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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 19/09/2026

I’m not an expert, but I think a company worth $2 trillion can probably afford to pay damages for all the copyrighted material it stole

GenAl tools 'could not exist' if firms are made to pay copyright
Al firm Anthropic hits out at copyright lawsuit filed by music publishers, claiming the content ingested into its models falls under 'fair use' and that any licensing regime would be too complex and costly
Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
Published: 26 Jan 2024
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) company Anthropic has claimed to a US court that using copyrighted content in large language model (LLM) training data counts as "fair use", and that "today's general-purpose Al tools simply could not exist" if Al companies had to pay licences for the material.

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 13/09/2026

Things really were better in the past

Adobe Illustrator 10.

In the good old days you could buy software on a CD-ROM. You paid for it once and it lasted for several years.

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 12/09/2026

There’s a very easy solution to slow down AI companies (unless you stand to profit from some ungodly stock valuation)

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 12/08/2026

Happy solar eclipse to all in it’s path

Solar eclipse art created for an exhibition at Windgate Museum of Art at Hendrix College for the April 2024 total eclipse that passed over North America.

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 06/08/2026

Happy 40th birthday to Metroid.

Wait, I was a girl the whole time?

©️ John W. Tomac

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 03/07/2026

Did you hear the cops finally busted Madam Marie for telling fortunes better than they do?

A vector drawing of the Asbury Park Convention Hall.

© John W. Tomac.

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 02/07/2026

I think it would be nice if @mayor.nyc.gov—who campaigned on improving bus service in New York City—got city employees (like the cops at the 68th Precinct) to stop parking in bus stops.

Cars parked in the bus stop on Third Ave. between Wakeman Place and 65th St., Brooklyn

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 24/06/2026

New work for The Wall Street Journal about the limitations of the four percent rule—and how you can adjust it to better fit your stage of retirement.

A man in the shape of the number 4 sitting on an egg in a nest

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 22/06/2026

One from the archives about the Bank of England undermining the Labour government.

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 10/06/2026

One from the archives about an NYU study that showed a correlation between threatening tweets and violence in the streets.

An illustration of phone showing the old Twitter loading screen being thrown a window like a brick

©️John W. Tomac

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 10/06/2026

Trump’s update to the reflecting pool looks great!

An illustration of the Washington Monument and the Reflecting Pool, but the reflection reveals a klansman.

©️ John W. Tomac.

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 21/05/2026

The Guardian caught my kid chanting Fuck NYCFC. Very proud dad right now.

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 29/04/2026

Will the bus czar be clearing out bus stops that are perpetually blocked by illegally parked cars?

A row of cars parked in the B37, X27 and X37 bus stop at Third Ave. and 65th St., Brooklyn

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 24/04/2026

The future we deserve looks a lot like the past.

A photo of the entrance to the New York City Subway at 77th St. & Fourth Ave., Brooklyn taken January 14, 1916

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 24/04/2026

Kids today are only want one thing—M train service on Fourth Ave. at rush hour

Area train enthusiast standing below outdated sign

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 17/04/2026

PSA: the cherry blossoms are in peak bloom at @brooklynbotanic.bsky.social

A family walking under the cherry blossoms at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 14/04/2026

Happy #PortfolioDay to all who celebrate. I’m an editorial illustrator from Brooklyn. I’ve worked with The New Yorker, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. You should hire me, too See more of my work at johnwtomac.com

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 14/04/2026

New work for Real Woman Magazine. Mallory Tenore Tarpley writes about her eating disorder and the life-long challenge of navigating the middle space between recovery and relapse.

A silhouette walking a narrow path out of the darkness. The path transforms into a tape measure.

A tape measure sneaking up and ready to pounce on a woman like a serpent

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 14/04/2026

I was really into the Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church, but then they went and got all political.

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 09/04/2026

Does burgundy still have a place at the table? For the oenophiles at The Property Chronicle.

A wine glass leaning away from a pour. Apologies to A.M. Cassandre.

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 06/04/2026

TFW you hate socialism but love municipal employees and state universities.

A minivan adorned with a no socialism sticker and several other stickers expressing support for various state universities and public employees.

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 01/04/2026

The Supreme Court will hear arguments today so they can eliminate the right to citizenship in the 14th Amendment. From the archives.

The supreme court building with monster teeth instead of columns. The sky is dark.

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 27/03/2026

That’s the President of Council of State and Council of Ministers, first secretary of Communist Party, commander in chief of the Revolutionary Armed Forces and

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 26/03/2026

Everything is awful, but now there’s baseball.

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 24/03/2026

Connect the State Island Railway to Grand Central, you cowards www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/07/17/r...

A map of the future we deserve with train service between Staten Island, Fulton St. and Grand Central.

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 19/03/2026

The NCAA tournament starts today, so happy vasectomy season to all who are celebrating. One from the archives for Grantland (RIP) grantland.com/features/nca...

A Birds Eye view of a Medical cart with tools for a vasectomy being pushed under a basketball hoop. Snip down the net

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 16/03/2026

It’s been six years since the world shut down for Covid-19, but somehow I’m still drawing the novel coronavirus. This time it’s for a story about a UPenn study that analyzed at the ways the pandemic influenced electoral politics and policy making.

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 10/03/2026

👁 if you see this, post an eye 👁

Losing focus. Created for a story in The Wall Street Journal.

The image features the iris, pupil and highlight floating away from the white of the eye.

©️John W. Tomac

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 23/02/2026

Call Mr. Plow That’s my name That name again Is Mr. Plow

A plow clearing a snow covered street in Brooklyn during the Great Blizzard of ’26

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 23/02/2026

Happy belated birthday to The Legend of Zelda. Here’s art created for Nintendo themed show at @bottlenecknyc.bsky.social way back in 2013.

The Legend of Zelda Art created for a show at Bottleneck Gallery

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 16/02/2026

Happy Presidents Day to all who celebrate

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 11/02/2026

Spring training starts today and people are saying that the R train added 15 pounds of muscle in the off season and is in the best shape of its life.

Subway Series by John W. Tomac. Created for MTA Arts for Transit.

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 26/01/2026

This guy's been the main character for 10 years despite being corrupt, incompetent, pedophile, racist, rapist, traitor, war criminal and would-be autocrat. Because we're governed by cowards and the media treats him like the voice of "Real America", we've been burdened for what feels like eternity.

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 24/01/2026

Some people are going to swear, “this isn’t what I voted for.” It is important to remember that some people are liars.

White people holding up “mass deportations now” signs at the 2024 Republican National Convention

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 13/01/2026

Happy #PortfolioDay to all who celebrate. My name is John, I’m an editorial illustrator. See more work at johnwtomac.com

Trump as a storm. Created for the Chronicle of a higher Education

The cosmos is a blackboard for a story about teachers who inspire. Created for the Rivers School

A giant snake topiary strangling a house. Created for the Wall Street Journal.

A person being crushed by the hands of a gold watch. Created for AARP.

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