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Alanna Smith
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Science fiction and fantasy writer, Marvel Comics editor, crafting enthusiast, hobby artist, mother of cats, Captain America's boss
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Jang Eun-Sil the icon that you are

#PhysicalAsia
Jang eun-sil on physical asia straining powerfully during an endurance weightlifting challenge
November 6, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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I am feeling things!!
Zohran mamdani projected to win by abc
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Jon Lovett you deserved what he did to you
Andy Rueda from Survivor
October 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Thinking about this a lot lately.
"We drive. And as we drive, I realize. We’re not alone. All of these people, all of these people in all of these places, they are waiting to be good. They are waiting for the world to be good. What they need is a way forward. It’s not that they’re choosing not to know. It’s that they don’t know what to do with what they know. I had thought it was a matter of knowledge, but it’s a matter of organization. It’s a matter of Praxis. I thought about hands. I thought about thousands and millions of hands, reaching for the spatula on our eight at the grill top of a diner, and reaching into a toilet at hour twelve at the gas station, and reaching up to put the can of beans on the shelf at the supermarket, and reaching down to help their child cross the street. I thought about millions of hands and what they could do if they all reached the same direction and grasped. And that’s when I knew. It was as clear to me as a memory, as unshakeable as my own breath. We were going to organize, starting with us and moving from there. This was a country made up of a distance of people, and they could not be changed through headlines. They had to be organized, one by one by one. And maybe some part of me had spent the last year waiting for Praxis to save us. But not anymore. We would have to become Praxis ourselves. That was it. That was it then." -Alice Isn't Dead, Part 3 Chapter 6
October 1, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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And more! And onward! #postcardstovoters
A handwritten voter turnout postcard for NJ governor candidate Mikie Sherrill
October 1, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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I checked back and somehow the google AI result when you search "Spent: A Comic Novel" has gotten weirder. The source just links to a video of Alison talking about the book which obviously does exist!! Wtf?
There is no book titled Spent: A Comic Novel by Alison Bechdel; however, Alison Bechdel is the author of the graphic memoirs Fun Home and Are You My Mother?, and she also wrote the comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For. It's possible there's a misunderstanding or a misremembered title, as Bechdel's work is known for its autobiographical and often humorous content, but Spent is not one of her published works.
September 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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The world may be going mad but we post!!! We card!!! And so can you!!! #postcardstovoters #turnoutpac

turnoutpac.org/postcards/
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Handwritten postcards to voters A stack of new jersey votes postcards
September 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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100 postcards in the bag!

turnoutpac.org/postcards/
A stack of new jersey voter outreach postcards
September 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Get your shots, NY!
A shoulder with two red walgreens bandaids on it from vaccines
September 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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It really feels like the baffling AI responses at the top of every google search are designed to raise my blood pressure
A google search for spent alison bechdel in which google's AI says: Alison Bechdel did not write a comic novel titled Spent: A Comic Novel. Instead, she wrote a memoir called "Spent" which is a comic strip that explores her feelings of vulnerability after sharing intimate details in her previous works, using fictional elements to create ambiguity about what is true and what is not.
September 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Fern, so help me God, I am going to buy a locker for my Tiny Bookshop and stuff you into it!!!!!
Fern from the videogame tiny bookshop saying "hello, I'm here on research. The book better not have any magic, and no tragedies! However I'm a big fantasy fanatic."
September 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Richard from Lost is so funny, a disheveled man just staggered out of the woods to point a gun at him but he's dressed to the nines and absolutely *cannot* be bothered to put down his cup of coffee
September 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Man people get weird and invasive real fast when a post goes even slightly outside your circle. I altered reply settings on a post that was getting a little out of hand and this weirdo screenshotted it and tagged me because they felt *that* entitled to reply to a total stranger
A post tagging me in a screenshot of a post where I turned off replies. the tagger says "asks a question into the void and then turns off comments, shrug emoji"
August 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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hey here's an idea

stop doing this
a skeet about being offered 10 million to live in a horror movie's world for a year, and me choosing Blair Witch because no one said I had to go hiking, only for someone to think it's hilarious to reply "USA under trump admin" which doesn't even make sense in the context of the original question lol everything is fine two more jokesters responding "all horror pales in comparison to our reality" and "does 2025" usa count as if that makes any sense in the context of the original question either
August 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Made some good trouble today with Antonio Delgado, who's challenging Hochul in the NY Governor primary and Joan Mandle, co-founder of Democracy Matters who also participated in Freedom Summer in 1964!
Fight for trans kids handmade sign Antonio delgado speaking to a crowd outside Antonio delgado gesturing emphatically Joan Mandle holding a John Lewis sign
July 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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20. Split Fiction

I always liked Hazelight Studios but thought their execution kept falling short of their ambition. But A Way Out and It Takes Two walked so Split Fiction could soar. A genuinely moving and endlessly surprising game about two writers from different genres connecting through story.
Zoe and Mio from split fiction with baby dragons in their backpacks.
June 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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500+ people showed up for the local #NoKings protest despite it being in a very small town. I wanted to befriend the cool older ladies next to me but I was too shy 🥲 maybe next time!
A protest sign reading, no fascists, no book bans, no Trump in red and blue.
June 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Amar Chadha-Patel as the doctor and Amelia Dimoldenberg as the companion, can you see the vision?? can you see the vision?? (please cast Amar Chadha-Patel in more things for me personally)
amar chadha-patel in a quirky shirt against a bright background Amelia leaping into the air in a white jumpsuit
June 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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19: Timeless Toni Storm

Toni's been on a tear for ~3 years now, ever since a post-loss meltdown where she wandered out in a dressing gown and started throwing shoes. Absolutely deranged, god-tier character work that's as flawless as it is timeless. Women's wrestling has never been more fun.
timeless toni storm in a sheer gown posing dramatically timeless toni storm smirking over her glasses timeless toni storm looking TIMELESS with smudged lipstick
June 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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18. Sirens (Netflix)

A wickedly funny limited series with an undercurrent of growing dread as three messy women clash in a gorgeous island mansion. Is wealth a cult? Is marriage a form of employment? Is Julianne Moore a bird witch? How many times can Meghann Fahy say "big cheese"?
June 4, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Sketched some sad boys during a meeting
Two rectangular pencil drawings, one of a man with dark hair blowing in the wind as he looks over his shoulder a d the other pale with light hair, looking up in dread
June 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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17. Dept. Q!

A new Netflix show (based on a series of Danish crime novels) about a trio of maligned cops who start a cold case unit in the basement, and try to find a missing woman who no one really liked. Kind of a House meets Slow Horses vibe that I really enjoyed.
a poster for DEPT Q. on netflix featuring the leads, a white British man with messy dark hair and a tennis ball, a young Scottish woman with colorful clothes and curly red hair, and a Syrian man with a neat mustache and a suit.
June 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Some recent pretty little creations! 🥰 #bookbinding
A coptic sketchbook with a retro print Booklets made out of illustrated cards Three handmade coptic sketchbooks Handmade coptic sketchbooks with retro prints
June 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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(I'm sorry but he lives rent-free in my storytelling brain, I will just never be over a character who's extremely smart and analytical but also tried to sail an *ice floe* across a *lava lake* just to avoid the discomfort of asking any of his teammates for help. #1 dumbest smart person of all time)
A comic book rendering of Kopaka from Bionicle
May 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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16b. Is there such a thing as "going too far" when the freedom of a galaxy is at risk? When the loss of freedom is so demonstrably cataclysmic on every level? What does liberation cost? Is fascism inevitable, or is freedom?

These are questions I honestly didn't expect a Star Wars show to ask.
Nemik and his manifesto: Remember this. Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they've already enlisted in the cause. Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. And then remember this. The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that. And know this, the day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Empire's authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege. Remember this. Try.
May 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM