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Brian Kolm
@briankolm.bsky.social
Artist and Instructor in the SF Bay Area.
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I’m Richard Scarry and I’m here to say this town’s getting busy - but not in *that* way
February 12, 2026 at 5:54 AM
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Uprising
February 11, 2026 at 5:55 AM
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Team USA Curler Rich Ruohonen:
"We'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention what's going on in Minnesota...I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution... and what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of gray. It's clear."
February 10, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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It isn't an empty gesture, it may not do anything now, but it's a signal to history, and to the world and to ourselves, that this is not ok.
February 10, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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On Monday evening, Rachel Maddow spotlighted this group working out of Baltimore. Just another in a long list of unsung, American heroes. Donate to their project!
www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
Project Salt Box: How citizen sleuths are monitoring ICE in Maryland
Inside their homes scattered around the Baltimore area, the group of watchdogs is unearthing records, like property filings, contracts, and government procurements, that are otherwise overlooked.
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February 10, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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Hiroshi Nagai, Cruisin’, 2000’s
November 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Record covers by Hiroshi Nagai, 1980’s
August 13, 2023 at 7:47 PM
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Cityscapes by Hiroshi Nagai, 1980’s/90’s
December 16, 2024 at 12:25 AM
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Hiroo Isono, Emerald Dreams, 2003
November 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Bob Rodriguez, Cat-Band-Do, 1983
December 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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George Stavrinos
February 3, 2026 at 1:07 AM
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I continue to be excited and suprised this #zinemonth as I see loads of people who are using my mockups. Really grateful for the proof that what I made is useful to creators.

What mockup would you need next? What format or product can you not find a suitable mockup for?
Here's what I have already:
February 10, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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I just want everyone to know that the creator of one of our favorite whistles (the micro bitonal) is a very nice man in Italy who has been messaging me asking if there are things he can tweak in the next version he is designing mostly to help us mass produce these more efficiently to fight ICE.
February 10, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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More games should have a cowardly baby mode. More games should let me suffer less consequences for dying or mistakes. Should have a "I just want the story" mode. Games should not pride themselves on "look how difficult we are".

I'm bad at video games and I wanna experience the good stories too :c
February 10, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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The Question
February 9, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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Folks starting out with digital graphics often throw insane amounts of work at a device and go, "Oh, guess it isn't very powerful. I should get a better one." I'm here to push the opposite perspective — that these machines are more powerful than we can imagine, and we're really bad at using them.
May 19, 2024 at 6:06 PM
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February 10, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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who else cried when bad bunny mentioned your family's home countries :,,)
February 9, 2026 at 11:10 PM
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February 10, 2026 at 4:50 AM
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Struggling with taking notes for your solo TTRPG sessions? Here is my FAVORITE way to do it! #solottrpgs youtu.be/txbnfJCtFv4?...
How I Journal & Take Notes for Solo TTRPGs | This is my FAVORITE way to do it!
YouTube video by SOLOIST VENTURE
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February 10, 2026 at 7:56 AM
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Make Art (1/4)
February 10, 2026 at 12:48 PM
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Two mail carriers at the next table in this coffee shop and they are in LOVE. Holding hands, leaning in, contented smiles, basking in each other. Both in their mail carrier uniforms.
It's so nice!
This is part of why those of us who work from home grab the laptop and go get a coffee sometimes
February 10, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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Today is the birthday of Calvin Massey (Feb. 10, 1926-June 10, 2019), a painter, illustrator, and sculptor, who also worked as a comic book artist in the 1940s & 50s. He drew for several companies, including Marvel, St. John Publishing & Lev Gleason. #BlackHistoryMonth
February 10, 2026 at 1:51 PM