You'll be more ready or what's to come if you flip the "they wouldn't do that" switch in your head OFF. And tape it down while you're at it. Because yes, they absolutely would. And are at this moment. And have before. And always have, since the beginning.

Feeling discouraged or hopeless about the state of things? This message from @focusedoninfinity.bsky.social is one of the most true and heartening things I’ve heard in a long time. ❤️

KOSA is now in red alert priority. Please contact your representatives, dem and gop alike, and demand they oppose KOSA We need to turn out in numbers against this!

I hope Tony Weaver Jr. has a guest spot on the Reading Rainbow reboot

If you're wanting to support indigenous creators today, a place i look at often is a website called: ᐋᓃᓐ aaniin. It's an online marketplace that hosts a variety of artists' works! (They even had a popup store recently in Toronto!) www.aaniin.shop?srsltid=AfmB...

I just got a VERY interesting email that allies in congress were upset that so many of my readers were calling about the anti-trans provisions. I'm here to say: good. I won't let them throw our rights under the bus by cover of night. All's that to say, keep up the calls. They're hearing you.

Call Gavin Newsom's office like you called ABC/Disney/Sinclair/Nexstar

Gotta save this for the next time someone asks me how I remain hopeful these days. It's this. It's work, it's practice.

Post the wins. Think about how consumers and market forces made these giant powerful companies change course and — here’s the important part — defy Trump. Now consider doing it for something bigger than Jimmy Kimmel.

If you were concerned about Kimmel, here's another for you… Journalist Mario Guevara has been detained for 100+ days, ironically arrested as he reported on a "No Kings" protest. The Trump-Vance admin just issued an order of final removal, to send him to El Salvador—where he fled from 21 years ago.

We're going to be in movement for the rest of our lives, there's a world to win & so much between us and freedom. How do we make struggle sustainable? So ask yourself, what is the best use of my skills and resources. Limit yourself to that work, because you can't be everywhere.

Jimmy Kimmel is back on ABC. I want to encourage you to not rush to re-up your streaming subscription. A few days of low returns don't hurt them. Make it hurt. Make it so they look at the next quarter or the next fiscal year and go "Fuck, that was a baaaaad decision. Let's not do it again."

regardless of the details I think it’s important to spin the Kimmel thing as a win Trump is weak, he’s unpopular, he massively overreached and inspired enough of a revolt that Disney had to backtrack immediately he wants to paint himself as an all-powerful dictator, paint him as a loser who sucks

This is unironically a lot worse than Jimmy Kimmel but you won't see 1/1000 of the outrage

My social battery is ringing like Link on one heart

a *lot* of anti trans shit coming from the house toward the FY26 bill & i can’t tell you how much it matters for a lot of people to tell dem senators—amidst the week’s jenga tower of moral panics—not to compromise & that trans people are worth fighting for. info & script in the QT ⬇️⬇️ please call!

I feel like part of the problem is that in the modern era, especially in the United States, people think that in order to count, they have to post about their activism or what they're doing. But here's the thing: you don't. 99% of what I do is stuff I never mention on social media.

Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly. sbgi.net/tv-stations/

It's time to do that thing you've been wanting to do

I've joked for years that I have "the brain of an engineer with the math skills of an artist" So I guess it makes perfect sense that I've so thoroughly been drawn into fiber arts and sewing these last several years

Pardon me, but while MAGA and Trump may want to use it that way, we don't need to let them. I think it is absolutely the case that Trump aspires to be something like a fascist dictator, I said so last October. But we are not powerless and they have not won yet.

So you don’t think it’s a “genocide”? Fine. If it was “just” ethnic cleansing, it should have been enough (dayenu). If it was just starvation as a weapon of war, dayenu. If it was just torture at black site prisons, dayenu. If it was just pogroms in the West Bank, dayenu. Enough is enough.

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I feel like I've surrounded myself with good people when, after eating at a restaurant, they don't chastize me for putting all the dirty plates and such together (because "it's their job") for easier bussing. Not only that, but oftentimes they do the same??

I closed 283 open, inactive tabs on my phone. Someone clap for me /half-joking

I'm always trying to tell absolutely everyone to read this comic. It's not that long at all, free, and essential reading if you're at all interested in workers' rights or resisting genAI. (Or the non-rich people regency. Also featuring Byron.)

I'm somewhat startled by the number of people in my life who have 1) tied their perception of worth to capital and 2) are not feeling great because of it. So a reminder to everyone who needs it: your contribution to society (or lack thereof) does not determine your worth. You are not worthless.

Saying the old America is dead and fascism is here so we have to act isn't doomerism. It's a bleak truth but there's an inherent optimism in action. You can act. YOU can change things. We can fix things. We can build things. That's embracing a future not begging for the past that brought us here.

Don't mind me, just over here marveling (again) at the fact that if we didn't invent thread, we probably wouldn't have computers

Full list of zines as of 9/2: California, Chicago, Colorado, DC Metro, Florida, Indianapolis, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina Triangle Area, NYC, Philly, Pittsburgh, Portland OR, Rhode Island, St. Louis Metro Area, Washington State, Wisconsin Zine request form in the drive folder.

Please spread this information people, don't let Pay Pal dox you.

I've got a very short window to decide whether I try to figure out grant-writing so I can submit for an individual artist grant that closes its submissions on Tuesday Never written a grant before, no art portfolio website... 🫣

Get the hell off Substack before you literally can’t anymore without blowing up your business

Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑

this survey took less than two minutes yes, it's inane. do it anyway

New "How to Report ICE" zines up today for free printable download! California (by county/area) Chicago Colorado DC Metro Area (DMV) Massachusetts North Carolina Triangle Area NYC Philly Pittsburgh Portland, OR St. Louis Metro Area Washington State Please share! drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Crafty weekend- embroidered a little guy on some jeans

I was told directly by an aide on a call today that when a bill comes before a congressman, they specifically take their data from these calls and say "this is how many/who called in to vote yay/nay for this bill" they actually do factor in how many people call on issues like these. do your calls!

In light of Bluesky being banned in Mississippi due to new age verification laws there...

in case folks weren't completely sure, @obojima.bsky.social is a textbook example of orientalism, contributing to a long pattern of racism towards asian history & representation. here is a resource to learn more on how not to use asian culture as salad dressing for your game:

listen the world is a mess but a judge ordered the Florida migrant prison closed, California passed their "fuck around, find out" redistricting, and James Dobson is dead this is the best net good news day in awhile, I really do think

I've slapped together approximately 173 pages of material that aims to teach programming a personal website with HTML and CSS to artists, animators, writers, music producers, etc. F*ck It, Let's Make a Website Part 1 is now live ✨ Go here to read: bit.ly/filmawPartOne More info below 👇

i saw a comment on tiktok about bad covers for novels saying they’d take all the bad photoshop and weird covers over a genAI one because seeing AI makes an author look untrustworthy. Cuz if they used AI for the cover then pretty sure they must use it for the insides >:| more of this energy needed

My surgery recovery is going OK, all things considered, but I had to buy a bunch of stuff (and still need to buy more) and it's quite expensive 😭 😭so I'm opening sketch commissions to try and recoup some costs! Please share this around 😭🙏 Examples below! forms.gle/pzkwQ2VTSVnT...

I will remind every single artist out there who's fallen into despair about gen-AI replacing us, that art has always and will always exist. And this is precisely what I mean: art will always find a way to survive. Artists will ALWAYS find a way to make art, tough times or not. Prime examples:

Fuck censorship. They're coming after you next, whether you make porn or not. I have never sold NSFW services or artwork, yet here's my termination from Stripe! Fully SFW, innocent headshots of furries = adult content. This is what we've been trying to fucking tell y'all this whole month!

ChatGPT will only ever give you what you want, which is why it'll never surprise you. Wendy Xu (@wendyxu.bsky.social) on Bridge to Terabithia, The Boy and the Heron, and the shock of unfairness: reactormag.com/creativity-v...

SPEAK UP!!! WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER FRICKIN SOCIAL TO NUKE NSFW CONTENT ONCE THEY GOT ENOUGH USERS! CENSORSHIP ALWAYS LEAD TO BANNING QUEER, BPOC, DISABLED PPL IMPORTANT CONTENT NEXT!

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