Kip Manley
@kiplet.myatproto.social
Writer, phantasist, bon viveur; a litigation support paralegal as needed. Spouse to a cartoonist, parent to an aspiring large-animal veterinarian, three cats and (now) two dogs to be fed on a regular basis. See also @thecityofroses.com
The official designation of the attempted deployment of the National Guard to Portland, Oregon is "Task Force Rose Shield."
Y'all, Steven Universe would like a word?
Y'all, Steven Universe would like a word?
October 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The official designation of the attempted deployment of the National Guard to Portland, Oregon is "Task Force Rose Shield."
Y'all, Steven Universe would like a word?
Y'all, Steven Universe would like a word?
Much as Democrats must reverse their drive to defund the police to win back the voters they need, they must also renounce their enthusiastic support for the aims of #nodads
October 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Much as Democrats must reverse their drive to defund the police to win back the voters they need, they must also renounce their enthusiastic support for the aims of #nodads
Now, see, this is the kind of gift that gives back to the giver.
October 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Now, see, this is the kind of gift that gives back to the giver.
October 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Oh hey there's a copy back on the shelves in Powell's, up in the Gold Room—go snag it and help me sell out! Then maybe request more, so they think about taking a flier on the rest?
September 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Oh hey there's a copy back on the shelves in Powell's, up in the Gold Room—go snag it and help me sell out! Then maybe request more, so they think about taking a flier on the rest?
This is a panel from Transmetropolitan [derogatory].
September 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This is a panel from Transmetropolitan [derogatory].
You could be the one.
September 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
You could be the one.
New copypasta just dropped.
August 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
New copypasta just dropped.
I don't care what anyone says; I like that movie.
August 24, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I don't care what anyone says; I like that movie.
"Obey" rhymes with "abey," I guess, and abey is not an infrequent typo for obey, maybe? I dunno.
August 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"Obey" rhymes with "abey," I guess, and abey is not an infrequent typo for obey, maybe? I dunno.
My favorite Doctor and companion:
August 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
My favorite Doctor and companion:
What is this, a tag-team approach?
August 6, 2025 at 3:52 AM
What is this, a tag-team approach?
Ratatouille galettes! (Yes, it's store-bought puff. It's Sunday. I'm tired.)
August 4, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Ratatouille galettes! (Yes, it's store-bought puff. It's Sunday. I'm tired.)
Something deliriously joyous about all these drunken bees like a Jetsons traffic jam about this ludicrous hundred-year agave a couple blocks away that we've been watching slowly grow from gigantically asparagal stalk to Seussian deciduous over the past few months.
August 1, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Something deliriously joyous about all these drunken bees like a Jetsons traffic jam about this ludicrous hundred-year agave a couple blocks away that we've been watching slowly grow from gigantically asparagal stalk to Seussian deciduous over the past few months.
(A photo thereof: )
July 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
(A photo thereof: )
July 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The (very well-) learned helplessness of this, the complete lack of imagination, the utter acceptance of someone else's pointedly slanted definition of terms and turf, the sheer inability to live and think and struggle in this, our world, but only in someone else's idea of the world—it's enervating.
![I've already owned the position that if the election is [genocide 5 million] vs [genocide 10 million], you should vote proudly for the former.
Anyone who disagrees is the profoundly cruel one.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:np6zp5yxhxihyfjqydk4pp5z/bafkreiey5rqwtf3dcjy6kkhz4hffd2ubtra6kuvruo4xrgdfapsfua4ks4@jpeg)
July 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The (very well-) learned helplessness of this, the complete lack of imagination, the utter acceptance of someone else's pointedly slanted definition of terms and turf, the sheer inability to live and think and struggle in this, our world, but only in someone else's idea of the world—it's enervating.
"In the United States, tariff-rate quotas for cane sugar imports raise sugar prices; hence, domestically produced corn syrup and high-fructose corn syrup are less costly alternatives that are often used in American-made processed and mass-produced foods, candies, soft drinks, and fruit drinks."
July 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"In the United States, tariff-rate quotas for cane sugar imports raise sugar prices; hence, domestically produced corn syrup and high-fructose corn syrup are less costly alternatives that are often used in American-made processed and mass-produced foods, candies, soft drinks, and fruit drinks."
