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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 08/10/2026

sometimes you're running some errands and an old friend you didn't expect to see is there waiting for you

an action figure of the Green Goblin from the Spider-Man movies, standing atop his complicated-looking evil glider from No Way Home

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 28/09/2026

and even... a little farther!

Robin, Nightwing, and Batman all assemble to battle Bane

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 23/09/2026

if you'd like, you can now call me "award-winning government information librarian" Phil Wrede 😅 fdlp.gov/news/gpo-nam...

"University Libraries’ “Keeping Colorado Informed” guide brings together an engaging collection of Government information as part of the USA 250 and Colorado 150 celebrations. The website presents Government documents in clear, easy-to-navigate categories covering topics ranging from history and military affairs to weather, technology, recipes, literature, comics, and plays and skits. It also highlights resources of particular interest to Colorado residents and explains materials featured in the library’s display cases."

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 18/09/2026

we've gone this far, we might as well go farther

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 17/09/2026

the United States' Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787 therefore, today, the Constitution could say

Homer Simpson declaring his weight and mood to be, "I'm 239 and I'm feeling fine!"

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 17/09/2026

a new challenger approaches

John Stewart, the Green Lantern, approaches a raging Joker - John has armored himself with constructs about his chest and right arm

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 16/09/2026

okay, it might be starting to get out of control

Green Lantern John Stewart, complete with torso armor

Superman, wearing some Superboy Prime-esque armor, and whipping around a chain

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 15/09/2026

it was a good enough experiment that i had to build upon it

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 11/09/2026

he'll be a good desk decoration, at the minimum!

the flash with his famous lightning bolt scimitars

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 11/09/2026

with properly managed expectations, i think the experiment is a success!

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 11/09/2026

I had to run the $13 experiment

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 09/09/2026

It's an SG-1 reunion/flashback tale in this month's installment of Stargate: Insurrection! www.pizzarat.net/2026/09/09/s...

At the Cheyenne Mountain complex, home of Stargate Command, General Jack O'Neal stares a newly revealed enemy down and grumbles, "OF ALL THE MILITARY BASES, IN ALL THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, IN ALL THE WORLDS..."

The Goa'uld Klorel stares right back at Jack, saying, "IT IS DISAGREEABLE TO SEE YOU AGAIN, O'NEAL."

Approaching Jack, Samantha Carter remarks, "WE'VE KNOWN KLOREL ALMOST AS LONG AS WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER!" Sighing, Jack replies, "YOU'RE MAKING ME FEEL OLD."

In a flashback, Jack and Sam emerge from an active Stargate, flanked by Teal'c and Dr. Daniel Jackson.

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 09/09/2026

in the text of the email I got tonight from NO-REPLY at SSA dot GOV now that I'm thinking about it, we should just be reporting the whole federal government to the CFPB all day, every day

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 08/09/2026

On this Star Trek Day, I'm (maybe selfishly?) thinking about some of the comics I made to help myself navigate/make sense of the initial post-pandemic-vaccination-introduction period, a What If?-esque take on Seven of Nine and her Fenris Rangers www.pizzarat.net/star-trek-co...

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 04/09/2026

www.esquire.com/news-politic...

"Note to Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Democratic Whip Katherine Clark: strong legislative leadership means you don't let the other side 'blindside'you on important votes."

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 03/09/2026

"DOGE Affiliate Asked for College Credits for Participating in Takeover" www.wired.com/story/doge-a...

"It appears that the final outline that was created to send to the University of Chicago for approval was created by AI. In an August 27, 2025 email, Langmack tells Sweet 'I did the outline on ChatGPT.'”

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 16/08/2026

this for 28 hours and counting stretched over 4 years (so far)

matt smith as daemon targaryan in house of the dragon holding a piece of paper, with the meme text "nobody trusts anybody now and we're all very tired" (a quote from john carpenter's the thing) overlaid on it

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 12/08/2026

Back the adventures of Frank Castle, Rachel Summers, Piotr Rasputin (and a surprise guest star), as they continue to fight the good fight against the mutant-hunting Sentinels! www.pizzarat.net/2026/08/12/p...

Walking down a dark hallway, Rachel Summers says, "That's halfway to an answer." Then, she asks the Punisher, "What about you, Castle?"

Frank Castle turns over his shoulder and replies, "Huh?"

Rachel Summers restates her question to the Punisher: "Why are you here?"

The Punisher smacks a fist into his open hand and declares, "I hate #&%/ing Sentinels."

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 12/08/2026

The description of the NCLA in the second paragraph pretty well covers their Russ Vought-esque objectives, but in case there's any doubt, they make it crystal fucking clear on their own website

"Civil Liberties for All"
"NCLA views the Administrative State as an especially serious threat to constitutional freedoms."

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 12/08/2026

coloradosun.com/2026/08/12/c...

"Another trade group is suing Colorado to stop a statewide recycling expansion based on a fee charged to consumer packaging companies, saying the law gives them no voice in how the fees are used and violates their First Amendment rights to show consumers the costs.

"The National Association of Wholesaler Distributors is asking a federal judge to stop the launch of the Producer Responsibility Program in U.S. District Court in Denver, following a similar lawsuit filed this spring by the Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association. The latest challenge is being handled by the nonprofit New Civil Liberties Alliance, which provides free representation to fight what it calls administrative overreach by federal and state agencies."

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 07/08/2026

these tamashii effects boxes are so huge, it's kind of hilarious (operation monster force vampire-adjacent secret service guy included for scale)

the boxes for tamashii nations action figure effect display pieces - water, energy, lightning - stacked against a wall and rather dwarfing the 6" tall action figure standing in front of them

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 09/07/2026

Back to the Stargate in this month's toy comic, live and ready to read as of yesterday (sorry, it's been a busy week) www.pizzarat.net/2026/07/08/s...

Billionaire asshole Alexander Weir poses before the Stargate in the Cheyenne Mountain facility, boldly declaring, "ONCE WE TRANSFER THE GATE TO WEIR WORLDWIDE HEADQUARTERS, WE CAN START TO SEND SURVEYING PARTIES IMMEDIATELY!"

Weir continues, "INFINITE RESOURCES ARE OUT THERE, TO BE TAKEN!" while one of the soldiers carrying out his commands asks, "WON'T UNLIMITED GOLD CRASH THE PRICE OF GOLD?"

Incensed at the less-than-enthusiastic reception his men are giving his words, Weir threatens, "IF YOU WON'T MOVE IT, I'LL FIND SOMEONE WHO WILL, AND YOU'LL BE DISHONORABLY DISCHARGED!"

One of the soldiers replies, "THAT'S NOT HOW THAT WORKS, SIR," and Weir claps back, "DON'T TELL ME HOW THINGS WORK! THE PRESIDENT SAID I HAVE TOTAL AUTHORITY!"

In the loading gate at the rear of Stargate Command, Weir tells the Stargate veterans opposing him, "THE GOVERNMENT'S
FULL OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SEE SGC BURN! YOU HAVE SO MANY ENEMIES!"

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 01/07/2026

a hundred thousand times, yes

"But I worry that having just put up a big new building, no one will have the stomach to take it down. We must tear them down. If it were up to me, I’d take his name off every hotel and club in America, too. After all, Trump has already blurred the line between private and public property by treating our federal monuments as his private domain. So turnabout is fair play. Money with his face on it needs to be recalled and then, after a certain time, no longer treated as legal tender."

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 21/06/2026

I thought this Young Count Dooku looked as much like Nic Cage as Christopher Lee in the photos from Hasbro, but in person, he's pure, uncut Lee

Young Count Dooku brandishing his stylish as hell curved handle lightsaber

Young Count Dooku looking into your soul

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 18/06/2026

ballsandstrikes.substack.com/p/clarence-t...

"As law students, Thomas and Sotomayor dealt with the same basic, bigoted assumption: that racial preferences put an asterisk on their accomplishments. But Thomas and Sotomayor learned very different lessons: In My Beloved World, Sotomayor said she felt “no need to apologize” for affirmative action, because its purpose was just to “create the conditions whereby students from disadvantaged backgrounds could be brought to the starting line of a race many were unaware was even being run.” Although she had “more ground than most to make up” when she started at Princeton and Yale, she said, once she got her foot in the door, her achievements were “as real as those of anyone around me.”

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 16/06/2026

www.wired.com/story/a-cour...

"However, the German court held that this safeguard no longer applies when search engines incorporate generative AI systems. According to its reasoning, this technology is capable of producing nonexistent claims based on multiple sources and, consequently, the companies responsible for operating it must assume liability for the resulting content."

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 11/06/2026

Just another reminder that you can now read the first issue of Punisher, Colossus, and Rachel Summers' fighting the good fight against the anti-mutant fascist occupation of NYC at Pizzarat.net. Enjoy! www.pizzarat.net/2026/06/10/p...

Crossbones looks across a burning city street, Rachel Summers captive at his feet, and grumbles, "This is Castle's handiwork."

A nervous cop looks up at Crossbones, and asks, "...The Punisher??"

The Punisher looks down at a pair of Sentinels, as the street behind him burns. The Sentinels are reaching up to him, their eyes glowing in fury, and the Punisher starts to say, "I think I'm about -"

The Punisher ducks underneath the edge of the rooftop on which he's standing as the Sentinels below attack him with their laser blasts. An ominous ZRACK! cuts the air overhead. The Punisher finishes his earlier statement, "- to know what a housefly feels like!"

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 10/06/2026

A break from my Stargate toy comics this month, and a long-awaited (maybe?) return to the Phil Wrede Marvel Action Figure Comic Universe today, with the first issue of The 'Punisher and The Phoenix'! Mutants! Mutant-hunting robots! Fascists! Opposers of fascists! www.pizzarat.net/2026/06/10/p...

Two gigantic mutant-hunting Sentinels crouch near a burning building, while the sadistic Nazi fetishizer Crossbones laughs in the foreground. "Come out..." the Sentinels start to say.

"...with your hands up!" the Sentinels shout, as they take an enormous thooming stomp towards their target.

A red gloved hand rises from behind smoke, and its owner uses her telekinetic powers to lift debris from the floor in the dark around her. "I'll raise my hands..." she begins to say.

"...but you won't like what comes with 'em!" Rachel Summers declares, as more debris swirls into the air around her, and her eyes glow brightly as her Phoenix-related gifts come to her aid.

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 08/06/2026

yes, the giant hulk hands are dumb, but they charm the heck out of me

a deadpool action figure with huge oversized green hulk fists

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 22/05/2026

talkingpointsmemo.com/news/their-l...

This post-Callais period however, Kousser emphasized, is in some ways “much more grave” than what happened during the Redemption period. Unlike the Redemption era, Kousser noted, there is now a single, reactionary, national leader — President Donald Trump — at the helm of the effort to curtail Black electoral power.

During the Redemption period, “one state copied another state, but there was no national leader,” he said. “The only comparable president would be Woodrow Wilson, who segregated the federal government workforce, and fired a lot of Black workers — but that was much later.”

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 15/05/2026

Polis really thought he could pull off his own one of these by lumping Peters' commutation in with all the others, didn't he?

the title card for the West Wing episode 'Take Out The Trash Day'

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 15/05/2026

the Mesa County DA's apparentlt been on the right side of this the whole time, unlike generational coward Jared Polis www.kjct8.com/2025/12/13/m...

“None of the crimes that Ms. Peters committed were necessary for her to protect election records. She could have made a before and after image of the computer without lying to state officials, without lying to county officials, without stealing the identity of the local individual, the local computer science worker that they were going to hire or claim they were going to hire in order for him to get credentials. So really none of these offenses have really anything to do with her required duties as a county elected official,” he said.

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 15/05/2026

this would be a great "last word" on the product we've been forced to call AI, before we make it close up shop and everybody who pushed it slink off in shame it won't be, but it would it would be great if it was www.wired.com/story/meet-t...

A TIKTOK MEME has been making the rounds recently: young women at their laptops or doing their makeup, captioned something like, "Working so hard so my man can work on his AI startup that loses $30K a month." The comments section stands in solidarity: "I'm ded." "Yas queen." "Just so he can have 'founder' in his bio."

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 15/05/2026

Just another reminder that the latest issue of my Stargate toy comic is live and available to read, right now, at Pizzarat.net! www.pizzarat.net/2026/05/13/s... #stargate #comics

Ronon Dex fires a mighty blast of energy from his laser gun as Richard Woolsey stands nearby. Ronon's gunfire causes the soldiers trying to advance upon them to reconsider their decision. In narrative caption boxes, General Samantha Carter says, "YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA INFANTRY DOESN'T STAND A CHANCE. RONON DOESN'T GO ON THE INTERNET."

Striding down a hallway in Stargate Command, General Jack O'Neal asks, "DOES THIS RESISTANCE SEEM... LIGHT?" With characteristic directness, Ronon Dex replies, "EVERYTHING ON THIS PLANET IS LIGHT." Richard Woolsey elects not to join in the conversation.

Standing before Woolsey and Ronon, General Carter says, "GOOD THING WOOLSEY MAKES TIME FOR HIS FRIENDS." Proudly, Woolsey declares, "I AM THE ATLANTIS TEXT CHAIN ADMIN!"

Billionaire asshole Alexander Weir shoots General Carter in the back with his custom-made zat gun, shouting, "TAKE A BREAK, GENERAL!"

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 14/05/2026

Since we're talking about American Hero Robert Smalls, there's a great NOAA report about the relationship between Smalls and the Planter itself, and the work done to identify the location of its remains: permanent.fdlp.gov/gpo67230/pla...

Smalls continued to command Planter past the end of the war, and the presence of both Captain Smalls and his ship were much noted during the grand ceremony of raising Fort Sumter's flag on April 14, 1865. Smalls captained a full ship of black passengers to witness the symbolic event, and one of them wrote, "Almost central in interest, the 'Planter, crowded almost to suffocation upon her three decks, with Gen. Saxton's freedmen, revealed her splashing paddles through the broken wheelhouse." Upon the top of the wheelhouse stood Robert Smalls, " ...a prince among them,
self-possessed, prompt and proud, giving his orders to the helmsman in ringing tones of command" (French 1865 43-44).

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 14/05/2026

I can't believe I forgot to share the news that the sixth issue of my Stargate toy comic went up yesterday! It's been a busy week already www.pizzarat.net/2026/05/13/s...

Advancing on Dr. Randall Stryker, bearing her two enormous space pistols, Nemesis tells him, "ON EVERY WORLD, MEN LOVE THEIR WIT. IT IS YOUR NEED TO COMPENSATE." Slightly aghast, the only thing Randall can say in response is, "I RESEMBLE THAT REMARK!"

Anthony Cage tries to bargain with Nemesis, saying, "WE COULD BE ALLIES, RATHER THAN SLAVES."

Nonplussed, Nemesis says, "ALLIES ARE USEFUL. SLAVES ARE EXPENDABLE."

Nemsis continues deriding then: "YOUR VITAL FORCE IS SPENT. YOUR MAGIC IS USELESS. WHY WOULD I ALLY WITH AN IMPOTENT MAGICIAN?"

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 14/05/2026

www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-ban...

"The real, unsettling mechanism of
Fallon's banal horror is its insistence on a radical non-engagement with reality: a position that, in our current political climate, is itself an aggressively political act."

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Phil Wrede @pizzarat.net · 05/05/2026

Because I never miss an opportunity to bring up the Burger King Tacos... Is it my fault they brought them back?

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