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Comic writer, middle school librarian. Absolutely no CG or AI. Rep'd by @kalyarn.bsky.social. He/him.

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Ted Anderson - Trans Rights - BLM - ACAB @tedlyanderson.bsky.social · Nov 15

Hey! I should probably make a pinned post about myself, huh? I'm Ted! I'm a librarian and comics writer! I've written licensed and original comics for numerous publishers, some of which are still in business! I'm available for work! I know vaguely what I'm doing!

The cover to the first issue of the comic book series "Moth & Whisper." The cover depicts a non-binary person in a black hooded suit, holding a white mask in front of their face. The credits are also listed on the issue: Ted Anderson is the writer, Rye Hickman is the artist, and Marshall Dillon is the letterer.

The cover to the comic book "My Little Pony: Friends Forever", issue number 17. It depicts the characters Twilight Sparkle and Big Macintosh. Twilight looks stressed as she digs through a mountain of papers and books. Big Macintosh side-eyes her calmly. The issue was written by Ted Anderson, drawn by Brenda Hickey, and colored by Heather Breckel.

The cover to the graphic novel "Side Effects." It shows a cross-section of a young woman's head in front of a light purple background. Where her brain would be are representations of scenes from the comic: interacting with her friends, her girlfriend, at her job, and so forth. Lightning bolts are shooting out of her brain, representing stress and confusion. The title is made up of letters on top of a daily pill counter. The comic was written by Ted Anderson, illustrated by Tara O'Connor, and lettered by Dave Sharpe.

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Casey Newton

@caseynewton.bsky.social

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...

The whistleblower, for his part, worked to amp up the pressure. He told me he had shared the document with other reporters, putting me into a competitive crunch. He asked when I thought I would publish. I asked him if he could point me to any current or former coworkers of his who could help me understand the document better. “Not really,” he said.

By this point, alarm bells were starting to ring. I wondered if the employee badge the whistleblower had shared with me might have been AI-generated. While AI systems are notoriously unreliable at identifying their own outputs, Google Gemini can detect SynthID watermarks embedded in images that it produces. I uploaded the badge to Gemini and asked if Gemini had made it. “Most or all of this image was edited or generated with Google AI,” it said.

January 6, 2026 at 1:08 AM

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Tred

@tredlocity.bsky.social

The Sony WF-1000XM5 True Wireless Noise Cancelling Earbuds look like Johann Kraus

November 9, 2023 at 3:53 PM

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Alice

@nolas-socks.bsky.social

You will never guess what this is replying to

colrainman1.bsky.social @colrainman1.bsky.social · 2d

Fuck you. Nobody cares. The world is on fire. Pay attention, asshole.

January 4, 2026 at 5:46 AM

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Josh Zingher

@zingherpolisci.bsky.social

Thank god Chuck Schumer isn’t alive to see this.

January 3, 2026 at 8:47 PM

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Al Ewing Writes Comics

@al-ewing.bsky.social

This isn’t a claw hammer, it’s a kneecap amplifier tool

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 3d

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says people should move beyond calling AI 'slop'

"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium ... that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other"

January 3, 2026 at 11:35 AM

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Meredith Rose

@mrose.ink

Say what you will, this may be the most precedented thing he’s done yet

January 3, 2026 at 3:25 PM

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Mallorie Malcontent ✨

@sweetbeanscomix.bsky.social

The Empire by Mary Oliver

December 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM

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Jacqueline Sweet

@jsweetli.bsky.social

NEW: The anonymous "researcher" in Nick Shirley's viral "fraud" video--treated as a concerned citizen on Fox News and elsewhere--is actually a Minnesota state lobbyist and political activist who worked with a GOP House staffer to provide Shirley info/

theintercept.com/2026/01/03/m...

Unnamed Source in Viral Minnesota Somali Fraud Video Is Right-Wing Lobbyist Who Called Muslims “Demons”

David Hoch, who goes by his first name in Nick Shirley’s video allegedly exposing Somali fraud, referred to “demon Muslims” on social media.

theintercept.com

January 3, 2026 at 12:19 PM

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Matt D. Wilson

@mattdwilson.net

Hi friends. Marlene broke her ankle on New Year's and is going to need surgery for it. It's also going to keep her from working for a good little while. A friend very kindly set up a GoFundMe for her, and any help is appreciated.

Donate to Help Marlene Recover and Get Back on Her Feet, organized by Mallory Nuckols

Please consider donating to help Marlene Thompson recover from ank… Mallory Nuckols needs your support for Help Marlene Recover and Get Back on Her Feet

www.gofundme.com

January 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM

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The Daily Tism

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Brenda Hernández, 32, who ranted to a person you’ll never meet in your life about an objectively annoying thing you did, now needs to avoid you at all costs, having rendered your entire friendship “a lie”.

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Whoops! Autistic woman who talked shit about you now feels too guilty to ever speak to you again

Sad woman sitting on floor leaning on sofa

January 2, 2026 at 11:27 AM

Ted Anderson - Trans Rights - BLM - ACAB

@tedlyanderson.bsky.social

Which unscrupulous vulgarian has stolen my copy of Crying of Lot 49

January 2, 2026 at 3:53 AM

Ted Anderson - Trans Rights - BLM - ACAB

@tedlyanderson.bsky.social

Watching the film of Name of the Rose for possibly the second time and I forgot (?) that it had both Hugo Drax and the voice of Dr Finkelstein from Nightmare Before Xmas. Not to mention F. Murray himself? My god

January 1, 2026 at 11:20 PM

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Future Governor Ravioli 🏳️‍⚧️

@zoealicempls.bsky.social

ok who else forgot to get every horse a birthday gift?

January 1, 2026 at 2:42 AM

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public health is anti-war. guy

@publichealthguy1.bsky.social

just want to remind folks that pushback and public outrage stopped them from closing the CDC library. i bet pushback will stop them here, too

Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 6d

“The Trump administration is closing NASA’s largest research library on Friday, a facility that houses tens of thousands of books, documents and journals — many of them not digitized or available anywhere else.”