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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

And, like so many nice Jewish boys, he takes over his father’s business

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

All Dogs Go to Heaven Can Wait Until Dark Knight of the Living Deadpool

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

These dudes don’t seem to have any interest in (or concept of) parenting, or husbanding. They just want to cross off the “marry” and “breed” squares on their Masculinity Bingo board. The notion that this would involve meaningful relationships with autonomous human beings is totally alien to them.

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If he saw Jesus, this is a story about 2 zombies.

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Mark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Important to amplify stories like this. Prejudiced right wing media organisations - you will be subject to the law. Brava/o to all who stand up to them.

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Nat Gertler, only mildly scarier @nat.gertler.com · 16/09/2026

Astro City (a human-level view of a superhero world) is a great work, one I am envious of. Plus they throw in some other good things as well. Spend $25. You will not regret it.

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Humble Comic Bundle: Kurt Busiek's Astro City: The 30th Anniversary by Image Comics

Explore the works of multi‑Eisner and Harvey Award winner Kurt Busiek with the Astero City Bundle by Image Comics!

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Surely it’s wee Nate Essex who’s left-handed…

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Eowyn makes bad soup, but Sonja takes her broth away.

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

“How did he come to be called ‘Grima No-Tongue,’ you ask? Well, Red Sonja came riding through Rohan one day…”

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

That seems like a very glass half-empty take. For years, Canadians have asserted that Air Canada couldn’t possibly get any worse, but our innovative PM has found a way! Soon, the glass will be ALL empty! (…or full of pilot piss. Either way.)

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Every time I hear a tech bro talk, the Mitchell and Webb “people person” sketch starts playing in my head. youtu.be/1W34wyKZlWQ?...

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that mitchell and webb look - people person

YouTube video by deinzconie

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie

Donald Trump posts an image on his Truth Social account. It shows a new uniform for US Space Force members, comprising of an all-black outfit with knee-high black leather boots, black cap, and minimalist looking suit.

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Particularly frustrating with Nolan, who builds complicated *structures,* trusting audiences to track multiple timelines, narratives, and twists, but then gets so clunky at the *dialogue* level, where so much subtext comes out as simplified text.

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I think it’s both: Republicans/conservatives genuinely hate education, and want to remove actual inquiry and critical thinking from schooling. But they recognize the social and institutional value of schools, and want to restrict access so only rich (white, straight, cis, male) kids can go.

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Yes! We don’t talk enough about how much the Marvel secret sauce was Romance Comics + Sci-Fi/Monster stories, a formula that the Raimi Spider-Man movies captured perfectly.

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Honestly, “I’m getting help from the occasionally-murdery angel in my mirror” isn’t that far off from “I asked ChatGPT.”

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

If your employer is talking about “bespoke mentor-mentee relationships,” you absofuckinglutely need a union.

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Skadi’s just out here looking for her solemate

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

No need to alienate a core demographic - we’re going with “Meta glasses aren’t *just* for perverts”

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Also, even when “we” focus on individual brilliance, too often the emphasis is on singularity of vision or inability to compromise, rather than an openness to collaboration and a willingness to partner - the collective aspects of individual brilliance.

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This is all predictably bonkers, but I’d 100% subscribe to a comic strip detailing the adventures of “Governor Carney and His Flunky Ford.” Maybe with a Calvin & Hobbes or a Peanuts vibe?

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

In the English-speaking world, comics started out as something for kids, and our culture places very little value on lit/entertainment for kids. (Some) Francophone cultures, Japan, and others went the other way, and treat comics as a medium, with genres for all ages.

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

In the sense that they’re all about removing the ‘inefficiency’ of paying actual humans to do actual jobs, tech bros truly are the ‘fire’ nation.

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

JFK Jr.’s reboot of Green Eggs and Ham is really terrible.

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I don't know if this was ever addressed in a flashback story, but I'm super-curious about *how* Kurt got introduced to Catholicism. Like, it seems super-unlikely that Margali Szardos took a break from pursuing the Winding Way to bring her sorceress daughter and her mutant/demon son to midnight mass.

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Ironically, gravity-related incident produces levity.

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

AI/LLM is literally a machine that’s designed to calculate and produce the most average response to a prompt. Sometimes that’s helpful, e.g. when you’re generating simple code, or doing an informational search. But using the anti-creativity machine to attempt creativity is worse than dumb.

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The fundraising texts you delete are working on someone. It’s infuriating and heartbreaking. An 85yo in Ohio gave more than double the value of his home. A 91yo in an Indianapolis senior facility gave 25K times. The DCCC/DSCC don’t just tolerate the spammers who exploit seniors. They take part.

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Hook and Squeeze

How Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations.

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

To stretch a metaphor, writing about literature is a process of applying lenses: “if I look at it this way, what do I find?” And making maps: “here’s how you can get to where/what I’ve found.” And, with difficulty, remembering that all lenses distort, even (especially) when they clarify.

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Remember, all very big people are extremely susceptible to tickling on the backs of the knees.

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The Gifted is not a good show, and it makes some *bonkers* choices (Fenris?!), but it might be the most sincere attempt to use the X-Men metaphor to think through and respond to the early Trump years.

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

That’s fair. Just, as much as Scott and Logan keep getting played as opposites/antagonists, parenthood is a huge thing they have in common with each other and with very few other X-Men. Maybe get them, Banshee, Prof X, Magneto, and Mystique together for a Bad Dads Club.

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Scarlet Witch, Magik, Pixie, and Amanda Sefton/Daytripper should form their own team, and call it Hex-Force.

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

It’s weird that Cyclops and Wolverine don’t spend more time bonding over being dads to complicated adults who they didn’t get to actually raise.

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I know this is partly a generational thing (I’m old), but I’m a huge Nightcrawler fan and I HATE Priest Nightcrawler. Kurt is great when his faith manifests as trust in *people,* not in God. That said, give me the Nightcrawler/Daredevil story where they bond over being Disaster Catholic Fuckboys.

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Re-reading the Claremont run, it feels so much like a long-running TTRPG campaign, with the DM barely keeping ahead of the players by sweatily turning whatever he last read/watched into the next story. Plus all NPCs are a memorable name + strong accent for differentiation.

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Yes, and Relentless genre experimentation + young adult emotions. The joy is that ‘will I be accepted?’ or ‘do they like me back?’ takes on the same magnitude as ‘can we stop the evil space empire?’ or ‘will NY turn into Conan times?’ Genre gives the emotional stakes scope and depth.

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I know the reason is mostly editorial, but in the context of X-Men as queer/trans/disability metaphor, I think it’s fascinating that our heroes are mostly teachers/community elders, while the villains are more likely to be actual parents (biological or adoptive).

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I appreciate the effort to give Magneto a genuine German-Jewish name, but seriously, “Max Iron-hard”? It’s not a ton less fake-sounding than “Magnus”, and waaaay more porny.

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Charles Я. Davis @charliearchy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I spoke to Heidi Beirich earlier this summer about how the Trump administration — which just arrested her — was inspiring Europe’s far right: www.theredoubt.net/how-america-...

theredoubt.net

How America emboldened Europe's far right

Heidi Beirich, an expert on right-wing extremism, says Donald Trump has emboldened those pushing for "remigration."

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Ah, so they’ve incorporated male pattern boldness.

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

“Two housecats, both alike in dignity…”

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Yes, and Critiquing the choice to turn the Odyssey into a ‘book’ (scroll) at all - ugh, these cross-media adaptations! You lose the voice of the bard, the music of the lyre, the ambience of the hall, the experience of being part of an audience!

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Claremont overused the ‘stealing a kiss’ trope, but then with Lobdell, Rogue was constantly setting reasonable boundaries for her physical and emotional well-being, and Gambit would flagrantly ignore them, and that was meant to be “charming”.

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The X-Men should definitely hire Spider-Man to teach at the school again. Even when he’s on staff, Peter Parker has permanent substitute teacher energy.

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