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Josh Kramer @joshpkramer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

it's going to take a few years, but the obvious norm here is: no using AI to pretend to be human! once that becomes gross and deeply uncool, (in progress!) I think we'll all be better off

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Jess Fink🍉🌈 @jessfink.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This person just bought a snail pin from me and then gave me SNAIL PORN. Folks, this is why spx is the best

A photo of a mini comic. The comic is called Animal Magnetism xxx. The cover depicts a slender white man sitting on a mushroom in a field of mushrooms. It is printed in red and grey.

The back of the comic, it shows the same man, sitting naked by a tree, next to a large snail. The man's clothes are hanging in the tree, his hat is on the snails shell.

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Josh Kramer @joshpkramer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The National Guard are not just in my city, they're in my neighborhood! There are a million good arguments for why it doesn't make sense for them to be here, but ultimately, it's just morally wrong to have the military in a neighborhood joshkramer.substack.com/p/the-milita...

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The military in my neighborhood

What the National Guard are still doing here in D.C.

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Josh Kramer @joshpkramer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

@cmzparker5.bsky.social hey cm, we're out here at Neal and Montello and need help ASAP

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Councilmember Zachary Parker @cmzparker5.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Big news from @dcattorneygeneral.bsky.social office. This is the largest tech settlement ever and represents our DC values: we will always fight to safeguard District youth.

AG Schwalb Announces Meta Will Pay up to $17.1 Billion for Exploiting Kids With Intentionally Addictive Social Media Platforms

Largest tech settlement ever
DC will receive between $90.3 million and $129.3 million
Meta will make sweeping child safety reforms to Instagram and Facebook
The agreement resolves claims by 51 states and territories

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It’s the first week of school in DC and armed National Guard soldiers are teaming up with federal police to patrol residential neighborhoods, including outside elementary schools. National Guard out of DC communities NOW.

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Josh Kramer @joshpkramer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Ok, whatever. You wanna see what an entrepreneur's paradise actually looks like? Make healthcare a human right, not contingent on employment, and watch people actually enjoy enough security and support to start businesses and take risks. www.economist.com/business/202...

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America has become an entrepreneur’s paradise

Etsy-sellers and small-town accountants are enjoying the fruits of AI

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Josh Kramer @joshpkramer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

pet peeve: the idea that bluesky has "no algorithm" start a new account, follow no one, and tell me there's no algorithm. Guess what, there will be a ton of lower common denominator stuff in your feed.

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Josh Kramer @joshpkramer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

@tylerjfisher.com feature request for @sill.social: muted keywords. Love Sill, use it everyday, but some people I follow are obsessed with some stories I guess, and I need a break.

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Josh Kramer @joshpkramer.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Hey @jessethorn.bsky.social, I thought your recent Put You On with @dieworkwear.bsky.social was really fantastic, and I genuinely would listen to a whole series with your evergreen advice for getting started building a menswear wardrobe!

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Josh Kramer @joshpkramer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

@wmata.com Hi, why are you taking the bike racks at NoMa station? The sign just says you are taking them but not why

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Josh Kramer @joshpkramer.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

@cmzparker5.bsky.social do you know what's up with the power outages in Trinidad and near by? There have been four in the last two weeks — it was just out for the last out.

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Fantagraphics @fantagraphics.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Our Not-At-Comic-Con Sale is on now: use code SDCC at checkout to save 25% off all our books (including the illustrious works of Daniel Clowes) on Fantagraphics.com! (Art from The Complete Eightball 1-18)

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Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

drawing comics is labor intensive and exhausting but at least it also does not pay

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Josh Kramer @joshpkramer.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

It's hard to imagine YouTube's core business being displaced by AI, but at the same time, 20 years ago it was hard to imagine everyone would turn to YouTube as a foundational reference library

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Josh Kramer @joshpkramer.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

free story idea: someone should write "what AI companies advocating for UBI can learn from the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend"

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Josh Kramer @joshpkramer.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

I wrote about the recent Oscar-nominated short Retirement Plan. A very nice 7 min watch-along! joshkramer.substack.com/p/retirement...

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Retirement Plan

⏱️ Going deep on an animated short

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New_ Public @newpublic.org · 06/03/2026

We don’t have to stand for Big Tech turning our neighborhoods into “crime blotters with ads.” We need better digital tools that build trust, instead of eroding it. From our Co-Director @eli.bsky.social at @creativemornings.bsky.social

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Paul Chadwick @paulchadwick.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Happy we have officially announced this thing I've been working on for ten freakin' years. Expect to hear more from me about it over the next little while. Meanwhile, here are details: www.superherohype.com/comics/65227...

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Rev. Jesse Jackson stood with residents of the District demanding what should have always been ours: the right to govern ourselves. He showed up for D.C. because he believed the people of the nation’s capital deserved the same political power as every other American. Rest in power.✊🏾

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Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

General strike tomorrow

drawing of some kids on a baseball field
text:
GENERAL STRIKE
JANUARY 30 2026
NO WORK, NO SCHOOL, NO SHOPPING

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Josh Kramer @joshpkramer.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

All respect to his nephew, etc., but public domain this stuff already

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Small Press Expo @smallpressexpo.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Paul Karasik, the artist who translated Paul Auster's New York Trilogy into graphic novel format, will be teaching an online class through Politics and Prose about his process on Jan. 15th. If you’ve ever been curious about the process of writing a graphic novel, this one’s for you!

politics-prose.com

ONLINE CLASS: Paul Auster's New York Trilogy: An Adaptation from Novel to Graphic Novel (2600)

One Thursday: January 15 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET Online

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Josh Kramer @joshpkramer.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

US-backed regime change has been a fear for a long time

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Jess Fink🍉🌈 @jessfink.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

I didn't play a lot of games this year but we did finally play Disco Elysium, which I can honestly say the hype is true, the hype is real, this game fucks. I am simply astounded on every level. Also I didn't expect it to be so incredibly funny?? Maybe the most well written game I've ever played

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Mark D. Levine @marklevinenyc.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan… * Vehicle traffic: -11% * Foot traffic: +3.4% * Storefront vacancy: -0.9% * Pollution: -22% * Revenue for mass transit: $548M So YES this has been a huge success.

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

It's loose! My new sketchbook of monstrous portraits & my "Philosophy of Monsters" essay on value & importance of putting monsters down on paper. Black & white budget edition linked here (there's also a full color edition, same contents)—Spread the link, please! www.amazon.com/S-R-Bissette...

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S R Bissette's In The Mood For MONSTERS

Amazon.com: S R Bissette's In The Mood For MONSTERS: 9798275808681: Bissette, Stephen R., Bissette, Stephen R., Masztal, Mark A.: Books

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 23/10/2025

📖Sprocket’s Halloween Highlight Day 16: AMERICAN CULT edited by Robyn Chapman 🕯️ A graphic history spanning centuries of religious cults, from a 1694 Transylvanian monk and his followers crossing the Atlantic to modern-day gurus using self-help and get-rich-quick schemes to evangelize to their flocks

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New_ Public @newpublic.org · 07/10/2025

Have five minutes? Our own @joshpkramer.bsky.social has a lightning talk on Public Spaces Incubator and reconnecting public media to the public: “When you give up on hosting the conversation, and you cede it to these companies, what happens when they go crazy?”

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Open Technology Institute Lightning Talks: “Reconnecting Public Media to the Public”

YouTube video by New America

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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

DC statehood now.

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Josh Kramer @joshpkramer.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

In "Fish: a tap essay", Robin Sloan writes about how one way to show love on the internet, as opposed to just “liking,” is by revisiting things. I just returned to one of my fav spots in DC: Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens. Saw egrets, herons, osprey, and many lotuses. 🪷 www.robinsloan.com/fish/

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Josh Kramer @joshpkramer.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

I just returned to one of my fav spots in DC: Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens. Saw egrets, herons, osprey, and many lotuses. 🪷 In a @newpublic.org fav, "Fish: a tap essay", Robin Sloan writes: “to love is to return.” What (IRL or online) do you love to return to? www.robinsloan.com/fish/

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Josh Kramer @joshpkramer.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

James Gunn seems to have learned a lesson from the Raimi Spider-Man movies: show regular people reacting to disaster and the emotions of the danger hit so much harder. I keep thinking about that woman holding her turtle.

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Josh Kramer @joshpkramer.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

New comic! What if you were cast to reprise the role of a legendary performance in a shaky prequel movie?? 🎬 www.joshkramercomics.com/comics#/preq...

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Josh Kramer @joshpkramer.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

It's frustrating that ANC meetings are so long, and the minutes are approved months later. However, new AI tools make it much easier to stay on top of what's happening in these meetings. I took the YouTube transcript and meeting agenda and created a summary: docs.google.com/.../1TIF.../....

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polly @pollyguo.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

join an org in your neighborhood to combat despair. bring someone some food. make some art about your pain. distraction doesnt work forever, okay?

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Josh Kramer @joshpkramer.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

AI has been able to generate Celery Man and Oyster without any issues, but so far it refuses to show me a nude Tayne

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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

love finding these colorful little guys while tide pooling!! 🌊💕

An illustrated poster drawn by me that depicts 12 species of colorful sea slugs and nudibranchs found on the pacific coast of California. They come in a rainbow of colors and shapes and are illustrated on a light blue background. Numbers are assigned to a key that has the names of the species.

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Josh Kramer @joshpkramer.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

"We must have fast, frequent, reliable, and dignified transit from east of the river to downtown through the H Street and Benning Road corridor." Hell yes

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Navneet Alang @navneetalang.com · 05/06/2025

There's something about the idea of two billionaires sniping at each other from, as the NYT put it, "their own social media platforms" -- that is, the platforms they each own -- that encapsulates something deeply deeply off about the current era

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Josh Kramer @joshpkramer.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

You can enjoy Mountainhead without a deep dive into the tech world its enmeshed in, but there’s a lot of fun stuff to unpack. So let’s dive! Also, I offer my guesses for who everyone is supposed to be in real life.

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Annotating the tech references in Mountainhead

"What we have is toxic, not terminal"

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Josh Kramer @joshpkramer.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Yes, there's so much to learn from Mon Mothma

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