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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Normally I would be upset at the number of people misspelling a senator's name, but with Schmitt, it's just fitting that people don't even care what his actual name is now.

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Fanbase Press @fanbasepress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tune into Kari's Crowdfunding Corner (@splashpages.bsky.social) TONIGHT (9/30) at 5 p.m./PT as SHRUB creator/writer @shaneport.bsky.social & Fanbase Press EiC @barbrajdillon.bsky.social discuss the @kickstarter.com campaign for the middle grade series, the importance of Graphic Medicine, & more!

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Kari's Crowdfunding Corner:Creator Spotlight! Fanbase Press's Shrub: The Collected Edition

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Shane Portman @shaneport.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Had a really great time talking to @fanboyplanet.bsky.social about Shrub. Thanks so much, Derek!

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In practice, AI literacy doesn’t start with building the tool for your personal use. It starts with understanding yourself as a collection of tasks who should subcontract those out to a machine. Almost no regular person’s life currently exists as such.

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Fanbase Press @fanbasepress.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Creator/writer @shaneport.bsky.social discusses why Shrub's curiosity is essential not only to the cross-country adventure, but to the overall grief journey. Lend your support to Fanbase Press' middle grade Graphic Medicine series SHRUB on @kickstarter.com: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...

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Fanbase Press' SHRUB: On Shrub's Curiosity

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026

Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵

Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.

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Shane Portman @shaneport.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wow! Thank you to all who've contributed to Shrub so far! We blew right by our 1st stretch goal yesterday! If we hit our 2nd, everyone who's contributed will receive free digital copies of @fanbasepress.bsky.social's Eisner-nominated Ripple Effects AND Quince. (Link to campaign: bit.ly/4c4wV1q)

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Bryant Dillon @comicbooksniffer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We're less than $400 away from our first stretch goal! Help us push #SHRUB over that hurdle by supporting the campaign at the link below or sharing the campaign with others who might be interested! #FanbasePress #CreatingFandoms #StoriesMatter #Comics #ComicBooks #RoadTrip #Grief #StretchGoal

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We can’t allow this man to get within striking distance of a viable presidential candidacy.

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Fanbase Press @fanbasepress.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

SHRUB's @shaneport.bsky.social & Fanbase Press EIC @barbrajdillon.bsky.social will be discussing SHRUB on Blake's Buzz TONIGHT (9/23) at 6 p.m./PT! Tune in & then lend your support on @kickstarter.com! Livestream: www.facebook.com/events/21737... Campaign: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...

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Fanbase Press @fanbasepress.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

@plugoarts.com of @kidscomicsunite.bsky.social chatted w/ @shaneport.bsky.social & @barbrajdillon.bsky.social about tackling big emotions in stories for young readers, adapting the story from animation to comics, & more! Support to SHRUB on @kickstarter.com: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...

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How Comics for Kids Can Tackle Big Emotions | SHRUB & Fanbase Press

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Barbra Dillon @barbrajdillon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A wonderful convo about the power of #GraphicMedicine stories, tackling grief w/ a middle grade audience, & more w/ @comicnurse.bsky.social @alexthomas2.bsky.social & @shaneport.bsky.social. Lend your support to @fanbasepress.bsky.social's SHRUB @kickstarter.com: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...

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Bob Harrison @bobharrison.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Shane Portman talks about Shrub on the #SquadCast. Check out the full conversation on our YT channel and back this campaign on Kickstarter.👇👇 #readmorecomics @shaneport.bsky.social @barbrajdillon.bsky.social @fanbasepress.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/G-MzpXy...

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Barbra Dillon @barbrajdillon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Who is Shrub? @shaneport.bsky.social shares the genesis behind the sentient shrubbery, how they came to find their roots in grief, and more. Join @fanbasepress.bsky.social's SHRUB for a cross-country adventure exploring grief and connection on @kickstarter.com! www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...

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Fanbase Press' SHRUB: Who is Shrub?

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Fanbase Press @fanbasepress.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

SHRUB is a Project We Love on @kickstarter.com! Join a sentient shrub on a cross-country adventure exploring grief & connection. Created/written by @shaneport.bsky.social Illustrated by @andyalvesart.bsky.social Lend your support today: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...

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Shane Portman @shaneport.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Shrub made the Top 10 cut Kickstarter comics!

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Barbra Dillon @barbrajdillon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If you've thought, "Do I really need to read a story about a sentient Shrub?" this is the podcast for you. Comadres y Comics interviewed creator @shaneport.bsky.social & their discussion was incredibly moving. Lend your support to the @kickstarter.com here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...

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Episode 292: Las Platicas-Shrub by Shane Portman

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Shane Portman @shaneport.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States…

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Shane Portman @shaneport.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Had a great time talking to Kristian @parttimefanboy.bsky.social about Shrub, childhood grief, roadtrips, and a plethora of things.

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Fanbase Press @fanbasepress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Fanbase Press' SHRUB @kickstarter.com campaign is only 5 backers away from 100 backers! Lend your support to be Backer #100 today! @shaneport.bsky.social @andyalvesart.bsky.social @monibarre.bsky.social @creatorsassemble.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...

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Shane Portman @shaneport.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Yay! Initial goal achieved in less than 24 hours. Onward to stretch goals!

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Shane Portman @shaneport.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Shrub's Kickstarter campaign is officially live...and also in People Magazine!! Check out the campaign to see what People is peopling about.

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Shane Portman @shaneport.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Shrub's 4th issue is now available to library card holders!

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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Getting a bit tired of very rich actors and directors saying ‘AI is here we have to learn how to use it’ instead of ‘I am wealthy enough to dedicate myself only to projects which employ talented human beings because anything else is an existential threat to human storytelling’

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 04/09/2026

We identified the top 100 sprayers of the controversial weedkiller Roundup in California—a state that produces more than three-quarters of the nation’s fruits and nuts and nearly half of its vegetables. Check out our new searchable database to find out who’s at the top of the list. bit.ly/3SqKXDZ

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Shane Portman @shaneport.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Just…dumb. Sad and dumb. I count one astronaut who is even attempting to look comfortable listening to this narcissistic idiot prattle on.

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FT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are.

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Shane Portman @shaneport.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Thanks to everyone who’s held out their hand to Shrub. @fanbasepress.bsky.social is prepping to launch the Kickstarter for the book full of bonus bits from peeps in comics, animation & mental health care. Please share with your friends and sign up on our prelaunch page! bit.ly/4c4wV1q

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Not a single company in human history has ever had $1 trillion in revenue, to give you some sense of how insane this prediction is. Amazon, which is currently the company with the highest revenue on the planet, reported $716 billion in revenue last year.

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Shane Portman @shaneport.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Shrub #1 just got hand-picked as one of @monibarre.bsky.social's “Fave Four” titles for Cozy Fall reading on @comicsplus.bsky.social! Much thanks for the selection and the kind words.

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🌿Fern🌿 @itmustbebunnies.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

There was a guy in the bad place who charted everything shit that happened because of Reagan

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

not saying federal immigration enforcement in any form should disappear tomorrow but if you leave this entity intact, and tinker at the edges and give them a stern talking to, however well meaning you are, you’re leaving these weapons and this orgy of abuses and masked thuggery intact for the next…

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

1. "They tried to run us over" has been institutionalized as DHS's license to shoot people. They reflexively go to this lie when they draw their guns. 2. Even with a masked man is waving a gun in her face, this woman repeatedly tells them they are full of shit. Hero.

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Shane Portman @shaneport.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

@fanbasepress.bsky.social has been working so hard on the Shrub book! Can’t wait to share all the exciting supplemental materials. Sign up on the prelaunch page now and share with anyone grieving or just needing a leafy hug. The project’s already nabbed a “Project We Love” label from Kickstarter.

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Coming soon: Shrub: The Collected Edition

Hit the road with a sentient SHRUB for Fanbase Press’ cross-country adventure exploring grief and connection.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This cruelty has no need but cruelty. Haiti remains deeply dangerous; a country in the throes of anarchy. Hundreds of thousands of people are SAFE. They are safe. They are safe here and the nation has decided to make them unsafe. We are embarking on a tragedy and we cannot look away. We cannot.

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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

‘Just not Trump’ is the exact platform you would have if your goal was to ensure the conditions that produced Trump remained intact.

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Andrew (🎃) @athomashemlock.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The anti-data center movement is like "I don't want to pay more money for a thing that will not benefit me at all and will actively make my life measurably worse in a bunch of ways" and the pro-data center movement is like "We want it to be illegal for you to not like us."

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

After ICE shot and killed Lorenzo Araujo, the FBI leaked to Fox News a claim that he was found with possible meth in the van. His family said it was a total falsehood; it was a bag of salt to be used to make an electrolyte drink. And they were right. It was not drugs.

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We can confirm the substance found in Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's van tested negative for narcotics/ illicit drugs.
We are not commenting further on the test results, as the investigation is pending.

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We have notified Salgado Araujo's family because we felt they had the right to know.

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Fanbase Press @fanbasepress.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Fanbase Press will return to #SDCC 2026 (Small Press O-03) with a limited-edition first issue of the Graphic Medicine series, SHRUB, featuring a fold-out page within the story! Created/written by @shaneport.bsky.social Illustrated by @andyalvesart.bsky.social CC: @graphicmedicine.bsky.social

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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

A lot of people don’t realize the dust bowl wasn’t a natural phenomenon. It happened when agrobusiness interests dramatically transformed the plains without regard for drought, and created vicious dust storms that choked whole families to death. That’s what I think of when I read about data centers.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/07/2026

to hear Trump tell it, American elections were completely corrupted while he was president and he was helpless to stop it, then they were cleaned up by Biden ahead of Trump's victory in 2024, and now that Trump is president again they are once again becoming third world caliber

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Epstein survivor Dani Bensky on meeting with Blanche: "Todd Blanche treated the meeting as a mere 'check-the-box' exercise intended to secure votes for his confirmation. He danced around his wording, repeatedly interrupted us and could not commit to anything that would demonstrate good faith."

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