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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3h

Or swear in a new member of Congress who was elected two weeks ago

Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 23h

The Speaker of the House has firm views that Bad Bunny is a terrible pick for singing at the Super Bowl, but hasn't had time to watch the President's speech to our military leadership or form an opinion whether furloughed federal workers should be paid or Illinois' governor should be thrown in jail.

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Josh the Ar-TEEST @heroesofcrash.bsky.social · 5h

The terrifying and deadly Duolingo Owl.

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pseudonym jones @pseudonymjones.bsky.social · 1d

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Our primate demonstrates some things they learned to the other primates. Tool-making, fishing, fire-starting. The primates sit around a small fire peacefully.

Our primate walks into their cave, places worm-in-a-rock god on a bed of leaves and then lies down in their own. They sleep peacefully.

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Brad Guigar — Follow my #HaHaHaHalloween Countdown 🎃 @bradguigar.com · 7d

A caricature of Lt. Columbo (art by Brad Guigar). The header says “Just One More Thing…” and the text reads: “Y’know, I hate to bother ya, but… I noticed your sketchbook there. Looks like you’ve been savin’ the ‘good paper’ for somethin’ special. Thing is… I’ve seen a lotta cases, and the good stuff? It usually never gets used. Might be better to mess it up now while you still got the idea fresh.”

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 21h

One of the Trump Administration's most openly fascist moments and CNN edits it out.

Tells you everything you need to know about a news network that has a firm policy against telling you everything you need to know.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3d

I said what I said: Kristi Noem should be tried at The Hague for crimes against humanity.

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Crispy Toast @crispytoastyt.newgrounds.com · 22h

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Finding Dee Fish @findingdeefish.bsky.social · 1d

I’m convinced the universe loves keeping me teetering between success and failure. Nudging me back and forth for its own amusement. The trip home from an otherwise awesome weekend (WAY back in August in reality.) was pure stress, but honestly… this kind of thing happens to me way too often. lol

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Vandy: The Thing Forsaken by God @avartwork.bsky.social · 1d

Galaxura learns about Halloween

#oc #comicstrip #halloween #vandyartwork

They should put a warning on these things!

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Josh the Ar-TEEST @heroesofcrash.bsky.social · 1d

The Supreme Court under Trump might legalize the cruel, prejudiced, unscientific, and torturous practice of gay "conversion therapy." Please sign/share this Change Dot Org petition against it.

#lgbtqia #lgbtqcommunity #lgbtqiaplus #transrightsarehumanrights #resist

chng.it/NmW5hYkhrs

Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

Tell SCOTUS: Keep Conversion Therapy Bans in Place & Protect LGBTQ+ Youth

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Galactic Dragons @danaatnip-art.bsky.social · 1d

Scratch ‘n Sniff, in the latest Galactic Dragons! 🌟
galacticdragons.com

#comics #webcomics #galacticdragons

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Josh the Ar-TEEST @heroesofcrash.bsky.social · 1d

a close up of a man 's face with a slight smile on his face .

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with a slight smile on his face .

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Josh the Ar-TEEST @heroesofcrash.bsky.social · 1d

The Supreme Court under Trump might legalize the cruel, prejudiced, unscientific, and torturous practice of gay "conversion therapy." Please sign/share this Change Dot Org petition against it.

#lgbtqia #lgbtqcommunity #lgbtqiaplus #transrightsarehumanrights #resist

chng.it/NmW5hYkhrs

Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

Tell SCOTUS: Keep Conversion Therapy Bans in Place & Protect LGBTQ+ Youth

chng.it

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Josh the Ar-TEEST @heroesofcrash.bsky.social · 1d

I've never seen someone abscond with all the toilet PAPER, but I did hear about someone taking all of a town's toilet SEATS.

The culprit got away, of course... the police had nothing to go on.

a drawing of a person playing drums with the words ba dum tsss

ALT: a drawing of a person playing drums with the words ba dum tsss

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Olive Rae Brinker @olivebrinker.bsky.social · 1d

Rae the Doe - Mimi's Night of Mischief #7

Read the comic on Comics Kingdom: comicskingdom.com/rae-the-doe

Support the Patreon: patreon.com/raethedoe

Mimi is standing outside the grocery store. Cybil and Lottie are in front of her, standing in the parking lot. Mimi gestures at the store behind her.
MIMI: Hey, Cybil and Lottie! If you're coming in for eggs or shaving cream, they're all out.
Lottie looks disappointed.
LOTTIE: Aw dang, what about toilet paper? We checked every store in town, but they're all sold out.

Mimi sadly breaks the news to Lottie, who looks devastated. Lottie's eyes get big and detailed, and begin to well up with tears.
MIMI: You know, I noticed they were out of stock of that, too!
LOTTIE: Now what are we supposed to eat for dinner?!?

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Josh the Ar-TEEST @heroesofcrash.bsky.social · 1d

Ren from Ren and Stimpy was also based on Peter Lorre; not just his eyes and voice, but one of Ren's most infamous lines comes from the Maltese Falcon: "You bloated EEDIOT!"
youtu.be/xjuba-mxVkI?...

17 Years "You Bloated Idiot" (The Maltese Falcon 1941)

YouTube video by Motime212(Classics&Tv)

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Mat Brunet (AniMat) @matbrunetvo.com · 1d

While I haven’t read it myself, I do know that there literally is a book by Matthew Hahn all about the obsession that cartoons have with Peter Lorre.

The cover of The Animated Peter Lorre by Matthew Hahn.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

While Trump escalates his attacks on our freedoms with occupations of our cities and secret police forces terrorizing our communities, normal everyday people across the nation are showing up every single day with courage and defiance. Join your local peaceful protest: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

Laura N. Rodríguez Presa on Twitter: “A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.”

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Josh the Ar-TEEST @heroesofcrash.bsky.social · 1d

Facebook still has its uses... Like publicly telling off bigoted political candidates.

TW: Transphobic meme from a transphobic political candidate

A rotten, transphobic meme from a rotten, transphobic political candidate.

You're a bigot. Being transgender is validated by just about every medical and psychological association in America, including (but not limited to) the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the American Psychological Association, the American Psychiatric Association, and the Endocrine Society.

Furthermore, there have been people existing outside the gender binary in multiple cultures for thousands of years, as any historian can tell you, so this isn't a new or unnatural thing.

Finally, being endorsed by that racist, incompetent, lying, swindling, science-denying Epstein-lister, Trump, tells me that you - like all his supporters - must be just as awful or just as foolish as he is (I suspect the former, given your bigoted post and other commentors' accounts of your history of flip-flopping). I hope that Trump's presidency implodes like a black hole, and your political career is subsequently sucked into its inescapable gravitational pull.

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Beren's Reverie @berensreverie.bsky.social · 1d

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 2d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Brad Guigar — Follow my #HaHaHaHalloween Countdown 🎃 @bradguigar.com · 2d

Love is in the air — and maybe a little ozone, too. In this 'Meanwhile…' strip, Lightning Lady lets her guard down for an evening with her favorite minotaur chef. A delicious meal, a little flirtation, and a hint of what’s to come make for a date night that’s positively electrifying.

Here’s the full transcript for this Evil Inc comic by Brad Guigar, titled “Meanwhile… Angus Cooks Dinner for Lightning Lady”:

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Setting: Outside Angus’s apartment. Lightning Lady stands beside a table where dinner is served.
Lightning Lady: This looks delicious, Angus! You really know how to treat a girl!

Panel 2
Lightning Lady looks up at Angus, smiling nervously.
Lightning Lady: Speaking of which... I… um… brought protection for tonight.

Panel 3
Angus grins confidently.
Angus: Heh… so did I.

Panel 4
Lightning Lady holds up a condom with a flirty smile. Angus proudly holds up a surge protector. Hearts fill the background.

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Harper Alistair Pleasant @thejunkdog.bsky.social · Aug 2

Happy #MysteryDungeon Day, everybody!

Ever wanted to play a #pmd #tabletop game? "Explorers! A PMD RPG" officially releases today, for free!

Download now at explorers-pmd-rpg.com, and adventure forth!

#pokemon #ttrpg #fangame #rpg #pokemontabletop #indiegame #PMDDay #mysterydungeonday

Explorers! A PMD RPG

Explorers! A PMD RPG is a free fan-made Pokémon Mystery Dungeon TTRPG where you can control your own Pokémon, with full character customisation, classes, abilities, moves and more! Grab some dice, ge...

explorers-pmd-rpg.com

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 2d

Hallmark of Trump’s 2nd term: undoing his few good moves from the 1st. First undermining the success of Operation Warp Speed, now he’s targeting GEFTA—the law guaranteeing back pay for furloughed workers. Pure shutdown panic politics. Unions will fight it, but the stress is the point.

Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to backpay

A move to deny backpay to up to 750,000 furloughed workers would dramatically escalate Trump's pressure on Democrats to end the shutdown.

www.axios.com

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☘︎ ↟ 𝔉𝔦𝔰𝔥𝔢𝔯 ↟ ☘︎ @chowfur.art · 9d

oldie but a goodie {2023}
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🍜 #NoodlSoup
🌻 #furryart #webcomic #comic

Noodl Soup comic strip by Chowfur. Panel 1: Fisher the dragon puts lotion on their hands. Panel 2: they rub it into their hands. Panel 3: they hold their soggy hands up, unable to touch anything for 5 minutes. Do not repost.

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