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My god she sucks. How many trans people read HP fervently and with wild delight under the covers as children. How can she have such disrespect, such contempt and outright hatred for the young adults whose imaginations she nurtured and fed? It's unacceptable.

i once heard a queer kid explain that one of the things that brings them the most relief and comfort is seeing a tattered pride flag with faded colors - because that's a sign of a place where a pride flag can soak in the sun and breeze for years and years.

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The Apiarist This month’s riso print subscription print, and excuse for me to draw bees and desert flora. Join my Patreon to get this for half off, and weigh in on what I do for future month’s prints

this ratio is inspiring me

whew

A Florida stationery entrepreneur has become the first to legally challenge Trump's China tariffs — claiming they were imposed illegally and threaten American small businesses. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is high art

I’m here at Oscar Grant Plaza in Oakland for the #HandsOff2025 protest, huge turnout

Huge crowd at the Oakland protest today

Well I know what my kid will be telling me about for months, starting June 5

As fun as that was, I really wanted a second Senator to stand up and filibuster for another 24 hours. We could keep this up for six weeks before Booker needed to take another turn!

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Scripps Research Institute have developed a groundbreaking UNIVERSAL coronavirus vaccine that triggers STONG immune responses AND shows promise in neutralizing MULTIPLE coronaviruses, including those responsible for causing COVID-19, MERS, AND even the “common cold.” 🧪🧵⬇️

Kidlit community member and PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk has been taken by ICE. Sharing this carousel from @/storysunbirds on IG with info and action items. Kidlit folks, please write to university presidents and call on your reps to protect students. 🔗 uscpr.org/protectstudents

I wrote you a poem this morning.

I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I'm running for Congress.

So it really is worth reading the whole article, FYI. Having done so, I have more thoughts on the security breach here. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Canada. Canada. 🇨🇦

being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:

Folks, they have less than 1k comments so far. Posts arguing about which way to hang toilet paper have more comments in facebook groups. If you are in any way involved in art: writing, music, acting, film MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD

It’s been kinda heartening to watch everyone drag Schumer through the streets of Bluesky tonight

Hi yes this is as true and as severe as Max says. Signed, someone currently in recovery

I actually think the dems should attend the SOTU, wait till the 2nd sentence, and then walk out en masse, that'll do it, there'll be no address, he'll just have a meltdown on national Tv

Many Medicaid recipients do not know they receive it because Medicaid is called different things in different states. The public narrative of Medicaid focuses on a distant other, but 40% of US children and 60% of nursing home residents receive Medicaid. Just SOME of the names by state are below:

The Guardian of the Fields

Hey, what's up with books having sprayed edges these days? LET ME TELL YOU THE STORY! I was there! Thread: 1/13

this person said it so good so here it is

Somewhere Over The Rainbow 🌈 👠 #art

- IF YOU’RE COLD, THEY’RE COLD - Cryptids get cold too this time of year, you could give one a new warm home to live in! Cryptid plushies are available now in my main shop & Etsy! Any shop orders are very much appreciated ✨ [ #mothman #cryptid #jackalope ]

Posting my embroidery so people can find me... 🐯 #embroidery #handembroidery

still determined to get through all the peachtober24 prompts. this is technically day 5: fawn. #needlefelting #fiberart

Backgrounds of Roger's apartment from Disney’s 101 DALMATIANS (1961). Art direction was by Ken Anderson, with background artists listed as Al Dempster, Ralph Hulett, Anthony Rizzo, and Bill Layne. Walt Peregoy did conceptual art as well. #wardsmorguefile

Timeline cleanse: There is a very hefty beaver living and thriving on the Chicago River and I personally think that the city should name her Sigourney Beaver but my fellow citizens have come up with some other good suggestions 🦫💚 blockclubchicago.org/2025/02/18/a...

today's free social media advice for sitting legislators: you gotta stop logging on to say "this is unacceptable" unless you are prepared with a CALL TO ACTION or to tell us what YOU are CURRENTLY doing about it. saying "this is bad" but louder helps nobody.

🩷The Knight and Her Angel🩷 Quick ink drawing for Valentine's Day :)

This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument. (Scroll down.)

What a Protection Electric Light Is, Norman Rockwell, 1925

Dryad 3 November ‘24 Palette Trio Same color palette as the other two dryads--this one inspired by trees with crazy angles. Like, how do they even stand???? #art

I always loved "Temple Gardens" by Paul Klee (1914) for its impeccable composition. Only to learn recently that it's actually a re-collage, a re-arrangement of a gouache painting! You can see it clearly if you look at the bottom: the pieces that were originally 123, go in 213 sequence now! 1/2

Hi #PortfolioDay! I like drawing fantasy characters, both my own and yours! 🔸 allenvooreef.carrd.co 🔸 allenvooreef-commissions.carrd.co

treebeard and the hobbits #thelordoftherings

I asked once whether beets are more or less purple than turmeric is yellow. Chemist friend was around and 15 minutes of calculation later we determined turmeric is more than 100x as yellow as beets are purple.

A Photoshop workflow trick for those who still partake; You can name your layers with ".PNG" or ".jpg" on the end and go to File>Generate>Image Assets or File>Automate>Generator Plugins>Image Assets. It will create a new folder in the PSD's location with those things and will auto export them