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Liberal jazz trombone and database expert from Nova Scotia, living in Arizona. Likes Fantasy, SciFi, and cats. He/him.

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I talk to people outside.

09.03.2026 18:13 πŸ‘ 5790 πŸ” 338 πŸ’¬ 303 πŸ“Œ 19
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I like this cartoon so much we paid the New Yorker the fee it requested to include it in my book.

We’ve not even had the vote 100 years. Let’s not let thing backslide.

Happy International Women’s Day, one and all.

08.03.2026 10:41 πŸ‘ 871 πŸ” 187 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 1
NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER 
P1- NANCY AND SLUGGO ARE ON THE STREET WHEN NANCY SEES THE NEW BOY AT SCHOOL WALKING BY

NANCY: HELLO, ERIC

SLUGGO:GET LOST 

ERIC: NANCY- - - HOW CAN YOU ABIDE THAT UNCOUTH VULGARIAN ?- - HE'S SUCH A LUDICROUS MISANTHROPE

P2-
NANCY:I WISH YOU KNEW
BIG WORDS LIKE THAT

SLUGGO: I KNOW PLENTY OF BIG WORDS

P3-SLUGGO HAS HIS ARMS UP IN THE AIR 

SLUGGO:

UPHOLSTERER
MASSACHUSETTS KINDERGARTEN FRANKFURTER DELICATESSEN
LIVERWURST

NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER P1- NANCY AND SLUGGO ARE ON THE STREET WHEN NANCY SEES THE NEW BOY AT SCHOOL WALKING BY NANCY: HELLO, ERIC SLUGGO:GET LOST ERIC: NANCY- - - HOW CAN YOU ABIDE THAT UNCOUTH VULGARIAN ?- - HE'S SUCH A LUDICROUS MISANTHROPE P2- NANCY:I WISH YOU KNEW BIG WORDS LIKE THAT SLUGGO: I KNOW PLENTY OF BIG WORDS P3-SLUGGO HAS HIS ARMS UP IN THE AIR SLUGGO: UPHOLSTERER MASSACHUSETTS KINDERGARTEN FRANKFURTER DELICATESSEN LIVERWURST

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
March 06,1962

07.03.2026 19:01 πŸ‘ 776 πŸ” 88 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 7
HONK
HONK 

TAKE YOUR TIME…
I’M THE BOSS AROUND HERE

HONK 
HONK

HONK
HONK

NANCY IS THE SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD, AND SHE HAS STOPPED TRAFFIC, TO ALLOW A TURTLE TO CROSS THE ROADS

HONK HONK TAKE YOUR TIME… I’M THE BOSS AROUND HERE HONK HONK HONK HONK NANCY IS THE SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD, AND SHE HAS STOPPED TRAFFIC, TO ALLOW A TURTLE TO CROSS THE ROADS

IT’S MONDAY
TAKE YOUR TIME---
I'M THE BOSS
AROUND HERE

02.03.2026 11:36 πŸ‘ 203 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER 
P1- NANCY IS TAKING A PETITION AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD 

NANCY: MRS. ADAMS- I'M ASKING ALL THE NEIGHBORS TO SIGN THIS PETITION

MRS. ADAMS: WHAT'S IT ABOUT?

P2- 
NANCY: IT'S TO FORCE THE POLICE TO STOP A NUISANCE ON THIS STREET

P3- 
MRS. ADAMS : WHAT IS THIS NUISANCE
THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO STOP?

P4- NANCY REPLIES MATTER OF FACTLY 

NANCY: MY PRACTICING ON THE PIANO EVERY DAY

MRS. ADAMS IS SHOCKED THAT NANCY IS PETITIONING AGAINST HERSELF

NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER P1- NANCY IS TAKING A PETITION AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD NANCY: MRS. ADAMS- I'M ASKING ALL THE NEIGHBORS TO SIGN THIS PETITION MRS. ADAMS: WHAT'S IT ABOUT? P2- NANCY: IT'S TO FORCE THE POLICE TO STOP A NUISANCE ON THIS STREET P3- MRS. ADAMS : WHAT IS THIS NUISANCE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO STOP? P4- NANCY REPLIES MATTER OF FACTLY NANCY: MY PRACTICING ON THE PIANO EVERY DAY MRS. ADAMS IS SHOCKED THAT NANCY IS PETITIONING AGAINST HERSELF

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
March 02,1946

02.03.2026 12:29 πŸ‘ 360 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

01.03.2026 19:01 πŸ‘ 21371 πŸ” 7241 πŸ’¬ 426 πŸ“Œ 270
mitski and the white cat from nothings about to happen to me

mitski and the white cat from nothings about to happen to me

that white cat

27.02.2026 18:46 πŸ‘ 357 πŸ” 102 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

We need to hear more chatter about the ex-ICE trainer who testified yesterday. He told us ICE is doing illegal training on purpose and that he needed to keep quiet about it.

24.02.2026 18:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm sorry, I have to vehemently disagree. Children read these and we need to be teaching them traditional values. Like letting hubris drive you to push against the boundaries of super science, processing childhood trauma by becoming a vigilante, and being exposed to radiation by any means possible.

24.02.2026 20:51 πŸ‘ 73 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
Woman asking Nightcrawler to bamf her

Woman asking Nightcrawler to bamf her

Naked Gambit snuggling up with Rogue

Naked Gambit snuggling up with Rogue

Catman stabbing Captain Nazi in the eyes with syringes

Catman stabbing Captain Nazi in the eyes with syringes

Man talking despite having half his face gone

Man talking despite having half his face gone

I legitimately believe that the most fun comics are deeply unsavory.

I make no apologies for the sex and violence and general misbehavior.

It's part of a grand tradition of telling impolite stories in comics and I love it.

24.02.2026 15:18 πŸ‘ 529 πŸ” 70 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 12
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Kash Patel in 2023: β€œI’m just saying Chris Wray doesn’t need a government funded G5 jet to go to vacations. Maybe we ground that plane. $15,000 every time it takes off. Just a thought.”

03.11.2025 02:28 πŸ‘ 10493 πŸ” 4021 πŸ’¬ 629 πŸ“Œ 695
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alysa liu!!!

21.02.2026 22:38 πŸ‘ 11898 πŸ” 2439 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 36
A propaganda poster with list of "foreign" names and the caption AMERICANS ALL!

A propaganda poster with list of "foreign" names and the caption AMERICANS ALL!

"Many peoples - but one nation" poster

"Many peoples - but one nation" poster

πŸ—ƒοΈOne of the things that struck me when researching the WWI era in the US was how *pliable* bigotry was when the government was motivated to move it one way or the other. With 1 in 5 soldiers being foreign-born, immigrants were hailed as Real Americans in propaganda and made citizens en masse...

16.02.2026 14:44 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Valentines Day πŸ’πŸ’Œ

14.02.2026 22:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

12.02.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 12630 πŸ” 4473 πŸ’¬ 208 πŸ“Œ 113
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In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...

12.02.2026 15:18 πŸ‘ 15310 πŸ” 5523 πŸ’¬ 785 πŸ“Œ 335

I think the greatest gift college professors in the humanities can give to students right now is a seminar room where, for 80 minutes twice a week, nothing that happens to them is a sales pitch for an AI product.

11.02.2026 20:45 πŸ‘ 901 πŸ” 198 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 23

Asking for body cams for ICE is like staring at a burning barn and suggesting the doors be painted

03.02.2026 16:48 πŸ‘ 239 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 0
a cartoon drawing of david and moira from schitt's creek. david is wearing an apron and standing over a pot with a whisk in one hand and a saucy spoon in another. moira is holding a recipe card. they are annoyed. 

david: "what does "fold in the cheese mean?"
moira: "you FOLD it in."
David: I- I understand that, but how? HOW do you fold it?"

a cartoon drawing of david and moira from schitt's creek. david is wearing an apron and standing over a pot with a whisk in one hand and a saucy spoon in another. moira is holding a recipe card. they are annoyed. david: "what does "fold in the cheese mean?" moira: "you FOLD it in." David: I- I understand that, but how? HOW do you fold it?"

oh my god, i’m crushed. catherine o’hara you queen

30.01.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 1346 πŸ” 303 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 9
illustration of Catherine O'Hara as Delia Deetz for the Beetlejuice Tarot card, "Queen of Swords"

illustration of Catherine O'Hara as Delia Deetz for the Beetlejuice Tarot card, "Queen of Swords"

πŸ’”

30.01.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 7841 πŸ” 1982 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 27

Has anyone told JD Vance what happened to Trump’s last Vice President

26.01.2026 19:41 πŸ‘ 461 πŸ” 86 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 5
Screenshot of a TikTok video with error message at top saying β€œyour video is under review and can’t be shared right now.”

Screenshot of a TikTok video with error message at top saying β€œyour video is under review and can’t be shared right now.”

This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.

Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is β€œunder review,” and can’t be shared.

Well, here’s a link:

georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...

26.01.2026 02:00 πŸ‘ 10208 πŸ” 4260 πŸ’¬ 462 πŸ“Œ 353
Join, Or Die

Join, Or Die

25.01.2026 02:52 πŸ‘ 142 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti
Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti

β€œWe are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.

I do not throw around the β€˜hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. 

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti β€œWe are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the β€˜hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."

25.01.2026 00:43 πŸ‘ 24925 πŸ” 12850 πŸ’¬ 200 πŸ“Œ 448
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You and the Night and the Music

Enjoying Bruce Dudley today @listigeplaylists.bsky.social open.spotify.com/track/6IsyYR...

21.01.2026 18:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth

I was present for the birth of the web, the explosion of personal sites, and the blogging revolution, and you know what we never had to do? Beg people to use our shit.

21.01.2026 00:19 πŸ‘ 7926 πŸ” 2122 πŸ’¬ 190 πŸ“Œ 253
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AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth

AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns

20.01.2026 12:46 πŸ‘ 1085 πŸ” 149 πŸ’¬ 1060 πŸ“Œ 2804
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Military models Canadian response to hypothetical American invasion Armed Forces envision insurgency tactics like those used by Afghan mujahedeen, sources say. But officials and experts stress a U.S. operation is unlikely, and the scenarios are conceptual

Front page of Canada's "paper of record"

We're planning guerilla tactics against a US invasion.

Great job America.

20.01.2026 15:30 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
MLK being arrested

MLK being arrested

He would be marching against ICE.

Honor Dr King’s legacy and fight for what is right.

Make good trouble.

19.01.2026 12:04 πŸ‘ 786 πŸ” 202 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 7

Style guide update, the US is now a β€œDemocracy”. In spoken form air quotes may be used.

17.01.2026 00:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0