Reposted by Brian MinskerTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 12hMy latest cartoon for @newscientist.com 15891227
Reposted by Brian MinskerRosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 05/10/2026Spooky bird stories. My Halloween comic from 2024. 171737584
Reposted by Brian MinskerDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A 10K contribution and a $900 million return. The scale of the graft in Homeland Security is a) off the charts and b) possible because no-one believes they will face any accountability 512308837
Reposted by Brian Minskergwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 04/10/2026New: As gay bars across the country say that Meta is flagging and deactivating their accounts without warning, I spoke to an Austin queer bar that says Meta nearly destroyed their ability to advertise events: www.chron.com/culture/arti...chron.comHow Meta's new content moderation upended a Texas gay barAt least one LGBTQ establishment in Texas says the social media giant has incorrectly disabled its social media account, potentially hurting business. 401786756
Reposted by Brian MinskerContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The cutest ball boy ever 🎾 Fun for both 😊 382172274
Reposted by Brian MinskerNick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Walked a mile home after the Astros lost, thinking about dead raccoons, aging dynasties, cosmic entropy, a lucky Dusty Baker T-shirt, and whether it's silly for a 46-year-old to still have a favorite ballplayer. Wrote some of it down. #HoustonAstros #Astros #Baseball @raford3.bsky.socialnickallison80.substack.comGood Years to Be Sentimental AboutOn Empty Seats, Closing Windows, and Another Astros Postseason Exit 1176
Reposted by Brian MinskerRobert Wilonsky @robertwilonsky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026From Lawrence Wright's 2019 "God Bless Texas: A Journey Into the Soul of the Lone Star State": 13421
Reposted by Brian MinskerTim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever 41119623108
Reposted by Brian MinskerDr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago 202100152458
Reposted by Brian MinskerBrandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 01/10/2026Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp... 5254692408
Brian Minsker @bminsker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026That's now 3 straight 1-2-3 innings for the #Astros 030
Brian Minsker @bminsker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026static.klipy.comHawkeye: Don't Give Me HopeAlt: Hawkeye: Don't Give Me Hope 040
Brian Minsker @bminsker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026OK, time to let the #Astros determine my mental health for the next 24 hours to five months... 160
Reposted by Brian MinskerGarth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 30/09/2026don't bother addressing a congregation unless you're in the baroque creature pulpit 132494600
Brian Minsker @bminsker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026the bsky team is working on various ideas for making the main bsky feed entirely @jcsalterego.bsky.social posts 010
Reposted by Brian MinskerTom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 30/09/2026🔴 Brand new Tom the Dancing Bug now up on @boingboing.net - Who really caused the apocalypse? Hollingsworth Hound knows! 🎾 - boingboing.net/2026/09/30/t...boingboing.netTom the Dancing Bug: What was the cause of the global armaggeddon?Tom the Dancing Bug, IN WHICH Hollingsworth Hound points to the cause of the armaggeddon that destroyed Earth! -> ANNOUNCING The Tom the Dancing Bug Community Saves America Drive! For… 15016
Reposted by Brian MinskerLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Two of the world’s largest pine cones. A heavy Coulter pine (Pinus coulteri, left/taller) and a long sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana, right/shorter. IG: @bigtreehunters www.instagram.com/bigtreehunte... 1622553439
Reposted by Brian MinskerEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Not a great sign when your 12-person private fundraiser includes someone who hates you enough to leak damaging audio 592585518
Brian Minsker @bminsker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Ullola!! #Astrosstatic.klipy.comSpongebob WipeAlt: Spongebob wiping his brow and saying, "Whew" 030
Reposted by Brian Minskerkwisatz haderade (#FreeSkylar) @booksandbows.bsky.social · 27/09/2026okay, we’ve got until 11:59PM ET to get him over the top. if you haven’t voted, now is your time to take a stand in favor of truth, justice, and genuine growth. a vote for josh is a vote for the belief that there’s a better world out there and it’s worth fighting for! www.mlb.com/community/ro... 2157
Reposted by Brian MinskerOregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Most riveting thing I've seen all week 385113323081
Reposted by Brian MinskerMatthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Heads up for anyone else still using Chrome and trying to limit the AI as much as possible: the most recent update seems to have turned on, without notifying me, two things: "Skills in Chrome" and "On-device AI" both under the AI in Chrome setting 48256
Reposted by Brian MinskerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026So this story is WAY wilder than I thought The Trump post I flagged this morning because it includes Natalie Harp is actually based on the Getty photo you can see below. But there is one key difference -- MONICA CROWLEY'S FACE HAS BEEN EDITED TO LOOK LIKE NATALIE HARP'S WTF is going on here? 53452851436
Reposted by Brian MinskerRobert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Wu on redistricting if Dems get control: "You do the exact same thing that they did to you until they say mercy" and agree to national, bipartisan reform. 291740336
Reposted by Brian MinskerClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...motherjones.comChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation revealsOpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre. 271476751
Reposted by Brian MinskerSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Prohibition is the mother of invention.😂 1339
Reposted by Brian MinskerPaul Cornell @paulcornell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026My company @cosmiclighthouse.co.uk is putting out a Murderbot graphic novel, All Systems Red, with a new @marthawells.com Mb short story too! @ericaschultz42.bsky.social @garyerskine.bsky.social @stillwintercraft.bsky.social @simonbowland.bsky.social ! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...kickstarter.comComing soon: Murderbot: The First Graphic Novel | Multi-award-winning SF!The official adaptation of the international bestselling multi-award-winning ALL SYSTEMS RED, part of The Murderbot Diaries series. 14300123
Reposted by Brian MinskerBru @brubaker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Where can you check? I’m so glad you asked! Head over to votetexas.gov and use the handy “Am I Registered?” lookup to check! If you aren’t registered, the deadline is October 5th! Please register to vote!votetexas.govYour Guide to Voting in Texas | VoteTexas.govVoteTexas.gov is your go-to resource for voter registration, election dates, polling locations, and more. Get the info you need to make your vote count. 199
Reposted by Brian MinskerPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A federal judge has ordered Texas to air condition all of the state’s prisons by the end of 2029 High temperatures violate the Constitution’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment, the judge ruled.texastribune.orgTexas ordered to air condition all prisons by the end of 2029High temperatures violate the Constitution’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment, the judge ruled. Just over a third of Texas prisons are fully air conditioned. 722871703
Reposted by Brian MinskerThe Authors Guild @authorsguild.org · 22/09/2026“Newly unsealed comments made in briefs filed by the tech giants reveal that executives knew they were illegally training their products on copyrighted books and that AI generated books would likely displace human-authored books in the market.“publishersweekly.comUnsealed Files Show Open AI/Microsoft Knew Copying Was Illegal and Could Hurt AuthorsNewly unsealed comments made in briefs filed by Open AI and Microsoft reveal that executives knew they were illegally training their products on copyrighted books and that AI generated books would lik... 3184100
Reposted by Brian MinskerProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵 412113976082
Reposted by Brian MinskerYour Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026new toon: large language muddle www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...dailykos.comLarge language muddleA cartoon by Tom Tomorrow. 21537169
Reposted by Brian MinskerMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY 257143966830
Reposted by Brian MinskerJenny @loraxthatshit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Also Sunday, in Evanston. Bystanders interrupted the attack, rendered aid, and called emergency services. ICE drove off leaving the man bleeding and injured in the street. They tossed his wallet onto the ground. A US citizen. He reportedly refused to give them id, his right under IL law. 8539205
Reposted by Brian MinskerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Jesus Christ, this article will enrage you like nothing elsekron4.comTesla driver charged with murdering 2 in San Jose shows no remorse, prosecutors saySAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) — When Ivana Balistreri and her baby were trapped inside a “fireball,” a Tesla driver who had just crashed into the victims’ car on Highway 87 in San… 2402481691
Reposted by Brian MinskerKatie Hodges-Kluck, PhD @klhkhistorian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026**Lights Out Alert Sunday & Monday Nights** Birdcast is estimating 300-400 million birds will be in flight. 291672887
Reposted by Brian MinskerDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026InterRAI isn't even new! This was one of the companies i first learned about via my 1st time working w/ @cdt.org, back in 2020! Go look up "Challenging the Use of Algorithm-driven Decision-making in Benefits Determinations Affecting People with Disabilities"! What are we doing???! archive.is/d5RXZnbcnews.toA secretive computer algorithm is taking caregiving money away from disabled peopleAfter Nebraska used a new interRAI tool to slash Medicaid funding for nearly 900 people, NBC News uncovered the hidden logic behind some of the cuts. 6266139
Reposted by Brian MinskerRebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A few more historian's thoughts on Kennedy Center crowd/Paris 1789 analogy: 1) when "rule of law" no longer rules, people do what they think they must; 2) crowd at Bastille (1000+) was largely local, artisanal; 3) defiant, defensive, not sure about joy in 1789 4) here origins/nature Trumpism is impt 13910