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Mom and Dad let me keep my comics. (See?) Science-fiction, fantasy, comics, and other pop culture can enrich life

Joined March 2009
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Mom’s Mom’s Mom graduated from college in 1910. Mom’s Mom’s Mom couldn’t vote until she was 31. I can vote. I DO vote. I don’t take it for granted.
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Huzzah!
It's official: @Comic_Con will be here in San Diego through 2030!  
@MayorToddGloria announced the news moments ago, just outside Hall H.
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In 1895, Mark Twain wrote, "[Literary art requires that] the personages in a tale shall be alive, except in the case of corpses, and that always the reader shall be able to tell the corpses from the others." Should politicians be held to the same standard?
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Hey, look!
Comic-Con welcomes Eisner Hall of Famers @denyscowanart , Bud Plant, Mike Royer, and Maggie Thompson as Special Guests, joining the previously announced 34 creators. Learn more here → bit.ly/4amfWGR #SDCC #SDCC2026
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Huzzah!
Lego has updated their age range from the years of 4-99 in honour of Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday: “There’s no age limit for those who never stop playing”
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Sick or injured day or night, imagine health care as a right.
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AMAZING! ASTOUNDING! THRILLING WONDER! Science fiction becomes science fact!
Artemis II may have splashed down, but our photos and videos from the mission are still rolling in! Keep an eye on the latest: nasa.gov/artemis-ii-multimed…
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6 for me!! I feel confident nobody Has all 20 How many for you?
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In some nearby (central Wisconsin) libraries, they put food (canned and bagged) on shelves near the door so that anyone who needs it can just come and take what is needed.
In Finland, libraries lend out tools, sewing machines, musical instruments, and even sports equipment, not just books, so everyone has access to things they might not be able to afford
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“You can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, and those are very good odds.” MAVERICK ("Shady Deal at Sunny Acres," 1958) by Roy Huggins
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My memory is that @StephenKing couldn’t watch the 1979 show when it was broadcast. Happy current event!
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You can hear the interview online: npr.org/2024/09/21/nx-s1-494…
Jules Feiffer’s AMAZING GRAPES is a new graphic novel, and NPR’s Scott Simon interviewed him September 21. Did you know that the gifted Feiffer worked with Will Eisner in the 1940s? Devoted comic art fans, please note. (I just ordered a copy.)
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Jules Feiffer’s AMAZING GRAPES is a new graphic novel, and NPR’s Scott Simon interviewed him September 21. Did you know that the gifted Feiffer worked with Will Eisner in the 1940s? Devoted comic art fans, please note. (I just ordered a copy.)
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Thanks for the fascinating information!
🌍 Excited to be featured as the main character in @BBCWorld documentary The African 'Babel Fish'. Tune in on Sept 3rd at 03:06 to explore how AfricaNLP researchers and I are making African languages more accessible. 🌟 #AfricaNLP #BBC. Thanks to my friend @derJamesJackson
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Not exactly a spoiler - but folks SHOULD watch the episode. Anyway, hee! And hmmm ...
Meet Christmas-All-The-Time Guy, tonight on @hulu #OMITB
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“The Golden Age of Comics is Twelve,” Chris Roberson (2021): “I’d always known that the phrase was a play on an ... aphorism about ‘the golden age of science fiction,’ ...the quote is ... attributed to a fan in the 1960s, Peter Graham, possibly in the pages of the fanzine VOID.”
It was for me. As a kid I used to raid the library every week for books by Clarke, Asimov, Bradbury, Heinlein, Simak and others. As someone once noted, "The golden age of Science Fiction is twelve."
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Nick Sousanis, San Francisco State University
And here we go… New term, brand new course, brand new drawn syllabus!!
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According to @DrPen - This was by British cartoonist Len Hawkins in PRIVATE EYE.
Too much tech nowadays is exactly like this...
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