July is #DisabilityPrideMonth, and we're celebrating with a special Writing Workshop presented by our Narrative Working Group on July 9th at 2 pm ET. We'd love for you to join us. You will find a welcoming, supportive space! Registration required: https://ow.ly/mvTX50Zfo8C#DisabilityPrideMonth #pwME #MECFS

The administration has done fucked up. One of the Minnesota 15 is a folk singer, and he spent time in his holding cell leading a sing-a-long with other detainees. Hey ICE, you wanna make a Woody Guthrie? Cuz this is how you make a Woody Guthrie.

I dream of a day where I'm no longer tapping a heart in relation to the most horrifying news stories of our time. It's so disorienting.

Human Rights Watch has released a comprehensive report detailing human rights abuses by the government during this winter’s immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota, which the group alleges also violates international human rights treaties that the U.S. is signed onto.

Legal defense fund for the Minnesota 15. Please share and support them! We keep us safe 💙🤍🩵

There's a quiet and very real grief in outgrowing something you once admired and made you feel seen.

Highly recommend the making of Churu popsicles

"In My Head" Lumi Forbes Mixed media on canvas 24"×18" (June 2026)

Trump was booed during the national anthem at the Knicks game. Now, reports indicate his administration is planning a major ICE enforcement surge in New York City.

"I'm paying the therapy bills only so I can tell whether the numbness in my gut is poison, poetry, or a good hard punch." - from "Trust Exercise" by Topaz Winters

My final piece available in Art of Possibilities - "Polyphonic Sky" This piece reminds me of the beautiful and soothing harmonies of a desert sky at dusk. When I visited AZ, there was such a gentle, soft glow, while the surroundings held onto harsh heat and markedly difficult conditions.

Another original piece of mine that's looking for a home!

minneapolis is amazing: the university of minnesota’s 55 member marching band played on the lawn of the LOTI pencil as the pencil dancer crew waits at the base of the steps holding the 100 lb sharpener ahead of the pencil sculpture being resharpened at the annual festival

Looking to support a queer, trans, disabled artist? I have a few original pieces for sale in Art of Possibilities! "Acceptance" (2025) took shape after I visited Oregon and fell in love with its magic. The Pacific Ocean shoreline particularly called to me, and I really see it in this piece.

Finished another piece today! Lumi Forbes "My Wish for You" Mixed media on yupo 20"×26" (May 2026)

I've been working to finish several pieces - here's one of them! Lumi Forbes "Crush" Mixed media on canvas 24"×18" (May 2026)

If you're looking for the original study: 'Sycophantic AI decreases prosocial intentions and promotes dependence', Cheng et. al., 2026 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

there's one for the twin cities, as well as chicago, detroit, southwest michigan, and indianapolis! i contributed to the MSP list and made the image for it.

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the twin cities are still under occupation

in case you were under the impression the occupation of Minneapolis was over

Here are the 7 senate democrats who voted to continue sending bombs to Netanyahu. Richard Blumenthal (CT) Chris Coons (DE) Catherine Cortez Masto (NV) John Fetterman (PA) Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) Jackie Rosen (NV) Chuck Schumer (NY)

Meanwhile, the typical American will pay a federal income tax rate of 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like. [Via @itep.org]

Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

The receipts. A complete timeline of the shifting rhetoric. More: www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...

Over the past few months, the Portland Tile Guerrillas have installed dozens of artworks featuring Grateful Dead lyrics and tributes to local history.

The FY2027 budget requests $1.5 trillion for military spending and pays for it by gutting NOAA, FEMA grants, NIH, and fully eliminating programs that keep the lights on for struggling Americans.

📣 New zine! "Radical Books That Aren't a Slog : Leftist Book Recommendations for Newly Radical Folks." If you're a baby leftist looking for a place to start imagining new possibilities, here's 17 books to get you started! violetbfox.info/radicalbooks/ 📚

My March reads, many for #transrightsreadathon

I haven't done an art market since Covid hit. I miss the experience of connecting with new people, but my body isn't able. However, THIS ONE IS IMPORTANT! And there's an amazing community stepping in where I may fall short. Please show up if able - there is so much love & talent here 💜 12-5pm 3/29

Mae reminds us all to keep reaching for our dreams today. Or just be weird. Or maybe it's both.

In western Oregon, public forests that once fueled rural prosperity are again at the center of a political and economic storm. Read more: https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2026/03/trump-administration-wants-to-make-oregon-logged-again-revving-up-decadesold-battles-over-big-timber.html 

Today's Finnish lesson got pretty dark, @duolingoverde.bsky.social Not mad.

Until the end of March (or all year 😉), I encourage you to read at least one book written by and/or featuring trans, nonbinary, 2Spirit, and gender-nonconforming authors and characters. Your support means *everything* right now. I will gladly provide suggestions! transrightsreadathon.carrd.co

Hassett: "If the war were to be extended, it wouldn't really disrupt the US economy very much at all. It would hurt consumers, and we'd have to think about what we'd have to do about that, but that's really the last of our concerns right now."

One of the tracks on the new fundraiser EP is a poem of mine, recorded at a Monarca benefit show back in January at the @loftliterarycenter.bsky.social in MPLS. Here's the full footage. A few thoughts in the thread too:

ICE is still here in MN, and our neighbors are still in hiding. Rent is due TODAY, and I’m scrambling to raise funds to keep immigrant families in need out of eviction court. Can you help? V: @Ian-Coldwater CA: $iancoldwater PP: @coldwater Please share and give if you can! Thank you! 🌷

Tic Toc…Linocut print. 78cm-58cm. 2016. #printmaking #linocutprint #adeadesina #print #linocut

"When did we sell our freedom?/ And what did we sell it for?" Another timely new song from @undertherugmusic.bsky.social

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.

"So is it really a turning point, unless disabled people can afford to be alive in this country? And that comes down to structural issues: are they able to heat their own homes, pay their carers and access very basic things?" No. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

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Minnesota needs your support right now

this one is called goose horse

Dear listeners, When the days feel narrow and the noise gets loud, try a song. Not as escape — as evidence. Someone, somewhere, once felt this too and made something that still holds. If hope is hiding, it often hums first.

Anyone can become disabled. Anyone can become chronically ill. It’s not a choice. It’s not a moral failing. It’s not something you can “try harder” your way out of. You can be the healthiest person in the world & completely disabled in an instant. It’s a minority group you can join anytime.