Notices by Brian Jopek (brianjopek@mastodon.world), page 6

Still as relevant as ever nearly 55 years later.
#WhatMeWorry

“It Must’ve Been Something They Hate Dept.
The MAD Primer of Bigots, Extremists and Other Loose Ends: Chapter One - The Super Patriot

Written by: Frank Jacobs and Stan Hart
Artist: Jack Davis

MAD #129 Sept. 1969” - MAD Magazine

#DeepTboughts

There was a war fought in the 1770s to get away from a king. Another was fought in the 1940s to get away from a Nazi dictator. And yet, today, there are fucking tRumpanzees proudly displaying the “Don’t Tread on Me” flag and even flags with Nazi swastikas. It’s like they’ve forgotten or, in many cases, never really understood to begin with, what it all was about.
#FuckMAGA

It’ll be a hoot, I’m sure!
#LouisianaDumbassery

Got news for ya, MAGAt. Something along the lines of a ‘72 Chevy Cheyenne 1/2 ton is soooooo much more pickup truck than that thing. And that’s definitely without the stupid ass “hetero” shit and the .50 cal. Only a fucking poser who never served day one in the U.S. military wants a God damn machine gun on their truck.
#Wannabe

If it sounds like a prayer, that’s because it is. I’m not a really religious kinda guy but I do like this, another example of what I would have in school classrooms instead of the 10 Commandments.
#DeepThoughts

“Keep my anger from becoming meanness.
Keep my sorrow from collapsing into self-pity.
Keep my heart soft enough to keep breaking.
Keep my anger turned towards justice, not cruelty.
Remind me that all of this, every bit of it, is for love.
Keep me fiercely kind.” - Laura Jean Truman

Oh, BoBo. You naughty girl.
#BeetleJuiceBeetleJuiceBeetleJuice

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children. - Khalil Gibran from “Mirrors Of The Soul”
#DeepThoughts

Well, you’d think so.
#WTFLouisiana

Meanwhile, near Bridgton, Maine. Photo by Dakoda Gerrish.
#Wildlife
#NorthernWayOfLife
#Maine

“Late one morning, I visited the fox den in my front yard and found a peacefully napping baby fox on a sunlit mossy rock. I was in awe, and fortunately, there was a gap in the trees that allowed me to capture this once-in-a-lifetime shot - my best one yet!” - photographer Dakoda Gerrish

You tell ‘em, Frank.
#FreedomOfReligion
#FreedomFromReligion

“The main problem in any democracy is that crowd-pleasers are generally brainless swine who can go out on a stage & whup their supporters into an orgiastic frenzy—then go back to the office & sell every one of the poor bastards down the tube for a nickel apiece.”― Hunter S. Thompson, "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72"
#DeepThoughts

Cartoon by Gary Markstein. It’s running this week on the op-ed page of the Tuesday edition of the newspaper I work for.
#GreedFlation

It’s a fucking shame it’s actually come down to this in the U.S.
#VoteBlueGoddammit

Mama loon and a little one in northern Michigan, 14 June, 2024. Photo by Randy Stout.
#BirdsOfMastodon

“I enjoy trying to capture images from the loon's perspective. It often results in me getting wet, but that helps me bond with them!” - photographer Randy Stout

Nice job, Chris. I’ve never seen the show but this kicks ass. In more ways than just the Daytime Emmy he received.
#BiteMeCentralParkKaren

That good ol’ MAGAt reasoning.

Some of the things I like to fucking throw at morons who do the whole “This is ‘Merica! There should be no socialism here! Period!”
#tRumpanzees
#MAGAts

Incoming puffin at Norway’s “bird island,” Runde Fuglefjell. Photo by Wessel Veenbrink.
#Puffins
#BirdsOfMastodon

Too soon? Nahhhh