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illustration inspired by Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein" showing the creature standing beside a tree on a hilltop.

illustration inspired by Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein" showing the creature standing beside a tree on a hilltop.

"It was the wretch, the filthy daemon, to whom I had given life."

Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" was published on this day in 1818 🫀

11.03.2026 18:45 👍 1410 🔁 534 💬 13 📌 5

So subset of boycott supporters took it upon themselves to declare the Target boycott over but the people who actually started the movement have spoken out today no one talked to them and the boycott lives. 🧵

11.03.2026 18:48 👍 874 🔁 260 💬 38 📌 20
A photo of Mayor Mamdani leaning forward like he’s listening is overlaid on a simple striped background. Large text above his head reads “keep your promise! Fund nyc public libraries at 0.5% of the city budget.”

Smaller text at the top reads “NYCPLAN Public Library Action Network”

At the bottom of the image is an oblong bubble with text inside that reads “visit nycplan.org for more information”

A photo of Mayor Mamdani leaning forward like he’s listening is overlaid on a simple striped background. Large text above his head reads “keep your promise! Fund nyc public libraries at 0.5% of the city budget.” Smaller text at the top reads “NYCPLAN Public Library Action Network” At the bottom of the image is an oblong bubble with text inside that reads “visit nycplan.org for more information”

Love your library? Help us secure stable funding!

Take 30 seconds and send the Mayor a short note;

Tell him to honor his promise, and fund the NYC library systems at a minimum of 0.5% of the city’s expense budget.

www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...

11.03.2026 16:04 👍 149 🔁 80 💬 2 📌 1
The TWIN PEAKS character Pete Martell looking at his White wife who has been dressing up as an Asian man for the past several days.

The TWIN PEAKS character Pete Martell looking at his White wife who has been dressing up as an Asian man for the past several days.

Day 15: "You look terrible!"

Pete Martell summing up my take on the whole "Mr. Tojamura" situation.

WOOF! ⛰️🏔️

11.03.2026 16:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The TWIN PEAKS characters Josie Packard and Benjamin Horne in a battle of wills.

The TWIN PEAKS characters Josie Packard and Benjamin Horne in a battle of wills.

Day 14: "They'll bury us side by side!"

Damn they really let Joan Chen come out to PLAY in this episode! ⛰️🏔️

10.03.2026 18:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Javier Rodríguez
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10.03.2026 11:30 👍 167 🔁 56 💬 4 📌 3
Illustration of a lion holding a blue triangle that says “.5% PROMISED.” Text around the lion reads: “Budget Rally for NYC Libraries, March 18, City Hall, 9 AM,” with a pink and orange sunburst background.

Illustration of a lion holding a blue triangle that says “.5% PROMISED.” Text around the lion reads: “Budget Rally for NYC Libraries, March 18, City Hall, 9 AM,” with a pink and orange sunburst background.

Come out to support our NYC Public Libraries before the City Council preliminary budget hearing on March 18 at 9 am at City Hall Park. Details: actionnetwork.org/events/budge...

10.03.2026 13:28 👍 208 🔁 76 💬 1 📌 0
Headline from the New York Times: Tatjana Wood, Award-Winning Comic Book Colorist, Dies at 99. She was part of the acclaimed creative teams on comic book series for DC Comics, including Swamp Thing, which she called Shvampy in her German accent.

Headline from the New York Times: Tatjana Wood, Award-Winning Comic Book Colorist, Dies at 99. She was part of the acclaimed creative teams on comic book series for DC Comics, including Swamp Thing, which she called Shvampy in her German accent.

Only those of you who are comics nerds like me are going to recognize this name, but longtime colorist Tatjana Wood has apparently passed at age 99.

09.03.2026 23:48 👍 37 🔁 13 💬 1 📌 1
The TWIN PEAKS character Harold Smith at his writing desk

The TWIN PEAKS character Harold Smith at his writing desk

Day 13: "I grew up in Boston. Well, actually, I grew up in books."

I hate this mfer but that's actually a pretty good line 🏔️⛰️

09.03.2026 16:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The TWIN PEAKS character Louie Budway, on the phone at the front of The Great Northern Hotel

The TWIN PEAKS character Louie Budway, on the phone at the front of The Great Northern Hotel

"The eagle has landed."

Louie is great! I hope we see more of her, and not as the victim of a crime
🤞🤞
⛰️🏔️

09.03.2026 01:58 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
The TWIN PEAKS characters Ben Horne and Louie in the The Great Northern hotel. Louie (seen on the right) is excitedly telling Ben Horne (seen on the left) news about a hot news tip.

The TWIN PEAKS characters Ben Horne and Louie in the The Great Northern hotel. Louie (seen on the right) is excitedly telling Ben Horne (seen on the left) news about a hot news tip.

Day 12: " MT Wentz is coming to Twin Peaks!"

I love the energy we're getting from Bellina Martin Logan here. I don't remember if her character "Louie" appeared before but she's eating up every second 🙌

09.03.2026 00:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Wonderful obit for legendary comics colorist Tatjana Wood in NYT.

Here she is holding her Eisner Hall of Fame Award in 2023. This photo makes me SO happy. Just look at that smile! Even at age 96, she knew what that honor meant.

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

08.03.2026 15:29 👍 228 🔁 40 💬 2 📌 1
Scene is a suburban street. A green RANGE ROVER is parked on the kerb. We see two men approach it. We'll call them MAN 1 and MAN 2. 

MAN 1 [showing Man 2 the Range Rover]
So yeah here it is

59,000 on the clock 

Nice racing green

MAN 2:
Looks lovely 

MAN 1:
It's got the heated seats, auto headlights

 [Man 2 looks in the front seat]

MAN 2:
Really nice 

[man 2 now opening the back door]

MAN 1:
Reverse camera, air quality sensor

Leather upgrade - 

MAN 2:
What's that?

MAN 1:
What 

MAN 2: 
There's something on the back seat there 

[we now see what he is looking at on the back seat. it is the tiny, shrivelled, calcified form of ANDREW MOUNTBATTEN WINDSOR, claw-like hands laced, his tiny body all grey, his hunted eyes glowing red]

MAN 1:
I can't see anything. 

MAN 2: 
You've got Andrew Mountbatten Windsor

MAN 1:
That's just light wear

MAN 2: 
It's not light wear mate, it's the former Prince 

It's completely ingrained in the leather

[he scratches disdainfully at the melted form of the royal wraith]

MAN 2: 
Is this why you didn't show the back seat on the listing?

MAN 1:
It's a design feature. 

MAN 2: 
I've come down from Suffolk mate. 

[Ends]

Scene is a suburban street. A green RANGE ROVER is parked on the kerb. We see two men approach it. We'll call them MAN 1 and MAN 2. MAN 1 [showing Man 2 the Range Rover] So yeah here it is 59,000 on the clock Nice racing green MAN 2: Looks lovely MAN 1: It's got the heated seats, auto headlights [Man 2 looks in the front seat] MAN 2: Really nice [man 2 now opening the back door] MAN 1: Reverse camera, air quality sensor Leather upgrade - MAN 2: What's that? MAN 1: What  MAN 2: There's something on the back seat there  [we now see what he is looking at on the back seat. it is the tiny, shrivelled, calcified form of ANDREW MOUNTBATTEN WINDSOR, claw-like hands laced, his tiny body all grey, his hunted eyes glowing red] MAN 1: I can't see anything. MAN 2: You've got Andrew Mountbatten Windsor MAN 1: That's just light wear MAN 2: It's not light wear mate, it's the former Prince  It's completely ingrained in the leather [he scratches disdainfully at the melted form of the royal wraith] MAN 2: Is this why you didn't show the back seat on the listing? MAN 1: It's a design feature. MAN 2: I've come down from Suffolk mate. [Ends]

08.03.2026 19:26 👍 610 🔁 128 💬 9 📌 7
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ICEBREAKER cargo.site

IceBreaker is a free online resource that maps the activity of ICE within NYC. It provides key info such as time, date, the # of agents on sight and the number of people detained.
nycicebreaker.cargo.site

08.03.2026 15:39 👍 242 🔁 145 💬 0 📌 0
A black and white photo of her

A black and white photo of her

A sample page of her lettering work from New Romances #13 (1952). The story is titled "Two-Timer."

A sample page of her lettering work from New Romances #13 (1952). The story is titled "Two-Timer."

Helen “Duffy” Mohler, who was born Sui Fong Chu on June 11, 1917. She was a comic book letterer who worked over several decades for numerous companies, including St John Publications, Gold Key, Archie, DC Comics, & more. #InternationalWomensDay
#InternationalWomensDay2026

08.03.2026 16:33 👍 147 🔁 30 💬 1 📌 1
The TWIN PEAKS character Harold Smith, talking from behind his half opened front door

The TWIN PEAKS character Harold Smith, talking from behind his half opened front door

Ugh

*THIS* guy

Martin Short looking motherfucker

07.03.2026 23:04 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
The TWIN PEAKS characters Albert Rosenfield and Harry Truman are in a heated face-to-face conversation

The TWIN PEAKS characters Albert Rosenfield and Harry Truman are in a heated face-to-face conversation

Day 11: "While I will admit to a certain cynicism, the fact is that I'm a naysayer and hatchet man in the fight against violence... My concerns are global. I reject absolutely revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method... is love." ⛰️🏔️

07.03.2026 22:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Get in on the action early, and spread the word widely!

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07.03.2026 17:22 👍 40 🔁 17 💬 2 📌 1

IF Gavin Newsom is on a ballot

THEN me and many others will refuse to vote for him

THEREFORE instead of bitching at me and others like me

YOU should take the *years* you have and make sure that doesn't happen if you actually fucking care

BECAUSE my position is immutable

07.03.2026 17:20 👍 4272 🔁 1093 💬 114 📌 101
a four-panel stick-figure cartoon

panel one:
three standing figures. from left to right, a guy wearing a necktie looking at his phone, an angry MAGA guy yelling FUCK YOUR FUCKIN POST FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU, and a rando just standing there like an NPC. 

panel two:
the guy looking at his phone shows MAGA guy his hand, causing MAGA to vanish. the word Block hangs in the air where fuckface once was. a green-bordered in-game message appears, reading "+2 Mental Health." now the rando is suddenly interested.

panel three:
as our man continues doom-scrolling, a sly grin on his face, the rando on the right puts on a punch-me face and snarls: "Typical lefty, blocking everyone who disagrees with-"

panel four
phone guy shows the hand to punch-me face, causing the rando to vanish. the word Block hangs in the air where that dickhead was. a green-bordered in-game message appears again, reading "+2 Mental Health."

a four-panel stick-figure cartoon panel one: three standing figures. from left to right, a guy wearing a necktie looking at his phone, an angry MAGA guy yelling FUCK YOUR FUCKIN POST FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU, and a rando just standing there like an NPC. panel two: the guy looking at his phone shows MAGA guy his hand, causing MAGA to vanish. the word Block hangs in the air where fuckface once was. a green-bordered in-game message appears, reading "+2 Mental Health." now the rando is suddenly interested. panel three: as our man continues doom-scrolling, a sly grin on his face, the rando on the right puts on a punch-me face and snarls: "Typical lefty, blocking everyone who disagrees with-" panel four phone guy shows the hand to punch-me face, causing the rando to vanish. the word Block hangs in the air where that dickhead was. a green-bordered in-game message appears again, reading "+2 Mental Health."

07.03.2026 02:45 👍 7103 🔁 2220 💬 2 📌 92

I've been listening to an audiobook about airships (zeppelins, dirigibles, or blimps, depending on locale), and how they NEVER really worked, but governments had invested so much in them that they were determined to MAKE them work, wasting fortunes & years & lives

This post is not about airships

07.03.2026 15:37 👍 617 🔁 183 💬 4 📌 0
The TWIN PEAKS character Andy Brennan. He is having a serious conversation but has a piece of tape on his head.

The TWIN PEAKS character Andy Brennan. He is having a serious conversation but has a piece of tape on his head.

"Listen to me Lucy Moran. You just listen. When the Tacoma sperm bank was looking for donors, naturally I applied. It's my civic duty, and *I LIKE* whales."

REAL good joke 😆

07.03.2026 03:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A shot from the TWIN PEAKS episode "Coma". In the foreground Albert Rosenfield (left) is explaining a medical report to Dale Cooper (right). Seen between the two in the background is a barbershop quartet, that is not commented on or explained

A shot from the TWIN PEAKS episode "Coma". In the foreground Albert Rosenfield (left) is explaining a medical report to Dale Cooper (right). Seen between the two in the background is a barbershop quartet, that is not commented on or explained

Day 10: "The stomach contents revealed, let's see: beer cans, a Maryland license plate, half a bicycle tire, a goat, and a small wooden puppet, goes by the name of Pinocchio." ⛰️🏔️

06.03.2026 23:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Why comics creators must fight the proposed censorship of H.R. 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 👍 545 🔁 381 💬 2 📌 18

You won't be able
to fix it all.
You will be able
to love.

- Helms Jarrell

06.03.2026 03:06 👍 514 🔁 146 💬 3 📌 0
A graphic with a brown background that reads: "NYC Council: Fund NYC public libraries at 0.5% of the city budget!" with a button below that says "Visit nycplan.org for more information.

A graphic with a brown background that reads: "NYC Council: Fund NYC public libraries at 0.5% of the city budget!" with a button below that says "Visit nycplan.org for more information.

Please send a letter to your city council member and follow up with a call too! actionnetwork.org/letters/city...

04.03.2026 20:43 👍 134 🔁 60 💬 3 📌 1

How you can help:

"Her legal team at MIRA Legal, as well as the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Coalition (TIRRC), are providing legal representation in the case"

I will match your donations to TIRRC.

06.03.2026 02:24 👍 10 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0
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Corporate Media Buries Story of US and Israel Killing 168 in Girls School Attack No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.

I wrote about how the US and Israel carried out an attack on an Iranian girls school on par with the OKC bombing and US media relegated it to a back page story. No stand alone evening news segments, no front page stories, it made A11 in the NYT then everyone moved on.

04.03.2026 21:58 👍 4266 🔁 1475 💬 35 📌 47
The message from MaskTogetherAmerica invites everyone to sign a petition to Mayor Mamdani asking NYC to recognize Long COVID Awareness Day by lighting up the City Hall in teal on March 15th every year. NYCMayor Mamdani, please make our wish come true! 

Visual: The picture of New York City Hall was manipulated to show it lit up to honor the International Long COVID Awareness day on March 15th. Find the link to sign the petition in bio.Below the picture are logos of our cosponsors from left to right:
First row:
—Mask Together Colorado 
—Clean Air LA 
—Long COVID Foundation 
—Winslow Santé Publique 
—International Long Covid Awareness (ILCA)
—COVID Action GSO
—Long COVID Justice
—Clean Air Club
—Patient-Led Research Collaborative
—Clear the Air ATX
Second row:
—World Health Network
—Pan End It!
—Marked By COVID
—Asociación of Long COVID Aragón
—Public Health Action Network
—Long COVID Rise Up
—Air Support Project
—Care Not COVID Chicago
—Clean Air Advocacy Ireland
—COVID-19 Long Hauler Advocacy Project
Third Row:
MaskTogetherAmerica

The message from MaskTogetherAmerica invites everyone to sign a petition to Mayor Mamdani asking NYC to recognize Long COVID Awareness Day by lighting up the City Hall in teal on March 15th every year. NYCMayor Mamdani, please make our wish come true! Visual: The picture of New York City Hall was manipulated to show it lit up to honor the International Long COVID Awareness day on March 15th. Find the link to sign the petition in bio.Below the picture are logos of our cosponsors from left to right: First row: —Mask Together Colorado —Clean Air LA —Long COVID Foundation —Winslow Santé Publique —International Long Covid Awareness (ILCA) —COVID Action GSO —Long COVID Justice —Clean Air Club —Patient-Led Research Collaborative —Clear the Air ATX Second row: —World Health Network —Pan End It! —Marked By COVID —Asociación of Long COVID Aragón —Public Health Action Network —Long COVID Rise Up —Air Support Project —Care Not COVID Chicago —Clean Air Advocacy Ireland —COVID-19 Long Hauler Advocacy Project Third Row: MaskTogetherAmerica

On #LongCOVIDAwarenessDay (March 15), NYC should recognize #LongCOVID as a historic struggle and light up its City Hall in teal! Sign petition to @mayor.nyc.gov! actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe... Join Us! 💚

06.03.2026 01:47 👍 24 🔁 13 💬 2 📌 1
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With the upcoming facsimile releases of the 2003 JLA/Avengers books, let's hope that Marvel and DC will reprint the unpublished pages in a general release or include it in the upcoming collection.

The pencils are so tight. Hawkeye, Starfox, She-Hulk, Beast cannot touch Kang...

06.03.2026 01:59 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1