Barry Deutsch

Blaming buildings for sex trafficking As sex trafficking suits expand, critics warn they could push hotels and landlords to police women’s behavior.

Quote of the Week: “We should not expect maintenance staff to report people for having too much lube.” - @enbrown.bsky.social reason.com/2026/02/18/b...

Hundreds of Chicagoans took to Downtown streets Saturday to say "No War With Iran" after the U.S. and Israel attacked and killed its leader earlier that day.
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An independent investigation is needed for the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school massacre in Minab. The culprits, whether it's the US, Israel, or Iran, need to be brought to justice in an independent international court, and the truth must be protected.

‘Viruses don’t know borders’: US anti-vaccine rhetoric could impact global measles crisis Experts say global measles vaccination rates are falling as Trump officials signal a deprioritization of the virus

The Trump administration’s global havoc is unending.

My latest story is about how the Trump admin is amplifying anti vaxx conspiracies just as measles outbreaks are spreading across the globe; many countries have just lost elimination status, and others are on the brink.

Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.

“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.”

I hope you aren’t drunk and took your staff’s advice, Rashida and I don’t know this man and feel confident he didn’t care about us. Please restrain from drinking too much as you have been warned from your staff and stay off social media when you are drunk. I pray in his holy month you find peace and respect for your self,

uhhh oh my god

This is exceptionally thoughtful and well said.

People living in countries where literally every town has an office to issue IDs that stays open on election day need to understand that such a bureaucratic infrastructure is built *before* making ID mandatory to do something, especially to exercise basic rights.

TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has four panels. PANEL 1 A man in a yellow shirt is at a bus stop, cheerfully lecturing the other two people at the stop. MAN: "Feminization" has warped society. If we lived as nature intended I'd be the alpha wolf! PANEL 2 The man with a huge thought balloon, showing him imagining walking with one hand holding a bloody axe and the other around a woman's waist. A second woman, in a maid outfit, is carrying a tray of cake and steak. A third woman looks at him adoringly. MAN: And the alpha wolf gets the first pick of everything! The best food, the best mates! PANEL 3 MAN: That's how men should live. I wish I was a wolf in the wild! PANEL 4 Inside a wolf den, two adult wolves are talking. There are four kids (three small puppies, one medium sized) and a dead rabbit. CAPTION: Wolves in the Wild DAD WOLF: First the little ones eat, then the rest of us will. MOM WOLF: And then -- cuddle pile! PUPPY: Yay! CHICKEN FAT WATCH "Chicken fat" is an archaic cartoonists' term for unimportant little details in the art. PANEL 1 - The tattoo is of a German cartoon mouse named Diddl, holding a heart. A poster says "HEY YOU! READ THIS! Wow, I can't believe you're reading this just because I said to." Another poster shows a cool woman in sunglasses holding a guitar. Text says "YET ANOTHER BAND... you're not cool enough to know." A pigeon standing on the sidewalk is wearing sunglasses and smoking a cigarette. PANEL 3 - A poster has a picture of the panel 1 pigeon, with the caption "BEWARE Bad Pigeon." The guy waiting at the bus stop is miming shooting himself in the head so he doesn't have to listen to this alpha wolf prattle any more. The woman's tattoo now shows the character Superjhemp (a parody of Superman and other superheroes). He's very popular in Luxembourg - "he has appeared in over 29 graphic novels that have the highest sales rate for Luxembourgish publications."

The Alpha Wolf

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Post See new posts Conversation Emily Schrader - אמילי שריידר امیلی شریدر @emilykschrader The Islamic regime is claiming more than 50+ “martyrs” were killed at a girls school in Minab …except they forgot to mention that the school is literally part of the Asif corps of the IRGC on base, which was targeted. Not only that, it’s also being used as an IRGC admin, command and medical facility at this time. Meanwhile, Anti-regime media has said no students were killed nor was the school itself the target.

Those school girls were soldiers and therefore deserved to be obliterated by a US/Israeli bomb, but also they're not dead but also it'd be good if they were dead

Wow! Weird how this KEEPS HAPPENING with Jesse Singal!

It's almost like he has some kind of agenda or bias. Isn't it interesting that a perception or assumption of a pro-trans bias disqualifies you from writing about trans health, but an anti-trans bias doesn't?

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has four panels, each showing a different scene. In addition, there’s a small “kicker” panel under the fourth panel. PANEL 1 The panel shows a counter at a fast food restaurant. We can see a couple of customers, and a couple of workers. The workers are wearing hats that very vaguely resemble hamburger buns. A sign on the wall shows a smiling hamburger with eyes, below the caption “Soilent Green YUM.” A smaller sign says “SAFETY” in larger letters followed by tiny print, which says “is a word we use a lot so you can’t sue us.” The worker at the cash register is turning to speak directly to the reader. WORKER: To get an official photo I.D., I have to go to the nearest government office, which is 90 miles away, and I don’t have a car, and even if I did my boss won’t give me a weekday off. PANEL 2 We’re in what looks like someone’s back yard. In the foreground is a garden, with some sort of plant being grown in tidy rows. An elderly woman is kneeling on the ground in front of the garden, wearing a floppy straw hat, an apron with a floral patter, and holding a trowel. She speaks directly to the reader. WOMAN: I can’t get I.D. without a birth certificate. But when I was born home births didn’t get birth certificates. PANEL 3 A mover wearing jeans and a black tank top is carrying a sofa as he’s talking to the reader. MOVER: The state charges $60 for a driver’s license…. but first I’d need a copy of my birth certificate, which is $30. I can’t afford 90 dollars to vote! PANEL 4 This panel shows the interior of a coffee shop. A man and a woman sit together at a table. They're both looking at their devices, him annoyed, her dismissive. MAN: Why wouldn’t anyone be able to get an I.D.? Idiots! WOMAN: People like that don’t deserve to vote. SMALL KICKER PANEL UNDER THE BOTTOM OF THE CARTOON The man from panel 4 yelling at Barry MAN: If it’s easy for me it must be easy for everybody! That’s just science!

How Hard Could Getting Voter ID Be?

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Yes! Just the artist having a little fun.

Papa Wolf is always better than Alpha Wolf.

I'm guessing they're asking about the tattoo on the woman's arm in panel 1.

The tattoo is of a cartoon mouse named Diddl, who is a popular character in Germany. :-)

TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has four panels. PANEL 1 A man in a yellow shirt is at a bus stop, cheerfully lecturing the other two people at the stop. MAN: "Feminization" has warped society. If we lived as nature intended I'd be the alpha wolf! PANEL 2 The man with a huge thought balloon, showing him imagining walking with one hand holding a bloody axe and the other around a woman's waist. A second woman, in a maid outfit, is carrying a tray of cake and steak. A third woman looks at him adoringly. MAN: And the alpha wolf gets the first pick of everything! The best food, the best mates! PANEL 3 MAN: That's how men should live. I wish I was a wolf in the wild! PANEL 4 Inside a wolf den, two adult wolves are talking. There are four kids (three small puppies, one medium sized) and a dead rabbit. CAPTION: Wolves in the Wild DAD WOLF: First the little ones eat, then the rest of us will. MOM WOLF: And then -- cuddle pile! PUPPY: Yay! CHICKEN FAT WATCH "Chicken fat" is an archaic cartoonists' term for unimportant little details in the art. PANEL 1 - The tattoo is of a German cartoon mouse named Diddl, holding a heart. A poster says "HEY YOU! READ THIS! Wow, I can't believe you're reading this just because I said to." Another poster shows a cool woman in sunglasses holding a guitar. Text says "YET ANOTHER BAND... you're not cool enough to know." A pigeon standing on the sidewalk is wearing sunglasses and smoking a cigarette. PANEL 3 - A poster has a picture of the panel 1 pigeon, with the caption "BEWARE Bad Pigeon." The guy waiting at the bus stop is miming shooting himself in the head so he doesn't have to listen to this alpha wolf prattle any more. The woman's tattoo now shows the character Superjhemp (a parody of Superman and other superheroes). He's very popular in Luxembourg - "he has appeared in over 29 graphic novels that have the highest sales rate for Luxembourgish publications."

The Alpha Wolf

This cartoon is by me and @nadinescholtes.bsky.social .

Read more cartoons! --> #PoliCartoon
Support our cartoons! --> patreon.com/barry

A piece of cool trivia: over thirty years after making Miracle Mile, the lead actors who play starcrossed lovers got married in real life.

Whoa!

1) IMO the time for "who is the 2028 nominee?" is after the mid-terms.

2) ALL guesses this far in advance, have ALWAYS been wrong. In 1990 Mario Cuomo was sure to get 1992 nomination. In 1974 Teddy Kennedy was lock for 1976 nom. In 2006 HRC was lock for 2008. Etc.

3) See point #1.

I think that @pinkhamjeremy.bsky.social showed me that film! I remember liking it.

It's one of those rare movies where I found myself thinking "what the heck am I watching?" very often, but in a good way. Most movies - even ones I like - I pretty much always know what's going to happen next, at least in broad strokes. Not so much here.

Poster for "Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die"

I saw "Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die" and loved it. The plot is very similar to "Terminator" - time traveler from the future shows up in our time to prevent the evil AI from taking over - but it's SO MUCH WACKIER.

If you liked "Everything Everywhere All At Once," you'll probably enjoy this.

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Flippin thru a big stack of old furry comics i bought and this got my ass good

A wolf wearing a shirt that says "The Window Installers" fitting a window into a frame. He is saying "ha ha ha... ...Yes!"

The Handbasket 100% independent journalism by Marisa Kabas

Now that CNN and WBD are set to become state media in a sale to Paramount/Oracle/TikTok, it is especially important to support independent media.

Off the top of my head:

www.thehandbasket.co
404media.co
www.garbageday.email

Add your favorites in the replies. Fuck state-backed media monopolies.

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