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Tom Gauld

@tomgauld.bsky.social

“The last-minute christmas rush at the bookshop.” - my latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books

Title: The last-minute christmas rush at the bookshop.

Image: diagram of a small bookshop packed with coloured dots representing people. The various colours represent the following groups:

Contentedly browsing customer,
Frazzled staff member,
Can't find the book they want,
Can't remember what they came for,
Complete decision paralysis,
In the queue to pay,
Thinks they're in the queue but aren't,
Dozed off in a comfy chair,
Waiting to pounce on the comfy chair,
Crying child,
Crying adult,
Vortex of discombobulated shoppers.

December 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM

Jobirdee

@jobirdee.bsky.social

Forgot that Respect was a cover. Sorry, Otis. #XPNcountdown

December 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM

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Jennifer N. Victor

@jenvictor.bsky.social

Let me get this right… a sufficient number Senate Democrats appear to be willing to reopen government to alleviate air travel for upper & upper-middle income people at the expense of access to healthcare for lower income people. Yes?

November 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM

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The Onion

@theonion.com

Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’

November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM

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Doc Revan

@docrevan.bsky.social

Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper

www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...

And in that pause between pitch and contact - longer than logic, shorter than hope - we remembered why baseball existed long before we judged a sport's value by viral moments and betting apps. It is the romance of failure. The mortal beauty of trying and missing seven times out of 10 and still being considered great. It is the only sport where patience is a weapon, and panic the surest death. You cannot simply run out the clock in baseball; you must face it, pitch by terrifying pitch, until it finally releases you.

November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM

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Robert Reich

@rbreich.bsky.social

Medicare for All would save $450B a year.

Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.

Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.

It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.

It’s about priorities.

October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM

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Anthony Michael Kreis

@anthonymkreis.bsky.social

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM

Jobirdee

@jobirdee.bsky.social

Daboll puts his headset on with such impotent rage. He’s the most furious Cabbage Patch kid I’ve ever seen.

October 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM

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Will

@backingtrack.gg

I don’t often just straight up repost a TikTok on Bluesky, but this one rules.

Go Birds 🦅!

October 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM

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Brian

@brian215.bsky.social

AJ Brown, motherfuckers.

Brian @brian215.bsky.social · Oct 19

AJ Brown, motherfuckers.

Brian @brian215.bsky.social · Oct 19

AJ Brown, motherfuckers.

October 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost

@chaoskat.bsky.social

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.