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Glenn Fleishman

glennf@zeppelin.flights

<p>Glenn is a printing and comics historian. His Eisner Award-nominated book, *How Comics Are Made*, is available in bookstores worldwide. Glenn somehow won two episodes of Jeopardy! His recent books include *That One Matt Bors Comic* (2026) <a href="https://aperiodical.net/tombc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">aperiodical.net/tombc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>, *Flong Time, No See* (2026), and *Six Centuries of Type &amp; Printing* (2025). He also edits books and consults on Kickstarter campaigns.</p>

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    “Introducing the iFinger, a painless surgical procedure to make you compatible with your new MacBook Pro’s touchscreen.” https://zeppelin.flights/@glennf/117519698564596976

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    This video is incredibly satisfying to watch with a kicker of a twist near the end for something about kitchen cleaning. Priya Krishna does amazing work. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/dining/restaurant-cleaning.html?unlocked_article_code=1.L1E.dsrN.DvKWEK65vjeF&amp;amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share

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    Turns out Ramaswamy has an incredible ability after all: to unite people of all races, creeds, and political beliefs against him.

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    Amazon currently has a sale on 2nd-generation AirTags: $23 each or 4 for $89: https://findyourtag.net/product/airtag-2nd-gen

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    Sad to see her passing. Loved Kate &amp;amp; Allie. Loved her work. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/arts/television/susan-st-james-dead-kate-and-allie.html?unlocked_article_code=1.MFE.DISA.NfLCkYm6OGhQ&amp;amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share my mom once met Mike Farrell, who was standing near a film shoot near our house one night. The movie was “How to Beat the High Cost of Living.” Saint James was in it. Farrell and she were quietly dating.

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    Vibe coding is one thing; the noise of AI-written emails flooding my inbox another. How will the next generation of iPhone and Mac developers find an audience among the chaff? Me @sixcolors@zeppelin.flights https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/10/sorry-new-developers-its-vibecodetown/ (P.S. I hate the term vibe coding as a catch all.)

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    In time for Halloween, a harrowing tale of Siri Remote. https://glog.glennf.com/blog/2026/10/23/no-siri-no/

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    Has anyone ever sent you a poll in Apple Messages?

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    Jen Farrell is a generational talent in letterpress craft printing. You can get one of her most remarkable prints right now at a steal: $100 for 1 of 85 of “The City is My Religion.” Just incredible work for a Chicago lover. https://www.starshaped.com/chicago/cityismyreligion2026 @Starshapedpress

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    I’ve had a recurring problem with gnats in the basement bathroom drain. Yesterday I said, where are my spiders! Today I see a spider having captured all the gnats. I said, thank you, ma’am.

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    I have been telling people about the far-right owners of ULINE for a while and suggesting you use EcoEnclose as an alternative. I have used a 1,000+ of their boxes + packing material. I didn’t realize I could give you a $20 coupon (off $50+)! http://refs.ecoenclose.com/0MRBz37h (Disclosure: I also get $20. I will use it wisely.)

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    Hell can never be too full to exclude one more hypocrite.

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    What’s a Matter, you? I sort out a long-running Apple Home issue with a garage-door sensor and now understand much more about Thread. @sixcolors https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/07/pulling-the-thread-to-know-if-my-garage-door-is-closed/

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    Via @sixcolors@zeppelin.flights, news of WhatCable, the answer to all Mac owners’ prayers about figuring ports and cable capabilities! At last! https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/07/whatcable-gives-you-the-download-on-your-usb-cables/ Both a free and pro tier: https://www.whatcable.uk/

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    RE: https://mastodon.social/@TWiT/116885424357171230 I was a guest this week subbing for @film_girl@mastodon.social! I did not pick up the Swift slack.

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    “Trans people are fleeing red states for Seattle. The city can&#39;t keep up.” Donate to Traction! On the ground help for trans people coming to my fair city! https://givebutter.com/traction2026 They have desperate need of funding to keep this help going! I gave—please consider helping these vulnerable human beings. https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/trans-people-are-fleeing-red-states-for-seattle-the-city-cant-keep-up/

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    A crow came up to me with a look in its eye while I was walking. I paused. “Can I help you?” It hopped off, not far off. I cross the street. It flew over, not hostile. “What’s up? Do you want something?” It cocked its head. I checked my pockets. I found a key ring and removed the keys.

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    A mailing list has 10 to 20 times the impact per subscriber/follower than social media. That said, I have 20 times more followers than subscribers so the impact is often similar!

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    I took a walk yesterday at what must have been baby o’clock: every single baby and toddler was out with their parents. Must have been the end of Uniform Nap Time, which we observe in the Socialist State of Seattle.

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    I have tried to not make my feed an infinite scroll of this, but here is a reminder: That One Matt Bors Comic is an anthology of Matt, writers and cartoonists, and randos from the internet who are/have riffed on “we should improve society somewhat.” https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glennf/that-one-matt-bors-comic

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    If you’re in the Columbus, Ohio, area, make a trip to the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library &amp;amp; Museum on May 23 for its grand gallery re-opening! Chris Ware headlines, plus a new permanent exhibition on—surprise!—the Story of Comics. Yours truly has a video in this that runs perpetually. https://library.osu.edu/site/cartoons/2026/04/28/billy-ireland-cartoon-library-museum-reopens-may-23/

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    All the Bluesky bubble people showing their whole ass, as their comments reveal the paucity of who they follow. The bubble is inside yourself. Also, grow up; it is just a fancy CB radio, not the future of humanity. Unless you’re on X, which is a network of Nazi walkie-talkies.

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    Join @mattbors on Wednesday at 10 am PT/1 pm ET for an AMA about Toxic Avenger, The Nib, being a tiny publisher, comics journalism, and our upcoming That One Matt Bors Comic book. Click through to get a Reddit reminder. https://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/1tlok0t/matt_bors_toxic_avenger_justice_warriors_improve/

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    I’m unfollowing everyone who is trying to create Internet Main Characters. It isn’t healthy (unless they are politicians or people with political power and even then not rally), and I pledge to stop doing it to avoid being a hypocrite.

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    The Pope wrote “fly from AI, you fools.”

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    Join @mattbors May 27 at 10 am PT/1pm ET on Reddit to Ask Matt Anything about cartooning, running the Nib, writing Toxic Avenger, the decline of alt-weeklies, what’s it like to have a meme take over your cartoon, etc. https://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/1tlok0t/matt_bors_toxic_avenger_justice_warriors_improve/

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    I just discovered a new* way of adding emoji to Messages on an iPhone or iPad! And wrote that up plus many other ways to incorporate the tiny stories that are those symbols. @sixcolors https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/05/orange-you-glad-i-didnt-say-emoji/ *Apple introduced 10 years ago in iOS 10

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    A Gadwall

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    Every extreme religious leader in every denomination and sect gathers power to hide scrutiny of their physical abuse of others. https://apple.news/A2MP__9dbSOe0wc7wdUV-9w

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    I forgot that I forgot about RSS, which has once again become part of my daily life. https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/05/how-i-restarted-using-rss-and-actually-noticed/