bjkeefe
@bjkeefe.bsky.social
Brendan Keefe
Born at 317 ppm
Cartoon by John Callahan
"Whenever one person stands up and says, 'Wait a minute, this is wrong,' it helps other people to do the same."
Post links, not screenshots.
Born at 317 ppm
Cartoon by John Callahan
"Whenever one person stands up and says, 'Wait a minute, this is wrong,' it helps other people to do the same."
Post links, not screenshots.
Shots fired.
settle a debate for me. did gen x call it "eating paint chips" or just "having a snack"
December 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Shots fired.
If you're not already following @ellisjrosen.bsky.social, do so. Brightens up any feed, fast!
December 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
If you're not already following @ellisjrosen.bsky.social, do so. Brightens up any feed, fast!
But before we get to that, let's talk about how great conservatives are at Cutting Waste, Fraud, and Abuse™!
"New College now spends more per student than any higher education institution in Florida by an order of magnitude, but ... has dropped 60 spots in the US News & World Report rankings ..."
"New College now spends more per student than any higher education institution in Florida by an order of magnitude, but ... has dropped 60 spots in the US News & World Report rankings ..."
This was not the worst thing about this article by any means, but given all of the errors of omission, taking the time to point out that some of the New College new faculty have Ivy League degrees is incredibly funny
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
December 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
But before we get to that, let's talk about how great conservatives are at Cutting Waste, Fraud, and Abuse™!
"New College now spends more per student than any higher education institution in Florida by an order of magnitude, but ... has dropped 60 spots in the US News & World Report rankings ..."
"New College now spends more per student than any higher education institution in Florida by an order of magnitude, but ... has dropped 60 spots in the US News & World Report rankings ..."
I don't like her. I don't trust her. I think she's stupid. I think she only opens her mind when something affects her personally. I will be glad when her toxic ass is gone from Congress.
Nevertheless, this is a surprisingly good read.
Gift article link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/m...
Nevertheless, this is a surprisingly good read.
Gift article link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/m...
‘I Was Just So Naïve’: Inside Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Break With Trump
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I don't like her. I don't trust her. I think she's stupid. I think she only opens her mind when something affects her personally. I will be glad when her toxic ass is gone from Congress.
Nevertheless, this is a surprisingly good read.
Gift article link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/m...
Nevertheless, this is a surprisingly good read.
Gift article link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/m...
From the middle of a really helpful thread by @daveweigel.bsky.social on the Minnesota aid fraud scandal.
The first post of the thread is here:
bsky.app/profile/dave...
The first post of the thread is here:
bsky.app/profile/dave...
But step back and look at the machinery and you see how sturdy this media/WH infrastructure is. If they want to make a humiliating Democratic scandal the biggest story in the country, they can do it. Dems who think it'll go away if they "win" with local media are going to lose.
December 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
From the middle of a really helpful thread by @daveweigel.bsky.social on the Minnesota aid fraud scandal.
The first post of the thread is here:
bsky.app/profile/dave...
The first post of the thread is here:
bsky.app/profile/dave...
Nick Anderson (@andertoon.bsky.social) has posted his Best of 2025 cartoons, in two parts.
Link to part 2 is at the end of part 1.
nickanderson.substack.com/p/best-carto...
Link to part 2 is at the end of part 1.
nickanderson.substack.com/p/best-carto...
Best Cartoons of 2025: Part 1
I’ve put together a collection of what I think are my best cartoons from 2025; pieces that really seemed to resonate with readers, capture the year’s chaos, or simply stand out as personal favorites.
nickanderson.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Nick Anderson (@andertoon.bsky.social) has posted his Best of 2025 cartoons, in two parts.
Link to part 2 is at the end of part 1.
nickanderson.substack.com/p/best-carto...
Link to part 2 is at the end of part 1.
nickanderson.substack.com/p/best-carto...
This. So much this.
Now you know why I spend so much time fact-checking reposted meme slop from Occupy Democrats and similar.
It hurts us to spread lies. And we don't need to: the truth has a well-known liberal bias.
Now you know why I spend so much time fact-checking reposted meme slop from Occupy Democrats and similar.
It hurts us to spread lies. And we don't need to: the truth has a well-known liberal bias.
“A populist—like Trump, like Modi, like Putin—is, above all, a gifted storyteller who can tell a false story well. The only way a populist can be fought is by telling a true story better.”
Liberals Will Win by Telling True Stories Better Than Demagogues Tell False Stories
Indian American author Suketu Mehta's diagnosis and prescription for saving liberal democracy at LibCon2025
www.theunpopulist.net
December 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This. So much this.
Now you know why I spend so much time fact-checking reposted meme slop from Occupy Democrats and similar.
It hurts us to spread lies. And we don't need to: the truth has a well-known liberal bias.
Now you know why I spend so much time fact-checking reposted meme slop from Occupy Democrats and similar.
It hurts us to spread lies. And we don't need to: the truth has a well-known liberal bias.
Really good.
“Mama, this hat is definitely the wrong shape for your head.” www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-...
Finding a Kid-Approved Winter Look
“Mama, this hat is definitely the wrong shape for your head.”
www.newyorker.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Really good.
I was thinking about what gifts people used to give to readers (besides gift editions of famous poets' work and illustrated histories of wars and such), and while I was thinking about it, somebody brought a book to the counter....
(1/10)
(1/10)
December 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Perfection.
I'm in Key West today and bro look. He's doing the thing. HE'S DOING THE THING
December 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Perfection.
There is a user named @1000knives.bsky.social who has 5 followers, 2 following, and 8 posts.
This user has created a blocklist and added me to it.
I just don't understand this mentality.
From a look at all of the reposts on 1000knives's feed, I'd say there is a chance that this account is 1/2
This user has created a blocklist and added me to it.
I just don't understand this mentality.
From a look at all of the reposts on 1000knives's feed, I'd say there is a chance that this account is 1/2
December 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
There is a user named @1000knives.bsky.social who has 5 followers, 2 following, and 8 posts.
This user has created a blocklist and added me to it.
I just don't understand this mentality.
From a look at all of the reposts on 1000knives's feed, I'd say there is a chance that this account is 1/2
This user has created a blocklist and added me to it.
I just don't understand this mentality.
From a look at all of the reposts on 1000knives's feed, I'd say there is a chance that this account is 1/2
Trudeau's still got it!
December 28, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Trudeau's still got it!
I've asked elsewhere that people stop treating this new euphemism with respect. I wish I had said it this well.
(Short thread also, if you click through.)
(Short thread also, if you click through.)
'Heritage American,' noun.
1) An American insufficiently committed to the founding values of the United States.
2) An American actively betraying those principles.
3) A white supremacist euphemism used by [2] to mean 'white people.'
1) An American insufficiently committed to the founding values of the United States.
2) An American actively betraying those principles.
3) A white supremacist euphemism used by [2] to mean 'white people.'
December 28, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I've asked elsewhere that people stop treating this new euphemism with respect. I wish I had said it this well.
(Short thread also, if you click through.)
(Short thread also, if you click through.)
Nailed it.
Revised National Parks Webpage Describes Harriet Tubman As Human Trafficker https://theonion.com/revised-national-parks-webpage-describes-harriet-tubman-as-human-trafficker/
December 28, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Nailed it.
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.
December 28, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.
All right, get it out of your systems. But come the new year, please, stop. It's really annoying after about the third repetition.
bsky.app/search?q=%22...
bsky.app/search?q=%22...
bsky.app
December 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
All right, get it out of your systems. But come the new year, please, stop. It's really annoying after about the third repetition.
bsky.app/search?q=%22...
bsky.app/search?q=%22...
Wow. I remember when Taibbi was one of the good guys.
Sounds unbelievably slimy in these email exchanges.
h/t @donmoyn.bsky.social
Sounds unbelievably slimy in these email exchanges.
h/t @donmoyn.bsky.social
I just think it’s wild that a “journalist” who literally cuts emails in half to lie ab his targets, gets dates & stats wrong, actively goes out of his way to smear people, & doesn’t issue corrections is playing victim.
I have several posts ab him on this Substack. open.substack.com/pub/reneedir...
I have several posts ab him on this Substack. open.substack.com/pub/reneedir...
An Object Lesson in Bad-Faith Media
Matt Taibbi and the Futility of Getting a Correction from Someone Who Won't Admit They're Wrong
open.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Wow. I remember when Taibbi was one of the good guys.
Sounds unbelievably slimy in these email exchanges.
h/t @donmoyn.bsky.social
Sounds unbelievably slimy in these email exchanges.
h/t @donmoyn.bsky.social
Also of note:
"For more on Matt, you can listen to last month’s episode of Posting Through It on his career and trajectory. I had a blast joining Jared and Mike to go over what, exactly, happened to this guy."
(Link in Eoin's post, below.)
h/t @edroso.bsky.social
"For more on Matt, you can listen to last month’s episode of Posting Through It on his career and trajectory. I had a blast joining Jared and Mike to go over what, exactly, happened to this guy."
(Link in Eoin's post, below.)
h/t @edroso.bsky.social
December 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Also of note:
"For more on Matt, you can listen to last month’s episode of Posting Through It on his career and trajectory. I had a blast joining Jared and Mike to go over what, exactly, happened to this guy."
(Link in Eoin's post, below.)
h/t @edroso.bsky.social
"For more on Matt, you can listen to last month’s episode of Posting Through It on his career and trajectory. I had a blast joining Jared and Mike to go over what, exactly, happened to this guy."
(Link in Eoin's post, below.)
h/t @edroso.bsky.social
You want gory details? @charliesavage.bsky.social and colleagues have got them for you.
Gift article link in comments, if need be.
Gift article link in comments, if need be.
How Oil, Drugs and Immigration Fueled Trump’s Venezuela Campaign
New details of deliberations show how aides with overlapping agendas drove the United States toward a militarized confrontation with Venezuela.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
New details of deliberations show how aides with overlapping agendas drove the United States toward a militarized confrontation with Venezuela.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
How Oil, Drugs and Immigration Fueled Trump’s Venezuela Campaign
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
You want gory details? @charliesavage.bsky.social and colleagues have got them for you.
Gift article link in comments, if need be.
Gift article link in comments, if need be.
New Slang Quiz
I got 7/11. Better than I thought I would.
Gift article link, if you'd like to try it for yourself. Please feel free to post your scores and/or share this link.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/s...
I got 7/11. Better than I thought I would.
Gift article link, if you'd like to try it for yourself. Please feel free to post your scores and/or share this link.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/s...
Quiz: Do You Speak 2025?
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
New Slang Quiz
I got 7/11. Better than I thought I would.
Gift article link, if you'd like to try it for yourself. Please feel free to post your scores and/or share this link.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/s...
I got 7/11. Better than I thought I would.
Gift article link, if you'd like to try it for yourself. Please feel free to post your scores and/or share this link.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/s...
Ah, Joe Rogan with guest Mel Gibson. Yup, "relentless march of blithering idiocy" pretty well sums it up.
Worth reading for the gory details, though.
Worth reading for the gory details, though.
Today's column is on the relentless march of blithering idiocy, which includes denying climate science while your house is - literally in this case - burning down.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A conversation between Joe Rogan and Mel Gibson summed up 2025 for me – and not in a good way | George Monbiot
From merrily dismissing climate science, to promoting irresponsible health claims, the podcast was an unintentional warning for our times, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Ah, Joe Rogan with guest Mel Gibson. Yup, "relentless march of blithering idiocy" pretty well sums it up.
Worth reading for the gory details, though.
Worth reading for the gory details, though.
Probably most of you know most of the tips here. But worth a skim nonetheless.
I highly recommend a password manager. Unless prohibited on a work device, I don't see why anyone would not use one.
The dice generation method is a good one.
Security questions? Always lie, esp if using a pw mgr.
I highly recommend a password manager. Unless prohibited on a work device, I don't see why anyone would not use one.
The dice generation method is a good one.
Security questions? Always lie, esp if using a pw mgr.
A good weekend project: Create strong, unique passphrases for your online accounts. ssd.eff.org/module/crea...
Creating Strong Passwords
Reusing passwords is a dangerous security practice. If someone gets ahold of your password—whether that's from a data breach, or wherever else—they can often gain access to any other account you used that same password. The solution is to use unique passwords everywhere and take additional steps to secure your...
ssd.eff.org
December 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Probably most of you know most of the tips here. But worth a skim nonetheless.
I highly recommend a password manager. Unless prohibited on a work device, I don't see why anyone would not use one.
The dice generation method is a good one.
Security questions? Always lie, esp if using a pw mgr.
I highly recommend a password manager. Unless prohibited on a work device, I don't see why anyone would not use one.
The dice generation method is a good one.
Security questions? Always lie, esp if using a pw mgr.
PK posted this a couple of weeks ago, but it's still highly relevant
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/maga-the-b...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/maga-the-b...
MAGA, the Broligarchs and the Media
This isn’t just about business; it’s about democracy
paulkrugman.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:41 AM
PK posted this a couple of weeks ago, but it's still highly relevant
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/maga-the-b...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/maga-the-b...
A very fine wrap up of a terrible year
This week's alicublog 'Round-the-Horn is up -- a short one in body copy, but containing FREE links to the ENTIRE ROY EDROSO BREAKS IT DOWN 2025 TOP TEN! Feast your eyes! alicublog.blogspot.com/2025/12/frid...
<B>FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: THROW THAT YEAR IN THE GARBAGE CAN EDITION.</B>
[no caption] This Friday I’m not going long (nor early, neither!) with ‘Round-the-Horn, because I’m on vacation. Yes, both this and Roy Ed...
alicublog.blogspot.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:38 AM
A very fine wrap up of a terrible year
Rick McKee (@rmckee.bsky.social) has posted a bunch of cartoons that he drew over the past year.
rickmckeeink.substack.com/p/hoo-boy-wh...
rickmckeeink.substack.com/p/hoo-boy-wh...
Hoo boy, what a year
A look back at 2025 in cartoons
rickmckeeink.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Rick McKee (@rmckee.bsky.social) has posted a bunch of cartoons that he drew over the past year.
rickmckeeink.substack.com/p/hoo-boy-wh...
rickmckeeink.substack.com/p/hoo-boy-wh...