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Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 2h

Since he seems to be considering the afterlife, is there a deadly sin that Trump hasn’t been heavily into? Maybe sloth when he was younger and more active?

Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 2h

Roger Dean artwork

Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 3h

I do not want to see the chains that Epstein forged in life...

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Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 1d

Hot off the presses! If you need a bigger size to print your stickers let me know!

The Portland frog as a founding father, surround by the words "give me ribberty or give me death"

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Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 5h

No Kings, except Carmen Basilio

Boxer Carmen Basilio wearing a crown after a bout with Tony DeMarco at the Boston Garden in 1955. (Basilio by a TKO in the 12th round.) Photograph by Grey Villet

Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 5h

William S Burroughs (Loomis Dean. 1959)

William S Burroughs typing on a small portable (?) typewriter whilst smoking a cigarette (1959)

Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 6h

I don't always participate in the GOP is all about projection, but does Trump complaining about the Biden FBI putting agents in the January 6th crowd suggest the Trump FBI (or Trump DHS) will be putting provocateurs in the No Kings rallies?

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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 8h

Kani Bucho, an office boss with an entire crab for a head, is the mascot for Yokobiki, a company that makes metal roller shutters for store windows.

A mascot in a blue suit with a red crab for a head enters a building.

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Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 11h

Given the current mood, I guess Christopher Wray is getting ready for someone knocking down his door with guns drawn and demanding all his documents and electronic devices

Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 12h

Lots of posts on Trump referring to the "Biden FBI" putting agents in the crowd for Jan 6th. (He was president, so it was his FBI.) But who is he telling to "DO SOMETHING!!!" in the post? He's the president now. Is it directed at his staff/cabinet/administration? Or someone outside of government?

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Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 12h

MIL-SEA is Seattle 1.0 vs. Seattle 2.0 as the Brewers arose from the ashes of the Seattle Pilots. Also it's an occupational World Series where both teams represent professions (Brewers vs. Mariners)

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 16h

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

A comic strip in six panels. The panels inerlock like a jigsaw with knobs and sockets. Two stick figures walk right to left through all the panels.

Panel 1: Person 1 says "I hear you're working on a new theory."
Panel 2 & 3: Person 2 says: "Yes, I'm calling it the jigsaw model. I think it could change our whole View of reality."
Panel 4: Person 1 says "When Will you publish?:
Panel 5: Person 2 says "But a couple of things are still bothering me." (this piece/panel is a bit squint)
Panel 6: This piece is rotated ninety degees and fits to the others very badly. Person 2 is saying "Soon. I feel like I'm really close"
A second look at the whole comic shows that the last two panels read in the wrong order because the jigsaw has been put together incorrectly.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 1d

My cartoon for the books page in this week’s @theguardian.com

Title: Where writers really get their ideas.

A writer, holding a note in his outstretched hand approaches a cart in the park. The front of the cart reads 'Fresh ideas' and a colourful umbrella shades the server who is reaching deep into the body of the cart (much as an ice-cream vendor might) and saying:
"I'm all out of mind-blowing concepts and heart-rending narratives, but I've got an acerbic observation, an unexpected outcome and a couple of amusing notions."

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Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 1d

Muhammad Ali?

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Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 1d

I know there are a lot of government firings going on and I know that there is the historic precedent of the "Saturday Night Massacre," but given the increasing number of mass shootings, perhaps don't use "massacre" to describe these firings without prefacing it somehow

Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 1d

I realized the Mariners-Tigers game was going to be painful in the fifth inning and quit watching. Just didn’t realize the nature of the pain. So deepest sympathy to those who survived the ordeal

Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 2d

Michael Berryman as the principal in the video for Mötley Crüe's cover of "Smokin' in the Boys Room." Berryman, who is famously bald, wears a bad toupée and suit with a bow tie. He states, "You're just never able to see our side of things." There's an American flag in the background.

Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 2d

Is there a limit on how old you can be and still use the moniker "Kid"?

Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 2d

So after the plague of inflatable frogs, do we get a plague of inflatable gnats?

Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 2d

I don't keep on the latest sports, so I wasn't aware that someone had gone to a hockey game, decided that the fighting was the best part of the evening and turned fighting on ice into a professional sport

Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 3d

It is never OK to use "methinks" in polite conversation. (And why does no one ever use "methought" as the past tense?)

Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 3d

When you feel a need to correct someone on the history of Yakety Sax. “Yes, while Benny Hill popularized it, it was by Boots Randolph and released back in 1963. Hill didn’t use it until 1969 and he used a version by Peter Hughes…”

Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 3d

They’re not my first choice for the World Series, but if the Cubs make it, how does the administration explain how the World Series is being held in a supposed war zone?

Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 4d

Google images suggests that he's with Kayleigh McEnany (who is mentioned as testifying in the article) and she's listed as 5' 7" but is wearing heels here

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Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 4d

I miss when politicians would just say, "No comment," instead of acting like they're ignorant and not keeping up to date on important issues