Category: Open Threads

Bookworm Beat 4/19/24: Get yer red hot memes here!

Posted on April 19, 2024April 20, 2024 by Bookworm

If there’s a theme to this meme edition, it’s that the world is going to hell in a handbasket. Vote out the Democrats in November to save the world.

Bookworm Beat 4/6/24: the “small but mighty” meme edition

Posted on April 6, 2024 by Bookworm

This is a somewhat smaller meme edition than usual, but it makes up in quality what it lacks in quantity.

Bookworm Beat 3/29/24: The “these are the times that try men’s souls” meme edition

Posted on March 29, 2024 by Bookworm

There is no one overriding theme in this massive meme collection. Instead, the memes serve as a reminder that we live in trying times.

Bookworm Beat 3/22/24: The immigrants and bloodbath illustrated edition

Posted on March 22, 2024 by Bookworm

Immigration and the media’s fraudulent “bloodbath” shenanigans top the list for memes, but there’s a whole lot more of the usual madness, too.

Bookworm Beat 3/16/24: open thread

Posted on March 16, 2024 by Bookworm

I’ve been on a mini-vacation, so I didn’t get a chance to do an illustrated edition. Therefore, this is an open thread.

3/8/24: The “It’s Biden’s world and, sadly, we just live in it” illustrated edition

Posted on March 8, 2024March 8, 2024 by Bookworm

I’m baaaack! And I’m back with a carefully curated selection of images all aimed at illustrating the world Biden has brought us.

Watch this space (and open thread)

Posted on March 1, 2024 by Bookworm

I’m so sorry, but too much work and too little energy left me without an illustrated edition today. I’ll put one up later this week or, at the very latest, next Friday.

Bookworm Beat 2/23/24: The Woke AI illustrated edition

Posted on February 23, 2024 by Bookworm

Woke AI leads this edition because it’s the greatest threat to us: Google controls most of the world’s information, and it’s doing dire deeds. (Plus over 120 other memes and informational images.)

Bookworm Beat 2/16/24: Fani Willis makes memes by magic

Posted on February 16, 2024 by Bookworm

The Fani Willis memes aren’t out yet but her words alone are memes of wonder. (Plus, of course, lots of other stuff.)

Bookworm Beat 2/9/24: The “this is Biden’s brain on dementia” illustrated edition

Posted on February 9, 2024 by Bookworm

Election years are crazy but I didn’t think the year would open with an official announcement that the president is demented. These memes take it from there.

Bookworm Beat 2/2/24: The “Don’t Mess With Texas” illustrated edition

Posted on February 2, 2024 by Bookworm

I’m back, and everything is weirder than ever, whether it’s the border, the election, or the Republican primaries. But at least we can laugh.

The Friday meme round-up will be delayed

Posted on January 26, 2024 by Bookworm

Sorry about that, but I was traveling this week and ran out of time to collect and organize images. I’ll be back as soon as possible. Feel free, though, to play with this as an open thread.

Bookworm Beat 1/19/24: The déjà vu all over again illustrated edition

Posted on January 19, 2024 by Bookworm

We’re only a few days into January, but I can’t help feeling I’ve already lived through everything before. At least the memes are new…

Bookworm Beat 1/12/24: The “New Year Same As The Old Year” illustrated edition

Posted on January 12, 2024 by Bookworm

It’s 2024, so I’m back with more memes. They look kind of the same as last year, only more frantic.

Bookworm Beat 12/22/23: The last illustrated edition of 2023

Posted on December 22, 2023 by Bookworm

Because it’s the last, it’s also the biggest. Really, really big. Hugely big and covering every topic in the news, from the Colorado Court to Sex in the Senate to Israel to so much more.