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Actry MWFF25 NFC26

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I am a god fearing American raccoon🇺🇸

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Actry MWFF25 NFC26 @actry.bsky.social · 2h

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Wyatt Derp 🔜 Derp’n @wyattfox.bsky.social · 9d

Happy National Racc Day! Today they’re free so hurry up and snag one while supplies last!!! 🆓🦝🆓

🦝 @actry.bsky.social @banditraccoon.bsky.social @emptysetart.bsky.social

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 10d

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

A few days after this cartoon was published, my syndicate received a very indignant letter from someone representing the Jane Goodall Institute.
Not only did my syndicate and I both get read the Riot Act, there was a vague implication that litigation over this cartoon might be around the corner.
I was horrified. Not so much from a fear of being sued (I just couldn't see how this cartoon could be construed as anything but silly, but because of my deep respect for Jane Goodall and her well-known contributions to pri-matology. The last thing in the world I would have intentionally done was offend Dr. Goodall in any way.
Before I had a chance to write my apology, another complication arose.
The National Geographic Society contacted my syndicate and expressed a

desire to reprint the cartoon in a special centennial issue of their magazine. My editor, aware of what had just occurred, declined, explaining why.
Apparently, whoever it was that sent the inquiry from National Geographic was shocked. They told my editor that "that doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know." They did some checking themselves, and an interesting fact was eventually discovered: Jane Goodall loved the cartoon. Furthermore, she was totally unaware that any of this "stuff" was going on. Some phone calls were made, and the cartoon was not only reprinted in the centennial issue of National Geographic, but was also used by her Institute on a T-shirt for fund-raising purposes.
I've since had an opportunity to visit Dr. Goodall at her research facility in Gombe. It's a wonderful place (sort of like right out of National Geographic).
"To refer to Dr. Goodall as a tramp is inexcusable even by a self-described 'loony' as Larson. The cartoon was incredibly offensive and in such poor taste that readers might well question the editorial judgment of running such an atrocity in a newspaper that reputes to be supplying news to persons with a better than average intelligence. The cartoon and its message were absolutely stupid." —Excerpt from the above-mentioned letter that started the ruckus

Actry MWFF25 NFC26 @actry.bsky.social · 10d

Why do you get a while month while we just get a day???

Actry MWFF25 NFC26 @actry.bsky.social · 10d

It is near

Genki @djgenki.bsky.social · 10d

Did you know

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Wyatt Derp 🔜 Derp’n @wyattfox.bsky.social · 17d

Here, for anyone who desires pure unstitched boxy goodness 🟧😌🟧

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Kay 🌈 @simkaye.bsky.social · 24d

Who remembers this game?? 😍😍
Not u bc unfortunately I made it up

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Katav 🐺 g(r)ay wolf 🐏 bighorn(y) ram @katav.gay · Sep 8

lying in the leaves

anthro wolf wearing a Rams jersey lying in fall leaves

Actry MWFF25 NFC26 @actry.bsky.social · Sep 7

When I've decided for sure that I'm going to the con, so up to a year

Actry MWFF25 NFC26 @actry.bsky.social · Sep 6

Totally me 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Actry MWFF25 NFC26 @actry.bsky.social · Sep 6

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nobo🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞 @sinewavy.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Guppy (They/Them) @ohmygoditguppy.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Actry MWFF25 NFC26 @actry.bsky.social · Sep 3

Oh god no. No

Actry MWFF25 NFC26 @actry.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Actry MWFF25 NFC26 @actry.bsky.social · Sep 1

Happy labor day, here's my favorite socialist drinking song

youtu.be/x2nklD15zGA?...

The Man That Waters the Workers’ Beer

YouTube video by John Roberts & Tony Barrand - Topic

Actry MWFF25 NFC26 @actry.bsky.social · Sep 1

hell yeah we are

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North @northbear.bsky.social · Sep 1

Septembear

Actry MWFF25 NFC26 @actry.bsky.social · Sep 1

SEPTEMBEAR

Actry MWFF25 NFC26 @actry.bsky.social · Sep 1

Sheptember
Sneptember
Skunktember
I don't care about any of them, it's LEAF PEEPER SEASON

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Jay @duniagamemaster.bsky.social · Aug 25

It's Minnesota State Fair time! It's time for Minnesotan folk art! Here, for example, is Saturn Devouring His Corn, in the seed art category!

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Delphy @delphy.bsky.social · Aug 23

Leaving home as a young adult is about gaining new experiences, and what better way to gain those new experiences than some awkward drunken kissing with the cute guy you just met at a rowdy college party?

Actry MWFF25 NFC26 @actry.bsky.social · Aug 17

I'm going to smokeybate

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Al Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social · Aug 17

OK, Alaska, you win for coolest dressing room of the tour.

Al’s dressing room at the Alaska State Fair is a tiny log cabin.