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Ian Boothby

@ianboothby.bsky.social

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He/Him Writer, cartoonist, comedian. Washington Post and New Yorker cartoons, MAD Magazine, Futurama comics, Sparks! series of books, Exorsisters, Mannequin on the Moon and full time Canadian.

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Ian Boothby @ianboothby.bsky.social · Aug 2

Sparkscomic.com by me and @spacecoyote.com

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Ian Boothby @ianboothby.bsky.social · 4h

Two things can be true at the same time. The system made a place for him. And there has never been anyone more like a spoiled child play acting as President with no idea how to do the job or curiosity to learn anything about it. The system is corrupt. He's corrupt and ever changing chaos.

Ian Boothby @ianboothby.bsky.social · 4h

Hypocrisy doesn't work any more. Just a heads up if you're trying to use it for satire or to shame someone for their actions. Trump overloaded it and shorted it out. It's in the closet next to the broken rice cooker. Try something else until we can get it up and running again.

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Gisele Lagace @giselelagace.bsky.social · 5h

Exorsisters page 67 is up! tinyurl.com/3k946kpx #exorsisters

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Ian Boothby @ianboothby.bsky.social · 11h

"The following story is fictional and does not depict any actual person or event".

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17h

RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol

Ian Boothby @ianboothby.bsky.social · 15h

People wondering why Dolly Patron's sister asked everyone to pray for her. Well, long story short, it turns out Jolene is back.

The New York Sun @newyorksun.bsky.social · 15h

America’s most popular country music icon, Dolly Parton, says recent rumors of her imminent demise have been greatly exaggerated

‘I Ain’t Dead Yet!’: Dolly Parton Refutes Rumors of Being Gravely Ill

‘Do I look sick to you? I'm working hard here,’ she says in a video posted to social media.

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Ian Boothby @ianboothby.bsky.social · 15h

Always have been, there's a reason the First Amendment is first.

Ian Boothby @ianboothby.bsky.social · 15h

Sometimes it feels like the only thing that will lead to free speech in Russia are smaller windows.

Anders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social · 3d

Publisher of famous Soviet newspaper Pravda falls to his death from a seventh-floor window
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Publisher of famous Soviet newspaper Pravda falls to his death

The secretive head of Pravda publishing house, Vyacheslav Leontyev, 87, plunged 70ft from his home in western Moscow .

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Ian Boothby @ianboothby.bsky.social · 15h

How bad are the Epstien files?
Making him actually do his job as a distraction level bad.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Q: Are you gonna step up the pressure for a Ukraine deal?

TRUMP: Yeah. We are stepping up the pressure. We are stepping it up together.

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Ian Boothby @ianboothby.bsky.social · 15h

People who say, "We all have a price" are really saying, "I have a price".

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Ian Boothby @ianboothby.bsky.social · 1d

If any of our American facebook friends want to celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving on Monday, that's cool with us.

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Ian Boothby @ianboothby.bsky.social · 1d

Patreon.com/mannequinonthemoon

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Gisele Lagace @giselelagace.bsky.social · 1d

Exorsisters page 66 is up! tinyurl.com/2rjdw8uu #exorsisters

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Ian Boothby @ianboothby.bsky.social · 1d

We're the New Yorker daily cartoon today. www.instagram.com/newyorkercar...

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Ian Boothby @ianboothby.bsky.social · 1d

We have a new Patreon.com/mannequinonthemoon member today so to celebrate here's a bonus cartoon

Ian Boothby @ianboothby.bsky.social · 2d

Europeans might tell you different, but the truth is bidets are just toilets for ghosts.

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 2d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Gisele Lagace @giselelagace.bsky.social · 2d

Exorsisters page 65 is up! tinyurl.com/4k2ms3rx #exorsisters

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Ian Boothby @ianboothby.bsky.social · 2d

Next week I'm talking about working at the CBC from the age of 13. Stories of Switchback, Beachcombers, Street Cents, Good Rockin' Tonight, Big Cable, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Space Arm, Zed and why you've only heard of a few of those will be revealed. Tickets at www.showpass.com/cbc-and-me2/

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Blanche Devereaux @gingerkap23.bsky.social · 2d

Miller oopsie doodled and said the quiet part out loud, talking about DT aka himself having “plenary authority”:

A plenary power or plenary authority is a complete and absolute power to take action on a particular issue, with no limitations