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Stuart McMillen

@stuartmcmillen.bsky.social

Australian comics artist. Idiosyncratic science communicator. Comics about society and the environment. Queenslander in Canberra. Working on my debut graphic novel "The Town Without Television"

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Comic books: 10% off all comic books and 'mega packs' stuartmcmillen.square.site/shop/Comics/20
Further discounts for bulk buys of comics

30.11.2025 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Art prints: 10% off all prints stuartmcmillen.square.site/shop/art-pri...
Includes free postage for Australian customers

30.11.2025 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Postcards: stuartmcmillen.square.site/shop/postcar...
β€’ $3.60 per card standard (10% discount)
β€’ $3.00 per card for any 8 or more (25% discount)
β€’ $2.00 per card for any 12 or more (50% discount)

30.11.2025 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Greeting cards
stuartmcmillen.square.site/shop/greetin...
β€’ $6.75 per card standard (10% discount)
β€’ $5.00 per card for any 8 or more (33% discount)
β€’ $4.00 per card for any 12 or more (46% discount)

30.11.2025 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Last day! 10% to 50% off all merch in my online store www.stuartmcmillen.com/shop/
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30.11.2025 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Plus 10% off comic books and art prints. This weekend only!
www.stuartmcmillen.com/shop/

27.11.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Postcards: stuartmcmillen.square.site/shop/postcar...
β€’ $3.60 per card standard (10% discount)
β€’ $3.00 per card for any 8 or more (25% discount)
β€’ $2.00 per card for any 12 or more (50% discount)

27.11.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Greeting cards stuartmcmillen.square.site/shop/greetin...
β€’ $6.75 per card standard (10% discount)
β€’ $5.00 per card for any 8 or more (33% discount)
β€’ $4.00 per card for any 12 or more (46% discount)

27.11.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Black Friday sale now on!
A minimum of 10% off all products in my store, including free postage for Australian orders. www.stuartmcmillen.com/shop/
Thread below:

27.11.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.

23.10.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 14998    πŸ” 5817    πŸ’¬ 1191    πŸ“Œ 1072

Shot this a few years ago but Steve and the video shop are still there!

23.10.2025 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is fucking insane. I know we have other stuff on but I feel like this is something the UN could sort out if they put their minds to it.

13.10.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 5
Pluralistic: The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh (27 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Read the full essay by Cory here: pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...

07.10.2025 05:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cory Doctorow Says the AI Industry Is About to Collapse Famed sci-fi author and tech journalist Cory Doctorow has a spectacularly grim warning about the coming AI-fueled economic disaster.

β€œAI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations” - Cory Doctorow
futurism.com/future-socie...

07.10.2025 05:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Three bush-stone curlews standing on the ground, in front of a shed in the evening

Three bush-stone curlews standing on the ground, in front of a shed in the evening

Close-up of a cartoon bush stone-curlew's face

Close-up of a cartoon bush stone-curlew's face

Some drawings of bush stone-curlews from my ongoing Canberra Birds artwork series: www.stuartmcmillen.com/birds/bush-s... #CanberraBirds #BirdoftheYear

06.10.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Australian bird of the year 2025: vote for your favourite #birdoftheyear in the Guardian / BirdLife Australia poll From little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. Vote for your favourite in the 2025 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll

Just cast my first vote in Round 1 of #BirdoftheYear @australia.theguardian.com for the mighty Bush Stone-Curlew www.theguardian.com/environment/... So many great choices

06.10.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term β€˜enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...

This is so good from Cory Doctorow on all the tricks Amazon uses to get both consumers to pay more, and how businesses on the platform end up paying it 45-51 cents on every dollar.

Plus he rightly calls for regulatory change, not just individual consumer action
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

05.10.2025 08:19 β€” πŸ‘ 242    πŸ” 126    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 13
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.

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

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...

20.08.2025 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 734    πŸ” 309    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 50
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Really enjoyed hearing Campbell Walker ('Struthless') talking to Wil Anderson on his Wilosophy podcast. everyonerelax.co/wilosophy/wi... #Wilosophy #EveryoneRelax #Struthless

You can tell that they really enjoyed each other's company.

18.07.2025 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why was this stranger calling me sweetheart? The benevolent ageism of β€˜elderspeak’ It wasn’t the first time Marcia van Zeller had been treated as someone in need of a lap rug and a cup of hot cocoa. But well-intended words can still sting

Nice piece about the patronising tone that many take when talking to older people.
Let's drop the false brightness www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

07.07.2025 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Chris Ware’s 'Playdate' and Visual Allegory - The Comics Journal A New Yorker cover by Chris Ware has a lot to say about a lot of things.

Happy 10th Birthday to the polarizing New Yorker cover: Chris Ware’s β€˜Playdate’ and Visual Allegory by Ken Parille www.tcj.com/chris-wares-...

01.07.2025 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum - Wikipedia

Indeed, Bill.

And it blows my mind that the UK had a referendum on ditching FTTP in favour of STP voting, and the voted to retain FTTP! What a waste. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Un...

10.06.2025 05:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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INCREDIBLE !!

Here we are... 😱😱😱

After days of overloading and cracks propagating, Birch Glacier collapsed today at 3.24 pm over Blatten and the dammed Lonza river...

Devastating! 😭

www.letemps.ch/suisse/valai...

28.05.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1001    πŸ” 591    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 162
Chart showing cumulative superannuation of someone starting on $150,000 at 18yo getting a pay rise of 3.7% and working every year till retiring at 67.

Chart showing cumulative superannuation of someone starting on $150,000 at 18yo getting a pay rise of 3.7% and working every year till retiring at 67.

Think you might one day have $3m in your super & be affected by the super tax changes?

Ok, you are 18yo, you just got a job - it pays... $150k!
Give yourself a 3.7% annual pay rise.
Never take time off for study, kids or illness.

You will retire with $3,017,016

moneysmart.gov.au/how-super-wo...

23.05.2025 03:18 β€” πŸ‘ 224    πŸ” 65    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 6
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Got my democracy sausage #AustraliaVotes #AusVotes #AusPol

03.05.2025 03:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the iPhone is usually the *iconic* example of global supply chains, so much so that it anchors this great @stuartmcmillen.bsky.social comic, which I have used recently as a teaching tool!
www.stuartmcmillen.com/blog/behind-...

08.04.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Dutton wants to work remotely if he gets the job

30.03.2025 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 225    πŸ” 80    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 10
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Elon Musk’s Starlink Expands Across White House Complex Trump administration officials said the company donated the internet service, saying the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel’s Office.

Hi, I'm the guy who used to oversee the federal government's agency IT telecommunications contracts. This is extremely bad. There is absolutely no need for this. Not only is it a huge security exposure, but the simplest explanation for this is that it is meant to be a security exposure.

18.03.2025 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 18335    πŸ” 8100    πŸ’¬ 580    πŸ“Œ 576
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There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing How regime change happens in America

Suddenly, and not accidentally, people who work for the American federal government are having the same experience as people who find themselves living under foreign occupation.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

19.02.2025 09:42 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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