"Make your evil characters nuanced," they said. "Give your villains a backstory," they said. "Byronic warrior poet is always better than 'nooo Mr Bond, I expect you to die'", they said.

Little did I know that real world villains political and corporate actually tend toward the "No Mr Bond, I expect you to die" end of the villain spectrum.

That sad realization that I'm in a bad dystopian novel with poorly written villains and when did that happen.

Please boost so the sample can be statistically relevant.

#Vote

In the 2024 Presidential race, I will vote for:

I have been sending out this resource all year, but I'll send it out again. From the US Department of Energy:

Creating a Cool Room for Extreme Heat Events

"Given the reality of global climate change and the increasing likelihood of extreme heat events, designing and retrofitting homes for resistance to extreme heat and power outages should be considered in all climates. Extending the "hours of safety" that a home can provide when air-conditioning is not available can be life-saving...."

https://basc.pnnl.gov/resource-guides/creating-cool-room-extreme-heat-events#edit-group-description

#heatwave #survival #cooling #disasters #disasterprep

I'm enormously proud of "Dr. Blink: Superhero Shrink." I hope to make more, and some Sekrit Stuff (t) is in the works...but for now - get the PDF collection for 60% off from @DriveThruComics! Just $4, today only!

https://www.drivethrucomics.com/product/132690/Dr-Blink-Superhero-Shrink-Trade

Every year, millions of books are pulped by the book industry’s big distribution companies when they are returned by retail outlets and on-line stores. Last month, we purchased another pallet of "damaged" books from our distributor before they were destroyed.

The majority of returns in the book industry come from Amazon, but small retailers are also forced to send good books to the landfill. Why?

While Amazon and Barnes & Noble receive great rates from the industry’s big distributors, small bookstores are squeezed–their margins are substantially smaller. For a small bookstore, selling a new book is only profitable when you sell it at full price. It’s impossible to compete with Amazon’s prices, and returning unsold stock is the only way to ensure that you aren’t losing money.

We pay to save our books from the landfill to challenge the absurd capitalistic logic forcing booksellers everywhere to destroy perfectly good books. Most major publishers have little physical contact with their stock, but our warehousing experience allows us to offer these books back to our readers at a steep discount. We do this to mitigate large losses and to get radical books into more hands.

So, pick up a few great books cheap while helping us fight back against capitalist profligacy.

All damages are 70% off with coupon code "Damages" until August 1st. https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_list&c=195

#books #capitalism #anarchism

Happy Disability Pride Month, friend!!

Just a few things to remember:

 Disabilities come in MANY flavors.

 Disabled folks sometimes deal with many conditions at once.

 Not all disabilities are visible.

 Not all disabilities are consistent. Some days can be better than others. It doesn't mean we're "less disabled" on those days.

 Some disabled folks can still work a job. Others can't. We're worthy of love and basic necessities being met regardless because we are living beings.

Disabled people/creatures deserve to feel amazing about themselves. Be sure to reach out to your disabled friends and let them know you're thinking about them!!

Have a great July!!

💙💙💙

One guy is already in the job. He’s old, he’s slower, but by every measure he’s crushing it.

The other guy is reapplying for the job after he was fired from it — and then led a conspiracy and incited a mob to attack the building so he could try to keep his job.

Choose wisely.