JohnP
@johnpon.bsky.social
“If you don’t help others, what is the point of you?” Working hard to not live a pointless life.
Adios to the chocolate and the potato chips!
November 18, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Adios to the chocolate and the potato chips!
Well wasn’t this a nice surprise this morning!
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Well wasn’t this a nice surprise this morning!
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HELP
Trump trade war costs US Italian pasta: “Exporters say import and antidumping duties totaling 107% on their pasta brands will make doing business in America too costly and are preparing to pull out of U.S. stores as soon as January.” Via WSJ
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves — The Wall Street Journal
Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of tariffs it has levied
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November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
HELP
That was easy.
Click on the list, then “subscribe”, then you will have the option to block all of these accounts.
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October 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
That was easy.
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@nlgchicago.bsky.social is trying to raise $10k to fund ongoing legal support for protesters. They've had to cover long shifts at Broadview, and their volunteers have been repeatedly assaulted by police in the process. More info with ways to donate here: instagram.com/p/DP36ITJja-W/
October 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
@nlgchicago.bsky.social is trying to raise $10k to fund ongoing legal support for protesters. They've had to cover long shifts at Broadview, and their volunteers have been repeatedly assaulted by police in the process. More info with ways to donate here: instagram.com/p/DP36ITJja-W/
These 4 panels just cracked me up. Thanks for the great words, @alewingpromotes.bsky.social and excellent acting Lee Loughridge! If this turns out to actually be @stevelieberart.bsky.social, apologies in advance for misremembering which issue this is!
October 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
These 4 panels just cracked me up. Thanks for the great words, @alewingpromotes.bsky.social and excellent acting Lee Loughridge! If this turns out to actually be @stevelieberart.bsky.social, apologies in advance for misremembering which issue this is!
I had MRSA this summer and was down for a month, and felt like a potato after. Grateful to have progress pictures showing me where I was two years ago, and where I am now. Next step: get back to 2023 weight with 2025 leanness.
September 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I had MRSA this summer and was down for a month, and felt like a potato after. Grateful to have progress pictures showing me where I was two years ago, and where I am now. Next step: get back to 2023 weight with 2025 leanness.
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Go practice being mean to the fascist... make it apart of your spiritual discipline
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Before you put fork to mouth ask Jesus or whoever you got to help you be mean to bad people.
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Before you put fork to mouth ask Jesus or whoever you got to help you be mean to bad people.
September 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Go practice being mean to the fascist... make it apart of your spiritual discipline
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Before you put fork to mouth ask Jesus or whoever you got to help you be mean to bad people.
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Before you put fork to mouth ask Jesus or whoever you got to help you be mean to bad people.
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So, Alan Moore's complete Storytelling course is on YouTube now, with the last episode uploaded last week. Here's the first: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4158...
01 Intro | Alan Moore’s Story Writing Course | Master Storytelling, Comics, & Graphic Novels |
YouTube video by Learn with Creators
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September 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
So, Alan Moore's complete Storytelling course is on YouTube now, with the last episode uploaded last week. Here's the first: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4158...
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Still waiting for those "Warner Brother/Merrie Melodies characters dressed 'street' style" t-shirts that were fucking inescapable in the 90s to show up on supposed "retro fashion" forums, you absolute frauds :V
September 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Still waiting for those "Warner Brother/Merrie Melodies characters dressed 'street' style" t-shirts that were fucking inescapable in the 90s to show up on supposed "retro fashion" forums, you absolute frauds :V
@gailsimone.bsky.social I loved your words in this page so much. This is such a good description of how my anxiety feels, especially the last five boxes, when the anxieties coalesce into depression. Thanks for getting that so right.
September 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
@gailsimone.bsky.social I loved your words in this page so much. This is such a good description of how my anxiety feels, especially the last five boxes, when the anxieties coalesce into depression. Thanks for getting that so right.
Comedy timeline cleanse. Comments on here are golden.
I won't be a landlord. You all live rent free in my head.
August 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Comedy timeline cleanse. Comments on here are golden.
Two mystifyingly disappointing books, and I’m struggling a bit with why. Putting more in the comments in case a bunch of you also waited for the trades.
August 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Two mystifyingly disappointing books, and I’m struggling a bit with why. Putting more in the comments in case a bunch of you also waited for the trades.
Just got so much more excited to see this!
Via Variety: 'Guillermo del Toro refused to make #Frankenstein with too much visual effects and green screens: "I want real sets."'
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August 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Just got so much more excited to see this!
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The phrase “ parents have a legitimate concern about integration of races in schools and as a party, we haven’t done a very good job of listening to those concerns.” would shock and offend I would hope. A similar statement about trans kids should also shock and offend.
August 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The phrase “ parents have a legitimate concern about integration of races in schools and as a party, we haven’t done a very good job of listening to those concerns.” would shock and offend I would hope. A similar statement about trans kids should also shock and offend.
It’s 2020. DJT is president and I’m sick on my couch and playing Breath of the Wild.
It’s 2025. DJT is president and I’m sick on my couch and playing Breath of the Wild.
It’s 2025. DJT is president and I’m sick on my couch and playing Breath of the Wild.
August 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It’s 2020. DJT is president and I’m sick on my couch and playing Breath of the Wild.
It’s 2025. DJT is president and I’m sick on my couch and playing Breath of the Wild.
It’s 2025. DJT is president and I’m sick on my couch and playing Breath of the Wild.
I’m several months late to the game because I intentionally waited for the collection, but @kellythompson.bsky.social @cleanlined.bsky.social Mattia De Iulis Jordie Bellaire and @conroyforreal.bsky.social knocked it out of the park on this one. What a killer opening sequence!
August 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I’m several months late to the game because I intentionally waited for the collection, but @kellythompson.bsky.social @cleanlined.bsky.social Mattia De Iulis Jordie Bellaire and @conroyforreal.bsky.social knocked it out of the park on this one. What a killer opening sequence!
This part! Literally judge a book by its cover, pick one you like, and read it. Not sure about the backstory? Ask your local comic shop employee; post on BlueSky or instagram or your preferred platform; make a friend at your local store. Just don’t go to YouTube for help; it’s risky.
it’s always hilarious to me that there are long think pieces and video essays about how to get into comics.
it’s so simple: go read some. don’t worry about having to know all “the lore” or having to read nearly a hundred years of previous issues. just - go get some comics and read them.
it’s so simple: go read some. don’t worry about having to know all “the lore” or having to read nearly a hundred years of previous issues. just - go get some comics and read them.
August 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
This part! Literally judge a book by its cover, pick one you like, and read it. Not sure about the backstory? Ask your local comic shop employee; post on BlueSky or instagram or your preferred platform; make a friend at your local store. Just don’t go to YouTube for help; it’s risky.
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Pointing out how safe DC by showing the low crime rates isn’t going to convince conservatives because “people breaking the actual law” isn’t what they mean by “crime”. To them, “crime” includes merely seeing black people, unhoused people, and anyone else the bigots clutch pearls about as “crime”
August 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Pointing out how safe DC by showing the low crime rates isn’t going to convince conservatives because “people breaking the actual law” isn’t what they mean by “crime”. To them, “crime” includes merely seeing black people, unhoused people, and anyone else the bigots clutch pearls about as “crime”
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Been a minute since posting a progress pic. Visited my trainer at his gym this week and got to take advantage of some excellent selfie lighting.
July 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Been a minute since posting a progress pic. Visited my trainer at his gym this week and got to take advantage of some excellent selfie lighting.
The way this movie surpassed all my expectations and made me feel something strongly enough to forget about the underlying dread that’s permeating everything right now…it’s an inspiring movie about what really makes us great instead of all the sludge we’re being told is great. Will see it again!
July 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The way this movie surpassed all my expectations and made me feel something strongly enough to forget about the underlying dread that’s permeating everything right now…it’s an inspiring movie about what really makes us great instead of all the sludge we’re being told is great. Will see it again!
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and the rockets' red glare
the bombs bursting in air
gave proof through the night
that you motherfuckers have no respect for fire codes please stop setting fireworks off over the house and by the trees
the bombs bursting in air
gave proof through the night
that you motherfuckers have no respect for fire codes please stop setting fireworks off over the house and by the trees
July 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
and the rockets' red glare
the bombs bursting in air
gave proof through the night
that you motherfuckers have no respect for fire codes please stop setting fireworks off over the house and by the trees
the bombs bursting in air
gave proof through the night
that you motherfuckers have no respect for fire codes please stop setting fireworks off over the house and by the trees
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God, the gaslighting of AI. Friends who were laid off being told that's not why only for it to come out a few weeks later that it was. Obscuring the human and environmental cost. People saying I'm overreacting. No. I put my line in the sand at the start, it hasn't moved and it's not moving.
July 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
God, the gaslighting of AI. Friends who were laid off being told that's not why only for it to come out a few weeks later that it was. Obscuring the human and environmental cost. People saying I'm overreacting. No. I put my line in the sand at the start, it hasn't moved and it's not moving.
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June 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM