has been lightly salted and squeezed to remove water content in the first step of making fresh coleslaw.

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Chris Schweizer @ NYCC (H27) @schweizercomics.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

If you're not reading A GREAT AND TERRIBLE WRATH (which you can do on this thread!) you're missing out. Skutch's writing is beautiful & challenging & heartbreaking & rich and you'd think that pages as objectively gorgeous as these would be the main draw for a comic like this, but nope, equal measure

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 11/07/2026

Grilled sausage, mustard, relish, and fried onions on a toasted bun. Pretty basic but a good sausage shines in that setting.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 11/07/2026

He loves his shelf and will not let me replace it with a longer one.

A long tuxedo cat lays sleeping, stretched across a short wooden shelf. His lower half hangs off one end of the shelf. His head is resting on one paw while the other forepaw is extended out.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 06/07/2026

First day of my first ever painting class, my teacher looked at my palette & painting and said “It’s all mud. You know nothing about mixing paint.” Then he walked away and avoided me the rest of the class.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 26/06/2026

I may have to keep dying my hair. Having bleached it twice for the dying, it is coming back in, um, white and light grey. So, I guess I have purple and blue have for good now.

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Trouble Man @jairojohnson.blacksky.app · 26/06/2026

Democrats afraid of Mamdani ideas and changes on the political stage are people taking advantage of the system as it is. Fear of promoting equality and inclusion says a lot about them. They don’t deserve my vote.

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Brian J. Easley @brianjeasley.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

LOUISVILLE, KY - See you at Flyover Film Festival My film, The Man with the Big Hat, screens Friday, July 31st at The Brown Theatre, 7pm. louisvillefilmsociety.org/flyover-film... Also, check out my friend Evan Mascagni's Cornbread Mafia on July 23rd at Speed Cinema. #StevenFromholz

The Man with the Big Hat, a picture of Steven Fromholz, with guitar, cowboy hat, and microphone. Film laurels for 2026 SXSW Film and Television Festival world premiere

Photo of man in cowboy hat looking down on a music album from Frummox, and other papers about Steven Fromholz

The Man with the Big Hat, a picture of Steven Fromholz, with cowboy hat and white beard, looking out a window. Film laurels for 2026 SXSW Film and Television Festival world premiere

Photo of Lyle Lovett, with guitar, beneath trees. from a documentary called The Man with the Big Hat

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 13/06/2026

To add my time travel skill set, I’ve been learning to carve letters in stone. At least now my gravestone won’t be too expensive.

A rectangular slab of light grey limestone stands at an angle on an old wooden work table with two small carbide steel chisels laying in front it. On the stone are two letters with deeply incised “v” cuts. The first letter is a capital H with small serifs and a crossbar that swoops out of the first leg and out over the second leg of the h. The second letter is a lowercase j with a wide angled top and a thin curved bottom. Both are very imprecisely carved showing many imperfections.

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Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

To mourn the loss, and celebrate the life of, Jane Yolen, here are 8 US Kindle copies of Merlin's Booke: Stories of the Great Wizard, which I haven't read, but it seemed a reasonable candidate for giveaway.

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Christopher W. Jones @cwjones.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

"The students who cannot read a 20-pg article today are the voters who will not be able to read a bill or the jurors who cannot follow a closing argument, tomorrow." The most important argument against AI in education is that it's incompatible with a free society. www.chronicle.com/article/my-s...

chronicle.com

Opinion | My Students Can’t Read

The generational collapse in literacy is measurable, persistent, and likely to get worse.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 02/06/2026

Argh, day one I’m already behind… #Junicorn well, a sea unicorn sketch

A pencil sketch of a horse with a fish-like back half to its body and a single, curved, spiraling horn eztending from its forehead just in front of its ears. The horse’s forelegs are raised as if it is rearing and its fish tail is curving around towaards its front.

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Wolfproof Press 🐑🫸 🐺✨ @wolfproofpress.com · 01/06/2026

Luddites didn't "fear tech", they understood when something's being pushed for profit @ cost to human wellbeing <3 store.wolfproofpress.com/product/brea... Ditto folks today & AI (including lots of folks who both code+formally study tech ethics+history; vs, like, your CEO or uni pres??)

Black tshirt with white text and image: "Breaking machines that enshittify livelihoods / Since 1811", next to a beckoning historical image of a "Luddite general" in a dress

Light blue tshirt with blue and purple text and image: "Breaking machines that enshittify livelihoods / Since 1811", next to a beckoning historical image of a "Luddite general" in a dress

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 01/06/2026

Another weekend, another broom style learned (but far from perfected).

A hand-made straw broom with a wood handle standing beside the trunk of a tree. The broom is untrimmmed and shaggy. It is shaped in a hawk-tail style with the outer edges of the straw sticking out further from handle than the center. Running up the center of the straw at the point where each new pair of straw bundles is attached are half inch windings of variegated burgundy/red/pink thread. Up where the handle enters the straw bundle there is a two inch section of the same thread with individual straw woven in.

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dirt of the looming dawn @upfromsumdirt.blacksky.app · 29/05/2026

ANOTHER OBLIGATORY ANTI-TRUMP POEM (or, OUCH! Hot-Hot-Hot!)

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 28/05/2026

No bite to your pickle? Dill issue

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Dr David S Anderson @dsaarchaeology.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

As an anthropologist, I endorse this message!

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 27/05/2026

Scamp is at the vet for his yearly and he is grievously hurt at the indignity of it all. Usually a bird-chirper, he yowled bloody murder on the ride here. Now he refuses to even acknowledge my presence. Will he ever forgive? How many churus will it take??

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Scott 𐚁 🦇 Cave 🦇 @hellabarnes.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

this website is not beating the allegations

This is an odd take because bouncy
castles are symbols of bourgeois frivolity, not leftist fun

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Ok hive mind! Help me pay an artist! 💰💸🤑 I’m looking for an established fiction developmental editor. Ideally, someone familiar with campy urban fantasy. The project is ~50k words, and I’m happy to pay by word or hour at a competitive rates. Thanks 🤓

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Franchesca Ramsey @chescaleigh.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

why does the “you can’t fight it” rhetoric around AI feel so familiar?? 🤔

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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

tag yourself, I'm Existential Crisis Bug

A cropped image showing a snorkeling bug asking "Am I shrimp too?"

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