Josh Fruhlinger
@jfruh.bsky.social
I am the Comics Curmudgeon, among several other things.
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Josh Fruhlinger
@jfruh.bsky.social
· Nov 19
i am disappointed that george pataki is not president yet
new comics curmudgeon post! joshreads.com/2026/0... not a fan of any of the facial expressions you see in this strip but i REALLY hate this one
January 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
new comics curmudgeon post! joshreads.com/2026/0... not a fan of any of the facial expressions you see in this strip but i REALLY hate this one
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No I said don’t tread on *me*. You can get treaded on.
January 9, 2026 at 3:17 PM
No I said don’t tread on *me*. You can get treaded on.
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One of the (several) problems with the demand that bystanders and targeted people be immediately compliant with ICE agents is that fleeing ICE is incredibly rational. They’re violent, piggish thugs who disappear some people into horrendous gulags and shoot others in the face.
January 9, 2026 at 5:35 AM
One of the (several) problems with the demand that bystanders and targeted people be immediately compliant with ICE agents is that fleeing ICE is incredibly rational. They’re violent, piggish thugs who disappear some people into horrendous gulags and shoot others in the face.
FUCK
40% of Bluesky have been contestants on Jeopardy making us a very smart website but all of them came in third so its not like that impressive
January 9, 2026 at 4:59 AM
FUCK
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trained police are allowed to react with unpredictable lethal violence and untrained civilians are obligated to behave entirely predictably to the threat of lethal violence
January 9, 2026 at 4:52 AM
trained police are allowed to react with unpredictable lethal violence and untrained civilians are obligated to behave entirely predictably to the threat of lethal violence
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Big F in chat for the State Department lackeys who have to say with a straight face that the United States supports the right to peacefully oppose the government and opposes autocracy.
January 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Big F in chat for the State Department lackeys who have to say with a straight face that the United States supports the right to peacefully oppose the government and opposes autocracy.
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All I ask is that I be allowed to hate these people as much as they hate me.
it's sort of funny that white is now an epithet on the right if paired with woman and liberal
January 8, 2026 at 4:52 PM
All I ask is that I be allowed to hate these people as much as they hate me.
a thing i sincerely think is underdiscussed is how this is a rolling roadshow that only happens in a couple cities at a time. they don't have the guys to be a nationwide regime militia. i don't know if they think doing it so aggressively will scare ppl into complying in advance or what
this is one of the more psychotic things about this shit. yes they are absolutely terrorizing people and communities. yes they are motivated by racism and xenophobia. no, they are not actually deporting that many people relative to baseline.
One thing seeing them made clear: among other things, this is a TERRIBLE way to conduct deportations. If they weren’t rolling in like paramilitaries, two guys with badges could probably deport more people in an hour than this military convoy of 20 men could in a day
January 9, 2026 at 1:22 AM
a thing i sincerely think is underdiscussed is how this is a rolling roadshow that only happens in a couple cities at a time. they don't have the guys to be a nationwide regime militia. i don't know if they think doing it so aggressively will scare ppl into complying in advance or what
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this is one of the more psychotic things about this shit. yes they are absolutely terrorizing people and communities. yes they are motivated by racism and xenophobia. no, they are not actually deporting that many people relative to baseline.
One thing seeing them made clear: among other things, this is a TERRIBLE way to conduct deportations. If they weren’t rolling in like paramilitaries, two guys with badges could probably deport more people in an hour than this military convoy of 20 men could in a day
just had my first major real-life encounter with an ICE convoy and the sheer creepiness of a bunch of men in masks rolling through your community hard to convey in texts. they have half the city on their tail at all times at least
January 8, 2026 at 8:51 PM
this is one of the more psychotic things about this shit. yes they are absolutely terrorizing people and communities. yes they are motivated by racism and xenophobia. no, they are not actually deporting that many people relative to baseline.
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You’ve got to be careful with claims like this. The UK’s DJ rate has exceeded 60% of the population at times, so it’s fairly likely that DJs will be prominent among *any* group. Same probably true for France and novelists.
January 8, 2026 at 6:24 PM
You’ve got to be careful with claims like this. The UK’s DJ rate has exceeded 60% of the population at times, so it’s fairly likely that DJs will be prominent among *any* group. Same probably true for France and novelists.
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"hated Hulk Hogan" turning out to be a useful marker of allies in times of trouble
Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸
January 9, 2026 at 1:01 AM
"hated Hulk Hogan" turning out to be a useful marker of allies in times of trouble
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genuinely LMAO
lmao even
*US SPY CHIEF GABBARD EXCLUDED FROM MADURO PLANS OVER PAST VIEWS
they did a little war and iced out the DNI for reasons
*US SPY CHIEF GABBARD EXCLUDED FROM MADURO PLANS OVER PAST VIEWS
they did a little war and iced out the DNI for reasons
January 8, 2026 at 11:34 PM
genuinely LMAO
remember when trump got elected the first time and one of the first things he did was call the president of taiwan and it briefly was a little controversy, lol
Trump on Taiwan. If any other president of any party had said this, congressional Republicans would be flipping out.
January 8, 2026 at 11:34 PM
remember when trump got elected the first time and one of the first things he did was call the president of taiwan and it briefly was a little controversy, lol
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I thought this was about famous Mary Worth character Wilbur Weston for a second @wilburwurthless.bsky.social @jfruh.bsky.social
The 7-year “Weston Whopper” saga grinds on.
A Superior Court judge has rejected the Weston ZBA’s appeal, upholding the State’s Housing Appeal Committee’s approval of a 180-unit Chapter 40B project on 10 acres. This was originally filed in 2019 with 275-units.
📍Weston, MA
A Superior Court judge has rejected the Weston ZBA’s appeal, upholding the State’s Housing Appeal Committee’s approval of a 180-unit Chapter 40B project on 10 acres. This was originally filed in 2019 with 275-units.
📍Weston, MA
January 8, 2026 at 11:20 PM
I thought this was about famous Mary Worth character Wilbur Weston for a second @wilburwurthless.bsky.social @jfruh.bsky.social
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Me to my wife whenever Cloid is on the screen during a demonstration of LG's AI Home Presentation with Cloid
January 8, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Me to my wife whenever Cloid is on the screen during a demonstration of LG's AI Home Presentation with Cloid
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popular front tonight, queen?
January 8, 2026 at 9:41 PM
popular front tonight, queen?
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a driver said I had a five star rating the other week and added “that’s very hard to do” and I said that’s so nice to hear and then it got quiet for a bit and I immediately started thinking he was a little let down, like maybe I was holding back a magic show. I just tip and shut the door real gentle
January 8, 2026 at 9:43 PM
a driver said I had a five star rating the other week and added “that’s very hard to do” and I said that’s so nice to hear and then it got quiet for a bit and I immediately started thinking he was a little let down, like maybe I was holding back a magic show. I just tip and shut the door real gentle
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No one’s doing it like Kristi
Kristi Noem, herself, supplied the method used to ID the agent. She said he "been dragged by a vehicle” in an earlier incident.
@startribune.com reporters, who know their way around court records, quickly unearthed his name and confirmed his identity.
@startribune.com reporters, who know their way around court records, quickly unearthed his name and confirmed his identity.
The agent, Jonathan Ross, was dragged by a vehicle and injured during a June operation in the Twin Cities, court records show.
January 8, 2026 at 8:33 PM
No one’s doing it like Kristi
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Time to consult the Declaration again
January 8, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Time to consult the Declaration again
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I'm pretty sure the guy Gearhead Gertie is talking to on the phone is supposed to be NASCAR Commissioner Steve Phelps, who yesterday resigned in disgrace in the aftermath of the lawsuit settlement. Probably because he forgot to negotiate for Gertie's free tickets
January 8, 2026 at 5:56 PM
I'm pretty sure the guy Gearhead Gertie is talking to on the phone is supposed to be NASCAR Commissioner Steve Phelps, who yesterday resigned in disgrace in the aftermath of the lawsuit settlement. Probably because he forgot to negotiate for Gertie's free tickets