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R.I.P. Jules Feiffer. Here's my favorite strip by him.
![Discussion between a person and a guru of some kind:
"Whither?"
"Thither."
[from off-panel: SPLAT!]
"Whither?"
"Thither."
[SPLAT!]
"W-w-whither?"
"Thither."
"NO NO NO NO NO NO! WHY thither?"
"In life there is but one thither-- and it's a mile past splat."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ydmhj6q4e56lwyyxxxpwc2ok/bafkreid5yzvrk445zkyqw4unbhiuwincwtt6d2xv25h6mlkk4bglcgyemu@jpeg)
January 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
R.I.P. Jules Feiffer. Here's my favorite strip by him.
Purely by coincidence, this will prevent any comparision between crowd sizes from previous inaugurations.
Myself & David are throwing a @bandcamp.com listening party on Tues Feb 4th at 9pm.
RSVP on the linktree in my bio.
Taster here of opening track from ‘Twilight’ we wrote with our friend @theblessedmadonna.bsky.social called ‘The Comedown’.
What a way to start the album. ✨
RSVP on the linktree in my bio.
Taster here of opening track from ‘Twilight’ we wrote with our friend @theblessedmadonna.bsky.social called ‘The Comedown’.
What a way to start the album. ✨
January 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Purely by coincidence, this will prevent any comparision between crowd sizes from previous inaugurations.
Seriously thinking about leaving Facebook but not crazy abotu the Bluesky interface.
January 8, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Seriously thinking about leaving Facebook but not crazy abotu the Bluesky interface.
The amount of hatred directed at trans people is INSANE and UNHINGED.
NEW: Today, SCOTUS will hear oral arguments in U.S. v. Skrmetti, a case concerning Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors.
Out of 50 anti-trans amicus briefs filed in the case:
- 17 were filed by groups with ties to the justices
- 13 include anti-LGBTQ hate groups
Out of 50 anti-trans amicus briefs filed in the case:
- 17 were filed by groups with ties to the justices
- 13 include anti-LGBTQ hate groups
December 4, 2024 at 10:15 PM
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Underreported: Elon just picked the head of NASA—a massive conflict-of-interest that will damage a government entity that he partners with, depends on, and in some cases competes with. The nominated NASA director is a high-school dropout billionaire who is pals with Musk. He has no business at NASA.
December 4, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Underreported: Elon just picked the head of NASA—a massive conflict-of-interest that will damage a government entity that he partners with, depends on, and in some cases competes with. The nominated NASA director is a high-school dropout billionaire who is pals with Musk. He has no business at NASA.
This is a classic "Magic stone that keeps tigers away" trick.
There's no real prospect of the BRICS crating a common currency but now he can claim his threat stopped them doing it.
There's no real prospect of the BRICS crating a common currency but now he can claim his threat stopped them doing it.
A few more thoughts on Trump and the dollar. Probably this is sound and fury, signifying nothing except Trump's ignorance. But to the extent it matters, it's utterly counterproductive 1/
It goes without saying that this is stupid, and I wonder what set it off. Was there a segment on Fox News? But I thought it might be worth a thread explaining what Trump (and, to be fair, some other international leaders) don't get about international money 1/
December 2, 2024 at 10:34 PM
This is a classic "Magic stone that keeps tigers away" trick.
There's no real prospect of the BRICS crating a common currency but now he can claim his threat stopped them doing it.
There's no real prospect of the BRICS crating a common currency but now he can claim his threat stopped them doing it.
Everything old is new again.
Dave Van Ronk on what it was like to be the opposition in the 1950s: “For a while no one to the left of Genghis Khan could feel entirely safe”
December 1, 2024 at 5:27 AM
Everything old is new again.
How do I block someone on Bluesky?
Charles Murphy is here and we have mutual friends so I'd hate to hurt his delicate sensibilities
Charles Murphy is here and we have mutual friends so I'd hate to hurt his delicate sensibilities
November 30, 2024 at 9:45 AM
How do I block someone on Bluesky?
Charles Murphy is here and we have mutual friends so I'd hate to hurt his delicate sensibilities
Charles Murphy is here and we have mutual friends so I'd hate to hurt his delicate sensibilities
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Essentially: “Don’t support what I want? EM will fund a primary challenger against you.”
When people complained about Citizens United, I doubt they even had this in mind as a possibility. One man, not a corporation, able to fund primary challenges against anyone who fails to fall in line. Absolutely grotesque.
Trump team warns Republicans to support Cabinet picks or face primary funded by Musk
As controversy continues to cloud some of Donald Trump's Cabinet picks, his team has a sharp warning for Republicans who don't fall in line, ABC's Jonathan Karl reports.
abcnews.go.com
November 24, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Essentially: “Don’t support what I want? EM will fund a primary challenger against you.”
"Defend free speech by destroying the competition."
November 20, 2024 at 8:36 PM
"Defend free speech by destroying the competition."
Conspiracy theorist: "You're both wrong."
Optimist: the cup is 1/2 full
Pessimist: the cup is 1/2 empty
Catastrophist: the cup is sitting too close to the edge of the table, you're going to spill it and it'll splash onto the electrical outlet and start a fire and burn the house down
Pessimist: the cup is 1/2 empty
Catastrophist: the cup is sitting too close to the edge of the table, you're going to spill it and it'll splash onto the electrical outlet and start a fire and burn the house down
Optimist: the cup is 1/2 full
Pessimist: the cup is 1/2 empty
Me: I’ve had 2 cups. Where’s the loo?
Pessimist: the cup is 1/2 empty
Me: I’ve had 2 cups. Where’s the loo?
November 20, 2024 at 1:34 AM
Conspiracy theorist: "You're both wrong."
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It has almost entirely been airbrushed from history, but the fact is Elizabeth I was half-Dalek
July 20, 2024 at 9:36 AM
It has almost entirely been airbrushed from history, but the fact is Elizabeth I was half-Dalek
Yeah. I'm here.
Deal with it.
Deal with it.
November 16, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Yeah. I'm here.
Deal with it.
Deal with it.
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A Mayan scribe (right) and his instructor (left) – the dots and lines between them form an early speech-bubble, and it's thought the glyphs refer to sloppy work.
So here we have a 1,500yo cartoon of a writer getting a bollocking from his boss!
#Writing #AncientScripts #History
So here we have a 1,500yo cartoon of a writer getting a bollocking from his boss!
#Writing #AncientScripts #History
November 10, 2023 at 1:10 PM
A Mayan scribe (right) and his instructor (left) – the dots and lines between them form an early speech-bubble, and it's thought the glyphs refer to sloppy work.
So here we have a 1,500yo cartoon of a writer getting a bollocking from his boss!
#Writing #AncientScripts #History
So here we have a 1,500yo cartoon of a writer getting a bollocking from his boss!
#Writing #AncientScripts #History