Thomas Maluck
@maluckamuck.financialflock.com
Writing machine, teen services librarian, Kirkus reviewer, public speaker, accredited personal finance instructor, he/him, opinions mine
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Metroid Prime 4, I hear you, but Planet Alpha is a gorgeous scifi platformer for just $2
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
PLANET ALPHA for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site
Buy PLANET ALPHA and shop other great Nintendo products online at the official My Nintendo Store.
www.nintendo.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Metroid Prime 4, I hear you, but Planet Alpha is a gorgeous scifi platformer for just $2
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
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If you have any friends or family who play the credit card rewards game, reach out and make sure they're okay.
If you have any friends or family who play the credit card rewards game, reach out and make sure they're okay.
CashBack+ Credit Card
www.redfcu.org
December 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
www.redfcu.org/cashback/
If you have any friends or family who play the credit card rewards game, reach out and make sure they're okay.
If you have any friends or family who play the credit card rewards game, reach out and make sure they're okay.
The Blue Flame (2023) from @thevaultcomics.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The Blue Flame (2023) from @thevaultcomics.bsky.social
Let us recall noted putz and Yale alumnus Logan Huntzberger.
Some of the truly stupidest people you’d ever have met in your life went to Yale.
Everyone is always like, "well, JD Vance isn't *stupid*." And I've never seen any evidence of that
December 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Let us recall noted putz and Yale alumnus Logan Huntzberger.
Happy to return to the end-of-year ritual of sharing a combined list of "best comics" of the year. Also glad this is featured on the library's main page!
www.richlandlibrary.com/staff-picks/...
www.richlandlibrary.com/staff-picks/...
Best Comics of 2025 | Richland Library
The end-of-year lists are coming! This is a great time to take a look back at some of the most acclaimed graphic novels published in 2025, from touching memoirs to bold adventures and inventive visual...
www.richlandlibrary.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Happy to return to the end-of-year ritual of sharing a combined list of "best comics" of the year. Also glad this is featured on the library's main page!
www.richlandlibrary.com/staff-picks/...
www.richlandlibrary.com/staff-picks/...
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This 1998 Tove Jansson piece about the kind of mail she gets is uncomfortably familiar.
(From The Woman Who Borrowed Memories, NYR Books)
(From The Woman Who Borrowed Memories, NYR Books)
December 2, 2025 at 4:08 AM
This 1998 Tove Jansson piece about the kind of mail she gets is uncomfortably familiar.
(From The Woman Who Borrowed Memories, NYR Books)
(From The Woman Who Borrowed Memories, NYR Books)
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Woof. I never would’ve guessed what this response paper was responding to if I hadn’t read the abstract of the assigned article! it’s a quant psych study assessing strength of relationships among gender-typicality, perceived ‘popularity’, and mental health sequelae among teens.
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
November 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Woof. I never would’ve guessed what this response paper was responding to if I hadn’t read the abstract of the assigned article! it’s a quant psych study assessing strength of relationships among gender-typicality, perceived ‘popularity’, and mental health sequelae among teens.
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Time to invoice the telegraph for using my illustration, I guess
A game where you can do anything and they’re mad that people are doing anything.
November 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Time to invoice the telegraph for using my illustration, I guess
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When this criminal was jailed, the judge told David Gentile and America: ‘This is a warning to would-be fraudsters that seeking to get rich by taking advantage of investors gets you only a one-way ticket to jail.’ I guess not
November 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
When this criminal was jailed, the judge told David Gentile and America: ‘This is a warning to would-be fraudsters that seeking to get rich by taking advantage of investors gets you only a one-way ticket to jail.’ I guess not
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Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
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my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI
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Humble Book Bundle: Image Comics in the '10s ($18 for 175 items) buff.ly/akb5DoP #ad
November 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Humble Book Bundle: Image Comics in the '10s ($18 for 175 items) buff.ly/akb5DoP #ad
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It didn't happen this time, but eventually hackers are going to get people's prompt histories and it's going to be wild
ChatGPT maker OpenAI reports data breach. Here’s what we know so far
ChatGPT maker OpenAI reports data breach. Here’s what we know so far
Identifiable customer data from users of OpenAI’s API was leaked following the breach, the AI company said in a statement.
www.thestar.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It didn't happen this time, but eventually hackers are going to get people's prompt histories and it's going to be wild
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Reminder: the first Raimi SPIDER-MAN is a Thanksgiving movie.
November 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Reminder: the first Raimi SPIDER-MAN is a Thanksgiving movie.
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"i hate writing NPC dialogue i don't wanna do it i need bobot to do it for me buhhhhh" you are like a little baby
November 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"i hate writing NPC dialogue i don't wanna do it i need bobot to do it for me buhhhhh" you are like a little baby
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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Happy St Katherine's Day to all scholars, librarians, and Katherines. May you win an argument against an annoying man today, in the true spirit of Katherine herself.
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Happy St Katherine's Day to all scholars, librarians, and Katherines. May you win an argument against an annoying man today, in the true spirit of Katherine herself.
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You meet the users where they are to stop them doing the stupidest shit imaginable.
You have no idea how much this paid off. The number of infected media players people downloaded in the age before Windows Media Player had more than three codecs is unimaginable
Who knows if I saved the firm
You have no idea how much this paid off. The number of infected media players people downloaded in the age before Windows Media Player had more than three codecs is unimaginable
Who knows if I saved the firm
November 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
You meet the users where they are to stop them doing the stupidest shit imaginable.
You have no idea how much this paid off. The number of infected media players people downloaded in the age before Windows Media Player had more than three codecs is unimaginable
Who knows if I saved the firm
You have no idea how much this paid off. The number of infected media players people downloaded in the age before Windows Media Player had more than three codecs is unimaginable
Who knows if I saved the firm
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As the year comes to an end, I'm reposting some of the comics I made this year, including this ridiculous thing.
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
As the year comes to an end, I'm reposting some of the comics I made this year, including this ridiculous thing.
That mom does not know how dang TALKATIVE those dragons get!
Stopped by the local bookstore. A young teen boy wanted a WINGS OF FIRE. His mom refused, saying…
“Graphic novels don’t have proper sentences in them.”
I have never more wanted to become a teen’s illicit pusher. “Here, kid, take this PLAIN JANE AND THE MERMAID to the counter, it’s on me.”
“Graphic novels don’t have proper sentences in them.”
I have never more wanted to become a teen’s illicit pusher. “Here, kid, take this PLAIN JANE AND THE MERMAID to the counter, it’s on me.”
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 AM
That mom does not know how dang TALKATIVE those dragons get!
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God we need more of this. Imagine even normalizing rejection emails in creative industries (menacingly looking at the comics industry with bloodshot eyes)
Woah!
Ontario passed a law starting Jan 2026 that it is illegal for companies to ghost you.
If you have interviewed for a job they are legally required to inform you if they hire someone else or close the position.
The law also requires salary transparency on listings and disclosing use of AI
Ontario passed a law starting Jan 2026 that it is illegal for companies to ghost you.
If you have interviewed for a job they are legally required to inform you if they hire someone else or close the position.
The law also requires salary transparency on listings and disclosing use of AI
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
God we need more of this. Imagine even normalizing rejection emails in creative industries (menacingly looking at the comics industry with bloodshot eyes)
"spot big discounts" aka "not immediately buying a 120k house for 500k"
U.S. HOMEBUYERS SPOT BIG DISCOUNTS THIS FALL Zillow reports homebuyers are seeing some of the largest price cuts in years. In October, typical listings were discounted by $25,000, reflecting a market slowly balancing. Sellers, mindful of affordability pressures, are increasingly
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"spot big discounts" aka "not immediately buying a 120k house for 500k"
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Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.