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Hey I don’t want nuclear war. I want to make art and spend time with my Mom.

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May every single human being on this planet be safe. May every single person be protected from harm. May we bring into being a time in which we are all free from those who do evil— together, speedily and in our days.

submitted 10 hours ago • 45 comments

I grew up in the rainforests of Georgia and this is 1,000% true. Deep in the forest the wind doesn't blow, and the sweat doesn't evaporate. You just bleed water until you die.

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Too late, it looks like our hubris was in mistaking comforts and conveniences for the bedrock of civilization while letting the actual bedrock be chipped away underneath us, and so many of us never realized that we were only one arrogant man baby away from an existential crisis.

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6 month, long exposure pinhole camera Solargram. Paper wet - part was beginning to disintegrate from water intrusion. Had snow & wind storms & lots of rain May/June 2025. Pinhole is tiny - I was surprised paper was so wet. Very pleased with result - even more pleased I got the angle right.

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A Dem lawmaker and her husband were killed by a guy for their political views and it’s already out of the news.

submitted 13 hours ago • 534 comments

So nice of them to lure so many people in with a free service and then give them no choice about how their published works are used.

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www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMC/...

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White men with terrible opinions who aren't used to pushback are walking on eggshells at work. Workspaces are negotiated spaces. Everyone else negotiates; it's only fair that we should, too.

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"Papers please!" was synonymous with either Nazis or Stasi.

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You can help me make rent by buying some of my art!

submitted 22 days ago • 4 comments

I am glad that today the governor signed a new law repealing New York's ban on providing food and water to people waiting in line to vote. However, it should be clearly noted that this was the result of successful litigation brought by the Brooklyn NAACP -- which the state fought and lost in court.

submitted 17 hours ago • 161 comments

We still have no idea who the ICE agents are. They could be insurrectionists, extremist militiamen or criminals themselves, chasing law-abiding citizens down the street for recording their kidnappings. The odds they aren't are low. Congress must raise hell about this. A masked gang runs our country.

submitted 18 hours ago • 1138 comments

This is called a concentration camp

submitted 18 hours ago • 6 comments

Shit take 101: dunking on people for not being artistic enough to make their own maps. That’s… that’s a choice but you do you, buddy. In other news, drawing maps and writing fantasy is NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE and you do not have to draw maps in order to write fantasy.

submitted 14 hours ago • 6 comments

Nour still needs to raise $150 to buy food for her children

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Welp. I owe the doctor $270, and I do not have $270. :/ That's fun. Hey did you know I have some fine slutty lesbian comics you can pay money for? Also it's pride month, so... 😬 alterici.itch.io

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happy indigenous peoples day! if you want a very practical thing to do pls donate to NOT OUR NATIVE DAUGHTERS. every little bit helps notournativedaughters.org/make-a-donat...

submitted 18 hours ago • 1 comment

Science!

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Emerson Colindres, a recent high school graduate & wonderful athlete, a 19 year-old kid was abducted at an immigration check-in. He was thrown in jail & then deported to a country he left at age 8. He has no connections there & no place to stay. Call Congress at 202-224-3121 to stop the cruelty!

submitted 20 hours ago • 17 comments

😂😂 It’s weird.

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Hey folks. I know there's a lot going on right now, but I'd really appreciate it if you read this piece I wrote on the perils of raising an autistic child during the era of RFK Jr. and his campaign of insane conspiracies and cruel scare tactics geared toward people on the spectrum.

submitted 1 day ago • 52 comments

10 reasons not to rank Andrew Cuomo at all

submitted 20 hours ago • 116 comments

Elon saying he’s going to reprogram his chatbot’s view of history is a perfect example of why these kinds of AI products aren’t the neutral “tools” people always defend them as. They’re little political projects reflecting the ideologies of their creators

submitted 22 hours ago • 132 comments

Exactly this.

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This is a microcosm of the history of America.

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Exoplanet System xkcd.com/3103/

submitted 1 day ago • 29 comments

"IS THIS WHO YOU WANT RUNNING THIS COUNTRY?!" I mean yeah tbh

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The thing about the Khalil case is that it's very very good that he's free now but you can't have it take three months between "the government kidnaps you off the street for no basis reason whatsoever" and "a judge makes them let you go." You just can't.

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The immigration raids across Los Angeles have all the hallmarks of Gregory Bovino’s Kern County sweep, which a federal judge says likely violated the Constitution. cal.news/4laaPwC

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Hey guys. Im sorry to do this but I cant currently afford medical expenses & treatment. I've been unable to properly work & im struggling just to get by. My neurologist has recently set up a treatment plan & I can't afford injection supplies, copays, or transportation. Thank you gofund.me/18405ce8

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Confirming this is true

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Zohran Mamdani is the closest NYC mayoral candidate I've seen to touting similar values, hopes, and beliefs to how the original Native people of that land (my people, and a few other tribes) treated it. It was a literal communal hub. Maybe reflect on that too 🤷🏽‍♀️

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where cool and warm light overlaps, you'd think they would neutral out. But cool light favors short wavelengths, and warm light favors long wavelengths. So, when you add them, you get a spectrum with a dip in the middle. magenta! so I painted a pale pink! #colortheory #oiloncanvas #oilpainting #art

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4 The So-Called Avant-Garde: The Life and Afterlife of Jean-Michel Basquiat Michael Gonzales on the iconic artist's turbulent life and legacy crimereads.com/basquiat-mic...

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Yeah, this is a red line that the U.S. is brazenly crossing.

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A lot of community pressure about their lack of engagement in what was happening to 40% of their fanbase created the conditions in which they took a stand. Good on them - true - but the young woman who sang the star spangled banner in Spanish and local Latiné groups and media were a part of this.

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I expect that consumer-facing AI programs will continue to improve and they may become much more useful tools for everyday life in the future. But I think it was a disastrous mistake that today’s models were taught to be convincing before they were taught to be right.

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My dad isn't doing so well. We're getting him a follow-up chest x-ray tomorrow morning. Anything helps 💸

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The only way in which "America" is possibly redeemable is if you reframe it as a story about Black Americans fighting to make themselves — and, crucially, everyone else — more free, in the face of unspeakable odds Happy Juneteenth

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My speech at the Skrmetti rally in DC yesterday.

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It certainly is.

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"Roberts opens the door for bans on gender-affirming care for adults, as well as bans on other politically contested, but scientifically well-founded, treatments." "For transgender Americans, this is a dark day in an increasingly dark year." #USA #Healthcare

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Happy Juneteenth! Have a little clip of me reading from my Nebula & Sturgeon Award winning short story, TANTIE MERLE AND THE FARMHAND 4200, which is about an old woman, a robot & a goat-- --but also about personhood, acceptance, community & labor rights. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/tant...

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y'know it's kind of a tell that they think celebrating the end of slavery is DEI

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