Joan Zahra Dark 🔥 جون زهر درك

Joan Zahra Dark 🔥 جون زهر درك

@joandark.com

(they/them) Writer, organizer, gamedev. I say good words sometimes too! Currently steering @cartoonist.coop, working on @dateknight.bsky.social, formerly @bluestockings 📧: mxjoandark@gmail.com 🕸️: linktr.ee/whoaitsjoan

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My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

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Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who spared a thought for my country today, who amplified information about the coup d’état attempt, and worried about Brazil’s democratic future—the world’s democratic future. We won! Women won! The Amazon won! Young people won! Democracy won! Hope won!

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I just want to name that people overcame this. Even against a stacked deck, the good fight is worth it. Win or lose, it's worth it. And sometimes the good guys win.

Laura Bassett@lebassett.bsky.social

Bolsonaro-friendly mayors appear to be sabotaging public transport on Election Day. Buses aren’t running in Lula-friendly areas, flights and ferries mysteriously canceled. Traffic lights have gone out and people’s power cut in Salvador, indigenous people’s travel restricted

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Replying to @tonyisabella.bsky.social

Even so. I'm taking a harder line on this as of today. You folks can tell the difference between the 27 different kids who have been Robin the Cannon Fodder. I think you can manage using my correct names. Thank you.

Even if you've already filled out the survey in previous years, we still need to hear from you! Our survey team needs as many responses as possible to build a better picture of what comic workers are actually getting paid so we can push for more! The survey closes on the 31st, don't wait, y'all!

Cartoonists United@cartoonist.coop

Have you filled out the third annual Comic Worker Survey? If not, this is the time to support your fellow comics workers! Your answers will help address pay disparities for a more transparent and equal comics industry. Take the survey here: cartoonist.coop/2026comicwor... Art by @urnash.com

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⏰ Just about a week left to fill out our COMIC WORKERS SURVEY! Until Oct 31, share your experience and help reach pay equality for all cartoonists. For both self-pub and traditionally published cartoonists based in the US, including artists who make income from crowdfunding, cons, and commissions.

Cartoonists United@cartoonist.coop

Have you filled out the third annual Comic Worker Survey? If not, this is the time to support your fellow comics workers! Your answers will help address pay disparities for a more transparent and equal comics industry. Take the survey here: cartoonist.coop/2026comicwor... Art by @urnash.com

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🚨NEW STORY🚨 Farmer Jamie Davis is closing the gap as he bids to be Louisiana’s first Black U.S. Senator since Reconstruction, leaving Julia Letlow without the sure victory Republicans had hoped for. "This is not going to be a slam dunk," a pollster warns. thelensnola.org/2026/10/23/j...

🚨🚨🚨 Just got info from the Jamie Davis (Louisiana US Dem candidate) campaign that a poll taken from 9/17 to 9/19 shows he's within 4 points of US Rep. Julia Letlow (the R senate candidate) in the Louisiana US senate race. Of note, Letlow's name recognition is double that of Davis. (82% vs. 41%)

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As we approach the midterms, remember that the Alt National Park Service is a merch sales operation claiming without evidence to be a group of federal employees, and is not a genuine source of news about elections of any kind. Please get your election info from a local, reputable source.

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This post got me so yelled at on threads you guys. Me: we should improve American comics somewhat The brilliant minds of comicthreads for some reason: actually it works perfectly gatekeeping is great any problems you might have is clearly a skill issue on your part

American comics really need a better talent acquisition system. Like why can't you just send your work in to a publisher and get feedback? Why do you have to just hope an editor sees your stuff somehow (or get a literary agent and go to tradpub)?

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it's finally here... LITTLE DAOIST ORIGINALS for sale up on my ko-fi! This is my first time doing physical goods from ko-fi so please read the instructions should you purchase (mostly so i can send you tracking!). They're $370 incl shipping. literally 1 of each available lol ko-fi.com/s/64bfa0bbc8

I'm certainly not the only person who got some kind of jumpstart in wanting to make games from Bioware games, this is just such a profound loss. The teams deserve so much more than this industry that will decimate everything in search of infinite profits forever.

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I was at BioWare over 12 years. It's where I got started writing games. I met and worked alongside wonderful people. Kind, talented, passionate. I learned a lot. I helped create some amazing stories that I'm glad made it out into the world. The people and the stories are what I cherish most.

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BioWare closing rings the same hollow bell in my soul as WB and Paramount becoming “Skydance.” Across movies, TV, publishing, games, we’re watching decades of legacy and history being hijacked and fed to the furnace of an abyssal engine with no desire beyond the abstract concept of “More.”

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🚨HEY NON BRASILIANS FROM BSKY Wanna help ellect Lula and save ou democracy real quick? Just google any of these questions the most you can until Sunday: ⭐Bolsonaro mandou matar Lula? ⭐Caso Ana Clara Flávio Bolsonaro ⭐Flávio Bolsonaro tem envolvimento com a milícia? Our people thank you 🇧🇷⭐🇧🇷

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Reminder: during the most riotous parts of the George Floyd Uprising the movement was at its most popular, with the destroying of the 3rd precinct polling much higher than either presidential candidate, and it was only after months and years of revision that ppl talk like they werent

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I'll say again: if things don't change then, 10, 15 yrs, people'll be getting jobs like "Dr" or "judge" or "researcher" or w/e after an "AI Forward" education, & the rest of us will have to figure out what to do when supposed domain experts have no actual expertise. That's when the Real "fun" starts

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Replying to @grinkkink.bsky.social

hi hi hi it’d be a pleasure to share my fave masks! it’s def worth trying a few to see what fits you best; i thought i’d found THE ones for me when i made this video but i actually went on to try a breathteq in adult small (pictured below in black and lavendar) and it’s now my daily wear!

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obviously many more important takeaways from the French approach to protest, but much respect to the absolute varsity level Whimsy of throwing a whole ass piano at the cops

I worked at a cell phone repair factory for a week when I was 18, and one of my bosses told me to go home early at the end of the week My other boss saw me leaving and fired me for clocking out, assuming I was trying to ditch

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"Libraries should be open late as an alternative to the bar" is going around some groups I'm in again and I just Y'all can't convince enough people to fund libraries to be open during the day with reasonable pay and expectations Where do you think you're finding night shift premium pay money

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another recent commission ✨ I don’t go here but i know I Iove them #sk8infinity #matchablossom

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Kenney Shape is now FREE! (and it'll remain free, forever) ✨ Previously a paid tool, I'm releasing it as a gift to the community. Today's update will be the final one, with no further updates planned. That way I can focus on new software & projects! kenney.itch.io/kenney-shape

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Cartoonists United wants to hear from YOU! 🫵 This survey is for both self-published and traditionally published cartoonists in the US, including those who earn income from cons, commissions, subscriptions, and tipping services. Help us better understand challenges faced by all cartoonists.

Cartoonists United@cartoonist.coop

The survey closes October 31st aka Halloween!! 👻 It would be ~extra spooky~ of comic workers if you contributed to radical financial transparency to help us improve working conditions in the comics industry! 👻 If you filled this out last year, do it again! Up-to-date info crucial for this project!

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It's Amaro coffee season again! I am so pleased with this year's labels, look at his cheeky face :> It's a whole bean dark roast coffee 🖤☕ Supply is first come first serve, so once it's sold out, that's all we got! It's up in shop here: theyetee.com/miski

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We're Visai Games! 👋 We made Venba, an award winning narrative cooking game. As outsiders to the industry, we found our following in twitter but logging into it now means coming face to face with a lot of South Asian racism. If you like Venba, Follow us here so we don't have to login to twitter!