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@demos.zone
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Tiny curtains open and you hear the tiny clap of little hands, a tiny man tells a little joke and gets a tiny laugh from all the folks. (he/him)

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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Bongo” Ballpoint pen, pencil, watercolor, acrylic paint, and a little colored pencil.

Our man is in trouble this time, reader. Art supplies are scattered around a painting of an abstract cityscape. On the canvas we see a man in a telephone booth making a frantic call to his cat, Bongo. In the foreground, an answering machine is taking his voicemail, [Leave a message at the beep] --- “Bongo, Daddy got stuck in the painting. Go get help, Bongo.” Bongo stands at the base of the easel looking at the phone. Her tail in the air and ears perked up. Whether she’ll be able to help is open to interpretation.

Artist’s note: One of my favorites from the Spooky Pants book. I was playing around with the idea of a painting coming to life (like that guy in Ghostbusters 2) and kind of fumbled my way into this version. I really draw a lot of corded phones. I won’t stop.
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Stephen @demos.zone · 17/07/2026
people are correctly dunking on this, but wouldn’t it be neat if transit was efficient and frequent enough that it could be a part of emergency services
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Stephen @demos.zone · 30/06/2026
we hebben een serieus jooke probleem
Several skeets in a row referencing or screenshotting the tweet by Geert Wilders (a dutch politician) saying “we hebben een serieus probleem”
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Stephen @demos.zone · 09/06/2026
I think the state of hawaii just called me
Iphone screenshot of a voicemail that says “Is Hawaii? Can you hear me?” From an unknown number.
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Stephen @demos.zone · 03/06/2026
caves of qud
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geoffrey 💀 (scary now) @parsnip.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
heterosexuals. you have 8 hours
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Gabriel S. Pumpkins 🎃 @gsjphd.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I think there's a connection there to how their worldview on industrial regulation went from "pro-industry, even if it's bad for the environment" to "anti-environment, even if it's bad for industry". (Case in point: Trump's war on water efficiency standards.) They're like Captain Planet villains.
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Stephen @demos.zone · 29/05/2026
I just opened my ballot for the California primary and how are there so many people running for governor. there are 61 people on this thing. what the fuck
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Stephen @demos.zone · 29/04/2026
this is so fucking depressing. just no reason to do this.
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Stephen @demos.zone · 07/04/2026
is that good?
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Stephen @demos.zone · 03/04/2026
oh they are only doing a moon flyby? more like artemiss
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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Happy Saint Patrick's Day! I wrote a review for a Mexican-Irish fusion restaurant in Jersey City, but also wrote about American identity in an empire in decline ☘️ johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/everyone-i...
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Everyone Involved Needs to Be Arrested
A review of San Patricios, Jersey City
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
i don't care about any arguments against this. right now the sum total of my political advocacy is: crush the Republicans and make them pay. i don't care what comes after because until we do that nothing better is possible.
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Stephen @demos.zone · 03/03/2026
facebook is trying desperately to figure me out
Two notifications in the iPhone notifications center from the Facebook app.

The first reads:
A group where we all pretend to be moths
You might like A group where we all pretend to be moths.

The second reads:
Things with Faces
You might like Things with Faces.
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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
this is the stupidest thing and it absolutely undid me
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 25/01/2026
BTW when I say abolish ICE, I mean abolish it entirely and replace it with exactly nothing. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. That's it.
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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 24/01/2026
People are being executed in the street over a problem that straight up does not exist and both parties are complicit in the lie
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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 24/01/2026
I see all these posts about the “not so bad agents” trying to wait out the admin or save for retirement. I’m sorry but you gotta quit
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Stephen @demos.zone · 24/01/2026
fuck ice. they deserve to be ejected into the sun. i literally can not get over how they sent a 5 year old to texas. how???
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
The point here is to believe people when they tell you who they are. Gavin Newsom hangs out with Republicans because he likes hanging out with Republicans. This isn't 4-D chess. He wants to hang out with Ben Shapiro and Steve Bannon. When he says he agrees with them on things, it's because he does.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis. Say bad things are bad.
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Stephen @demos.zone · 06/01/2026
hedging my bets by converting to every religion in case one of them is right
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
finally, we're living through precedented times
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 03/01/2026
They seem to be aware of some need to make up a bullshit reason, but they don't know why and (correctly) figure that it doesn't actually matter much anyway. It's this weird shriveled little vestigial limb still waving at the vanished concept of a rules-based international order
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Stephen @demos.zone · 03/01/2026
a lot of people reflexively attacking schumer (fair, he almost always deserves it) but this on its own is one of the least bad statements to come out of congress so far. better than jeffries at least
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
who gives a shit about power levers. if you don't even attempt to start the process of impeachment, the fuck is the point of anything. "step on me daddy. please rig the next election, daddy" bsky.app/profile/squo...
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Stephen @demos.zone · 01/01/2026
If you have ever worked with color you are familiar with the ubiquitous “RGB value”. Named for Roy G. Biv, the infamous inventor of Color, [1/385]
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Stephen @demos.zone · 26/12/2025
I watched @tomwalker.bsky.social playing american truck simulator ONE TIME on twitch and now it won’t stop recommending other people streaming american truck simulator
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Stephen @demos.zone · 26/11/2025
This story is very bittersweet - it’s an amazing success story of international cooperation but because the success is so much less dramatic than the issue it gives the impression people made a huge deal out of nothing Exactly what will happen if we manage to do something about climate change
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Ozone layer on track for full recovery after UN treaty "success story"
The ozone hole over the Antarctic in 2025 was the fifth smallest since 1992, a new report by NASA and NOAA found.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 10/11/2025
even when the democratic party has leverage and one of the craziest election swings the party intentionally self immolates it’s just so exhausting what is even the point of these people
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 29/10/2025
Furthermore public transit teaches you how to live with temporary minor annoyances and cars teach you that you're god's most special baby and your moment-to-moment comfort is the only important thing in the world
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Stephen @demos.zone · 25/10/2025
taylor swift did not seek nor receive permission to use my remarks in which I described my boyfriends dick as a “redwood tree” therefore I am increasing any and all tariffs on her album sales by 10% thank you for your attention on this matter!
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Stephen @demos.zone · 13/10/2025
Apple, not to be outdone by HBO Max Plus By HBO, embarks on its own plan to rebrand Apple TV+ to…Apple TV
Screenshot from an article on the verge -

Even the wording on Apple's own announcement highlights the muddled branding, saying that F1 is available to purchase on Apple TV "ahead of its global streaming debut on Apple TV," and that "Apple TV is available on the Apple TV app" on devices like... you got it, Apple TV.
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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis > It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?
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Stephen @demos.zone · 09/10/2025
Squirrel just absolutely going to town on an apple in my backyard
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Stephen @demos.zone · 03/10/2025
this is a tim and eric sketch
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 01/10/2025
100% All Achievements xkcd.com/3148/
Comic. PERSON 1 to person with white hat: I finished all the gen-ed back in 2010, and I’m up to the 400-level courses in most departments. But now one of my advisors is saying I “can’t have more than 20 majors” and “need to graduate next year.” It’s outrageous! [caption] My university is making it really hard to finish a 100% all achievements speedrun.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Of course Trump, the GOP, and their media sock puppets will attack the Dems! There's no scenario on the table where they don't! Oh they voted for cloture on a spending bill, I guess they're not evil radical leftists we have to apocalyptically crush and censor after all, let's play nice now? Come on.
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Novelty Cistern @noveltycistern.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
GHISLAINE MAXWELL: here we go, boss. a big book of letters from all of your horrible best friends JEFF EPSTEIN: oh neat! look at this one from Donald GHISLAINE: that one's fake actually
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Stephen @demos.zone · 10/09/2025
I am getting married this weekend and honestly I can think of one wedding gift from the universe I would want above anything else
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Elon Musk has made false statements about how white people supposedly face discrimination in systems where we actually have tremendous privileges for years. I have shown the facts that debunk him, so have others- but he’ll always do this it seems. www.cnbc.com/2023/02/26/e...
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Elon Musk calls U.S. media and schools 'racist against whites & Asians'
Musk posted his comments on Twitter in response to media organizations cutting the comic strip "Dilbert" after its creator, Scott Adams, made racist remarks.
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Crystal Storm 💎⛈️ @thecrystalstorm.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
meta ai is out here asking some wild questions
A Facebook post with a photo of Sam Reich and his father with the caption "two reich's don't make a wrong" and one of the meta ai suggested questions at the bottom is "would a third Reich fix everything?"
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Stephen @demos.zone · 27/08/2025
the classic pick-me-up, Morning Wine
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Stephen @demos.zone · 21/08/2025
this is what runs gpt-5
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Stephen @demos.zone · 20/08/2025
this is just constantly infuriating to me. the solution is obvious! stop capitulating and looking like useless sniveling worms! there are tons of examples! all the poll following robots should easily be able to work out “stop doing thing that gets less votes. do thing that gets more votes”
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Stephen @demos.zone · 20/08/2025
oh, uh, okay
Screenshot from nyt article that was quote tweeted reading: 

Mr. Orwoll recently gave The New York Times a limited tour, allowing entry to the property through a gate that had a lock. He sat on a folding chair in his office, housed in an insulated shed with air-conditioning and fiber internet, two pianos and shelves full of philosophy texts.
Before a photographer could snap pictures, he pulled a copy of "Mein Kampf" from a bookshelf and turned it around to hide its spine.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
really feels like housing affordability is one of the most important political issues of our time, affecting nearly every aspect of our lives, and everyday our mainstream political discourse is about whether sour cream is woke or not
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