Neal Curtis
@nihilcurtis.bsky.social
Comics scholar, one-time critical theorist. Interested in science communication & graphic medicine. Enjoys SF. Concerned (to say the least) by climate emergency and fascism. Escaped UK for Aotearoa. Tangata Tiriti. He/him.
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Today in #404DeepDive: People are modding Meta Ray-Bans to spy on you. Already, there are videos with millions of views of men using the glasses to film massage workers, asking for happy endings. What's Meta's response? @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Today in #404DeepDive: People are modding Meta Ray-Bans to spy on you. Already, there are videos with millions of views of men using the glasses to film massage workers, asking for happy endings. What's Meta's response? @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
More here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
More here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
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A page from Lynd Ward's 'Wild Pilgrimage', 1932.
November 11, 2025 at 7:15 AM
A page from Lynd Ward's 'Wild Pilgrimage', 1932.
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‼️ Mexico's first woman president, Claudia Sheinbaum, just announced she's pressing charges after being groped in the street:
“If they do this to the president, what happens to all the women in our country?”
“If they do this to the president, what happens to all the women in our country?”
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
‼️ Mexico's first woman president, Claudia Sheinbaum, just announced she's pressing charges after being groped in the street:
“If they do this to the president, what happens to all the women in our country?”
“If they do this to the president, what happens to all the women in our country?”
Books by Joyce Carol Oates
all of them
in chronological order
www.mostrecommendedbooks.com/series/joyce...
all of them
in chronological order
www.mostrecommendedbooks.com/series/joyce...
All 174 Joyce Carol Oates Books in Order (2025)
Complete list of the Joyce Carol Oates series. Discover all books in this series and find your reading path.
www.mostrecommendedbooks.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Books by Joyce Carol Oates
all of them
in chronological order
www.mostrecommendedbooks.com/series/joyce...
all of them
in chronological order
www.mostrecommendedbooks.com/series/joyce...
Yesterday I went to the book launch of my colleague Erin Griffey's new book, Facing Decay. A brilliant mix of aesthetics, science and medicine in the beauty and skincare recipes handed down since the 1500s. More deets in alt text.
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Yesterday I went to the book launch of my colleague Erin Griffey's new book, Facing Decay. A brilliant mix of aesthetics, science and medicine in the beauty and skincare recipes handed down since the 1500s. More deets in alt text.
The only purpose of the US Democratic Party under its current leadership is to do the ideological work that enables autocrats and would-be tyrants like Trump to make out that democracy exists and the US has a functioning opposition. They do nothing but perform theatre on behalf of the powerful.
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The only purpose of the US Democratic Party under its current leadership is to do the ideological work that enables autocrats and would-be tyrants like Trump to make out that democracy exists and the US has a functioning opposition. They do nothing but perform theatre on behalf of the powerful.
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Luxon thinks we need a "mature conversation" about selling state assets... But I don't think he really means that, because a mature conversation would look at the history of failure and the shortsighted focus on profit ahead of public interest.
He wants a conversation where we agree with him.
He wants a conversation where we agree with him.
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Luxon thinks we need a "mature conversation" about selling state assets... But I don't think he really means that, because a mature conversation would look at the history of failure and the shortsighted focus on profit ahead of public interest.
He wants a conversation where we agree with him.
He wants a conversation where we agree with him.
PS If you do move to Qobuz don't pay for Soundiiz transfer. I found out Qobuz offers Soundiiz transfer for free.
In the process of leaving #Spotify (a/c will be deleted at end of month). Moving to Qobuz. Transferred playlists via Soundiiz. Lost a few tunes but compensated for by losing the awful feeling every time I opened Spotify.
Twitter
Facebook
Insta
Whatsapp
now Spotify
all gone. Digital detox.
Insta
now Spotify
all gone. Digital detox.
November 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
PS If you do move to Qobuz don't pay for Soundiiz transfer. I found out Qobuz offers Soundiiz transfer for free.
We are destroying the planet because some obscenely rich ppl want to be richer, and to distract us, they want us turning on each other. National media around the globe are happy to play along, and I find this profoundly depressing.
November 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
We are destroying the planet because some obscenely rich ppl want to be richer, and to distract us, they want us turning on each other. National media around the globe are happy to play along, and I find this profoundly depressing.
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That humans and the waste we generate can displace other life until we are all that's left in an effectively closed system is suicidal given that "other" is an illusion. We are interdependent as parts of larger whole whose degradation we too suffer from. ideaexplorer.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-...
The World Is Dying and We’re Doing This
Amid the growing certainty and omnipresent evidence that our species will soon drive itself extinct along with many other species, it is har...
ideaexplorer.blogspot.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
That humans and the waste we generate can displace other life until we are all that's left in an effectively closed system is suicidal given that "other" is an illusion. We are interdependent as parts of larger whole whose degradation we too suffer from. ideaexplorer.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-...
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no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
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If you read one thing this weekend, read this. The way we treat young people who are a little 'different' is endlessly shocking. With thanks and respect to Kate Szymankiewicz.
From theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
From theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘The ward felt like a prison. What had I let them do?’: how my daughter was crushed by a health service meant to help her
Ruth was 14 years old and being treated for an eating disorder when she died after being detained under the Mental Health Act. She wasn’t allowed to see her family for more than a few hours a week. Ho...
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
If you read one thing this weekend, read this. The way we treat young people who are a little 'different' is endlessly shocking. With thanks and respect to Kate Szymankiewicz.
From theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
From theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Niche post aimed at fans of Bob Mortimer on WILTY. I went to the dentist and heard the word 'Fuji'
November 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Niche post aimed at fans of Bob Mortimer on WILTY. I went to the dentist and heard the word 'Fuji'
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November 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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The beautiful chaos of a used bookstore is unmatched.
November 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The beautiful chaos of a used bookstore is unmatched.
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Good grief. I only knew that he'd cut Rosalind Franklin out of credit for the discovery of DNA. I had no idea Watson was so multi-dimensionally horrible.
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Good grief. I only knew that he'd cut Rosalind Franklin out of credit for the discovery of DNA. I had no idea Watson was so multi-dimensionally horrible.
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Absolute Wonder Woman
November 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Absolute Wonder Woman
An amazing album titled Clay by Herbert and Momoko Gill.
November 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
An amazing album titled Clay by Herbert and Momoko Gill.
To everyone who drives a Tesla.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
To everyone who drives a Tesla.
Kash Patel really needs to stop wearing that #LFC tie. The club stands for everything he doesn't: honesty, integrity, solidarity, diversity.
November 7, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Kash Patel really needs to stop wearing that #LFC tie. The club stands for everything he doesn't: honesty, integrity, solidarity, diversity.
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In the process of leaving #Spotify (a/c will be deleted at end of month). Moving to Qobuz. Transferred playlists via Soundiiz. Lost a few tunes but compensated for by losing the awful feeling every time I opened Spotify.
Twitter
Facebook
Insta
Whatsapp
now Spotify
all gone. Digital detox.
Insta
now Spotify
all gone. Digital detox.
November 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
In the process of leaving #Spotify (a/c will be deleted at end of month). Moving to Qobuz. Transferred playlists via Soundiiz. Lost a few tunes but compensated for by losing the awful feeling every time I opened Spotify.
Twitter
Facebook
Insta
Whatsapp
now Spotify
all gone. Digital detox.
Insta
now Spotify
all gone. Digital detox.
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Wild that @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social didn’t think this energy was important to get behind.
#zohranfornyc
#zohranfornyc
November 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Wild that @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social didn’t think this energy was important to get behind.
#zohranfornyc
#zohranfornyc