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He/him/his. Host of PLASTICAST, THE MIRROR FACTORY, THE DEATH-DEFYING HUMAN FLYCAST on the Fire & Water #Podcast Network; writer/copy ed. #comics Brown ‘n proud. Newsletters and contacts at https://linktr.ee/maxromero

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Just an incredible amount of voter disenfranchisement happening in Dallas County right now

04.03.2026 04:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones

Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones

I’d kill it on an Indy book…

03.03.2026 22:48 — 👍 456    🔁 63    💬 16    📌 8

What Putin is doing in Europe is what Netanyahu is doing in the Middle East is what Trump is doing in Latin America

04.03.2026 03:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Dallas County extends voting for Democrats to 9 p.m. after widespread confusion Shortly before polls were set to close in Dallas County on Tuesday, the elections department extended voting by two hours to 9 p.m. due to widespread...

“The local problem was compounded because the Secretary of State’s votetexas.gov website was not updated with Dallas County’s new precinct maps changed in December after state redistricting, according to Allen.”

04.03.2026 02:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yeah, y’know what I don’t see? Plans to reverse their rollbacks of Pride and DEI, or to stop letting ICE stage agents at their stores. Eat shit, Target.

03.03.2026 17:48 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
an advert for a game bundle from DNGN CLUB GAMES including:

relics remastered vol 1
200+ pages of strange npcs, interesting baddies, wierd subsystems & more for any ttrpg.
RELIQUARY REMASTERED VOL 1
38 truly unique and game changing items for any ttrpg.
DNGN + DRGN
A lighting fast, narrative-action wyrd-fantasy dungeon crawler
DNGN + DRGN
Something approaches
8 monstrous inhabitants for DNGN + DRGN that can all act as enemy, friend, or obstacle

Features a vintage style poster with a black background with a pinkish humanoid silhouette being impaled by a very large sword.

an advert for a game bundle from DNGN CLUB GAMES including: relics remastered vol 1 200+ pages of strange npcs, interesting baddies, wierd subsystems & more for any ttrpg. RELIQUARY REMASTERED VOL 1 38 truly unique and game changing items for any ttrpg. DNGN + DRGN A lighting fast, narrative-action wyrd-fantasy dungeon crawler DNGN + DRGN Something approaches 8 monstrous inhabitants for DNGN + DRGN that can all act as enemy, friend, or obstacle Features a vintage style poster with a black background with a pinkish humanoid silhouette being impaled by a very large sword.

Get some dank fantasy goodness.
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03.03.2026 17:00 — 👍 25    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 0
Switch from The Matrix says "Not like this."

Switch from The Matrix says "Not like this."

*Just in the LAST WEEK*:
- Prisons are experimenting on trans prisoners to "cure" them
- Kansas revoked every trans Kansan's driver's license
- Scouts agreed to ban trans kids
- Texas declared all health services stop helping trans kids
- SCOTUS declared it legal to out trans kids to abusive parents

03.03.2026 01:31 — 👍 1204    🔁 496    💬 19    📌 38

And yes, of course, it’s a business and you can’t do anything if you don’t make money. But there should be some things that aren’t for sale, because you end up paying the cost.

02.03.2026 21:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

And now here we are. Teaming up with betting pools disguised as investing for … reasons? Journalism will break your heart, y’all.

02.03.2026 21:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

For a brief moment, I truly believe the industry saw this in itself. Maybe for 40-50 years. And then an arrogance, followed by desperation, led it to chasing revenue and hiring leaders who sought “efficiency” but couldn’t care less about journalism. They took all the wrong lessons from the internet.

02.03.2026 21:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

When I was just getting started in the trade, it was ingrained in me that journalism is a service industry. The reader is paramount — inform people, as objectively as possible, what’s happening and why it matters. Be the “first draft of history.” Be a watchdog in service to the community.

02.03.2026 21:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I used to say that newspapers may die, but journalism will live on. I believe that less and less because I keep seeing it dig its own grave.

02.03.2026 20:52 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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I wrote this some years back and return to it now as a reminder to myself of what's really important in life. If it resonates with you, too, all the better.

02.03.2026 19:43 — 👍 75    🔁 22    💬 2    📌 1

Cyrus Smythe would be such a great character to bring back. There are so many Golden Age Plas ideas worth reviving.

02.03.2026 18:30 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Review: Superman #35 A blog about all things Supergirl, with a healthy dose of Superman and Legion

My review of Superman #35:
comicboxcommentary.blogspot.com/2026/03/revi...

I think this will have major impact on DCKO. I think Prime isn't 100% redeemed.
And Doomsday ... a good guy?
@joshuawilliamson.bsky.social

02.03.2026 17:45 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
A scanned image of the first page of a legal document on letterhead from Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, dated February 27, 2026. It is labeled "Opinion No. KP-0518" and addressed to Mr. Darrel D. Spinks, Executive Director of the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council. A portion of the first paragraph is highlighted in yellow, reading: "mental health care providers" licensed by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council."

A scanned image of the first page of a legal document on letterhead from Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, dated February 27, 2026. It is labeled "Opinion No. KP-0518" and addressed to Mr. Darrel D. Spinks, Executive Director of the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council. A portion of the first paragraph is highlighted in yellow, reading: "mental health care providers" licensed by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council."

A scanned image of the second page of the Attorney General Opinion document. A section in the first full paragraph is highlighted in yellow, which reads: "[f]or the purpose of transitioning a child’s biological sex as determined by the sex organs, chromosomes, and endogenous profiles of the child or affirming the child’s perception of the child’s sex if that perception is inconsistent with the child’s biological sex."

A scanned image of the second page of the Attorney General Opinion document. A section in the first full paragraph is highlighted in yellow, which reads: "[f]or the purpose of transitioning a child’s biological sex as determined by the sex organs, chromosomes, and endogenous profiles of the child or affirming the child’s perception of the child’s sex if that perception is inconsistent with the child’s biological sex."

A scanned image of the third page of the Attorney General Opinion document. The text discusses various statutory and dictionary definitions of the terms "health care provider" and "health care". There are no highlighted sections on this page.

A scanned image of the third page of the Attorney General Opinion document. The text discusses various statutory and dictionary definitions of the terms "health care provider" and "health care". There are no highlighted sections on this page.

A scanned image of the seventh and final page of the Attorney General Opinion document, showing the "SUMMARY" section and the signature block for Ken Paxton. The entire summary paragraph is highlighted in yellow, reading: "The definition of a “health care provider” in subsection 161.701(2) of the Health and Safety Code unambiguously encompasses the professions regulated by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council. Any licensee that facilitates the provision of unlawful procedures or treatments that aim to transition a child’s sex are thus forbidden from receiving public money in support of those efforts and, separately, risk revocation of their licenses to practice."

A scanned image of the seventh and final page of the Attorney General Opinion document, showing the "SUMMARY" section and the signature block for Ken Paxton. The entire summary paragraph is highlighted in yellow, reading: "The definition of a “health care provider” in subsection 161.701(2) of the Health and Safety Code unambiguously encompasses the professions regulated by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council. Any licensee that facilitates the provision of unlawful procedures or treatments that aim to transition a child’s sex are thus forbidden from receiving public money in support of those efforts and, separately, risk revocation of their licenses to practice."

Texas AG Ken Paxton has declared that it is illegal for mental health providers and therapists to treat trans youth. It means that trans youth will be denied access to any mental healthcare that isn't conversion therapy. Paxton also threatens parents of trans youth with child abuse investigations.

02.03.2026 16:26 — 👍 2204    🔁 1098    💬 95    📌 143
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HOME - Vintage Cinema Revisited VINTAGE CINEMA REVISITED Bringing classics off the video store shelf and back to the big screen. Your Host: Rob Kelly I have loved movies my entire life, and have brought that passion into my professi...

Proud to announce my newest project, VINTAGE CINEMA REVISITED (VCR), which will bring classic cinema off the video store shelf back onto the big screen!

You can find out more about VCR and sign up to learn about future screenings here: vintagecinemarevisited.com

02.03.2026 00:11 — 👍 16    🔁 11    💬 0    📌 1

Doing a little research led to me watching a California Raisins commercial, and man, how do you even explain to people how big those characters were

01.03.2026 21:15 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It’s our moral and religious duty to protect the lives of children — unless they’re young students in another country, I guess?

28.02.2026 20:42 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Every Republican president in my lifetime has picked a war based on a lie when his favorability rating started to tank.

America has never been the shining city on the hill. We've been the land from whence monsters come in the night to drop bombs and fire on children and innocents.

28.02.2026 18:19 — 👍 46    🔁 11    💬 0    📌 0

It’s tempting to talk about separating disdain for a country from disdain for its people, but a majority of Americans voted for this president and all he represents. This is on us.

28.02.2026 18:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
28.02.2026 14:49 — 👍 849    🔁 186    💬 4    📌 0

In your name. Your hard earned tax money is being used to build concentration camps and torturing children at home and murdering children abroad.

28.02.2026 17:40 — 👍 308    🔁 88    💬 5    📌 2

Aahhahahaha

27.02.2026 21:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Buddy Guy: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music Buddy Guy: Tiny Desk Concert

Just do yourself a favor and press play.

27.02.2026 20:56 — 👍 567    🔁 125    💬 29    📌 11
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So sad to share that legendary colorist Tatjana Wood has passed away at the age of 99. Her pioneering painterly touch graced scores of DC & Vertigo series. She was truly one of a kind and a special friend. May her memory be a blessing.

27.02.2026 19:26 — 👍 1526    🔁 426    💬 31    📌 79

We’ll most likely be moving at the end of March, which means I have to pack up the books, so I’m in the position of loving the idea of getting help with that but also not trusting anyone else to pack my books

27.02.2026 20:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If you have the means, please donate to the Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate and they are overwhelmed with requests. Colorado borders Kansas, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.

tcpipeline.org

26.02.2026 04:17 — 👍 7856    🔁 8546    💬 1    📌 107

They lied and here's the video proof. I cannot believe we're just gonna keep on like this and absolutely nothing happens

27.02.2026 04:00 — 👍 2149    🔁 645    💬 26    📌 18

The lady-like way the woman is holding the needle is such a great little detail

27.02.2026 00:55 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0