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Brandon Ketchum
@brandonketchum.bsky.social
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Speculative fiction writer (fantasy, horror, and sci-fi, in that order) and LCSW working for the Pittsburgh VA, trying to understand life, the universe, and everything.
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brandonketchum.bsky.social
A hearty thank you to all my fellow vets on this day.
November 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
brandonketchum.bsky.social
C'mon, you gotta post a gross politician warning first.
chuckwendig.bsky.social Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 2d
gotta go taste that boot in person, I guess
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
fresh off caving, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is going on Fox & Friends
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
My latest @newscientist.com cartoon.

p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now! Order from your local bookshop or online: www.tomgauld.com
Panel 1. Two scientists walking along. The first one says: I have opened a portal into an alternate universe that is an exact reflection of our own! Panel 2. The second scientist looks into a technical portal and says WOW Panel 3. A reflection of panel two. The reflected scientist's speech bubble still reads: WOW Panel 4. A reflection of panel one. The text is all back to front.
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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guygavrielkay.bsky.social Guy Gavriel Kay @guygavrielkay.bsky.social · 2d
This takes a common ‘not knowing with whom you speak’ social media failure to a truly splendid level. This has become very amusing.
wariotush.bsky.social DAVID FROZEN ARNOLD @wariotush.bsky.social · 2d
this was the most hilariously bad defense of Elon I saw in her responses
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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joedator.bsky.social
I'm of two minds when it comes to people sharing AI videos. On the one hand go fuck yourself, but on the other hand drop dead and burn in Hell.
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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joedator.bsky.social
OK, I made this dopey cartoon real. You're welcome.
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 AM
brandonketchum.bsky.social
I cannot agree enough. Going through social work school then working the various associated jobs, really opens the eyes to, you know, reality, versus the Republican narrative.
richardkadrey.bsky.social Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 1d
This is exactly why I hate the Republican party, So much of their ethos is based on the idea that anyone who needs help is lazy or a crook. The "Welfare Queen" lie is the classic example. It will never change. They will never change. They are loathsome in their superiority and faux piety.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Trump claims that food stamps "puts the country in jeopardy. People that are able-bodied can do a job, they leave their job because they figure they can pick this up, it's easier."
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com
Panel 1 An author in their agent's office says: "This book will be my magnum opus, the book that I was put on the planet too write, and the pinnacle my writing and your publishing careers." Panel two The agent looks over a manuscript with a neutral expression. The author continues: "Unless you don’t like it. In which case it’s just one of a number of ideas I’m playing around with."
November 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
brandonketchum.bsky.social
For only the third time in my writing career, I have found a short story call that I felt was so perfect for one of my stories that it must be accepted. For fellow submission grinders, you know how little certainty there is. Here's hoping I'm write (haha), er, right again!
November 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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richardkadrey.bsky.social
Elon just got a trillion dollars. Will he go to Mars? Fund Nazi white nationalists around the world? Will Bezos have to build a super-hyper-yacht to keep up? Old time rich guy Andrew Carnegie was a piece of shit in many ways, but he also used his money for this. How about it, Elon and Jeff?
Carnegie devoted the remainder of his life to large-scale philanthropy, with special emphasis on building local libraries, working for world peace, education, and scientific research. He funded Carnegie Hall in New York City, the Peace Palace in The Hague, founded the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Carnegie Institution for Science, Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, Carnegie Hero Fund, Carnegie Mellon University, and the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, among others.
November 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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chuckwendig.bsky.social
Make ICE Smell Like Mustard And Onions Again (MISLMAOA)
November 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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richardkadrey.bsky.social
Holy crap! This is the Burger King in my neighborhood!
link via @violetblue.bsky.social
www.cracked.com/article_2801...
The Story Of The Rogue Burger King In Pittsburgh
Every city has its own fast food urban legend, here's Pittsburgh's.
www.cracked.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
One of the cartoons from my new book 'Physics for Cats'. In good bookshops now and online in English, French, German and Spanish editions. I am in Spain this week launching the book - come along! www.tomgauld.com
Caption: Despite his status in the mathematics community, Torus never stopped feeling inferior to his more delicious relatives, Doughnut and Bagel. Image: A wireframe torus with arms and legs waves awkwardly to a donut and bagel. From 'Physics for Cats' by Tom Gauld - order it at www.tomgauld.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com
Title: The desk of a late, great author Panel 1: A woman asks "The publisher is on my back again. Have you guys got anything left in there?" Panel 2: A desk, with four drawers and a friendly face on each, replies "Nope" "Sorry." "Nothing." the last one says "I might have something..." Panel 3: The woman reaches into the drawer which says "That's it...Right At the back." Panel 4: The woman holds some paper "It's just a pizza menu." Panel 5: The drawers reply: "Oh well" "We've done our best" "We have secured a great reputation for eternity!" But another voice joins in: Panel 6: "Now, hold on there. I've got a few things that might Interest you..." It is the waste-paper basket, filled with crumpled balls of discarded paper.
November 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
brandonketchum.bsky.social
Let theme at cake.
richardkadrey.bsky.social Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 11d
Not one of these assholes knows that Gatsby gets murdered and Daisy kills a woman while drunk driving. Lots of laughs.
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11d
Trump hosted a glittering ‘Great Gatsby’-themed Halloween party at Mar-a-Lago — just hours before millions of people were set to lose SNAP benefits
November 2, 2025 at 1:08 PM
brandonketchum.bsky.social
If this were a movie, this is the point where the highly skilled combat veteran snatches the pistol away from the cowardly bully boy federal agent, pistol whips him with it, and calls him out. Because that "federal agent" is a little nothingburger with a badge.
November 2, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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scottedelman.bsky.social
I agree with Lynda Barry. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
A dark impressionistic panel of ICE beating a civilian in a Home Depot parking lot. There are flames in the background. The panel is captioned, "I've never seen the real monsters until now."
November 2, 2025 at 3:17 AM
brandonketchum.bsky.social
Amongst the Witcher’s glaring idiocies is its gross mishandling of archery. Ima dive into the water with my bow and come up and immediately shoot a bunch of guys smfh
November 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
A halloween cartoon for @newscientist.com
Image: three figures in protective suits watch from behind a screen as a child approaches a door-like mechanical structure in which stands a man. Between them is an amorphous glowing shape. Caption: Scientists at the institute of halloween studies have succeeded in creating "The treak": a quantum state that is simultaneously trick and treat. It is stable for a millionth of a second before decaying into a half-hearted prank and a mediocre candy bar.
October 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
Three @theguardian.com books cartoons from previous halloweens: 1. Haunted Bookshop
Reasons to visit your local haunted bookshop: Open Until Very Late (image: moonlit bookshop) Staff with nine hundred years experience (image: skeleton bookseller) Home delivery by Headless Hoseman or flying fiend (image: deliveries being made) Readings from famous authors (Image: Shakespeare zombie) Stay and browse forever (Image ghost in a bookshop)
October 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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scottedelman.bsky.social
Harrison Ford on Donald Trump: "It scares the shit out of me. The ignorance, the hubris, the lies, the perfidy. ... I don’t know of a greater criminal in history." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Harrison Ford says Trump’s assault on climate policy ‘scares the shit out of me’
Indiana Jones star calls US president one of history’s greatest criminals for attacks on science and boosting of fossil fuels
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
brandonketchum.bsky.social
For Halloween, I will quote Wednesday: “Woe to the republic.”
October 31, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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meadowdays.bsky.social
Gm! 🎃
Xander asks Buffy, whose dressed up as red riding hood: What you got in the basket, little girl? Buffy: weapons.
October 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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richardkadrey.bsky.social Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 13d
Brit TV is the best
A parody of UK crime shows. For example, Northern England: "Investigates crimes amongst dilapidated council estates." South: "DI Tufty Lovely-Fluff has a quirky hobby and drives a vintage car."
October 31, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
A halloween books cartoon for @theguardian.com
Image: The library of an ancient castle. A full moon shines through a gothic window. A vampire creeps up behing a carpenter. Caption: "It had not been easy, but the Count was glad that he had resisted drinking the carpenter's blood until his beautiful new bookshelves were complete."
October 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM