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“A little well-bred obscenity never did any harm.” - Raymond Chandler

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Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 53m

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 · 1h

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?

Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 1h

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 · 5h

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 · 23h

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."

Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 23h

Muhammad Ali?

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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

Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 1d

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

Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 2d

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 · 3d

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

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

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 4d

grawlix | noun | a series of typographical symbols (such as $#!) used in text as a replacement for profanity

Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 4d

A local liquor store is called High Spirits

Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 4d

I was complaining last week about it being unseasonably hot and now I’ll complain about it being unseasonably cold. Such is my lot in life

Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 4d

If Texas wishes to infiltrate leftwing groups to investigate domestic terrorism, wouldn't it be best not to loudly announce said infiltration?

Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 4d

How can he talk to the president (or does he mean the prime minister?) if Somalia has no leader? Unfortunately, this is one of his latest gags and we're going to keep hearing it because like a bad comedian, he only has a limited number of things to say

Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 5d

I'm getting tired of the Republican use of "some." Like "some people say" or "some legal experts believe." I mean some people believe anything. "Some people believe the world is flat" is a true statement, but that doesn't mean the world is flat

Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 5d

Like knowing a dragon's true name, knowing a person's middle name gives you power over them

Jack Lint @jacklint.bsky.social · 5d

Can you even negotiate with an administration that regularly holds funding that has been approved by Congress?