Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 29mI.just learned that there is a Steve Jackson (British game designer) who is not the Steve Jackson I know of (American game designer), and that BOTH of them wrote books in the FIGHTING FANTASY role-playing series from the '80s. I feel like this is a very specific prank targeted only at me 010
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 9hMaybe I just missed it, but who is the artist? Don't say AI 010
Reposted by Tom the DogMark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 10hOnce again. Just like the Paramount Merger Gavin Newsom does what he always does. Sells out the working class people for the billionaires again and again. Not only that but endorses a bill that will make it impossible to tax the wealthy at all. www.commondreams.org/news/newsom-...commondreams.orgNewsom Endorses Ballot Measure That Would Cancel Out Billionaire Tax—and Ban Future Wealth Taxes | Common Dreams"He’d rather millions of children and families lose their healthcare than ask a couple hundred billionaires to finally pay their fair share." 1221985623
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 10hThis morning someone said "I have a question," so I got to say "I have an answer, let's see if they match," and I'm going to be happy about that all day 010
Reposted by Tom the DogComicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 13hIndie comics creator and music critic Matt Howarth died this month, aged 72. He "would like it to be known that DOGE and ICE compromised his healthcare."comicsbeat.comMatt Howarth, indie comics creator and music critic, dead at 72Matt Howarth, the creator of Those Annoying Post Bros., Savage Henry, and more, died after complications from a triple bypass earlier this month, aged 72. 04730
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Cunk on evolutionary psychology: "For example, why do people run to work? You’d think it was to get in some exercise first thing in the morning, but evolutionary psychology says you’re a dick if you think that. It’s a tough science." 000
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 14/10/2026As a dude with the last name Collins, it's a real bummer following the debate coverage from @atrupar.com right now. No relation to Mike or Susan, I swear 010
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I love that the trick-or-treaters in the back right are wearing the masks from HALLOWEEN 3, the second best HALLOWEEN movie 010
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 13/10/2026STILL READING Philomena Cunk, CUNK ON EVERYTHING. Been going very slowly through this, which is basically how it's designed to be read, a bit at a time between other books. Here's Cunk on dinosaurs. 051
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 13/10/2026RECENT READING Cory Doctorow, ENSHITTIFICATION. Very informative and entertaining look at how technology is getting consistently worse, esp. Apple, Amazon, Twitter & Facebook. Sadly it immediately sounds woefully naive about how much worse it would get under Trump, even the update from Jan. 2026 000
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 13/10/2026A couple panels from "GUIDE TO SOME VERY OBSCURE COMICS SOUND EFFECTS," w. Duck Edwing a. Don Martin. MAD MAGAZINE #210, Oct. 1979, reprinted in MAD #600, Aug. 2026. Hulk! Spider-Man! Batman! And every kid's favorites, Mary Worth and Andy Capp! I loved this when I was 9 and I still do 47 years later 030
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I love seeing all the AOC $5000 and Twitter is good again posts today, I've blocked like 100 people, so convenient 010
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 12/10/2026From ENSHITTIFICATION: Cory Doctorow encourages the reader to exercise fair use exception to copyright law. I got the ebook from Libby, which downloads via Amazon, so I guess I'm part of the problem? (Spoiler for the book: the real problem is that everyone and everything is caught in the problem) 010
Reposted by Tom the DogBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Robocop: Like it or not scum you’re getting mental health support and job training 1743631
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Sally can't see your word balloons, Charlie Brown, she should not be able to tell the difference between the word she wrote and the word you said 120
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I was correct that ENSHITTIFICATION would angry up my blood. Going through the details of how companies try to push you to apps rather than websites, because creating or using adblockers for apps is a felony violation of IP law... grrrrrr. Thanks DMCA, another reason to hate Bill Clinton 000
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Kindle search says the term "cream/creams/creaming off" is used five times in ENSHITTIFICATION, which is five times too many 000
Reposted by Tom the DogFaith Erin Hicks @faitherinhicks.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I WON A HARVEY AWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😭 6379139
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Where are you getting "five" from, Judy, you're freaking me out 000
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I know it's not Marvel but it seems like an appropriate time to get one of these for Matt Howarth's THOSE ANNOYING POST BROS. Just everything Bugtown 122
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 09/10/2026It's really not that difficult to stop bad people doing bad things. Good job Seattlefox13seattle.comSeattle City Council passes ban on AI grocery 'surveillance pricing'The policy requires grocery prices to be clearly posted and equally available, while restricting AI-driven "surveillance pricing." 000
Reposted by Tom the DogJ. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 09/10/2026support my new book kickstarter ✨ kickstarter.com/projects/mrlovenstein/mr-lovenstein-presents-fun 83228414
Reposted by Tom the DogPaul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is probably my favorite cover where a guy is screaming "THE BATHROOM!" 25210
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 08/10/2026What's all this fuss I keep hearing about respect for my Diggler? Dirk Diggler was a porno star and a drug addict! And the actor who played him isn't a very nice man either! What's that? DIGGER? Oh. Well, that's different. Never mind. 020
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 08/10/2026RECENT READING Naomi Novik, THE LAST GRADUATE. Book 2 of a trilogy. Loved it as much as book 1, book 3 up soon. CURRENT READING Cory Doctorow, ENSHITTIFICATION. Sounds like fascinating stuff that will make me mad. I keep thinking this is the guy who wrote RAGTIME. It's not. I should read RAGTIME. 000
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Mike on torture table: Do you expect me to talk? Goldfinger: No, Mr. Sterling, I expect you to DROOL! 010
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Today I discovered I have a preferred foot for taking the first step up or down stairs. I came to the top of a staircase, and my stride was such that it made sense for me to step down with my right foot, and I immediately became AWARE of it, and how weird and wrong it felt. Guys, am I normal? 110
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 08/10/2026If you see this post a witch Ghoulish Gertie, Glenda the Good, and Wanda the Wicked 020
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Ever since AMERICAN GOTHIC I am automatically thrilled when he shows up. Except maybe for that BABYLON 5 spinoff, CRUSADE I think it was called? That was bad 010
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I looked it up, Gary Cole was only in 2 episodes? Huh. At least there was plenty of Robert Forster to make up for that 100
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Both shows deserved a good six seasons. I haven't thought of KAREN SISCO for a while... Carla Gugino, Gary Cole, just top-notch 100
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I'm not even going to yell at Glenn Close for not picking ROBOCOP, that's how much I love her. I mean, she still should have, thoughm.youtube.comGlenn Close’s Closet PicksYouTube video by CRITERION 000
Reposted by Tom the DogTom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A BLUESKY POST: A NOVEL Nearly all new novels I see are now explicitly labeled: A NOVEL. Why?? Was it always this way? On the NEW shelves at the library, there are about 50 fiction books. One is A THRILLER. One is A SCENARIO. One is A TITA ROSIE'S KITCHEN MYSTERY. 32 are A NOVEL. And here they are! 111
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I just looked up all three of the examples I just named, and for different editions of each one, some say A NOVEL and some don't! This is bonkers. I feel like I'm lost in the wilderness. This is like when I noticed the arrow in the FedEx logo for the first time 110
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Obviously this thread is the work of a crazy person. But I AM genuinely curious when the insistence that a book is in fact A NOVEL became so commonplace. It wasn't called THE GODFATHER: THE NOVEL, was it? JAWS: THE NOVEL? JURASSIC PARK: THE NOVEL? Maybe they were and I never noticed until now! 110
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Woody Brown, UPWARD BOUND: A NOVEL Kathleen Barber with Amayah Shaienne, SISTERHOOD ABOVE ALL: A NOVEL Vanessa Riley, FIRE SWORD & SEA: A NOVEL Parini Shroff, SOME PEOPLE: A NOVEL Valeria Luiselli, BEGINNING MIDDLE END: A NOVEL Cara Bastone, NO MATTER WHAT: A NOVEL Kennedy Ryan, SCORE: A NOVEL 110
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Deepa Annapara, THE LAST OF EARTH: A NOVEL May Cobb, ALL THE LITTLE HOUSES: A NOVEL Katherine Center, THE SHIPPERS: A NOVEL Karma Brown, MOTHER IS WATCHING: A NOVEL Kim Fu, THE VALLEY OF.VENGEFUL GHOSTS: A NOVEL Tolani Akinola, LEAVE YOUR MESS AT HOME: A NOVEL Mark Helprin, ELEGY IN BLUE: A NOVEL 110
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Xochitl Gonzalez, LAST NIGHT IN BROOKLYN: A NOVEL BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF OLGA DIES DREAMING Courtney Maum, ALAN OPTS OUT: A NOVEL Jenn McKinlay, WITCHES OF DUBIOUS ORIGIN: A NOVEL Jo Piazza, THE PARISIAN HEIST: A NOVEL Erica Hendry, LET'S NOT GO OVERBOARD HERE: A NOVEL 110
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Valerie Bowman, THE HONEYCRISP ORCHARD INN: A NOVEL Luke Kennard, BLACK BAG: A NOVEL Jo Murray, DISSECTION OF A MURDER: A NOVEL Gloria Duke, VAMPIRES NEVER SAY DIE: A NOVEL Katherine Arden, THE UNICORN HUNTERS: A NOVEL Will Dean, ADRIFT: A NOVEL Anna Cowan, THE DUKE: A NOVEL 110
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Tamara Berry, MURDER RUNS IN THE FAMILY: A NOVEL Molly Fader, LADY X: A NOVEL Ashley Elston, ANATOMY OF AN ALIBI: A NOVEL M.K. Oliver, A SOCIOPATH'S GUIDE TO A SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGE: A NOVEL Mary Pauline Lowry, LAST NIGHT WAS A KILLER: A NOVEL Kat Rosenfield, HOW TO SURVIVE IN THE WOODS: A NOVEL 100
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A BLUESKY POST: A NOVEL Nearly all new novels I see are now explicitly labeled: A NOVEL. Why?? Was it always this way? On the NEW shelves at the library, there are about 50 fiction books. One is A THRILLER. One is A SCENARIO. One is A TITA ROSIE'S KITCHEN MYSTERY. 32 are A NOVEL. And here they are! 111
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 06/10/2026In about an hour I'm going to post a thread that was very time-consuming and high-effort and that literally no one will care about aside from me but I've got a temporary obsession and so that's something to look forward to after dinner 010
Reposted by Tom the DogK. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just found out that Matt Howarth died. One of the purest examples of the explosion of creativity that happened in American comics in the 1980s, his weird take on genre tropes was totally individual and uncommercial. RIP. 813936
Tom the Dog @tomthedog.bsky.social · 05/10/2026You guys need to be sitting down for this one, holy hecking heck 020