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Ethelred Busybody

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Born in Zimbabwe and lived in South Africa, but have adopted Australia as my permanent home.

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Jonathan Pie @jonathanpienews.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
American Morality. Tickets to my London Show: JonathanPie.com/londonlive
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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug - MARK ZUCKERBERG PRESENTS "A.I. AND U!" - Brought to you by the heroic Inner Hive, including long-time member Casey 2 and new member Steven Titmus! (tomthedancingbug.com/the-inner-hi...) - READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Musk is a menace to civilization
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Jim Chalmers @jimchalmers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
GET THE FACTS: Two thirds of Australia’s gross debt was racked by the Coalition. In just 9 years, the Coalition racked up $607.8 billion of gross debt, and doubled debt even before COVID.
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
A figure stands in a barren landscape; reaches for the lever on a large, eccentric contraption covered in wires, pipes, dials and buttons; looks over towards two figures inside a bunker and says:

"'Trust me, it's safe' would sound a lot more reassuring if you weren't saying it from inside a concrete bunker."
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chrisbritt.bsky.social @chrisbritt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#trump #hatchact #gop #corruption #economy #fascists #trumpfamily
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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The wonderful Jack Charles would have been 83 today
Jack Charles a few years ago
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Dr. Temple Grandin has #autism & is an animal scientist, ethologist & a professor at Colorado State U. She credits her "thinking in pictures" for her ability to understand animal behavior and design more humane equipment (now used in >50% of N. American cattle facilities). #WomenInSTEM 1/3👇
Close-up portrait photograph of Dr. Temple Grandin,  with short, wavy light-colored hair, looking slightly to the her right with a neutral expression. She is wearing a bright red Western-style jacket with black embroidered floral patterns on the yoke and shoulders, with a white flowing tie or scarf.
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Pat Hudson Cartoons @hudsoncartoons.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Unsurprised #auspol #Israel #IsraeliWarCrimes
Editorial cartoon. FM Wong berates the Israeli ambassador to Australia, “You targeted an aid convoy, killing innocent people and you have concluded that there was no wrong doing!?!” He replies, “Target hit, target destroyed, what wrong doing?”
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God @thegodshow.com · 17/07/2026
If Andy Beshear doesn’t call for a special election before August 3rd and force Mitch McConnell to prove he can speak in a video, then Andy Beshear becomes the new Merrick Garland. I’m sorry but I make the rules.
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Epstein survivors released this video today urging senators to block the confirmation of Todd Blanche for Attorney General. They’re trying to get to 20,000 signatures on their petition to send a message to the Senate. ujoin.co/campaigns/45...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/07/2026
I think @govandybeshear.bsky.social should just appoint a Dem to fill McConnell’s seat. It would force proof of life, and the state law that stripped him of that power should be challenged in court. I’m sure Thune would refuse to seat the appointee, but I think it’s a fight worth having. BE BOLD!
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The Shovel @theshovel.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
“It’s an insult to everyone’s intelligence to have a guy standing on stage playing dress-ups. He is just a walking publicity stunt – not serious at all. At least we’ll have a candidate wearing a bin on his head to provide a more serious alternative." Read more: theshovel.com.au/2026/07/09/j...
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I would kill or die for Larry
A small operation in Oregon that hunts truffles with a trained dog has added an unpaid trainee. A cat named Larry accompanies the handler and the truffle dog into the woods every outing, works a patch of ground a little apart from them, and digs with tremendous confidence in places where there is nothing.
The handler says Larry has never found a truffle and shows no sign of understanding the assignment. He does not use scent the way the dog does and he does not respond when the dog makes a find.
He simply digs his own holes nearby and then inspects them. "He thinks he's on the team," the handler said. "He is emphatically not on the team."
TRUFFLE DOG FINDS THE TRUFFLES -
'TRAINEE' CAT DIGS RANDOM HOLES AND FINDS DIRT
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
With this ruling, the birthright issue is not going away. The right hasn't really begun *organizing* around getting rid of the citizenship clause. Like Roe, this will be their fight for a generation. And if the Democrats just say "we won" and ignore it, like Roe, the Republicans will eventually win.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This country was one person's vote away this morning from putting any birthright citizen in danger of being deported tomorrow. We are so much closer to the abyss than we think. Man oh man.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Baffle no more. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Single frame. Intro: “Baffled at how a racist grifter who’s been flogging her schtick for 30 years with minimal success has suddenly shot to prominence? I present: A PLEASE EXPLAINER”
Series of illustrations: “THE STRATEGIST” Steve Bannon saying “Flood the zone…” “THE MODEL” Trump saying “Fake News murderers and rapists drill baby drill…” “THE BILLION/TRILLIONAIRE PLATFORM-OWNING HATE-SPEECH-LOVING AMPLIFIER (et al)” with Elon Musk performing the Nazi salute; “THE VESTED INVESTOR” with Gina Rinehart holding a toy bulldozer saying “BRRRRRRRRR”; “THE PRODUCT” Pauline Hanson saying, “Trashy journalist no good Muslims trans insurgency climate hoax”; “THE INDONESIAN BOT FARM* (and Vietnamese and Indian) Pumping out AI content and disinformation to boost Hanson and attack her political opponents”; “THE AVERAGE PUNTER” bloke looking at his phone which is pinging, saying “She seems authentic…”
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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
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Alan Spencer @mralanspencer.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Mel Brooks turns 100 today and next Saturday the United States celebrates being 250. Right now, the former is in much better shape.
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billbramhall.bsky.social @billbramhall.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Cartoon
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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
🔵 This week's comic ELON MUSK AND HIS DOGE PALS, in "TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE" Can the gang solve the mystery of 600,000 people dead?? - Brought to you by the proud and mighty Inner Hive Won't you join us at patreon.com/rubenbolling/membership - READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
You know it's getting bad for Farage when even his cheerleaders are giving him grief
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Solutions to all the world's problems #cartoon
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Downing St danger. My “smh cartoon.
Single frame. Image of Keir Starmer at lectern announcing his resignation in street in front of 10 Downing St, as a truck approaches from stage right driven by Nigel Farage. Caption: “PM demonstrates danger of standing in the middle of the road.”
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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The Vandal Follow my cartoons and accompanying written commentary on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com For @rawstory.com
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Jonathan Pie @jonathanpienews.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The world’s richest arsehole. JonathanPie.com
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🇦🇺 WyndhamVic @wyndhamvic.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Gina's "Sweet Child o'Mines" from Sammy J's 2013 ABC comedy 'Wednesday Night Fever'. Still freakishly relevant today over a decade later. 🤣 Absolutely brilliant.
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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug - It's the dedication of the Dementia Donnie Center for Television Watching - Brought to you by the mighty Inner Hive, including including long-time member Charlie M. and new member Sydney SF. JOIN US @ bit.ly/theInnerHive - READ THE COMIC RIGHT HERE👇
Comic strip depicting Donald Trump in an alternate universe in which he was never wealthy, in some kind of institution for his dementia
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Dave Levinthal @davelevinthal.com · 20/06/2026
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'Trump Airport…FUCK YOU. Should be Palm Bitch'
I obtained hundreds of Florida fliers' comments about Palm Beach International Airport's Trumpian name change. Buckle up: it's about to get bumpy.
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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Worthwhile cause to support. And for those wondering why an Aboriginal man is advocating for ‘new’ Australians it’s simple, they deserve our support as they often support Aboriginal issues, they know what discrimination is all about. Often learned it firsthand in their own countries.
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Ellis Rosen @ellisjrosen.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Car mechanic looking at car with crazy stuff under the hood: “here’s your problem: the cartoonist has no idea what the inside of a car looks like.”
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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
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An embarrassing performance at the G7
Trump rambles on about granite
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Mark Parisi @offthemarkparisi.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Freedom fighters. My @smh @theage cartoon
Single frame. MAGA hat dad in chair with his giant Maccas Coke with MAGA hat son sitting beside on the floor with same, watching Trump’s UFC circus on TV. Dad says, “And remember, your Daddy stormed the Capitol and fought to bring back the narcissistic megalomaniac so that one day, you too would have the FREEDOM (TM) to get in a cage and punch the bejesus out of your fellow Americans on the White House lawn.”
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Bob Odenkirk is a national treasure. Take 44 seconds and watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0rB...
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 16/06/2026
✍️ Sign the petition to stop misleading political ads in NSW ⤵️ www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/la/Pages/ePe...
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LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY - Signing ePetition - Stop Misleading Ads at Next Year's Election
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Steven Hassan PhD @cultexpert.freedomofmind.com · 11/06/2026
One of the biggest myths about cults is that nobody ever leaves. But people do wake up!! Video credit: @nypost @megynkellyshow @cspanofficial @nowthisimpact @candaceoshow @foxnews @brutamerica
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Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost @frost.house.gov · 09/06/2026
If ICE or federal officers violate your right to record, there should be consequences. That's why I introduced the Right to Record Act to create a legal pathway to sue and hold them accountable — because no one is above the law.
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ZachsMind @zachsmind.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Garron reviews Africa. You don't put up a sign to mark the equator! You draw a big long line across the countryside ya koontz! What wuz yer god thinkin whin he drew up the giraffe design how many brews did that taik? Mosquitoes WTF!? Follow him. He's delicious 😋 youtube.com/shorts/G-Zo0...
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Africa review
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Indie Aut. Stuart Miller📖✍️🤓 Believe in yourself & your potential @stuartmiller1.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Posted 5 days ago "russ_and_stacie_sullivan: Good morning, friends! Last night at WaterFire in Providence, 🔥a bunch of friends from different groups got together for a Signs of Fascism awareness event Signs of #Fascism is an event that highlights historical warning signs of #authoritarianism..."
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 02/06/2026
Young cancer patient's stem cell transplant struggle highlights shortage of local donors
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Cancer patient's stem cell transplant struggle highlights need for more donors
Sarah Taylor is one of approximately 1,200 Australians urgently waiting for a life-saving stem cell transplant. Advocates say Australia's registry is "ridiculously small" compared to other nations, leading to potentially fatal consequences. 
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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Bibi, Trump and Putin get a thrill out of killing It’s a twisted, fascist thing
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Privatizing prisons and detention facilities is one of the worst public policy decisions this country has ever made. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 30/05/2026
Jodi Knott suffered 'gratuitous cruelty' at the hands of police. Her family wants the public to see what they did
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Police beat a woman in a Sydney street. Their own camera captured their cruelty
The family of a woman brutally assaulted by police in Sydney has fought to have body-worn camera vision released, in the hope officers will be better trained in responding to acute mental health situations.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
🔥 Ronny Chieng at Harvard: “F*ck A.I. — the mission of your generation is to destroy it… shortcuts to skip to the end aren’t always good. The journey is the point of all this.”
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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
No idea
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Some hip-hop for you. This is by my son, J-Man. In real life he has a severe disability & can't walk, talk or feed himself. He has a wonderful producer who makes these vids for him. Benkei is the doggo & is real. You'll also see 2 carers. They are based on real people. Enjoy. youtu.be/QC56hw2vOZI
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Benki Soundtrack 4
YouTube video by Jaden J-Man
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Sorry. My @smh cartoon.
“May 26 was National Sorry Day.” 8 frames, illustrating: “Sorry…we keep arresting and incarcerating you (kid getting arrested by 2cops); you keep inexplicably dying in our custody (cop outside cell, small black hand visible through door window); we destroyed your heritage again (energy corp guy blowing up red rocks) ; we’ve ignored so many recommendations (Bringing them Home report, 1997); we voted NO (referendum ballot paper) we didn’t just legislate a Voice to Parliament (Indigenous people locked out of parliament); a failed bomb attack against you is barely newsworthy (people fleeing a parcel going tick tick tick); the gap keeps widening (a tent at dusk, beside it silhouette of a person comforting another).
Then the line “Sorry that saying sorry is the least we can do.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Over 50 years later, this anti-Vietnam War PSA still rings true.
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