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Steampunk enthusiast, Rogue Tea-Dueler, Frequent gamer, Sometimes interviewer, Occasional reviewer, Part-time LGBTQIA+ activist. I am the gay uncle that your gay aunt warned you about. Contains Adult Material Contents Under Pressure.

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and Alan Braden as Professor Upsidasium @upsidasium.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Windrose, the excellent "You're an Undead Pirate with Unfinished Business" game has gone from DEMO to early access! Join me as I start from scratch to tame at least one of the seven seas! www.twitch.tv/professor_up...
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Kat Hartness @kathartness.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
www.denver7.com/health/babie...
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‘Babies become sitting ducks’: Measles resurges in South Carolina amid anti-vaccine push
South Carolina’s measles outbreak, the worst in decades, is endangering babies as vaccination rates fall and anti-vaccine legislation gains momentum.
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Lar deSouza @lartist.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
#repostyourart Day 12: Cozy
cartoon: a gnome and a ginger cat are curled up together enjoying a nap. Both have bleps :)
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
When the American military was woke, trans, and gay? The Strait of Hormuz was open. Now that the American military is run by "Warrior" Christian Nationalists still stuck in the seventh-grade? The Strait of Hormuz is CLOSED.
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K is reading and writing @singingforest-k.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Been watching the Integrity/Artemis II splashdown and wanted to recommend the Lady Astronaut book series by @maryrobinettekowal.com - fantastic read if you like space and especially women in space.
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Dave Kellett @davekellett.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
TODAY'S COMIC: Anatomy of a Sasquatch
TITLE: Anatomy of Monsters: Anatomy of a Sasquatch

DESCRIPTION: An ape-like man stands in the classic Big-Foot stance, mid-walk. His arms and legs and shoulders are covered in fur, his hands, feet, biceps and chest are flesh. Behind him is a forest of trees.

JOKES:
- He’s the ultimate American cryptid!
- (pointing to the previous joke) …with the posture of a middle-aged dad trying to find his glasses.
- He’s super strong! He can bench 150! (An F-150)
- Fur has the texture of shag carpeting that’s been left in a damp basement since 1974.
- Knuckles for DAYYYYYS.
- His build is the perfect blend of “powerlifter” and “dude powering through a few sleeves of oreos.”
- Don’t think of it as “Hairy Shoulders,” think of it as “Natural Rain Poncho”
- He was made. famous by a 1967 filmstrip of what is clearly a dude-in-a-Gorilla-Suit.
- (pointing to previous joke) (Someone ran the film through modern film stabilization software. It is HILARIOUS how much its a dude in a suit.)
- His calf muscles look like four angry raccoons fighting over a corndog.

Want 5,000 more comics like this? Join us at Patreon.com/sheldoncomics for the *FULL* Sheldon archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! Sheldon Comics copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller
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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I've studied so many concentration camps through history that held vulnerable people in just this kind of crowded squalor. You demonize people, you demand more arrests, this is what you get. It already has its own budget and its own momentum, and is on track to go much further, unless we stop it.
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NPR @npr.org · 11/04/2026
Officials in Minnesota have sued the Trump administration, saying federal officials are withholding evidence in the killings of U.S. citizens Alex Pretti and Renee Macklin Good by immigration agents in Minneapolis, as well as the non-fatal shooting of a Venezuelan man.
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Months after the ICE shootings in Minnesota, a federal probe remains elusive
Officials in Minnesota have sued the Trump administration, saying federal officials are withholding evidence in the killings of U.S. citizens Alex Pretti and Renee Macklin Good by immigration agents in Minneapolis, as well as the non-fatal shooting of a Venezuelan man.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The shared excitement over NASA’s recent mission compared to the general indifference to SpaceX missions speaks to the power of something seen as the product of communal human effort rather than just the ego and avarice of one obnoxious dork.
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Nix~🍉 @punklenix.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Home from slinging freight. Heading out to the shop to work the sandblaster on a custom order. Looks like my paycheck is gonna drop the day after the deadline to pay my power bill, so if anyone's in the market for some baubles or barware feel free to stop by the shop! ko-fi.com/mcetching Cheers!
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Splashdown!!! 👍👍👍
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
They don't want to be on the record as voting to support the war. So they avoid the vote taking altogether.
A tweet alleging House Republican leadership closed the House of Representatives to avoid voting on an Iran War Powers resolution, with an image of a man speaking at the House podium in front of a U.S. flag backdrop.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Science is good. We should fund it.
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and Alan Braden as Professor Upsidasium @upsidasium.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Remedial Stream for missing last night: GRAVEYARD KEEPER starting real soon on Twitch. www.twitch.tv/professor_up...
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Keeping Up Graveyard Appearances
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 05/04/2026
Happy Easter.
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Tiger Woods flips his car, Jesse Watters flips his lid, Ted Nugent flips out, and Donny is a callous piece of shit. all this and more in "this week in stupid," my Saturday wrap-up of the dumbest fucking shit that happened. thank you for your attention, yadda yadda. link is here: bit.ly/4cpaWT8
on Friday, Iran shot down two American fighter jets. one of the pilots is still unaccounted for.

some fucking idiot reacted by hunkering down in the White House for the entire day, never once coming out of his hidey hole.

at no point did the fucking idiot ever offer one word of concern — or even acknowledgement — regarding the pilots who had been shot down, but he did scream his big dumb pumpkin head off about keeping Iran’s oil.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
I'm worried that Donald is at Walter Reed tonight and might make it thorough the night. 🙏
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
EPSTEIN FILES NOW
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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
seems like america’s entire iran war strategy is just this
A meme image of a quote during a TV newscast that says:

Quote From Man Stabbed

“What are you gonna do, stab me?”
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Lar deSouza @lartist.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Cartoon: Night goofer 2026. I love Nightcrawler and I love Goofy. That last drawing was from the late 90s so I decided to do a fresh one :)
Cartoon: Goofy as Nightcrawler
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Kat Hartness @kathartness.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
MAGA gets exactly what it voted for this Easter www.rawstory.com/white-house-...
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MAGA gets exactly what it voted for this Easter
Nick Anderson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist.
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NPR @npr.org · 03/04/2026
ICE inspectors in February found 49 violations to detention standards at Camp East Montana, including failure from staff to"accurately document required checks to prevent significant self-harm and suicide." n.pr/4sa0F1S
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ICE detention deaths are on a record pace. One Texas facility bears the brunt
ICE inspectors in February found 49 violations to detention standards at Camp East Montana, including failure from staff to"accurately document required checks to prevent significant self-harm and suicide."
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Listened to an interview with Josh Owens, a former contributor to Alex Jones’ Infowars. His assignment was to film someone dressed as a member of ISIS easily crossing the Mexico border. Problem? Border Patrol stopped them. So they filmed at a river not on the border. And got over a million views.
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Nandita Sharma @nsharma101.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
We publicly launched the *Oahu Rapid Response Coalition (ORRC)* today to witness and hold ICE accountable on the island ICE arrests are up over 461% during Trump’s “mass deportation” campaign of terror Join us! www.kitv.com/video/news/n...
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New Oahu coalition launches hotline to report ICE activity
The Oahu Rapid Response Coalition is asking for the public’s help after a sharp increase in arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The group has opened a hotline to
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Gonna tell my kids this is Dune 3
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
We have spectacular new high-resolution images of our home planet, all of us looking back through the Orion capsule window at our Artemis II astronauts as they continue their journey to the Moon. Credit: NASA
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Why do we live in such a childish, stupid country? A country that wastes its money on useless billion dollar aircraft carriers, when it could be spending those tax dollars to actually help its citizens like sane countries.
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Full resolution and source here www.nasa.gov/image-detail...
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Hello, World - NASA
NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft's window on April 2, 2026, after completing the translunar injection burn.
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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The absolute hostility of headlines like this is really something to behold
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Republican destroyers of empires.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Their ignorance knows no bounds.
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Solicitor General Sparks Alarm After Telling Supreme Court He's 'Not Sure' If Native Americans Are Birthright Citizens
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Hegseth is a war criminal. Get him out and call The Hague.
Screenshot of a tweet by Tom Nichols criticizing political rhetoric, saying it sounds like “jumped-up teenagers.” The tweet quotes Aaron Rupar sharing a statement from Pete Hegseth saying, “We negotiate with bombs.” Below is an image of Hegseth speaking at a podium in a formal room, with Donald Trump standing behind him and flags in the background.
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Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com · 25/03/2026
"During an interview with The New York Times, she received a text from a woman who had just rescued a hound puppy named Damian, who needed a home. 'Unfortunately, his owners were deported,' she wrote." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/u...
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The Pets Left Behind When Their Owners Are Deported
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Is that a Squonk??! (For those who don’t know, PA has a cryptid called the SQUONK, a sort of… boogery warty lump boy who is mostly sad all the time and you can track him by the puddles of his TEARS.)
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
babe wake up the new "destroy the village to save it" just dropped
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
it's Saturday, and it's time for "this week in stupid: March 7 edition" — Donny stays on topic, Marco gets myopic, and so much more... thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —
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this week in stupid: March 7 edition
Donny stays on topic, Marco gets myopic, and so much more...
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chadzia dax 🔞😷 @m00psy.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
adding alt text. stand up for us before it’s too late, cis folks.
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Senator Marsha Blackburn has OPENLY STATED that KOSA is meant to 'protect' kids from 'the transgender.'
She is a transphobe, her bill is transphobic, and every Senator signing on is sponsoring trans genocide.
If your senator is a Democrat, TELL THEM THIS. CALL 2022243121.

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Asked what conservatives' top priorities should be right now, Senator Blackburn answered, "protecting minor children from the transgender [sic] in this culture and that influence." She then talked about how KOSA could address this problem, and named social media platforms as places
"where children are being indoctrinated."
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Lar deSouza @lartist.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Cartoon: Belle has a type and it's not just 'well read' :)
cartoon: Belle dancing with Ookla.
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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Effulgent [ih-FUL-jent] (adj.) - Brightly shining, radiant, resplendent. - (of a person or their expression) emanating joy or goodness. Used in a sentence: “Whenever I’m sad or lonely, your effulgent smile always makes me feel so much better.”
“Grandiloquent Word of the Day” meme on an aged parchment background. The featured word is “Effulgent” with pronunciation [ih-FUL-jent] and definitions: “brightly shining, radiant, resplendent” and “(of a person or their expression) emanating joy or goodness.” An example sentence reads, “Whenever I’m sad or lonely, your effulgent smile always makes me feel so much better!” To the right is a nostalgic black-ink illustration of a young girl with a large bow in her hair, resting her chin on her hands while gazing dreamily at an open book by candlelight. The tall candle glows softly on a candlestick beside her, reinforcing the theme of brightness and radiance.
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
I know it's not as horrific as a tan suit, but the President of the United States wore a fucking ball cap to honor the return of the remains of U.S. soldiers killed in battle. That happened. Class will always out.
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Kristin Wilson @kristin-wilson.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Good Lord. Just watch how an elected member of the Senate conducts himself. Against a member of the military in uniform. Who - and let’s be very, very clear - most certainly has a First Amendment right to protest. Since he’s the guy you’d be sending to war.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/02/2026
Doing one thing right every few years doesn’t absolve the Roberts court. Especially after Dobbs and immunity.
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NPR @npr.org · 21/02/2026
Amber Ruffin is a comedy veteran who's worked in improv on two continents, had her own show, authored two books and worked on Late Night with Seth Meyers for years. Now she's out with an off-Broadway musical.
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Amber Ruffin's 'Bigfoot!' musical offers hope to anyone who's been othered
Amber Ruffin is a comedy veteran who's worked in improv on two continents, had her own show, authored two books and worked on Late Night with Seth Meyers for years. Now she's out with an off-Broadway musical.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Nancy Pelosi: "With Trump, all roads lead back to Putin."
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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Sozzled [SOZ-uld] (adj.) - Under the influence of alcohol, in a delirious state of intoxication.
Vintage parchment-style “Grandiloquent Word of the Day” graphic featuring the word Sozzled (pronounced SOZ-uld), defined as “under the influence of alcohol, in a delirious state of intoxication.” An Edwardian-style engraved illustration on the right shows a disheveled, drunken man with wild hair and beard, raising one arm dramatically while pointing unsteadily forward, his posture exaggerated and unbalanced. Beneath the definition is a humorous example sentence about observing a sozzled gongoozler challenging gadabouts to fisticuffs. Decorative Victorian typography and ornate banner lettering frame the design.
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Colin Peters (spoopy version) @colinpeters.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
I imagine they’d have to be pretty bad to get humans to notice at OpenAI.
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Sarah Clarke - Not your doll @damselindystopia.northsky.social · 20/02/2026
Like this woman is absolutely on the money here, but listen to Fiona Bruce do her little jokey joke deflection on it and try to move on as fast as possible. bsky.app/profile/impl...
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and Alan Braden as Professor Upsidasium @upsidasium.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Every major industrial technology advance/revolution is created to erase jobs.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 21/02/2026
A retired British primary school administrator with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks
Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...
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