David Avallone
@davallone.bsky.social
Writer and stuff. Comics and tv and film. The second-best dressed man in #comics.
The Devil doesn't need advocates: advocate for humans, instead. He/him.
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Week 22: One More Trip To Mars | David Avallone
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This week’s newsletter has everything! Mustaches, Mars, Music!
No, really.
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No, really.
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Great thread and it starts with a great point. I’ll just go a little further: not only does California produce a third of American food, if we closed our borders and kept all the imports arriving at Port of Los Angeles… every Walmart would have empty shelves in a week.
California alone produces a third of all the food America eats. So this is a lie.
But let’s break down the food produced by the red states:
Guess what percent is harvested by people from Latin America?
But let’s break down the food produced by the red states:
Guess what percent is harvested by people from Latin America?
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Great thread and it starts with a great point. I’ll just go a little further: not only does California produce a third of American food, if we closed our borders and kept all the imports arriving at Port of Los Angeles… every Walmart would have empty shelves in a week.
I thought this post would show the pic from Patreon, but it doesn’t.
So here’s my stupid face with my brand new mustache. It’s not quite a mustache. It’s more of a canstache. But it’ll get there.
So here’s my stupid face with my brand new mustache. It’s not quite a mustache. It’s more of a canstache. But it’ll get there.
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I thought this post would show the pic from Patreon, but it doesn’t.
So here’s my stupid face with my brand new mustache. It’s not quite a mustache. It’s more of a canstache. But it’ll get there.
So here’s my stupid face with my brand new mustache. It’s not quite a mustache. It’s more of a canstache. But it’ll get there.
Thread.
NOTE:
(1/3) This handshake deal is for a Continuing Resolution (CR) that would extend government funding only through 1/30/26, with a "minibus" of three full-year appropriations bills that would fund specific programs/agencies, including SNAP benefits, through 9/30/26.
(1/3) This handshake deal is for a Continuing Resolution (CR) that would extend government funding only through 1/30/26, with a "minibus" of three full-year appropriations bills that would fund specific programs/agencies, including SNAP benefits, through 9/30/26.
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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This week’s newsletter has everything! Mustaches, Mars, Music!
No, really.
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Week 22: One More Trip To Mars | David Avallone
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November 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This week’s newsletter has everything! Mustaches, Mars, Music!
No, really.
www.patreon.com/posts/week-2...?
No, really.
www.patreon.com/posts/week-2...?
The Hero Initiative is a great cause and you should support it if you can.
One of my all-time favorite Bat writers could really use some help if you’re able.
Hero Initiative is helping writer Mike W. Barr through a series of health problems. If you'd like to contribute directly to Mike as well, go HERE: www.gofundme.com/f/rally-for-...
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The Hero Initiative is a great cause and you should support it if you can.
I mean… it’s the least embarrassing thing in the post, but his -one- tunnel, singular nor plural, is in Las Vegas, not Los Angeles.
November 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I mean… it’s the least embarrassing thing in the post, but his -one- tunnel, singular nor plural, is in Las Vegas, not Los Angeles.
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Reminder that, unless a creative freelancer has a spouse with a day job that offers health insurance, they likely have an ACA plan. And with the hits to creative industries the past few years, I'm guessing many qualify for subsidies.
Related reminder that comic creators are freelancers.
Related reminder that comic creators are freelancers.
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Reminder that, unless a creative freelancer has a spouse with a day job that offers health insurance, they likely have an ACA plan. And with the hits to creative industries the past few years, I'm guessing many qualify for subsidies.
Related reminder that comic creators are freelancers.
Related reminder that comic creators are freelancers.
Take a last look, gang. The shaving starts... now.
Tomorrow is the best comics event in Los Angeles, and if you're in the area, I recommend you stop by REVENGE OF. See Patreon post for details!
Come say "hi!" even if we only know each other from the internets.
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Tomorrow is the best comics event in Los Angeles, and if you're in the area, I recommend you stop by REVENGE OF. See Patreon post for details!
Come say "hi!" even if we only know each other from the internets.
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Block Party Tomorrow! Farewell to the Beard! | David Avallone
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November 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Take a last look, gang. The shaving starts... now.
Tomorrow is the best comics event in Los Angeles, and if you're in the area, I recommend you stop by REVENGE OF. See Patreon post for details!
Come say "hi!" even if we only know each other from the internets.
www.patreon.com/posts/block-...?
Tomorrow is the best comics event in Los Angeles, and if you're in the area, I recommend you stop by REVENGE OF. See Patreon post for details!
Come say "hi!" even if we only know each other from the internets.
www.patreon.com/posts/block-...?
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I still remember my anthropology professor’s favorite joke from college:
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I still remember my anthropology professor’s favorite joke from college:
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
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My sympathies to everyone who was champing at the bit to yell at Democrats, better luck next time
REPUBLICANS REJECT DEMOCRATS' OFFER TO END SHUTDOWN: GOP AIDE
November 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
My sympathies to everyone who was champing at the bit to yell at Democrats, better luck next time
This is how I’m gonna look every time someone hits the dislike button on one of my posts.
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This is how I’m gonna look every time someone hits the dislike button on one of my posts.
A more detailed sequel to my earlier PSA.
Take a look, and adjust settings accordingly.
Take a look, and adjust settings accordingly.
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
A more detailed sequel to my earlier PSA.
Take a look, and adjust settings accordingly.
Take a look, and adjust settings accordingly.
RFK Jr has big “Martin Sheen in the Dead Zone” energy here.
RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible
November 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
RFK Jr has big “Martin Sheen in the Dead Zone” energy here.
The Hero of our times goes free.
The justice department couldn’t grinder down. Their case was sub par. He won’t have to pay any bread.
And so forth.
The justice department couldn’t grinder down. Their case was sub par. He won’t have to pay any bread.
And so forth.
We have reached a verdict: Not guilty.
November 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The Hero of our times goes free.
The justice department couldn’t grinder down. Their case was sub par. He won’t have to pay any bread.
And so forth.
The justice department couldn’t grinder down. Their case was sub par. He won’t have to pay any bread.
And so forth.
PSA.
People weaponize this one when they lose an argument. Turn it off.
People weaponize this one when they lose an argument. Turn it off.
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
PSA.
People weaponize this one when they lose an argument. Turn it off.
People weaponize this one when they lose an argument. Turn it off.
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"did you even read the article???? the headline is bad but the article is good!!!" buddy if I see a restaurant called Dan's Fecal Stew i am not gonna go in there to see if maybe they printed the sign wrong
September 5, 2025 at 12:51 AM
"did you even read the article???? the headline is bad but the article is good!!!" buddy if I see a restaurant called Dan's Fecal Stew i am not gonna go in there to see if maybe they printed the sign wrong
I dream of a world with consequences for pundits.
A hilarious failure like this should always be a career-ender. Nothing dire or violent, mind you. Just… never paid for an opinion again.
A hilarious failure like this should always be a career-ender. Nothing dire or violent, mind you. Just… never paid for an opinion again.
November 6, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I dream of a world with consequences for pundits.
A hilarious failure like this should always be a career-ender. Nothing dire or violent, mind you. Just… never paid for an opinion again.
A hilarious failure like this should always be a career-ender. Nothing dire or violent, mind you. Just… never paid for an opinion again.
Admiral Kirk has the answer.
November 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Admiral Kirk has the answer.
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no one hates women like transphobes hate women. you wouldn’t go through life treating trans femmes like they’re using cheat codes if you believed cis women could actually just be better at stuff than a man
Always amazing to me how so much of transmisogyny is just misogyny. Am I (cis woman) male brained when I tell people to fuck off or joke around with the lads (gender neutral) on Discord?
Brianna Wu called our writer, the esteemed @alyssaur.bsky.social, "male brained" for engaging in some light online shit-talking.
Today on Assigned Media, Aly Gibbs has some more words for Brianna.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Today on Assigned Media, Aly Gibbs has some more words for Brianna.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
November 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
no one hates women like transphobes hate women. you wouldn’t go through life treating trans femmes like they’re using cheat codes if you believed cis women could actually just be better at stuff than a man
I recorded 72 episodes of Pulp Today. (I’m going to make more soon.)
Out of 72 episodes, only once did I have to record a second take, and it was this one.
Why?
I just got too mad talking about the subject. Here’s the level-headed take.
youtu.be/VAFoXmHwDHg?...
Out of 72 episodes, only once did I have to record a second take, and it was this one.
Why?
I just got too mad talking about the subject. Here’s the level-headed take.
youtu.be/VAFoXmHwDHg?...
November 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I recorded 72 episodes of Pulp Today. (I’m going to make more soon.)
Out of 72 episodes, only once did I have to record a second take, and it was this one.
Why?
I just got too mad talking about the subject. Here’s the level-headed take.
youtu.be/VAFoXmHwDHg?...
Out of 72 episodes, only once did I have to record a second take, and it was this one.
Why?
I just got too mad talking about the subject. Here’s the level-headed take.
youtu.be/VAFoXmHwDHg?...
Not running out of wins to post today.
This is what a rout looks like.
This is what a rout looks like.
Van Campen defeated six-term incumbent Mayor Carlo DiMaria, the guy who allowed ICE to kidnap a 13-year-old from his city last month. Elections have consequences.
Congratulations to Rob Van Campen, Mayor-Elect of Everett!
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Not running out of wins to post today.
This is what a rout looks like.
This is what a rout looks like.
Post the Wins, which today are so many…
In my election preview, I'd identified 6 Connecticut towns to watch: I flagged that Democrats were defending the mayorship of Danbury and Norwalk, and hoping to flip Bristol, Milford, New Britain, & Stratford.
Dems won all 6 mayor's races (so 4 flips).
They flipped others too.
Dems won all 6 mayor's races (so 4 flips).
They flipped others too.
November 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Post the Wins, which today are so many…
This event is great, and if you’re a comics fan in SoCal, worth going to.
It’s got Brian Bendis!
(and me)
It’s got Brian Bendis!
(and me)
Here’s a schedule update on next weeks powerhouse signing at revenge of hosted by @pattonoswalt.bsky.social @blumjordan.bsky.social now with some extra love from jinxworld’s happy home @darkhorse.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This event is great, and if you’re a comics fan in SoCal, worth going to.
It’s got Brian Bendis!
(and me)
It’s got Brian Bendis!
(and me)
I’ve never used it, but this seems like an important message to get out to those who have.
Uninstall Grammarly NOW. They've partnered with an AI company and actively scrape your writing to train its models.
HEAD'S UP FELLOW #CREATIVES!
If you haven't heard, #Grammarly is changing...and one change that doesn't pass the smell test is the incorporation of the ocean-boiling plagiarism machine that is #AI. 😒
I'm ditching Grammarly TONIGHT. #Writing #Writers #NoAI
www.grammarly.com/blog/company...
If you haven't heard, #Grammarly is changing...and one change that doesn't pass the smell test is the incorporation of the ocean-boiling plagiarism machine that is #AI. 😒
I'm ditching Grammarly TONIGHT. #Writing #Writers #NoAI
www.grammarly.com/blog/company...
November 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I’ve never used it, but this seems like an important message to get out to those who have.
We have friends everywhere.
November 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
We have friends everywhere.