This interview was from a few months ago, but the warning seems relevant again.

In addition to the potential claims of the ICC, we should do everything possible to make sure that the U.S. officials currently conducting a murder spree against small boat operators face prosecution in the homelands of their victims.

A thread with an ask: comments due today 🗃️

Fireflies (2025) Available as art print: www.inprnt.com/gallery/ryot...

I wonder how much of the expressed preference for streetcars over buses could be addressed by just making the bus exteriors look charming and old-timey, maybe adding a big brass bell on the front

Moon over Watch Hill.

flyovers seem like playing a guitar at a party, generally way more fun for the person doing it than for the people who have to listen to it

PRIDE GIRAFFE QUILT This price is a steal for a handmade quilt www.32auctions.com/organization...

Easy mistake to make, but most "In this house" signs aren't advocating 4th-century heresies, they're just loving homages to the SKINAMARINK trailer

The law is kind of like a Neverland fairy, it can be real and powerful, but only if enough people believe in it. And if the Supreme Court is dominated by people who don't believe in any law but their own whims, it has to be radically reformed to make the system functional again.

The cat left inky footprints in the negative space—so she had to change the painting that she’d been working on for a couple months. Here’s the final, lovely product: “I Made You A Garden From Everything I Could Find” Watercolor, Ink, Colored Pencil, and Graphite on BFK Rives, 22”x 30” 2026

"Box of Joy" (2021)

NOBODY WANTS THIS boldly asks whether it's possible to find love across the cultural divides that separate a nice rabbi and a woman who has watched 10,000 TikTok relationship videos

#ArtDD2026 Peacock Recently voted Britain’s favourite butterfly. 🦋 @saocousins.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @indikon.eurosky.social

Manhattan Project for vegan cheese when

Putting together the Emberlings book (at last) and ran across this one. Odd, but not without charm.

The reflecting pool is simply going through its first molt.

Californians, get free access to state historic parks for the rest of the year!

"Become ungovernable" is the least scary quote they could have chosen, it's what you caption a picture of a seagull snatching an ice cream cone

Carps graciously gliding underwater #sciart

In the season finale, the forensic entomologist has to survive an Octagon battle against UFC fighters. He's saved when the bout descends into chaos because of all the uncaught ghosts.

My embroidery, Adrift for you today. Take a moment and dream away… 😉🪡🌿🌺 *completely freehand stitched in October 2023. #stitchedart #thesewingsongbird

Good news! The Cat has finally agreed to sit still long enough to become a print 🥷🐈‍⬛ It is now available on my Ko-fi shop! Thank you to everyone who encouraged me to turn this sketch into a print 🩵 ko-fi.com/s/e05045c7a1

If we have to live in a Tiptree story, why can't it be the one where unappreciated office ladies get to jaunt around in a UFO

I testified before the House Oversight Committee's Task Force on Constitutional Rights and Institutional Abuses at a hearing entitled: "Amnesty and Chaos: Abuse of U.S. Immigration Policy." I told them the only amnesty happening now is for ICE agents who violate our rights.

Morning calm, Chadburn Lake. #Watercolour on paper,8x10 inches. #Watercolor #YukonArt Painting of the day 2295.

Re-upping in light of today's poetry discourse - what poems from the last half-century or so do people think are the most widely known?

My great-uncle Herb Reichlin lost an eye fighting for this country in Europe and is buried in Arlington Cemetery. I am confident that he would have been furious to hear the plight of refugees crossing the Mediterranean described as an invasion in comparison to D-Day.

The first Saturday in June is National Black Bear Day so enjoy this Black bear linocut on translucent washi paper with bark inclusions #linocut #printmaking #bear #blackBear #wildlifeArt #reliefPrint 🐡🧪

Historian of something cool and niche? i've got some episode slots available on the Untitled History Podcast in the coming weeks. so if you're up for coming on and talking about your area, DM me! Think In Our Time but more casual. ESPECIALLY if its non-mil stuff. (spread the word, peeps)

For all that Marilyn Monroe gets positioned as an icon of heterosexuality, it's worth remembering that gay choreographer Jack Cole gave GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES one of the most gloriously homoerotic sequences of the 1950s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSKP...

THE FOUR SEASONS is so much better now that there's not a sour, condescending jerk in most of the scenes; no offense to Steve Carell, who is very talented, but his character on that show was Not Fun

Fetch #sketchbook #oilpainting

Considering a Cather-Tolkien thesis that the essential factors for successful conservative art are 1) focusing on what you love and want to conserve, rather than what you hate, 2) deeply appreciating nature, and 3) seeing women as full human beings.

Obviously I'm biased* but IMO the California public university system is a wonder of the world, and federal investments in our research funding have an astounding ROI over time. A sensible country would double down. *as a re-entry adult student, CCSF AS, Berkeley BS, about to start Davis PhD

Just TWO days left to sell at least 8 framed pieces to have rent! I am so thankful for what I have sold, but am still far away. I am not allowed to be even a day late, so this weekend is crucial. Thank you for looking & sharing!! <3 <3

This has to be an ideal date night for like 2/3 of Bluesky

as a LUCE hotline operator, I have directed many people in need toward BIJAN—it’s such an essential organization please donate if you can!

Serra Torquem #MerMay Kept afloat by the frill around her neck this mermaid mingles with kelp and seaweed on the water’s surface.

Paging the archaeology side of Blue Sky to the chartreuse courtesy phone, please. What's your favorite site with relatively straightforward (as in, I could turn it into a colorwork knitting pattern without wanting to sob hysterically) stratigraphy? 🏺

Drew some strange bird hippogriffes for small adopt in my group. (And I typed that word wrong but it looks even more stupid so that’s good 👍)

Happy Star Wars Day! Have a long-winded rant about fixing REVENGE OF THE SITH.

I love how shaggy this fish is, more fish should be shaggy

I had to borrow to make the rest of rent yesterday. Feeling very tired, but would like to do some good. I have 1 bee & 3 bird walnut ink studies left (9x12). They are name your own price & 25% goes to a local (to you) nonprofit of your choice.

Fun to see the Party Down shoutout on Hacks last night

ferryman/gyro guy (2020)

BART needs an artist to put a mosaic/tile mural on this wall!!! One artist or team will be commissioned to design an artwork to be translated into a mosaic/tile mural at North Berkeley Station. Find a detailed FAQ and other application information: www.bart.gov/about/planni...

Life cycle of the Canadian White-tailed Jackalope, some digital sketching silliness #animalart #jackalope #cryptids #jackrabbit

BLUE MOON: Is it okay for a Broadway composer to break with his longtime lyricist, and create more commercial projects? So many complexities, loyalty and affection weighed against conflicts and disappointments, how to gauge artistic success, individual aspirations-- MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG: Hell no.