@dick_nixon Orwell once suggested that Utopia was not to be found in the establishment of the perfect society but rather in the endless struggle to create the perfect society.
This comic has 12 days to go and we are almost at the 5K mark! I really can't wait to get this comic out in the world. Thanks again to the DSA Fund and the @DSAPolEd for everything.
https://t.co/AW0kq2VIM7
I mourn the death of Rep. Raúl Grijalva, a former colleague of mine and one of the most progressive members of the U.S. House. Raúl was a fighter for working families throughout his entire life. He will be sorely missed.
Last week, it emerged that health insurance leaders pressured the DOJ to bring federal charges against Luigi Mangione. This week, I discovered the top 3 officials at DOJ all collected paychecks from healthcare companies before serving in government: https://t.co/6UChz22CfQ
This is (a) the clearest example I’ve seen in a while of the power of smart campaigning and organizing, and (b) incontrovertible proof that sunlight - in the form of public and media attention - is the best disinfectant of bad ideas and crackpot ideologies.
I'm so serious, if you stop using your creativity, imagination and thinking abilities you will LOSE them. Millions of people willingly giving up their intellects, the very thing that makes them human, is a nightmare straight out of our darkest science-fictions.
@DanSchkade Okay, learning lots of fun facts about Prince Golden Hair -- for instance, that he was part of a trend towards Thai heroes who were designed to look like Elvis! (from here: PDF - https://t.co/V7N6tvGCO4 )
@DanSchkade The book is titled "Juk Biawsakul, the Prince of Thai Graphic Novels," and the artist is Chulsak Amornwet (aka Juk Biawsakul). Looks like he also illustrated a Captain Marvel lookalike, as well as romance and comedy...
@mccreaman@danmcdaid Vonnegut's penultimate rule of creative writing applies here: "Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia."