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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Hercule Poirot dressed all in black speaks to Captain Hastings in a grand hallway “Please ask the suspects to gather in the library, Hastings: I wish to reveal that our births are random, our lives meaningless, and our deaths absurd.”

Caption “Having investigated so many awful murders over the years, it was perhaps unsurprising that Hercule Poirot turned to Existentialism”

p.s. Poirot had presumably been reading a lot of Sartre recently…

"It is meaningless that we live and it is meaningless that we die," Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness (L'Être et le Néant)

“Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.” Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea (La Nausée)

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Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2

Photo of Sonny Rollins playing saxophone in 2009 by John Abbott

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

The Dietrichson house from DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) - at the corner of El Contento in the Hollywood Hills - then and now.

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

"Time Transfixed", 1938, by Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte (1898-1967).

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Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 30/03/2026

I searched "data center coloring book" because I was trying to decide if I should make one and found this, from a power management company, and I don't think I can top this www.eaton.com/explore/_pfc...

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Opal @opalescentopal.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

A cartoon from my next book. Physics for Cats will be out in the autumn from @dandq.bsky.social and @canongate.co.uk with other languages coming soon.

A three panel comic strip.

Panel one: A scientist stands before a black oval nothingness and says "I stared into the abyss."

Panel Two. She continues: "The abyss stared back."

Panel three
"One thing led to another, and now I meet the abyss for regular chats in the coffee shop near my lab."
Abyss and scientist contentedly drinking coffee together.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

A six panel cartoon.

Panel one:
Title: Learn to read with Physics
Lesson One: two and three-letter words
(image of a smiling book and particle)

Panel two:
A friendly scientist enters a colourful lab carryinh a coiffee and papers.
Text: The Doc is in the lab.

Panel three:
She has put on eye protectors and started a machine
Text: She put on the ion ray.

Panel four:
The machine has caused a small fire. She looks aghast.
Text: Pop! The ray lit the gas.

Panel five:
She runs from the burning lab
Text: The lab is too hot!

Panel six:
She sits on the grass. In the background the ruins of the lab smoulder.
Text: The Doc is sad.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

My next book of science cartoons Physics for Cats is available to preorder now! Links here: www.tomgauld.com

An image of the book 'Physics for Cats' by Tom Gauld. On the cover is an impossible shape against a starry sky. Gravity-defying cats wander around it.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

A cartoon for the @theguardian.com from a few years ago.

Title: Samuel Beckett's sitcom pitches

Panel One.
Waiting for Kramer: Two men, named Jerry and George, await the arrival of a man named Kramer. They talk. Time passes. He doesn't come. They wait a bit longer.

Panel Two.
No Sex and No City: Four female friends gossip, laugh and find ways to deal with being a modern woman. They are all buried up to their necks in soil, on an otherwise empty set.

Panel Three.
Frasier's Last Tape: A psychiatrist and talkshow host sits alone, listening to recordings from his past. A narrative emerges, concerning his father, brother and housekeeper.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

my HORRIFYING cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books

Title: Modern Folk horrors of the British Isles

Five images of various characters:

A coven of murderous witches...
Who play loud youtube videos on public transport.

An ancient malevolent demon...
With a three-hour podcast interviewing entrepreneurs.

A flock of bloodthirsty ravens...
Who think absolutely everything is "Woke".

A primordial shambling beast...
Wearing a "Make albion great again" baseball cap.

A mob of satanic villagers...
Who give bad reviews to books they haven't read.

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Simms @stephensimms.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Gauld, Gorey, Godot - three of my favorites, not counting alliteration, so as one does, I’ve been shopping for a suitably doubtful frame for our doubtful guest.

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

The Warner Archive 16th anniversary sale ends Mar 31. $22 Blu-rays are $12.25 if you buy 4 or more — far less than Amazon. Support #PhysicalMedia while we still have it. www.moviezyng.com/sale-items?m... #FilmSky #MovieSky #TCMParty

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Robert Henschel @roberthenschel.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Following up on my post a few days ago, I have released the Simple Usage Monitor for HPC Desktops. I built the app using Cursor and Claude Sonnet. If you happen to have an HPC Desktop setup, give it a try and let me know what you think! github.com/RobertHensch... #hpc #hpcdesktop

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GitHub - RobertHenschel/hpc-simple-usage-monitor: Usage monitor for HPC desktops

Usage monitor for HPC desktops. Contribute to RobertHenschel/hpc-simple-usage-monitor development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books

Ten small comic panels:
1. The writer, anxiously hunched over his laptop, unhappily struggling to create.
2. "I've finished my book" he says. Arms aloft in celebration.
3. The agent says "It's great! I have a few notes."
4. And so... The writer is back at his laptop, unhappily struggling to create.
5. "I've finished my book" he says. Arms aloft in celebration.
6. The editor says "It's great! I have a few suggestions."
7. And so... The writer is back at his laptop, unhappily struggling to create.
8. "I've finished my book" he says. Arms aloft in celebration
9. The readers says "It's great! We need a sequel."
10. And so... The writer is back at his laptop, unhappily struggling to create.

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Simms @stephensimms.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Thanks to Michael Brooke for sharing his trip to Orava Castle! Seeing the photos brought back fond memories of my long relationship with Nosferatu (1922). Check out his thread.

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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

I’m signing copies of CINEMA HER WAY tonight for @mzspress.bsky.social Get your copy here: mzs.press/PRE-ORDER-SI...

32 large books written by Marya E. Gates

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Happy World Book Day!

Title: Possible Early Precursors to World Book Day

1. Boktide, 1000ad A grand tournament of literature, culminating with the king choosing one 800k For 'Ethelred's Book Club' and writing a blurb for the cover.

2. Night of Sacrifice, 800ad By the light of the full moon, offerings of overdue books and tiny sums of money were made at shrines to the savage librarian-god Schussh.

3. Day of Banishment, 600ad The weakest member of the tribe was given writing materials, sent into the wilderness and only allowed to return if they wrote a bestselling book.

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BeatGhoul @beatgrrrl.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Take a flight through millions of galaxies mapped using coordinate data from DESI. Credit: Fiske Planetarium, CU Boulder and DESI collaboration

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.

Jack Torrance (as played by Jack Nicholson Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Shining’) is working at his typewriter. He looks at the viewer with his characteristic unhinged leer. Unusually though, he is also consulting a thesaurus.

He has typed the phrase “All industry and no frolics renders Jack a listless infant.”

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Stéphane Thiell @sthiell.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

We started it! blocksandfiles.com/2025/01/28/s... Check out my LAD'24 presentation: www.eofs.eu/wp-content/u...

Dual Astek SAS switches on top of TFinity tape library.

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Prince Charles Cinema @princecharlescinema.com · 28/01/2025

#SaveThePCC Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease. For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below; you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...

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Save The Prince Charles Cinema

The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat! We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

‘The Writer’s Dog’ - My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books

Title: The Writer's Dog

A writer commands his obedient dog to undertake some tricks:

Sit!

Shake hands!

Play dead!

Give feedback on my latest draft, and be brutally, honest, unless you hate it, in which case, be diplomatic!

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HLRS - High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart @hlrs-hpc.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Dynamic power capping, an innovative energy management strategy developed by HPE and HLRS, has enabled a 20% reduction in power consumption on the Hawk #HPC without compromising performance. This method will also be applied to our next-generation HPC, Hunter and Herder: www.hlrs.de/news/detail/...

The green line indicates the mean power usage using dynamic power capping. The red line shows the mean power usage during an experimental operation in uncapped mode in December 2024. The experimental operation demonstrated that dynamic power capping enabled an energy savings of approximately 20% without recognizable performance degradation. Image: HPE/HLRS

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Matt Singer @mattsinger.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

The best newspaper ad in the history of movie marketing?

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Simms @stephensimms.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Awoke to tears and memories hearing David Lynch in my head saying, “It’s Friday once again!” Dune Christmas Day 1984 Delicious agony between Twin Peaks episodes 5 x 90 min trips to experience Lost Highway before it screened locally “… fix their hearts or die.” Thank you for everything David ❤️

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HPC Guru @hpcguru.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

#ElCapitan dedication ceremony at LLNL today "At 1.742 exaFLOPs, #ElCapitan is the fastest computing system ever benchmarked" I like the careful wording, as they realize that the fastest #supercomputer in the world might not be on the #Top500 #HPC #AI via LLNL

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Simms @stephensimms.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Great news for Tom Gauld fans, physics fans, cat fans, and smashed wood pulp fans! Do yourself a favor and take the time to click the link for an excerpt.

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Radiance Films @filmsradiance.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

2025 is going to be a big year for us - including our first UHD releases! 💿 We've got several titles confirmed with potentially more on the horizon. Any guesses what they might be?

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Rich Miller @techjournalism.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Data center developer Switch is working with nuclear energy specialist Oklo Inc to deploy 12 gigawatts of nuclear power to support Switch campuses through 2044. Under the agreement, Oklo will develop powerhouses to provide power to Switch across the U.S. through a series of PPAs.

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Simms @stephensimms.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Tom Gauld rocks! His book, “Revenge of the Librarians” makes a particularly excellent gift for any and all the brave and talented librarians in your life.

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Simms @stephensimms.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

It was great to see you at SC24 in Atlanta Stéphane! The Lustre community continues to be grateful for your contributions as program committee chair. Thanks for offering Stanford as the LUG's next landing site.

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Simms @stephensimms.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Thank you Brian! Gotta catch ‘em all 😉

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