I volunteer as tribute.

11. Here's the full poem.

I just want to add, since this is breaking containment, that this can't be made right. these people, each one a whole universe, are gone. there can only be justice for the perpetrators; public remorse & restitution; & reform to ensure future aid systems are more just and less prone to imperial whims

"Their message is so simple: 'Yes, you are a person. Yes, I like you. Yes, it's alright for you to like me too.' Being gay has taught me tolerance, compassion, and humility. ... it has brought me into the family of man, mama. And I like it here. I like it. " @armisteadmaupin.substack.com

Yo, this is really on point. Back in my days at VOA I watched the Arab Spring unfold in real time, from DC, via video. Some of the on-the-ground footage I watched from Syria haunts me to this day.

Not me leaving a friend's birthday party only to stay up late working on a digital illustration for work. A late night using the GIMP brings me back to my college age.

NEW SHOP IS LIVE www.redbubble.com/people/Ava-B...

Yo, thank you.

Not art related, but I've decided to learn more about religion. One video I've been watching quotes a scholar who says the number of holy foreskins claimed in reliquaries varies between 8 - 20 and who's to say Jesus *didn't* have twenty dicks?

“It stops here" an overwhelming majority of U.N. member states blocked a vote on a U.S. introduced resolution calling on member states to officially define “gender” as referring only to men and women #NOH8

@dessadarling.bsky.social absolutely inspired at the Black Cat Sunday night. First time I saw her live after being a fan for years. The power, passion, humor, rage... The HUMANITY that Dessa brought to the stage. Absolutely life-affirming.

Anyone ever wonder what happened to Neveldine and Taylor? They were the most 2000s of filmmakers. In retrospect they probably were in DC on January 6, but like, Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance slapped.

Hello! I'm teaching a workshop on April 17! www.merrypindc.com/product/prot...

great

For all we joke about the Masterdoc, dykes it's REAL. ia802308.us.archive.org/24/items/am-...

We're announcing the theme for #Capitalpride2026 on February 26 - tickets are available here: bitl.to/5YMZ

Hey y'all - are you in the DC area and part of the LGBTQ+ community? Want to get involved in #CapitalPride this year? Our volunteer portal is live! volunteers.pride365.org

Let’s put our heads together, and start a new country up.

@kenjennings.bsky.social Thank you for answering my question about what kind of art you liked at the taping this week. After the taping I went to the Getty and was quite moved by a Cezanne hanging there. As a painter I like a couple Impressionists too. Sorry for making you think I was judging you!

Avengers Doomsday is going to have some of the MCU characters following Dr. Doom and I question any writer who created a scenario in which Steve Rogers is like "oh your name is DOCTOR DOOM, great let me get my costume lfg." Maybe he's reassured by the fact that Doom *actually* has a PhD?

Hey everyone, America is in need of dire change. I painted an indelible image for the time - Lady Liberty self-immolating as an act of protest - and if you want to demand change, do as the good doctor says and give a lesbian money.

HELLO this workshop has been rescheduled to March 3.

I planned a workshop at @merrypindc.bsky.social on protest art a few months back before everything has gone to hell and I'm writing the lecture outline when I really just want to write "ART IS SCREAMING." Anyway assuming we're not snowed out, it's Tuesday at 18:30.

ICE is a terrorist organization, must be disbanded, and the ground that grew this terrible crop turned and salted.

hahahahah I went a little viral

God I love "Deacon King Kong" so much. @jamesmcbride.bsky.social if that really is you, I just want to say that the saddest thing about reading this book is, I'll never read it for the first time again.

"You know, you do, too."

When my girlfriend comes out she *comes out.* I love herrrrr

Hearing Neil sing "... and I'm gettin old" hits a lot differently now than it did when I first encountered his music at age 12. This is a perfect song.

If you have something you don't enjoy doing, try thinking of it like an art project. Hate to cook? Edible art. Anxious at parties? It's a secret improv show only you understand. DIY home renovations? Sculpture. Have to clean your house? Mixed media piece with a performance element.

Listen I know it's goofy as hell but The Punch Dimension is dope and I know the MCU X-Men won't lean into it but, nerds, that one's just for us. The real ones know. #cyclopswasright #cyclops #xmen #bandname

Credit to the good doctor for cheesin' with my merch and art. You can get it on a poster if graphic tees aren't your jam: www.zazzle.com/the_moment_2...

Making Batman into a goth Iron Man only makes sense if he covers the lower half of his dang face. What do you mean he has all this tech built into his suit and he just has his chin raw-doggin it infront of an old guy with a gun that can freeze you to death

So, I made a painting called "The Moment" and it's very good, and now you can buy reproductions of it on various media www.zazzle.com/collections/...

Fuck JKR. Buy trans books.

republicans calling any judge they disagree with an “activist judge” is great framing from a political perspective and democrats should absolutely co-opt that language about far right judges

If this isn't a PERFECT metaphor for this administration, I don't know what is.

I'm not religious in any way, but I do hope the New Pope, much like other famous Chicagoans, hates Illinois Nazis.

MUSHROOMS AND BUG SHELLS ARE MADE OF THE SAME THING THE WORLD IS MAGIC AND WONDERFUL

The wildest part is that the dude is like "I guess I didn't know" and "they need to get the vetting done," and not even renouncing Trump. He disappeared your wife! On your honeymoon! This movement is a scourge that will destroy every last piece of your humanity

Leveraging. The. Power. Of. The. State. To. Scare. Trans. People. Is. Going. To. Result. In. Deaths. The administration will have blood on their horrible little hands.

I'm not religious and this is my first time encountering Bishop Budde, but she did a great, brave thing and I loved her remarks.

Oh, the weather outside's a bit hot And it's Christmas, believe or not But you haven't bought all your stuff Good news, I'm selling prints of Do you like like art or know someone who likes art which heavily features full bush? Avabagleystudios.com/shop baybeeeee

I sold a painting for the first time yesterday. The buyer was an old friend and it is a true honor to think that one of my pieces will be hanging in his house.

Website coming soon

I'd love to have something to say about POLITICS that isn't just furious, foamy-mouth anxiety noises, but what I'd really like to know is, who on here has ever done a dropshipping thing? I'm kind of an artist as well as a DOD Stuff Knower and need some advice.

Girl same. I'm like, "I've got to make breakfast, but America is burning. I've got to go to work, but 49 percent of people polled want to elect a fascist. I'm having a nice time with my girlfriend, but in eight days we might get put into a camp. This ice cream is delicious and AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA