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ultragrump 🍉🍟 @ultragrump.bsky.social · 2h

THANK YOU PAC. THANK YOU PAC. THANK YOU PAC. #AEWDynamite

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"Doc" Chris Mueller 🌅 @chrismueller.bsky.social · 2h

Fucking hell, this video just had to get me one more time. Pac really was special. #AEWDynamite

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Time for this classic again.

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

imagining this in his voice and sending the results straight to the ole self soothing toolbox

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Chris Gethard @chrisgethard.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Hey New York - I haven't taught a full on improv class for adults in years. But when my old friends at MNN told me they wanted to offer classes for free, I said "Let's do it." If you're an experienced improviser who wants a free class and to get some notes, sign up at www.mnn.org/programs/adv...

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Advanced Improv with Chris Gethard | Manhattan Neighborhood Network

Join Chris Gethard in a three-week, advanced improv course! Experienced improvisers will take part in this free course and learn from a veteran comedian.

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merritt @merrittk.com · 17/08/2026

more places should have artists-in-residence. like there should be a residency where you live on a particular train for a month. there should be an oil rig residency, an arctic research station residency. maybe a residency at a zoo

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Jamie L. Rotante @jamieleerotante.net · 18/08/2026

By age 40 you should have at least one white t-shirt that you continuously spill coffee on every time you wear it.

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Jamie L. Rotante @jamieleerotante.net · 07/08/2026

They should make a kind of panic attack that doesn't feel like a heart attack so you don't have a panic attack trying to figure out if you're having a panic attack.

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Kip Conlon @kipconlon.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

As an empath, I think all non-empaths should roast in Hell.

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inthefade @ihavethatonvinyl.com · 06/08/2026

powerball is $876 million. do you know how many brooklyn vegan type websites i could fund with that? do you know how many drowning independent newspapers i could save? for this alone, i should win

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Ernest Jenning Record Co. @ejrc.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Brooklyn Vegan was cooler to us than just about any site out there for the past 20 years. Actual people that you would see at shows. People who care & discover & live and breathe music. They covered the giant bands AND the underdogs and for that we'll be forever grateful. Let the good guys exist.

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 07/08/2026

As a society we allow exactly one ventriloquist & one prop comic to be wildly successful per generation. We drop the rest of them through trap doors. The highest height we allow a comedic magician to be is The Amazing Johnathan. We allow you one residency. No one made these rules. But we all adhere.

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Jamie L. Rotante @jamieleerotante.net · 07/08/2026

I think I, a person who just got into the Stone Roses, am the best person to revitalize independent music journalism.

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Jamie L. Rotante @jamieleerotante.net · 04/08/2026

We're all weird here. Psst... there's a li'l something free and fun if you read! jamielrotante.substack.com/p/be-the-wei...

A collage of characters from some of my favorite pieces of media, including characters from Ghostworld, I Saw the TV Glow, The Craft, Daria, Lady Bird, Doug, Home Movies, and May. Text above it reads Be the Weirdo You Wish to See in the World. Musings of an Anxious Millennial Writer #24: On Embracing Your Strange and Living Your Weirdo Truth

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Jamie L. Rotante @jamieleerotante.net · 30/07/2026

Newest @razorcake.bsky.social piece is live now, in which I talk about the struggles of being a highly empathetic person. Feel the pain with me, won't you?

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Ripley🪽 @skullingway.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

#portfolioday I'm Ripley, an illustrator & comic artist in NYC who often loves dark themes mixed with delicate & dreamlike imagery. I've done illustration work, including covers, for TTRPGs, horror movies, independent magazines & more 💕 💌skullingway.biz@gmail.com www.skullingway.com

Illustration of an angel statues breaking down and showing strange worm-like growths poking out, something shiny inside. There’s three comic panels on the right showing the infection spreading from the top to the bottom of the image. A delicate silver frame is at the top and bottom, with a pink background. The edges show a worn silver, checkered heart pattern

Image is an illustration. There’s two white rabbits with purple bows identical to each other. They have strange double eyes, blue liquid splashes on their mouths as if they’ve chewed on something juicy. From their bows, they have blue, strange wire-like entrails with purple stars and sparks. The entrails lead down to a strange glowing machine at the bottom, the center a circular brain with vein-like wires connecting to the rabbits or off the page. At the top, behind them is a strange fleshy object that looks like lungs and a rincage, the base of a computer with lots of blue wires and buttons. It has two fleshy eyes at its sides, one open and one closed. The center of the machine features a window inside, a fleshy presence with bioluminescence pulsating through its veins.

Illustration of the dog from the thing with a glowing eye for printedinblood

Image is an illustration of an old medieval suit of armor being overtaken by roses growing all over with strange roots.

The image reads the title of op’s comic: pocket full of posies, by Ripley Ash

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Razorcake @razorcake.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Feel the Pain by Jamie L. Rotante "One Punk’s Look at Social Anxiety, Neuroticism, and Other Fun Stuff" @jamieleerotante.net razorcake.org/feel-the-pai...

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

(mouse grandpa) here kid have a little walkin around cheese

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Archie Comics @archiecomics.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Here's your first look at Vengeance Unchained: The Legend of Black Caesar. From Shaquille O'Neal and Archie Comics, this pirate epic sails into stores this fall! store.archiecomics.com/collections/... @raheight.bsky.social #Shaq #StephanieWillams #ShaquilleONeal #StudioSkyeTiger

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 17/07/2026

The Taco Bell finger pointing is a psyop to redirect attention from the real culprit, the deregulation and lack of oversight in our food supply

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Joshua Walker @bigjosh84.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I think most of us are carrying entire chapters of our lives that nobody knows about. Here’s some poems. 💙💙💙 #poetry #blueskypoets #writingcommunity #BlueSkyPoetry #SkyPoet

A poem about recognizing love through quiet actions rather than spoken words, and how care is often expressed in everyday moments.

Things I Heard (You Never Said)

You never said
“I’m proud of you.”

You asked if I’d eaten.
You told me to drive safe.
You waited for the phone to ring.

Love rarely sounded
the way I expected.

It sounded like ordinary concern
wearing work clothes.

A poem about looking back on childhood, losing certainty with age, and still appreciating the hope carried by the person you once were.

The Boy I Used to Be

The boy I used to be
thought grown-ups knew everything.

Now I’m older
and I know better.

Sometimes I miss him.

Not because he was right,

but because he believed
tomorrow always arrived
carrying good news.

A poem about memory, nostalgia, and how the past often feels warmer and closer than it truly was because memory reshapes what we remember.

The Illusion of Yesterday

Yesterday feels close enough
to wave at.

But every road back
leads somewhere new.

Memory rebuilds old houses
with fresh paint.

It remembers laughter
better than silence.

It leaves the lights on
for people who have long since gone.

Then asks us
to call them home.

A poem about how dreams change with age, shifting from chasing success to finding meaning in simple moments, home, and the people we love.

7 Dreams (A Better Way)

I dreamed of money.
I dreamed of fame.
I dreamed of escape.

I thought happiness
was waiting somewhere else.

Now I dream
of a slower morning,
a full table,
someone glad I came home.

Funny how growing older
teaches you
the better dream. 💙

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🔪🔪🔪bryan 🔪 🔪 🔪 @murderxbryan.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I have some advice for people finding out that the World Cup is a work, just enjoy the storylines, that’s the real fun of it.

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 06/07/2026

You don't have to over-explain in your work. You don't have to SHOW everything. Trust the intelligence of your audience, their ability to dream of a world bigger & more mysterious than this. Its, perhaps, enough to KNOW the boys are back in town, without telling where them wild-eye boys had been.

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Jamie L. Rotante @jamieleerotante.net · 06/07/2026

I'm incredibly stoked to start @amberpetty.bsky.social's new course, which feels like it was tailor made for me. Weirdo sisters unite!! If you're interested in not having to painfully rely on social media to get the word out about a project, check it out: amber-petty.newzenler.com/courses/sist...

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Weird Sisterhood Summer

The 4-Week Business Mastermind to Get Off Social Media & Grow Through Actual Connection

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Mel Brooks @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Thank you so much for all of your happy birthday wishes. Honestly, I don’t really feel 100. I feel pretty good. I feel like I’m only 98!

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 01/07/2026

Here’s what you should know about the historic heat wave headed our way. Especially if you’re (hypothetically) having your wedding at MSG this weekend.

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A historic heat wave is coming to New York City. Here's how to stay cool.

YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 29/06/2026

I would walk through a brick wall for someone to say good job to me so don't mess with me man

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huck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

My mayor socialist My congresswoman socialist My city councilwoman socialist My state senator socialist My assembly member socialist Knicks in 5

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

it’s the time in every woman’s life when she must eat two hot dogs

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Jamie L. Rotante @jamieleerotante.net · 25/06/2026

@stephwilliams.bsky.social is a gem of a human being and a beyond-amazing writer, and she's speaking volumes to an enormous frustration/blind spot in not just comics, but journalism as a whole. Thanks to @liammcguire.bsky.social for giving her this space! www.comicfrontier.com/p/stephanie-...

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Stephanie Williams Just Made Comic Book History, But Why Didn't Major Comic Sites Care?

Stephanie Williams made history and major comic book sites didn't care

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Jamie L. Rotante @jamieleerotante.net · 11/06/2026

I enjoy Jericho’s new gimmick; Kevin Nealon’s Mr. Subliminal.

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

absolutely everything sounds funny if you imagine it being said by werner herzog. this post for example. not very funny on its own is it. but if you use your imagination there’s no limit to what you can experience

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Jamie L. Rotante @jamieleerotante.net · 09/06/2026

I have no issues with them using a real puppy for Scooby Doo Origins. I just want to know if they’re going to cast a real fish to play Red Herring.

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Jamie L. Rotante @jamieleerotante.net · 13/01/2026

Hi! I'm Jamie Lee Rotante, I'm the Senior Director of Editorial at Archie Comics! I love to write culture pieces and personal essays. I recently launched a zine called "Neuroses, Nostalgia, and New York" which compiles essays, poetry, and art. Check out my work at jamieleerotante.net! #portfolioday

Jamie L. Rotante - Neuroses, Nostalgia, New York. Writer and Editor Lady. www.JamieLeeRotante.net

A collage of images highlighting my writing progress over 2025.

Streams of Unconsciousness: Musings of an Anxious Millennial writer - my Substack! https://jamielrotante.substack.com (also featured: a hazy photo of sunflowers).

Covers of comics I've written! Betty & Veronica Vixens Vol. 1 and 2 (featuring Betty and Veronica riding motorcycles, cover art by Fiona Staples and Sanya Anwar), Betty & Veronica: Senior Year (the girls are standing back-to-back against a teal background, art by Sandra Lanz), and Betty & Veronica: The Bond of Friendship (the girls are sitting back to back on a column surrounded by photos - art by Britt Williams).

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Jamie L. Rotante @jamieleerotante.net · 08/06/2026

Twice in one week my husband walked in on me while I was watching the movie "Wonder Wheel" and it's the closest I've ever felt to being a kid getting caught watching a dirty movie.

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Jen Vaughn, Storyteller at Large @thejenya.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Pride continues with the closest we'll get to Betty and Veronica being together in @jamieleerotante.net's Vixens from @archiecomics.bsky.social! After Eva Cabrera, I got draw interior art (#7 + 8) + covers I absolutely loved drawing these rowdy bikers! (Mouths "call me"). Available in Vixens Vol. 2

Image of cover from Betty and Veronica: Vixens where the titular gals from the Archie series are racing motorcycles in the desert in non-high school appropriate attire

Image of cover from Betty and Veronica: Vixens where the titular gals are joining a bar fight with a chain (Veronica) and a bat (Betty). The fight is a literal cloud of dust with boots and fists and one cat coming out of the cloud.

Image of Cheryl Blossom with a long mermaid tail hair and in fishnets and roller derby wear being slammed up against the lockers a la the meme

Image of four femme-presenting bikers, all white skinned unfortunately, but with face tattoos and some crowbars

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Jamie L. Rotante @jamieleerotante.net · 08/06/2026

The next theme for NEUROSES, NOSTALGIA, and NEW YORK is Mermaids! 🧜‍♀️🧜🏿‍♂️ Poetry, art, comics, essays, short fiction (up to 1000 words), photography, and anything else you believe can fit in an 8 x 5.5” zine are welcome! Open from now thru 7/27. Submit here: www.jamieleerotante.net/neuroses-nos...

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Jamie L. Rotante @jamieleerotante.net · 05/06/2026

NEUROSES NOSTALGIA NEW YORK ZINE ISSUE #006: MERMAIDS! Submissions are open now through 7/27!

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 04/06/2026

HAPPY LITTLE GUY ALERT 🐣 🪶

a three day old mallard duckling swimming, looking at the camera, their facial feathers make it look like they have a giant smile

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Jamie L. Rotante @jamieleerotante.net · 04/06/2026

NNN#6 Theme is.... just wait and see!

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

absofuckinglutely

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;( @tomorrowx3.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

When the Roku citizens watch tv, the side scrolling background is of our world

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 28/05/2026

Nyc.gov/summer is a map of free and affordable things to do this summer that we made just for you. Because public programs mean nothing if you don't know how to access them.

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Summer

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Jordan Morris @jordanmorris.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

ASM Spider-versity #2 is out TODAY! Grab it at your local comics place!

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Dandalf @dandalfthegay.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Mood:

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