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Mark Hoffmann

@studiohoffmann.bsky.social

Tomorrow at 6pm et on insta

#kidlit superstar, and returning guest, Adam Rex is the coolest of cool. An amazing artist? ✅ An amazing writer? ✅ both at the same time? ✅
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January 14, 2026 at 6:01 PM

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Osita Nwanevu

@ositanwanevu.com

I wrote about Renee Good, Venezuela, Greenland, and what it means to be a human being. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

America, JD Vance tells us, is merely a nation like many others ⁠– a “homeland”, he said upon accepting his nomination to the vice-presidency, for “people with a shared history and a common future”. That’s a vision of American identity that would have described bands of cavepeople in skins just as well or better. Stephen Miller’s proleptic defense of seizing Greenland last week suggests the Trumpists themselves know this. “We live in a world, in the real world ... that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power,” he declared. “These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.”

Miller’s laws are the laws of animals. It is true, obviously, that high ideals have long been deployed to obscure or justify predation, here and elsewhere. But Miller’s stance and the stance of the administration is that there aren’t, actually, any high ideals worth pursuing or even pretending to – that the human being, in itself, is nothing so much ⁠and that we are, fundamentally and forever, primitives.

Against the demands and best aspirations of civilization – western or any kind – they tell us the human being is a creature that yearns for nothing more than blood and soil, which is, of course, just mud. The lust for mud has taken up many guises in our history and has been many given names of late – neo-reaction, post-liberalism, fascism. But the name familiar to most is evil.

It was evil – the standpoint that only might matters, that human morality, and our sense of reality itself, must yield to the turfism of the primates with the biggest clubs – that ginned up the propaganda that provoked an act of terrorism against our legislature and the policemen defending it five years ago.

It is evil that undergirds pronouncements from the same voices responsible for that attack, in defense of the man who shot Renee Nicole Good, that those who disobey the commands of law enforcement, however unsound or unjust, deserve summary execution – that implies, as Fox’s Jesse Watters and others have, that Good’s killing was of trivial significance because she was a lesbian “with pronouns in her bio”.

It is evil that sends innocent men to foreign gulags, evil that condemns hundreds of thousands of destitute people abroad to death without a moment’s discussion or debate about what the country they had depended on might owe them, or the furnishing of alternative arrangements for their wellbeing.

The gutting of USAID remains this administration’s worst and least surprising offense against the human conscience – a president who rejects the idea that we might have obligations to all within our society can’t be expected to wonder or worry about whether we have obligations to those outside of it. This is also why, after all the noise and nonsense about the need to depose the Maduro regime, the Venezuelan people are now being told that regime will be left in mostly in place for as long as it takes to secure and extract the country’s resources on our terms – that Venezuela will not see democracy unless and until it is profitable for the United States.

Democracy has always been a useless abstraction to those who deny we have basic human entitlements – for those who believe, instead, that the idea of human liberty is a luxury for those wealthy and powerful enough to consider themselves our betters rather than the birthright of all.

As many who’ve taken to the streets in protest have noted, the Trump administration’s assaults on liberty here at home are the kinds of abuses that spurred the revolution we will commemorate this year. But no grand revolution is in the offing this time around. The only just and plausible recourse for our situation is politics – understood not merely as the contest to win any given set of elections but as the broader fight to forge a republic that honors and strengthens our humanity. The American project must and will succeed. Its enemies stand for too little. Our lives are worth too much.

January 14, 2026 at 3:26 PM

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Mark Hoffmann

@studiohoffmann.bsky.social

This Thursday at 6pm Eastern, on insta, I’ll be joined by the coolest of cool Adam Rex @mr.adamrex on Gab ‘n’ Doodle.

#kidlit superstar, and returning guest, Adam Rex is the coolest of cool, is ready for another chat and I’m here for it.

#kidlitart #illustration #kidlitillustrators #kidlitartists

January 12, 2026 at 4:54 PM

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Gina Perry

@ginaperry.bsky.social

Hello #PortfolioDay - I'm a children's book author and illustrator. Looking for new projects starting mid-2026.
#kidlit #kidlitart #illustration

🖼️: ginaperry.com
📭: ginacarey@comcast.net
💼: Rep'd by Sean McCarthy Lit

Art by Gina Perry. Promotional illustration showing three kids dressed in costumes they made. Each one with a speech bubble over their head: Tape! Paper! Cardboard!

Art by Gina Perry. Brightly colored illustration of a group of colorful bugs perched on rocks, flowers and leaves in a night scene. They are playing instruments, making music, and having fun

Cover of the picture book THE KING OF BOOKS, written and illustrated by Gina Perry. A young tiger wearing a crown stands on top of a stack of books in the foreground of a jungle. In the background, a monkey, elephant, and boar look on.

Photo of the cover of February's HIGH FIVE magazine. Illustrated mouse is in a car with a giant frosted heart cookie on top. Art by Gina Perry

January 13, 2026 at 1:45 PM

Adam Rex

@adamrex.bsky.social

Telling you I just cancelled my Washington Post subscription unfortunately means admitting I still had a Washington Post subscription, but: I just cancelled my Washington Post subscription.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 11d

The Washington Post editorial board comes out in favor of the Venezuela attack/operation to capture Maduro

January 3, 2026 at 7:47 PM

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Magnanimous

@johnxuandou.bsky.social

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

August 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM

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Drew Weing

@drewweing.bsky.social

You probably don't have anything else going on, go read a new Margo comic.
www.drewweing.com/comic/page-3...

Page 343 - Technically - drew weing dot com

www.drewweing.com

December 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM

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derek guy

@dieworkwear.bsky.social

the epstein files as rick owens fall/winter 2024

Two photos. One shows a page from the Epstein files. Almost the entire page has been blacked out except for a single line at the top. The second photo shows an all-black Rick Owens outfit with the model's white face being the only visible part.

Two photos. One shows a page from the Epstein files. Almost the entire page has been blacked out except for two lines at the top and five lines at the bottom. The second photo shows an all-black Rick Owens outfit with the model's white face and legs being the only visible parts.

Two photos. One shows a page from the Epstein files. The entire page has been blacked out. The second photo shows an all-black Rick Owens outfit with the black model's face being the only visible part.

Two photos. One shows a page from the Epstein files. Almost the entire page has been blacked out except for a block of text at the top. The second photo shows an all-black Rick Owens outfit with the model's white face being the only visible part.

December 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM

Adam Rex

@adamrex.bsky.social

Cover of the picture book FIREWORKS, written by Matthew Burgess and illustrated by Cátia Chien.

December 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM

Adam Rex

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Cover of Jashar Awan's picture book, EVERY MONDAY MABEL

December 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM

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Heather Walter-McCabe

@profwaltermac.bsky.social

Dems who are willing to throw communities under the bus, including trans communities, we see you. I won’t forget come election time.

December 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM

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Wednesday Night Sessions Reading Series

@wns-at-ksf.bsky.social

Hey! New Inbox Wisdom interview with @adamrex.bsky.social up at the KickstART Farmington site! There's still time if you're quick to get his amazing new Christmas picture book, too!

kickstartfarmington.org/2025/12/12/i...

Exploring Creativity: An Interview with Adam Rex

Discover the creative journey of Adam Rex, author and illustrator, through compelling interviews that delve into his artistic process.

kickstartfarmington.org

December 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM

Adam Rex

@adamrex.bsky.social

Solved today's Gisnep in 54 seconds! I mean, it was a really easy one, but still.
No. 497 | December 17, 2025 gisnep.com

Gisnep | Daily Quote Puzzle

You Need One More Daily Puzzle In Your Life

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December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM

Adam Rex

@adamrex.bsky.social

Hi, Perry here. I’m back to announce the winner of the hand-painted ornament…congratulations to Elayne Crain!
(And sincere thanks to everyone who participated)

December 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM

Adam Rex

@adamrex.bsky.social

This is such a good point. Many of us remember a time when we had free food, shelter, education, and healthcare—and we still elected to be bussers and baggers and babysitters and probably other things that don't start with b.

Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · Nov 25

I remember having a UBI. It was called “living with my parents,” and I had all my food/shelter needs covered, plus free access to a (shared) TV, music, books, a library card, cars I could borrow and more.

I still worked drudge jobs, because I wanted to buy lots of comics and take girls to movies.

SUEDE (NOT THE BAND) @suede.bsky.social · Nov 18

Always grinds my gears when people say "No one would work drudge jobs if there was a UBI"

But even staying completely capitalist, I disagree. If I received a baseline living-wage UBI, and then I was offered REWARDS for drudge jobs, I'd take it! I want to save up for treats and travel and hobbies!

November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM

Adam Rex

@adamrex.bsky.social

Got pretty excited when I overheard my wife tell my son to "Convert to radical form" but it turns out they were just doing math?

November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM

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Andy Merrill “Brak” 🐸 ❌👑

@amerrill2.bsky.social

Nothing on television, when I was a kid, got me more excited than this.

And it was shown multiple times during the holiday season.

youtu.be/pD4LQAKB-YA?...

CBS 1970s (Special Presentation) Remastered

YouTube video by ApotheounSAK

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November 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM

Adam Rex

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November 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM

Adam Rex

@adamrex.bsky.social

Byrne just drew his wife’s curling iron here, right?

Comics page of a long purple ship rocketing forward through a very crowded space environment. The ship looks to me very much like an embellished curling iron.

November 19, 2025 at 5:01 AM

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Hank Green

@hankgreen.bsky.social

I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.

November 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM

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Leah Rose Kessler

@leahrosekessler.bsky.social

Show me proof you’ve donated at least $25 to an org that supports a need in the community, for ex:
Food pantry
Shelter
Bail fund
Abortion access
Tribal support

and I'll send you a copy of Rat Fair!

(Take a peek here but pls don't support Amazon if possible) 2/3 www.amazon.com/Rat-Fair-Lea...