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There's a lot happening! So I'm experimenting with a roundtable format, discussing all the latest clean-energy news -- the canceled grants, the imperiled tax credits -- with Clare Fieseler & Julian Spector of . Join us!
Yarvin in the Oval Office?
About 5 paragraphs in, please find a useful roundup of (polarized!) reactions to yesterday’s White House shitshow.
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A reminder: Vladimir Putin could end the war in Ukraine right now, just by ordering his soldiers to go home. No need for treaties or negotiations.
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The Writing Community Chat Show Turns 5! 🎉
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To every guest, every listener, and every supporter, THANK YOU! You’ve made this sho…
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Today we saw the bravest man in the world bullied by a guy who got a podiatrist’s note to avoid the draft
This man is the leader of the free world.
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As a former studio executive, I remember noting that in many cases, the older the writer, the better the writing. With age comes clarity. The more you write, the better you get. You also move past the noise of people-pleasing and write because you have something to say to the world.
As a Writing Consultant, some of my most talented writers are retired from other careers, people who have lived life, and have a mine worth exploring.
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Henry is of my favorite new voices in literary criticism, lyrical and level-headed. It's my honor to bring his work to Futurist Letters.
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Genuinely appalled today. And ashamed.
I’ve explained a thousand times over the course of years why that speech was necessary - it was practically word for word what I wrote for my speech in Washington in the fall. Europe has been instituting a gigantic anti-democratic mechanism and we needed the US to withdraw from it, which is what Vance did. I find it hard to believe a rea…
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Donald Trump et JD Vance ont remis Volodomyr Zelensky à sa place. Stupeur, tremblements et indignation en Europe. Une révolte du petit personnel qui veut la 3e guerre mondiale ?
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I am sickened by the fact that people are using the death of Michelle Trachtenberg to push lies and conspiracy theories. It is vile and nasty. There is no conspiracy. She had a liver transplant and her body rejected it. Have some compassion, respect, a some damn human decency.
Watch me draw a comic about a shell-shocked mermaid while I regale my ComicLab cohost with the story behind Philadelphia’s dumpster pools!
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So, I originally drew this when people were complaining about X-Men 97 after a single image was released. Here we are, with a teaser for a new SHREK movie released and people are making the exact same, hyperbolic complaints.
People, "Art style" is NOT "animation"! lol
I’m continuing making watercolor paintings of my favorite indie and webcomics. This week, I’m celebrating ‘s 25 years of making comics with Lightning Lady from his webcomic Evil Inc.!
