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Jonté's Inferno @lrjonte.bsky.social · Dec 9

Feels like a good time to bring this out again.

“To recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.”
― Oscar Wilde

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Jonté's Inferno @lrjonte.bsky.social · 3h

Dolly Parton is a national treasure.

I ain’t dead yet!

YouTube video by Dolly Parton

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james lucas @jameslucasjones.bsky.social · 1d

never forget that they made jimmy carter sell his peanut farm

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump Watches commercials are now running regularly on Newsmax

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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 1d

Genuinely Poor

Reposting because I've added a kicker panel. Thanks to @schraubd.bsky.social for the suggestion!

Read more cartoons! #PoliCartoon
Help us make more! patreon.com/barry

TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON

This cartoon has four panels. Each panel shows two men: A not-wealthy looking man with shaggy hair and some stubble, and a bald man in glasses, wearing a business suit and tie. Each panel shows them at a sidewalk with grass growing in the background.

PANEL 1

Shaggy is wearing a wrinkled collared shirt and jeans. Necktie is wearing a gray suit with a tie with a dot pattern.

It’s bright daytime. Shaggy, with his back turned to Necktie, is looking at and poking a smartphone, and, in the helpful way people so often do in the first panel of my cartoons, talking aloud to himself. Necktie is turning to look at, and yell at, Shaggy.

SHAGGY: I can’t find a job and I’m out of money… Time to google “food stamps.”

NECKTIE: Food stamps are for people who are genuinely poor. If you were poor, you wouldn’t own a smartphone, would you?

PANEL 2

A caption says “one week later.”

From the light, it appears to be early evening. Shaggy is wearing a plaid shirt and Black pants, and has a backpack; Necktie is wearing a pinstripe suit and a tie with horizontal stripes.

Shaggy is looking worried and has a hand on his chest; Necktie is sternly talking to, and pointing at, Shaggy.

SHAGGY: I sold my phone, but now I’m out of money again.

NECKTIE: So sell your car. No one who owns a car is poor.

PANEL 3

A caption says “one month later.”

The same two men, on a similar patch of sidewalk. Shaggy is sitting on the curb, slumping. Necktie looks very cheerful.

SHAGGY: Now I’ve got no money for food, no phone for job hunting, and no car to get to a job!

NECKTIE: Excellent! Now you’re genuinely poor!

PANEL 4

The same scene, a moment later. Shaggy, looking hopeful. Necktie grins.

SHAGGY: So now you’re okay with me getting food stamps?

NECKTIE: Nope!

TINY KICKER PANEL UNDER THE CARTOON

Shaggy is talking to Barry the Cartoonist.

SHAGGY: So how do I get food stamps, anyway?

BARRY: Call them for an appointment, then drive to their office to apply.

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Paul Smedley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇦 @paulsmedley.bsky.social · 1d

#Felon47
#LowIQIndividual
#Krasnov
#PedoInChief
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

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Seth Rudy @sethrudy.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile in #Portland

Kermit faces off with Hopper in The Muppet Movie

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Bicycle Seen @frpaul1.bsky.social · 2d

Looks at Ottawa.

Jake Tobin @jaketobin.bsky.social · 2d

Why is this every city sign

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 2d

You weren’t “lazy”.

You were autistic and overwhelmed.

You weren’t “indecisive”.

You were autistic and unsafe.

You weren’t “procrastinating”.

You were autistic and frozen.

Autistic inertia isn’t refusal.

It’s a nervous system doing its best to survive.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 1d

UK readers, we got a coupon thing!

A Waterstones ad featuring Nine Goblins, which you can preorder for 25%! Neat!

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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Spencer Green @spencergreen.bsky.social · 1d

Amphibtifa.

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JCJB @phantanoir.bsky.social · 1d

This is why video editing is an art form

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Franky Sinatra with sister Nancy @frankysinatra.bsky.social · 1d

This looks like a good spot.
#rabbit #bunny

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Antifa CEO @antifa.bsky.social · 1d

👇

Antifa CEO @antifa.bsky.social · 20d

Designating “Antifa” as a terrorist organization isn’t about Antifa it’s about creating a powerful tool to label anyone Trump dislikes as “Antifa” and punish them.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

ICE Raids: Myth Vs. Fact https://theonion.com/ice-raids-myth-vs-fact/

MYTH: My grandmother was deported to El Salvador.

FACT: No one really knows where she was deported to.

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Jason Bradley Thompson @mockman.bsky.social · 1d

Hey all! Here's the new online playtest schedule for Dreamland: Fairytale Portal Fantasy Beyond the Wall of Sleep (coming soon from @exaltedfuneral.bsky.social ) for October. I had to move the Hot Springs Island game to 10/20. Hope to see you there!! #ttrpg #dreamlands discord.com/invite/Q5jVA...

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Hampus 🎃 @hampus.bsky.social · 1d

Stereo undead dad joke incoming

Ken Parille @kenparille.bsky.social · 1d

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Reality Winner @reazlepuff.bsky.social · 1d

Damn right

Budd @n7eoj.bsky.social · 1d

No need to hunt all over for Antifa headquarters.
It's located in Arlington National cemetery.
There are 400,000 members there.

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Jonté's Inferno @lrjonte.bsky.social · 1d

This is MY dance about how much transphobes suck.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

A peaceful protest rally under the Tom Paine motto "No Kings" is being held on the mall in Washington and in hundreds of other sites around the country. Prior No Kings rallies have attracted 11-12 million attendees, the largest political rallies in US history. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 2d

Mabel & I hope all our fellow Californians vote YES on Prop. 50!

#FightFireWithFire

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 1d

Portland is doing well making clear the ridiculousness of the military takeover.

dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 5d

Terrified Curtis Yarvin—the “philosopher behind JD Vance”—plans to flee the USA.

The Dork Enlightenment guru says the Trump administration is failing to go full authoritarian.

“I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.”

From Yarvin's Substack: The second Trump revolution, like the first, is failing. It is failing because it deserves to fail. It is failing because it spends all its time patting itself on the back. It is failing because its true mission, which neither it nor (still less) its supporters understand, is still as far beyond its reach as algebra is beyond a cat. Because the vengeance meted out after its failure will dwarf the vengeance after 2020—because the successes of the second revolution are so much greater than the first—I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country. Everyone else in a similar position should have a 2029 plan as well. And it is not even clear that it will wait until 2029: losing the Congress will instantly put the administration on the defensive.

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 4d

She continued: “You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, overprocessed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else’s throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it. Gross.”

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d

Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda hits out at AI-generated videos of her dead father: ‘Stop doing this to him’

Film-maker tells the public to stop sending her videos, saying: ‘You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings’ Zelda Williams, the daughter of the late actor and comedian Robin Williams, has spoken out against AI-generated content featuring her father. “Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad,” Zelda wrote in an Instagram story on Monday. “Stop believing I wanna see it or that I’ll understand, I don’t and I won’t. If you’re just trying to troll me, I’ve seen way worse, I’ll restrict and move on. But please, if you’ve got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It’s dumb, it’s a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it’s NOT what he’d want. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 4d

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
p.s. My new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out this week. Details at www.tomgauld.com

Panel 1
A figure stands at a lectern
"This image illustrates my theory that, presented with a sufficient quantity of intricate formulae, overcomplicated diagrams and impenetrable acronyms, an audience will agree with almost anything."
The screen is completely packed with such things

Panel 2,3,4,5.
Four audience members say enthusiastically: "My thoughts exactly!", "Hear, hear!", "I quite agree!" and "Excellent point!"

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Tiffany Baxter @ MCM Q-11 @tiffbaxter.bsky.social · 5d

💀The Ghostly Galliard💀

An illustration of two lesbian ghosts dancing. The left hand ghost wears a 1760s silk sack gown, the right hand wears an early 1500s style gown with puffed sleeves and a short cape with feathered beret. They are both blue and translucent.

They are in a heavily wooded and overgrown graveyard, a lone candle burning with a blue flame sits on top of a slab grave beneath them.

The illustrated border shows as follows: On top, clasping carved stone hands emerging from yew branches with berries. To the sides: tin lanterns with candles burning, carved stone hourglasses & carved stone broken columns. Beneath: Vaults based upon the Circle of Lebanon at Highgate Cemetery flanked by trees.

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