Nilah "Nine Jobs" Magruder
@nilahmagruder.com
she/her. aka n. romaine white. making books and animated shows. master gardener.
OUT NOW: Creaky Acres.
UP NEXT: Hex and Havoc, Reel Love.
Work and stuff: nilahmagruder.carrd.co
OUT NOW: Creaky Acres.
UP NEXT: Hex and Havoc, Reel Love.
Work and stuff: nilahmagruder.carrd.co
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Creaky Acres is out today! At last, you can now find it at your nearest indie bookstore or library. And if you can't, tell them you want it! @calistabrill.bsky.social #graphicnovels #comics #kidlit #kidlitart
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/558467...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/558467...
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Literally just talked about this fact with my mama yesterday because none of her uncles or her father got theirs for their service.
Another excellent history on the racial wealth gap. Rights on paper, NOT in practice.
www.history.com/articles/gi-...
www.history.com/articles/gi-...
How the GI Bill's Promise Was Denied to a Million Black WWII Veterans | HISTORY
The sweeping bill following World War II promised prosperity to veterans. So why didn’t Black Americans benefit?
www.history.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Literally just talked about this fact with my mama yesterday because none of her uncles or her father got theirs for their service.
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Not to mention authors don't get just ONE purchase. Libraries tend to purchase multiple copies of popular books, they also buy the physical audiobook, and audiobook streaming and ebook rights. Obviously not of EVERY book purchased, but requested/super popular ones they could buy all of these.
Libraries purchase books. When you see a book at the library, it isn’t “free”
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
November 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Not to mention authors don't get just ONE purchase. Libraries tend to purchase multiple copies of popular books, they also buy the physical audiobook, and audiobook streaming and ebook rights. Obviously not of EVERY book purchased, but requested/super popular ones they could buy all of these.
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Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
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to safely dispose of these hats, eat them. natural fibers — such as cotton, wool, silk, and linen — breakdown in the digestive track. synthetics do not. thus, if you eat your hat, the synthetics will pass through the other side. smush through the poop to find the synthetic fibers and recycle them.
November 16, 2025 at 1:42 AM
to safely dispose of these hats, eat them. natural fibers — such as cotton, wool, silk, and linen — breakdown in the digestive track. synthetics do not. thus, if you eat your hat, the synthetics will pass through the other side. smush through the poop to find the synthetic fibers and recycle them.
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Rudy Bridges is younger than the Sitting President of the United States and 29 sitting United States Senators
It’s useful for people of my generation to be reminded that this wasn’t that long ago. Ruby Bridges isn’t just still alive—she’s only 71, not ancient!
65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Rudy Bridges is younger than the Sitting President of the United States and 29 sitting United States Senators
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Dec 6 from 12pm-6pm, we’re hosting a small holiday market here at Fantom with local artists selling their wares, plus warm winter refreshments and more 🎁 come stuff your stockings!
November 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Dec 6 from 12pm-6pm, we’re hosting a small holiday market here at Fantom with local artists selling their wares, plus warm winter refreshments and more 🎁 come stuff your stockings!
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Being a smaller creator , getting my project out there is tough. Trying to reach the vampire, twilight, and black anime nerd fans that want to see a black girl at the center of the story and vampire romance haha. If you're out there give my pilot a shot!
If you're a Twilight, Card Captor Sakura, Vampire romance and black magical girl fan, check out the Indie Animatic pilot "The Three Tomes
Tammy, after gaining the powers of a witch from an ancient tome must search for 13 magical spirits, while dealing with a vampire love triangle.
link below
Tammy, after gaining the powers of a witch from an ancient tome must search for 13 magical spirits, while dealing with a vampire love triangle.
link below
November 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Being a smaller creator , getting my project out there is tough. Trying to reach the vampire, twilight, and black anime nerd fans that want to see a black girl at the center of the story and vampire romance haha. If you're out there give my pilot a shot!
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"I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT."
If you're in the United States, that is ALL you should EVER say to law enforcement besides asking if you're being detained, and identifying yourself in a stop and ID state.
If you're in the United States, that is ALL you should EVER say to law enforcement besides asking if you're being detained, and identifying yourself in a stop and ID state.
November 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT."
If you're in the United States, that is ALL you should EVER say to law enforcement besides asking if you're being detained, and identifying yourself in a stop and ID state.
If you're in the United States, that is ALL you should EVER say to law enforcement besides asking if you're being detained, and identifying yourself in a stop and ID state.
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“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
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Every decade, we hear "the kids can't read or write!"
Interventions that don't work are proposed. Those that do work are ignored: reducing class sizes, making kids & families feel safe at school and welcome, becoming a community resource.
When their expensive reform fails, they yell at us again.
Interventions that don't work are proposed. Those that do work are ignored: reducing class sizes, making kids & families feel safe at school and welcome, becoming a community resource.
When their expensive reform fails, they yell at us again.
November 15, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Every decade, we hear "the kids can't read or write!"
Interventions that don't work are proposed. Those that do work are ignored: reducing class sizes, making kids & families feel safe at school and welcome, becoming a community resource.
When their expensive reform fails, they yell at us again.
Interventions that don't work are proposed. Those that do work are ignored: reducing class sizes, making kids & families feel safe at school and welcome, becoming a community resource.
When their expensive reform fails, they yell at us again.
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THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
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It's a losing battle, but I really want people to stop using the term "cabal" to describe Epstein's circle
The whole matter is already so tricky when it comes to antisemitism that adding an antisemitic term to your critique doesn't really help matters
But whatever, no one cares
The whole matter is already so tricky when it comes to antisemitism that adding an antisemitic term to your critique doesn't really help matters
But whatever, no one cares
November 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
It's a losing battle, but I really want people to stop using the term "cabal" to describe Epstein's circle
The whole matter is already so tricky when it comes to antisemitism that adding an antisemitic term to your critique doesn't really help matters
But whatever, no one cares
The whole matter is already so tricky when it comes to antisemitism that adding an antisemitic term to your critique doesn't really help matters
But whatever, no one cares
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
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I know it's really about control, but the way these evil monsters talk about banning books to save the children out of one side of their mouths, and downplay an actual pedophile out of the other is rage inducing
November 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I know it's really about control, but the way these evil monsters talk about banning books to save the children out of one side of their mouths, and downplay an actual pedophile out of the other is rage inducing
Talking about lettering is giving me war flashbacks to repeatedly asking my editor to work time for lettering into my book schedule and they just. Kept leaving it out. I finally gave up asking.
Anyway. When I say I'm working on my last graphic novel...
Anyway. When I say I'm working on my last graphic novel...
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Talking about lettering is giving me war flashbacks to repeatedly asking my editor to work time for lettering into my book schedule and they just. Kept leaving it out. I finally gave up asking.
Anyway. When I say I'm working on my last graphic novel...
Anyway. When I say I'm working on my last graphic novel...
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My most strongly held comics opinion (I hesitate to say "opinion," because it's a fact): lettering should be the first finished thing done, not the last. Done after (or along with) roughs and finalized before pencils. Pencils and inking should be done AROUND the lettering.
November 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
My most strongly held comics opinion (I hesitate to say "opinion," because it's a fact): lettering should be the first finished thing done, not the last. Done after (or along with) roughs and finalized before pencils. Pencils and inking should be done AROUND the lettering.
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And there's nothing at all wrong with working with a letterer! Letterers are great! But they should be brought it at the beginning, not the end.
bsky.app/profile/mrty...
bsky.app/profile/mrty...
And if you don't letter your own books, editors should schedule and develop practices that allow a book to be lettered before penciling.
Everyone should do their lettering at the layouts phase.
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
And there's nothing at all wrong with working with a letterer! Letterers are great! But they should be brought it at the beginning, not the end.
bsky.app/profile/mrty...
bsky.app/profile/mrty...
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Ugh hate to post this but bringing this back to just get us out of a “small” hole. We have money coming in but it is a struggle to get caught up
Keeping the same gfm for transparency sake
gofund.me/d63b5b894
Keeping the same gfm for transparency sake
gofund.me/d63b5b894
Donate to Support Danny and Nathalie's Housing Stability, organized by Danielle Lorick
EDIT: i should be receiving end of month payments, but trying to deal … Danielle Lorick needs your support for Support Danny and Nathalie's Housing Stability
gofund.me
November 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Ugh hate to post this but bringing this back to just get us out of a “small” hole. We have money coming in but it is a struggle to get caught up
Keeping the same gfm for transparency sake
gofund.me/d63b5b894
Keeping the same gfm for transparency sake
gofund.me/d63b5b894
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TFW when Insurance is *the* key channel spreading climate risk throughout the financial system, via @climatecabinet.org's @jordanhaedtler.bsky.social with @kostyack.bsky.social and @spears.bsky.social.
2008 vibes, folks.
2008 vibes, folks.
November 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
TFW when Insurance is *the* key channel spreading climate risk throughout the financial system, via @climatecabinet.org's @jordanhaedtler.bsky.social with @kostyack.bsky.social and @spears.bsky.social.
2008 vibes, folks.
2008 vibes, folks.
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KIDS ARE PEOPLE
One more thing. When I wrote about this study showing one-third of Americans don't drive, people were messaging me saying this cannot be true for LA.
In LA County *23 percent* of the population is under 16. Kids are people! We must plan for their movement, just like all nondrivers. Hope that helps!
In LA County *23 percent* of the population is under 16. Kids are people! We must plan for their movement, just like all nondrivers. Hope that helps!
Highly recommend diving into NRDC's study on car access, which @keawilson.bsky.social wrote about here: usa.streetsblog.org/2025/10/02/report-16-million-have-no-car-access-at-all
Where Nadir was killed, 14% of LA households are car-free. But the infrastructure does not match that reality
Where Nadir was killed, 14% of LA households are car-free. But the infrastructure does not match that reality
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
KIDS ARE PEOPLE
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When Covid caused NYC offices to hollow out what they found was that yeah the core business districts suffered but the neighborhoods where people actually live, thrived.
All WFH means is rethinking business districts, not cities.
All WFH means is rethinking business districts, not cities.
if you cant go in to the office 3 days a week then you really can't complain when cities are hollowed out. cities are places where ppl work and network. getting rid of that makes cities useless
And it's usually something like "but that's not what the literal DNC does!" as if I don't know, as someone who has worked on Dem campaigns, sometimes in conjunction with the DNC what they do. So I'm going to be very specific here: this is the DNC being shitty: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
November 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
When Covid caused NYC offices to hollow out what they found was that yeah the core business districts suffered but the neighborhoods where people actually live, thrived.
All WFH means is rethinking business districts, not cities.
All WFH means is rethinking business districts, not cities.
I got into ECCC Artist Alley which is great but I'm going to have to give it some thought. I love ECCC but now that I live on the east coast, west coast conventions are a bigger financial undertaking that might outweigh the benefits of going.
November 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I got into ECCC Artist Alley which is great but I'm going to have to give it some thought. I love ECCC but now that I live on the east coast, west coast conventions are a bigger financial undertaking that might outweigh the benefits of going.
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Lot of people are already passing this around with the usual "WHY ISN'T ANYONE DOING ANYTHING" shrieks, while ignoring the fact that the article literally says that this is a *significant* decrease from the warming that we were on track for even a few years ago.
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Lot of people are already passing this around with the usual "WHY ISN'T ANYONE DOING ANYTHING" shrieks, while ignoring the fact that the article literally says that this is a *significant* decrease from the warming that we were on track for even a few years ago.