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Michael Fry
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Cartoonist/Writer. Co-creator of Over the Hedge comic. Bestselling author of How to be a Supervillain. SF Giants fan. Longhorn. Austin adjacent. Christopher Walken impersonator. Grandad of Isla, Riley, and Elliot. More chips. More salsa. More queso.
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@themountaingoats.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/mich...
November 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Completely sober. #Thisyear
November 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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New Strip Found: Over the Hedge - 2025-11-15 https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2025/11/15

#overthehedge #comicstrip
November 17, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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scalzi.com
Folks, a famous author isn't ever going to contact you out of the blue to offer you literary services. It's always a scam. Also, speaking as an at least semifamous author, you wouldn't want any services we did offer, we're just barely handling our own shit, much less anyone else's.
victoriastrauss.com Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 3d
I've now heard from 3 authors targeted on X by a scammer impersonating Lois McMaster Bujold. Bujold impersonator refers author to "Eleanor Wood at Spectrum Literary", also an impersonation. Goal: to sell editing svcs. Scam is impersonating multiple authors & agents writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/i...
If a Famous Author Calls, Hang Up: Anatomy of an Impersonation Scam - Writer Beware
You open your email program one morning. The usual work stuff. Some spam (annoying that it got past your filters!). A couple of newsletters (maybe later). You sip your coffee, scroll down. Wait. What’...
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November 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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johnlyon.bsky.social
Safety inspector: I found two major issues with your Death Star. For one thing, there are no railings.

Grand Moff Tarkin: We believe railings would detract from the austerity of our bottomless chasms.

Safety inspector: That brings us to my second issue.
November 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
michaelfryactual.bsky.social
Trump as an emu, He’s just a flightless bird.
November 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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samandfuzzy.com
Fortunately, I already figured out the plots of the next several Toy Story films
ΤΟΥ STORY The purpose of a toy is to bring happiness to a child ΤΟΥ STORY 2 Toys must accept that their child will someday outgrow them ΤΟΥ STORY 3 Toys can find new purpose with a new child ΤΟΥ STORY 4 Toys can abandon children, create their own purpose, and pursue relationships with other toys ΤΟΥ STORY 5 Toys can learn how to create new toys without the involvement of a child ΤΟΥ STORY 6 Toys construct a secret, self sustaining society parallel to human civilization ΤΟΥ STORY 7 The great human/toy wars begin THOUSANDS OF YEARS LATER Cars 1-3
November 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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robertjbennett.bsky.social
It does not seem good that the culture of our wealthy elite is focused on finding positions or advantages that allow them to be total assholes without consequences
jonathanfriedman.com jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 8d
Tech brains broken part 1000000000 (this lady is a partner at Andreessen apparently)
My son came home with a Pre-K report card; I read it and was thrilled. My husband read it and was baffled. I read it and anchored on the lines that really matter: "He excels quickly in all his math assignments and has mastered the math and reading concepts presented." My husband focused on the extra full page on "social emotional growth" commentary and looked confused the whole time. "What does any of this mean?" "Nothing," I said. "Ignore it." And then that evening we explained to our son the lesson that is going to get him through his life: "People will put up with many things if you are excellent at math. You're so good at math. We're proud of you." And that was that. There are many important posts going viral today about the tragedy of young men. Combatting the systems that seek to destroy their nature begins in the home, and it begins young. I don't care about the "social emotional growth" of my sons because I know what values we're instilling in them. Telling them what really matters begins with dad and mom. The family can be a reprieve from all the nonsense. It requires constant vigilance, but it's the first step in preparing them for the madness outside. 8:09 AM • 11/11/25 • 1.3M Views
November 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM
michaelfryactual.bsky.social
Watching Frankenstein. The camera is ALWAYS moving.
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 AM
michaelfryactual.bsky.social
Yes. This. The ACA issue won’t go away and the Repubs will be blamed.
petersagal.bsky.social Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 9d
I think this an important point. The shutdown was hurting millions of people. In a normal political world, the party in power would first, not want that, and second, care about being blamed for it, which is leverage for negotiation. Neither applies here.
billkarwin.geek.org Bill Karwin @billkarwin.geek.org · 9d
It's also virtually certain that Dem's efforts to restore ACA subsidies were not going to work. They had no leverage to negotiate because the opposite side doesn't care how much or how long Americans in either group were hurting.
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
michaelfryactual.bsky.social
Enough? Have we had enough?
bencollins.bsky.social Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 10d
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”

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I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago.
November 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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New Strip Found: Over the Hedge - 2025-11-08 https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2025/11/08

#overthehedge #comicstrip
November 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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New Strip Found: Over the Hedge - 2025-11-09 https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2025/11/09

#overthehedge #comicstrip
November 9, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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It’s insane. But in the best way. Mike-Bob says check it out.
poniewozik.bsky.social James Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social · 12d
"Pluribus" reminded me a bit of a lot of other things. And also, it is like absolutely nothing else you've ever seen. [giftie] www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/a...
‘Pluribus’ Review: From Many, What?
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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theonion.com
White House   Maid Shrieks After Spotting    Melania  On Ceiling
White House   Maid Shrieks After Spotting    Melania  On Ceiling
WASHINGTON—Expressing horror as an unidentified slimy substance dripped on her shoulder from above, White House maid Carla Ovares reportedly shrieked Tuesday after spotting first lady Melania Trump on...
theonion.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social
average bluesky poster
Screenshots from My Dinner With Andre. Wallace Shawn, a balding white man looking as tired as a human has ever looked, walks a graffiti-strewn subway platform and thinks, "When I was young, all I thought about was art and music. Now I'm 36 and all i think about is cow tools."
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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fade.bsky.social
One car on the light rail is painted with an ad for the university:

"Using AI to detect cancer. *(Not to write essays."

Ha.
November 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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audacityofdespair.bsky.social
Go fund me: Feature remake of Twelve Angry Men, but it is the D.C. Sandwich Toss jury and instead of jurors at each other's throats they have the most unbridled fun that any 12 American adults locked in a room can have short of group sex.

$2M gets it to a streamer. $4M with above-the-line actors.
November 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!

I know how hard you worked for this.
Red Trump-style graphic with images of Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo. At the top it says, "I'm going to pick [Cuomo]." - Donald Trump, 60 Minutes Interview, 11-2-25 Then beneath it TRUMP ENDORSES CUOMO
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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New Strip Found: Over the Hedge - 2025-10-30 https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2025/10/30

#overthehedge #comicstrip
October 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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New Strip Found: Over the Hedge - 2025-10-31 https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2025/10/31

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October 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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New Strip Found: Over the Hedge - 2025-11-01 https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2025/11/01

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November 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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New Strip Found: Over the Hedge - 2025-11-02 https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2025/11/02

#overthehedge #comicstrip
November 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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uncleduke1969.bsky.social
Cerbearus
Three bear cubs sit closely together.
October 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM