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This is from one of the final books Herge finished ("Coke en stock", aka "The Red Sea Sharks" in English), and fans to this day still try to argue that it "wasn't blackface".
Tintin in blackface, drawn as a stereotypical "gollywog" with hair and big red lips, points a gun at Marquis di Gorgonzola (aka Rastapopoulos) and says "No indeed, gentlemen! Come on... Get your hands up... fast!"
November 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
chimeracoder.bsky.social
XKCD, welcome to the War on Cars!
The comic is made up of four panels, each featuring Cueball talking to Megan or vice versa, both of them surrounded by progressively larger vehicles.] [Panel one is labeled "100 years ago." Cueball and Megan are standing with a bicycle to the left of them and an old-fashioned car to their right.] Cueball: It's too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. [Panel two is labeled "50 years ago." Cueball and Megan are standing between a small hatchback (right) and a slightly larger sedan (left).] Megan: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. [Panel three is labeled "Today." Cueball and Megan are standing between a large SUV (left) and an even larger SUV (right).] Cueball: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don't get the biggest one, I'm putting my family at risk. [Panel four is labeled "Soon." Cueball and Megan are standing to the left of a massive SUV with metal plates bolted to its side, spiked panels attached to the front and back, and two giant spiked clubs hanging from a rotor on top of the car. Another massive spiked club is visible coming from the left of the panel, presumably attached to a similar car. Megan has both arms on her side.] Megan: If I don't install more whirling spike clubs, I'll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...
November 14, 2025 at 3:59 AM
chimeracoder.bsky.social
It's unclear if she can resell her excess toilet paper, and what the going labor rate is at her prison specifically.

But nonindustry work in New York (for example) can pay as little as 10¢/hour, so being given free toilet paper when others have to buy it is a HUGE perk!!
November 14, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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okay but, Lysol, you see how that's the OPPOSITE of what I want... right?
Lysol disinfecting wipes but the "dis" is the hole where they come out so it's removed
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Just a few hours left to snag a ticket to Unleashed: STUFFED! It's Brooklyn Pet Play weekend, and I'm DJing the opening party.

Come mosh with your fellow pups to funky and sultry beats... and then get STUFFED!

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Norman Rockwell's "Freedom From Want" except I am the dad, @furioursus.dev (in a pink pup hood) is the mom, and we are feeding a bottle of lube and poppers to an entire table of pups On the corner in the top right is a painting frame which reads "This flyer was made by a person, not a prompt. If you're a queer event promoter or bar owner or DJ, stop using AI. Your events look cheesy as fuck and i [sic] don't want to go to them."
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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How did this post show up in my mentions? It doesn't mention me, and there's no image or alt text either
Skeet that doesn't mention me
November 12, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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psst....

hey kiddo....

...wanna buy an 8-track?

It's Sesame Street Day, and if you're cool and not a narc, we'll tell you where to go to celebrate with the dankest classic house tunes and dance music!

Tune in tonight from 9-11pm at twitch.tv/djshonar!
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Cuomo's current "residence" is in NY-12 so he wouldn't have to change it, and it includes some of his strongest-performing contiguous parts of the city, by share of registered voters.

www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/06/h...
Map of Cuomo's population vote share
November 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
chimeracoder.bsky.social
I actually can't find current demographic data about the Jewish population of NY-10. The 2010-2020 version of the map was the most Jewish district in the country because it was heavily gerrymandered that way, but the new borders cut out much of that territory
Old map of NY-10
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 AM
chimeracoder.bsky.social
Possibly! NY-10 includes some areas where Zohran did very well! Eyeballing it, it looks like one of his better Congressional districts.

But there could also be reasons he might not want to weigh in too heavily on that race so soon in his tenure.

www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/06/h...
Map of % support for Mamdani Map of NY-10
November 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
chimeracoder.bsky.social
Nobody has bigger daddy issues than Andrew Cuomo, who only ran for office so he could outdo his father's legacy. So it must have absolutely destroyed him to hear Zohran Mamdani quote Mario Cuomo in his victory speech last night.
So hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us. When we enter City Hall in 58 days, expectations will be high. We will meet them. A great New Yorker once said that while you campaign in poetry, you govern in prose. If that must be true, let the prose we write still rhyme, and let us build a shining city for all. And we must chart a new path, as bold as the one we have already traveled. After all, the conventional wisdom would tell you that I am far from the perfect candidate.
November 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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you sure can! pay your taxes or GTFO
Conversation Bill Ackman @BillAckman .@ZohranKMamdani , congrats on the win. Now you have a big responsibility. If I can help NYC, just let me know what I can do
November 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Absolutely disgusting that THE ADVOCATE, an LGBTQ news publication, is pinkwashing Dick Cheney by saying he was a "supporter of marriage equality".
Dick Cheney, former Republican vice president and supporter of marriage equality, is dead
November 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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now we're cooking
Why, none other DICK the KNOCK KNOCK!! Who's that knocking on the OGATES OF HELL? Than TRICKY CHENEY 4 3 rd President of United GAPES of America Dear Old Dick loved war X SO much he wanted it to last FOREVER at HalliBUSTIN' COCKheed Martin $ $ $ !! For a world So he and his pals GAYtheon and Today we pour one out class HATEriot showed us that WHORE crimes and could keep making who profTITeering dismantling the CUNTstitution Can be FUN Years before DONNY TO got in on the action !!!! Send neoCUNTservatives shot in the fucking face this to 911 and you'll get 8m
November 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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wake up babes, new meme template just dropped
Zohran Mamdani and Rama Duwaji react to the news of Dick Cheney's death. Zohran is keeping a straight face, and Rama Duwaji is trying to suppress a smile, ending up with the "not bad" face
November 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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I've been playing this track all morning to manifest some good news today 🎉

You can snag a free/PWYW copy for yourself!

djshonar.bandcamp.com/track/the-na...
November 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Cuomo is making a last-ditch effort to woo the most coveted demographic - "people who listen to @yourewrongabout.bsky.social" - by making a 1m video about why his favorite car is definitely NOT the same car as the infamous OJ Simpson Bronco
November 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Desis are kicking ass in these early voting numbers!

I've spent countless hours canvassing in Parkchester - specifically thanks to a @thecity.nyc article in the spring talking about the need for Bangla speakers there - so I'm particularly stoked to see these stats.
A number of multi-generational households also voted early, including in Jackson Heights, a pan-South Asian enclave and stronghold for the Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani where at least 56 of such families cast their ballots, trailing only the Upper West and East Sides. Washington Heights, a predominantly Dominican neighborhood in northern Manhattan, and Parkchester, the Bronx neighborhood nicknamed “Little Bangladesh,” came in fourth and fifth. (THE CITY tallied those numbers by counting voters who are registered to the same apartment unit. A multi-generational household is defined here as households with voters from three or more generations.)
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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I'm very happy to report that my friend WON the @eaglenyc.bsky.social Halloween contest last night with his halal cart costume.

After several years of placing but being robbed (IMO) of the top medal, he FINALLY got what he deserves.

Congratulations!
Man dressed as a halal cart, with Sabrett umbrella and "steam" from cooking Man dressed as halal cart, selling hot dogs. You can see all the steam from the meat he's "cooking"
November 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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I cannot fathom people who look at this man and think, "yes, THIS is the face of the guy I want to put in charge of my city".
A close up photo of Andrew a Cuomo looking like the villain in a horror movie
November 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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This same friend went as Divine Miss Piggy one year and then ATE KERMIT'S SHIT ON STAGE (chocolate) and somehow only placed second

So yeah, he'd better fucking win this year, because he's been robbed three times already.

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Divine but she is also Miss Piggy. Kermit's poop is in her hand
October 31, 2025 at 11:12 PM
chimeracoder.bsky.social
Both subway stations lack a functioning elevator, so we've had to take five flights of stairs (so far).

(We need better subway accessibility!)
October 31, 2025 at 10:56 PM
chimeracoder.bsky.social
so my friend asked me to help him get to the Halloween parade
October 31, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Here is a sharable guide to the NYC ballot propositions.

In short: make sure you vote YES on #1-5.

(Click through for all twelve slides)

www.instagram.com/p/DQXuU6eDnIM/
Many have asked how to vote in the NYC ballot initiatives. Here's what I recommend: YES on #1 YES on #2 YES on #3 YES on #4 YES on #5 NO on #6 Keep swiping if you want to see why, but if all you care about is how to vote, there it is. MT VAN HOEVENBERG Vote YES on PROPOSAL #1 Proposition #1 is worded in a misleading way, because it sounds like it would expand private use of public land. In reality, it authorizes construction that has ALREADY happened. A "yes" vote would create 2500 new acres of protected land. A "no" vote would forego that, but would not undo the past. It sucks that the prior construction already happened, but we can't undo the past. Environmental groups called this the "best-case scenario" of remediation for the currently-unauthorized construction. Voting no on #1 would do nothing to fix the harm that's already been caused. IS! CITY STATE City Council members slam ballot proposals at rally they say wasn't electioneering The New York City Council has been vocal about opposition since the ballots were put forward, but Tuesday's rally was the most explicit members have been. HTC HTC HTC HITC HTC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams joined leaders from 32BJ SEIU and the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council to voice opposition against Eric Adams' charter revision commission ballot proposals. TSEHAI ALFRED By TSEHAI ALFRED AND SAHALIE DONALDSON | OCTOBER 7, 2025 New York City Council members gathered alongside union representatives and advocates in Essex Crossing Park on Tuesday for what they advertised as a "press conference to highlight the misleading language and negative impacts" of three housing-related ballot proposals submitted by Mayor Eric Adams. But the elected officials - including City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, and Council Members Kevin Riley, Lynn Schulman, Gale Brewer, Chris Banks, Crystal Hudson and Julie Won - did more than underscore the language of the proposals. At least one directly called on the public to vote 'no' on the measures, a move that has led critics to call for greater attention into if the council members are engaging in electioneering by advocating against a candidate or bill issue through the use of public funds. The New York City Council has been vocal about its opposition to three of the proposals intended to spur housing development since they were put forward, even imploring the Board of Elections to keep them off the ballot last month (an effort that ultimately failed). But Tuesday's rally was the most explicit move members have made in opposition so far. Vote YES on PROPOSAL #2 Proposal 2 would create two different programs for building affordable housing. The first is uncontroversial and run by the city council. The second applies only to the twelve districts that have produced the least affordable housing. Source: Charter Revision Commission: Adopted Final Report, Page 54 EXISTING PROCESS Would continue to apply in 47 of 59 Community Districts Community Board Borough President City Planning City Council Mayoral Veto Commission City Council Override 50 DAYS 60 DAYS 30 DAYS 60 DAYS 5 DAYS (+15) 10 DAYS PROPOSED AFFORDABLE HOUSING FAST TRACK Would apply only in the 12 Community Districts that produce the least affordable housing* Community Board & Borough President 60 DAYS City Planning Commission 30 DAYS "Only projects subject to the City's mandatory inclusionary housing policy are eligible for the Fast Track
October 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Brad Lander, welcome to @thewaroncars.bsky.social!
Brad Lander on stage with Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear
October 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM