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Paul F. Tompkins

@pftompkins.bsky.social
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Mark McConville @markmcconville.bsky.social · 19h
Superego has a YouTube channel. Over the summer, we added a bunch of our favorite sketches which are there now to enjoy! Subscribe and then leave a comment on your favorite sketch or suggest a sketch that we should add to the playlist. youtube.com/@gosuperego?...
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Superego
Improvised, analyzed, and brought to you by Drs. Matt Gourley, Jeremy Carter, Mark McConville, and Paul F. Tompkins, with James Bladon and Andy Daly. The Superego Clinic For Analytical Pscience™ seek...
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Catbus @catbus.phd · 29/09/2025
PSA
crudely cropped photo of Ian Holm as the android Ash in 'Alien' with the ms paint notation 'full of milk' with an arrow pointing at him
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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 19h
Tbf it also exists to subject men to ritualized abuse in order to irreparably bond them to each other so that they won’t blow the whistle on all the raping
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19h
I wish I had not learned about this
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/09/2026
Riley Gaines, famous for turning her 5th place tie with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas into a far-right career agianst transgender people, has officially had her lawsuit against the NCAA thrown out by a judge today. The judge found no evidence for her claims. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Riley Gaines' Title IX Lawsuit Against The NCAA Struck Down After Judge Finds "No Evidence" Of Funding Claims
Gaines’ attorneys argued her civil rights were violated because she competed against a transgender athlete.
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The effects of the gummy progressed as tonight’s Lanterns got weirder, thus i must declare it the greatest episode of television in history
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thinking of the old lady outside Citizens Bank last night who was asked “Do you think there could still be a Red October” and she replied “If there is, they don’t deserve it”
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 27/09/2026
‘They don’t want trans people to exist’ – Lynx’s Cheryl Reeve speaks her mind sports.yahoo.com/art... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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‘They don’t want trans people to exist’ – Lynx’s Cheryl Reeve speaks her mind
Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve isn’t backing down from her public support of the transgender community. Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve has long used her platform to champion progressive causes and stand up for LGBTQ+ rights.
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captain bleach @blainecapatch.bsky.social · 12/07/2023
austrian policeman: did you get a look at the people who killed your baby, mrs. hitler? mrs. hitler: yes they were all wearing silver time travel suits and saying something about updog austrian policeman: what's updog mrs. hitler (to camera):
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Dear The Traitors: I love you & have watched just about all your iterations and I am begging you to stop doing the thing at breakfast where the host tosses the portrait of the murdered person on the floor. We know it goes back up with the X on it later. There has to be a better way to do this moment
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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andy vs. @im-all-id.me · 26/09/2026
It's really comin down out there (civilization)
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
why? when we already have bluesky??
discussingfilm's post: Netflix has announced a new reality series titled ‘THE NEW STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT’.
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
@9021007.xyz hey unfortunately you jumped the gun on labeling my post AI and in addition to me you have added a bunch of people that were only trying to help me out. I know this is a style that AI apes a lot but this was made by a very talented person bsky.app/profile/pfto...
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Prompt” was supposed to be “promo” and this is absolutely not AI, it’s from the artist I’ve been using for 10 years, Nathan Diffee. I understand the impulse but you are mistaken here and may in fact be the motherfucker
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Well let’s see how this goes. I’m constructing a new hour of standup and I need some people to watch it. Could YOU be a people? Saturday 11/28 at the Elysian. Tix: bit.ly/cbwpft1126
Prompt artwork for the show: in the style of a pulp novel cover, a bedraggled man (me) crawls through a grimy alley towards a microphone
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BedWords @snacklesbian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
i'm still seeing this get shared so just a reminder, this article is wrong in many places and london daily is one of those fake ai newspapers
screenshot of the london daily about page. it says:

Welcome to London Daily, an innovative and unique news experiment driven by advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Our AI system conducts extensive research and fact-checking, presenting a non-biased and diverse perspective on each topic.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Happy Kicked In The Head By A Horse Day, to all who celebrate. It's the 7th anniversary of this absolute banger.
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JoCo Cruise @jococruise.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Welcome back to 4 time JoCo Cruise feat. guest Paul F. Tompkins! Tompkins is a comedian, improvisor, & actor (who you may have heard as “Mister Peanutbutter” on BoJack Horseman). Learn more on our website www.jococruise.com/guests
Paul F. Tompkins has grey hair cut short and a grey mustache. His eyes are brown. He is wearing a black suit and white shirt and white polka dot tie. He is a JoCo Cruise 2027 featured guest
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Poster for the “This is Gavin Newsom” podcast with a picture of the human oil slick himself
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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Bill I have zero respect for you whatsoever but feel it’s nonetheless worth pointing out that using words like “vainglorious” against Trump is what people such as Ted Cruz thought would stop him in the 2016 primary
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 21/09/2026
for your future voting knowledge, Gavin Newsom was central in pressuring the AGs to settle their antitrust lawsuit against Paramount:
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Done! Paramount Settles Antitrust Suit, Set To Seal Deal For Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount agreed to settle an antitrust suit by a dozen State Attorneys General led by California's Rob Bonta, the last obstacle to its merger with WBD.
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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It’s very simple. A reality TV host became dictator because he turned down a role for Sharknado 4 and that’s why the king of outer space, who cheats at Diablo, got to kill Africa. Now the economy is controlled by a sex cult that has something to do with Harry Potter fanfic because of robots.
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
You gotta give it up to Earth Wind & Fire for not even bothering to add a Water guy. They were just like it’s fine
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Neil Turkewitz @neilturkewitz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Huge kudos to @milesklee.bsky.social & @wired.com for referring to Norwood as “it.” “The virtual character, which is promoting its upcoming movie Misaligned, tries to evade politics by repetitively commenting on the clothes you’re wearing.” Well done! @katie-drummond.bsky.social
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AI ‘Actor’ Tilly Norwood Told Me That ‘All Lives Matter’
The virtual character, which is promoting its upcoming movie “Misaligned,” tries to evade politics by repetitively commenting on the clothes you’re wearing.
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
AI is ruining cute animals for me
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I am not afraid to be corny on main
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It’s very simple and it’s been said over and over but I guess it needs saying continuously: if you deem one group too small to have equal rights you are enabling fascism, not fighting it. The people saying Dems are GREAT on trans rights are not paying attention and/or saying stuff like this.
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The Democrats defend the Kennedy Center but not trans people.
A building.

@treewarrior.bsky....
maybe because defending everything about a super small minority of the population is not worth losing to fascists
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Reminder: no need to tag me in any image you come across of some person you think I look like. Post away but I don’t need to know! That’s your personal thought and I promise you I get nothing out of it.
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
So thoughtful of your parents to put together their very own fall tv preview! Read it here: www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts...
Shouts & Murmurs
Your Parents’ Fall TV Preview
By Josh Gondelman
Published 9/17/2026

A photo of an older white couple sitting on a couch watching tv.“North of South of the Border” on Paramount+

Welcome to El Paso, where men are men and women are cast mostly in nonspeaking roles. Taylor Sheridan’s latest drama stars Mel Gibson as a Border Patrol agent who feels conflicted about his work because his bosses won’t let him arbitrarily deport Jews and Greek people. Sheridan’s shows currently take up so much of Paramount’s programming that there isn’t enough time in the day to air “North of South of the Border” as its own hour-long drama. It appears exclusively in snippets on television sets that characters are watching within the show “Landman,” which your parents refer to as “Yellowstone.”“Tendershire Farms” (Season 18) on BritBox
Maude Tendershire (Olivia Gingerbottom) works as the caretaker for her family’s historic chamomile farm. That’s about it. The show is so cozy and soothing that the actors frequently fell asleep during takes and can be spotted snoozing in the background. This season, low-jinx ensue after Lord Gilderoy (Hankleton Dunderthorpe III) stops by for a visit, but he’s already eaten so he doesn’t stay for tea. A lamb wanders off but soon returns. And for one entire episode, a gentle breeze rustles the branches of a weeping willow tree as an inaudible conversation takes place nearby.“Dr. Shaft, M.D.” on Fox
An underground facility known as Drive Shaft, Maryland, is home to the Washington, D.C. metro area’s most cutthroat drag-racing scene—and there’s a new driver tearing up the quarter-mile track. Other gearheads know him as Smooth J., but at his day job, at the Foggy Bottom Urology Clinic, Jason Shafterton goes by Dr. Shaft. Will his addiction to fast driving undermine his commitment to providing affordable penile health care to residents of our nation’s capital? Only time will tell. Your parents really aren’t that interested in the racing scenes or, frankly, the medical stuff. But your mom refuses to miss an episode because the show stars Daveed Diggs from the original cast of “Hamilton.”
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Magnum, T.I.(M.) @hydrationchimp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
it’s time to give Ms Rachel a gundam
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JoCo Cruise @jococruise.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Announcing the JoCo Cruise 2027 Featured Guest lineup, including Nebula winners such as @isabel.kim, @scalzi.com and @maryrobinettekowal.com, actors @pftompkins.bsky.social and @thatbronzegirl.bsky.social, and folk singer @vancegilbert.com! Visit jococruise.com for more info! #jococruise #cruise
Performers Jonathan Coulton, Daphne Always, Ally Beardsley, Jasmine Bhullar, Jim Boggia, Boys Go To Jupiter, Simone Giertz, Vance Gilbert, Isabel J. Kim, Mary Robinette Kowal, Aimee Mann, Mollylele, Zac Oyama, Paul and Storm, Riz Rollins, John Scalzi, James Sheppard, Nadine Smith, Paul F. Tompkins, Varietopia, Janet Varney and Sabrina Wu
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Michael Fry @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Your Grandad Cyclops talks about his school days
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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I’m really trying not to go for cheap heat on here but you can write off any politician that does not support trans rights without equivocating because it’s the morally correct thing to do and additionally because it means they’re not above selling anyone out.
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In light of everything that’s going on
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
CHRIST ALMIGHTY
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Paste Magazine @pastemagazine.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Los Angeles is getting its own tribute performance to Dolly Parton, organized by Middle Aged Dad Jam Band member and TV composer Jordan Katz. www.pastemagazine.com/music/dolly-...
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Paul F. Tompkins, Jena Malone and more to perform at LA Dolly Parton tribute
Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.
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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
When my son was 5 he had a sartorial flair To go to arts delicatessen he wore a midnight blue cape, top hat &monocle As we were leaving an older gent stopped him saying “young man, i like your style” Meant the world to our son that man was Bob Mackie RIP
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donni saphire @donni.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I respect my haters and share their concerns
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
When Democrats attempt to triangulate on trans rights, it's my sense that many liberals and people in politics don't understand why many trans people are so upset. I wrote about the differences between then and now, what trans people have lost, and what we still stand to lose
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This Is Not A Love Song
Explaining the “maximalism” of trans rights
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
People are on here talking wild reckless to trans people. And it is very annoying because trans people have done everything they needed to do. They educated the public about candidates who were against civil rights. They pointed people towards viable alternatives. They came through in primaries.
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Are we just blowing past the illegal part which is the part that’s happening in the present
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San Antonio Current @sacurrent.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The show, scheduled for this Thursday, will also feature longtime Aukerman guest Paul F. Tompkins plus other comics.
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Scott Aukerman bringing Comedy Bang! Bang! live show to Aztec Theatre for night of absurdist humor
Scott Aukerman, joined by longtime guest Paul F. Tompkins and other comedians, will bring his brand of improvised humor to the Aztec Theatre this
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Ryan Pequin @ryanpequin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
i'm hearing that a lot of people are saying i wrote two of @pftompkins.bsky.social greatest roles in the latest Regular Show episode
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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
spring break 2005 we went to Puerto Rico where my buddy’s family had an empty country club house, which included a Segway for getting around the neighborhood. one by one we were all banned from using it after having too much Bacardi and riding it inside and crashing into a wall or piece of furniture
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Screamer Jim @screamerjim.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Since Kansas and John Brown are in the discourse, I would encourage folks to read WEB Du Bois’ biography of Brown. It’s a heater.
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jordan! @jordanjamboree.pittbert.gay · 08/09/2026
Posting "the computer from Star Trek is generative AI but you're not ready to talk about that" turning my phone off then killing myself
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/09/2026
ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote:
Handwritten notecard. Prompt at the top asks: What object was most devastating for you to lose, and how have you been coping? Answer below: Dentures. Were thrown away and coping isn't somthing I can do. It’s made me feel ugly, unworthy, can’t go get a job with no teeth. So how can get off the streets until another pair can be made?
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
VARIETOPIA returns tomorrow night, live & streaming at 7pm Pacific! Be there or bring it to yourself electronically! In person & steaming tix: Varietopia.com
Okay so it’s poster art depicting me and my musical director Jordan Katz at the end of a pie-eating contest. I won and I look like a million bucks but Jordan still has like three pies left and he’s covered with pie shit (not based on a true story) 

The art is by Nathan Diffee!
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