Marco Rudy
@marcorudy.bsky.social
A Storyteller. Visual storyteller with a couple of words mixed in.
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Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
A tech critic’s guide to holiday gift-giving
Maybe your grandma doesn’t need that Alexa smart speaker
disconnect.blog
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
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Out today!
"This comic keeps getting better with every issue, as @gwillow.me and Melnikov have found the perfect blend of humor and action to hook fans of every stripe..."
#MarvelComics #NCBD #comicbooks #comicsky
Read @cjwritesstuff.bsky.social's Black Cat #4 review:
#MarvelComics #NCBD #comicbooks #comicsky
Read @cjwritesstuff.bsky.social's Black Cat #4 review:
‘Black Cat’ #4 shows Felicia Hardy at her best (and worst)
Black Cat #4 showcases its titular heroine at her best and worst, as her desire to be a hero finally lands her an archnemesis of sorts.
aiptcomics.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Out today!
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We linked up with The Friendly Fridge, a food mutual aid project in the BX, and the Black Trans Travel Fund, to see their work in action. We also chop it up w/ brilliant poet and writer Fatimah Asghar, and swing by legendary Lloyd's Carrot Cake for a bite! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gB2...
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We linked up with The Friendly Fridge, a food mutual aid project in the BX, and the Black Trans Travel Fund, to see their work in action. We also chop it up w/ brilliant poet and writer Fatimah Asghar, and swing by legendary Lloyd's Carrot Cake for a bite! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gB2...
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“Device hoarding” un fucking real
Both major political parties agree we have one job and it’s to buy shit
Both major political parties agree we have one job and it’s to buy shit
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
“Device hoarding” un fucking real
Both major political parties agree we have one job and it’s to buy shit
Both major political parties agree we have one job and it’s to buy shit
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www.gofundme.com/f/rbf6x-supp... please share!
November 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
www.gofundme.com/f/rbf6x-supp... please share!
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We saw it with big tobacco, we saw it with the fossil fuels industry. When their own internal research showed the harm from their product, the defunded the research and attacked independent researchers coming to the very same conclusions.
#ScienceUnderSiege
#ScienceUnderSiege
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:59 AM
We saw it with big tobacco, we saw it with the fossil fuels industry. When their own internal research showed the harm from their product, the defunded the research and attacked independent researchers coming to the very same conclusions.
#ScienceUnderSiege
#ScienceUnderSiege
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For graphic novels, especially adult genre fiction, it's incredibly helpful to review it online, talk about it, recommend it to a friend—adult fiction in the graphic novel space is difficult to place, and nothing convinces readers that they'll like a book more than the personal testimonial.
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
For graphic novels, especially adult genre fiction, it's incredibly helpful to review it online, talk about it, recommend it to a friend—adult fiction in the graphic novel space is difficult to place, and nothing convinces readers that they'll like a book more than the personal testimonial.
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Bill 60 is open season on renters.
It gives corporate landlords more power to hike rents, evict tenants, and squeeze families who are already stretched thin, all while Ontario is dead last in home-building.
It gives corporate landlords more power to hike rents, evict tenants, and squeeze families who are already stretched thin, all while Ontario is dead last in home-building.
November 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Bill 60 is open season on renters.
It gives corporate landlords more power to hike rents, evict tenants, and squeeze families who are already stretched thin, all while Ontario is dead last in home-building.
It gives corporate landlords more power to hike rents, evict tenants, and squeeze families who are already stretched thin, all while Ontario is dead last in home-building.
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The EPA has approved a new pesticide that contains PFAS, or 'forever chemicals', to be used on vegetables like lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The EPA has approved a new pesticide that contains PFAS, or 'forever chemicals', to be used on vegetables like lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
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Dear Bluesky,
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
This is the Observer's coverage of the Reform Russian Spie Scandal... 600 words on page 22 of the printed newspaper.
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
More MEPs investigated in Russian bribe probe | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Dear Bluesky,
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
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UNICEF says baby girl among several children killed this week as Israel carried out a wave of bombings despite truce.
At least 67 Palestinian children killed in Gaza since ‘ceasefire’ began: UN
UNICEF says baby girl among several children killed this week as Israel carried out a wave of bombings despite truce.
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
UNICEF says baby girl among several children killed this week as Israel carried out a wave of bombings despite truce.
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More art for Sundays drop! 7pm AT www.artbycanucks.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
More art for Sundays drop! 7pm AT www.artbycanucks.com
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OpenAI Introduces 'ChatGPT for Teachers' to Further Destroy the Minds of Our Youth
OpenAI Introduces 'ChatGPT for Teachers' to Further Destroy the Minds of Our Youth
Soon we can have chatbots grade the work of chatbots.
gizmodo.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
OpenAI Introduces 'ChatGPT for Teachers' to Further Destroy the Minds of Our Youth
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We don't take these seriously enough. Boris Johnson killed an order of magnitude more people than 9/11.
The one thing the useless incompetent Boris Johnson clung on to for his failed premiership was the UK’s Covid response. Turns out he killed 20,000 people.
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We don't take these seriously enough. Boris Johnson killed an order of magnitude more people than 9/11.
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It’s been a year since When the Blood has Dried’s TPB release. @romeroart.bsky.social @beccasee.bsky.social @marcorudy.bsky.social @jamesbemmett.bsky.social and I put our all into this fantasy-western mashup about the weight of violence and how to live in its wake. It’s a special book. Seek it out.
An exciting delivery in the post today, my comps for the collected edition of When the Blood has Dried. The folks over at @madcavestudios.bsky.social really went all out and I couldn’t be happier with it, just look at that spot gloss!
Available in all good bookshops from 19th November!
Available in all good bookshops from 19th November!
November 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It’s been a year since When the Blood has Dried’s TPB release. @romeroart.bsky.social @beccasee.bsky.social @marcorudy.bsky.social @jamesbemmett.bsky.social and I put our all into this fantasy-western mashup about the weight of violence and how to live in its wake. It’s a special book. Seek it out.
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Books with Pictures truly is a wonderful community spot. Let's keep it!!!
If my heart is a place, it’s @bkswpicspdx.bsky.social: one of the most innovative, inclusive, and wonderful comics shops—and communities—that I’ve had the privilege to be a part of.
DM me proof of donation, and I’ll match up to $500 TONIGHT!
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-books...
DM me proof of donation, and I’ll match up to $500 TONIGHT!
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-books...
Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now, organized by Katie Pryde
Dear friends: I need your help.
I’m proud of everything Books with Pictures… Katie Pryde needs your support for Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now
www.gofundme.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Books with Pictures truly is a wonderful community spot. Let's keep it!!!
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Holy shit.
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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November 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Sign up for my newsletter at
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and get the script I give to all the artists for the backup features in KAYA.
So far we've had Al Gofa @juniba.bsky.social @ghwalta.bsky.social @jesselonergan.bsky.social
and the upcoming Riley Rossmo!
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and get the script I give to all the artists for the backup features in KAYA.
So far we've had Al Gofa @juniba.bsky.social @ghwalta.bsky.social @jesselonergan.bsky.social
and the upcoming Riley Rossmo!
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Wow, no way, just seems so unlikely
"Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model by default...tests repeatedly showed that the AI toy dropped its guardrails the longer a conversation went on, until hitting rock bottom on incredibly disturbing topics."
AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children
FoloToy says it's suspended sales of its AI-powered teddy bear after researchers found it gave wildly inappropriate and dangerous answers.
futurism.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Wow, no way, just seems so unlikely
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Calling all allies!
**Mass call TOMORROW (11/17)**
**Mass call TOMORROW (11/17)**
On Thursday, Starbucks baristas in 40+ cities launched an open-ended, national ULP strike. Workers are putting it all on the line and need customers and allies to back them up!
Join striking baristas and community supporters building union power. RSVP now: bit.ly/4pbwwy7
Join striking baristas and community supporters building union power. RSVP now: bit.ly/4pbwwy7
November 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Calling all allies!
**Mass call TOMORROW (11/17)**
**Mass call TOMORROW (11/17)**
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maybe if he takes more consultant advice to move to the right on immigration he can turn those numbers around
November 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
maybe if he takes more consultant advice to move to the right on immigration he can turn those numbers around
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Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
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We don't have enough people doing what they can but I am so grateful to those who are. Thank you.
Actually taking the time to make the call, send the letter, show up to the meeting, write the check, go to the protests, do actual mutual aid. Thank you.
Actually taking the time to make the call, send the letter, show up to the meeting, write the check, go to the protests, do actual mutual aid. Thank you.
November 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
We don't have enough people doing what they can but I am so grateful to those who are. Thank you.
Actually taking the time to make the call, send the letter, show up to the meeting, write the check, go to the protests, do actual mutual aid. Thank you.
Actually taking the time to make the call, send the letter, show up to the meeting, write the check, go to the protests, do actual mutual aid. Thank you.
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‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ funding AI-generated short form content in new tweet:
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ funding AI-generated short form content in new tweet:
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”