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"Deer attacks on humans are considered rare, because 'deer are hardwired to be afraid of humans,' according to the National Deer Association.

"However, that is changing in North Carolina due to people illegally keeping deer as pets, or feeding them in the yard, state biologists say."

Must-Reads and Some Notes on Taking Action and Staying Whole in 2026 As we close out a year of crisis and courage, I’m thinking about what sustains us — and what comes next.

The latest edition of my newsletter includes must-reads, organizing resources, year-end reflections, and a writing exercise for anyone trying to stay whole and take action in 2026.

I know some ppl don’t wanna hear it, but a lot more young people are dropping dead because they’ve got long covid. There are heart problems that develop from it. Get vaccinated. Test regularly. Mask up, at least strategically, to protect yourself!

Electric Lit’s Best Nonfiction of 2025 - Electric Literature Books by Edgar Gomez, Maris Kreizman, and Zefyr Lisowski are among the year's most celebrated nonfiction

Phenomenal list of 2025 nonfiction - Edgar Gomez, Caro de Robertis, Melissa Febos, Yiyun Li, Imani Perry, Andrea Long Chu and so many more greats! electricliterature.com/electric-lit...

I've been blown away by the generosity shown to my book this year, and wanted to take a moment to highlight some of the books that meant the most to me in 2025—along with a few I'm especially excited to see out in the world in the new year.

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For people with glasses, who else remembers that first moment when you see the world sharply? I was a girl, and I recall just staring out the car window, shocked by the details of the trees. The way I could see every little jagged leaf and all the greens. Just in awe.

I’m one “had sex with underage women” headline away from this

The Nefarious Nights of Willowweep Manor gets a shout-out: "Some detecting and some world-saving and some heartwarming emotion all on view."

Charles Addams

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Ugh hate to do this, but I'm completely out of savings and don't have a new gig until the new year. We have rent and bills covered for this month, but nothing for food AND we need some thrifted winter gear for the littles. Any sugar settlers appreciated!

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Got in from a lovely concert, and was treated to a five-minute Baroque aria from the cat, on the theme of starving felines and the humans who abuse them.

ok I know this is tangential to the original post but that story in the Christian Bible actively misrepresents Jewish religious law and beliefs which explicitly permit breaking religious commandments for the purpose of saving a life. פיקוח נפש is a critical halachic principle

A comics page in 30 (ok, technically 33) panels - arranged five wide by six tall. We see the birth of the solar system unfold - beginning with a gas cloud in space, which is then shocked into collapse by a supernova explosion far off. The gas collapses on itself and begins to swirl. We see it gather material into its center, which heats up - and a thin disk spreading outward - with rock close to it and ice and gas and rock spread farther out. (this was the first two tiers of panels). Third tier - we see bits of dust and rock and ice stick together, then get to bigger pieces and collide, and eventually turn into planetesimals. Next row, a bigger one of these collects tons of gas and ice to itself and becomes the first planet (Jupiter) and we see the others (and some that are no longer around) form. Fifth row - these planets clear remaining dust and rock from their orbital lanes, but still pretty chaotic. a panel split into four - showing in half the collision that turned Uranus on its side, and the other showing the collision that stripped Mercury of its outer layer. We also see diagrammatically how Jupiter and Saturn moved in closer to sun at some point and then moved back outward - which among other things caused Neptune and Uranus to switch orbits, and then for row 6 - trigged the late heavy bombardment where rocks and ice and gas are flung inward at the inner planets - devastating them - but also bringing gases included water. Finally, the planets reach the more or less current configuration. I drew Saturn with a ring, which it probably didn't have - but only so people knew what it was. I drew earth with one giant continent as it might've been - but you can't really tell anyhow, the drawing is too tiny. I would've put water on Mars but I felt that would confuse everyone.

The birth of our solar system - at last, closing up the penultimate page of this mammoth chapter exploring the origin of the universe in all its swirls of different sorts... It's been a long trip. And there is, to be sure, a lot going on on this page :)
Onward!
#Nostos #Unflattening 2

My little piece for the Free Art Gallery today.
When I meet awesome and cool creative peers I’m very much geeking out on the inside 😅😝

I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison

Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.

Has there been a Lancet study on whether everything written by or for women will eventually be called YA?

Birds of Prey: A Swan Song for DC’s Showcase of Sisterhood | DC What Kelly Thompson’s Birds of Prey always understood, and what it always expressed, was that at its core, Birds of Prey is a comic about sisterhood.

For dc.com, I write my farewell to one of the best Birds of Prey runs we've ever had.

Shotout @kellythompson.bsky.social, best in the biz. Never bet against Kelly.

what do you mean that hateful bigot masquerading as an edgelord cartoonist ALSO has bad vaccine opinions????

The Prey of Gods by @nickydrayden.bsky.social - for your friends who like rich, ensemble, morally grey epic dystopian scifi

Gawd, this is a grim warning for me. So I watched that animal shelter vid going round, felt all teary and happy, shared it - without the ability to parse that it was AI because I *wanted* to believe it. Have unshared. Wish it was real. But mostly wish we weren't lied to by AI.

Absolutely humbled for Assigned to be in the company of outlets like @404media.co, @liberalcurrents.com, and @prisonjournalism.bsky.social, not to mention the incredible @marisakabas.bsky.social!!!

Popular Salad Dressings Recalled Right Now—Hidden Valley Ranch, Costco and More There’s an active recall on popular salad dressings likely sold at deli counters and salad bars. Here’s what you need to know.

To go along with your massive shredded cheese recall is today's salad dressing + sauce recall, which includes CostCo + Hidden Valley Ranch:

www.eatingwell.com/hidden-valle...

it's the Precious Moments™️ substitute for sentimental labor of this generation

Illustration by Ajuan Mance depicting portraits of many illustrious Black Oakland folk from history and present

Oakland Creates 2025
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at Oak Stop
1721 Broadway, Oakland, Ca.
11am – 5pm.

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MASKS ARE REQUIRED

From the warm chair
To the wind’s welter,
Flee if storm’s your shelter.
—Edna St. Vincent Millay, “Not So Far As The Forest.”

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Words as lifelines. Stories as resistance.

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We've got staff recommendations to help you gift this holiday season--for instance, try Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins by Caitlin McGurk, which Justin says is "a magnificent love letter to one of America’s greatest–and most overlooked—illustrators and cartoonists"! https://ow.ly/lc0750XE8PP

The deceptive phrase behind Trump's Medicaid purge How the idea of “able-bodied” is abused

“Able-bodied” may sound like a medical determination, but, as disability activist
@imanibarbarin.bsky.social says, it’s really just a vague way “to signal this idea that disability can be seen.”

Ferenc Berko, Denture Shop, Rawalpindi, 1946