KM
@kmbezner.bsky.social
librarian. reads comics, makes zines, writes things
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no more AI "art." i want art made by people because i want to know how people think, feel, live. how a day on this earth is for someone else. a night. and why the heart, though so heavy, still wants to dance. i want art that looks into this mystery. art that connects me to another person who wonders
February 16, 2026 at 1:22 AM
no more AI "art." i want art made by people because i want to know how people think, feel, live. how a day on this earth is for someone else. a night. and why the heart, though so heavy, still wants to dance. i want art that looks into this mystery. art that connects me to another person who wonders
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Happy Valentine's day my loves!!!
February 14, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Happy Valentine's day my loves!!!
I know it's obvious, but the only conceivable reason for this is to make it harder to get a passport as federal ID requirements surge
“But Josh, aren’t schools and libraries secondary to the fight for democracy, not actually part of it?”
whyy.org/articles/sta...
whyy.org/articles/sta...
State Dept. orders nonprofit libraries to stop processing passport applications
Pennsylvania Reps. Madeleine Dean and John Joyce have proposed bipartisan legislation that would allow nonprofit public libraries to continue to serve as passport acceptance.
whyy.org
February 15, 2026 at 3:12 PM
I know it's obvious, but the only conceivable reason for this is to make it harder to get a passport as federal ID requirements surge
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The current book ban movement is, at its core, a movement to defund the public good.
The necessary bigotries were a feature of that, not a bug.
The necessary bigotries were a feature of that, not a bug.
“But Josh, aren’t schools and libraries secondary to the fight for democracy, not actually part of it?”
whyy.org/articles/sta...
whyy.org/articles/sta...
State Dept. orders nonprofit libraries to stop processing passport applications
Pennsylvania Reps. Madeleine Dean and John Joyce have proposed bipartisan legislation that would allow nonprofit public libraries to continue to serve as passport acceptance.
whyy.org
February 14, 2026 at 5:58 PM
The current book ban movement is, at its core, a movement to defund the public good.
The necessary bigotries were a feature of that, not a bug.
The necessary bigotries were a feature of that, not a bug.
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Gonna need people to support middle grade and YA titles bc where do we think adult readers come from!! If kids don’t have good books to read from like 8 - 12 they are going to stop reading 😭😭😭😭
February 15, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Gonna need people to support middle grade and YA titles bc where do we think adult readers come from!! If kids don’t have good books to read from like 8 - 12 they are going to stop reading 😭😭😭😭
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Welcome to issue 11! It shaped up to be thick with liberatory gestures – on disability, fatness, Blackness, youth, and more.
Creatives across/against genre and medium tackle pressing issues of disposibility and resistance.
manyworlds.place/issue-11/
Some highlights:
Creatives across/against genre and medium tackle pressing issues of disposibility and resistance.
manyworlds.place/issue-11/
Some highlights:
February 15, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Welcome to issue 11! It shaped up to be thick with liberatory gestures – on disability, fatness, Blackness, youth, and more.
Creatives across/against genre and medium tackle pressing issues of disposibility and resistance.
manyworlds.place/issue-11/
Some highlights:
Creatives across/against genre and medium tackle pressing issues of disposibility and resistance.
manyworlds.place/issue-11/
Some highlights:
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@kmbezner.bsky.social's "This Morning My Coffee Is Bitter" is evocative and claustrophobic, rich with color and imagery.
manyworlds.place/issue-11/km-...
manyworlds.place/issue-11/km-...
February 15, 2026 at 2:42 PM
@kmbezner.bsky.social's "This Morning My Coffee Is Bitter" is evocative and claustrophobic, rich with color and imagery.
manyworlds.place/issue-11/km-...
manyworlds.place/issue-11/km-...
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I stand by it daily
February 7, 2026 at 12:30 AM
I stand by it daily
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February 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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found a stack of these cleaning up my studio the other day. as ever!!!
February 3, 2026 at 4:27 PM
found a stack of these cleaning up my studio the other day. as ever!!!
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Submissions for BOXES Comic Magazine Vol. 5 are now OPEN!
We are looking for short comics and articles about comics from a diverse range of UK based creators.
Have a read of the submission guidelines here for more details: thirdbearpress.com/submissions
If you have any questions, please ask!
We are looking for short comics and articles about comics from a diverse range of UK based creators.
Have a read of the submission guidelines here for more details: thirdbearpress.com/submissions
If you have any questions, please ask!
February 1, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Submissions for BOXES Comic Magazine Vol. 5 are now OPEN!
We are looking for short comics and articles about comics from a diverse range of UK based creators.
Have a read of the submission guidelines here for more details: thirdbearpress.com/submissions
If you have any questions, please ask!
We are looking for short comics and articles about comics from a diverse range of UK based creators.
Have a read of the submission guidelines here for more details: thirdbearpress.com/submissions
If you have any questions, please ask!
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“There was a line of children waiting to get treated by medics.”
ICE did this.
Trump did this.
Republicans did this.
“Centrist” Democrats who have caved on anti-immigrant bullshit for years did this.
Abolish ICE. That’s the minimum.
ICE did this.
Trump did this.
Republicans did this.
“Centrist” Democrats who have caved on anti-immigrant bullshit for years did this.
Abolish ICE. That’s the minimum.
Someone just told me that they saw multiple people passed out during the first brutal wave of tear gas when there were still a ton of children and elderly folks. There was a line of children waiting to get treated by medics
February 1, 2026 at 7:01 AM
“There was a line of children waiting to get treated by medics.”
ICE did this.
Trump did this.
Republicans did this.
“Centrist” Democrats who have caved on anti-immigrant bullshit for years did this.
Abolish ICE. That’s the minimum.
ICE did this.
Trump did this.
Republicans did this.
“Centrist” Democrats who have caved on anti-immigrant bullshit for years did this.
Abolish ICE. That’s the minimum.
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Was sad, drew frogs to feel better :)
February 1, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Was sad, drew frogs to feel better :)
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“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
January 31, 2026 at 7:57 PM
“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
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Want more audiobooks? (Obviously.) Want to support a great cause? (Double obviously.) 🎧
Tomorrow, you can bid on 12 audiobook credits in support of Publishing for Minnesota, an auction raising funds to support immigrant communities and those most impacted by ICE ⏬
Tomorrow, you can bid on 12 audiobook credits in support of Publishing for Minnesota, an auction raising funds to support immigrant communities and those most impacted by ICE ⏬
January 28, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Want more audiobooks? (Obviously.) Want to support a great cause? (Double obviously.) 🎧
Tomorrow, you can bid on 12 audiobook credits in support of Publishing for Minnesota, an auction raising funds to support immigrant communities and those most impacted by ICE ⏬
Tomorrow, you can bid on 12 audiobook credits in support of Publishing for Minnesota, an auction raising funds to support immigrant communities and those most impacted by ICE ⏬
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Massachusetts folks, the LUCE ICE Hotline is ☎️ 617-370-5023. If you see ICE in your area, call and report. And spread the word! Full sheet of stickers here: tinyurl.com/5eddfvrt
Print on mailing labels (5160) and stick up around your neighborhood.
Print on mailing labels (5160) and stick up around your neighborhood.
January 28, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Massachusetts folks, the LUCE ICE Hotline is ☎️ 617-370-5023. If you see ICE in your area, call and report. And spread the word! Full sheet of stickers here: tinyurl.com/5eddfvrt
Print on mailing labels (5160) and stick up around your neighborhood.
Print on mailing labels (5160) and stick up around your neighborhood.
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Alex Pretti's gun is like Renee Good's car: irrelevant to the central fact that they were murdered by ICE. ICE wants us to debate whether Pretti should have been carrying because that avoids the central fact. Pro-carry, anti-carry--that has as much to do w/ his murder as his fashion choices. Zero.
January 25, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Alex Pretti's gun is like Renee Good's car: irrelevant to the central fact that they were murdered by ICE. ICE wants us to debate whether Pretti should have been carrying because that avoids the central fact. Pro-carry, anti-carry--that has as much to do w/ his murder as his fashion choices. Zero.
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Media outlets using terms like "immigration crackdown" or "immigration enforcement" to describe what is happening are simply manufacturing consent for fascism and state terror
This isn't about individual reporters/editors. It's about their bosses who lack the courage and ethics to meet this moment
This isn't about individual reporters/editors. It's about their bosses who lack the courage and ethics to meet this moment
January 24, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Media outlets using terms like "immigration crackdown" or "immigration enforcement" to describe what is happening are simply manufacturing consent for fascism and state terror
This isn't about individual reporters/editors. It's about their bosses who lack the courage and ethics to meet this moment
This isn't about individual reporters/editors. It's about their bosses who lack the courage and ethics to meet this moment
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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just gonna throw out a quick reminder that in America police kill a yearly average of 3 civilians per day, routinely in situations very similar to these ICE killings, and decades of explicit support for police impunity by US politicians is why ICE feels theyre able to get away with this right now
Our government is murdering the citizens of this country. They are doing it without any checks on their violence
January 25, 2026 at 12:26 AM
just gonna throw out a quick reminder that in America police kill a yearly average of 3 civilians per day, routinely in situations very similar to these ICE killings, and decades of explicit support for police impunity by US politicians is why ICE feels theyre able to get away with this right now
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Once again: Focusing on their lack of training is a mistake. With "better training," their violence would simply cost more, and they would still kill whoever they wanted, but make it look more professional — to make people more comfortable, the way many of you are at ease with local police violence.
January 24, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Once again: Focusing on their lack of training is a mistake. With "better training," their violence would simply cost more, and they would still kill whoever they wanted, but make it look more professional — to make people more comfortable, the way many of you are at ease with local police violence.
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Musk for prison, in my opinion
We set out to determine how many images of women and girls Grok created during its nudifying spree. What we found was “industrial-scale abuse,” experts said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
Musk’s Chatbot Flooded X With Millions of Sexualized Images in Days, New Estimates Show
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Musk for prison, in my opinion
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When will elected officials realize that posting "Someone has to do something" is offensive? You're the motherfuckers we have in place to do something. Do it. Throwing up your hands & going "I'm just a tiny baaaby someone help!" is fucking pathetic. Do something or resign & we find someone who WILL.
January 23, 2026 at 1:37 AM
When will elected officials realize that posting "Someone has to do something" is offensive? You're the motherfuckers we have in place to do something. Do it. Throwing up your hands & going "I'm just a tiny baaaby someone help!" is fucking pathetic. Do something or resign & we find someone who WILL.
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Kelpie, now a 2 color risograph print. I looove how much texture came out in this print
kendrap.com/shop/kelpie
kendrap.com/shop/kelpie
January 21, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Kelpie, now a 2 color risograph print. I looove how much texture came out in this print
kendrap.com/shop/kelpie
kendrap.com/shop/kelpie