Brandon Schatz
@soupytoasterson.bsky.social
Owner of Variant Edition Graphic Novels + Comics. Columnist at The Beat. Writer behind The Indirect Market. Shuster Award Winner for Best Comic Shop in Canada, and Eisner nominated comics journalist. The French Fries Player.
Two “why dad” 2000s juggernauts said “nah, we didn’t get past that”.
January 19, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Two “why dad” 2000s juggernauts said “nah, we didn’t get past that”.
Reposted by Brandon Schatz
Reposted by Brandon Schatz
Now, more than ever, check out a novel from your public library, get yourself some snacks, and READ for pure joy. You deserve it.
January 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Now, more than ever, check out a novel from your public library, get yourself some snacks, and READ for pure joy. You deserve it.
Reposted by Brandon Schatz
The NYT really doing everything they can to bury the lede (Renee Good was denied medical attention while still alive, making her murder an even more horrific crime) in this headline and writeup
Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Newly Released Records Detail Chaos During Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:16 PM
The NYT really doing everything they can to bury the lede (Renee Good was denied medical attention while still alive, making her murder an even more horrific crime) in this headline and writeup
Reposted by Brandon Schatz
I've done the "NONE MORE [moment in time]" bit a few times now with old commercial breaks, but this...?
This is the absolute real deal. The apex predator. The shit the dealer usually keeps for himself.
June 28, 1992 in pure crystalline form.
Handle with extreme care.
This is the absolute real deal. The apex predator. The shit the dealer usually keeps for himself.
June 28, 1992 in pure crystalline form.
Handle with extreme care.
January 15, 2026 at 3:46 PM
I've done the "NONE MORE [moment in time]" bit a few times now with old commercial breaks, but this...?
This is the absolute real deal. The apex predator. The shit the dealer usually keeps for himself.
June 28, 1992 in pure crystalline form.
Handle with extreme care.
This is the absolute real deal. The apex predator. The shit the dealer usually keeps for himself.
June 28, 1992 in pure crystalline form.
Handle with extreme care.
Reposted by Brandon Schatz
Remembering this girlie today. I miss her dearly.
Today I said goodbye to my partner in crime for… almost 17 years. I am not okay, but I will be okay. My sweet girl Jim. Jimothy. Jimnasium. Missy Jim. Misandry Jim. Contessa Cozy Toes. So much more.
Sweet dreams, my beautiful girl.
Sweet dreams, my beautiful girl.
January 13, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Remembering this girlie today. I miss her dearly.
Reposted by Brandon Schatz
Please email your local library and politely complain about Libby's AI "Inspire Me" feature.
Your local library worker will love this. Seriously. We had so many tools for collecting feedback.
Your local library worker will love this. Seriously. We had so many tools for collecting feedback.
the thing with Libby is you are not Libby's customer, your library is Libby's customer.
so I guess we should all complain to our libraries!
so I guess we should all complain to our libraries!
January 13, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Please email your local library and politely complain about Libby's AI "Inspire Me" feature.
Your local library worker will love this. Seriously. We had so many tools for collecting feedback.
Your local library worker will love this. Seriously. We had so many tools for collecting feedback.
Are they… are they milking him?
January 12, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Are they… are they milking him?
Reposted by Brandon Schatz
The Arby’s near my house has had this up on their sign for like two weeks, and yes, fully agreed Arby’s.
January 9, 2026 at 5:58 AM
The Arby’s near my house has had this up on their sign for like two weeks, and yes, fully agreed Arby’s.
I mean…
summoning circle, hope this works
🕯
🕯 🕯
🕯 🕯
🕯 new Robyn album 🕯
🕯 in 2025 🕯
🕯 🕯
🕯
🕯
🕯 🕯
🕯 🕯
🕯 new Robyn album 🕯
🕯 in 2025 🕯
🕯 🕯
🕯
January 1, 2026 at 5:06 PM
I mean…
(Stuck in my head on loop for days now):
🎶Josie.
Drinks mostly. 🎵
🎼 Lemon liiiiiiiiiiiiiiime.
🎶Josie.
Drinks mostly. 🎵
🎼 Lemon liiiiiiiiiiiiiiime.
January 1, 2026 at 9:10 AM
(Stuck in my head on loop for days now):
🎶Josie.
Drinks mostly. 🎵
🎼 Lemon liiiiiiiiiiiiiiime.
🎶Josie.
Drinks mostly. 🎵
🎼 Lemon liiiiiiiiiiiiiiime.
Reposted by Brandon Schatz
December 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Tried to take a insta picture with my girlfriend over the holidays and just ended up looking like I was shooting an 80s “love ballad” music video that’s just about a dude being a real creep.
December 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Tried to take a insta picture with my girlfriend over the holidays and just ended up looking like I was shooting an 80s “love ballad” music video that’s just about a dude being a real creep.
Reposted by Brandon Schatz
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
Reposted by Brandon Schatz
"since they are Canadian I would not rule out treachery"
I'm quite content to have authoritarian regimes and their media lackies switch the Canadian stereotype from gormless apologizers to untrustworthy rogues.
Fuck it, white supremacists neo-Nazi regimes should see us as not someone to trust.
I'm quite content to have authoritarian regimes and their media lackies switch the Canadian stereotype from gormless apologizers to untrustworthy rogues.
Fuck it, white supremacists neo-Nazi regimes should see us as not someone to trust.
The Atlantic suggesting, without evidence, that Canada's Global TV broadcasting the '60 Minutes' segment on CECOT that CBS distributed to it may have been an act of "treachery."
🔗: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
🔗: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
"since they are Canadian I would not rule out treachery"
I'm quite content to have authoritarian regimes and their media lackies switch the Canadian stereotype from gormless apologizers to untrustworthy rogues.
Fuck it, white supremacists neo-Nazi regimes should see us as not someone to trust.
I'm quite content to have authoritarian regimes and their media lackies switch the Canadian stereotype from gormless apologizers to untrustworthy rogues.
Fuck it, white supremacists neo-Nazi regimes should see us as not someone to trust.
Reposted by Brandon Schatz
There's no such thing as owning too many books.
There is such a thing as owning too much other furniture that blocks the space for more bookshelves, however.
There is such a thing as owning too much other furniture that blocks the space for more bookshelves, however.
December 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
There's no such thing as owning too many books.
There is such a thing as owning too much other furniture that blocks the space for more bookshelves, however.
There is such a thing as owning too much other furniture that blocks the space for more bookshelves, however.
Reposted by Brandon Schatz
Bari Weiss is doing exactly what Ellison hired Bari Weiss to do, but she's doing it without any of the subtlety, silence, or plausible deniability that she was supposed to do it with. This is because they made the mistake of hiring Bari Weiss.
December 22, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Bari Weiss is doing exactly what Ellison hired Bari Weiss to do, but she's doing it without any of the subtlety, silence, or plausible deniability that she was supposed to do it with. This is because they made the mistake of hiring Bari Weiss.
Reposted by Brandon Schatz
it's a mark of how fucked up the world is that this doesn't even phase me. at least he's paying the people he tortured. could be worse. off to read about conditions in our government's latest concentration camp.
In Mr Beast’s new video, a woman is alone for two weeks on a platform in the sky. and each day, a balloon is released at an inopportune moment for her. And if she fails to shoot the balloon with an arrow, they take a small portion of the platform that is her home
December 22, 2025 at 6:19 AM
it's a mark of how fucked up the world is that this doesn't even phase me. at least he's paying the people he tortured. could be worse. off to read about conditions in our government's latest concentration camp.
Reposted by Brandon Schatz
If you are a #YEG Indie #TTRPG enthusiast, I hope to see you this weekend at Pe Metawe! Saturday at 1:00, we're having a meet up for local TTRPG nerds :D
shop.pemetawe.com
shop.pemetawe.com
Home | Pe Metawe Games
We are an Indigenous-owned tabletop board game and roleplaying game shop in Edmonton, AB, located on Treaty 6 territory.
shop.pemetawe.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
If you are a #YEG Indie #TTRPG enthusiast, I hope to see you this weekend at Pe Metawe! Saturday at 1:00, we're having a meet up for local TTRPG nerds :D
shop.pemetawe.com
shop.pemetawe.com
(In an ornate chair, but a roaring fireplace. Slowly lifting, then placing glasses on my face. Staring at you coldly): “I am going to fart on your dad.”
December 22, 2025 at 5:04 AM
(In an ornate chair, but a roaring fireplace. Slowly lifting, then placing glasses on my face. Staring at you coldly): “I am going to fart on your dad.”
Reposted by Brandon Schatz
“Our story was screened 5 times cleared by CBS attorneys & Standards & Practices,” Ms. Alfonsi wrote in the note. “It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now, after every rigorous internal check has been met, is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.”
December 22, 2025 at 4:53 AM
“Our story was screened 5 times cleared by CBS attorneys & Standards & Practices,” Ms. Alfonsi wrote in the note. “It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now, after every rigorous internal check has been met, is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.”
Reposted by Brandon Schatz
You will be visited by three spirits.
December 17, 2025 at 6:53 AM
You will be visited by three spirits.
Reposted by Brandon Schatz
While Amazon is investing billions of dollars to expand AI, independent bookstores are hosting community events, personally recommending books to readers, and providing a space that is safe and welcoming during a time when we need them most.
Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.
Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.
December 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
While Amazon is investing billions of dollars to expand AI, independent bookstores are hosting community events, personally recommending books to readers, and providing a space that is safe and welcoming during a time when we need them most.
Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.
Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.