Candida Rifkind

Tweet from Kneecap responding to Vince Gasparro

Message to Gasparro calling him a liar and a zunt.

Message to fans in Canada: we've played Canada many times but your government is made up of genocidal cunts, sorry.

I like Kneecap's response.

Nice one @theguardian.com front page & Carol Ann Duffy ❤️. 

If you are still on the garbage website Academia dot edu, delete that account asap

Thanks @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social for inviting me and @drdomdavies.bsky.social to talk about our new co-authored book exploring how comics can document & disrupt dominant images of war & forced displacement @wlupress.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/graphic-refuge

The History of Marc Maron’s ‘WTF’ Podcast Will Be Preserved in a Very Unconventional Way Marc Maron's 'WTF' podcast history will be told in the form of a graphic novel.

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Marc Maron and Box Brown declare WTF IS A PODCAST Z2 will release the book by Brendan McDonald and Brian Box Brown, chronicling the history of Maron's long-running podcast, via Kickstarter.

Marc Maron and Box Brown declare WTF IS A PODCAST

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It's the most wonderful time of the year

a snippet of a mini-comic, at top - straight line stretches from point A to B. Immediately below, same dot at A, then becomes a curving, meandering line that winds through the page and ends at a point with rays and a question mark emanating from it. Text reads: "Nothing can do this for you - that robs you of experience and conflates answers with learning. Rather, it's all the decisions you make along the way, the mistakes, struggles, and surprises! These pathways you create - this is learning.

Pages from a mini comic

Pages from a mini comic

Pages from a mini comic

My drawn statement on Ai as standalone from my now finished minicomic as syllabus for new liberal studies class! As promised this is shareable, printable - all from my site, feel free to make use of it, cite me & let me know how it’s received. Share away all here! spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-sy...

Sally Rooney could be arrested under Terrorism Act after pledging royalties to Palestine Action The bestselling novelist promised to financially support the group proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the British government Irish novelist Sally Rooney could be arrested under the Terrorism Act after saying she intends to use proceeds from her work to support Palestine Action, which was proscribed as a terrorist organisation in the UK last month, a legal expert has warned. Meanwhile, No 10 said that supporting the group was an offence under the act, after Rooney had made her pledge. Continue reading...

Sally Rooney could be arrested under Terrorism Act after pledging royalties to Palestine Action

Show me your quick getaway vehicle

Where did you get live footage of me

Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”

Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”

My sister @crifkind.bsky.social (she’s the smart one in the family) co-wrote a book! I got my copy, and you can get yours too at www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Books/G/Grap....

#GraphicRefuge

I feel so lucky to work with In These Times magzine, which has given me such freedom and inspiration in doing their covers. This latest one is based on Diego Rivera’s 1931 fresco “The Uprising,” depicting Mexican workers standing up to soldiers during a demonstration.

Comics and Wellbeing #0 I'm going to write a series on Comics and Wellbeing, which will be the broadly defined topic of my research at Aalto University in Finland.

Starting this #Comics and #Wellbeing newsletter on my new postdoc research topic / yet another academic substack, yes / subscribe to get the updates #graphicmedicine

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South Gaza: Tents, Food & Water **With Famine on the rise, we will significantly lower tent purchases and focus on food (rice and bread) and water over the next couple of weeks**

South Gaza: Tents, Food & Water chuffed.org/project/1132...

Can Refugee Comics Effect Political Change? Discussing Comics Journalism and “Refugeeness” - Ep. 3 of the podcast I did with co-author @drdomdavies.bsky.social is up!
www.choice360.org/podcasts/epi...

Cover to muybridge

Interior of muybridge

Interior of muybridge

Interior of muybridge

This was an absolutely great book! An amazing story, Guy Delisle dug deeply into the challenges, triumphs & horrific moments of Muybridge’s life, I learned a ton, was captivated for all of it. My dad got it first recommended - I hadn’t heard of it. Def recommend! From @dandq.bsky.social great stuff!

Get on my calendar! (Jennifer Polk, PhD) Jennifer Polk, PhD, is a career coach, educator, and recognized expert in PhD careers. She regularly facilitates professional development workshops and delivers keynote presentations at institutions across the US, Canada, and internationally. Jen created her PhD Career Clarity Program to help PhDs navigate their career paths with confidence.   Jen’s writing is published in University Affairs, Inside Higher Ed, the Chronicle of Higher Education, the Globe and Mail, Academic Matters, and in three books. More recently, she was an expert panelist for the 2021 Canadian Council of Academies report, Degrees of Success, on the challenges PhDs face transitioning to employment. Jen currently serves on the board of directors for the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies, and she’s on the management committee for a multi-year transborder project about PhD career paths. She earned her PhD in history from the University of Toronto. Find Jen online at From PhD to Life.

No slides. No sales pitch. Just space to reflect and process. If you’re a professor, postdoc, or other PhD wondering whether it’s time to leave academia, join us for free on July 30. #PhDSky

I don't know if I would handle this with as much grace as @sarahebull.bsky.social

This is a wild thread.

And I'm genuinely flabbergasted. Why would someone do this?

Dozens of Palestinians killed in latest Israeli attacks near food aid distribution site, medics and witnesses say Witnesses describe people shot in head and torso near sites run by Israeli-backed US organisation Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

There is no longer any doubt that Israel has set up a fake humanitarian organisation so it can kettle Gazans into a kill box and murder them en masse

It is evil beyond description and in a decent world it would result in immediate, massive, global action to stop them and prosecute those responsible

What the Implied Reader of Refugee Comics Tells Us about the Genre and Citizenship - Choice 360 Candida and Dom, authors of Graphic Refuge, introduce us to refugee comics, defining the genre, its history, and readership.

It was so great to record this podcast with @drdomdavies.bsky.social about our book on refugee comics. First ep is up now, 3 more 15 min eps to come later this month @wlupress.bsky.social

www.choice360.org/podcasts/epi...

Reminder that @bookshop.org has free shipping the next few days, no reason, just for fun 😉

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A few days in Gent for the Jazz Fest and as we walk around will be thinking about the phenomenonal @baloji.bsky.social set last night & especially when they said this: "half this beautiful city of Gent was built on the blood of the Congo"🇨🇩🇧🇪

Eszter Szep talking about this super interesting collection of cultural and language preservation comics

Wonderful keynote by Eszter Szep on the potential of comics as events, not products, to create community in the capitalocene #igncc2025

Cover of English Language Notes, Volume 63, Issue 1, April 2025. The title is in yellow-green text on a black background. Below is a white line drawing of plants and mushrooms growing through and around two cube-shaped apartment buildings. The issue theme, “Refuge and Displacement,” and editors Beverly Weber and Ervin Malakaj are listed in blue text at the bottom.

"Refuge and Displacement," a special issue of Engligh Language Notes edited by Beverly Weber and Ervin Malakaj, is now online. View the TOC and read the introduction, freely available: buff.ly/tuUe1sA

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Fantastic research by Maggie Gray on 1960s-90s UK feminist Cartoon Theatre & radical performances of Beryl & The Perils #igncc2025