Leigh Walton
@leighwalton.bsky.social
reader, researcher, music-lover. Spent 18 years at the graphic novel publishing house Top Shelf Productions. Pronoun: he. Profile pic by “wervty” via picrew
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I think most artists hit a point where they’re like, well if I can’t be the best artist, I shall be the most ME artist.
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I think most artists hit a point where they’re like, well if I can’t be the best artist, I shall be the most ME artist.
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
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frank n furter (feeling woozy and about to faint): I see you shiver with antici-
audience (unaware of behind the scenes drama): SAY IT!
understudy (unsure of lines): -faction
audience (unaware of behind the scenes drama): SAY IT!
understudy (unsure of lines): -faction
October 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
frank n furter (feeling woozy and about to faint): I see you shiver with antici-
audience (unaware of behind the scenes drama): SAY IT!
understudy (unsure of lines): -faction
audience (unaware of behind the scenes drama): SAY IT!
understudy (unsure of lines): -faction
Congratulations to Seattle on becoming the new New York, taking some pressure off old New York while we figure out what we’re gonna be
Seattle’s new wave of progressive leadership has taken on national visibility. Its newly elected mayor, Katie Wilson, has embraced comparisons to Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist mayor-elect of NYC.
Progressives Win in Seattle, Changing Directions on Public Safety
Voters ousted a mayor who oversaw a surge in encampment sweeps, and a Republican prosecutor who pursued punitive policies toward homeless people and drug users.
boltsmag.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Congratulations to Seattle on becoming the new New York, taking some pressure off old New York while we figure out what we’re gonna be
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"Malort advent calendar" is already such an unhinged concept but every little window just having Malort in it really pushes it over the edge into something transcendently funny
November 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
"Malort advent calendar" is already such an unhinged concept but every little window just having Malort in it really pushes it over the edge into something transcendently funny
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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donald mcintyre rip 😭
November 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
donald mcintyre rip 😭
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[To the tune of Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison]
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
[To the tune of Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison]
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
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Happy make-believe birthday to Diana, born on this fictional day in 1971. A richly contradictory creation, libertine and controlling, earnest and secretive, oddly fun, neighbor to the abyss, beautiful and strange.🖤
November 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Happy make-believe birthday to Diana, born on this fictional day in 1971. A richly contradictory creation, libertine and controlling, earnest and secretive, oddly fun, neighbor to the abyss, beautiful and strange.🖤
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That in our hands is placed a power greater than their hoarded gold, greater than the might of atoms, magnified a thousandfold.
We can bring to birth a new world from the ashes of the old.
We can bring to birth a new world from the ashes of the old.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
That in our hands is placed a power greater than their hoarded gold, greater than the might of atoms, magnified a thousandfold.
We can bring to birth a new world from the ashes of the old.
We can bring to birth a new world from the ashes of the old.
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We are a social species, and we have always prevailed through cooperation. Caring for our sick. Raising children we didn't sire or birth because they were part of our village or extended family. We are not breeders and predators, we are communicators and survivors. We evolved to UNITE.
November 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
We are a social species, and we have always prevailed through cooperation. Caring for our sick. Raising children we didn't sire or birth because they were part of our village or extended family. We are not breeders and predators, we are communicators and survivors. We evolved to UNITE.
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Whale fall mug with a fall backdrop 😜🐋🦀
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Whale fall mug with a fall backdrop 😜🐋🦀
I’m going to write an opera about Rossini’s friend Jerry, who slipped on a banana peel off to the left an instant before this famous photo was taken
“Give me a laundry bill and I will set it to music.”
The great Gioachino Rossini died on this day in 1868. Here, our editor picks his ten greatest works:
bachtrack.com/playlist-gio...
The great Gioachino Rossini died on this day in 1868. Here, our editor picks his ten greatest works:
bachtrack.com/playlist-gio...
November 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I’m going to write an opera about Rossini’s friend Jerry, who slipped on a banana peel off to the left an instant before this famous photo was taken
The only thing a 15-year-old is “barely legal” for is buying a ticket to a Spider-Man movie
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The only thing a 15-year-old is “barely legal” for is buying a ticket to a Spider-Man movie
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SO COOL!!!!
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
SO COOL!!!!
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worker: we have two options, X and Y. which one do you want? X has these benefits and Y has these. (i spent weeks compiling this info and thousands of jobs are at stake which you know but neither of us will acknowledge)
executive: yeq
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sent from my iPhone
executive: yeq
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sent from my iPhone
Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
worker: we have two options, X and Y. which one do you want? X has these benefits and Y has these. (i spent weeks compiling this info and thousands of jobs are at stake which you know but neither of us will acknowledge)
executive: yeq
___
sent from my iPhone
executive: yeq
___
sent from my iPhone
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One of the many reasons we have to fight the rise of the far right is the risk they pose to undoing the progress we *have* made.
Lot of people are already passing this around with the usual "WHY ISN'T ANYONE DOING ANYTHING" shrieks, while ignoring the fact that the article literally says that this is a *significant* decrease from the warming that we were on track for even a few years ago.
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
One of the many reasons we have to fight the rise of the far right is the risk they pose to undoing the progress we *have* made.
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Eno
who is the person plausibly in the Epstein emails who you would be saddest to discover in the Epstein emails?
November 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Eno
Okay this one I’m actually mad about because number 12 is a theory I have been working with for years
"skin as part of brain?"
This is that great intellect people talk about?
November 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Okay this one I’m actually mad about because number 12 is a theory I have been working with for years
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The big Thought Bubble debut is my latest poetry comic with @chrissywilliams.bsky.social which is riso printed in 4 colours and looks absolutely lush (though I may be biased).
You can read an unbiased review of it on @brokenfrontier.bsky.social here: www.brokenfrontier.com/i-know-the-w...
You can read an unbiased review of it on @brokenfrontier.bsky.social here: www.brokenfrontier.com/i-know-the-w...
November 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The big Thought Bubble debut is my latest poetry comic with @chrissywilliams.bsky.social which is riso printed in 4 colours and looks absolutely lush (though I may be biased).
You can read an unbiased review of it on @brokenfrontier.bsky.social here: www.brokenfrontier.com/i-know-the-w...
You can read an unbiased review of it on @brokenfrontier.bsky.social here: www.brokenfrontier.com/i-know-the-w...
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The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…