Paul Hébert
@paulinraincity.bsky.social
Stage lV colorectal cancer guy. Failed academic. Comics, illustration, old books, old music.
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“What a Breath of Fresh Air!”: Doonesbury on Iran and the Veil.
On 13 September 2022, Iranian police arrested twenty-two-year-old Masha Amini for not wearing her hijab in the prescribed manner. The police beat her severely; three days later she died from cerebr…
readingdoonesbury.com
New on my Doonesbury blog:
"What a Breath of Fresh Air!": Doonesbury on Iran and the Veil.
readingdoonesbury.com/2025/10/29/w...
"What a Breath of Fresh Air!": Doonesbury on Iran and the Veil.
readingdoonesbury.com/2025/10/29/w...
1960.
Pretty much all run-of-the-mill programming now.
Pretty much all run-of-the-mill programming now.
November 15, 2025 at 12:13 AM
1960.
Pretty much all run-of-the-mill programming now.
Pretty much all run-of-the-mill programming now.
November 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
All this time l've been thinking that Jonathan Haidt and Jonathan Chait were the same guy.
(...many years ago, l did similar with the Dave Matthews Band and the Matthew Good Band...)
(...many years ago, l did similar with the Dave Matthews Band and the Matthew Good Band...)
November 12, 2025 at 6:27 AM
All this time l've been thinking that Jonathan Haidt and Jonathan Chait were the same guy.
(...many years ago, l did similar with the Dave Matthews Band and the Matthew Good Band...)
(...many years ago, l did similar with the Dave Matthews Band and the Matthew Good Band...)
"Alcohol and marijuana, if used in moderation, plus loud, usually low-class music, make stress and boredom infinitely more bearable."
Kurt Vonnegut (... allegedly.)
Kurt Vonnegut (... allegedly.)
November 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
"Alcohol and marijuana, if used in moderation, plus loud, usually low-class music, make stress and boredom infinitely more bearable."
Kurt Vonnegut (... allegedly.)
Kurt Vonnegut (... allegedly.)
"Back Home in Derry" is an Irish rebel song written by Bobby Sands while imprisoned in HM Prison Maze.
Sung to the tune of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
youtube.com/watch?v=vMu6...
Sung to the tune of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
youtube.com/watch?v=vMu6...
Back Home in Derry
YouTube video by Christy Moore - Topic
youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
"Back Home in Derry" is an Irish rebel song written by Bobby Sands while imprisoned in HM Prison Maze.
Sung to the tune of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
youtube.com/watch?v=vMu6...
Sung to the tune of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
youtube.com/watch?v=vMu6...
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
They got played by a man who's clearly suffering from dementia.
Well done.
Well done.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 AM
They got played by a man who's clearly suffering from dementia.
Well done.
Well done.
Reposted by Paul Hébert
It was the most Toronto way to lose a championship
November 2, 2025 at 5:33 AM
It was the most Toronto way to lose a championship
Reposted by Paul Hébert
The jays having one good inning and then spending three hours holding everyone hostage while they waste any and all goodwill is the energy Toronto brings to this nation, I just want Americans to know this
November 2, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The jays having one good inning and then spending three hours holding everyone hostage while they waste any and all goodwill is the energy Toronto brings to this nation, I just want Americans to know this
Ten years ago I somewhat famously said the following -
“Canadians are polite but they are not nice. They drink. And they will cut your throat. My God, how do you think they survive on the prairie?”
“Canadians are polite but they are not nice. They drink. And they will cut your throat. My God, how do you think they survive on the prairie?”
November 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I rooted for Vladdy Sr. when l was a much younger man.
It's cool to see the kid now that I'm entering my dotage.
It's cool to see the kid now that I'm entering my dotage.
November 2, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I rooted for Vladdy Sr. when l was a much younger man.
It's cool to see the kid now that I'm entering my dotage.
It's cool to see the kid now that I'm entering my dotage.
Reposted by Paul Hébert
New on my Doonesbury blog:
"What a Breath of Fresh Air!": Doonesbury on Iran and the Veil.
readingdoonesbury.com/2025/10/29/w...
"What a Breath of Fresh Air!": Doonesbury on Iran and the Veil.
readingdoonesbury.com/2025/10/29/w...
“What a Breath of Fresh Air!”: Doonesbury on Iran and the Veil.
On 13 September 2022, Iranian police arrested twenty-two-year-old Masha Amini for not wearing her hijab in the prescribed manner. The police beat her severely; three days later she died from cerebr…
readingdoonesbury.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
New on my Doonesbury blog:
"What a Breath of Fresh Air!": Doonesbury on Iran and the Veil.
readingdoonesbury.com/2025/10/29/w...
"What a Breath of Fresh Air!": Doonesbury on Iran and the Veil.
readingdoonesbury.com/2025/10/29/w...
New on my Doonesbury blog:
"What a Breath of Fresh Air!": Doonesbury on Iran and the Veil.
readingdoonesbury.com/2025/10/29/w...
"What a Breath of Fresh Air!": Doonesbury on Iran and the Veil.
readingdoonesbury.com/2025/10/29/w...
“What a Breath of Fresh Air!”: Doonesbury on Iran and the Veil.
On 13 September 2022, Iranian police arrested twenty-two-year-old Masha Amini for not wearing her hijab in the prescribed manner. The police beat her severely; three days later she died from cerebr…
readingdoonesbury.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
New on my Doonesbury blog:
"What a Breath of Fresh Air!": Doonesbury on Iran and the Veil.
readingdoonesbury.com/2025/10/29/w...
"What a Breath of Fresh Air!": Doonesbury on Iran and the Veil.
readingdoonesbury.com/2025/10/29/w...
Watching "Shifty," the newish Adam Curtis doc about Britain in the 1980s.
Really love this guy's style.
Really love this guy's style.
October 29, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Watching "Shifty," the newish Adam Curtis doc about Britain in the 1980s.
Really love this guy's style.
Really love this guy's style.
Here we all are, watching baseball again
October 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Here we all are, watching baseball again
This is starting to feel like a cricket match.
October 28, 2025 at 6:31 AM
This is starting to feel like a cricket match.
Turns out they all did pretty well at the end of the thing.
I have found my favorite characters on Game of Thrones and now l'm sad because in all likelihood something horrible will happen to both of them.
October 28, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Turns out they all did pretty well at the end of the thing.
I'm not even really a baseball fam.
October 28, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I'm not even really a baseball fam.
This is a great ball game.
October 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM
This is a great ball game.
Apparently, it's "National Read About My Problematic Cultural Touchstones Day."
Thanks as always to Vancouver's best independent, brick-and-mortar @pfbvan.bsky.social.
Thanks as always to Vancouver's best independent, brick-and-mortar @pfbvan.bsky.social.
October 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Apparently, it's "National Read About My Problematic Cultural Touchstones Day."
Thanks as always to Vancouver's best independent, brick-and-mortar @pfbvan.bsky.social.
Thanks as always to Vancouver's best independent, brick-and-mortar @pfbvan.bsky.social.
John Abercrombie Dave Holland Jack DeJohnette - Homecoming
YouTube video by emmadetten
youtu.be
October 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM