The only thing I know is I can only quote the first page of one of those books from memory.

Ah, that makes sense! I just have a lot of affection for that character, and they changed so much about him post-flashpoint. City of origin, sports background, that stuff with the boom tube tech. Within that context, the change to football makes more sense. Still don't love the other stuff though. 😅

I find it so weird that they changed Vic's sport from track and field to football in the New 52. I liked that he was on track for the Olympics!

Starfire, please!

There's a really easy math to politics: leftists are people whose politics are about the well-being of others. Centrists like most Dems, and right-wingers like the Republicans, center their own well-being, not of others. Why vote for someone whose platform is that they won't think about about you?

Just heard about the death of Michelle Trachtenberg, and it's fucking me up pretty bad. A great actor, and someone that endured some terrible hardship in her field. She deserved so much more.

I’ve been asked by the Emanet family to set up a GoFundMe to help cover legal fees and support income while Jersey Kebab remains closed. During the morning hours of Tuesday, February 25, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) warrantlessly picked up members of the Emanet family, Celal and Emine Emanet, from Jersey Kebab, located at 150 Haddon Avenue, Haddon Township, NJ 08108. The Emanet family has an open case with United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and has been waiting since 2016 for a decision on their case. USCIS has not decided whether to approve or deny their green card application for the past 9 years. While waiting for their case to be decided upon, Celal and Emine Emanet were left without a status. They are contributing members of society and taxpayers with a five-year valid business license. Celal and Emine own and operate Jersey Kebab, a beloved Mediterranean restaurant across from the Haddon Township Municipality and Police building. The husband-and-wife pair own and manage the restaurant together, a hub for the community, and regularly feed underprivileged

members of the community - the sign on the door stating, “Free to anyone with a disability, homeless, or simply cannot afford it.” The couple start prep work together at 9 am and close up shop at 8:30 pm. At the end of the night, Celal and Emine come back home where they live with their four children (Muhammed, Zeynep, Hamza, Hale), daughter-in-law (Hale), two grandchildren (Ali and Omer), and two cats (Oreo and Almond). Muhammed (25), the manager at Jersey Kebab, who attended Rutgers-Camden, is a husband and father to two children. Zeynep (23) is a Swarthmore College graduate and works at a local civil rights nonprofit organization. Their younger son, Hamza (15), and younger daughter, Hale (13), cannot imagine life without mom and dad together. While Celal has been released from custody with an ankle monitor, Emine has been placed into the Elizabeth Detention Center in Elizabeth, New Jersey, awaiting her bond trial. This situation is especially devastating for their 15-year-old son, Hamza, who has autism. Deporting Emine would cause Hamza immense distress, as he only speaks limited Turkish and relies on the specialized services available to him

here in New Jersey. Uprooting him from this support system would have severe consequences for his well-being. Emine is not a flight risk - she is a mother, community member, and neighbor. Neither Celal nor Emine have criminal records or prior orders of removal by an immigration judge. She needs to be released on bond so she can return home. Until she is released, the restaurant, which is their main source of income, is closed. So please help out any way you can.

A sign in the restaurant window of a Kebab restaurant reads “To Anybody with a Disability or Homeless or Simply Cannot Afford”

Someone called ICE on this sweet family who was running a Kebab restaurant. They have had a case open with with USCIS since 2016.

They would feed the homeless, people with disabilities, and people who just couldn’t afford to pay them.

There is a GFM to offer support for legal fees and lost income.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS IN CASE OF ICE: CONOCE TUS DERECHOS EN CASO DE ENCUENTRO CON ICE:

DO NOT OPEN YOUR DOOR. ICE cannot enter your home without a warrant signed by a judge. Tell the agents to show you the warrant by sliding it under the door. NO ABRAS TU PUERTA. ICE no puede entrar a tu casa sin una orden firmada por un juez. Diles a los agentes que te muestren la orden deslizándola debajo de la puerta.

ASK THEM TO LEAVE. If ICE doesn't have a warrant, tell them you do not consent for them to enter your home and ask them to leave. At work, ICE cannot enter employee-only areas without permission. 2 PÍDALES QUE SE VAYAN. Si ICE no tiene una orden judicial, diles que no das tu consentimiento para que entren a tu casa y pídeles que se vayan. En el trabajo, ICE no puede ingresar a áreas exclusivas para empleados sin permiso.

REMAIN SILENT. You have the right to remain silent. If the agents ask you questions, tell them, "I wish to remain silent." PERMANECE EN SILENCIO. Tienes derecho a permanecer en silencio. Si los agentes te hacen preguntas, diles: "Deseo permanecer en silencio".

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.

EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.

Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

The other design I'd look at is maybe Dream Askew, specifically as an additional layer of building connections between the characters, and to create roles outside of the main characters.

@kierongillen.bsky.social have you thought about this at all? Is this the sort of thinking you do when writing?

I've been thinking about the Power Fantasy since the first issue (it's so so good), and because my brain is what it is, how it works as a game. I feel like a bit Amber Diceless, to get at that competitive nature , that feeling of controlling a massive but specific thing. 1/2

My most beloved, most overlooked couple is Dian Belmont and Wesley Dodds. I love every moment of them together from Sandman Mystery Theater and Starman.

Now *that's* a real Glup Shitto!

Birds, baby!

Gita is great!

...I saw him live when he was touring the States for the very first time for Life Through a Lens.

Yep, I'm that guy.

Ordered door dash tonight after a long week. The delivery driver was a person displaced by the LA fires, staying in SD and doing door dash to help cover his hotel costs til he could go home. The fact that he has to go out of pocket on that is a sign that this country is broken at it's fucking heart.

Do you think there's a superior calendar system? Something that works better for scientists or historians or something.

My wife and I will occasionally come up with names for our potential new pet kitty. I pitched Baked Ziti, and I feel real good about it.

Other contenders:
Crunchwrap Supreme
Neko Basara
Sheryl Meowm
Lasagna
Greg
Bride of Frankenstein

I got this joke like five minutes after reading it and had to reopen my phone to like it.

Let's go, David! 👏 👏 👏👏👏

A lot of the conversation the last week or so has revealed who doesn't have chronic pain, doesn't believe they themselves will ever have chronic pain, and also doesn't believe the effect it has on the life and mental health of someone with chronic pain. Good luck with that.

Black Earth — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER In North Carolina, a Black farmer purchased the plantation where his ancestors were enslaved— and is reclaiming his family’s story, his community’s health, and the soil beneath his feet.

A must-read: Patrick Chandler Brown — named after the PCB chemicals dumped in his community — purchased the plantation where his great-grandfather was enslaved and is in the process of transforming it to serve farmers like him

It’s kinda wild how you really, really could not make those two Wolfenstein games now. Like it would just be impossible to make games that assert that 1) killing nazis is good and 2) fascism could absolutely happen in the United States

Are these changes aimed at changing our relationship/viewpoint of Eric?

Also, loved this take on the Bride (feels very informed by the Morrison/Manke stuff). The reveal of the stuff between her and Victor is both heartbreaking and very, very gross! (A father figure should not do that!)

@jamesgunn.bsky.social I LOVED the first two episodes of Creature Commandoes! As a bit of a Shelley dork, I'm really intrigued by the changes made to the Frankenstein stuff and have a question. Giving the creature a name, the closer relationship with Victor, etc. are big deviations from the text.

Aww hell yeah! Jetta and Midnight were my favorites. (A vampire in goth jorts and exposed ribs is way too damn charming)

Which Eternal Champion is your favorite?