Richard B. Simon
@rbsimon.bsky.social
Writer. Professor. PEN America Bellwether Prize Finalist. Words: GulfstreamLit, ChicagoQReview, Hunger Mtn., Relix, RollingStone, MTV, Juxtapoz. Teaching Big History (UC Press). Seeking rep. in ‘25.
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Richard B. Simon
@rbsimon.bsky.social
· Jul 3
Proud that my story "Corrido" is in Hunger Mountain #30!
Freshly sprung from S.F. City Jail, Teen Rabbit lead singer Alejandra Hernandez is asked to make an AgitProp to oppose the dictator's immigrant detention camps. But Alex has something else in mind ...
hngrmtn.org/issues/hunge...
Freshly sprung from S.F. City Jail, Teen Rabbit lead singer Alejandra Hernandez is asked to make an AgitProp to oppose the dictator's immigrant detention camps. But Alex has something else in mind ...
hngrmtn.org/issues/hunge...
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Billie Eilish asked an important question: "If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?"
There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Billie Eilish asked an important question: "If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?"
There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
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Trump is blatantly weaponizing the justice system to attack his political enemies while handing out pardons to his crooked allies and those who will commit violence on his behalf. So much for “law and order.” [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
November 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Trump is blatantly weaponizing the justice system to attack his political enemies while handing out pardons to his crooked allies and those who will commit violence on his behalf. So much for “law and order.” [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
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In a huge victory for artists and fans, the UK government has announced that it plans to ban resale of tickets above face value.
November 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
In a huge victory for artists and fans, the UK government has announced that it plans to ban resale of tickets above face value.
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Thank you.
I want all my editorial cartooning colleagues from around the world to see and identify with this: "Political cartoons are the stained glass windows of our times"
@cartooningforpeace.bsky.social
@freedomcartoonists.bsky.social
@cartoonistsrights.org
I want all my editorial cartooning colleagues from around the world to see and identify with this: "Political cartoons are the stained glass windows of our times"
@cartooningforpeace.bsky.social
@freedomcartoonists.bsky.social
@cartoonistsrights.org
Having visited both St. Denis & Chartres this month, I know this is a big compliment. And eminently deserved in the case of @anntelnaes.bsky.social, for one.
November 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Thank you.
I want all my editorial cartooning colleagues from around the world to see and identify with this: "Political cartoons are the stained glass windows of our times"
@cartooningforpeace.bsky.social
@freedomcartoonists.bsky.social
@cartoonistsrights.org
I want all my editorial cartooning colleagues from around the world to see and identify with this: "Political cartoons are the stained glass windows of our times"
@cartooningforpeace.bsky.social
@freedomcartoonists.bsky.social
@cartoonistsrights.org
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If anyone out here in Bluesky land has a direct media contact at Netflix, please send me a DM.
November 17, 2025 at 4:38 AM
If anyone out here in Bluesky land has a direct media contact at Netflix, please send me a DM.
It coukd be an eagle or a bucket of water — it could just be pure bullshit, really — we’re just destroying the health care system because ”the boss” is still sore that Obama made him look like a jackass like seventeen years ago at the White House correspondents dinner.
BESSENT: “THE $2,000 DIVIDEND COULD COME IN LOTS OF FORMS… IT COULD BE JUST THE TAX DECREASES. IT COULD BE NO TAX ON TIPS.”
November 17, 2025 at 1:43 AM
It coukd be an eagle or a bucket of water — it could just be pure bullshit, really — we’re just destroying the health care system because ”the boss” is still sore that Obama made him look like a jackass like seventeen years ago at the White House correspondents dinner.
Kristen, we Republicans picked this Pedophile Rapist to be President so if this is going to make our Republican Pedophile Rapist President a Lame Duck Republican Pedophile Rapist President, then obviously we're going to have to continue to protect our Republican Pedophile Rapist President
Republican Sen. John Barrasso, the majority whip, doesn’t commit to holding a Senate vote on the bill to release the Epstein files if it passes the House. “We’ll have a discussion about it and make a decision from there.”
On @meetthepress.com:
On @meetthepress.com:
November 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Kristen, we Republicans picked this Pedophile Rapist to be President so if this is going to make our Republican Pedophile Rapist President a Lame Duck Republican Pedophile Rapist President, then obviously we're going to have to continue to protect our Republican Pedophile Rapist President
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If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
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NEW: California now has nearly 17,000 megawatts of battery storage – reaching one-third of the way to our 2045 goal.
We're deploying more battery storage than any state in America, building a stronger grid, cutting pollution, and securing a safer future for our nation.
We're deploying more battery storage than any state in America, building a stronger grid, cutting pollution, and securing a safer future for our nation.
November 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
NEW: California now has nearly 17,000 megawatts of battery storage – reaching one-third of the way to our 2045 goal.
We're deploying more battery storage than any state in America, building a stronger grid, cutting pollution, and securing a safer future for our nation.
We're deploying more battery storage than any state in America, building a stronger grid, cutting pollution, and securing a safer future for our nation.
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Electrification FTW
Diesel out ⛽️
Batteries in 🔋
It IS really that simple, shows this 🇸🇪 vessel from the 70s
⚡️⚡️⚡️
#alwaysbecharging
Batteries in 🔋
It IS really that simple, shows this 🇸🇪 vessel from the 70s
⚡️⚡️⚡️
#alwaysbecharging
November 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Electrification FTW
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Why, it’s Moebius himself alongside his Major Grubert in a Tatooine marketplace, from 2010’s “Star Wars Art: Visions”.
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Why, it’s Moebius himself alongside his Major Grubert in a Tatooine marketplace, from 2010’s “Star Wars Art: Visions”.
The more things bat-change
The more they bat-stay the same
The more they bat-stay the same
It is 1998. I am at the kitchen table writing Batman fanfic but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
November 15, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The more things bat-change
The more they bat-stay the same
The more they bat-stay the same
lol
The White House has said last month’s jobs report and inflation data would “likely never” be released.
White House Will Release October’s Jobs Report—After Saying Data Would ‘Likely Never’ Publish
The White House has said last month’s jobs report and inflation data would “likely never” be released.
www.forbes.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:41 AM
lol
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How about instead of selling "bearista" cups, Starbucks bargains a fair contract with its unionized baristas? No contract. No coffee. Don't cross the picket line. Solidarity with @sbworkersunited.org ✊
Starbucks' outrageous CEO-to-worker pay gap might make you spit out your morning coffee. And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
How about instead of selling "bearista" cups, Starbucks bargains a fair contract with its unionized baristas? No contract. No coffee. Don't cross the picket line. Solidarity with @sbworkersunited.org ✊
November 14, 2025 at 5:55 AM
JD Vance is an idiot.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
JD Vance is an idiot.
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Bright Auroras over Stonehenge last night. 🌌
Some info:
Red auroras occur about 125–250 miles high,
Green about 60–90 miles high, and Pink around 55–75 miles above Earth’s surface.
Some info:
Red auroras occur about 125–250 miles high,
Green about 60–90 miles high, and Pink around 55–75 miles above Earth’s surface.
November 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Bright Auroras over Stonehenge last night. 🌌
Some info:
Red auroras occur about 125–250 miles high,
Green about 60–90 miles high, and Pink around 55–75 miles above Earth’s surface.
Some info:
Red auroras occur about 125–250 miles high,
Green about 60–90 miles high, and Pink around 55–75 miles above Earth’s surface.
Can we throw it off the edge of the world yet
Chat GPT is beginning to remind me of the Coke bottle in the film The Gods Must Be Crazy.
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Can we throw it off the edge of the world yet
Holy shit.
Thomas Massie to CNN on the Epstein files: "This vote is gonna be on your record for longer than Trump is gonna be president. And what are you gonna do in 2028 and 2030 when you're in a debate … and they say, 'How can we trust you? You covered up for a pedophile back in 2025.'"
November 13, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Holy shit.
Cursed image.
Somewhere, in a lonely data center, an AI is training on 23,000 pages of Epstein docs
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Cursed image.
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“We’re playing notes and patterns not for the sake of playing notes and patterns. We’re playing notes and patterns for the sake of getting into a dream state.”
Listen to Phish bassist Mike Gordon's fascinating interview on 'Science Friday' ...
Listen to Phish bassist Mike Gordon's fascinating interview on 'Science Friday' ...
Mike Gordon Breaks Down 'Bathtub Gin' Jam & Talks Flow State On 'Science Friday'
Phish's Mike Gordon and his flow state research collaborator Dr. Greg Appelbaum appeared on WNYC's 'Science Friday.'
www.jambase.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
“We’re playing notes and patterns not for the sake of playing notes and patterns. We’re playing notes and patterns for the sake of getting into a dream state.”
Listen to Phish bassist Mike Gordon's fascinating interview on 'Science Friday' ...
Listen to Phish bassist Mike Gordon's fascinating interview on 'Science Friday' ...
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He's on a mission from God.
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 4:26 AM
He's on a mission from God.
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Textbook red herring from dhs.
I had to check to see if this was real. It’s only the start of a tweet, but it’s real.
And the rest of the tweet isn’t better because they’re lying about there being any threat.
This is about the viral video you’ve probably seen with the drive-by pepper spray.
And the rest of the tweet isn’t better because they’re lying about there being any threat.
This is about the viral video you’ve probably seen with the drive-by pepper spray.
November 12, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Textbook red herring from dhs.