Mira Mortal
@miramortal.bsky.social
Wife/mom • writer/letterer: SPLIT, I.D., Zombie Clown Circus, Doll Island • letterer: Seeress, Norah, Gilgamesh: Eternal // black belt + 1st degree • she/her • hockey • baseball • books • comics
Beastie Boys
D’Angelo
The Roots
Radiohead
TOOL
D’Angelo
The Roots
Radiohead
TOOL
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Michael Jackson
Fugazi
Nirvana/Breeders
Exodus/Anthax/High on Fire
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Michael Jackson
Fugazi
Nirvana/Breeders
Exodus/Anthax/High on Fire
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Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Bowie
NIN
Prince
A Tribe Called Quest
Rage Against The Machine
Bowie
NIN
Prince
A Tribe Called Quest
Rage Against The Machine
November 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Beastie Boys
D’Angelo
The Roots
Radiohead
TOOL
D’Angelo
The Roots
Radiohead
TOOL
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heads up, gmail has a new setting automatically on that allows their a*i to be trained on your emails so make sure to turn off the 'Smart Feature' checkbox in your settings
November 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
heads up, gmail has a new setting automatically on that allows their a*i to be trained on your emails so make sure to turn off the 'Smart Feature' checkbox in your settings
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This one’s important.
If you donate and feel like showing me your receipt, I’ll send you a Dropbox link full of PDFs of all my comics. gofund.me/7ca702cb7
If you donate and feel like showing me your receipt, I’ll send you a Dropbox link full of PDFs of all my comics. gofund.me/7ca702cb7
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
gofund.me
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This one’s important.
If you donate and feel like showing me your receipt, I’ll send you a Dropbox link full of PDFs of all my comics. gofund.me/7ca702cb7
If you donate and feel like showing me your receipt, I’ll send you a Dropbox link full of PDFs of all my comics. gofund.me/7ca702cb7
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ChatGPT is about making you pay a subscription for thinking.
November 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
ChatGPT is about making you pay a subscription for thinking.
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Doing one of those earnest posts where we kindly remind you that we lost half our operating budget over the summer, and that we're looking for ways to keep this whole thing going, and that if you like what we do or that we exist, the best thing you could possibly do to support us is to subscribe
Subscribe - Bright Wall/Dark Room
Subscribe for $29 a year Subscribe now to receive immediate access to each new essay we publish, plus our entire 140+ issue archive. Bright Wall/Dark Room is 100% independent, runs no ads, and strongl...
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Doing one of those earnest posts where we kindly remind you that we lost half our operating budget over the summer, and that we're looking for ways to keep this whole thing going, and that if you like what we do or that we exist, the best thing you could possibly do to support us is to subscribe
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"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
Yorkshire Water: it’s time to end the rip-off
Handing the company back to local people would return both control and value to those who need it most
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Okay, good:
"Dislikes are private and the signal isn’t global — it mainly affects your own experience and, to an extent, others in your social neighborhood."
Because public dislikes would be TOXIC AS HELL.
bsky.social/about/blog/1...
"Dislikes are private and the signal isn’t global — it mainly affects your own experience and, to an extent, others in your social neighborhood."
Because public dislikes would be TOXIC AS HELL.
bsky.social/about/blog/1...
Progress Update: Building Healthier Social Media - Bluesky
Over the next few months, we’ll be iterating on the systems that make Bluesky a better place for healthy conversations. Some experiments will stick, others will evolve, and we’ll share what we learn a...
bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Okay, good:
"Dislikes are private and the signal isn’t global — it mainly affects your own experience and, to an extent, others in your social neighborhood."
Because public dislikes would be TOXIC AS HELL.
bsky.social/about/blog/1...
"Dislikes are private and the signal isn’t global — it mainly affects your own experience and, to an extent, others in your social neighborhood."
Because public dislikes would be TOXIC AS HELL.
bsky.social/about/blog/1...
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Gummy beard
Gummy beard
Change on letter. Ruin a candy.
100 Gland
100 Gland
Change on letter. Ruin a candy.
Milky Wax
Milky Wax
October 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Gummy beard
Gummy beard
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GOP state senators in North Carolina have answered Trump's plea to gerrymander congressional maps to maintain their U.S. House majority in 2026. The redistricting—if adopted, as expected, by the state House—would oust one of the state’s three Black members of Congress. trib.al/aiIUOAs
October 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
GOP state senators in North Carolina have answered Trump's plea to gerrymander congressional maps to maintain their U.S. House majority in 2026. The redistricting—if adopted, as expected, by the state House—would oust one of the state’s three Black members of Congress. trib.al/aiIUOAs
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I'm sharing this photo from the great Stephanie Williams because honest to god if I saw this collection of talent in one spot at a con I believe I would pass out.
October 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I'm sharing this photo from the great Stephanie Williams because honest to god if I saw this collection of talent in one spot at a con I believe I would pass out.
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@ddayen.bsky.social on how paywalls and the privatization of information corrupted politics journalism: "Obviously the tenor of coverage changes when the core audience is investors, lobbyists, and political professionals."
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/dcs-a...
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/dcs-a...
DC’s Access Journalists Turned the News Into a Luxury Good
Before the internet, what would today be called a “paywall” was just...
talkingpointsmemo.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
@ddayen.bsky.social on how paywalls and the privatization of information corrupted politics journalism: "Obviously the tenor of coverage changes when the core audience is investors, lobbyists, and political professionals."
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/dcs-a...
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/dcs-a...
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“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”
Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...
www.stereogum.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
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Zelda Williams: “And for the love of EVERY THING, stop calling it ‘the future,’ AI is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be re-consumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line”
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Robin Williams’ Daughter Tells Fans to ‘Stop Sending Me AI Videos of Dad’: It’s ‘Gross’ and ‘Not What He’d Want’
Zelda Williams tells fans not to send her AI recreations of father Robin Williams, calling them "gross."
variety.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Zelda Williams: “And for the love of EVERY THING, stop calling it ‘the future,’ AI is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be re-consumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line”
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
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NEW: November general elections are around the corner, so it’s time to launch my cheat sheet of what’s on the ballot this fall!
I guide you thru the *185* elections I'm watching, & why: lawmakers, governors, judges, DAs, mayors, school boards, & dozens of ballot measures.
Explore, share, save:
I guide you thru the *185* elections I'm watching, & why: lawmakers, governors, judges, DAs, mayors, school boards, & dozens of ballot measures.
Explore, share, save:
Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts
Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so much else... Read M...
boltsmag.org
October 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
NEW: November general elections are around the corner, so it’s time to launch my cheat sheet of what’s on the ballot this fall!
I guide you thru the *185* elections I'm watching, & why: lawmakers, governors, judges, DAs, mayors, school boards, & dozens of ballot measures.
Explore, share, save:
I guide you thru the *185* elections I'm watching, & why: lawmakers, governors, judges, DAs, mayors, school boards, & dozens of ballot measures.
Explore, share, save:
Who’s your favorite Jedi? Wrong (“wrong”) answers only.
October 1, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Who’s your favorite Jedi? Wrong (“wrong”) answers only.
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The dismantling of the US Forest Service is imminent [via @highcountrynews.org]
The dismantling of the US Forest Service is imminent
The public has less than a week remaining to comment on the administration's plans.
www.motherjones.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The dismantling of the US Forest Service is imminent [via @highcountrynews.org]
Lift as you climb.
September 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Lift as you climb.
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Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.
September 2, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.
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I love the smell of consequences in the morning. Thank you, @dragoncon.org
September 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I love the smell of consequences in the morning. Thank you, @dragoncon.org
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Another excerpt. This follows a brief history of Thatcher and her goals. "Thatcher’s version of individualism—which involved shrinking the social safety net and weakening organized labour—left people even more atomized and scrambling."
September 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Another excerpt. This follows a brief history of Thatcher and her goals. "Thatcher’s version of individualism—which involved shrinking the social safety net and weakening organized labour—left people even more atomized and scrambling."
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While Meta allows its chatbots to engage in explicit roleplay with minors and X has an AI that will describe the sexual assault of a journalist in detail, that Bluesky is the one getting attacked says all you need to know about the union between the tech elite and fascism.
I strongly suspect it's not IF, it's WHEN Trump shuts down this site. Establish contact NOW with folks LOCALLY who are organizing against fascism, friends. And set up on other social media sites. (Yes, Mastodon kind of sucks, but it's the one that's least likely to be killed by fascists.)
I hope Bluesky has a fantastic legal team. Because the more popular it becomes, the more of a target it will be to Musk/Trump.
August 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
While Meta allows its chatbots to engage in explicit roleplay with minors and X has an AI that will describe the sexual assault of a journalist in detail, that Bluesky is the one getting attacked says all you need to know about the union between the tech elite and fascism.
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You opted out of sharing your data & tracking. Zuck said F that. Apple should drop every Meta app from its store.
"Meta is said to have found ways to identify Apple users even after they refused consent for app tracking, in order to avoid an estimated $10 billion loss of revenue …"
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"Meta is said to have found ways to identify Apple users even after they refused consent for app tracking, in order to avoid an estimated $10 billion loss of revenue …"
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Meta bypassed Apple privacy protections, claims former employee
A former Meta product manager has claimed that the social network circumvented Apple’s privacy protections, as well as cheating advertisers,...
9to5mac.com
August 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
You opted out of sharing your data & tracking. Zuck said F that. Apple should drop every Meta app from its store.
"Meta is said to have found ways to identify Apple users even after they refused consent for app tracking, in order to avoid an estimated $10 billion loss of revenue …"
🧾 is.gd/oY66ra
"Meta is said to have found ways to identify Apple users even after they refused consent for app tracking, in order to avoid an estimated $10 billion loss of revenue …"
🧾 is.gd/oY66ra
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Having been raised by a librarian, I have so much love & respect for these invaluable public spaces. My 1st job was working the front desk at my local library. Please get a library card & go learn just how many resources libraries can offer. Patronage helps keep them open, & it’s free.
My 80-year-old aunt told me she "got tired of streaming" and is borrowing DVDs from her library again.
So I checked it out and they have an amazing selection. Blu-rays too, from Criterion, Kino Lorber and other boutique labels.
#PhysicalMedia #FilmSky
So I checked it out and they have an amazing selection. Blu-rays too, from Criterion, Kino Lorber and other boutique labels.
#PhysicalMedia #FilmSky
August 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Having been raised by a librarian, I have so much love & respect for these invaluable public spaces. My 1st job was working the front desk at my local library. Please get a library card & go learn just how many resources libraries can offer. Patronage helps keep them open, & it’s free.