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Marianne Skibenes
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Spinster, homebody librarian. True neutral
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Marianne Skibenes @skibenes.bsky.social · Jun 8
My dear friend Regina's sister needs help paying medical bills for cancer treatment. Please share 🩷🎗️

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Donate to Support Francine's Battle Against Aggressive Breast Cancer, organized by Mary Peralta
I am writing to share a GoFundMe campaign for my daughter Fra… Mary Peralta needs your support for Support Francine's Battle Against Aggressive Breast Cancer
www.gofundme.com
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tomgauld.bsky.social
My latest @newscientist.com cartoon.

p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now! Order from your local bookshop or online: www.tomgauld.com
Panel 1. Two scientists walking along. The first one says: I have opened a portal into an alternate universe that is an exact reflection of our own! Panel 2. The second scientist looks into a technical portal and says WOW Panel 3. A reflection of panel two. The reflected scientist's speech bubble still reads: WOW Panel 4. A reflection of panel one. The text is all back to front.
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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@kristelzilmer.bsky.social Glømte å sei takk for tipsene. Ikonmuseet var eit absolutt høgdepunkt men elles likte eg dei fleste tipsene dine, eg rakk desverre ikkje Kopli denne gongen.
Two cats in a window sill Beach with flowers and the sea
September 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
My cartoon for this week’s Books pages in @theguardian.com
Image: A small, pretty English village. A girl with a bag on her shoulder runs towards a van on the other side of the village green. She says to herself "I've got to follow my heart and leave this sleepy village behind. A new life awaits on the open road, touring from town to town in a merry band of brilliant eccentrics!" Title: “Rebecca runs away to join the travelling library”
July 27, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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My dear friend Regina's sister needs help paying medical bills for cancer treatment. Please share 🩷🎗️

www.gofundme.com/f/support-fr...
Donate to Support Francine's Battle Against Aggressive Breast Cancer, organized by Mary Peralta
I am writing to share a GoFundMe campaign for my daughter Fra… Mary Peralta needs your support for Support Francine's Battle Against Aggressive Breast Cancer
www.gofundme.com
June 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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uncleduke1969.bsky.social
Not enough has been written about Schrödinger’s assistant, Otto.
A large gray cat sits on a partially-closed shoebox. Another cat’s face pokes out of the open corner of the box.
June 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
skibenes.bsky.social
Kan den !@#$&😤 vinden gi seg snart? Det var alt eg hadde på hjarta. Takk.
June 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
skibenes.bsky.social
My dear friend Regina's sister needs help paying medical bills for cancer treatment. Please share 🩷🎗️

www.gofundme.com/f/support-fr...
Donate to Support Francine's Battle Against Aggressive Breast Cancer, organized by Mary Peralta
I am writing to share a GoFundMe campaign for my daughter Fra… Mary Peralta needs your support for Support Francine's Battle Against Aggressive Breast Cancer
www.gofundme.com
June 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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@kristelzilmer.bsky.social
Hei Kristel, eg skal besøke Tallinn i sommer. Har du nokre off the beaten path-tips?
Mvh Marianne Skibenes 😄
June 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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jinah.bsky.social
Doing this with my kid every year and gifting them all the cigs on their 15th birthday
Baby laying with cig behind ear next to more cigs making up the number 1
May 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
Caption: The Tardigrade can survive the heat of a volcano and the vacuum of space, but it prefers an open fire, a good book and a chilled Sancerre. Image: A tardigrade (a cute, plump micro-animal with eight legs - six of which are in view) sits in a tiny armchair, reading with a glass of wine in one hand and a smile on its face.
April 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
My latest @newscientist.com cartoon
Outer space. A cloud of broken machinery and components orbits the earth. One piece says crossly "Space Junk? Actually, we prefer the term "Independently Orbiting Vintage Technology".
March 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
Happy Mother’s Day!
(My cartoon for @theguardian.com books)
Title: Just in time for Mother's Day: Classic literature with added Mums Panel 1: Moby Dick "Ahab! Moby! Enough of this nonsense. Apologise to each other and if you can't get along, stay apart." says Ahab's mother, standing in a little boat and looking sternly into Moby's eye, while her son sits chastened behing her. Panel 2: Casino Royale. "Vodka martini, shaken not stirred... And a sweet sherry for my mother." says James Bond. His mother calls over feom their table "Just a little one." Panel 3: The Lord of the Rings. "You can look for your ring after you tidy your room and walk the dog, Sauron." says Sauron's mother, holding out the dog lead to her son, who replies "Aw, mum!".
March 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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patigallardo.bsky.social
My take: You can’t be a transphobe and an anti-fascist. If your human rights are not for everyone, you are passively or actively collaborating with fascism.
March 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
A cartoon for @theguardian.com books.
Image Edgar Allen Poe sits with his head in his hands, his sad face lit by the glow of a laptop. On his desk are piles of books, a guttering candle and a bust. Atop the bust sits a raven who is animatedly talking to Poe. Caption The Raven, having seen the general state of the world, realised that quothing "Nevermore." was only going to add to the gloom, and instead tried to cheer things up with a few bawdy limericks and an amusing anecdote about two badgers and a turnip.
March 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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catworkers.bsky.social
FACT: Cats are working behind the scenes to make your life better.
A white and grey cat sitting at a tiny computer. A cat works at a sewing machine.
March 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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soelvkre.bsky.social
Husk også at #blivakker eies av en mann som donerer penger til nynazister (Norgesdemokratene) og ekstreme abortmotstandere, og ville reise en gigantisk statue av Herren Jesus Kristus Amen Halleluja ved innseilingen til Kristiansand. #FKStart har ingen problemer med dette. www.nrk.no/sorlandet/re...
Reagerer på «Blivakker-billett» til barn: – Helt på grensa
Idrettsklubben Start lanserer gratis «Blivakker-billett» til barn. Forbrukerrådet mener det kan være ulovlig.
www.nrk.no
March 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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anniepho.bsky.social
Gutting IMLS is devastating. There’s funding to states that help provide access to the internet, electronic resources, programs that are meant to help the community. I don’t think people realize how big of a digital gap there is and how much libraries and museums supplement educational needs.
ericklinenberg.bsky.social Eric Klinenberg @ericklinenberg.bsky.social · Mar 15
Do you value your library?

Trump just ordered the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the key source of federal support for libraries.

Libraries are vital social infrastructure, the foundations of an open, democratic society. Gutting them means gutting our own communities.
Trump Orders Gutting of 7 Agencies, Including Voice of America’s Parent
The order targeting the agencies, largely obscure entities that address issues like labor mediation and homelessness prevention, appeared to test the bounds of the president’s power.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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magnusforsberg.no
Hvor er dere? Dere har advart om ytringsfriheten i årevis nå! STUDENTENE VAR SÅ WOKE! DET VAR LIVSFARLIG! Hvor i helvete er dere nå? bsky.app/profile/jlus...
jlussenhop.bsky.social Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · Mar 10
“So if there was a local shooting or something, I wouldn’t be able to see.”

Social Security Administration workers can no longer see WIRED, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and MSNBC from their work equipment.

www.wired.com/story/social...
Social Security Workers Aren’t Allowed to Read This Story
New internet restrictions at the embattled SSA have cut off access to WIRED, along with other “general news” websites like The Washington Post and The New York Times.
www.wired.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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tomgauld.bsky.social Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · Feb 24
Sketchbook version of the image quoted below:
March 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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berntep.bsky.social
Dere vil også være interessert i å vite at Opus, Ryuichi Sakamotos aller siste film, nå er tilgjengelig på Filmoteket. Den har vært lite vist i Norge, jeg så den på Kosmorama i fjor, og jeg regner den som en av de helt store konsertfilmene

filmoteket.no/film/195797
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus - Filmoteket
Pianist. Komponist. Medgrunnlegger av bandet Yellow Magic Orchestra. Plateprodusent. Skuespiller. Ja, Ryuichi Sakamoto spilte sannelig mange roller i et liv der musikken var hans faste følgesvenn. Des...
filmoteket.no
February 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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February 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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parismarx.com
In response to Vance’s provocative speeches, Europeans have been talking a lot about military self-sufficiency, but they need to be talking much more about digital sovereignty and escape US tech domination.

www.disconnect.blog/p/jd-vance-c...
In his whirlwind European tour, JD Vance made it abundantly clear: the United States will accept a compliant Europe that allows American tech companies to dominate its markets with few impediments and follows it down the path toward tech fascism, but if European nations value their sovereignty and have any other plans for their future, there will be trouble. Instead of trying to placate a Trump administration that seems determined to subjugate the United States’ traditional allies, Europe needs to aggressively strike back. There are already calls for European countries to step up their defense spending in response to Vance’s words and Trump’s abandoning of Ukraine, but the technologies that shape how people in Europe and around the world communicate and increasingly live their lives are just as important, if not more so. This isn’t a moment for the European Union to retreat from its efforts to make foreign tech companies abide by its rules and values, but to accelerate those efforts — even if it means angering the Americans and potentially even forcing some of those companies out of its territory.
February 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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planet4589.bsky.social
New Scientist magazine interviewed me about the Space Library www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKXr...
Meet the man who single-handedly tracks every spaceflight mission ever
YouTube video by New Scientist
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February 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.
Panel One: A man is cooking in a kitchen. Behind him, his partner unpacks books from a cardboard box and puts them on shelves. He says to here “Your library can't spread in here as well! The books will get damaged by oils and steam from my cooking.” “Good point.” She replies. Panel Two: The woman now sits at the kitchen counter reading. Her books fill every shelf and cupboard in the kitchen. Through the window we can see that outside, in the rain, the man is attempting to cook on a barbecue.
February 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
A personalized Valentine’s Card for Bibliophiles. My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.
Title: A personalised Valentine's card for bibliophiles Image: A cartoon heart with arms, legs and a smiling face. With an empty speech bubble above. Five options for text to cut out and put in the bubble: I love you more than my books! I love you as much as my books! I love you almost as much as my books! I love you! No more questions! I love books!
February 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM