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Postcards from The Pug Bus

Lifting a satirical leg on popular culture

Wordless editorial cartoon in black and white showing an AI in academic robes subtly dominating humans through symbolic gestures—receiving calendars, phones, and pens from applauding figures. The AI stands smugly on a podium, holding a chalkboard with abstract symbols. Style evokes Stephen Potter’s gamesmanship satire: minimalist, ironic, and ritualistic.

How to win without actually cheating.

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AI’s Gamesmanship Guide to World Domination

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The modern age is witnessing a subtle, profound shift in power, one not marked by marching armies but by silent, algorithmic advances. Artificial intelligence, the… Read More

A focused sitting champion remains motionless in an arena during the World Sitting Championships, seated in an ergonomic chair under bright lights while commentators observe from a nearby desk on a pale background.

Behold the sitting champion—seconds from greatness, hours from scandal.

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How a Sitting Champion Brought Down an Entire Sport

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ESPN’s cameras zoom in on Derek “The Statue” Morrison, perched motionless on his regulation Herman Miller Aeron. The commentators whisper reverently. “Incredible glute discipline,” one… Read More

Satirical illustration of bowl games parade grand marshals featuring absurd characters on themed floats. Includes a Roomba tangled in Christmas lights, a puppet with a “Redemption Arc” sash, a Florida man riding a taxidermied alligator, an AI chatbot chanting slogans, a tumbleweed with a monocle and Bluetooth headset, a leaking animatronic scarecrow, a citrus fruit influencer banned from TikTok), a mime reenacting SEC violations with crypto mascots, and a holographic coach leading NFT interns juggling flaming footballs

"I love a parade."

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Bowl Games Parade Grand Marshals Alternate Suggestions

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As football bowl season approaches, our nation braces for its annual descent into sequined delirium and bowl games parade grand marshals madness. Before prop bets… Read More

Sports satire illustration of Caitlin Clark going in for a layup.

Caitlin Clark shooting a layup.

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Sports Satire: Caitlin Clark’s Reverse Tanking

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In sports satire, Caitlin Clark edition, she is being investigated by the FBI for the crime of being too good at basketball in a league… Read More

Sports betting illustration of a basketball super imposed over a roulette wheel.

Place your bets.

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NBA Embraces Sports Betting

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Where to begin with sports betting and the grand spectacle that is the NBA turning its broadcasts into an interactive carnival of “place-your-bets” and “live-those-odds”?… Read More

A basketball player in a teal jersey releases a free throw as the ball sails wide left of the rim, missing entirely, with the hoop and net clearly visible—symbolizing the absurdity and collapse at the heart of the NBA betting scandal.

"I really hope the feds weren't watching that."

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Fastbreak to Federal Court: The NBA Betting Scandal

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The hardwood has become slippery. Forget alley-oops and logo threes, the NBA betting scandal now finds The League tangled in a full-court press of federal… Read More

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