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Identity Theory
@identitytheory.bsky.social
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Classic online lit mag (founded 2000). Interviews, fiction, CNF, micro, poetry, etc. We may or may not be edited by a corgi. Read us at identitytheory.com.
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This week's cartoon from @ampydoo.bsky.social
Cartoon drawing of 3 grey mullet fish. Caption: Gray mullet mullet
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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Dad, let go. This week's cartoon from @ampydoo.bsky.social
Cartoon drawing of man with goatee hanging on to knee of large person.
November 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Congratulations to this year's Best of the Net nominees from Identity Theory!
Identity Theory Best of the Net 2026 Nominees: Fiction Deities by Jo Withers Nonfiction White Woman Freedom by Matthew Henry Poetry Little Bluestem by Pamela Manasco In Dreams by Shira Haus Reasons for Staying by Sarah Mills Sonnet for the Dreamers Craving Sleep by Janna Miller A chainsaw whirs through February air by nat raum As Is by Jillian Clasky Art Politeness of Giraffes by Alan Michael Parker Rothko Burger by Alan Michael Parker The Subway Boar by Alan Michael Parker
September 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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This week's cartoon from @ampydoo.bsky.social
Cartoon of woman reaching for papers in downward dog position. Caption: Downward Donna, File Clerk
September 21, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Two from @ampydoo.bsky.social
That time Uncle Roger side-stepped the apocalypse Why rabbits don't sell Italian ices
September 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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This week's @ampydoo.bsky.social
Cartoon: Red, green and black squiggly lines. Man in bottom right corner looking up at the lines. Caption: That time Uncle Roger side-stepped the apocalypse.
September 1, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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This week's cartoon from @ampydoo.bsky.social
Group of small TVs watching large TV. Caption: TV Evangelist.
July 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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This week's cartoon from @ampydoo.bsky.social
Drawing of blue circles with caption "Why choreographer vacation by the sea"
June 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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This week's @ampydoo.bsky.social
Tic-Tac-Toe in the year 2049
June 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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We've got snacks. This week's cartoon from @ampydoo.bsky.social
Drawing of vending machine called Therapy Snacks with options to buy milk, tears, wine, oil, dad, mom, sad soups, mixed nuts, stale nuts, etc.
June 16, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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This week's cartoon from @ampydoo.bsky.social
Drawing of headless person holding a head in each hand. Caption: The Headless Horseman got two presents
June 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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This week's cartoon from @ampydoo.bsky.social
Sometimes you're a snail and your soul mate turns out to be a bird and they eat you and you die
June 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Which cloud do we feel like today? This week's cartoon from @ampydoo.bsky.social
7 different scribbles. Caption: Which cloud do we feel like today, Maggie?
May 19, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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This week's cartoon from @ampydoo.bsky.social
Airplane being pulled down by string by a person lying on the ground. Caption: Ladies and Gentlemen, we have begun our descent.
May 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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This week's @ampydoo.bsky.social
Einstein's pickleball paddle
May 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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This week's cartoon from @ampydoo.bsky.social
Drawing of person in sky holding balloon in one hand and bag of rocks in the other hand. Caption: Don't let go of the balloon or the bag of rocks, Sal
April 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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This week's cartoon from @ampydoo.bsky.social
Dice Toilet (cartoon drawing of square toilet that resembles dice)
April 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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This week's cartoon from @ampydoo.bsky.social
Drawing of person cut in half clutching their leg. Caption: Carlo's ambivalence was starting to affect him physically
April 14, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Another one from @ampydoo.bsky.social
Cartoon drawing of a stack of turtles and 2 people. Caption: "You can drive when you're 9 turtles tall, Louis"
March 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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This week's cartoon from @ampydoo.bsky.social
What's ahead for Yavi, the last fire-breathing shark?
March 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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This week's cartoon from @ampydoo.bsky.social
Toupée Design #23, _The Sex Pistol_
March 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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This week's cartoon from @ampydoo.bsky.social
Drawing of person with short hair from behind, wearing glasses with eyes that look backwards. Caption: Nostalgia.
March 3, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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This week's cartoon from @ampydoo.bsky.social
Cartoon drawing of a duck stuck between boulders. Caption: Nicky the Duck, Spelunker, Stuck
February 24, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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It's your weekly @ampydoo.bsky.social
Drawing from POV looking up from below a person's shoes. Caption: "Nick's Bug Dream"
February 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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This week's @ampydoo.bsky.social cartoon: How the moon gets to work.
Drawing of red bus in the sky. Caption: How the moon gets to work
February 10, 2025 at 4:56 AM