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Klowder @truekk.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

R.I.P to a champion.

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Klowder @truekk.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2026

The cargo doors are open on a space shuttle-like vehicle as three astronauts in space suits heave out eight men in business suits who float away into space. One of the astronauts says “I THOUGHT THAT SENDING BILLIONAIRES TO SPACE WAS A WASTE OF TIME AND RESOURCES, BUT NOW I SEE THE APPEAL.”

cartoon credits include:
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WILEY ©2026 Wiley Ink, Ltd.
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wileyink@earthilnk.net

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Klowder @truekk.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026

The shared values that make democracy possible:
A belief in the intrinsic dignity and worth of all people, and that no one is above the law — or beneath its protection.
A belief in checks and balances in our government, and an accountability that comes with it.
An independent judiciary, and a robust free press.
A belief that our military and law enforcement owe allegiance not to any president or political party, but to the people and our Constitution.
A belief in the peaceful transfer of power after the people have spoken in fair and free elections.
Recognizing that in a large, complicated society like ours, no group or faction gets its way 100% of the time.
And a belief that qualities of character — honesty, integrity, kindness, compassion, a sense of duty and honor - those things matter in our public dealings, just as they do in our private lives.
—Barack Obama, June 2026

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Klowder @truekk.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 05/03/2026

quitgpt.org charlieangus.substack.com/p/its-tim…

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Klowder @truekk.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 07/01/2026

Infamy.

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Klowder @truekk.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 05/01/2026

[American politics] Diaperload T. Rump's view of the world.

Map with crudely written words and lines in red dividing the world into the Western Hemisphere, marked "ME," Russia, Europe, and northwest Africa, marked "PUTIN," and the rest of Asia and Africa plus Australia, marked XI.

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Klowder @truekk.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 23/12/2025

My view of a (semi-) golden future:

Vases with flowers flank a gravestone with the inscription "TRUMP - Please wash hands after urinating."

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Klowder @truekk.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2025

Comic strip panel: Robin the Boy Wonder says COVID IS BACK. Batman, slapping him, says IT NEVER LEFT.

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Klowder @truekk.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2025

The Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights are muddied with boot prints that bear the words Trump and MAGA.

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Klowder @truekk.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2025

Yep. And he says "Every breath you share indoors without protection is a coin flip." But outdoors, too, around other people.

Edited for word count.
Sean Mullen—
I don't know how to say this without sounding harsh, but I need you to hear it.
COVID — or SARS-2—doesn't leave you the same. Every reinfection stacks the damage: to your brain, your heart, your immune system. Most people don't realize that "brain fog" isn't just being tired — it's real, measurable injury. Skipping masking, testing, or clean air, and you're rolling the dice on more infections.
By the end of this decade, if you aren't protecting yourself, you will not be the same. We're talking accelerated aging: dementia, heart attack, stroke, cancer, chronic illness.
And it's not just adults. Research shows kids are developing immune dysfunction that mirrors HIV — at rates similar to adults. Each infection compounds the risk. This isn't hypothetical. It's happening.
I'm saying this because I want you around. I want you healthy. I want my friends, colleagues, and family to take this seriously before it's too late.
Clean air. Masks. Precautions. These aren't inconveniences. They are the line between staying whole and watching your health slip away, wave by wave.
Here's the truth:
• Every breath you share indoors without protection is a coin flip. How many flips until you lose?
• By 2030, the question won't be who masked. It will be who's still standing.
• It's not paranoia. It's prevention. And prevention is the only way you stay in the game.
Mask. Filter. Ventilate. Test. Repeat. It's not complicated. It's survival.

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Klowder @truekk.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2025

Doonesbury comic strip copyright 2003 by Garry Trudeau

Panel 1: Zonker Harris is lying face down on bed. His father says to him:
I’M SORRY YOU MISSED THE FILING DEADUNE, SON. I KNOW THAT RUNNING HAS BEEN YOUR DREAM SINCE LAST WEEK.

Panel 2: He continues: YOU KNOW, WHENEVER I HAVE A DISAPPOINTMENT IN LIFE, I FIND IT HELPS IF I PICTURE IT AS JUST ANOTHER FAILED SIT-COM PILOT.

Panel 3 shows the two of them in silhouette.

Panel 4: Zonker, lifting his head, says: YOU'RE RIGHT... I FEEL BETTER.
His father says: SEE, IF YOU CHEAPEN IT, IT DOESN’T HURT AS MUCH.

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Klowder @truekk.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 27/06/2025

How medical appointments are these days.

Under heading The Vertlartnic—
Photo of a smiling doctor (photo credit: POLLY VALENCE/THE VERTLARTNIC) with the text:
You're Not Medically Trained.
That's Why You Can't Understand That My Breath Is Special And Can't Cause You Infections.
Credit at bottom: HUGH JEEGO

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Klowder @truekk.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 15/04/2025

"If I understand this correctly, the US president has launched a trade war against the world, believes he can force the EU and China to meet his terms, is determined to annex Canada and Greenland, but is powerless before the sovereign might of El Salvador. Is that it?"
– Steven Inskeep, NPR

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Klowder @truekk.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 15/04/2025

“The game the [Trump] administration is playing, where it pretends it lacks the power to ask for Abrego Garcia to be returned while [president of El Salvador] Bukele pretends he doesn't have the power to return him, is an expression of obvious contempt for the Supreme Court-and for the rule of law."
– Adam Serwer, The Atlantic

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Klowder @truekk.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 15/04/2025

The plan all along has been to be able to get rid of U.S. citizens by creating a "Schroedinger's box" where anyone can be sent, but once they are there, the U.S. cannot get them back because they are "in the custody of a foreign sovereign."

"If they can get Abrego Garcia out of the box, the plan does not work."

– Chris Geidner, legal analyst of Law Dork

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Klowder @truekk.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 15/04/2025

"On the White House's theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs."
– Timothy Snyder, scholar of authoritarianism

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Klowder @truekk.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 08/04/2025

Nero (not his real name) is fiddling (with a golf club) while Rome (not its real name) burns (metaphorically—for now).

photo of a felon and adjudicated rapist who holds the office of U.S. president as he swings a golf club while a wall of fire rages in the background.

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Klowder @truekk.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2025

New song! Gloom with a twinkle! Unusual instrumentation! Give it a listen. soundcloud.com/ghostballoon/ditty-d…

Man dancing and whistling while his head is covered by a grey cloud.

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Klowder @truekk.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2025

Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for March 03, 2025, Copyright 2025 Wiley Ink, 14d. 3-3
Man and woman looking at a sign outside a restaurant that reads CHEF WANTED
• MUST HATE COOKING AND THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY
• NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY
The man comments: LOOKS LIKE THE PEOPLE WHO SAY GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE RUN LIKE A BUSINESS GOT THEIR WISH

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Klowder @truekk.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2025

The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. Guess which two got fired. As Jeff Tiedrich puts it, "apparently, Generalling While Black and Admiralling While Female are now crimes in this country."

Photo of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, showing eight people including one Black general and one female admiral.

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Klowder @truekk.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 18/01/2025

The country I was brought up in Fell apart and died Oh no Love's no longer there Cold wind blew away the sun That used to warm the air Lowdown Feeling pretty bad Feeling like I lost the best friend That I ever had

Image of tombstone with inscription: The United States of America. July 4, 1776 to January 20, 2025. Flowers sit on the headstone's base.

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Klowder @truekk.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 08/01/2025

Non Sequitur comic strip by Wiley. January 8, 2025 strip features young girl Danae and her horse friend, Lucy.

Danae says:
OK... MY FIRST STEP AS AN INVENTOR IS TO FIND A NEED AND FILL IT, 5O MAYBE WE SHOULD START WITH A NEWSPAPER.

Lucy asks:
WHY?

Danae explains:
THAT'S WHERE WE'LL FIND THE PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD...THEN WE JUST THINK OF SOMETHING THAT'LL FIX ONE OF THEM.

The two look wide-eyed and shocked at the newspaper (The Times Journal).

The two retreat to a big, comfy chair. Lucy says:
SO... WHAT DO YOU THINK THE WORLD NEEDS?

Danae says:
A HUG AND A VACATION AWAY FROM PEOPLE.

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Klowder @truekk.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 06/11/2024

1941 Pearl Harbor - 2001 9-11 - 2024 Election Day

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Klowder @truekk.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2024

From a Xtwitter post: Bill Madden • @maddenifico
So when Trump gets shot with an AR-15, Trump supporters wear maxi-pads to show their support for Trump. But when children get shot by an AR-15, Trump supporters wear AR-15 lapel pins to show support for AR-15s. Do I have this right?
11:26 PM - 05 Sep 24

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