Sunday Funday: What a crazy week, plus TrumpWatch and Animal Crackers

What a crazy week 

We saw Poilievre return to the Commons and the Liberals must be delighted:

- Kier Atkinson 🇨🇦

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We saw even more examples of how Trump and MAGA think they can tell everybody what to do 

And the more trivial the issue, the more hysterical MAGA gets. So Trump thinks he can extort universities about what they teach, and tell Coke to change their formula, and tell the Smithsonian to revise their exhibits. 

Then MAGA thinks they can tell Cracker Barrel to keep their old logo, and tell the Minnesota Vikings football team not to have male cheerleaders. 

And meanwhile Trump is so pathetically obsessed with getting a Nobel Peace Prize like Obama did that he keeps boasting about how resolved six wars, or maybe it was 10 and nobody knows what he's babbling about.

The internet we need

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— Seth Abramson (@sethabramson.bsky.social) August 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM

1) declared war on paper straws, he won that one. 2) declared war on Coca Cola, won that one 3) declares a war on golf fashion 4) declared war on public health, won that along with Gravely Jacked McBrainworm. 5) declared war on trade, winning-at our expense. 6) War on decor with gaudy gold.

— Roy Kent's Niece (@tedlassofangirl.bsky.social) August 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM

Exactly!

- Lynn

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— George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) August 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM

Plus a couple of good feminist posts:

It you don’t already follow James Fell, I recommend it.

- Steve Hofstetter

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That AI "bubble" that everyone is so excited about may not actually be the greatest thing since sliced bread:

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Here's one way to deal with AI stealing your work:

A couple of posts about the end of the world:

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And just some random posts:

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Our modern life:

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There is nothing that fires up people more than posts about grammar and spelling! Look at this: 5,000 "comments", 250,000 "likes"...

It’s “unkempt”, not “unkept”

It’s “piqued” your interest, not “peaked” your interest

It’s “a part of” or “apart from”, not “apart of”

It’s “to each his own”, not “to each is own”

It’s “moot” point, not “mute” point

— Kiwi 🥝✨ (@KiwiOnTheSticks) August 16, 2025

This is the truth, isn't it

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Its much easier to pick something when you have just three choices instead of three dozen choices. So when we're looking for something to watch we try to flag just a few shows that look interesting and make a decision, rather than scrolling endlessly.

A silver lining

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Speaking of Alligator Barbie:

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What a great way to spend a retirement!

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Everybody has been chattering for months about how there is something wrong with Trump - medically, that is, not just mentally -- and its beginning to remind me of how, back in 2017, we wistfully and earnestly thought the Mueller report would do the job for us of getting rid of Trump (it didn't).
But now everybody is noticing how Trump is stumbling and putting makeup on his hands and has swollen ankles and maybe he has congestive heart failure - so maybe its possible that we could be so lucky?

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I don't know how exactly I radicalized my 84 year old parents but dad is now sending daily anti trump stuff to the family text and has been for a year. This was tonight's entry

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— Cake or Death (@johngcole.bsky.social) August 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM

I feel this in my soul. What do y'all think?

- The Mouthy Renegade Writer

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Animal Crackers:

The world is a fucking mess. I suggest watching panda videos at regular intervals throughout each day.🐼

- Punk Rock Pixie

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And they both sit at the door to wait!

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Looked like the horse will be OK

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Every timeline needs a happy doggo dance... 😊 #dog #dogday #bluesky

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— I Post Animal Vids... 😊 (@realjfairclough.bsky.social) August 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM

THE GULLS HAVE IT FIGURED OUT

- Sue P

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And finally, this:

ME: I don't know man. You know when there's only like 15 pages left in a book or 5 minutes left in a movie and nothing's been resolved and you get that weird closure anxiety like "okay there's no way any of this is gonna be wrapped up in a way that feels good before it's over." That's what everything feels like all the time now and... WAITER: I meant "are you okay" as in do you need more Diet Coke or anything

- Jonathan Edward Durham

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