My villain origin story is going to be people saying "but he's objectively evil" JUST LIKE THEY DID WITH SADDAM HUSSEIN IN 2002 and 2003. WE KNOW BUT THIS IS ILLEGAL AND CORRUPT.

Here is another helpful script bsky.app/profile/inte...

ME: (puts the kettle on) ANCIENT GREEK CHORUS: he's had too much caffeine today ME: (turns kettle off, visibly annoyed. puts mug away) CHORUS: he can run from the kettle but not from his blood pressure

No War for Oil! US out of Venezuela! Rally today SW 10th and Burnside 3:30 pm

The same editorial board described Seattle’s mayor raising taxes to pay for childcare as a totalitarian power grab

forget the long arc of history bending towards justice, I need the rube goldberg machine of inexorable consequence to endgame the kind of profoundly ironic yet blackly hilarious karmic downfall that would’ve had ancient greek theatergoers hollering at the chorus

🥯🥖🍻? 😅

Always worth a post

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Reposting an old silly sort-of-autobio comic

Every year around this time I’m like 👀 We’ve got a couple more days left, right? 😅

📱 🏆 Finished Breakfast Before the Audiobook Got Gross 🏆 📱

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

I have a great memory of taking the Springwater Corridor Trail to Lents (instead of a remotely direct route) because it was May and the trees looked extra fluffy that week. Honorable mentions for successful advocacy (the planters still stand!) and two group rides (stormwater info and Freddie/Bowie)

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller December 20,1949

James Merril’s poem “Christmas Tree,” written while he was dying of AIDS. 1995.

This podcast has such a good balance of 😠 bad things happening are bad (in detail) and 😃 we interviewed cool people who are doing something about it (maybe try it in your neighborhood!)

My mom used to watch Tiny Toon Adventures with me, point out the movie references that went over my head, and then rent the movie if I hadn’t seen it. They reference Deliverance in Tiny Toons: How I Spent My Vacation 😅

(leans in and whispers) "Austin Briggs"

i’m not even mad, i swear, i’m just so painfully curious about what my upstairs neighbor does at night that sounds so much like bowling. surely it can’t actually be bowling.

I'm really proud of this one 😊 This is why I take pictures while I'm stopped at a red light, even if I worry about looking like a silly tourist on my way to work. 🚲

I met Connor last summer because he showed up for his neighbors and for safe streets in Northwest. Now he’s been hit by a car. Let’s get him through the next week or so of medical bills and lost wages!

I'm really proud of this one 😊 This is why I take pictures while I'm stopped at a red light, even if I worry about looking like a silly tourist on my way to work. 🚲

This podcast has such a good balance of 😠 bad things happening are bad (in detail) and 😃 we interviewed cool people who are doing something about it (maybe try it in your neighborhood!)

😵‍💫 I joined this year’s neighborhood cookie exchange, and tbh this might work

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english degree: good luck getting a job, buddy! AI can replace you coding degree: good luck getting a job, buddy! AI can replace you film degree: your deep knowledge of behind the scenes stories from Who Framed Roger Rabbit will delight and entertain coworkers in any field for decades to come

a quick comic about peace and privacy

Went from brand-new to mostly-on-top-of-it at my job (volunteer wrangling is an ongoing learning experience) Joined my community association Testified at a couple of public meetings about the need for reliable buses and safe bike infrastructure Did face painting at three events & got my own kit

😊👩🏻‍🎨💕 Hi @barrydeutsch.bsky.social !

Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more

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I should write an essay about organizing titled "All Those Boring Meetings Paid Off."

junk store

My day job has involved processing incoming donations for 5+ years (🎶 arts nonprofit life 🎶). There’s about a zillion-percent uptick in people writing an apology for not being able to give more with their end-of-year checks 😢

when the sun comes up and i can see the sky

Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).

@ironcircuscomics.bsky.social does it again! 📕 🥂

I’m a lover of tiny thingies that remind me of stuff. I love books and intend to read and reread a bunch of them. I’m also out of shelf space and up to my chest in basement boxes. 2026 will involve some decisions 😤

Gather round children and I shall tell you the legend of Marie Kondo

Belle: hey Scrooge: sup Belle: left the house again Scrooge: lol Scrooge: did they do the song Belle: 🫠

every time I see a headline framing this as being primarily an issue of the student having controversial opinions, and not the student being an asshole with a right wing podcaster mom who wanted to ruin a trans person’s career for the clicks, I age another ten years

This is a satisfying thread

I've seen this going around today and it's beautiful, so here's a gift link.

Christmas is a great day for reading in your jammies! I was unprepared for how fricking good this cartooning is! The expressive, distinct characters! The clear storytelling in each panel! The atmospheric coloring! 🤩

Yes I can’t say “I loved this” without talking about historical injustices and death. I’m fun at parties.

I loved this. And I want to note the whole “there were no autistic people before …” discourse has an answer here: just the people were sent away in the incarceration (yes “care homes” like this), and if they fled, they were just abandoned by society, usually to die.

Jail

Here’s Everett Patterson’s behind-the-scenes for this lovely drawing. www.everettpatterson.com?p=1835