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Illustrator, painter, animal conservation and thinks that rocks rock. She/her Occasionally makes neat things http://www.ericapaints.com/
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I've been able to brush off most of the erasure of trans people from government websites, but this one is REALLY getting under my skin. It's just complete revisionist history. How fucking dare they Old vs. new

This is also a valuable resource for sky users theblue.report

Quote Origin: The Trees Voted for the Axe Because the Axe Handle Was Made of Wood Hebrew Proverb? Turkish Proverb? Kimberly Joyce Pollock? Wafula Chebukati? Anonymous? quoteinvestigator.com/2025/02/09/t...

All I can really say at this point is if everyone isn't watching how trans people have lost basic rights and protections on a scale that hasn't been seen in decades in the span of 72 hours and realizing that even if you aren't trans there's nothing stopping it from happening to you, you're a fool

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

BREAKING: Here is the anti-trans sex/gender executive order. It's extensive, it's bad, and it's often lawless. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... And, do not miss in "d" and "e" below, it even tries to put in the beginnings of a personhood argument, for some reason.

The Suffragette penny is the name given to surviving examples of pre-decimal British pennies that were defaced by British suffragettes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffrag... I so badly want an original but they're not cheap and lots of fakes are around.

Poster design I did a while back to express some feelings about GenAI. My feelings have remained the same.

Just because Monty is the main character, doesn't always mean he makes good choices.... New Comic page is live! 1/2

Just friends being friends. Let me know if you would like to purchase this painting by Oct. 4th by sending me a message with your offer :) . Best offer accepted !

This actually sounded like a really fun challenge, so I decided to give it a go.

bug friends! I've been curating bug* photos that I, personally, find useful for artists to learn bug* anatomy so they don't have to spend hours trying to figure out how legs work - how joints attach, etc. if you have an iNat account, consider contributing? *I say bugs but I mean all invertebrates

Are you an ornithologist who’s having a baby? Here are some nice birdie names for your child: Phoebe Calliope Wren Jay Paloma Columbidae Lek Eclipse plumage Brood parasite Altricial Syrinx Groove-billed Ani Apterium Bursa of Fabricius

Found out about a call for amphibian illustrators which is perfect timing for me because I JUST got the motivation to finish up that Hellbender painting I did . Wish me and the Snot otter luck.

Secret art posting

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