Dave Maass 🔦
@maassive.bsky.social
Investigations at EFF, researching border and police tech. Scholar in res. at UNR Reynolds School of Journalism. My graphic novel Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis (https://a.co/d/gHsJzAa) is out now from Berger Books/Dark Horse.
State Department is going to hire influencers in Ecuador to promote "250 Years of American Excellence" sam.gov/workspace/co...
September 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
State Department is going to hire influencers in Ecuador to promote "250 Years of American Excellence" sam.gov/workspace/co...
I’m honored to be presenting at the Indigenous Media Conference next Friday. Stop by to learn about how tribal police acquire surveillance tech and how border tech is impacting indigenous communities.
August 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I’m honored to be presenting at the Indigenous Media Conference next Friday. Stop by to learn about how tribal police acquire surveillance tech and how border tech is impacting indigenous communities.
@plutarian2.bsky.social and I are supremely grateful to Andy Konopak, Hannah Benson and Alice Del Simone for lending their voices and passion to our panel.
July 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
@plutarian2.bsky.social and I are supremely grateful to Andy Konopak, Hannah Benson and Alice Del Simone for lending their voices and passion to our panel.
One way to keep defying authoritarianism is to get the artists the Nazis suppressed in front of new audiences. That’s why we brought our book Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis and the music from the opera it’s based on to Comic Con
July 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
One way to keep defying authoritarianism is to get the artists the Nazis suppressed in front of new audiences. That’s why we brought our book Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis and the music from the opera it’s based on to Comic Con
Did we bring a little opera to San Diego Comic Con? Yes we did.
July 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Did we bring a little opera to San Diego Comic Con? Yes we did.
If you’re looking for unique panels at San Diego Comic Con, bring your eyes and ears to ours! We’ve got comics and opera singing! 5pm on Friday in room 4.
Thanks @darkhorse.com!
Thanks @darkhorse.com!
July 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
If you’re looking for unique panels at San Diego Comic Con, bring your eyes and ears to ours! We’ve got comics and opera singing! 5pm on Friday in room 4.
Thanks @darkhorse.com!
Thanks @darkhorse.com!
I’ll tell you what. If you get one of these superhot new EFF shirts or hoodies, I’ll throw in a year’s worth of me exposing and undermining surveillance tech.
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June 25, 2025 at 6:14 AM
I’ll tell you what. If you get one of these superhot new EFF shirts or hoodies, I’ll throw in a year’s worth of me exposing and undermining surveillance tech.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
The Trump Mobile ToS are a laugh a minute www.trumpmobile.com/term-of-use
June 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The Trump Mobile ToS are a laugh a minute www.trumpmobile.com/term-of-use
Holy chip! EFF's new 35th anniversary T-shirt and hoodie are soooo dope. supporters.eff.org/donate/EFF35
June 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Holy chip! EFF's new 35th anniversary T-shirt and hoodie are soooo dope. supporters.eff.org/donate/EFF35
Mahlerfest is a real thing! I know, because I'm speaking on opening night about our graphic novel, Death Strikes: The Empire of Atlantis. Right after they're performing the opera that it's based on. mahlerfest.org/event/death-...
May 6, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Mahlerfest is a real thing! I know, because I'm speaking on opening night about our graphic novel, Death Strikes: The Empire of Atlantis. Right after they're performing the opera that it's based on. mahlerfest.org/event/death-...
ICE today re-upped its contract with Albuquerque-based CSI Aviation for deportation flights. sam.gov/opp/a5328733...
March 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
ICE today re-upped its contract with Albuquerque-based CSI Aviation for deportation flights. sam.gov/opp/a5328733...
So...our graphic novel, Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis, didn't make the Bram Stoker Awards' final ballot. BUT Opera magazine did call the Louisville Orchestra production of Der Kaiser von Atlantis that integrated our art "edgily creative, ineffably moving." So that's pretty good :)
February 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
So...our graphic novel, Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis, didn't make the Bram Stoker Awards' final ballot. BUT Opera magazine did call the Louisville Orchestra production of Der Kaiser von Atlantis that integrated our art "edgily creative, ineffably moving." So that's pretty good :)
Starting in 5 minutes (9am PT)! www.eff.org/event/virtua...
December 4, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Starting in 5 minutes (9am PT)! www.eff.org/event/virtua...
NY Public Library has invited @plutarian2.bsky.social and me to participate in their Virtual Comics Author Talks on Dec. 7. Join us online to learn how we adapted a Holocaust-era, anti-authoritarian opera into our graphic novel, Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis. www.nypl.org/events/progr...
November 21, 2024 at 8:34 PM
NY Public Library has invited @plutarian2.bsky.social and me to participate in their Virtual Comics Author Talks on Dec. 7. Join us online to learn how we adapted a Holocaust-era, anti-authoritarian opera into our graphic novel, Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis. www.nypl.org/events/progr...
I had no idea that Mike Johnson held such a grudge against moms who bring their toddler boys into the bathroom with them.
November 21, 2024 at 4:35 AM
I had no idea that Mike Johnson held such a grudge against moms who bring their toddler boys into the bathroom with them.
Hey Los Angeles folks! Come join me at the Czech Consulate General on Nov. 14 where I'll take you behind the panels of our 2024 graphic novel, "Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis."
October 19, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Hey Los Angeles folks! Come join me at the Czech Consulate General on Nov. 14 where I'll take you behind the panels of our 2024 graphic novel, "Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis."
The Czech edition of our graphic novel, Death Strikes, just came out...and I'm just awestruck at the level of detail. Even the tiniest, throwaway onomatopoeia was translated. www.comicscentrum.cz/978807652158...
September 3, 2024 at 6:35 PM
The Czech edition of our graphic novel, Death Strikes, just came out...and I'm just awestruck at the level of detail. Even the tiniest, throwaway onomatopoeia was translated. www.comicscentrum.cz/978807652158...
If you're at SDCC, stop by my signing at @darkhorsecomics.bsky.social booth (2615) to witness me glowing with joy and get your book signed.
July 26, 2024 at 4:03 PM
If you're at SDCC, stop by my signing at @darkhorsecomics.bsky.social booth (2615) to witness me glowing with joy and get your book signed.
Hey SD Comic Con folks! I'll be signing my graphic novel at the Dark Horse both (2615) this Friday at 6pm. Come say hi!
July 22, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Hey SD Comic Con folks! I'll be signing my graphic novel at the Dark Horse both (2615) this Friday at 6pm. Come say hi!
Hey Librarians! @plutarian2.bsky.social, co-creator of our graphic novel, "Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis" is at #ALA2024, table 124. He's a really nice dude who will reveal some of the secrets hidden in the panels. Also, his signing at the @DarkHorseComics booth (223) is at 1pm!
June 29, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Hey Librarians! @plutarian2.bsky.social, co-creator of our graphic novel, "Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis" is at #ALA2024, table 124. He's a really nice dude who will reveal some of the secrets hidden in the panels. Also, his signing at the @DarkHorseComics booth (223) is at 1pm!
Comic Book Herald had some really wonderful things to say about our graphic novel, Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis. If you haven't nabbed it yet, it's on sale at Amazon rn. www.comicbookherald.com/my-favorite-...
May 7, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Comic Book Herald had some really wonderful things to say about our graphic novel, Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis. If you haven't nabbed it yet, it's on sale at Amazon rn. www.comicbookherald.com/my-favorite-...