Andrea Horbinski
@horbinski.bsky.social
Anime + manga expert, PhD History and New Media (UC Berkeley), writer + researcher. Bay Area. Preorder MANGA'S FIRST CENTURY: HOW CREATORS AND FANS MADE JAPANESE COMICS, 1905-1989 now!
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Andrea Horbinski
@horbinski.bsky.social
· Dec 16
A new book offers a deeply researched history of MANGA’S FIRST CENTURY
Andrea Horbinski’s Manga’s First Century provides a comprehensive guide to the modern development of manga between 1905 and 1989.
www.buzzmag.co.uk
MANGA'S FIRST CENTURY got a nice review in Buzz magazine! www.buzzmag.co.uk/mangas-first...
In the US and Canada, you can get 30% off your copy of the book via UC Press with code HOLIDAY30! www.ucpress.edu/books/mangas...
The book will be out in the UK and everywhere else on January 26, 2026!
In the US and Canada, you can get 30% off your copy of the book via UC Press with code HOLIDAY30! www.ucpress.edu/books/mangas...
The book will be out in the UK and everywhere else on January 26, 2026!
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Protected bike lanes = One Weird Trick to Massively Increase Cycling
How a Small Canadian City Tripled Cycling Rates in Just 11 Years
Video: Victoria, Britiish Columbia has rapidly become "the strongest cycling city in North America that isn't widely known for it."
nextcity.org
January 29, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Protected bike lanes = One Weird Trick to Massively Increase Cycling
The "release them in the middle of nowhere to die in the cold" tactic was called "starlight tours" when the Mounties invented it to kill Indigenous people. www.theguardian.com/world/2023/a...
January 30, 2026 at 2:13 AM
The "release them in the middle of nowhere to die in the cold" tactic was called "starlight tours" when the Mounties invented it to kill Indigenous people. www.theguardian.com/world/2023/a...
Well this is a cursed headline
January 29, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Well this is a cursed headline
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all while cutting PhD spots. loser stuff. www.ctinsider.com/news/educati...
January 29, 2026 at 9:24 PM
all while cutting PhD spots. loser stuff. www.ctinsider.com/news/educati...
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One shot from the evening.
January 29, 2026 at 8:45 PM
One shot from the evening.
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Staff at a Twin Cities yarn store put together a pattern for a red knit “Melt the ICE” hat inspired by the Norwegian resistance.
They thought they would attract 10 people to a weekly knit-along.
They’ve sold 70,000 copies, raising more than $250k for immigrant aid groups.
They thought they would attract 10 people to a weekly knit-along.
They’ve sold 70,000 copies, raising more than $250k for immigrant aid groups.
‘Rage knitting’ against the machine: the hobbyists putting anti-ICE messages into crafts
Makers take a stand through ‘Melt the ICE’ red knit caps and sparkly nails – all while raising funds for those affected by immigration raids
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Staff at a Twin Cities yarn store put together a pattern for a red knit “Melt the ICE” hat inspired by the Norwegian resistance.
They thought they would attract 10 people to a weekly knit-along.
They’ve sold 70,000 copies, raising more than $250k for immigrant aid groups.
They thought they would attract 10 people to a weekly knit-along.
They’ve sold 70,000 copies, raising more than $250k for immigrant aid groups.
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Sure, but they‘re done with the EV grift and are all about the Robots grift now
Failing to make a car go forward, back, left and right safely has convinced investors that Tesla will surely go on to dominate the robotics market
Failing to make a car go forward, back, left and right safely has convinced investors that Tesla will surely go on to dominate the robotics market
New: Tesla 4th quarter profit plunges 61% year-over-year; annual profit down 46%
the brand damage:
-1 million lost vehicle sales, per study
-Declining revenue, profits, deliveries in 1st half of '25
-Lower total production/deliveries than '24
-Lost crown as world's leading EV seller
wapo.st/3LYTef1
the brand damage:
-1 million lost vehicle sales, per study
-Declining revenue, profits, deliveries in 1st half of '25
-Lower total production/deliveries than '24
-Lost crown as world's leading EV seller
wapo.st/3LYTef1
Tesla bet big on Elon Musk. His politics continue to haunt it.
Tesla struggles to regain its footing in the electric vehicle market, hindered by Elon Musk’s political activity, impacting its stock price and performance.
wapo.st
January 28, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Sure, but they‘re done with the EV grift and are all about the Robots grift now
Failing to make a car go forward, back, left and right safely has convinced investors that Tesla will surely go on to dominate the robotics market
Failing to make a car go forward, back, left and right safely has convinced investors that Tesla will surely go on to dominate the robotics market
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I mean this is exactly the kind of cringe that I think we’ll need to shamelessly and unironically embrace moving into a future of unabashed civic virtue, I feel that on the whole irony-poisoning and rejection of sincerity as embarrassing is part of how we got here
okay it's cheesy but
"it's our blood and bones
and whistles and phones
against Miller and noem's dirty lies"
got me right in the heart
youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
"it's our blood and bones
and whistles and phones
against Miller and noem's dirty lies"
got me right in the heart
youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 6:38 PM
I mean this is exactly the kind of cringe that I think we’ll need to shamelessly and unironically embrace moving into a future of unabashed civic virtue, I feel that on the whole irony-poisoning and rejection of sincerity as embarrassing is part of how we got here
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BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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Normalize calling your right wing family members pieces of shit.
NEW from @justinrohrlich.bsky.social:
“I’m not surprised this happened,” Ilhan Omar attacker Anthony Kazmierczak’s brother said. “Not at all. Unfortunately, he and my mother are both right-wing extremists.”
"In my mind, he’s a piece of s**t," he added.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
“I’m not surprised this happened,” Ilhan Omar attacker Anthony Kazmierczak’s brother said. “Not at all. Unfortunately, he and my mother are both right-wing extremists.”
"In my mind, he’s a piece of s**t," he added.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Brother calls Ilhan Omar suspect ‘right-wing extremist,’ has hated Somalis for years
Exclusive: ‘In my mind, he’s a piece of s**t,’ Anthony Kazmierczak’s brother told The Independent
www.independent.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Normalize calling your right wing family members pieces of shit.
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I love this. Philly is absolutely neighborhoods but the lack of housing in Center City basically forced all the bars and businesses to only keep office hours because the place was a ghost town after 6pm. It was so weird. Anyway yay more CC housing.
273 more office-to-residential conversion apartments coming to Center City! www.inquirer.com/real-estate/...
Upper half of West Market Street office building will be converted into 273 apartments
Office to residential conversion projects have been a bright spot in Philadelphia's real estate market.
www.inquirer.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:06 PM
I love this. Philly is absolutely neighborhoods but the lack of housing in Center City basically forced all the bars and businesses to only keep office hours because the place was a ghost town after 6pm. It was so weird. Anyway yay more CC housing.
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Nancy Pelosi should have retired years ago and has made many terrible decisions but I will always be grateful that she told Rahm and everyone else to fuck themselves, held the House together, and got Obamacare through
for all its flaws it is a vast improvement over what came before
for all its flaws it is a vast improvement over what came before
do you see why i said the bar is in hell?
how is this a good system of policymaking?
how is this a good system of policymaking?
January 28, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Nancy Pelosi should have retired years ago and has made many terrible decisions but I will always be grateful that she told Rahm and everyone else to fuck themselves, held the House together, and got Obamacare through
for all its flaws it is a vast improvement over what came before
for all its flaws it is a vast improvement over what came before
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Every few years someone tries to declare that particle physics is dead because it’s different from what it used to be and right now that feels a lot like people saying the academy is dying and has lower standards because it’s diversified
They seem like different phenomena but they are connected 🧵
They seem like different phenomena but they are connected 🧵
January 28, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Every few years someone tries to declare that particle physics is dead because it’s different from what it used to be and right now that feels a lot like people saying the academy is dying and has lower standards because it’s diversified
They seem like different phenomena but they are connected 🧵
They seem like different phenomena but they are connected 🧵
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The amount of money the US government spent on troops in DC in 2025 ($223m) would have been enough to give the city's ~5,100 homeless residents each $43,000. Instead, federal troops destroyed their meager encampments.
"Federal troop deployments to U.S. cities cost a total of $496 million in 2025, CBO estimates. Continuing current deployments will cost $93 million a month; 1,000 Guard personnel deployed to a city will cost at least $18 million a month." www.cbo.gov/publication/...
January 28, 2026 at 10:03 PM
The amount of money the US government spent on troops in DC in 2025 ($223m) would have been enough to give the city's ~5,100 homeless residents each $43,000. Instead, federal troops destroyed their meager encampments.
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Just visited with Liam and his father at Dilley detention center. I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him.
January 28, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Just visited with Liam and his father at Dilley detention center. I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him.
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Boy, it had been a minute since I thought about that one photo of Prince Philip
i have not jumped on the “any day now” bandwagon thus far, but he legitimately looks near death in this photo.
January 28, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Boy, it had been a minute since I thought about that one photo of Prince Philip
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And a second early-price registration is also available for #Sirens26! We'll miss you, Andrea!
I'm also still selling my @sirensconference.org registration at the same early bird price as @sesmith.lol! Really sad to be missing Sirens, but I hope you can go!
Who needs a registration for #Sirens26 at the early price? We're going to miss s.e. terribly, but we'd love for one of you to join us!
January 26, 2026 at 1:40 AM
And a second early-price registration is also available for #Sirens26! We'll miss you, Andrea!
I say this as an Ole: go Carleton
Hey @leahgreenberg.bsky.social and I are both Carleton grads and this fucking rocks - love to see a college protect its students from the goons instead of cutting deals with the regime.
January 27, 2026 at 4:44 PM
I say this as an Ole: go Carleton
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January 27, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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To avoid the possibility Holocaust remembrance might lead to empathy for migrants, Trump's antisemitism envoy claims Anne Frank "was in Amsterdam legally."
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
January 27, 2026 at 3:28 PM
To avoid the possibility Holocaust remembrance might lead to empathy for migrants, Trump's antisemitism envoy claims Anne Frank "was in Amsterdam legally."
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
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all power and glory to this lady in particular. may her days be blessed.
Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.
January 27, 2026 at 12:07 AM
all power and glory to this lady in particular. may her days be blessed.
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The administration that spent the first half of 2025 telling us there was nothing wrong with coordinating literally classified war plans on Signal now is saying that it believes it’s a crime to post publicly available information on Signal.
I would like to know how my prior colleagues, who have chosen to pursue leadership positions under this charlatan, justify ordering agents to break their oaths of office and open investigations on people simply for exercising their legal rights.
Good luck gazing in the mirror when this is all over.
Good luck gazing in the mirror when this is all over.
FBI investigating Minnesota Signal groups tracking ICE, Patel says
The statement from FBI Director Kash Patel comes after right-wing media figures said they joined the chats and claimed participants were obstructing law enforcement.
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:21 PM
The administration that spent the first half of 2025 telling us there was nothing wrong with coordinating literally classified war plans on Signal now is saying that it believes it’s a crime to post publicly available information on Signal.
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Spain to offer legal status to half a million undocumented migrants 🎁: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Spain to Offer Legal Status to 500,000 Undocumented Migrants
Spain will approve an extraordinary grant of legal status to undocumented migrants on Tuesday, the government said in a statement.
www.bloomberg.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Spain to offer legal status to half a million undocumented migrants 🎁: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
I've been rereading Thomas Paine.
"Let it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet and to repulse it."
"Let it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet and to repulse it."
January 27, 2026 at 8:40 AM
I've been rereading Thomas Paine.
"Let it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet and to repulse it."
"Let it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet and to repulse it."
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Fascists don’t comprehend the simple mundane courageous altruism of ordinary everyday people, because in order for them to believe the things fascism requires they believe, that kind of altruism cannot exist. If it appears, it’s only a cynical lie
January 26, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Fascists don’t comprehend the simple mundane courageous altruism of ordinary everyday people, because in order for them to believe the things fascism requires they believe, that kind of altruism cannot exist. If it appears, it’s only a cynical lie