Neil Polowin

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IM/IT Director in Ottawa, ON. Carleton University and Bentley University alum. He/him. Not backwards compatible and sometimes not forwards either which is kind of ironic considering my job.

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THE sentence of the day: A Macronist incumbent in the Marseille region came in 3rd in her seat. She just dropped out to support the left. She said, about why she's maneuvering to block the far-right: "Defeats happen, but you can never recover from dishonor."

In the unlikely chance that Marvel and Archie ever do crossovers again, may I suggest the obvious pairing of contemporaries Doctor Doom and Mad Doctor Doom?

Happy Sunday! Enjoy this fine collection of splash pages drawn by Harry Lucey, all scripted by Frank Doyle, as reprinted in Archie Annual Digest #33.

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Well this is grim

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Happy birthday to Bill Watterson, the creator of Calvin and Hobbes!

Spotted in the most recent set of order sheets, a new Dan DeCarlo collection from Fantagraphics planned for release in October.

"Signing of the Declaration of Independence As It Might Have Been According to Women's Lib" by Mara McAfee, painted for Viva magazine sometime in the 1970s. Happy #IndependenceDay #4thofJuly

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Yesterday, I shared this same Canada Day thread on Bluesky, Threads, and X. Here's what I found. 🧵

“Canada is such a northern country, don’t we want a little global warming?” I often hear. In a nutshell, NO. We’re warming 2x faster than the rest of the world, driving extreme heat, flood, and sea level rise we are not prepared for. The wildfire season started in Feb this year. Feb! #canadaday

Canada’s Changing Climate Reportchangingclimate.ca

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If you see this post a photo without explanation.

If you see this post a photo without explanation

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From @propublica.bsky.social posted on Threads. The more you know.. www.propublica.org/article/how-...

How a Grad Student Uncovered the Largest Known Slave Auction in the U.S.www.propublica.org Lauren Davila made a stunning discovery as a graduate student at the College of Charleston: an ad for a slave auction larger than any historian had yet identified. The find yields a new understanding ...

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Fun fact: @ryanestrada.com ‘s “Banned Book Club,” which I proudly publish, keeps being challenged in libraries for being “pornograhic.” There is zero sex or sexual suggestion in the title. The censors are just shrieking The Magic Word and hoping it gets them what they want. This is what they do.

and even if someone thinks "well I don't like/look at porn so why should it be a priority for me?" it's important to remember that when christofascists say "porn" they also mean age-appropriate comprehensive sex education, media with queer/trans people in it, and picture books about gay penguins.

Remember, flirting isn't always good for you.

Ah yes the Summer wave, after the New Year's and then Spring wave but before the Fall and then Thanksgiving wave.

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Just FYI we’re entering a summer Covid wave right now (especially western regions in the US); you can see it in the CDC wastewater plot here (and anecdotally a bunch of my friends are suddenly testing positive). www.cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVI...

Wastewater COVID-19 National and Regional Trendswww.cdc.gov CDC’s National Wastewater Surveillance System, U.S. National trends

Sure, but also let's force everyone back into crowded offices, enact legislation to ban masks and face coverings, and fail to ensure effective ventilation in schools.

A paper from Harvard estimates the cost of Long Covid in the USA is now US$3.7 trillion, or about 17% of pre-Covid US GDP. scholar.harvard.edu/files/cutler...

scholar.harvard.edu

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COMPANY: Here are some new AI features for our product that never needed it before ME: I don’t want them, they suck COMPANY: The AI we developed said you did ME: Please stop COMPANY: Sorry we can’t hear you over the crying people we had to let go to make room for the AI

There are toys and then there are meta-toys. www.collectorbd.com/fr/asterix-p...

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I wrote to the Tractor Supply board today. Here is what I sent. Even if you've only ever bought one thing there, I encourage you to write, as a customer.

Fuck. This one's going to sting, but add another company to our boycott list. x.com/TractorSuppl...

x.comx.com

Colour holds - replacing black line art with other colours - are more common now but much rarer to see in golden age comics (presumably because of production limitations and the extra work involved). Put to use very well in early Shadow stories though as a nod to his ability to cloud people's minds.

The production art team at Archie Comics knew the importance of kerning.

Your periodic reminder that kerning matters.

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Re: the Jim Lee thing. My opinion is that creatives can charge whatever they goddamn want for a commission or autograph or a sketch. That is 100% their prerogative. Just as it’s 100% your prerogative not to buy it. That’s basically it.

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🧵 I’m sorry to do this to you, but there’s a Part 2. I waited to share this part because I worried most of you'd not be able to handle all of this at once. But you’ve had a week to recover, so let’s dive into how Apple execs are giving themselves bonuses as a reward for illegal dumping! ⬇️

🧵 In 2020, I nearly died from mysterious industrial chemical exposure at my apartment. Later, I discovered my employer was dumping toxic waste into our windows from their Skunkworks semiconductor fab next-door. I tipped off US EPA, who then raided them in 2023. EPA sent me the report on Friday. 💀 ⬇️

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I know, right? This one killed me. It's not even a gag. It's a breakdown.

This one. Whew!

"Dragula" might not be in the New York Times' list but Alex Toth fans see things a little differently.

First they call for the president to step down, and now this. Sad times for the Gray Lady

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The rail industry has a climate problem. Rail lines typically follow rivers and shorelines due to the favorable topography. This will mean more washed out and flooded tracks. And it will be rough on the bridges.

North Sioux City homes flooded, railroad bridge collapsed after rivers hit record capacitywww.argusleader.com A rush of floodwaters forced officials to evacuate part of North Sioux City Sunday evening, and a BNSF bridge collapsed overnight from the flood.

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This is why you don't keep a balance in a financial "service" account. They are not protected.

Nearly $109 million in deposits held for fintech Yotta’s customers vanished in Synapse collapse, bank sayswww.cnbc.com Despite mounting pressure to unfreeze all locked bank accounts in the Synapse collapse, messy records have created uncertainty over when that will happen.

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After five years and over 100 violations, Tesla's Fremont factory has been ordered to abate illegal pollution by the local regulator! I've been reporting about this since 2019, a story nobody else wanted to touch, and was beginning to believe nothing would ever happen! apnews.com/article/tesl...

Tesla ordered to stop releasing toxic emissions from San Francisco Bay Area plantapnews.com Tesla must fix air quality problems at its electric vehicle manufacturing facility in the San Francisco Bay Area after racking up more than 100 violations for allegedly releasing toxic emissions into ...

This morning's thrift store finds.

Post an image that people will hear when they see it

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Powerful poster