Doktor Zoom

every one of these ass-kissing sessions has the cadence of the deathbed

look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry

this legislation also includes backpay for federal employees, despite the saber rattling from the White House.

THAT IS ALREADY A LAW. TRUMP IS THE PRESIDENT WHO SIGNED THAT LAW. YOU ARE A FUCKING NEWS REPORTER

I wasn't surprised to see Thornton having another Supercat dream.

But there was a bit of of a WTF moment when I realized he was purring the John Williams theme.

Ladies, Dilbert guy has identified the problem.

Elections are like baseball and @spears.bsky.social is the Shohei Ohtani of climate politics, so only fitting for her to sit down with Dave Roberts, the Dave Roberts of climate podcasting.

Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one? The anti-tobacco playbook could help turn the US public against their beloved oversized cars.

This is a good article, worth reading.

Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?

The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.

Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat

Foggy Nelson, Avogato At Law, a fluffy black cat, is curled up in a bathroom sink

These drain clogs get worse and worse

I still cannot believe that some of the most politically relevant movies of the recent era are the damn Star Wars prequels.

oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis

[P] The next Democratic Presidential candidate could fund their entire campaign through donations allowing the contributors to come to the White House on Inauguration Day to help tear all Trump's gold shit off the walls

Hand written sign at shop reading “WE HAVE” “CHICKEN” “NOODLE” “SOUP”

Gotta say, I’m not so confident that you do

Yup, a nice touch!

Mango

Is now on the new cushion

Heater, a perfect little orange cat, lays on my black cape which is draped on a teal couch. She is sitting in a very silly position with her back left leg (which has a white sock and perfect little pink beans) is tucked underneath her left arm. Her right paw is just kinda dangling. She’s got BIG eyes and a face made of love. She smells like laundry and dreams.

how does she manage to be so cute even with the world like this

I will never forget the Toronto Blue Jays relief pitchers sharpie-ing Vesia’s number on their caps during games 6 and 7 of the World Series for as long as I live.

Just a simple act of love and solidarity and sportsmanship so desperately needed in these awful times. Class organization.

Clitt Bush

United States, Census, 1940

they call it jury nullification and you’re hearing it more and more. people say you can’t, you can’t nullify, but juries say, stop us. it’s incredible really. can you believe it? jury nullification.

NEW: I’m calling on Trump to cancel private jet flights instead of commercial airlines.

Private jet flights often take a single billionaire passenger, but still put real strain on our air traffic control system.

Color photo of front facade of a small industrial building in red brick, edge of a clay tile roof visible on top. No windows, only a door with a basic surround. All sorts of brickwork going on! Three rows of raised bricks along bottom part, slim would-be quoins at corners above. In blind arch above front door symmetrical pattern of tiles/bricks converging. But real fun is under the deep eaves, with little brick-colored tiles forming flower-like discs and diamonds, some on brick, some on stucco fields.

Color photo of industrial building in OP, showing side facade and tower toward back. Same delightful patterns under eaves. Three tall windows protected by grates. Red clay tile roof above copper gutters/eaves. In the rear a small tower, in same style with circular window.

I don't use the phrase "hardcore whimsy" lightly

This was done to combat Wokeness

A hill I will die on is that this is a stupid reason to go to the moon.

The infamous white house "portrait" of Joe Biden, featuring a photo of an autopen (haw haw haw), but Donald Trump's portrait next to it is replaced with the photo of Trump standing like a lump while others helped a visitor to the oval office who fainted

🚨BREAKING🚨:

To go along with classy new gold "Walk of Fame" sign, Donald Trump's presidential portrait has also been updated.

A nice appreciation of Nancy Pelosi from @doktorzoom.bsky.social

www.wonkette.com/p/nancy-pelo...
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And yes, it's homage, not theft; note the "Apologies to Robert Minor" after the signature. Glad our cartoonists know their own history.

Everyone in Mr. Wallace's US history class at Flagstaff High when I was in 11th grade (1978-79) would appreciate the homage to this classic 1916 cartoon. Right down to the pose.

www.pritzkermilitary.org/explore/muse...

A women's soccer star is the target of an anti-trans activist - Outsports Barbra Banda's peers in the NWSL stood up for her when the head of an anti-trans fashion brand tried to demean her.

Transphobes are already targeting the biggest star in women's soccer and baselessly alleging she's a man because she's Black. This is what trans people warned would happen. Gender policing that becomes explicitly racial.

www.outsports.com/2025/11/6/24...

Opinion | Nancy Pelosi Is an American Political Giant

i think this is a pretty good take on pelosi, who is unquestionably one of the most consequential house speakers in the history of the institution

Okay, but it's cheaper.

For less food and lower quality.

But you agree it's cheaper.

Well, yeah, but the two aren't the same

IT'S CHEAPER. THIS IS WHY PEOPLE DON'T TRUST THE MEDIA.