The agony of changing shape- 2025

This has been coming from the beginning. All major democracy-supporting NGOs and foundations have their legal complaints already drafted. And in time, perhaps not even much time, they will win their cases. What is needed most in the meantime is courage. Keep saying what you think, doing what you do.

Look, they do not have the capacity or competence to do this at the scale they want you to fear they do, and your fear is precisely their greatest force multiplier. Everybody who is cowed into silence by their threats allows them a smaller pool to focus on.

Exactly. They can't get me fired and I'm not scared of a few mean messages, so they got nothing. Two things are true: 1. These people really want to make the US into Nazi Germany 2.0 2. They're pathetically weak. Their successes come from making people afraid of power they don't really have.

Do not assume that everything they set out to do is inevitable. They have been successfully fought on multiple fronts, from courtroom wins that have actually stuck to city and state governments that haven't backed down, to activists in the streets organizing against their violence.

Democratic elected officials, here's some unsolicited advice. People are looking for leadership. Right now. This moment. Someone, anyone, take the konch and forcefully respond to JD Vance and Stephen Miller's promise to declare war against America. Speak up now. Press conference today.

reposting with alt text because this feels incredibly significant. the right-wing disinfo machine means a lot of the people grieving Charlie Kirk never heard any of the things he said that would have tarnished his brand as Guy Who Just Wants to Have Dialogue Across the Aisle

I don’t know who these people are, but it’s well said.

we're on the precipice of a universal antiviral medication, mRNA technology is out here curing cancers every other month, HIV is cureable AND preventable, renewables generate more energy now than fossil fuels worldwide and and more cost-effective, coral reefs are growing back all over the world rn

BLITZER: Now we’re getting reports that one of the bullet casings was engraved with a message saying that if you are reading the casing, you are gay. We must warn our viewers we’re about to show the photo and don’t know at this time whether the engraving is what makes you gay or if it just tells you

I wrote about how Chicago's resistance led Trump to back down on sending the national guard. This is a victory for the state and the city, and shows that fighting fascism can work. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/pritzker-s...

It’s very easy, in these moments, to see who has never had their right to exist peacefully in society on the ballot. The killing of Kirk is horrible. That’s it. Nothing about the way he practiced politics was good.

“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind

People from across the political spectrum need to join together to condemn political violence, no matter who the target it is. It’s never acceptable.

The "reality of things" isn't just the news you see while doomscrolling. It's also the flowers in your garden, and the bumblebee that just passed through, and your favorite books that gave such comfort, and that song that always gets you dancing, and your friends that love you, and

Look you just have to make the cool weird shit that excites you. You must. In this world besieged by bland, scrubbed boring, computer slop, you must. Make the thing you’re embarrassed to make, the thing that feels “too much” because otherwise we get drowned in a sea of cowardly work made by a button

This bill passing the House is a defeat. But we must turn this disappointment and anger into work to protect the millions of Americans who this bill will harm.

I know your R reps are garbage and it feels pointless to call them. But please call them today and tell them not to vote for Trump's murderous budget. The call costs nothing. The fact that it MIGHT save lives is all that matters. Find your US rep here: reps.fyi

Werewolf woman heads for you

A kind reminder of my audience for this my Blue Sky

She's observing her territory

When a nasty horse dies its soul is reborn into a printer

People freaking out when chat gpt says it’s alive

A very scary bill just passed in Ohio for transgender folks. No one but local LGBTQ+ orgs are talking about it. First, Ohio is only recognizing sex assigned at birth, male or female. You can get in trouble for stating otherwise on documents, I imagine. I may need to change my state ID back. 1/5

Zohran Mamdani is saying things like “poverty is a policy choice and politicians have a duty to their constituents to make their lives affordable” and it is making a lot of politicians very very scared that they may actually have to start doing some actual service in their public service jobs.

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Porn is art, porn is free speech, porn is important to a healthy society, a society without porn is a society that wants me dead.

New — I wrote about how Zohran Mamdani’s win shows the power of a positive vision for the future, New Yorkers’ rejection of fear-based politics, and provides a blueprint for progressive Jews and Muslims to create a multi-racial, multi-faith coalition that supports prosperity for all. Read it here:

If you see this, post your blue art

Something on the inside grows- 2024 A piece expressing the inevitability of not processing that what hurts you. It’s about mental health.

Growing pains- 2025 I’m feeling so unsettled and restless in my skin at the moment. It’s time for change.

When you’re a werewolf, EVERY day is Werewolf Wednesday

This is a Hall of Fame reader comment on a very reactionary op-ed about Zohran Mamdani's victory that was published in my local paper today.

as a child I thought it was wildly unrealistic that Sims would immediately give up on all their goals and dreams if a single dirty plate was left on the ground but now that I’m an adult I understand that that was the most realistic part of the game

A personal illustration that I finally had some time to finish :))))

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Some good news: Iran says "no signs of contamination" after US airstrikes targeted nuclear facilities at Fordo, Isfahan and Natanz. Hundreds of thousands of deaths averted by sheer luck.

.@radsechrist.bsky.social: "Happy KPop Demon Hunters Day. I got to design the Tiger loosely based on our cat" www.instagram.com/radsechrist/...

I love the little demon bird in Kpop Demon Hunters so much.

Dude's wanted a military parade for himself for years and he finally makes it happen and turnout is worse than at a medium sized city's farmers market on a rainy day while like 2% of the entire country went out to protest his bullshit

Genie: ok what do you want for your birthday Trump: a military parade, oh, and also millions of people on the street chanting my name Genie: okie dokie

Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.

One block over from the White House: the aspirational security line setup

The fact that people turned out in huge numbers to protest in Minnesota even after a right-wing chud assassinated a Democratic member of the legislature is a good example of why we are going to win.

What makes a civil resistance movement successful? Erica Chenoweth, a co-author of the study behind the 3.5% rule, lays out four key factors. Mass Participation & Momentum Loyalty Shifts Resilience Under Repression Innovation in Tactics #NoKings