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Jon Erik! @honestlyjon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Awww, Toronto loves me so much that my flight home turned around halfway through and now we’re back! 💕

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Jon Erik! @honestlyjon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

director introducing his movie as a feel-bad movie. oh god

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Jon Erik! @honestlyjon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

La Bola Negra: wow!!! gay rights

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Jon Erik! @honestlyjon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

TIFF Day 4: Exhausted shambling for the love of da movies

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Jon Erik! @honestlyjon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I don’t know what’s wilder: sitting two seats away from Michelle Yeoh at a TIFF screening OR finding out that the director of her movie currently works as a doctor at a hospital I was just at back home.

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Jon Erik! @honestlyjon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Canadians! What Canada-specific movie theatre concessions do you recommend to a visitor? I just panic-bought something called a Glosette and I’m curious what I should prioritize

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Jon Erik! @honestlyjon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

love the freedom I feel when discourse erupts in a fanbase that I'm not a part of stay safe out there

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Jody Houser ✒️🗯️🎲 @jodyhouser.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This. When an IP is owned by a living person who is using the money from said IP to inflict lasting harm on a vulnerable minority, there is no possible way to separate the art from the artist.

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Jon Erik! @honestlyjon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

busiest it's been at work in two years—massive deadlines, huge piles of work—so naturally tomorrow we have an hour-long mandatory meeting to discuss a poorly made personality quiz they've made us take

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kat excellence ✨ @katexcellence.io · 31/08/2026

this was difficult to read, but it's important to know people are currently in prison for 50+ years for attending a protest + one wasn't even at the protest, but got sentenced for 30 years for "concealing" anarchist zines

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How anti-ICE protesters became prisoners in Trump's war on antifa

“We are not terrorists.”

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babs ✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

get a covid vaccine as a tribute to dolly parton challenge

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Jon Erik! @honestlyjon.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma time!! Last time I saw a Schoenbrun film in theaters, it ruined my life (complimentary). Excited to see what this one does

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Lillian Hochwender (a.k.a. Lillie) @ligerlillie.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

“Why didn’t the Gaiman story break inside of comics journalism first?” All of this but DRAMATICALLY decrease that freelance rate to zeroish. And as you might expect, “zeroish” also means no one has money for legal council if a millionaire author, for example, wants you to shut up.

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Jon Erik! @honestlyjon.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

hello mutuals! I'm doing some summer cleaning and have three small pieces of original art I've acquired through comics festivals that I'd love to mail to new homes, totally for free! one is an ink piece of Hellboy. one is a cute animal. one is, like, neon spooky. DM if interested!

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

My thoughts on Image publishing a new Warren Ellis book.

I have spent the day re-reading the entirety of SoManyOfUs.com, including every testimonial. I’ve also re-read dozens of documents and communications from the transformative justice action SMOU-TJ and Warren Ellis started. I wanted to remember the hope I held at that time. I also wanted to see if I could approach this moment with gratitude instead of anger.
To believe in transformative justice is to believe people capable of change. But, as our mediator said during the process, “transformation is heartbreak.” It is crushing and painful, but it is also our right as human beings. I haven’t spoken to Warren Ellis in over 6 years. I don’t know who he is now. I don’t know how he’s changed, but I’m sure he has. I know Warren read all of SoManyOfUs.com and I can’t imagine an outcome where doing so doesn’t change you. But, as Kai Cheng Thom says, “Change is inevitable, growth is optional.” I was often sad that Warren, when confronted with the consequences of his actions, didn’t react in the way I expected him to. But I am grateful it led to me untangling 15 years of complicated feelings and hurtful actions.
I’m grateful that I believe we can change and hold ourselves accountable in this world. But, quoting our mediator again, “being called to accountability feels like being reminded that your shit stinks. and coming clean is hard to do.” It can feel impossible to look in the mirror and confront the worst version of ourselves. Without having the necessary support systems in place to make it possible, I don’t blame or fault anyone for not being able to do it.
We all tried our best. When our attempt at a community accountability action failed, I was disappointed, but grateful that we tried. And grateful to know that Warren had tried, too.

I currently work as an editor in comics, with books I work on being published by Image. I love comics. I love the comics community and how we all keep making them despite it being so hard, with no financial security, and no safety nets. I see groups within the community doing so much good and fighting hard to make the industry more sustainable and safer for everyone involved.
But there is no set process for anyone in the comics community to account for our actions and change our behaviour after harm or abuse has happened. This has led many people to be forced out of the industry – victims, perpetrators, and witnesses. My heart hurts for all the people who were bullied, ostracized, shunned, or threatened out of this community, particularly those I spoke to back in June and July of 2020, impacted by Warren’s actions. I hope one day this changes.
I’m grateful to everyone who was wondered if Warren has “made amends to the satisfaction of all involved.” It shows me solidarity and care are widespread within comics. I wouldn’t say I’m satisfied, but I also would say I am no longer personally invested in Warren’s transformation.
I am personally invested in the books I work on that come out with Image, and I really hope you don’t take any disappointment you feel in Image’s actions out on the creators whose work they publish. Seeing people boycotting Image comics feels a cruel joke when that directly affects my livelihood and that of the people who respect and support me. But I get it – this seems like a financial decision from Image, so respond in a financial fashion. I hope we can all keep ourselves open to change in the future.
My resolve to expand my capacity to hope for change – after a night of anger and crying and shouting – is renewed. Thanks for hearing me out and for reading all of this.

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 31/07/2026

In an era of hyper-agreeable AI, toxic positivity, and false equivalence, being a hater is more important than ever. @edzitron.com, big AI companies' foremost hater, explains why

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Jon Erik! @honestlyjon.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

crawling out of my burrow to announce that DC's Stargirl show from a few years back is surprisingly very good

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paul reinwand @paulreinwand.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Animation folks that are looking for work currently, or in the next few weeks, I have a lead on an Adult Animation/Action/Superhero show staffing up soon: BG Layout - mid level Blender knowledge needed Prop 2d FX Char Design Feel free to drop portfolio links below, and I will send them along to AD

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Jon Erik! @honestlyjon.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

nothing rankles a straight person who consider themselves an ally more than pointing out when a norm or belief they have is culturally heterosexual

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 02/06/2026

Someone actually did a study a while back that showed the most effective way to get women out of TERF groups wasn’t people trying to change their minds, it was them getting literally any benign hobby, like learning other languages or taking up needlework

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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

LRP i genuinely think the answer to most questions that go like "why aren't more _____ books being made at all/anymore" is almost never "because authors don't want to write them/haven't considered it," it's NEAR universally "because publishers have decided they don't sell well enough" haha

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Plague Doctor Press 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🧡 @plaguedoctorpress.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Happy Pride. This month we're honoring queer comics pioneers who built the road we walk on. First up: Howard Cruse. He founded Gay Comix in 1980 and created Wendel for The Advocate in 1983. The godfather of queer comics. We exist because he did.

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Jon Erik! @honestlyjon.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Getting to the point with hospital automated phone directories where I'd rather answer a sphinx's riddle or evade a minotaur in a labyrinth than continue to be rerouted to the same dead-end into infinity

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Folks, this is a really good person, many of you have known her for years. She's in a medical emergency and needs surgery. If you can help or even spread the word, please do. A lot of you know Ami Angelwings for her kindness and sense of humor. Please take a look, okay?

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 24/12/2025

a hater (derogatory) hates something without engaging with it at all, reflexively, surface level; their hatred tells us about *them* a hater (complimentary) hates something *because they have engaged with it deeply* and is a kind of truth-telling

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Jon Erik! @honestlyjon.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Devastating: The cute cat Youtube channel you followed last week just started posting Bible quotes

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Jon Erik! @honestlyjon.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Going full standing room sardine formation on a train in part because the men standing nearest to an empty seat are simply too manly to sit down.

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

the girl guides in the UK just kicked out all their trans members specifically bc they were threatened with a lawsuit from a rowling-funded group

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Cartoonists United @cartoonist.coop · 22/03/2026

The Sprocket store staff could really use the help after their short notice layoffs!

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DREW WISE @drewwise.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

🩷 ɪᴛ'ꜱ ꜱᴜᴘᴇʀ ᴇꜰꜰᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ! 🩷

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Aubrey Gordon @yrfatfriend.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

One of the more depressing aspects of the GLP-1 stuff right now is how utterly inescapable it is. Whatever you're doing, wherever you are, there are people shrinking at alarming rates, and endless discussion of said shrinking. There's seemingly no place to just *rest.*

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Maddy Myers 🏳️‍🌈 @midimyers.com · 04/03/2026

i know why game devs keep doing this with enemy design ("acceptable" target, shouldn't be but it is) and i hope, sometime in my lifetime, it ends. remember the boomer in l4d? what if we gave him a backstory file about how he was trying to lose weight? re: requiem! www.mothership.blog/you-know-wha...

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You know what, Resident Evil: Requiem? Fatness isn't scary

Body shape shouldn't be a punchline either, by the way

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Aubrey Gordon @yrfatfriend.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

(1) Casey Means is a dreadful nominee and should not be confirmed. (2) I don't have any desire to defend for-profit advertising of any kind. (3) "Obesity is a national crisis" as a message both relies on and perpetuates bias against fat people.

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henemimi 🎀☁️ OshiConbini SUNDAY! 🐓 @henemimi.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

this would affect my ability to apply for disability! last year someone with my disease won a landmark case that qualified it as a disability under ADA! ive never applied for disability because of the 2k savings restrictions was unliveable and the marriage aspect discouraging. please call!

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Valentine Barker @valentinebarker.com · 16/02/2026

I'm sure we've all seen the graphic that lays out the United States ' relationship with slavery. It's good, but I never thought it was quite impactful enough. So I made my own. I've used a few key events, including my birth, to highlight how recent these events are in history. 1 square = 1 year.

A graphic in pink, blue, and green that illustrates how recent many Black History events are to the current day -- ranging from 1619 to 2024.

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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

I put my new comic up on itch! $8 for a 34-page horror story! On Halloween night in 1994, two teenagers and their bully walk into a stranger's basement, and discover an uncomfortable secret about a girl they know. You can read it here: keezyyoung.itch.io/its-bitter

the cover of it's bitter, baby, and it's very sweet

page 1 of the comic; it says halloween, 1994, and there's halloween candy and toys, featuring a witch pez dispenser, a skull keychain, and a yellow finger monster

page 3 of it's bitter; corey and chelsea are dressed up for halloween and excited

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza. We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...

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A Day for Gaza

Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.

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Kirsten Thompson @kirstenthompson.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

APERTURE, written by me, illustrated by @huenito.bsky.social - from @nakamapress.bsky.social this summer! When Sage finds a forgotten camera in a library archive, she's thrust into another world. The camera links her to August, who walked those halls more than a century ago. Details: bit.ly/4r8VdNj

Sage, a college student with a ponytail and undercut, dressed in an off the shoulder sweater and jeans stands in a warm toned room filled with books as she looks at August, a college student dressed in 1900s clothing, in the same room, but filled with snow, also holding a camera. From APERTURE, written by Kirsten Thompson, and illustrated by Huenito.

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Jon Erik! @honestlyjon.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

New cursed liminal space unlocked: a totally empty movie theater, not labeled with the movie it’s about to play, and nothing is playing on the screen. The only sound is the droning of the pipes.

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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 30/01/2026

These are all Black people. The regime is betting that you wont care Jamael & Trahern the way you care about Alex & Renée

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Steve Morris @stevewmorris.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

You just don’t get this kind of action in Wonder Woman comics anymore

Wonder Woman has an Amazon tied up on a serving dish. She says “you’ll make a lovely chicken, darling! Wait until I give you a crisp skin!”

The Amazon replies “you make my mouth water - how about feeding me to myself?”

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Jon Erik! @honestlyjon.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I very stubbornly try to read books in the approximate order that they are recommended to me, which means I just now finished a book a friend suggested...8 years ago.

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Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 22/01/2026

It's Perfect Tides: Station to Station release day! After 4 years the game exists and it's ready for you. Here is the launch trailer to get you through the work day

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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

this is a WILD story

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

This. I am done returning to the status quo of what got us here. I want universal healthcare. I want a maximum wage tied to the minimum wage. I want omnipresent, cheap public transit and walkable neighborhoods. I want Supreme Court and police reform, and I want the rich to pay their fair share.

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