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LEE GATLIN @neilaglet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

pretend this is for one of the ‘tobers

Jack Kirby’s Demon Etrigan lurches forward trailing his tattered blue cape, fanged mouth agape. The stone ground he walks on is fissured and cracking apart, and the background is ablaze with fire and Kirby dots

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

your response to “I was raped” should not be “I was right”

4 panel comic

Panel 1:
A Purple Woman looks distraught, on the verge of breaking down. She says “that man raped me”
Orange Guy standing next to her is absent-mindedly checking his nails. He says “Wellll, I’ve always disliked him and his work.”

Panel 2:
Purple Woman begins to cry. Orange Guy adopts an incredibly smug expression and says “Guess I must just be a good judge of character”

Panel 3:
Purple Woman dissolves into sobs. Orange Guy notices, puts his hand on her shoulder and says “Aw”

Panel 4:
Purple Woman crumples to the floor. Orange Guy, looking bemused, asks “Are you crying because you’re jealous of how smart I am?”

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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

ok it turns out it might just be the exact same thing again, what an incredible coincidence that this just keeps happening a few weeks between us midterms

newsweek headline "migrant caravan from Honduras heads towards US border"

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics.

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GIFS GALORE @gifs-bot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

CARTOON/BASELOPE.GIF

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 28/09/2026

#OtD 28 Sep 1955 as dictator Gen Franco visited Barcelona, anarchist resistance activist, Francesc Sabaté, took a cab, told the driver he worked for the Ministry of Information and fired anti-Franco leaflets through the sunroof as they drove around stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1006...

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Means of Production Recordings @trick-g.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Everyone who follows me here probably also follows me on Instagram. So this is not likely to be news. But... after three-decades of being out of print, Pitchblende's 1993 debut LP, Kill Atom Smasher, is now out again on vinyl as of today. Order a copy at: pitchblendedc.bandcamp.com/album/kill-a...

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Kill Atom Smasher (album), by Pitchblende

14 track album

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drew mca @drewmca.net · 24/09/2026

Really cool piece from the @subvert.fm coop annual general meeting (at 1:35:20): They went for an optional contribution at checkout, rather than taking a percentage of artist's revenue. They saw an average contribution of 27% per transaction, almost twice as much as bandcamp's mandatory 15%.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

One wonderful thing in here is that acknowledges that Iowa was blue forever and forever. Over the past 20 years Republicans have lied to Iowa constituents, failed to deliver for them, but successfully sold them a bill of “we’ve always been your guys.” They haven’t and they’re not

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 22/09/2026

They even made DoorDash apologize.

DoorDash on Instagram: We messed up.
Our mistakes meant some NYC Dashers were underpaid or paid late. That's unacceptable, and we're deeply sorry to the Dashers we let down.
We've reached a settlement with the City of New York, and we will make this right by paying every impacted Dasher the amounts they are owed.

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letithappenalreadymama @pnutsmama.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

insulin should be free for anyone who needs it. is 2026 ffs

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Azure Emerald Empire @azureemeraldempire.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

At the store reading the news

A printed note on a supermarket shelf:

The current shortage of sardines is primarily due to environmental and supply chain factors.
Key Reasons for the Shortage
Environmental Changes: Warmer ocean temperatures have disrupted the plankton supply, which is essential for sardine populations. This has made sardines harder to catch.
Export Restrictions: Morocco, the leading exporter of sardines, has halted frozen sardine exports to protect domestic supplies and stabilize prices.
• Increased Demand: There has been a surge in popularity for canned sardines, leading to higher demand that outpaces supply.
Global Supply Chain Issues: Various logistical challenges have compounded the availability of sardines in stores.

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Henry T @henryt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Moo’s Next

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Katina Davis @katinadavis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If you aren't already boycotting Starbucks, start now. Also delete the app!

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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Don't be sad that @electrolemon.bsky.social isn't making September videos any more. Be happy that they happened and watch them again and again.

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9/21/21

YouTube video by Demi Adejuyigbe

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spooky halloween txt @metaltxt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

news orgs when the president calls all of their minority and women journalists animals and fat piggies: i sleep news orgs when the president threatens the access:

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Jake Cole @jakecole.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

DC using this as the cover for their Finest trade about their Romance comics is a phenomenal “fuck you”

Cover of DC Finest’s Romance collection taken from Secret Hearts #88 drawn by Werner Roth and John Romita Sr.

Lichtenstein’s “Crying Girl” (1964), a direct ripoff of the Roth/Romita panel

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balsafinery @balsafinery.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

one of many problems with (vaguely) using this site as a news aggregator is running into randos that are way too comfortable with throwing minorities under the bus to get things back to a “respectable normal” that probably wouldn’t even be a marketable improvement for their selfish stupid asses

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Frankenbert Graveyardko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

the thing is, you're supposed to be ashamed of having that kind of job, so that you will not think of yourself as the social equal of the people threatening to get you fired because their fries are too hot

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Roger Langridge @hotelfred.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Oh, all right.

Colour drawing of Batman, Robin and Batgirl in a factory of some kind clobbering the Joker, the Penguin and Two-Face, respectively.

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balsafinery @balsafinery.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

“blocking me just shows your ignorance,” says the profile of a rando I’m about to block show me you know how a line break and racism works before you throw out the “I” word, chief

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USER WAS BLOCKED FOR THIS POST @blockedforthispost.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

is it possible to bait the "user was blocked for this post" account into posting whatever i want?

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Steve Lieber @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Swamp Thing pen sketch done at Granite City Comic Con. I never get tired of drawing this guy.

Swamp Thing sketch, drawn the exact way I generally tell the mentees at Helioscope not to draw.

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skip intro @upfromsumdirt.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026

keith haring, grace jones, fela kuti, and jean-michel basquiat photographed by andy warhol. at mr. chow, nyc (june 1986)

a white man, a jamaican woman, an african man, and a black man walk into a restaurant....

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

For whatever reason, the powers-that-be at DC decided despite the CRISIS crossover of everything, Sugar & Spike HAD TO GO! Now you see them, now you don't...

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 17/09/2026

'Bladerunner 2049' (2017) dir: Denis Villeneuve 📽️

real cat watching Disney's 'The Aristocats' on teevee, Dutchess is saying "you look lonely"

close up of cat in bisexual lighting with a bandage on its nose looking forelorn

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 17/09/2026

if i am elected, restaurants will be required to post their actual in-store menu on their website and not just a link to a delivery service. the menu may be in the annoying format of their choice but it should be descriptive and it should list what it actually costs to get a thing at the restaurant.

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RS Benedict @rsbenedict.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

this--THIS--is the truest recession indicator

Sticker on a cooler at a convenience store advertising Arizona iced tea cans at $1.50 each.

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MB @sugarcubedog.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Macklemore just announced he’s donating the $1 million he made from Sheeran’s tour to 6 organizations to support Palestinians and he’s asking Robert Kraft to match it. This is just the first part announcing it.

With everything that has happened over the last 48 hours, I want to bring the conversation back to where it belongs: to the Palestinian people who are still being killed, still living under military occupation, and still fighting for their freedom.
I will be donating the entire $1 million of my net earnings from Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour to six organizations working directly to support the Palestinian people. And I invite Robert Kraft to match my donation. Whatever we disagree about, perhaps we can agree on this: Palestinian lives are worth protecting. A Palestinian life is no less valuable than any other life on this earth.

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balsafinery @balsafinery.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

don’t talk to me until I’ve finished watching all the quick-reflex Instagram shorts

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Ash Gravestoneman 🎃 @ashstoneman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Time to burn my Ed Sheeran cd

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Joanna @purenonsens.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Thinking about Shuichi Higure's covers.

Cover designed by Shuichi Higure for Akimitsu Takagi's paperback book.

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Miles Bennell @milesbennell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Hellraiser 1987

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

He cooked Ed Sheeran on IG

macklemore
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Ed was in a fucked up position. He knew it. His typical apolitical stance was being challenged in a way it never had been before. He told me that the words
"Free Palestine" and the image of the Palestinian flag were hurtful to a lot of people he spoke with. I told him that if those words were more offensive than tens of thousands of Palestinian children being killed by Israel, then there was a fundamental disconnect between where those people stood and where I stood. But he couldn't get past his public facing, "I don't take sides."

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balsafinery @balsafinery.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The Unborn TWO George Costanza contains multitudes

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 12/09/2026

look if you want to improve Talarico's odds of winning, stop yelling at me for calling out his anti-trans bullshit and start yelling at him for adopting it I'm a nobody on a nothing website, he's the one harming his own chances with bigotry

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

One of the most underrated bands of the 90s, full stop

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crazy ass moments in nu metal history @numetalmoment.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Two days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks Serj Tankian of System of a Down posts the essay Understanding Oil to the band's website. Sony removes the essay amid claims Tankian was justifying the attacks and the band was monitored by the CIA for subversive activities (2001)

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scwiba @scwiba.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This man won his primary by 30 points.

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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

before the streetfighter.com domain was used by capcom (circa 2009 onwards), it was owned by a marketing agency called street fighter marketing (circa 1998-2007) web.archive.org/web/19980121...

up the top: street fighter marketing (the words street fighter are in blood red and seem vaguely modelled after the video game font). on the right is a photo of jeff and marc slutsky, who run the company. regular looking marketing dudes in suits, enthusiasm possibly for camera only.
below, text:
are you a street fighter?
a streetfighter learns how to market, promote and increase sales without spending money! inc magazine referred to the street fighting program as "brains over bucks." streetfighting helps you discover clever, shrewd and guerrilla style tactics to get free and lost cost advertising exposure on a neighborhood level, plus effective selling and telemarketing skills. in short, you learn how to out-think and out-smart, but not out-spend your competition.
bios (blood red hyperlink)
introductions and background information for the original street fighters, marc and jeff slutsky.
keynotes seminars workshops (blood red hyperlink)
educational, entertaining, motivating, dynamic and thorough; see just how much marc and jeff can personally inspire your company.
(the following are printed on a blood red strip at the bottom of the screen) 1-800-758-8759 (slutsky)
streetfitr@aol.com

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irium 🖖🏻🎃🦇 @lapsoirium.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Could you spare 1:32 for our Lord and Savior Kim Deal? Thank you.

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The Breeders - Shocker In Gloomtown

YouTube video by The Breeders

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Staub @yepstaub.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

what a curious day to put these on sale

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