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Zeph Harben

@yhpez.bsky.social
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Slouching towards Bethlehem, or thereabouts

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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 21h
October issue
The cover of Vizier Monthly with a shapely big-haired woman in a loose blue gown with a trailing yellow scarf, seated in a throne-like chair. Headlines around her read:
"Some of us are hot": Urda the Fair on the Politics of Pleasure
Ladies of Miss Rule: Tyranny knows no gender!
Oh My Goddess! Simple Ways to Make Him Worship You
Poison Rings: Hot or Not?
It's Lit! Arson, Parliament, and You
So You've Been Overthrown: 10 Tricks to Get Back on Top
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 26/09/2026
"The central lesson of this cycle is not that Charlie Brown should stop trusting Lucy. It is that Charlie Brown must do a better job explaining why trusting Lucy remains the responsible choice." buff.ly/X2RjqP5
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“Charlie Brown Must Stay the Course”: A Football Kick Autopsy Report by the Democratic Party
“While Charlie Brown did once again accelerate toward the ball, miss the ball entirely as Lucy pulled it away, flip backward through the air, and land violen...
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Sara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
He imposed Shania Law
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They Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
People ask “Do you still play Don’t Let’s Start?” And the answer is YES.
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Stefan @zin5ki.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Steles are up.
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 18/09/2026
Today's reminder that the UAE is currently engaged in a genocide in Sudan using weapons they receive from the US and Israel and money they receive from our tourism dollars, and every celebrity who lives or vacations in Dubai or Abu Dhabi is knowingly funding it.
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The Dandy Warhols @dandywarhols.com · 17/09/2026
hot diggity dog
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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The gloves are really the pièce de you should have resisted that
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Three panel comic. Panel 1: an underwater submersible opens a latch and drops a red, pill-shaped crappy Bluetooth speaker. A scientist narrates, “we built a Bluetooth speaker to withstand 2000 meters.” Panel 2: the scientist, speaking directly to the camera, continues: “the squids responded really well to Nelly.” Panel 3: on the dark depths of the ocean floor, a group of squids are dancing enthusiastically around the sunken Bluetooth speaker. A couple of them are getting kinda nasty with it to be perfectly honest
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Zeph Harben @yhpez.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I found a Rarity-81 word worth 94 pts in OUTLIER. EAGLE EYES · 939 points · 10 rare words. OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. Can you beat me? playoutlier.com/s/5X5LXZ
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OUTLIER · Day 106
yhpez scored 939 on Day 106. Can you beat them?
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caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Nancy 9/1/26
Nancy in three separate dreamscape panels, going in separate directions… when she wakes up from her dream she remarks that her internal compass must be broken
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Neal Agarwal @neal.fun · 02/09/2026
Made a sketch artist game where you have to draw the character based on witness testimony neal.fun/unusual-susp...
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
amazing stuff
"This government hates us and wants us dead," Kathleen Hanna remarked during Bikini
Kill's set. "They don't give a shit about anybody's healthcare. They don't care if we're dying in parking lots of curable illnesses.
They don't give a shit. They don't care if our rights are taken away. They're ripping people off the streets. I'm not gonna tell you all the bad things! But I am gonna say it makes it hard for me in my body sometimes to have a good time. 'Cause it's hard to turn it off. And I was thinking that on the way here. I was like,
'What a gift.' What a gift we have to be able to play for you. What a gift Olivia has given all of us to do this festival.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Bay Area friends: A friend found these small kittens behind a gas station and we've been trying to find them a home for almost two months. For now, they live in a small bathroom. Would you consider adopting? They are vaxxed, neutered, and incredibly affectionate. Please help!
Photo of three kittens. Two are orange; one is black. Photo of two orange kittens in a cage.Photos of two orange cats in a shower. Photo of two orange cats, one black, and one dark gray.
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The Democratic Party has let a consulting industry exploit elderly donors in its name, wreck its reputation and finances in the process, and walk away rich whether the party wins or loses. When a mirror is held up, the instinct is to break the glass rather than look. On why the press looks away:
data4democracy.substack.com
The Bulwark Killed an Investigation into Political Fundraising Spam After Its Publisher Took the Consultants’ Side
This is a story about the Democratic Party captured by its consultants, and about what happens when the pro-democracy press is asked to say so.
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Broti Gupta @brotigupta.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
i guess i didn't realize how hot it is outside because i'm just thinking about how SMART it is outside :)
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Zeph Harben @yhpez.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
sus zoom backgrounds dot ai
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Deidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I got tired of waiting for the journalists at @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social to cover this (it IS summer), but this is to say that ALL the staff members in Women & Gender Studies here were laid off last week, on the top of the cutting of 5 lecturer positions in the program last year.+
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Helena Fitzgerald @hellafitzgerald.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
woke 2 princes kneel before you that's what I said now
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Three panel comic. Panel 1: two raccoons are sitting at a table with a bunch of podcast recording equipment. Raccoon one says into the microphone, “you gotta cut the negativity out of your life.” Panel 2: raccoon replies, “facts” Panel 3: raccoon 1 continues with his hands clasped together to capture the sincerity of his monologue, “that way you have more time to eat garbage.” Raccoon 2 contributes, “that’s facts”
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Zeph Harben @yhpez.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Smell is the love language of the nostril
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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Worth reiterating every time that this is not some cancel-culture purity test: JK Rowling has pledged more than a billion dollars of her Harry Potter money towards bankrolling anti-trans lawsuits. This finances that.
deadline.com
Nicholas Hoult In 'Harry Potter' Season 2 As Gilderoy Lockhart - Excl.
Nicholas Hoult has joined Season 2 of HBO Max's 'Harry Potter. He will play Gilderoy Lockhart, portrayed in the second movie by Kenneth Branagh.
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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
thenation.com
One Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE Detention
My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.
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Simon's Cat @simonscatofficial.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
So proud of his work!
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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
new issue of Vizier Monthly is out
a fake magazine cover with a cruelly smiling old woman in red vaguely Renaissance garb, leaning on a staff with a serpent twined around it. Headlines around her:
So He Saw The Strings: What To Do When Your Lord Thinks He's a Real Boy
Chalices, Knives, Nooses: How's a Girl to Choose?
Why Satraps Rebel: 10 Cautionary Tales
12 Moves For The Ambitious Concubine (and a 13th for the New Favorite!)
"I'm Just Getting Better With Age": Catching Up with Brynza, the King's Eye
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Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com · 03/08/2026
Cinderella's Dilemma - existentialcomics.com/comic/666
existentialcomics.com
Cinderella's Dilemma
A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes
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Bohag @bohagr.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Based and schnitzel-pilled
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Zeph Harben @yhpez.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Strumming on the old banjo (vagina)
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SoftballInjuryRuinedLife @shoegays.online · 28/07/2026
I just call them pants
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Zeph Harben @yhpez.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Your own Personal Jimothy
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Of course he did, he can’t get a double can he
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 21/07/2026
This is so close to goal. We can do this, Internet! I believe in us!
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Stan Kelly @kartoonistkelly.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
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Eric Ansley Díaz 🏳️‍🌈 @geekboyeric.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
RIP Bonnie Tyler. And RIP Tandi Iman Dupree. This remains the best stage entrance by a drag queen of all time, even some 25 years later, and the best use of Tyler’s “Holding Out for a Hero” ever. youtu.be/IHQA5vqn6rw?...
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Klaire Lockheart @klairelockheart.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I was thrilled to bring together so many incredible models together for this photoshoot! Klaire Lockheart and Aaron C Packard, Night Watch with Maenads. Archival Pigment Print. 2025. 24x36”. #thunderdomesticity #aaroncpackard #maenads #wasteland #vermillionsd
This photograph titled Night Watch with Maenads features a hoard of wasteland warriors in mid-century “housewife” costumes, poised to march in a composition reminiscent of Rembrandt’s Night Watch.
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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Every so often I get to think of something that is not awful. I interviewed Henry freaking Rollins about his quest with Ian MacKaye and a few other schemers to revive Vengeance Records, The Cramps’ record label: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
motherjones.com
How two punk icons are giving the Cramps a second life
“If you lose culture," Henry Rollins explains, "the society dies.”
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adrian @crawf34.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
BREAKING: Raptors Send Dick, Picks to Clippers for Kawhi
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caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Nancy 6/29/26
Sluggo is fishing in a no fishing zone …
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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 22/06/2026
EVERYBODY SUPPORT STRANGE HORIZONS! Get cool swag and rewards, amazing stories, and did I mention I quoted extensively from Gautam's essay from the special fungus issue (!) for my two recent conference presentations about myco-narratives 🍄 How do you get that without SUPPORT
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Rachel Cohen @cohen489.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
obsessed w the progressive candidates willing to go up against the party apparatus to prove pivoting center to fight fascism is dumb as fuck
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I saw Marjane Satrapi speak about her work at Smith College 19 years ago, and she said something I have thought about and taught ever since when I teach comics. “I draw what I can’t write and I write what I can’t draw.“
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Three panel comic. Panel 1: a snail climbs up onto a frisbee laying in the grass. The snail says, “what a strange flower…” Panel 2: the frisbee is lifted off the ground by a person standing outside of the frame. The snail, still perched on the edge of the frisbee, remarks, “eh?” Panel 3: the snails eye stalks are blown backwards as it is suddenly thrusted forward. From the snail’s perspective, it looks like stars stretching radially from the center, as if traveling at warp speed.
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Zeph Harben @yhpez.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Going down the rabbi hole
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Zeph Harben @yhpez.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
news.berkeley.edu/2026/05/12/a...
news.berkeley.edu
'A system that called itself justice' took his future. UC Berkeley helped him take it back. - Berkeley News
"Every day is a new opportunity," said Charles Long, the 2026 University Medalist. "Nothing is set in stone."
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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 20/05/2026
“This is bigger than one monument plan,” writes Erik Stanfield in an op-ed. “Democratic erosion rarely begins with the dramatic abolition of public process.”
sltrib.com
Voices: GOP leaders say local interests were ignored in the Grand Staircase-Escalante planning process. That’s not what I saw.
“This is bigger than one monument plan,” writes Erik Stanfield in an op-ed. “Democratic erosion rarely begins with the dramatic abolition of public process.”
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Bootime for Ghostzo @btfglonzo.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
RW media is a pipeline turning idiots into monsters
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Zeph Harben @yhpez.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
More like AttenBORING
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