Christopher Bird
@chrisbird616.bsky.social
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I did an interview with @davidhallerwrites.bsky.social that you may enjoy; I talk about a few things I don't think I have talked about before. Plus, enjoy a huge picture of my fast-collapsing middle-aged face which I do not even hide with a beard. www.davidhallerwrites.com/post/freeze-...
Freeze Frame: John Allison on the Realities of Living the Dream
Credits: John AllisonJohn Allison has forged his own unique path from novice freelancer to Eisner Award winner through a career defined by perseverance and experimentation. Within this article, he dis...
www.davidhallerwrites.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I did an interview with @davidhallerwrites.bsky.social that you may enjoy; I talk about a few things I don't think I have talked about before. Plus, enjoy a huge picture of my fast-collapsing middle-aged face which I do not even hide with a beard. www.davidhallerwrites.com/post/freeze-...
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This is a heartbreaking read – Books With Pictures is a brilliant shop in Portland. If there's a shop that would leave a huge hole in both the industry AND its community, it's this. I know money is tight but please consider sending some Katie's way.
Books with Pictures (@bkswpicspdx.bsky.social) in Portland, Oregon is a GREAT comic shop, and its owner in @omgkatiep.bsky.social is one of the best. The shop is going through a hard time right now, and if you want to help BwP out, they opened a GoFundMe to help do just that.
Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now, organized by Katie Pryde
Dear friends: I need your help.
I’m proud of everything Books with Pictures… Katie Pryde needs your support for Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now
www.gofundme.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This is a heartbreaking read – Books With Pictures is a brilliant shop in Portland. If there's a shop that would leave a huge hole in both the industry AND its community, it's this. I know money is tight but please consider sending some Katie's way.
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Alexander The Great! Philip I! Emperor Justinian! Mother Teresa! Can you hear me, Mother Teresa? YOUR BOYS TOOK ONE HELL OF A BEATING! YOUR BOYS TOOK ONE HELL OF A BEATING!
November 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Alexander The Great! Philip I! Emperor Justinian! Mother Teresa! Can you hear me, Mother Teresa? YOUR BOYS TOOK ONE HELL OF A BEATING! YOUR BOYS TOOK ONE HELL OF A BEATING!
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Our trad final THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH piece...
@thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social Continues to Be an Intoxicating Comics Brew of Styles, Approaches, Subject Matter and Presentation” – BF’s @andywpoliver.bsky.social Looks Back on Another Memorable Weekend in Harrogate
www.brokenfrontier.com/thought-bubb...
@thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social Continues to Be an Intoxicating Comics Brew of Styles, Approaches, Subject Matter and Presentation” – BF’s @andywpoliver.bsky.social Looks Back on Another Memorable Weekend in Harrogate
www.brokenfrontier.com/thought-bubb...
"Thought Bubble Continues to Be an Intoxicating Comics Brew of Styles, Approaches, Subject Matter and Presentation" - BF's Andy Oliver Looks Back on Another Memorable Weekend in Harrogate – Broken Fro...
Our annual look back at the comics phenomenon that is the Thought Bubble Festival, courtesy of BF's Andy Oliver.
www.brokenfrontier.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Our trad final THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH piece...
@thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social Continues to Be an Intoxicating Comics Brew of Styles, Approaches, Subject Matter and Presentation” – BF’s @andywpoliver.bsky.social Looks Back on Another Memorable Weekend in Harrogate
www.brokenfrontier.com/thought-bubb...
@thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social Continues to Be an Intoxicating Comics Brew of Styles, Approaches, Subject Matter and Presentation” – BF’s @andywpoliver.bsky.social Looks Back on Another Memorable Weekend in Harrogate
www.brokenfrontier.com/thought-bubb...
A splendid haul of comics and badges and art at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social !!
#thoughtbubble2025 #thoughtbubble
#thoughtbubble2025 #thoughtbubble
November 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A splendid haul of comics and badges and art at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social !!
#thoughtbubble2025 #thoughtbubble
#thoughtbubble2025 #thoughtbubble
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Adverts should be representative of traditional British families.
October 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Adverts should be representative of traditional British families.
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From the very same paragraph in Orwell's essay: "England has got to be true to herself. She is not being true to herself while the refugees who have sought our shores are penned up in concentration camps, and company directors work out subtle schemes to dodge their Excess Profits Tax."
Peroration from Robert Jenrick’s speech at the Roger Scruton conference today:
“In the words of George Orwell, ‘nothing ever stands still. We must add to our heritage, or lose it. We must grow greater or grow less. We must go forward or backward.’ I say, let’s go forward.”
“In the words of George Orwell, ‘nothing ever stands still. We must add to our heritage, or lose it. We must grow greater or grow less. We must go forward or backward.’ I say, let’s go forward.”
June 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
From the very same paragraph in Orwell's essay: "England has got to be true to herself. She is not being true to herself while the refugees who have sought our shores are penned up in concentration camps, and company directors work out subtle schemes to dodge their Excess Profits Tax."
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So,as a little thought-experiment, tell me something about the United Kingdom that works well and is actually quite impressive. I am not trying to sound like some boosterish politician. I just genuinely believe that making people believe that all is lost is a convenient pretext for shady characters.
June 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
So,as a little thought-experiment, tell me something about the United Kingdom that works well and is actually quite impressive. I am not trying to sound like some boosterish politician. I just genuinely believe that making people believe that all is lost is a convenient pretext for shady characters.
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I am entirely in favour of the techno-utopian project of creating superhuman godlike intelligences that solve all the world's problems.
The problem is, the people trying to do it are thick as pigshit and think their mad-libs machines will just magically do that.
The problem is, the people trying to do it are thick as pigshit and think their mad-libs machines will just magically do that.
“We are going to cure cancer and create limitless energy, but first we have to fire a whole lot of people.”
Top Google exec says AI will rival humans in just 5 years and predicts we’ll 'colonize the galaxy' in 2030—but he draws the line at robot nurses
2030 will be “an era of maximum human flourishing, where we travel to the stars and colonize the galaxy,” Google DeepMind CEO says. Bill Gates and Marc Benioff have shared similar predictions.
fortune.com
June 10, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I am entirely in favour of the techno-utopian project of creating superhuman godlike intelligences that solve all the world's problems.
The problem is, the people trying to do it are thick as pigshit and think their mad-libs machines will just magically do that.
The problem is, the people trying to do it are thick as pigshit and think their mad-libs machines will just magically do that.
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The Cass Review gets peer reviewed and absolutely shredded
Cass is the Wakefield of our time. A scandal in broad daylight
Cass is the Wakefield of our time. A scandal in broad daylight
May 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The Cass Review gets peer reviewed and absolutely shredded
Cass is the Wakefield of our time. A scandal in broad daylight
Cass is the Wakefield of our time. A scandal in broad daylight
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We hadn’t won World War II by May 8th. I know because my family and I were still in an internment camp in Tule Lake, California.
May 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
We hadn’t won World War II by May 8th. I know because my family and I were still in an internment camp in Tule Lake, California.
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US Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reveals new medical training protocol.
May 3, 2025 at 6:55 AM
US Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reveals new medical training protocol.
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Labour should be looking the hardest at that Green vote and wondering why on earth in circumstances like this they couldn’t win those voters over
Runcorn and Helsby parliamentary by-election, result:
REF: 38.3% (+20.2)
LAB: 38.3% (-14.7)
CON: 7.1% (-8.9)
GRN: 7.0% (+0.6)
LDEM: 2.9% (-2.2)
Reform GAIN from Labour.
Six vote majority.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
REF: 38.3% (+20.2)
LAB: 38.3% (-14.7)
CON: 7.1% (-8.9)
GRN: 7.0% (+0.6)
LDEM: 2.9% (-2.2)
Reform GAIN from Labour.
Six vote majority.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Live Results: 2025 English local elections
Full coverage of the first major contests since Labour’s victory.
www.newstatesman.com
May 2, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Labour should be looking the hardest at that Green vote and wondering why on earth in circumstances like this they couldn’t win those voters over
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PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
bookshop.org
April 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
It makes so much sense now...
Raccoons can also sleep in their dens for several weeks at a time and vocalise by screaming, whistling, hissing, growling and snarling. They can react badly when cornered by humans, and can even attack if they need to, although they’d rather retreat. The more I read, the more I related.
I unmasked my autism and found out I was five raccoons in an overcoat
Ever since my autism diagnosis six years ago, I’ve struggled with my identity. After years of masking my autistic traits, I wasn’t even sure who I really was underneath it all. It’s taken many years a...
thedailytism.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
It makes so much sense now...
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On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
April 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
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Bologna has recently published a Report on the first year of implementing the 30 km/h speed limit in the city. For the first time since 1991, no pedestrians were killed, road deaths decreased by 50%, crashes by 13% and urban traffic pollution by 30%.
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www.comune.bologna.it/notizie/citt...
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www.comune.bologna.it/notizie/citt...
Comune di Bologna
www.comune.bologna.it
April 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Bologna has recently published a Report on the first year of implementing the 30 km/h speed limit in the city. For the first time since 1991, no pedestrians were killed, road deaths decreased by 50%, crashes by 13% and urban traffic pollution by 30%.
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www.comune.bologna.it/notizie/citt...
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www.comune.bologna.it/notizie/citt...
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Put up by Katy Brand today - this is the story over and over again
April 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Put up by Katy Brand today - this is the story over and over again
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‘I once imposed tariffs on an island only populated by penguins’
April 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
‘I once imposed tariffs on an island only populated by penguins’
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Jack Kirby, forty-nine years ago:
February 22, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Jack Kirby, forty-nine years ago:
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Mrs Heath Robinson
January 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Mrs Heath Robinson