Jess Plummer

Jimmy Olsen saying "I got this crazy robot after me. It hates my camera. "

The camera smashing robot in a green apron, holding a cup of coffee, says "Welcome to Starbucks, may I smash your camera?"

I picture Jimmy and the camera-smashing robot in an endless game of cat-and-mouse.

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You eat jar sauce

hey, cis people. we need you to call every single elected official you've got, now.

This is one of my biggest pet peeves. I see it a lot with food: "I took a bite of my sandwich. My teeth sank into the two slices of bread with various fillings inside." We know!!!

Speaking it into existence!

Queer Superhero History: Monsieur Mallah and the Brain — Jessica Plummer Who would you say is the longest-lasting queer couple in superhero comics? If you guessed Midnighter and Apollo, you’re close. And there are a number of Marvel couples that flew under the radar for de...

Today's Queer Superhero History post is about Monsieur Mallah and the Brain! Your OTP, my OTP, everyone's OTP: www.jessicaplummerwrites.com/blog/queer-s...

Your Neighborhood Is On The Ballot

NYC friends: www.whatsonmyballot.nyc

A livestream of the services showed Mr. Mamdani, center, sitting next to Brad Lander, the city comptroller, a close ally who is Jewish. Kolot Chayeinu, via YouTube

During Monday night's service, which was held at Cornerstone Baptist Church in Bedford-Stuyvesant to accommodate a larger crowd, Rabbi Sam Kates-Goldman explicitly thanked Mr. Lander, who is Jewish, and Mr. Mamdani for modeling "interdependence" in politics. In his sermon, the rabbi spoke extensively about the war in Gaza, calling Israel's campaign there a genocide, a term Mr. Mamdani has also used. Afterward, Mr. Mamdani, who wore a yarmulke (optional) and a face mask (required), was mobbed by congregants before he could leave. One called him "a mensch" for staying for the full service; another said his campaign had given them hope. A woman handed him stickers she had made with a picture of bagels and lox and a message urging Jewish voters to support Mr. Mamdani: "Reject the smear campaign — join the schmear campair » A rabbi associated with the congregatlu. gave Mr. Mamdani a challah.

How fucking cool is this @bradlander.bsky.social and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social at Rosh Hashanna services and EVERYONE WAS MASKING!

Kolot Chayeinu was one of the first synagogues to call for ceasefire.

“The rabbi spoke extensively about the war in Gaza, calling Israel’s campaign a genocide.”

ABSOLUTELY NOT

I try to remember that while they were fighting the ban on gender affirming care for minors here, one of the (trans) lawyers did a thread reminding folks that they're really good at making this feel like an overwhelming groundswell, but it is one clown car of debunked experts on a road trip.

These look SO rad.

I'm so sorry to hear BOP is ending, it has been such a delight every month.

Good old Bodega Wizard!

This is the biggest attack on free speech since the McCarthy era but it also has significantly less popular consensus behind it than the second Red Scare. It's being done on behalf of a minority faction led by the most unpopular president in modern history. Organizing against this can win.

New at @comicsjournal.bsky.social: Gretchen Felker-Martin speaks out about DC Comics cancelling Red Hood, and her comments on the shooting of Charlie Kirk: "I had no regrets."

“Kirby: Well, I'm a positive guy.
That's the only way I know how to be. That's why Darkseid can never win. Because I believe that the ultimate villain will never triumph. He can't triumph because he can never get enough. There's never enough for a Darkseid. And when they fall, watch out!”

It’s an absolute shame that DC fired Gretchen Felker- Martin for exercising free speech and then @bsky.app suspended her account. Every writer here should be decrying this because we have to stand up for each other! This is ridiculous.

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Queer Superhero History: Cloud — Jessica Plummer Cloud debuted in The Defenders #123 (June 1983) and was created by J.M. DeMatteis and Don Perlin, though the bulk of their Defenders appearances were written by Peter B. Gillis. Originally, they t...

Or perhaps you would like to read about Cloud, one of Marvel's earliest nonbinary characters who is also a sentient nebula because comics: www.jessicaplummerwrites.com/blog/queer-s...

Queer Superhero History: Cannon and Saber—Be Gay, Do Crime — Jessica Plummer Cannon and Saber first appeared in Vigilante #5 (April 1984), by Marv Wolfman and Keith Pollard. Marschall Saber is an assassin who specializes in guns; Henry Cannon is an assassin who specializes i...

I am very bad at cross promoting these but I definitely think you should read about Cannon and Saber, possibly the dumbest [affectionate] characters I have discovered during my research: www.jessicaplummerwrites.com/blog/queer-s...

Queer Superhero History: Mystique — Jessica Plummer Mystique, a.k.a. Raven Darkholme, actually first appeared in Ms. Marvel #16 (April 1978) by Claremont and David Cockrum, though she quickly became a major X-Men villain (and occasional ally). Anyone...

It's a Queer Superhero History day! I wrote about Mystique over yonder: www.jessicaplummerwrites.com/blog/queer-s...

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"

A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.

Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

The morning’s bright the sky is blue and we have a teaser trailer! WAKE UP DEAD MAN the new Benoit Blanc mystery, in theaters Thanksgiving and on Netflix 12/12

Hochul to let pharmacists prescribe COVID vaccines amid federal policy shift An executive order comes as access tightens and lawmakers eye state-level solutions.

Hochul to let pharmacists prescribe COVID vaccines amid federal policy shift gothamist.com/news/hochul-...

Obsessed with this. Is it November yet? Can I please vote for him now?

Thanks for the shout out!

My 3-year-old nephew knows that Aunt Jessie lives in New York and Spider-Man lives in New York, but so far I have been unable to convince him that I know Spider-Man.

Aside from the sexual violence and the lack of diversity, those books are OLD. They are commentating on comics, culture, and politics from 40 years ago. I think you're better served by reading them when you can put them in context, i.e. not as your introduction to the medium.

Excellent thread! We need to seriously rethink how we approach reccing comics to new readers for a number of reasons but this is a big one. A handful of books from the 80s (or more recent ones by men emulating those books) (it's always men) is not cutting it anymore.