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Michael Hoskin @michael-hoskin.bsky.social · 13h

Add “for tax purposes” to a movie. She’s the Man, for Tax Purposes

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But Dave Died 10 Years Ago This Very Night @daveexmachina.bsky.social · 13/02/2024

They imprisoned him. They tortured him. They tried to forget about him. They didn't plan on him getting out. This Summer, Jason Statham is turning a paradise into hell. OMELAS No one's walking away from this.

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Michael Hoskin @michael-hoskin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Happy birthday Jim Starlin! I wrote about a bunch of his creations for the Marvel Appendix today, such as the Thanos-Thralls www.marvunapp.com/Appendix11/thanosthralls.htm

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Michael Hoskin @michael-hoskin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Nothing but respect for MY Digger.

Picture of Digby “Digger” O’Dell from the Life of Riley radio program.

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Michael Hoskin @michael-hoskin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

You could try the AI bros Equations. “Bro, Bro, Bro. If we don’t throw her out the airlock then AI will fail. We have to be allowed to throw an unlimited number of people out of airlocks or AI will fail. Bro. You don’t want that.”

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“Picard and Dathon at Tanagra”

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Michael Hoskin @michael-hoskin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

He was the best Elseworlds protagonist.

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Annie Wu @anniewu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Batman Day isn't fun for everybody. Please check on your superstitious and cowardly loved ones today.

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Roger Langridge @hotelfred.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Last one for #BatmanDay, because I've given it quite enough attention as it is

Comic strip in which Alfred and Bruce Wayne essentially play the roles of Jeeves and Wooster.

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B. K. Hoskin @bekava.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

“Been a minute since I ran a sale, for the next month save 10% on sale and clearance art cards, notebooks and more in my online store at bethanyillustrates.com/shop Thanks for browsing! The shop is Canadian but ships worldwide, and there’s new on sale items today… do take a look, thanks!”😊 Bethany

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Michael Hoskin @michael-hoskin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

After the question of their membership is finally settled, Joe Frank and Reynolds are expected to follow suit.

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Michael Hoskin @michael-hoskin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

! It’s ideas like this in David’s series of Squadron Supreme posts that have inspired me, and I already loved Gruenwald’s Squadron Supreme quite a lot.

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B. K. Hoskin @bekava.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Bethany Illustrates: The Angola Mural Projects 2026 Watch Mrs. Bethany K. Hoskin BDes MFA (aka Bethany Vanderputten) and her husband Michael Hoskin walk through the mural paintings they created... #artistsofyoutube #angola #muralpainting youtu.be/NQ8j5YMguVQ

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Bethany Illustrates: The Angola Mural Projects 2026

YouTube video by Bethany Vanderputten

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Michael Hoskin @michael-hoskin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Per Incredible Hulk #33, Wakanda has an “Okavango Road” and “Serengeti Boulevard.” Wakanda really is the shopping mall version of Africa! (art by Jon Bogdanove)

A robotic Prowler in Wakanda stands near street signs for “Okavango Road” and “Serengeti Boulevard”

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Michael Hoskin @michael-hoskin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I remember being surprised to see a heroic Skrull— at the time he debuted, Skrulls being evil was a foregone conclusion, or so it seemed. I thought the other shoe fall and he turn on the Squadron but no, he’s just what he appears to be; also unusual for a Skrull!

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Michael Hoskin @michael-hoskin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The trick is to die of old age before that happens.

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Michael Hoskin @michael-hoskin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It also looked so perfectly consistent with Gabriel Hardman’s issues, even though you used different colourists.

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Dave Devilchase @davedellecese.com · 25/08/2026

Superman vs the prediction markets.

Panel from Superman 8 (1941). Man of Steel says “be wary of unscrupulous operators of gambling games - they are always on the lookout for unsuspecting victims!”

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Michael Hoskin @michael-hoskin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The joke’s on them, I wanted those Tomahawk reprints!

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B. K. Hoskin @bekava.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

“On Tuesday we got to tour the CEML Hospital’s expansion here in Angola, including the new ICU/OR, admin building and the wards and auditorium where the murals will be installed! It was great to see the progress made...” - Bethany #cemlhospitallubango #muralpainting #angola

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B. K. Hoskin @bekava.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Mural making in Angola continues… we have one more week and are painting the final three (of eight) panels! Looking forward to completing them!! #muralpainting #cemlhospitallubango #angola

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B. K. Hoskin @bekava.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Mural making at Mitcha’s CFPL Livingstone School, Lubango, Angola #muralpainting #angola

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David Gallaher @davidgallaher.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Sadly, it is M-Day once again: the anniversary of the death of former Marvel editor, writer, and creative visionary Mark Gruenwald, who left us thirty years ago today, on August 12, 1996.

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Michael Hoskin @michael-hoskin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

My latest essay about Christopher Priest’s Black Panther is up at Sequart - West Wing in a Kitty Suit: Politics in Christopher Priest’s Black Panther sequart.org/magazine/70934/politics-in-christopher-priest-black-panther/

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Michael Hoskin @michael-hoskin.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I was there the day you first unleashed this upon the world. Right about now, my friend.

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Michael Hoskin @michael-hoskin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

This was fun - I don't know whether I'll vote in the Hugos again, but I've added a number of books to my reading list, so it was worth doing at least once.

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Michael Hoskin @michael-hoskin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Andor, though, had a 2nd season that excelled beyond what I already had considered to be a very strong first season; it's the best Star Wars of this century.

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Andor Who Are You

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Michael Hoskin @michael-hoskin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

For Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form, I chose Andor, which was a very hard call - I'd really enjoyed Sinners (if it were horror awards, I'd have picked it) and Superman; I watched Mickey 17 before sending my vote and found it very strong too.

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Michael Hoskin @michael-hoskin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

For Best Series, I broke my rule on picking science fiction titles and chose The Chronicles of Osreth by Katherine Addison. I read her book The Goblin Emperor years ago and didn't realize it had become a series - I like the series a lot, I was very happy to discover there’s more.

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Michael Hoskin @michael-hoskin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

For Best Short Story, I chose Laser Eyes Ain't Everything by Effie Seiberg, about a super-hero union and a villain who has a legitimate complaint about accessibility.

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Michael Hoskin @michael-hoskin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

For Best Novelette, I chose The Girl That My Mother Is Leaving Me For by Cameron Reed, which covers transgenderism, cloning and wallcrawling in a very tight package.

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Michael Hoskin @michael-hoskin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

For Best Novella, I chose Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz, a story about robots who exploit bureaucratic loopholes so they can run their own noodle shop. It was charming.

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Michael Hoskin @michael-hoskin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I won't discuss all my picks, but for Best Novel I chose Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor, a Nigerian science fiction author. The book's about a Nigerian science fiction author (write what you know) whose life changes when new technology helps her get out of her wheelchair.

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Michael Hoskin @michael-hoskin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The second surprise was how much of the material that is science fiction isn't concerned so much with plot as it is character - not, "here's a science fiction concept," as it is, "here's how the protagonist feels about living amidst science fiction."

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Michael Hoskin @michael-hoskin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

In preparing to vote, my first surprise was to find a lot of what's nominated in the Hugo Awards isn't for science fiction works - there's an awful lot of fantasy literature - stories of elves, magic schools and what have you. I'm even less qualified to judge the fantasy genre.

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Michael Hoskin @michael-hoskin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Now, I read a lot of contemporary comic books and non-fiction, but not much contemporary fiction -- and I've never been an authority on science fiction. I like what I like, but I don't have an expert's view on the genre.

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Michael Hoskin @michael-hoskin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I've never previously voted in the Hugo Awards, but at the urging from my friend @hugobookclub.bsky.social, I decided to register this year.

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Michael Hoskin @michael-hoskin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I Accuse My Parents was a documentary!

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Michael Hoskin @michael-hoskin.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Vernor Vinge: In my novel Rainbows End I intended books being read by computers then destroyed to be a cautionary tale. AI Bros: At long last, we have created the book destroying machine from classic novel Rainbows End.

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Michael Hoskin @michael-hoskin.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Thanks for sharing this, I responded as an archivist. It’s sickening to see how much bias is in their questions.

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