Ken Parille
@kenparille.bsky.social
College teacher of literature, children’s lit, comics, writing. Author/editor of books on Daniel Clowes, nineteenth-century boyhood, guitar playing. Author of essays on comics and boyhood in academic journals and elsewhere. Friend to All Cats Everywhere.
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January 3, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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Was Gilbert Hernandez the first person to call superhero comics "slop," or was that a common insult at the time that's coming back around?
January 2, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Was Gilbert Hernandez the first person to call superhero comics "slop," or was that a common insult at the time that's coming back around?
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Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...
January 2, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...
Art signed by E R K
January 2, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Art signed by E R K
I like Milt’s gags and outfits
January 2, 2026 at 8:31 PM
I like Milt’s gags and outfits
Very cool, hyperactive L B Cole cover
January 2, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Very cool, hyperactive L B Cole cover
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I cannot emphasize enough that the attempts to anthropomorphize an algorithm is a fundamental act of journalistic malpractice and an intentional act to shield the people responsible for this. It's fucking shameful.
Musk's Grok AI bot is fixing safeguard 'lapses' after posting of sexualized images of children
Musk's Grok AI bot is fixing safeguard 'lapses' after posting of sexualized images of children
Users on X raised concerns over explicit content of minors being generated using Musk's Grok tool.
cnb.cx
January 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I cannot emphasize enough that the attempts to anthropomorphize an algorithm is a fundamental act of journalistic malpractice and an intentional act to shield the people responsible for this. It's fucking shameful.
