JD, you can’t eat comics.
@lostcity.bsky.social
JD makes comics and teaches kids but not at the same time. Vancouverite, librarian, cartoonist, and history enthusiast. He/they www.phobos-comic.com
I finally caught up to the pages I’d worked on while I was waiting on notes for the most recent scene. So I now have a whopping SIXTEEN consecutive pages inked that just need colouring. To celebrate, I plan on increasing my update schedule to twice a week for a while.
November 29, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I finally caught up to the pages I’d worked on while I was waiting on notes for the most recent scene. So I now have a whopping SIXTEEN consecutive pages inked that just need colouring. To celebrate, I plan on increasing my update schedule to twice a week for a while.
The Three Laws of Robotics
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. If a robot breaks the First Law, no it didn’t.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. If a robot breaks the First Law, no it didn’t.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 29, 2025 at 6:20 AM
The Three Laws of Robotics
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. If a robot breaks the First Law, no it didn’t.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. If a robot breaks the First Law, no it didn’t.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
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By killing yourself with the killing yourself robot you have broken the terms of service which say not to kill yourself with it
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
By killing yourself with the killing yourself robot you have broken the terms of service which say not to kill yourself with it
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This is why I pay for the World Wide Web.
Because it delivers ART!
Because it delivers ART!
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 AM
This is why I pay for the World Wide Web.
Because it delivers ART!
Because it delivers ART!
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I spent a lot of time talking about Joe Sacco in my classes. He was chronicling Palestine in comics form well before anyone else. His work is amazing to look at and if youre not familiar with him you should look him up. Really wishing i could go to this
November 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I spent a lot of time talking about Joe Sacco in my classes. He was chronicling Palestine in comics form well before anyone else. His work is amazing to look at and if youre not familiar with him you should look him up. Really wishing i could go to this
I feel I have a pretty good nose for “kids today” style BS, & I don’t think that’s what this is. This is real. What’s it mean? Are algorithms (not just AI) partly/entirely to blame? Is it covid? Is it end-civilizational malaise? I have no idea. Hopefully smarter people than me are researching this
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I feel I have a pretty good nose for “kids today” style BS, & I don’t think that’s what this is. This is real. What’s it mean? Are algorithms (not just AI) partly/entirely to blame? Is it covid? Is it end-civilizational malaise? I have no idea. Hopefully smarter people than me are researching this
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The biggest technological revolution of our lifetime is underway and it's not AI:
Official data is in this week, and US solar continues to grow rapidly, with generation up 30% compared to last year!
November 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The biggest technological revolution of our lifetime is underway and it's not AI:
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
-Cormorant
-Orca
-Bihu (house gecko)
-Fox
-Coyote
Decided to go for personal significance and widest geography over rarest finds.
-Cormorant
-Orca
-Bihu (house gecko)
-Fox
-Coyote
Decided to go for personal significance and widest geography over rarest finds.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
- Southern resident killer whale
- Stellar's sea eagle
- Fiji white-eye
- Gila woodpecker
- Greater sage grouse
- Southern resident killer whale
- Stellar's sea eagle
- Fiji white-eye
- Gila woodpecker
- Greater sage grouse
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
November 29, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
-Cormorant
-Orca
-Bihu (house gecko)
-Fox
-Coyote
Decided to go for personal significance and widest geography over rarest finds.
-Cormorant
-Orca
-Bihu (house gecko)
-Fox
-Coyote
Decided to go for personal significance and widest geography over rarest finds.
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With 6 HOURS LEFT in the ⭐50% OFF⭐ sale, I'd like to remind folks that we are confirmed Private Equity Collateral Damage & will be taking a hit on payouts from our distro, Ingram.
ICC will be absorbing the loss, NOT billing artists, so we would appreciate your patronage today!
store.ironcircus.com
ICC will be absorbing the loss, NOT billing artists, so we would appreciate your patronage today!
store.ironcircus.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
With 6 HOURS LEFT in the ⭐50% OFF⭐ sale, I'd like to remind folks that we are confirmed Private Equity Collateral Damage & will be taking a hit on payouts from our distro, Ingram.
ICC will be absorbing the loss, NOT billing artists, so we would appreciate your patronage today!
store.ironcircus.com
ICC will be absorbing the loss, NOT billing artists, so we would appreciate your patronage today!
store.ironcircus.com
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it's creator day on itch today! it's my birthday tomorrow! i'm running a 48-hour sale in celebration of both, - you can get all my comics for 30% off: claystorks.itch.io
if you're new to my works, you can also buy them all as an even cheaper bundle, waow: itch.io/s/170844/bir...
if you're new to my works, you can also buy them all as an even cheaper bundle, waow: itch.io/s/170844/bir...
November 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
it's creator day on itch today! it's my birthday tomorrow! i'm running a 48-hour sale in celebration of both, - you can get all my comics for 30% off: claystorks.itch.io
if you're new to my works, you can also buy them all as an even cheaper bundle, waow: itch.io/s/170844/bir...
if you're new to my works, you can also buy them all as an even cheaper bundle, waow: itch.io/s/170844/bir...
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Do not steal books, I beg. Borrow from a library. Libraries lend e-books!
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Do not steal books, I beg. Borrow from a library. Libraries lend e-books!
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It's Black Friday at Cloudscape Comics, and our entire catalogue is on sale! Save 10%, 25% or 75% on select books! All orders before Dec 6 should arrive in time for the holidays. Visit our store now!
www.cloudscapecomics.com/store/
www.cloudscapecomics.com/store/
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It's Black Friday at Cloudscape Comics, and our entire catalogue is on sale! Save 10%, 25% or 75% on select books! All orders before Dec 6 should arrive in time for the holidays. Visit our store now!
www.cloudscapecomics.com/store/
www.cloudscapecomics.com/store/
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Hey everyone! Want to learn more about how to work with marginalized communities through comics?
Come down to the VPL in January and take part in my community-engaged comics course! Seats are limited, so register now!
vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/6929e...
Come down to the VPL in January and take part in my community-engaged comics course! Seats are limited, so register now!
vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/6929e...
Creator Series: Drawing Community Stories with Alina Pete
Have you ever wondered how comics can bring a community together? Join award-winning nehiyaw (Cree) comic artist and author Alina Pete as they share how they create comics with communities in a relati...
vpl.bibliocommons.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Hey everyone! Want to learn more about how to work with marginalized communities through comics?
Come down to the VPL in January and take part in my community-engaged comics course! Seats are limited, so register now!
vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/6929e...
Come down to the VPL in January and take part in my community-engaged comics course! Seats are limited, so register now!
vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/6929e...
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For real tho, the notes I've gotten from the Indigenous libraries and community centres we sent the free copies to have been so uplifting!!
Feels great to help support your community and to get more kids reading comics!
Feels great to help support your community and to get more kids reading comics!
We've given away more than 70 COPIES of Indiginerds to schools and libraries, thanks to a Kickstarter stretch goal, and we intend to give away even MORE!
Grab our ⭐BEST-SELLING BOOK of 2025⭐ for 💥50% OFF,💥 today ONLY!
store.ironcircus.com/products/ind...
Grab our ⭐BEST-SELLING BOOK of 2025⭐ for 💥50% OFF,💥 today ONLY!
store.ironcircus.com/products/ind...
Indiginerds
First Nations culture is living, vibrant, and evolving... ...and generations of Indigenous kids have grown up with pop culture creeping inexorably into our lives. From gaming to social media, pirate r...
store.ironcircus.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
For real tho, the notes I've gotten from the Indigenous libraries and community centres we sent the free copies to have been so uplifting!!
Feels great to help support your community and to get more kids reading comics!
Feels great to help support your community and to get more kids reading comics!
Fascist technocrats love to crow about how immigration/migration into and within the Roman Empire during its decline looks like a compounding factor, but they never talk about how vital migration was to Rome’s rise. When Rome was successful, it was also constantly expanding Roman citizenship.
November 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Fascist technocrats love to crow about how immigration/migration into and within the Roman Empire during its decline looks like a compounding factor, but they never talk about how vital migration was to Rome’s rise. When Rome was successful, it was also constantly expanding Roman citizenship.
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And still, there are those who say that Americans can’t do irony.
November 28, 2025 at 7:24 AM
And still, there are those who say that Americans can’t do irony.
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Remember to thank Rebecda Black today for inventing Fridays, we honor her today on Black Friday
November 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Remember to thank Rebecda Black today for inventing Fridays, we honor her today on Black Friday
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For just ⏱️2️⃣4️⃣ HOURS, EVERYTHING, and we mean EVERYTHING, is 50% OFF! This is the largest sale of the year for us, and a prime way to support us outside of campaigns! Get that one eye-catching title you wanted, and maybe a little extra for a friend! Treat yourself! Now's the time!
store.ironcircus.com
store.ironcircus.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
For just ⏱️2️⃣4️⃣ HOURS, EVERYTHING, and we mean EVERYTHING, is 50% OFF! This is the largest sale of the year for us, and a prime way to support us outside of campaigns! Get that one eye-catching title you wanted, and maybe a little extra for a friend! Treat yourself! Now's the time!
store.ironcircus.com
store.ironcircus.com
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This is exciting news for the Canadian media ecosystem. Love to see it! www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/new...
News publishers’ copyright lawsuit against OpenAI to go ahead in Ontario
OTTAWA - An Ontario court has decided a copyright lawsuit filed by Canadian news publishers against OpenAI will proceed in that province.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
November 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This is exciting news for the Canadian media ecosystem. Love to see it! www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/new...
New Phobos and Deimos!
www.phobos-comic.com
www.phobos-comic.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:36 AM
New Phobos and Deimos!
www.phobos-comic.com
www.phobos-comic.com
Ottawa stop treating BC like an extension of Alberta challenge (they will never succeed at this).
There is no “western Canada.” Constitutionally, culturally, or historically. BC is distinct from the prairies. We do not want what Alberta wants. Alberta does not want what BC wants.
There is no “western Canada.” Constitutionally, culturally, or historically. BC is distinct from the prairies. We do not want what Alberta wants. Alberta does not want what BC wants.
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Ottawa stop treating BC like an extension of Alberta challenge (they will never succeed at this).
There is no “western Canada.” Constitutionally, culturally, or historically. BC is distinct from the prairies. We do not want what Alberta wants. Alberta does not want what BC wants.
There is no “western Canada.” Constitutionally, culturally, or historically. BC is distinct from the prairies. We do not want what Alberta wants. Alberta does not want what BC wants.
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Carney just signed a deal with Alberta that lays out conditions for a new oil pipeline.
In doing this, he managed to piss off one of his own cabinet ministers (who promptly resigned), coastal First Nations, the B.C. government, the Green Party and the Bloc Québécois.
But uh, here's what he got:
In doing this, he managed to piss off one of his own cabinet ministers (who promptly resigned), coastal First Nations, the B.C. government, the Green Party and the Bloc Québécois.
But uh, here's what he got:
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Carney just signed a deal with Alberta that lays out conditions for a new oil pipeline.
In doing this, he managed to piss off one of his own cabinet ministers (who promptly resigned), coastal First Nations, the B.C. government, the Green Party and the Bloc Québécois.
But uh, here's what he got:
In doing this, he managed to piss off one of his own cabinet ministers (who promptly resigned), coastal First Nations, the B.C. government, the Green Party and the Bloc Québécois.
But uh, here's what he got:
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so this is like, one of the biggest free speech infringements by a western democracy in our lifetimes right?
November 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
so this is like, one of the biggest free speech infringements by a western democracy in our lifetimes right?
“Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen.”
Hi my name is “I’ve only been to two concerts.”
Hi my name is “I’ve only been to two concerts.”
November 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
“Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen.”
Hi my name is “I’ve only been to two concerts.”
Hi my name is “I’ve only been to two concerts.”
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A lot of our current problems could have been avoided if we as a society had only heeded the warning of the house hippo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBfi...
House Hippo
YouTube video by Dylan "D Barenzu" Barnes
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November 27, 2025 at 6:53 AM
A lot of our current problems could have been avoided if we as a society had only heeded the warning of the house hippo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBfi...