Amazing strip from Laura Park in the New Yorker about the French heat wave: newyorker.com/culture/arti...
Ma Vie en Rouge: Paris in a Red-Alert Heat Wave
One sweat-soaked American’s adventures in A.C. deprivation.
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American healthcare: I've had good health the last few years, and the last medical visit was to my primary care for bloodwork in 2024. I pay $700/mo for my insurance, so after paying ~$17k for zero medical services, they just sent me a random bill for $33 to finish paying for the 2024 visit.
I made a game in 3 days for #ldjam Fling a bat and explore levels using echolocation. Like billiards but weird. Let me know how it plays for you? Thank you! castpixel.itch.io/ping
Taxes done. Ugh. I've been slogging through TurboTax for years (when I couldn't find a CPA), and just heard of FreeTaxUSA this year. Lives up to its dorky name, and was breezy to file even with my fairly complicated self-employed setup. #adulttalk #motherfuckingtaxes
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Kim Kelly@kimkelly.bsky.social · 4mo agoAmidst everything else, the Trump regime has quietly killed off the U.S. Forest Service 🌲 “One hundred and ninety-three million acres of your national forests… just handed, on a silver platter, to the people who’ve spent their entire careers trying to destroy it.” www.hatchmag.com/articles/tru...
I can't resist maniacally laughing and pointing whenever I see one of these on the road. They still look like pre-rendered minecraft accidents that cause a reality distortion field.
kottke.org@kottke.org · 5mo ago“The CyberTruck is 17 times more likely to have a fire fatality than a Ford Pinto”, a 70s automobile that put the “car” in “exploding car”. [fuelarc.com]
As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today. ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
They should have to carry their own gas, bag heir own lunch and piss in bottles wherever they go. And no one should pass them on a street without reminding them that every last one is masked and gutless fascist trash.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7mo ago❄️ ❄️ ❄️
Regulate A.I.! It took 38 hours to animate this loop (over the last three months) and I'm releasing it with a creative commons license so that others can use it! © 2025 by Alec Longstreth is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. To view a copy of this license, visit creativecommons.org/licenses/by-...
From a series of drawings of animals taking over public spaces during the first COVID lockdowns. I totally forgot I did these time lapse videos.
The complete ‘Project 2025’ comic is up over on my blog. Thanks for reading - www.joshuawcotter.com/words
This sweet reversible butt potato is so good the cashier asked to take a photo of it.
I've been posting some musty deep cut questionable comic shorts to my site lately, including this ink spill for @anniefish.bsky.social which *fully* explores the genius of SLIDERS natebeaty.com/comics/sliders
Sliders | Nate Beaty
Comics, photography, illustration and blather of breathing human Nate Beaty.
natebeaty.com
My parents were already divorced when my dad died. We three kids received survivor's benefits. My sister, who has Down Syndrome, also receives disability. I wrote about family's experiences with Social Security here: michaelianblack.substack.com/p/safe-footing
Safe Footing
My mom worked at the Social Security Administration for years.
michaelianblack.substack.com
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · last yr.Jeanine: We found out there are people who are between the ages of one and four who are getting social security Jessica: That's the benefit for kids whose parents are dead.
I set up a Con-Mon Bluesky bot account to get a heads up on registration deadlines and upcoming conventions: @con-mon.bsky.social
Bday card collage of Stella that Laurie and I crafted for our pal Amy.
