Zack
@thiswasatriumph.bsky.social
Typewriter enthusiast, new dad, old husband
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Good hang this morning
A couple of weeks behind on Off Panel, so finally listened to the Grant Morrison one. Heart-warming to hear one of the best to ever do it be both humble, excited and hooking back up with comics and falling in love.
Off Panel #526: The Sound of Comics with Grant Morrison - SKTCHD
Writer Grant Morrison joins the podcast to talk about this week’s DC/Marvel: Batman/Deadpool and their views on life and comics. Morrison discusses the rekindled flame of writing comics, how they appr...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Good hang this morning
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The replication crisis in social psychology goes on…a pioneering study of cognitive dissonance research may have been faked.
When "When Prophecy Fails" Fails: full article here drive.google.com/file/d/1OVns...
When "When Prophecy Fails" Fails: full article here drive.google.com/file/d/1OVns...
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 AM
The replication crisis in social psychology goes on…a pioneering study of cognitive dissonance research may have been faked.
When "When Prophecy Fails" Fails: full article here drive.google.com/file/d/1OVns...
When "When Prophecy Fails" Fails: full article here drive.google.com/file/d/1OVns...
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ryckman strawberries, painted by amanda almira newton, 1907
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
ryckman strawberries, painted by amanda almira newton, 1907
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Ken Burns. He should just do a deep dive on himself.
I figure Ken Burns has one, maybe two big documentary series in him before he fully retires. What do you think they should be? My votes include Football, Hip-Hop, World War 1, Reconstruction (though Skip Gates did this one well), Iraq/Afghanistan, 19th Century Expansionism.
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Ken Burns. He should just do a deep dive on himself.
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Rogue One is an almost perfect film. If I could change ONE thing about it, it would be a dying Donnie Yen using the Force at the last scene to flip the switch.
Other than that... perfection.
Other than that... perfection.
November 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Rogue One is an almost perfect film. If I could change ONE thing about it, it would be a dying Donnie Yen using the Force at the last scene to flip the switch.
Other than that... perfection.
Other than that... perfection.
Threads debuted while my wife was pregnant. There’s a weirdly powerful antinatalist community over there. Like, straight humans-are-bad doomers up in everybody’s business. Like the villain from G-Gundam posting on Mark Zuckerberg’s app.
they have this argument every day over on threads. threads: the “should babies be allowed on planes?” website
November 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Threads debuted while my wife was pregnant. There’s a weirdly powerful antinatalist community over there. Like, straight humans-are-bad doomers up in everybody’s business. Like the villain from G-Gundam posting on Mark Zuckerberg’s app.
Odo: “I never realized how stress it is being a parent.”
Capt. Sisko: “You don’t know what you’re missing.”
(How does Avery Brooks consistently find the most delicious line reading possible? He’s amazing.)
Capt. Sisko: “You don’t know what you’re missing.”
(How does Avery Brooks consistently find the most delicious line reading possible? He’s amazing.)
November 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Odo: “I never realized how stress it is being a parent.”
Capt. Sisko: “You don’t know what you’re missing.”
(How does Avery Brooks consistently find the most delicious line reading possible? He’s amazing.)
Capt. Sisko: “You don’t know what you’re missing.”
(How does Avery Brooks consistently find the most delicious line reading possible? He’s amazing.)
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November 23, 57 BCE: Cicero writes to his friend Atticus to complain about Clodius. The wily former tribune ordered the house of Quintus, Cicero's brother to be set on fire by his henchmen. Clodius allegedly gathered supporters by saying he would free enslaved persons www.attalus.org/cicero/attic...
Cicero: Ad Atticum 4
Translation of Cicero's letters to Atticus, Book 4, by E.O. Winstedt
www.attalus.org
November 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
November 23, 57 BCE: Cicero writes to his friend Atticus to complain about Clodius. The wily former tribune ordered the house of Quintus, Cicero's brother to be set on fire by his henchmen. Clodius allegedly gathered supporters by saying he would free enslaved persons www.attalus.org/cicero/attic...
This also highlights for me how Trump’s Oval Office keeps getting more and more cluttered. I’m reminded of photos of his personal office, and wondering how bad this is going to get.
November 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This also highlights for me how Trump’s Oval Office keeps getting more and more cluttered. I’m reminded of photos of his personal office, and wondering how bad this is going to get.
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Was better in my head. Oh well! Just a fun sketchbook. :)
November 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Was better in my head. Oh well! Just a fun sketchbook. :)
Step 1: Dems win the gerrymander battle (Repubs still winning the war)
Step 2: Dems propose a national voting rights bill that undoes their own victory in this battle
Step 3: Once in law, this becomes the basis for winning the war on gerrymandering
Step 2: Dems propose a national voting rights bill that undoes their own victory in this battle
Step 3: Once in law, this becomes the basis for winning the war on gerrymandering
At this point, so far the net effect of this festival of redistricting is to add 3 seats for Democrats. VA and FL could change that.
Really not worth it for either side, considering what is likely to happen in 2026. And terrible for gerrymandered voters everywhere.
Really not worth it for either side, considering what is likely to happen in 2026. And terrible for gerrymandered voters everywhere.
November 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Step 1: Dems win the gerrymander battle (Repubs still winning the war)
Step 2: Dems propose a national voting rights bill that undoes their own victory in this battle
Step 3: Once in law, this becomes the basis for winning the war on gerrymandering
Step 2: Dems propose a national voting rights bill that undoes their own victory in this battle
Step 3: Once in law, this becomes the basis for winning the war on gerrymandering
New theory: John Candy’s filmography shows a benevolent man leaping from life to life putting right what once went wrong.
November 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
New theory: John Candy’s filmography shows a benevolent man leaping from life to life putting right what once went wrong.
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I’m a simple man and this is the sort of thing I think is funny
November 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I’m a simple man and this is the sort of thing I think is funny
Was Bruce appropriately annoyed with Vic? That’s my fav. dynamic from their crossovers
Got to read @gabrielhardman.bsky.social’s BATMAN/GREEN ARROW/THE QUESTION: ARCADIA #1 and this is the comic that was made especially for me
November 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Was Bruce appropriately annoyed with Vic? That’s my fav. dynamic from their crossovers
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I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
Someone who’s paid to do so should make a supercut of him insulting reporters like this. Just recent clips from 2.0.
“Piggy” is particularly egregious but he tells reporters to shut up all the time. He insults them personally and asks where they work before telling them they’re bad people.
The only way to know this is by watching the unedited videos because it’s so routine that it’s not considered newsworthy.
The only way to know this is by watching the unedited videos because it’s so routine that it’s not considered newsworthy.
Reporters shouldn’t have to take that shit just because he’s president.
November 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Someone who’s paid to do so should make a supercut of him insulting reporters like this. Just recent clips from 2.0.
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“As stewards of God’s creation, we are called to act swiftly, with faith and prophecy, to protect the gift He entrusted to us.”
apnews.com/article/pope...
apnews.com/article/pope...
Pope Leo XIV calls for urgent climate action and says God’s creation is 'crying out'
Pope Leo XIV is urging countries at United Nations climate talks to take “concrete actions” to stop climate change that is threatening the planet.
apnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
“As stewards of God’s creation, we are called to act swiftly, with faith and prophecy, to protect the gift He entrusted to us.”
apnews.com/article/pope...
apnews.com/article/pope...
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The White House "border czar" Tom Homan called the U.S. Catholic bishops "wrong" Nov. 14, two days after the body of bishops in the USCCB voted overwhelmingly to issue a rare group statement voicing "our concern here for immigrants" at their annual fall plenary assembly in Baltimore.
US 'border czar' Tom Homan calls US bishops 'wrong' after immigration statement
" … I'm also saying this as a Catholic, I think they need to spend time fixing the Catholic Church," the Trump administration official said.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The White House "border czar" Tom Homan called the U.S. Catholic bishops "wrong" Nov. 14, two days after the body of bishops in the USCCB voted overwhelmingly to issue a rare group statement voicing "our concern here for immigrants" at their annual fall plenary assembly in Baltimore.
I dig the way that Pete Woods does “in camera effects” — distortion on faces that mimic an actor standing close to a wide angle lens.
Luke Skywalker's path to true Jedi Master is put to the ultimate test in issue #8 of Star Wars from me and guest artist Pete Woods!
Make sure to pre-order these covers at your comic book store before today's Final Order Cut-Off!
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Make sure to pre-order these covers at your comic book store before today's Final Order Cut-Off!
@philnoto.bsky.social @nogisanart.bsky.social @bengalart.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I dig the way that Pete Woods does “in camera effects” — distortion on faces that mimic an actor standing close to a wide angle lens.
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If you make $200,000 a year, quite a bit more than poverty level, you end up more than 20 blocks away. Quite a distance!
4/8
4/8
November 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
If you make $200,000 a year, quite a bit more than poverty level, you end up more than 20 blocks away. Quite a distance!
4/8
4/8
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AI toys for toddlers that talk about kink, sex, and pedophilia? Hell no. And I have a bill to prohibit that.
November 16, 2025 at 2:51 AM
AI toys for toddlers that talk about kink, sex, and pedophilia? Hell no. And I have a bill to prohibit that.
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When I tell the homies I have been steaming glutinous rice.
November 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
When I tell the homies I have been steaming glutinous rice.
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there are good and brave people engaging in acts of heroism out of love for their fellow human beings. Be brave enough to allow their courage to inspire you, too.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
November 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
there are good and brave people engaging in acts of heroism out of love for their fellow human beings. Be brave enough to allow their courage to inspire you, too.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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It is 1998. I am at the kitchen table writing Batman fanfic but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
It is 1998. I am at the kitchen table writing Batman fanfic but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal