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aaradyn.bsky.social
artist, photographer... www.erikamorton.com
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Republicans: Have more babies! also Republicans: cuts funding to EVERYTHING that helps people actually have more babies Republicans: Why aren't people having babies? #facepalm #fuckthegop

Honey Bee and Clover; Happy Earth Day ☘️🐝☘️

There are two transgender girls in the state of Maine competing in girls’ sports. There are now SIX federal agencies investigating the state. Here is our latest @propublica.org story with @bangordailynews.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/main...

I cannot state emphatically enough in text how much I effing LOVE this book. It’s amazing.

“put it on his fucking gravestone”

I’m not going to be silent. WHAT TO DO AT AN ICE CHECKPOINT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE WHITE and/or FEEL THE NEED TO JAM UP THE WORKS Here's the deal:

Oh no, I love them

If you ever wondered what you’d have done in 1938… well, what did you do today? ‘Cause we’re there.

Urgent trans and nonbinary update: I called a passport office and got a sympathetic rep who told me officially any information about gender markers is posted online. Unofficially, they *literally whispered,* they have heard the same rumors about passports being confiscated.

I got myself a pair of Loops last year and holy carp y’all, life is so much better. I use them at time I never thought I would, and it’s just better. All this is to say, don’t hold off getting aids to help you live your life easier. Also, if you can, wait for sales - they’ll definitely have them.

Right?? At this point who doesn’t have our data?

It’s not a lot, but I have a little over thousand followers on TikTok and it means the world to me. People want to see me painting and rambling about art. 🥰 The thought of losing that community is hard. It was a bright spot in the lockdowns. Now? That could all end and I’m sad.

STOP USING AI FOR YOUR BOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP STOP USING AI FOR YOUR BOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP STOP USING AI FOR YOUR BOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP STOP USING AI FOR YOUR BOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP STOP USING AI FOR YOUR BOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP STOP USING AI FOR YOUR BOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP

These teenagers and young men — 95% of whom are Black, Latinx, or Filipino — earn between $2.20 and $4 per hour, plus an additional $1 an hour when they’re actively fighting fires, according to the DJJ. ⤵️

See this cup of tea, sitting on my desk and not spilled all over? Very demure, very mindful. Not like the first cup of tea this morning that decided it wanted to spill everywhere including all over my skirt and into the keyboard. Not very demure, not very mindful. sometimes you need tea to make tea

How cold is it? Well, if you don’t have a weather app handy, and happen to be near a rhododendron, look at the leaves. This is what they look like at a real feel of 3 deg F. The ones that are more unfurled are in direct sun, and so slightly warmer…

It’s Monday morning, I’ve been wildly productive already, and for some reason I have Richard Gere singing “Give ‘em the old Razzle Dazzle” stuck in my head. I have no idea why.

I really feel like my tension leveled up during this project… I’m no where near done, but it’ll be pretty when I am! Bag by @jessalu.bsky.social yarn by @thirdvaultyarns.com #showmeyourknits

This. I love to drive. I always have… but cars are expensive. Walkable cities are beautiful. We need more walkable cities.

“There aren’t enough educated workers in America” Maybe if kids weren’t constantly being shot at in schools they’d be better able to concentrate?

Blessed Yule My wish this solstice night is grace and peace to you. Many thanks to SJ Tucker @sjtuckermusic.bsky.social for her amazing song from which I share my wishes this day.

2025 is gonna be the year of “yeah, no.” I did too much last year and all it lead to was a lot of illness and a feeling that I was constantly behind. This coming year? Less. Just, less.

i'm going to invent an "american style" full english breakfast that's so good it heals the wound first opened at lexington and concord

I seem to be getting a lot of followers… I don’t know what you’re here for, it’s mostly gonna be musings about being an artist and random photos of leaves and rocks I find pretty. Have a leaf.

It’s kinda weird as an artist when you realize you love a painting style but don’t really have a favorite subject.

The gloom around here from the rain were finally getting is beautiful… little sad I couldn’t run off into the woods with my camera and instead had to come to work.