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Derrell Durrett

@derrelldurrett.bsky.social

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Ex physics. Software. Life-long observer of the public morality. Devoté of Poe's Law. Potentially voluble. Boulder Colorado

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Derrell Durrett @derrelldurrett.bsky.social · Jul 17

Housing, food, health care, and education.

For all.

That should be a guarantee to all Americans that America makes.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Jul 16

AOC: “It should be our mission right now to make sure that all people have health care!"

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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 45m

Basically RFK Jr is blowing a dog whistle in the key of anti-semitism. (Autism = bad, in his eschatology: also circumcision = Jewish cultural practice = bad. It's much more obvious outside the US eg. here in Europe, where circumcision is mainly practiced by muslims and jews, or for phimosis.)

John Shirley @johnshirley2024.bsky.social · 14h

We knew RFKjr was as crazy as a soup sandwich, but this?!

RFK Jr.’s comments on circumcision and autism draw sharp criticism

Kennedy's comments were met with incredulity, skepticism and snark.

www.oregonlive.com

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Jen Sorensen @jensorensen.bsky.social · 2h

This week's comic: What does not belong?

FUN TIME

AMERICA: What does not belong?

APPLE PIE

INVADING US CITIES

BASEBALL

KINGS

STATUE OF LIBERTY

STATUE OF LIBERTY WITH HITLER MOUSTACHE

THE RIGHT TO VOTE

BOOT STOMPING ON HUMAN FACE FOREVER

COMEDIANS MAKING FUN OF PRESIDENT

PRESIDENT FIRING COMEDIANS

HOT DOGS

KING EATING ALL THE HOT DOGS AND APPLE PIES

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competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 6d

wizard frog is insane

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 5d

new toon: shutting down

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Cartoon: Shutting down

Big news: my new Kickstarter is live! It’s been five years since my last book, which is too long (my usual schedule is every two to three years, but I’ve had bad luck with traditional publishers latel...

www.dailykos.com

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Marc Murphy @murphycartoons.bsky.social · 4d

No.

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Dave Whamond @davewhamond.bsky.social · 4d

#TrumpShutdown

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DrMacLeodCartoons @macltoons.bsky.social · 4d

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 4d

My intention was to keep this thing simple, since I'm doing it on my own (with the help of @glennf.com). But if we hit $100K, that's gonna need some bonus stickers as a thank you! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...

Our Long National Nightmare by Tom Tomorrow

Relive the trauma of the last five years through the cartoons of Herblock Award winner and Pulitzer nominee Tom Tomorrow.

www.kickstarter.com

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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 4d

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Matt Wuerker @mwuerker.bsky.social · 4d

Those who don't learn from history.... or old cartoon cliches....

www.politico.com/cartoons/202...

October 2025

Political cartoons from the desk of Matt Wuerker

www.politico.com

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 4d

Window Screen

xkcd.com/3151/

4-panel comic. (1) [person in front of window, shaped like a trapezoid with a curved top] This weekend, I had to make an oversized screen for a porch window. (2) [person sitting with hands on head surrounded by images of assorted equations and measurements] It involved countless tiny problems, each somehow way harder than it should be. Oblique angles. Curved edges. Noncoplanarity. (3) [person in front of window with screen on it, with building detritus strewn on the ground] ...I solved them all. I measured precisely. I did trigonometry. I made custom parts. And it fit *perfectly.* No gaps, no ripples. (4) [person typing at computer] I know that your foundation normally limits its purview to physics, medicine, peace, chemistry, and literature. However, if you review the attached photos showing how well the screen fits into the...

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Derrell Durrett @derrelldurrett.bsky.social · 3h

It is a pretty damn stupid look for the director of the FBI to be sporting.

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 4d

LMAO LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

Kash Patel in his own merch looking fucking embarrassing as hell lmao

he’s so fucking ugly

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 4d

the way he fuckin talks it sounds like he’s going to murder them

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 4d

President Trump addressed backpay for furloughed workers, saying that some "don't deserve to be taken care of" and that he'll take care of them in a different way.

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SMBC Comics @smbccomics.bsky.social · 3d

When biologists can't explain cubic wombat poop, why don't THEY call it a singularity?

COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/beyond
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/c/ZachWeiner...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com

2-panel SMBC comic update. The first panel has a narration box saying "Caveman" where two cavemen are looking out at the ocean. One says "us not know what on other side of ocean." The second panel has a narration box saying "Caveman Physicist" where the same caveman now says "Past ocean... Science breaks down. Is Ocean singularity" as the other caveman marvels.

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Lalo Alcaraz @laloalcaraz.bsky.social · 3d

My latest for CaloNews.com/donate

Shadow President and man who keeps the mass deportation trains running on time, Stephen Miller, is just fed up with being accurately labeled a fascist and a Nazi. Do not mock his looks, or his height, or the fact that he IS A FASCIST AND A NAZI.

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Dinosaur Comics! @qwantz.com · 3d

IT'S LIKE SENDING A LINK, BUT MORE WORK

www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...

T-Rex: UTAHRAPTOR! I have exciting news!

T-Rex: Utahraptor! Where ARE you?

T-Rex: Have you seen Utahraptor? I have -
Dromiceiomimus: - exciting news, yes, I know. On account of how you've been hollering his name everywhere!
Dromiceiomimus: I think I saw him back the way you came.

T-Rex: UUUUUTAHRAPTOR!
Utahraptor: Yes, T-Rex?
T-Rex: GAH!

T-Rex: Utahraptor, there you are! I have EXCITING news!
Utahraptor: What is it?!
T-Rex: Guess what...!

Narrator: THIS PANEL INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK SO YOU CAN ADD IN A RECENT NEWS HEADLINE OF YOUR CHOOSING, AND THEN SEND IT TO SOMEONE WHO YOU WANT TO BE AWARE OF THAT RECENT NEWS HEADLINE

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 7d

Chemerinsky: The Trump extortion demands are unconstitutional as well as odious (gift link). Me: Any school that signs must be shunned, faculty affected must walk. No room for this.

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

www.nytimes.com

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pxmolina @pxmolina.bsky.social · 3d

#USA #EnemyFromWithin #FromTheArchive Find more cartoons here:
tinyview.com/pedro-x-molina

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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 3d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

NN: Dems say you won't swear in Grijalva bc you don't want her vote on Epstein

JOHNSON: No. It's scheduling

NN: But there have been Rs sworn in during pro forma sessions

MJ: Only reason was bc they flew in their family

NN: So if she flies in her family you'd do it?

MJ: Again, it's a distraction