Just a reminder: I am not going to be updating this account with anything substantive, because Bluesky's new TOS is one gigantic red flag with a dog whistle attached. I'm on Signal, ComicFury, Substack (email list) and my websites if you wish to continue following my adventures. Check pin for info.

Today is the big day, the Velvet Rasputin LLC collective and I will be tabling at the St. Cloud Art Crawl, in Downtown St. Cloud, MN. We will be displaying in front of Mind, Body & Spirit Gifts. If you'd like more information about the Art Crawl, go here: www.visitdowntownstc.com/art-crawl/

I don't actually agree with Bluesky's new terms and agreements. They are still in the comment period, yet they are implementing a bunch of things that I think are too vague and in some cases objectively awful. If you want to continue following me, follow these instructions:

I am so happy already have three separate websites, and potentially a fourth one on the way. Plus, I have one for each of my webcomics as well.

Hey, uh, I know times are tough for everyone. It’s been extremely rough for my family lately, so if you have some spare cashier got some stuff: blackmudpuppy.myshopify.com

Tomorrow, Velvet Rasputin LLC collective and I will be tabling at the St. Cloud Art Crawl, in Downtown St. Cloud, MN. We will be displaying in front of Mind, Body & Spirit Gifts. If you'd like more information about the Art Crawl, go here: www.visitdowntownstc.com/art-crawl/

OOH! Look at me putting associating my biz with TEH GEYZ! The rainbow paint palette, yellow string and purple feather on a tiny villain for the logo aren't a coincidence. Rasputin was demonized, and so is the entirety of Queer folks in the US. We're not the degenerates. Let's keep up the fight!

NO AUTOMATION WITHOUT UNIVERSAL COMPENSATION

For context, this tax write-off passing itself off as a healthcare system is critically understaffed, and is known for manipulating volunteers into doing stuff that paid medical staff used to do. They also treat their staff like garbage. There's a reason why I drive an hour away to see a doctor.

Just wait until you find out what these weirdoes consider porn...

Zine completed. Now to print eleven of these bad boys, and I get to sleep!

This!!! My socially anxious butt is doing a lot of stuff in my community for this very reason.

Doing a test print of my latest zine. Got my materials ready for tomorrow. This is SOOOOO exciting.

Yes, VPNs can help you get around certain types of geographic restrictions, but it’s very important you do your due diligence before downloading one. ssd.eff.org/module/choo...

I really hope I didn't miss wild plum season because of Canadian wildfires and stupid climate policies in the United States. I am not happy with how barren the trees are right now. Having asthma during wildfire season really sucks. Wait, I spotted some green ones. crisis averted.

Two newsletters in less than 24 hours. I've been busy! substack.com/home/post/p-...

What I did for world Indigenous People Day, Also Happy Belated Gay Uncles Day I have a new zine coming out soon (will be available in print, PDF or with your Substack subscription.) Plus, check out a preview of my St. Cloud Art Crawl creations for Friday. tanamakao.substack.com/p/what-i-did...

Also, Happy Gay Uncles Day

Happy International Day of the World's Indigenous People! Translation on the ALT tag.

Reencuentro Taíno left me a complete emotional wreck. It was so good. www.tainoconference.org

Next week, the Velvet Rasputin LLC collective and I will be tabling at the St. Cloud Art Crawl, in Downtown St. Cloud, MN. We will be displaying in front of Mind, Body & Spirit Gifts. If you'd like more information about the Art Crawl, go here: www.visitdowntownstc.com/art-crawl/

Cue the US and the IOC finding out how many of their cis women athletes are surprise intersex women and thereby getting humiliated out of their idiotic policies, yet again. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_ver...

I got #65 in a residency lottery list for 6-12 people, which is a bummer. Thankfully, they can roll over my application for next year. Also, @tanamakao.bsky.social's certificate of assumed name is getting published and the newspaper's head of that department loves how pretty it sounds. Exciting!

I don't know why I recall this, but when I was young, "Gatúbela" the Spanish name for Catwoman, was slang for "Crazy Cat Lady" in Borikén. I don't know if this is still a thing, but I like the idea of Puerto Rican Spanish having a single word to describe the joy of someone having too many cats.

I believe this phenomenon is a result of younger generations feeling completely helpless when it comes to making any sort of political changes, so they invest all their time and energy into content creators or online discourse where change can happen almost instantly

If you're bored and want to beta read a zine, please let me know. I will pay in copies and credit.

For those of you who are skeptical about how bad Puerto Rican attitudes towards queer people are outside of San Juan, I recently was at a store in which I met a recent arrival from the island. In spite of the fact that I was binding, had visible facial hair the guy had the audacity to do this:

A reminder that if you haven't received your confirmation, to make sure that you sign up.

The older I get, the more I hate seeing 'my partner hates my hobby' / 'please cringe at how much my partner spends on this thing they love' media gags. It's exhausting. Stop dating people who shame you for enjoying something. Have fun with your games, minis, makeup, sports, whatever.

STOP CENSORING YOURSELVES FOR FUCK SAKE! PURITY POLITICS ARE POISON TO SCOCIETY! STOP LETTING CHRISTOFASCISTS DICTATE HOW YOU SPEAK AND LIVE YOUR LIVES!

Watchdog Group Downgrades U.S. From Democracy To Whatever Political System Lobsters Have theonion.com/watchdo...

Don't fall for the scare tactics... fascists love to scare you into submission. Don't let them do it. Stand together in the face of oppression. Do not bend to their will!

I love the fact that in Taíno, the literal translation for "baby" is "water child".

I am almost done with this chapbook... WOOF!

a little "HIS story" from the late great Gil Scot Heron

Totally normal stuff: Two sections of the Constitution, about due process and foreign gifts, just vanished off the Congressional website, a site that has not changed in many many years www.404media.co/constitution...

Anyone who feels the need to defend the Dems, please reconsider. You’re actually allowed to be HIGHLY critical. I mean they aren’t even defending you and they get PAID for it. Please have some respect for YOURSELF. Not them.

Major role reversal. And it’s really not working out.

Literally my marriage... Why? Because it's a fantastic arrangement and it's awesome to have a great roommate and friend who is entirely compatible with me. Sex is overrated, but successful long-term collaborations are treasure. I think I need to make more comics on the subject.

Journalist would rather talk to the reanimated robot corpse of dead school shooting victim about what chat GPT thinks a dead kid would say about society in the most robotic and soulless detached voice than listen to any living trans person about anything

For those of you wondering whatever happened to my comic update, please follow @tanamakao.bsky.social for them and my literary stuff.

@bchoward.bsky.social DEAR GOD! Why wasn't I following you?

I am low-key angry that I wasn't following @blueskyrelay.bsky.social - which probably explains why I never saw #blueskyrelayprompts anymore. Fixed it! Is there anyone else who is following me that I need to be following NOW, because I assumed that I was already following you. I need to fix this!

#SaveSpeech its been a week, and while we cannot let up pressure on making phone calls, we need to start applying pressure elsewhere now as well! PHASE 2: START MAILING PHYSICAL LETTERS imgur: imgur.com/a/3pVupWQ more comprehensive info can be found here: stop-paypros.neocities.org yellat.money

It astounds me that even knowing the harms and awfulness that Bookface and Tweetbird X have inflicted on the social fabric, our families and children, people still refuse to look for alternatives. It's unfortunate.

Full agree!

Second day using the deck.blue Tweetdeck clone. It's something of a learning curve with oddball quirks. But, once you get everything set-up, it's pure Tweetdeck. I hate Patreon and PayPal, but this is worth ir. Best of all, no superfluous Gen AI. I'm not renewing Buffer. I highly recommend this app.

Velvet Rasputin LLC has just confirmed that crew and I will be tabling at the St. Cloud Art Crawl, in Downtown St. Cloud, MN. We will be displaying in front of Mind, Body & Spirit Gifts. If you'd like more information about the Art Crawl, go here: www.visitdowntownstc.com/art-crawl/

Per usual, excellent work by @samleecole.bsky.social digging into Collective Shout, Steam, and the anti-porn lobbyist crusade www.404media.co/steam-itchio...