Kevin Marcou
@gummyjoe.bsky.social
Comics. Games. Simpsons. Love. Fudge. Working at the World's Largest Library. Posts are my own opinions.
What better time than right after a big, decisive showing at the ballot box against a hugely unpopular party and president to give in on your supposedly principled fight without any sort of tangible gains.
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
What better time than right after a big, decisive showing at the ballot box against a hugely unpopular party and president to give in on your supposedly principled fight without any sort of tangible gains.
I mean, how else is Musk gonna destroy the Justice League?
November 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I mean, how else is Musk gonna destroy the Justice League?
Baseball is the best game because I can watch an old home movie and can just make out the unmistakable voice of Vin Scully in the background saying "-ls lead 10-0" and a double play "taking a base hit away from Tudor" and can pretty easily nail down the precise game+inning the video's being filmed.
October 31, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Baseball is the best game because I can watch an old home movie and can just make out the unmistakable voice of Vin Scully in the background saying "-ls lead 10-0" and a double play "taking a base hit away from Tudor" and can pretty easily nail down the precise game+inning the video's being filmed.
I think an under discussed aspect of him trashing the East Wing is that it applies pressure on the board to approve whatever his shit design is bc the alternative would be leaving a gaping hole there instead.
October 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I think an under discussed aspect of him trashing the East Wing is that it applies pressure on the board to approve whatever his shit design is bc the alternative would be leaving a gaping hole there instead.
Wild that Republicans ginned up more outrage over Cracker Barrel changing its logo than over an entire wing of the White House getting torn down, but of course then you must recall that they don't actually have any principles.
October 23, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Wild that Republicans ginned up more outrage over Cracker Barrel changing its logo than over an entire wing of the White House getting torn down, but of course then you must recall that they don't actually have any principles.
if you see this, quote the energy you bring to bsky
October 3, 2025 at 2:16 AM
if you see this, quote the energy you bring to bsky
Editor: You finish that art for the first ever TNG comic book?
Artist: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked
Editor: what
Artist: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked
Editor: what
September 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Editor: You finish that art for the first ever TNG comic book?
Artist: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked
Editor: what
Artist: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked
Editor: what
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Feel like if this is how the law works, there’s no reason to make a budget deal because there’s no reason to believe anything that you win via Congress will actually happen anyway.
BREAKING: Supreme Court lets Trump unilaterally freeze billions in congressionally appropriated foreign aid money
apparent 6-3 vote with liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
apparent 6-3 vote with liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Feel like if this is how the law works, there’s no reason to make a budget deal because there’s no reason to believe anything that you win via Congress will actually happen anyway.
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What the fuck?
Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts detained by ICE agents
The superintendent of the largest school district in Iowa has been detained by federal immigration officials. Superintendent Ian Roberts of Des Moines Public Schools was detained Friday morning, accor...
www.iowapublicradio.org
September 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
What the fuck?
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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NEW @teenvogue.com: a Texas bill passed this summer mandating schools deadname trans students, leaving enforcement to districts. @kitoconnell.com speaks to trans students in TX:
“I’ve never felt more at threat here. I can’t stop thinking that everything would be so different if I detransitioned.”
“I’ve never felt more at threat here. I can’t stop thinking that everything would be so different if I detransitioned.”
Some Texas Schools Are Making Teachers Deadname Trans Students After New Bill Passed
“This can’t be interpreted as anything else but an attack directly on trans kids.”
www.teenvogue.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
NEW @teenvogue.com: a Texas bill passed this summer mandating schools deadname trans students, leaving enforcement to districts. @kitoconnell.com speaks to trans students in TX:
“I’ve never felt more at threat here. I can’t stop thinking that everything would be so different if I detransitioned.”
“I’ve never felt more at threat here. I can’t stop thinking that everything would be so different if I detransitioned.”
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Nancy Mace acting on disinformation that the shooter was trans: goes off on tirade against "trannies"
Nancy Mace when the actual shooter is a Christian white man: "he's just a poor lost boy, let us pray for him."
Nancy Mace when the actual shooter is a Christian white man: "he's just a poor lost boy, let us pray for him."
September 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Nancy Mace acting on disinformation that the shooter was trans: goes off on tirade against "trannies"
Nancy Mace when the actual shooter is a Christian white man: "he's just a poor lost boy, let us pray for him."
Nancy Mace when the actual shooter is a Christian white man: "he's just a poor lost boy, let us pray for him."
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I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot
September 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot
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I mean what on earth are district court judges supposed to do at this point other than get the message from SCOTUS to let Trump do whatever he wants to no matter what the law says.
September 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I mean what on earth are district court judges supposed to do at this point other than get the message from SCOTUS to let Trump do whatever he wants to no matter what the law says.
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Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!”
Cities:
Cities:
August 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!”
Cities:
Cities:
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Library of Congress acquires "Wizard of Oz" artifact : NPR 📚 share.google/dVQSOQliPEiy...
Library of Congress acquires only known lyrics sketch of 'Over the Rainbow'
Scrawled in pencil on a scrap of yellow legal paper by lyricist E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, the artifact is among dozens of treasures from The Wizard of Oz donated by composer Harold Arlen's sister-in-law Rit...
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August 29, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Library of Congress acquires "Wizard of Oz" artifact : NPR 📚 share.google/dVQSOQliPEiy...
Been doing some fun object photography for the Kislak Collection.
These are late Mayan period ceramic flasks, used to hold tobacco, or at least there's tobacco residue inside them.
About 1500 years old, so should be out of copyright...
These are late Mayan period ceramic flasks, used to hold tobacco, or at least there's tobacco residue inside them.
About 1500 years old, so should be out of copyright...
August 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Been doing some fun object photography for the Kislak Collection.
These are late Mayan period ceramic flasks, used to hold tobacco, or at least there's tobacco residue inside them.
About 1500 years old, so should be out of copyright...
These are late Mayan period ceramic flasks, used to hold tobacco, or at least there's tobacco residue inside them.
About 1500 years old, so should be out of copyright...
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You do not have to like John Bolton to see this for what it is.
August 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM
You do not have to like John Bolton to see this for what it is.
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This is genocidal rhetoric calling people cockroaches. This is exactly the language used in the Rwandan genocide.
August 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is genocidal rhetoric calling people cockroaches. This is exactly the language used in the Rwandan genocide.
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New from 404 Media: ICE added a random person to group chat, exposed highly sensitive details about an active manhunt in real-time. The person says they were added weeks ago, thought they were scam texts until start seeing data lookups etc. Incredible security failure www.404media.co/ice-adds-ran...
ICE Adds Random Person to Group Chat, Exposes Details of Manhunt in Real-Time
The texts were sent to a group called “Mass Text” and show ICE using DMV and license plate reader data in an attempt to find their target, copies of the messages obtained by 404 Media show.
www.404media.co
August 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
New from 404 Media: ICE added a random person to group chat, exposed highly sensitive details about an active manhunt in real-time. The person says they were added weeks ago, thought they were scam texts until start seeing data lookups etc. Incredible security failure www.404media.co/ice-adds-ran...
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BREAKING WSJ:
The Trump White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with "Trump's interpretation of American history." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
The Trump White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with "Trump's interpretation of American history." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | White House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trump’s Historical Vision
Top White House officials will scrutinize exhibitions, internal processes, collections and artist grants ahead of America’s 250th anniversary.
www.wsj.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
BREAKING WSJ:
The Trump White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with "Trump's interpretation of American history." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
The Trump White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with "Trump's interpretation of American history." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Feel free to spread the word that DC isn't some crime ridden hell hole on the verge of total collapse that would merit this action, and even if it was it's certainly not happening at the fucking National Mall.
August 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Feel free to spread the word that DC isn't some crime ridden hell hole on the verge of total collapse that would merit this action, and even if it was it's certainly not happening at the fucking National Mall.
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August 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I had a pretty good day at the office. Certainly better then, uh, some of my other coworkers did lol.
August 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I had a pretty good day at the office. Certainly better then, uh, some of my other coworkers did lol.