WATCH — @aoc.bsky.social : “At some point we’ve gotta call these people’s B.S. for what it is. You can’t believe everything a con man is gonna tell you. We cannot live in perpetual fear of these clowns.” #TrumpShutdown

I fully understand how difficult it is to remain focused on any one particular atrocity but this really ought to be a serious scandal and people need to pay heavy prices for this

The stopgap measure being voted on today to try to avoid govt shutdown includes a provision that could strip ALL federal funding from any institution/facility providing access to any form of gender-affirming care, for anyone of any age. Call. We will grow old together.

Just got my favorite compliment whilst walking down the street: "you smell good, whatever you're wearing works for you"

Do not bow down to these people. Do not allow them to convince you that you must. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/b...

Thanks for the responses everybody! It's always so lovely to be reminded just how talented and wide-ranging the comics community is, and I'm excited to pair as many folks as I can to the projects we'll have moving forward. 🩵 (Still accepting replies -- feel free to share with folks you know!)

If you're not totally aware of how bots try to sway minds, here's a good example.

Yeah man we should really fight back by staying on X

The media allowing Trump plausible deniability on Project 2025 during the campaign is right up there with Iraq War stenography in craven, lazy disgracefulness

Seeing those awful genAI Sk3tchers ads everywhere sucks, but it's been doing wonders for my imposter syndrome. Like, why am I cautious about sharing my work when a multi-billion dollar company is willing to push the cringiest slop?

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

Game Devs of Color Expo Illustration Reveal ✨ Check out the full illustration for this year's expo by Shannon Wright! 💚💙 What do you think? #gdocexpo

The thing to emphasize here is that this treatment is *utterly normal.* It's part of the system of detention which has existed for decades. Folkston has been like this for many, many years,

it really is astonishing how quickly it goes from “civil war” and “blood in the streets” to “wow guys it’s just a sad tragedy” when it becomes inconvenient

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

"but crime is a real issue, people are worried about crime and you have to take that seriously" No you don't! If people are getting more scared about crime while crime is happening less frequently, it's a made up issue and you should make a point of yelling that all the time

This song is so freaking good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SebE...

Too much "we're cooked" & not enough "we're not gonna take this shit"

After a quick look re: my last repost. Needless to say, I am *deeply* skeptical. The theft of copyrighted work for use in training generative AI models has become so commonplace. I've lost all trust on this matter and have a "prove it" mindset when it comes to terms like these.

WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for. Stop using WeTransfer.

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

Once again, this is a massive public jobs program for fascists. This bill was never just about tax cuts and gutting social services. It's about investing our collective resources in violence and using state power to spread fear and destroy solidarity. We need to resist this with all we've got.

man, today's lead NYT op-ed sure is something

Like I’m sorry but nakedly protecting your own financial interests under the guise of respectability politics is and always has been selfishness, not bipartisanship.

Something the Mamdani win demonstrates is the extent to which the reigning cadre of ancient, establishment, centrist Dems think it’s more important to be on good terms with their GOP colleagues than it is to represent their own voters, and how thoroughly sick of this literally everyone is.

lol I have been so absent here

me externally me internally

When I was writing about these pronatalist people this week I came across this anecdote from the Guardian about the guy In the CNN clip.

You guys don’t need to try to convince me that any form of AI has merit. It doesn’t. It is boring and half-assed. I am fine getting by with human brain power. If the world nears its end and AI has one hater left, good news! I am still alive.

Been a while, friends! I've been offline lately, enjoying the spring. Here are some flowers from my yard 🌼🌸🌷

Hi friends. Do you maintain a mailing list? Are their services you like/prefer/are more affordable than not?

This is what I meant when I said *someone* is working on it. Most of the things you can imagine that suck, people are fighting; most of the things you can imagine that would be good, people somewhere have built or are trying to build. bsky.app/profile/kate...

Even when you've found your lane--the thing you're doing to make the world more livable for more people--there's still SOOO much whapping us in the face that you're not addressing. I know! But *someone* is. Today, send a note of thanks to someone who's working in a totally different lane from yours.

It was such a joy to draw the incredible @jandersonoey.bsky.social at the most recent session at @doableguys.bsky.social this Wednesday.

Such a uniquely embarrassing time to be an American.

"my silly little drawings just feel so irrelevant in the face of the world being on fire" maybe they are. maybe you need to be making something else to meet this moment. maybe that feeling is a call to action.

No one lollygags anymore and I'm sick of that shit. Get your asses out there and lollygag. Lollygag like the wind!

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

Movies you've watched more than six times, gifs only

The Lovers are the avatars of embrace, communal care, and pleasure as resistance. Sculpted from the land and rising from the waters, The Lovers ask us when is it time to offer support and when is it time to surrender to care. ↑ Devotion, Reciprocation ❂ Oshun, Ala, Idemmili ↓ Individualism, Neglect

8 years ago www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...

This. Album. Is. Incredible. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd1i...

What is it about A.I. that makes so many people lose their goddamned minds? As if the endless parade of fake shark attack videos, 70's glam style-clad aliens with chiclet teeth, and laughably incorrect AI bot-assisted search engine results are somehow proof of God?

I’ve really been enjoying attending @doableguys.bsky.social figure drawing sessions lately. Here are some 10 and 20 minute poses, drawn on 14” x 17” 400 series Strathmore. Thanks to Joey for modeling! #queerart

My illustration of Marco Herrera, chef at the Tulsa, Oklahoma restaurant Noche. The portrait accompanied his Slow Food Fast recipe series for the Off Duty section of the WSJ. Thanks to Lisa Dilillo for the art direction! Grateful for the opportunity and continued work on this series of portraits ✨