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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 7h

FRITZI RITZ BY LARRY WHITTINGTON MADE IT’S
DEBUT 103 YEARS AGO ON
OCTOBER 09,1922

FRITZI RITZ BY LARRY WHITTINGTON
P1- FRITZI IS STAYING AT A POSH MOUNTAIN RESORT HOTEL ELM

ATTENDANT HELPS FRITZI DISMOUNT FROM HER HORSE
ATTENDANT:RIGHT DOWN, MISS RITZ

P2-FRITZI : MARIE, SEE WHO’S AT THE DOOR
MARIE: YES'M - YOUR BATH IS READY NOW, M'AM

ANOTHER MAID IS REMOVING FRITZI’S RIDING BOOTS

P3- A FRIEND OF FRITZI: HELLO FRITZI, OLD DEAR ! WHAT ARE YOU
DOING UP HERE IN THE MOUNTAINS ?

P4-FRITZI: OH JUST ROUGHING IT
AWHILE

EVERYONE LOOKS SIDEWAYS …

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Jake Rudh @jakerudh.bsky.social · 15h

Happy 70th birthday to art director, graphic designer and Factory Records co-founder Peter Saville.

Mr. Saville has designed album covers for Joy Division, New Order, Roxy Music, Brian Eno/David Byrne, King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, OMD, Ultravox, Visage, Suede, Pulp & many more.

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Erika Unraptured ⚧️ @erikavalentine.bsky.social · 11h

I can't even with these lunatics.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 14h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 1d

We at The Steady State have studied the indicators of authoritarianism for decades — usually dry words in intelligence reports. But sometimes, a single photograph says it all.

Authoritarianism doesn’t arrive all at once. It creeps in under cover of “order,” cloaked in uniforms, justified by fear.

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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 1d

It seems like the US just effectively cancelled everyone’s passports who has an X gender marker on them (unless I’m reading this wrong).

www.gtlaw-insidebusinessimmigration.com/u-s-customs-...

CBP Enforces Binary Sex Codes and Enhanced US Passport Validation in APIS

CBP enforces binary sex codes and stricter US passport validation in APIS effective October 2025. Key compliance updates for business travelers and airlines.

www.gtlaw-insidebusinessimmigration.com

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J.D. Sargan @jdsargan.bsky.social · 1d

It's true: I wrote a book. And what's more, the book is done and soon you'll be able to own a copy. And what's more more, if you want a hard copy you can order one for 50% off now, with the code SAR50. And if you want it digitally, it'll be open access!

www.arc-humanities.org/978180270163...

Trans Histories of the Medieval Book - Arc Humanities Press

Archival collections are political spaces: the decisions that govern whose histories are preserved, when, and by whom are not neutral. They reflect the commu...

www.arc-humanities.org

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⚡🧟‍♀️ MAD DOCTOR IMPOSSIBLE!! 🧟‍♀️⚡ @impossiblephd.bsky.social · 18h

Ever wonder why Substack Recommends Nazis? This week on Stained Glass Woman, we're diving into the history of publishing and how queer voices and, oddly, Neo-Nazis were suppressed for decades by the publishing industry--and how they broke containment.

stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/substack-r...

Substack Recommends Nazis

A brief history of publishing and how Neo-Nazis—and queer people—went mainstream

stainedglasswoman.substack.com

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 1d

Vast, vast majority of trans people aren't going to leave the country. Many can't leave the areas they're currently in.

If trans survival/liberation are something one cares about, at all, that's the reality.

So...🧵

(And no, this is not — in the main — about indviduals leaving the country).

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Erika Unraptured ⚧️ @erikavalentine.bsky.social · 16h

substack.com/@lilithhelst...

Lilith Helstrom (@lilithhelstrom)

This. Republicans are the patriarchy getting revenge because they don’t like that women alone have the power to create life. Men use their strength to control the women, so they can in turn control l...

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 1d

Fuel shortages you say?
Air Raid Warden driving a miniature car, capable of covering eighty miles on a gallon of gasoline and attaining a speed of 45 m.p.h.!

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Erika Unraptured ⚧️ @erikavalentine.bsky.social · 1d

Should probably tag this more visibly as @lianmilanesa.bsky.social 's work since not everyone reads the alt text.

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Erika Unraptured ⚧️ @erikavalentine.bsky.social · 1d

Pierre

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Erika Unraptured ⚧️ @erikavalentine.bsky.social · 1d

Me finding it: 'AHHHHHH! It's been removed from its context!'

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Erika Unraptured ⚧️ @erikavalentine.bsky.social · 1d

TinTin fan art by Lian Milanesa depicting TinTin in various feminine outfits. In the background, Captain Haddock seated in an easy chair looks up from his newspaper to say, 'What goes on, TinTin? You only needed to disguise yourself as a lady once, but this is the third time you've gone out like that!'

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1d

Just openly cheering the destruction of any representation of gay people in public space. They think their power is totally unrestricted, and the entire country will support them rolling back society to the 1950s, or maybe the 1850s

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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 1d

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
August 26,1946

NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER
P1-NANCY AND SLUGGO PANEL SEE A PAIR OF SUNGLASSES LAYING ON THE SIDEWALK
NANCY: OH, BOY !...A PAIR OF SUN GLASSES
SLUGGO :I SAW 'EM FOIST

P2-NANCY: LET GO
THEY'RE MINE
SLUGGO: SOME NOIVE-GIMME ‘EM

P3-NANCY: LISTEN --- WHAT'S THE USE OF US FIGHTING LIKE THIS?

P4-NANCY AND SLUGGO ARE WALKING DOWN THE SIDEWALK SIDE BY SIDE
WITH THEIR HEADS TOGETHER SO THAT BOTH CAN WEAR THE SUNGLASSES TOGETHER

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Erika Unraptured ⚧️ @erikavalentine.bsky.social · 1d

I describe myself as 'a demi who happens to be in a sapphic relationship'.

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Erika Unraptured ⚧️ @erikavalentine.bsky.social · 1d

Devastating...on the dance floor!

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Erika Unraptured ⚧️ @erikavalentine.bsky.social · 1d

Brava!

Erika Unraptured ⚧️ @erikavalentine.bsky.social · 1d

My group is going to be waaaaay at the end near the bouncy houses. (Don't think I'll have to work the booth as of now.)

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 2d

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

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Erika Unraptured ⚧️ @erikavalentine.bsky.social · 2d

Influencers?? Shallow?? [faints dead away]

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Erika Unraptured ⚧️ @erikavalentine.bsky.social · 2d

Causing Disney to release 4Ks of both films (with a proper restoration of the OG) is the only good thing about Ares.

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