Mid nineties, someone I know very well, worked at a book store in Bellevue. About once a month, right before close, Gates would come in and buy porn, specifically a magazine called "Barely Legal," which featured just turned 18 year olds who looked a lot younger. Btw, they checked ID on porn sales.

The cups could hold brushes while propping up the reference photo on your phone...

Oh my GOD King County Public Health is just wilding out for Valentines Day (and a lovely one).

Anybody want to buy a painting? They miss me at the post office 😢 #sciart artologica.etsy.com

I gave in to my urges and painted Saint Nigel 😔 Forgive me.

The medical community is pushing back against HHS Secretary RFK Jr's unfounded claims that aluminum adjuvants cause #foodallergies.

CALL YOUR SENATORS. This bill absolutely must NOT pass.

No.

I'm still mad about the Chinese athlete who proposed to his girlfriend right after she won a medal (I think for diving) in 2016. I HATE it when men make a woman's accomplishment about them AND propose publicly to pressure them to accept. Same self centered garbage as this dude.

Do I dare to eat a peach? In a poem of memorable lines, that's the one that sticks. Is it erotic? Has old age demolished Al's digestive system? Is he counting carbs? Pennies? Is it a metaphor for youth? What does it mean?? (Yes to all of them. With a simple noun and verb. That's why it's so good.)

A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:

PSA: if you find an animal and want to keep it, take it to animal control anyway. They will let you have right of first refusal for adoption if no owner is found. Once you sign the adoption papers, the animal is legally yours, no matter what happens later, plus they'll spay/neuter if needed.

I've been trying to teach myself to use the word"skilled" instead of "talented" when describing artists exactly because of this kind of bullshit. (Not entirely successfully-caught myself yesterday in an email I'd already sent). Anyway, their opinion is bad, and they should feel bad about it.

My kid got to cuddle a young gopher snake yesterday. Eventually she'll be at least 6 ft long, but for now she's still lap size 🐍

Somehow gave myself a black eye while I was sleeping last night, which tbh isn't the worst injury I've self inflicted while asleep.

Also happy serpent day! Have some old snake art and my ball python Hades. #serpentday #reptile #snake #art

Weather forecast South Florida: raining iguanas. FWC issued a temporary order allowing people without permits to transport stunned invasive iguanas to collection sites. Terms and conditions apply, so read the instructions before grabbing a pillowcase! #herps www.naplesnews.com/story/news/l...

One of the things I want to do this year is start selling art. I thought I'd start small with a Valentine's card. I thought a knotwork anatomical heart would be both pretty and different. Anyway, here's my cardiologist nightmare fuel, that may or may (k)not become a card. #SciArt #watercolor

Yinz should check out my stuff while it is cheap. Get essential Pittsburgh snow gear like a hoodie, a coffee mug, and some shorts.

When I worked in customer service, I always asked, "Is there anything else I can help you with?" instead of, "Is there anything else I can do for you?" because of entitled male chucklefucks. I wish "rate your employee interaction" surveys were illegal.

Something something hell freezing over

I have baked homemade Pullman loaf bread for my family (which accommodates two completely different kinds of dietary restrictions) in an act of PROFESSIONAL GRADE SANDWICH LOGISTICS 🍞

Huh. This is pretty close to my prediction about the plot of the next Robert Jackson Bennett novel (minus the snow storm), except the government's responsible for creating the leviathan in the first place.

Sharp cheddar, mashed avocado with a squirt of lemon juice, turkey bacon, good mustard, homemade English muffin toasting bread, butter on the outside and grilled.

The dudes who both denigrate women's labor and are deeply resentful that no women are volunteering to provide it for them, get very, very angry when they see other people take care of each other with love and competence.

I'm so happy for all of you enjoying the gay hockey romance, but I know what a hockey team actually smells like and I just can't

Use the anger you’re feeling now to get caught up and keep fighting it.

"Thor, I see what you've done for others..." www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-n...

With alt-text

Growing up in Minnesota, I sometimes heard, "Forty below keeps the riffraff out." #BlueSkyArtShow #cold #watercolor #gouache

Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men by Lundy Bancroft [PDF] dn790007.ca.archive.org/0/items/Lund...

Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed. www.startribune.com/detained-by-...

Obligatory youtu.be/-PgTjhx1VLw?...

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I was looking through my old paintings for something #green for #Januarty and found this one of @adree.bsky.social's frog Lief. (I was *really* frustrated by the bleeding when I painted it, but he's still a cutie pie.) #watercolor

Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence. "In fact, it is clear that Kyllervo's fame, both in Finland and abroad, is based primarily on the art he has inspired, rather than his role in the Kalevala itself." Kalevala Mythology by Juba Y. Pentikäinen, trans. by Ritva Poom

🧵of small joys and many snoozles

Tip for #watercolor: if you're trying a new color combination and it turns out splotchy and rough, splatter it with some white gouache and call it a galaxy painting.

My Own Vine and Fig Tree Watercolor on Paper - 22x15 inches #art

There's definitely a metaphor here.

This is my favorite thing about social media. I can just tag an author or jump in their mentions and tell them how much I loved their book. It feels a little parasocially awkward, but I've never had a bad response.

Abolish ICE. Destroy their weapons and melt down their equipment. Deny their agents, employees, and bosses all government employment for all time. Remove the agency entirely from the budget and give the money to public libraries and free health care.

I wish everyone would stop acting shocked Pikachu and pretending he was different the first time. Now he's surrounded by alt right memelord trolls instead of traditional civility Republicans, and we're getting his grasping vindictiveness unfiltered. Yes, it's shocking. And he's always been this way!

I JUST saw that today's #Januarty prompt is #insect, so have a quick, just under the wire cicada from last year. #watercolor #gouache

Actual performance art in response to slop. www.uafsunstar.com/news/student...

There's this truck stop outside St Cloud, Minnesota, that has bison burgers. The buns could be improved upon, but the burgers could not. Also I bought the best avocado I've eaten in my life at a grocery store in Barcelona to eat on bread for lunch. It was a religious experience.

Gorgeous! (Looking at granny square crochet book sleeve patterns and they all seem to be six larger squares. This looks like FIFTEEN little skull squares plus the sides. Absolute labor of love.)

Hoopla sending me a notification to let me know it contains the full range and glory of the human experience.