Polyp
@polypartist.bsky.social
Freethinking political cartoonist, graphic novelist, propbuilder, argumentative git.
polyp.org.uk
Author of PAINE, COURAGE and PETERLOO
polyp.org.uk
Author of PAINE, COURAGE and PETERLOO
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Polyp
@polypartist.bsky.social
· Dec 13
Bookshop - polyp.org.uk
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At last, my online bookshop now accepting card payments- WOO HOO! Some cracking affordable Xmas pressies in their, accurate & praised visual histories of Paine, Peterloo, books riduculing superstition and conspiracy theories... and tons of cartoons to view for free.
polyp.org.uk/books/
polyp.org.uk/books/
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Today is a good day to remember that this man faced tear gas, rubber bullets, water cannons and death threats, but remained peaceful and remained positive and remained compassionate. The torch of Liberty and Equality is in our hands now. Don't let it drop. #MLK
youtu.be/tMPlF_Q8Pk8
youtu.be/tMPlF_Q8Pk8
Martin Luther King Jr.’s momentous 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech
YouTube video by NJ.com
youtu.be
January 19, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Today is a good day to remember that this man faced tear gas, rubber bullets, water cannons and death threats, but remained peaceful and remained positive and remained compassionate. The torch of Liberty and Equality is in our hands now. Don't let it drop. #MLK
youtu.be/tMPlF_Q8Pk8
youtu.be/tMPlF_Q8Pk8
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Glitterbombing ICE agents to make them more identifiable is so quintessentially in keeping with the spirit of Pride I'm going to need a moment and a breather to recover from the feelings it gives me.
January 18, 2026 at 3:44 PM
It might help a bit if everyone used maps that show Greenland's real size! (BBC included.)
The Mercator projection has always been a really misleading image of our world, impacting on our political concepts as well.
The Mercator projection has always been a really misleading image of our world, impacting on our political concepts as well.
January 18, 2026 at 3:45 PM
It might help a bit if everyone used maps that show Greenland's real size! (BBC included.)
The Mercator projection has always been a really misleading image of our world, impacting on our political concepts as well.
The Mercator projection has always been a really misleading image of our world, impacting on our political concepts as well.
Does anyone else find themselves in the strange state of impatiently wishing time would pass way faster, just so you can get see how all this MAGA insanity is gonna play out, and see which predictions were the sound ones?
It really is like waiting for new episodes of a disaster series...
It really is like waiting for new episodes of a disaster series...
January 18, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Does anyone else find themselves in the strange state of impatiently wishing time would pass way faster, just so you can get see how all this MAGA insanity is gonna play out, and see which predictions were the sound ones?
It really is like waiting for new episodes of a disaster series...
It really is like waiting for new episodes of a disaster series...
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This is pretty much the only post anyone should need to understand that Farage is a traitor, a conman and a populist simpleton who must *never* be given power.
January 18, 2026 at 9:08 AM
This is pretty much the only post anyone should need to understand that Farage is a traitor, a conman and a populist simpleton who must *never* be given power.
Best visual analysis I've seen to date.
NYT video analysis is pretty definitive. He was out of the path of the vehicle when he fired, the tires were clearly turned to the right, and the President and others are relying on the poorest quality clip to argue he was struck by the vehicle. He wasn’t
January 18, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Best visual analysis I've seen to date.
Vicious election campaigns based on lies and slurs are NOT new! Periods of civil, respectful behaviour or factual press coverage are the exception, not the rule.
Look at how grossly Jefferson and Adams (former close friends) treated eachother in 1800...
www.mentalfloss.com/article/1966...
Look at how grossly Jefferson and Adams (former close friends) treated eachother in 1800...
www.mentalfloss.com/article/1966...
The Election of 1800: The Birth of Negative Campaigning in the U.S.
Negative campaigning in the United States can be traced back to lifelong friends, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
www.mentalfloss.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Vicious election campaigns based on lies and slurs are NOT new! Periods of civil, respectful behaviour or factual press coverage are the exception, not the rule.
Look at how grossly Jefferson and Adams (former close friends) treated eachother in 1800...
www.mentalfloss.com/article/1966...
Look at how grossly Jefferson and Adams (former close friends) treated eachother in 1800...
www.mentalfloss.com/article/1966...
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January 16, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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After leaving Islam, our Nigerian colleague Mubarak Bala [pictured] was detained in a psychiatric hospital for atheism, and later spent four and half years years in prison for ‘blasphemy’. Nigeria is one of 12 countries that maintains the death penalty for blasphemy.🧵
humanists.uk/2026/01/15/m...
humanists.uk/2026/01/15/m...
MPs challenge persecution of Nigerian humanists
Humanists UK welcomes a debate held in the House of Commons this week on Freedom of Religion or Belief in Nigeria. MPs raised concerns about the persecution of humanists and religious minorities, and ...
humanists.uk
January 16, 2026 at 11:04 AM
After leaving Islam, our Nigerian colleague Mubarak Bala [pictured] was detained in a psychiatric hospital for atheism, and later spent four and half years years in prison for ‘blasphemy’. Nigeria is one of 12 countries that maintains the death penalty for blasphemy.🧵
humanists.uk/2026/01/15/m...
humanists.uk/2026/01/15/m...
I've checked and this is real.
Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 6:17 PM
I've checked and this is real.
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Trump’s plan has been clear: terrorize Americans, attack them, shoot them in the face, and create as much chaos as possible — whatever it takes. Then use the chaos he manufactured to invoke the Insurrection Act.
January 15, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Trump’s plan has been clear: terrorize Americans, attack them, shoot them in the face, and create as much chaos as possible — whatever it takes. Then use the chaos he manufactured to invoke the Insurrection Act.
I've recently, for a graphic novel project, read the original letters sent to German Universities by the Nazis, demanding resignation letters from all Jewish faculty members...
People are right to be disturbed and cautious about this, no matter what 'monitoring antisemitism' spin it gets.
People are right to be disturbed and cautious about this, no matter what 'monitoring antisemitism' spin it gets.
WHAT THE FUCK!!! This Nazi White House with a gestapo like police force now wants lists of Jews.
As an American and as a Jewish person, I fear history is repeating itself.
No American should be ok with this.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
As an American and as a Jewish person, I fear history is repeating itself.
No American should be ok with this.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
UPenn faculty condemn Trump administration’s demand for ‘lists of Jews’
Groups say EEOC demand for names and personal details echoes dark history and threatens safety and civil rights
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:39 PM
I've recently, for a graphic novel project, read the original letters sent to German Universities by the Nazis, demanding resignation letters from all Jewish faculty members...
People are right to be disturbed and cautious about this, no matter what 'monitoring antisemitism' spin it gets.
People are right to be disturbed and cautious about this, no matter what 'monitoring antisemitism' spin it gets.
Some recent cartoons c/o polyp.org.uk/cartoons/dog...
These are quite tame ones, see the gallery for stuff that often gets me barred by hair-trigger 'community standards' AIs supervising the giant social media sites.
Stuff that I'm not gonna risk posting here! (How free speech IS Bluesky?)
These are quite tame ones, see the gallery for stuff that often gets me barred by hair-trigger 'community standards' AIs supervising the giant social media sites.
Stuff that I'm not gonna risk posting here! (How free speech IS Bluesky?)
January 15, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Some recent cartoons c/o polyp.org.uk/cartoons/dog...
These are quite tame ones, see the gallery for stuff that often gets me barred by hair-trigger 'community standards' AIs supervising the giant social media sites.
Stuff that I'm not gonna risk posting here! (How free speech IS Bluesky?)
These are quite tame ones, see the gallery for stuff that often gets me barred by hair-trigger 'community standards' AIs supervising the giant social media sites.
Stuff that I'm not gonna risk posting here! (How free speech IS Bluesky?)
I'm astonished at the low level of fact checking I see here: people sharing fake stuff JUST because it's anti-Trump, etc.
Ironically, the entire internet turning into such slop works to the advantage of the MAGA types, as explained in this panel from my comic book, c/o polyp.org.uk/books/the-co...
Ironically, the entire internet turning into such slop works to the advantage of the MAGA types, as explained in this panel from my comic book, c/o polyp.org.uk/books/the-co...
January 15, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I'm astonished at the low level of fact checking I see here: people sharing fake stuff JUST because it's anti-Trump, etc.
Ironically, the entire internet turning into such slop works to the advantage of the MAGA types, as explained in this panel from my comic book, c/o polyp.org.uk/books/the-co...
Ironically, the entire internet turning into such slop works to the advantage of the MAGA types, as explained in this panel from my comic book, c/o polyp.org.uk/books/the-co...
Plenty of scam accounts here at the moment, all recent ones, attractive profile pic, content just a few well judged political RE-posts, ones that are appropriate for the gullible, aka those who tend to trust anyone who displays roughly the expected lefty tropes.
January 15, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Plenty of scam accounts here at the moment, all recent ones, attractive profile pic, content just a few well judged political RE-posts, ones that are appropriate for the gullible, aka those who tend to trust anyone who displays roughly the expected lefty tropes.
We need thousands of public figures to stand up and, in "I'm Spartacus!" mode clearly state soldiers have an obligation to NOT obey illegal orders."
January 15, 2026 at 12:14 PM
We need thousands of public figures to stand up and, in "I'm Spartacus!" mode clearly state soldiers have an obligation to NOT obey illegal orders."
I fact checked this and it seems to be true.
It's really annoying when these quotes are done as images, not text, as it makes fact checking slower.
It's really annoying when these quotes are done as images, not text, as it makes fact checking slower.
January 15, 2026 at 12:04 PM
I fact checked this and it seems to be true.
It's really annoying when these quotes are done as images, not text, as it makes fact checking slower.
It's really annoying when these quotes are done as images, not text, as it makes fact checking slower.
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See also my comments to this.
"It is immediately evident that this will become a free speech and thought-control problem."
Baroness Falkner, former chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, on the perils of the 'anti-Muslim hostility' definition.
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Baroness Falkner, former chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, on the perils of the 'anti-Muslim hostility' definition.
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Next Labour U-turn should be on defining Islamophobia
Plans to codify ‘hostility’ to Muslims amount to thought control and will only increase prejudice
www.thetimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:10 AM
See also my comments to this.
Trump's rhetoric about taking control of Greenland is pure performative crap, designed to distract from the Epstein files and other domestic issues.
This is one people need to stop taking seriously, and simply note how absurd it is.
This is one people need to stop taking seriously, and simply note how absurd it is.
January 14, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Trump's rhetoric about taking control of Greenland is pure performative crap, designed to distract from the Epstein files and other domestic issues.
This is one people need to stop taking seriously, and simply note how absurd it is.
This is one people need to stop taking seriously, and simply note how absurd it is.
January 14, 2026 at 9:50 AM