Reposted by Richard MelendezJameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026All that money and still can’t afford a spine 4654592
Richard Melendez @richardmelendez.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I have to say, as a Mets fan, watching the Yankees get swept by the Rays brought me great joy. The significant other is a Rays fan, so double-joy in our household tonight. 020
Richard Melendez @richardmelendez.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Well, well, well... apnews.com/article/welf...apnews.comArkansas campaign ad sparks conservative backlash for portraying lazy welfare recipient as whiteA new video from Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders was standard issue Republican messaging for promoting her state’s stricter rules for people on Medicaid. 000
Reposted by Richard MelendezSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 07/10/2026This is sexual violence as a form of terrorism. It is political violence and it is chilling and horrific, and AOC was absolutely right to be terrified that the goons (now pardoned) laying siege to the capital would rape her if they found her. Small changes won't fix this. FLIP THE TABLE NOW 3444321460
Reposted by Richard MelendezElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 07/10/2026senatebankingdemocrats.substack.com/p/new-warren...senatebankingdemocrats.substack.comNEW: Warren Launches New Trumpflation TrackerNew dashboard will be updated monthly for Americans to see how much more they are paying in Trump’s economy 418236
Reposted by Richard MelendezElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 07/10/2026Senate Banking just launched the Trumpflation Tracker. The affordability crisis is not a “hoax” like Donald Trump says. See for yourself how much more you’re paying because of Trump’s failed economic agenda 25772339
Reposted by Richard MelendezArtologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 06/10/2026Beautiful mama Squirrel of the Day for October 6, 2026 #sqrlpix 18916
Reposted by Richard MelendezJason Scott @textfiles.com · 06/10/2026Just to be clear, I am epically angry about this. I see people screaming about how terrible archive customer service is because it took it them a few days to get back to them and meanwhile they are dealing with hundreds of people like this. 41473
Reposted by Richard MelendezJason Scott @textfiles.com · 06/10/2026Quick shout-out to the guy who was talking to one of our patron services chatbots and calling it "shitbot" and constantly insulting it even after it asked not to, even though, in actual point, we don't use patron service chatbots and the stream of abuse was aimed at an actual person. 525829
Reposted by Richard MelendezMichael Kupperman @mkupperman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026We're really living in evil times, this fucking shithole country has thrown everything good into the toilet and flushed it. So depressing 720116
Reposted by Richard MelendezMichael Kupperman @mkupperman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026... she also has a British passport and decided she had to leave the USA immediately. She told her husband, "I hope you are coming with me, but I need to leave this country NOW." So, they went. 617321
Reposted by Richard MelendezMichael Kupperman @mkupperman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026We just found out a friend of my wife, a really successful musician, just moved to England suddenly. It was because his wife, an American citizen but partly of Asian extraction, was swept up in an ICE raid on an Asian grocery. They let her go, but... 118943
Reposted by Richard MelendezBrigid Alverson @brigidalverson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Just sent Apple a comment explaining that I am NOT updating to Mac OS 27 because AI is now built into it and cannot be avoided. If you're having the same problem, here's where you let them know: www.apple.com/feedback/mac...apple.comMacBook - Thank YouApple wants to hear from you. Send us your comments and feedback about MacBook. 2138
Reposted by Richard MelendezMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 06/10/2026so incredibly massively fucking tired of this 31932215
Reposted by Richard MelendezAndy Schmidt @andy39a.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Hey folks, BOOM! is looking for a new editor! Please spread the word! smrtr.io/Cbm2bsmrtr.ioEditor, BOOM! Studios Open to Remote (Open to Remote)Company Description: Penguin Random House is the leading adult and children's publishing house in North America, the United Kingdom and many other regions around the world. In publishing the best book... 4184156
Reposted by Richard MelendezJay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This is a community note for the ages. 6659101174
Reposted by Richard MelendezAndrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat... 9042061690
Reposted by Richard MelendezMaria BOO!stillos @mariabustillos.com · 05/10/2026Such a thoughtful exchange. It may have brought my blood pressure down a bit... paradoxically, I grow more confident that there's a way forward together 042
Reposted by Richard MelendezRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.ms.nowOutgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump. 25797463033
Reposted by Richard MelendezKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Everything is getting more expensive, but if you want something to exist, you have to spend money, recommend it to others, and say a prayer if/when private equity buys it. Restaurants, indie ice cream shops, movies, news outlets, clothing, art, music, live comedy, food banks, mutual aid orgs, etc. 110418
Reposted by Richard MelendezKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I understand that paywalls are annoying, but the grim reality for everything right now, is if you want something to exist, you have to put money towards it. Every creative person is having their life's work hoovered up by AI companies. Layoffs never end. Private equity keeps making things worse. 25857217
Reposted by Richard MelendezMaria BOO!stillos @mariabustillos.com · 05/10/2026Getty Images now bragging, 'always AI free' 1205
Reposted by Richard MelendezAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Tomorrow they’re holding a funeral in Springfield for the Haitian college kid Pierre Damas Bel who killed himself. On the same day in nearby Dayton Ohio suburb President trump will be there holding a fun little rally, not far from the body of the student his policies appear to have, you know, killed 5354120
Reposted by Richard MelendezAlbumism @albumism.com · 03/10/2026Radiohead released ‘Kid A’ 26 years ago on October 2, 2000 album.ink/radioheadkidaalbum.inkRediscover Radiohead’s ‘Kid A’ (2000) | TributeTo truly immerse yourself within Thom Yorke & crew’s fourth studio adventure, plug in and tune out the distractions of the outside world, as it pushes you further into the inner sounds. 0185
Richard Melendez @richardmelendez.bsky.social · 03/10/2026My take: What we're poised to experience is not a blue wave but rather an anti-Trump wave. This isn't a sudden surge of Democrat converts. We're seeing disillusioned and angry Independents, Republicans, and former MAGAs trying to oust Trump, which happens to align with the aims of Democrats. 000
Reposted by Richard Melendez🎃 Zack o' Lantern 🎃 @zackdavisson.com · 02/10/2026Today is Ramona Fradon's 100th Birthday! She was one of my absolute favorites, both as an artist and a person. I got many commissions from her over the years. She was always amazing. You can see my Ramona Fradon collection on Comics Art Fans www.comicartfans.com/galleryroom.... 113147
Reposted by Richard MelendezCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026reporting is hard. but sometimes you're doing a story and somebody puts their trust in you and shares their story with a level of care and detail and you try to reflect that back at them as best you can and idk its really just a very lovely human thing that happens sometimes. 31325
Reposted by Richard MelendezHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026They really can’t make a case for why people would want these in their community except to invoke some scary foreign other and an undefined need to “win” in a way they can’t connect to the quality of life to the average person but only shareholder value. 112113
Reposted by Richard MelendezHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026“In a more than 3,000 word blog posted today, Amazon web services CEO Matt Garman pushed back on public concerns around the impact that data centers may have on jobs, power demands, and the environment, saying ‘our nation can’t afford to lose’ the race for AI dominance.”theverge.comAmazon writes scary blog warning communities not to block data centersNothing drums up support like fearmongering. 2214040
Richard Melendez @richardmelendez.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Mazzucchelli is an unsung treasure. Year One and Born Again are hugely influential and still unlike anything in American comics before or since. And then decades later he hits us with Asterios Polyp, miles apart from his previous works. 100
Reposted by Richard Melendezonion person @junlper.beer · 01/10/2026it’s amazing that there’s no crime anymore. if you do crime you’re actually just the victim for getting caught. the people who catch you are the criminals 533155556
Richard Melendez @richardmelendez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Watergate was once the poster child for high crimes. So much so that appending -gate to anything was shorthand for scandal. Admittedly, Watergate now seems quaint by today's standards of malfeasance and corruption in government, but it was still widely accepted at as a shameful turning point. 031
Reposted by Richard MelendezMickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 01/10/2026John Fetterman was the only Democrat to help Republicans block reporting on Americans killed in the West Bank. Apparently, his devotion to Israel includes shielding it from basic accountability. American lives deserve better than this disgraceful damn sellout. ws.newrepublic.com/post/216017/... 62214
Reposted by Richard MelendezAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026The fact is Trump not only lost his war but it's the biggest L the US has taken at least since Vietnam. Our bases are destroyed & abandoned, Iran is emboldened, China is toying w/ us. Hegseth & co want to move on to culture war slop, but they got routed & we'll be dealing w/repercussions for decades 25172581930
Reposted by Richard MelendezSteve Lieber @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Timeline is doing weird things again 17616
Reposted by Richard MelendezAndrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 29/09/2026i am such a broken record on this but it's a good thing to - know how to write your own emails - know how to find food you can make/eat - discover travel destinations - communicate directly w/your health care providers without just capitulating to whatever "AI" says/does 526658
Reposted by Richard MelendezCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 24/09/2026Look, we know for fucking sure that my dog is sapient and also unpredictable and it turns out of he mauls someone I’m liable and he can be put down. 222258517
Reposted by Richard MelendezDerf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off #AIslop #graphicnovels #graphicnovelpublishersweekly.comNovvel.co Produces Graphic Novel Adaptations with AI AssistanceThe Singapore-based startup says its AI-powered platform can halve graphic novel production time and cost. âThis is not a self-driving car,â notes CEO Anumeha Bisaria. âItâs more like handing ... 37717
Reposted by Richard Melendeztheonlyjunedoe @theonlyjunedoe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I don't really have words. She is a really good person, full of family and humor, a wonderful spirit. They are tearing families apart. Neighborhoods. The stealing and vanishing. I don't know how they sleep or live with themselves. I really don't. 1513
Reposted by Richard Melendeztheonlyjunedoe @theonlyjunedoe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I can't stop crying. And I am so raging mad. FUCK ICE. 2525
Reposted by Richard Melendeztheonlyjunedoe @theonlyjunedoe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026ICE took my friend and neighbor, Alma. Didn't tell anyone. Left her car in a random parking lot. She was about a mile from our homes. She had her uniform on, going to work. We were single mothers after divorces at the same time.We watched out fo each other in this what we could afford neighborhood. 11900247
Reposted by Richard MelendezTyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 23/09/2026 1785
Reposted by Richard MelendezAlex Jaffe ➡️ NYCC @alexjaffe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026People sometimes ask me the Big Racebending Question, about whether it’s important to any superhero’s story that they’re white. The only hero who I think should always be white in any adaptation is Green Arrow, as his narrative is about unlearning his assumed privilege. 0495
Richard Melendez @richardmelendez.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It hits different if you sing "The White House" to the opening theme of "The Love Boat" 000
Reposted by Richard MelendezIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Old enough to remember when the internet was, like 70% this 132768