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JCJB
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Represented by Jas Perry of Looking Glass literary| Black graphic novelist/illustrator/fantast| Highlights Diversity fellow| VONA 2017| cat enthusiast

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Every time I'm reminded of their rise in popularity I think of how cis men vehemently hate masking and how covid infection decreases their virility and causes ED but hey ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
January 6, 2026 at 10:16 PM
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Beginning 2022, I started having arguments with people who didn't experience the loss of a loved one to COVID & associate "lockdown" with sourdough starters & WFH rather than Zoom funerals.

I just had to accept that we did not have a shared reality, nor were they willing to remember.
there’s a thread on reddit right now called “was COVID really that bad?” and it is interesting to read people’s accounts five years out

there seems to be a collective trauma response where people (outside of healthcare workers) don’t remember how many people died

someone called it anticlimactic
January 6, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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hey y'all--

GET THESE TICKETS!!!

we often talk about there being nothing to do, not knowing how to give back to the community & no community resources...THIS IS ALLUM IN ONE!!
hey y'all, so my job (a non-profit) is building a library--of rare, unique, & banned books--which will be housed in anacostia (SE!!)

we're hosting a film screening & panel discussion/fundraiser on MLK weekend, 1/18/26

come support a great cause!

www.eventbrite.com/e/unbanned-f...
January 6, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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January 6, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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New — I wrote about how corporate media is immediately siding with power in the wake of Trump attacking Venezuela and capturing Maduro, and how journalists need to treat the administration as a hostile entity that’s openly lying to them.
Call Trump's power grab in Venezuela what it is
Corporate media must recognize they're being openly lied to—and report accordingly.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 6, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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It's an MTV simulator with almost 30,000 videos, organized by decade, with special sections for Headbanger's Ball and Yo! MTV Raps. This is so good.
January 6, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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Smart glasses are all dogshit I’m sorry. Put all of these things in the trash
January 6, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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Another thing I am doing in 2026 is taking my role as Jazz Director at WRIR more seriously which means YOU THERE indie jazz musician or YOU THERE person of discerning and sophisticated musical taste, hit me with the recommendations that deserve more airtime on independent community radio
January 6, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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I love visual storytelling more than it deserves and I hate everyone that treats artists like robots
January 6, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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Hilton said Tuesday that it is removing an independently owned Minnesota hotel from its system after a location denied rooms to ICE employees.
Hilton says it is removing a Minnesota hotel from its system over ICE controversy
Hilton said Tuesday that it is removing an independently owned Minnesota hotel from its system after a location denied rooms to ICE employees.
www.businessinsider.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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For people that feel helpless, this period is so tough but there's ways to help for anyone. Go out there support Venezuelan ppl and artists living in it as they prepare for unpredictable times

Here is a starter pack of artists with commissions or donations open as well:
go.bsky.app/8daQmpX
January 4, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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Amid global concern over Trump's actions in Venezuela, Israel is bombing Gaza and Lebanon.
With Global Attention on Venezuela, Israel Intensifies Assault on Gaza, Lebanon
Amid global concern over Trump's actions in Venezuela, Israel is bombing Gaza and Lebanon.
www.commondreams.org
January 5, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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I wish I'd thought sooner to explain to tradpub editors that illustrating a graphic novel is not like writing a prose novel or illustrating a picture book, a 250-page GN is actually like illustrating eight picture books.
January 6, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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It's not "super flu". It's that flu isn't "just a flu". People really need to understand about lineage diversity, mechanisms of evolutionary change, and shifting fitness landscapes for the virus. The idea of immunity theft from COVID should be taken seriously also.
Subclade K is making its impact felt — why flu seems to be everywhere — even if ‘super flu’ is not a thing www.statnews.com/2026/01/06/f...
Why flu seems to be everywhere — even if ‘super flu’ is not a thing
Welcome to the winter of subclade K.
www.statnews.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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Subclade K is making its impact felt — why flu seems to be everywhere — even if ‘super flu’ is not a thing www.statnews.com/2026/01/06/f...
Why flu seems to be everywhere — even if ‘super flu’ is not a thing
Welcome to the winter of subclade K.
www.statnews.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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This is a breaking news story.
Israeli army vehicles enter Quneitra countryside village in southern Syria
This is a breaking news story.
www.aljazeera.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:02 AM
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“I am so tired🤒
I am so tired.🤕
I am so tired🤒
I am suffering from severe dizziness due to lack of food😵‍💫😫
I need intravenous fluids daily😔
I need food🙏😭
I need food🙏😭
I'm very cold🥶🥶
I'm very cold🥶🥶
Please help me tonight.🙏🥺💔
Ineed €300 to buy food&medicine”
chuffed.org/project/161145
January 6, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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"GenAI is the futu--
January 6, 2026 at 3:31 AM
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The author of a viral Reddit thread alleging fraud at a food delivery company tried to back up his claim by sending me AI-generated documents. Today I'm publishing those documents in the hopes that it helps other reporter see what we're up against in the age of AI www.platformer.news/fake-uber-ea...
January 6, 2026 at 1:08 AM
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"It said on Sunday that there would be two days of mourning on ‌January 5 and ‌6 in ⁠honour of those killed and said ‌funeral arrangements would be announced."

www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...
Cuba says 32 Cubans killed during US raids on Venezuela
Havana declares two days of mourning for the Cubans killed in US's raid to capture Nicolas Maduro.
www.aljazeera.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:58 AM
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My friends, my brother's surgery is scheduled for Friday. Please, this is his last hope of walking again. My brother needs a skin graft. I implore you, kind-hearted people, to stand with me to save my brother's leg
His children are waiting for his return.🥺💔
gofund.me/394f690b
@mommunism.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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Yall know the drill!! Let’s help some people in our community this week!!

Do good recklessly my little gremlins, I love you 🖤
Mutual Aid Void Thread for week of 01/05/26!

Post your mutual aid needs below! Please post once and bump!

Focus on RSing people out of thread.

Use alt text or put “alt4me” in replies if using an img!

Use 💕💸 or 💸💕 in post to show up in the Mutual Aid Void feed!

💕💸
💕💸🍉 (Gaza feed only!)
🖤🧡
💕💸🏳️‍⚧️
January 5, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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Kentucky State Police charged a woman with "fetal homicide" after she allegedly used abortion pills bought online—despite the fact that the statute explicitly exempts pregnant people from charges. But her mugshot is all over the internet including People fucking magazine
www.wkyt.com/2026/01/02/k...
Anti-abortion advocates: our bans exempt women from prosecution

Cops: oh we have other laws we can charge them under, and we’ll call fetuses “infants”
www.fox10tv.com/2026/01/02/w... h/t @kelciemmorris.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 5:26 AM
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Jan 5 Fathi update:

Yesterday Fathi sent me this vid of Yamen leading his classmates in a game at school 🥹

This kid, & all kids in Gaza, deserves a future

🔁 & 💸 if you can, every $ goes towards survival, evacuation & rebuilding

- Nicola

gofund.me/4f9407199

@mommunism.bsky.social

#SaveFathi
January 5, 2026 at 5:23 PM