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Nick Sousanis

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Comics as thinking. Eisner winner. Unflattening from HarvardUP (http://bit.ly/1vENIO7). Former Detroiter/NYer/YYC/now assoc prof SFSU-Comics Studies! https://spinweaveandcut.com/ Tags #comics #Unflattening #Nostos

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Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who d...

Documents reveal a web of financial ties between Trump officials and the industries they help regulate:

ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees who declined to identify former clients.

06.03.2026 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2270    πŸ” 1084    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 79

Definitely a real abominable thing…

09.03.2026 04:29 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In case that source was less than reliable, also from the guardian

09.03.2026 03:34 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Indeed

09.03.2026 03:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Need courses of action to stop this madness

09.03.2026 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Stop the country. I want to get off… this is unthinkable

09.03.2026 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Playing for change is such a great project - my dad plays the videos for us most times we get home, so good!

09.03.2026 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also, I’m absolutely convinced one of the cast members can actually fly (guy on far left) and does his best not to so no one suspects… he’s out of this world in how he defies gravity…

08.03.2026 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of dancers taking their bow in front of a backdrop of dried earth

Photo of dancers taking their bow in front of a backdrop of dried earth

Family & I went ODC professional dance company’s performance in SF today (my kiddo has been in their classes since age 3), such a moving & profound celebration of what it means to be human, of our capacity for creative expression, & the artistry of the human body. Extraordinary! odc.dance

08.03.2026 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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AI error or not, Iran school bombing is a permanent stain on America’s soul | Will Bunch A debate on AI in warfare obscures the truth about an Iran school bombing. U.S. humans are to blame for this war crime.

They had names. They had beautiful faces. And they had the same dreams as your kids - crushed when American "precision" bombs slammed into their Minab elementary school, killing 175

Don't blame AI for this. Blame the sick humans who see war as a game

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/iran...

08.03.2026 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 5061    πŸ” 1796    πŸ’¬ 117    πŸ“Œ 78

reminds me I want to see team-up of Etrigan and Zecora from My Little Pony...

08.03.2026 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great - glad it’s of use!

08.03.2026 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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When DOGE Unleashed ChatGPT on the Humanities

God, it is crushing to read this. We all knew these decisions were made recklessly but to see it all laid out in black and white? 😭

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/a...

08.03.2026 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œWe are marching through the world, cleaning out the bad guys… he is the greatest commander-in-chief of all time.”

I hope this guy lives to face charges.

Also enough with the goddamn baseball caps, what is wrong with these gross people?

08.03.2026 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 202    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 6

Oh c’mon, even with everything the horrors that come out of this man’s mouth are still shocking

08.03.2026 07:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And keeps showing us with new horrors each day…

08.03.2026 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent - thank you! (And if you’ve not seen, this is shareable for anyone too)

07.03.2026 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Infographic titled "AI Isn't a Ticket To an A," explaining how chatbots work, what the data show about the prevalence of these technologies and how they're used, what we know about the quality of their output, and what we know about the impact that frequent use of these technologies has on their users and on content creators, low-wage workers, and the environment.

Infographic titled "AI Isn't a Ticket To an A," explaining how chatbots work, what the data show about the prevalence of these technologies and how they're used, what we know about the quality of their output, and what we know about the impact that frequent use of these technologies has on their users and on content creators, low-wage workers, and the environment.

For their first project, my Kids and Society students have to create an infographic clarifying a common misconception about "kids these days." I'd prefer that they not use AI to create their projects, so I made my own infographic explaining why : )

25.09.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 842    πŸ” 312    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 20

They've now killed four people -- three U.S. citizens and a Mexican national. They've shot several more.

They've lied about all of them. They haven't shaded the truth. They haven't "misled" us. They've brazenly, knowingly lied while in possession of the evidence disproving their lies.

07.03.2026 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 4731    πŸ” 1908    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 30
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Rebecca Solnit Says the Left’s Next Hero Is Already Here

This happened. The print interview was edited in ways that feel very jumpy, but I got to say some things. Like: Maybe changing the world is more like caregiving than it is like war. Too many people still expect it to look like war. [and then there's a crazy jump-cut w/out transition.]

07.03.2026 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1003    πŸ” 165    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 32

ICYMI: I spoke with legendary DC Comics publisher Jenette Kahn, in the first half of a wide-ranging interview about her life in comics.

07.03.2026 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 144    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

For the record, I had no idea about this when I wrote it into my letter. But ugh! bsky.app/profile/npr....

07.03.2026 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hope it thrives!!

07.03.2026 07:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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U.S. May Have Committed War Crime In Sinking Of Iranian Ship The Geneva Conventions say nations have a duty to β€œtake all possible measures” to help rescue victims of shipwrecks. A U.S. submarine left that to Sri Lanka.

β€œThe 312-foot Dena and its 130-member crew, many of them musicians in the Iranian navy band, had just finished participating in an Indian government naval exercise and cultural exchange that the U.S. Navy had also participated in and were on the way home on Wednesday.”

07.03.2026 00:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1193    πŸ” 568    πŸ’¬ 65    πŸ“Œ 132

It’s possible my hypothetical wasn’t…

07.03.2026 06:06 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Awesome!

07.03.2026 03:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Indeed! bsky.app/profile/robg...

07.03.2026 03:23 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why comics creators must fight the proposed censorship of H.R.Β 7661 H.R. 7661 could restrict federal funding for schools over LGBTQIA+ and sex education content. Here's what's at stake and how to fight back.

Why comics creators must fight the proposed censorship of H.R. 7661

06.03.2026 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 500    πŸ” 357    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 17

I labored over this decision for a long time, I had all good options and much to consider, but it’s not really till I started to write the letter that the choice became as clear as it was. And then it seemed like a no brainer. But before that it felt like a coin toss. Writing/drawing is thinking!

07.03.2026 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks!

07.03.2026 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0