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Creative spirit. Future mage. CIS straight ally. I like calligraphy, handwriting, bullet journaling; music; typography, design, art, photography, film; ancient wisdom & witchy stuff; the environment; human rights…
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🙌 ♥️ Lovely!! Neil Young is planning to play a free concert in Kyiv at a time when Ukraine desperately needs positive support from the outside world.

Make this viral.

Thoughts and prayers for all the teslers 🔥

Find a protest near you The single most important act of defiance today is visible protest. Show your neighbors and the world we're not going to sit around and just watch our democracy be dismantled. Do something. Join the resistance Stand up and march www.mobilize.us/indivisible/

Cybertruck owners, now’s your chance to get your money back www.newsweek.com/tesla-recall...

Something to think about

Feeling controversial today 👀 Your art does not need to be realistic. Your shadows & lights do not need to make sense if you don't want them to. Anatomy doesn't matter at all. Art is whatever YOU want to express - that's it.

Finished a bag using vintage automotive vinyl! I think it was for a bench seat truck because the pattern repeats horizontally. I had to force myself to get through my perfectionism blockage. #bagmaker #vinylbags #sewing #handmade #vintagematerials #betterdonethanperfect

I really enjoyed “The Wild Robot” with the fam last night. It’s a great statement on overriding your programming by thinking w/ your heart in order to learn and grow.

Imagine for a moment that you replace doomscrolling with hopescrolling… #hopecore

If y'all aren't consuming hopecore more than the depressing shit online, go do it right now, go gaslight yourself with all the good and positive news that is ALSO happening 👏

NEW: A Maryland federal judge says Elon Musk and DOGE likely violated the Constitution in their efforts to dismantle USAID. The judge ordered DOGE to restore the agency's functionality and blocked Trump from making further attempts to shut down the agency.

The good news is that there *are* people meeting the moment. youtu.be/EJxRtjma7lc

Happy 1st Day of Spring from Cape Cod…yup looks about right. Brewster, MA

Justice Connection is a network of DOJ alumni mobilizing to protect our former colleagues and the rule of law #supportfederalworkers www.thejusticeconnection.org

Lots of beautiful New England photography at my Etsy shop. Inventory is updated frequently so go check it out! www.etsy.com/shop/CJSette... #photography #capecod #smallbusiness

Hello, I'm Sue, I write hopeful climate fiction cuz HOLY HELL we need a way out of this mess. Website: many novels, much short stories NEW: Metamorphosis: please buy so publishers will publish more #solarpunk I wish more people would read (free): IT'S IN THE BLOOD reckoning.press/reckoning-8/

This is disgraceful and un-American. The Trump administration defended its removal of articles highlighting the achievements of minority service members, including Navajo code talkers, Marines at Iwo Jima, and famed Black baseball player Jackie Robinson.

The Society of American Archivists has resources for archivists and repository workers who have been impacted by the ongoing terminations at the federal level. This includes a year of free membership for those who have recently been terminated. www2.archivists.org/membership/r...

An alternative way to gain an hour of sunlight in the summer is to make the workday end at 4pm

For generations, Indigenous communities worldwide have faced neglect, marginalization, and erasure. Their voices and rights have been ignored in the name of progress. 'Tribal Army' is a platform to challenge this injustice and demand recognition, respect, and equity. Stand with us!

President Trump is trying to bypass Congress by dismantling established programs they already approved to protect students' education and civil liberties. Take action now to save the Department of Education.

actually i think machines have learned enough

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

Pretty big deal. @bookshop-org.bsky.social is selling ebooks now. You can now support indies while purchasing digital books. bookshop.org/ebooks

I've been seeing a lot of posts about readers trying to curb their own book buying. Let me remind you of the library. Libraries can use your support now more than ever. When you checkout library books this lets funding authorities know the library is worthy of taxpayer money. 1/3 #booksky 💙 📚

Is this the government efficiency they’re so pressed about? 〰️AdminJenn

Banana Republic making some fine art up in here

If you're able to make (even small) monthly donations, may I suggest a few great organizations? Feel free to add more in replies. Small monthly donations are better than donating 12 times that amount at "donation time", for the same reason you'd probably rather have a set salary than gigs.

Let’s not point fingers.. let’s organize

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It also means business owners can now legally prioritize marginalized groups if they so choose 😏

198 methods of nonviolent action for those who can use it. H/t to Jaime for this submission. Link www.aeinstein.org/198-methods-... 〰️AdminJenn

Some advice on How to Weather the Storm, including “create something lovely for yourself or others”, “moderate your exposure to the bullshit”, “find the people who are already doing the work, and follow their lead”, and “join something”. [kottke.org]

The X-Files: Season 12 Premieres Feb 16-17 on Fox / Hulu