Johanna Draper Carlson @johannadc.bsky.social · 5mTrivia question for y’all … what comic book characters dressed in burgundy? 000
Reposted by Johanna Draper Carlsonsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 4hA nonfiction book written in, let’s say, the year 1795, is most likely still around in a library somewhere and every other work it referred to is probably accessible in some archive as well. A nonfiction book written in 2007 probably cites a bunch of urls that are dead or rotted beyond recognition. 1356583
Johanna Draper Carlson @johannadc.bsky.social · 40mArt is a well-established coping and processing mechanism, so yes! 040
Johanna Draper Carlson @johannadc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I have a new exercise plan. It consists of moving stacks of review copies upstairs. Whew. 090
Reposted by Johanna Draper CarlsonCharles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Here's to the memory of Sidney Paget (4 October 1860 – 28 January 1908) on the anniversary of his birth. The first illustrator to truly influence and shape the image of Sherlock Holmes in the minds of the reading public. 2124
Reposted by Johanna Draper CarlsonWesterns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Happy Birthday to the great Buster Keaton, born Joseph Frank Keaton 131 years ago today 27216
Reposted by Johanna Draper CarlsonWill Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026fun fact: Dave Foley was so naturally good at acting in drag, straight members of the crew would eagerly ask him "Hey, you gonna play that redhead tonight??" The old, problematic 'cross-dressing man is funny' trope completely stopped working because Dave Foley was just too good at it 849050
Reposted by Johanna Draper Carlsoniaindwelch.bsky.social @iaindwelch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Good night, lovely people and lovely dogs. I hope that you have a fun day tomorrow. 616425
Johanna Draper Carlson @johannadc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Wonderful day at comic club - new person visited, lots of wide-ranging chat, and a romance book fair going on next door. 160
Johanna Draper Carlson @johannadc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026If anyone is thinking of changing to T-Mobile for phone service and wants a 10% off code, message me. They’re doing a friends & family switch offer. 010
Reposted by Johanna Draper CarlsonThe Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The first part of Uzuki's Agatha Christie manga, A.B.C. CONTRE POIROT (The A.B.C. Murders), has been published in French www.pieuvre.ca/2026/... 1186
Reposted by Johanna Draper CarlsonGrudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026If like 10 years ago you could develop a list of the most obviously impeachable acts a President could commit, Trump would have hit every one this term. 519053
Johanna Draper Carlson @johannadc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Dorothy Sayers’ Lord Peter and Harriet Vane got a movie in the 40s! 060
Johanna Draper Carlson @johannadc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Home! Ordered in dumplings and adjusting from 88 degree weather to 60-something degrees. 050
Reposted by Johanna Draper Carlson💀your friend corrigan.🥀 @hereliescorri.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I feel like there's a cohort of us who got on the internet before "social media" and made all sorts of healthy friendships through forums or livejournal or what have you and thus, while everyone's like SOCIAL MEDIA FUELS COMPARISON AND MISERY we're like, but that's just where my friends live. 51207547
Johanna Draper Carlson @johannadc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026And so ends the Warner name after 100 years. 281
Johanna Draper Carlson @johannadc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Finally headed home. Haven’t been there all month due to family medical issues. Will be very glad to be in my own bed. 0110
Johanna Draper Carlson @johannadc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you go to the Ringos, be prepared to take an extra entire large tote bag full of books home with you. 130
Reposted by Johanna Draper CarlsonMatt Garvey @mattgarvey1981.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I’m not saying the lovely people at the @baltimorecomiccon.bsky.social, @ringoawards.bsky.social & the sponsors spoiled the attendees rotten, but my word did they spoil us rotten with comics at the ceremony! THANK YOU And this isn’t even all of them! 071
Reposted by Johanna Draper CarlsonThor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Democratic strategists: Ahhh! What's the right message!!?? Where do we moderate!?!? Jon Ossoff: This administration is horrible. I hate these people. We should put them in jail. I'm pissed Voters: This guy is cool Strategists: I can't figure it out!!!!! 354169643026
Reposted by Johanna Draper CarlsonElizabeth Sandifer @eruditorumpress.com · 02/10/2026Watchmen 916022
Reposted by Johanna Draper CarlsonFrancesco Francavilla @ffrancavilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026September 30th / October 1st 116226
Reposted by Johanna Draper Carlson Laura Mellin @lauramellinatelier.bsky.social · 01/10/2026#artsky #blueskyart #bskyart #art #whiterabbitswhiterabbitswhiterabbits #wait #isthataspider?! Happy October 1! 🎃👻 0184
Johanna Draper Carlson @johannadc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026What’s the point? They hold grudges for decades, it seems. 021
Reposted by Johanna Draper CarlsonJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.) 9853302184
Johanna Draper Carlson @johannadc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I loved that show so much. Learned so much about old movies, too. But why are so many great shows like this undercut by the stars ending up hating each other? 080
Reposted by Johanna Draper CarlsonDan Shafer @danshafer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"Three billionaires gave more than 90 percent of the money raised by Representative Tom Tiffany, the Republican nominee for governor of Wisconsin" Tom Tiffany is the most bought and paid for candidate we've ever seen in Wisconsin. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...nytimes.com3 Billionaires Have Largely Funded Republican Nominee for Wisconsin Governor (Gift Article)Under its current rules, Wisconsin has not had a race in which a small number of donors have made up such a large share of a campaign’s funding. 7175100
Reposted by Johanna Draper CarlsonIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 30/09/2026$15 ebooks? One dollar. $10 ebooks? Just a buck. $25 ebooks? You guessed it. 💵 💵 💵 Sale ends this week. Don't dilly-dally, gang. 0230182
Reposted by Johanna Draper CarlsonDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We live in a center left country with a democracy problem 411739
Reposted by Johanna Draper CarlsonKeith Ammann 🔜 Gamehole Con @themonstersknow.com · 01/10/2026TIL that there was a time when Hammacher Schlemmer sold useful things. 293
Johanna Draper Carlson @johannadc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Wrong! Because she is not military. (I LOVE her portrayal but the canonical portrayal needs to be both military = rule-follower and doctor = caretaker.) 160
Reposted by Johanna Draper CarlsonDavid @dchandler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026When I worked in a small town computer store circa 2003, we called this stuff "malware," and most of our customers paid us to get it off their machines. They just remade BonzaiBuddy while telling us it's good now. 1456165
Reposted by Johanna Draper CarlsonMags Visaggio 🏳️⚧️ @magsvisaggio.com · 01/10/2026hey folk! I'm a multi-award (Eisner, Lambda Literary, GLAAD Media) nominated writer, and I am *really good* at helping people build the skillset needed to excel. Let me give you a hand :) 14727
Reposted by Johanna Draper CarlsonRobin Johnson @robinjohnson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026OK we're doing this #ChurchOfSherlockHolmes 53110
Reposted by Johanna Draper CarlsonHelen Greetham 🐝 @jabbage.bsky.social · 01/10/2026OHHHH how beautiful, wow!!! All the different colours in there!!! This is so lovely. 183
Reposted by Johanna Draper Carlsonmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun. 168183204596
Reposted by Johanna Draper CarlsonGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets. 205189765411
Reposted by Johanna Draper CarlsonA Tea Walks Home Alone at Night @teaberryblue.net · 30/09/2026Specifically the QUEER romance. Most people loved the QUEER romance being given the treatment that usually only straight romances get. 36721
Reposted by Johanna Draper CarlsonN.F. Jimenez - drafting gay vampire books @nfjimenez.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Everyone wants to make their own "Heated Rivalry", but not gay. Every studio is like "it's the hockey that made it so popular, right? It must be! It cannot be the gay romance! Surely, it must be the hockey!" 0133
Johanna Draper Carlson @johannadc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Watching a Castle rerun and realizing it’s been ten years since it aired, and even longer since it was good. 070
Reposted by Johanna Draper CarlsonElizabeth Cantwell @eccantwell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026What I have learned in the 30 minutes since posting this is that everyone is horny for implied rainy afternoon Bogart-Malone bookstore sex 1145521
Reposted by Johanna Draper CarlsonElizabeth Cantwell @eccantwell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Here to tell you that the chemistry and tension in this scene still hits for 2026 teenagers, as evidenced by the very vocal reactions of my students today 531487221
Reposted by Johanna Draper CarlsonAppleInsider @appleinsider.com · 28/09/2026In a completely unsurprising turn of events, Meta's Muse AI is stealing Apple Messages, past and present, and uploading the contents to its cloud, even if explicitly told not to.appleinsider.comMeta's new AI agent blatantly ignores users permissionsIn a completely unsurprising turn of events, Meta's Muse AI is stealing Apple Messages, past and present, and uploading the contents to its cloud, even if explicitly told not to. 29399255
Johanna Draper Carlson @johannadc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Reminds me of one of my favorite lines from Empire Records. (Answering the phone) “Empire Records, open til midnight.” (Pause) Midnight! (Hangs up phone) 060
Reposted by Johanna Draper CarlsonEli D @eli.pizza · 28/09/2026I was moderating comments on a business news site and ran into this almost 20 years ago. I think the kids needed to find sites that weren’t blocked on the school network. 041
Reposted by Johanna Draper CarlsonJ. Caleb Mozzocco @jcaleb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026...and while I personally like reading the occasional compendium, omnibus, Epic Collection or whatever, they're not great "starter" books. Like, no way would I ever hand someone who tells me they like Spider-Man or Ghost-Rider or whoever a 1,000-page doorstop and say, "Here, start with this...!" 131