Hotels are on to us because more and more they have a join to the wall, not a center part, and we need some kind of adhesive to fully block the light

I do a bit of a deep dive into the story and processes behind three of my pieces currently on display at a local community center. #artist #blogging

Pierre Bourdieu once argued that the question of whether something is art isn't answered by the artist's intention or even the object itself. Instead, the quality of being "art" is conferred by a community — curators, dealers, auction houses, audiences, etc. 🧵

While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible.

Flavor Flav's loud & proud women's sports support is in that oh-so-wonderful and sadly small category of "Things That Weren't on My 2020s Bingo Card (Complimentary)"

Here, let me help out those of us who are deeply concerned about data center water use, i.e., anyone who lives in the west where we are suffering continuous rounds of drought and our states being on fucking fire.

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Working on two grant applications today to keep my #indieart business lights on with money that doesn't require me to keep working in the clinical research world in perpetuity. I have found that I can probably handle a year-long contract if we need some extra funds, but longer than that...

#IndependentBookStoreDay was a smashing success for me. I checked out the very local Stacks Book Club for the first time (not sure how I managed three years without visiting), found art by a local artist (and friend) as well as local popcorn! An outstanding Saturday excursion.

Watching Rizzoli and Isles and over a run of three episodes we've had a smooth two minutes of Glen Powell as an initial dead body drop, an agony of Bill O'Reilly (and his show), and Tessa Thompson????

This is a great article that outlines much better than I could have why I declined the recording for AI form my therapist a couple years ago. I'll have to bookmark this for future use as necessary. I really like the "charting is part of care" point and wish The Pitt would have leaned on that.

My first solo show! In Southern Arizona? Take a day trip to Oro Valley. Check out my art as you get ready for a round of golf or enjoy some country club fare while absorbing great views of Tucson. This show, featuring ductile neuron-like lines, runs until August 29th! #indieartist #sciart

I've reached that stage of a home improvement project where my neurodivergent ass is sitting calmly at my desk while internally I am In the fetal position, rocking back and forth, and screaming "GET OUTTA MY HOUSE!!!"

Bold move, elderly gentleman, to listen to some form of adult content audiobook on speaker during your morning stroll through the neighborhood. I applaud your reading choices but please get some headphones.

This thread explains why the "church police" as we called them were hanging around in the 90s in USAF bases in Europe

I have little/no cartilage in my big toe joints anymore, like the doc has said it's a matter of when not if I need to fuse those joints. I really hope that "when" turns out to be after something happens from the below.

If you get self-conscious about posting repeated promo, let me give you all my long-standing promo-hack, for free. (I'm not currently using it, but I will be soon! lol) This is a site without an algo, but also one that does not punish links. So what you want to do is make a strategic thread.

Welp, first post I saw here was an April Fools Day joke that got me. It was pretty benign and I am still waking up, but it was a good reminder that this place might not be where I want to hang out today.

Anything you do that sustains the profile and relevance of this franchise, even if you are not actively spending money, serves Rowling’s agenda. You gotta let go of that which does not serve you and/or advocates for the extermination of your comrades.

Made the call a while ago that I won’t be writing much about the series itself, but it was important to spell things out now that Warner Bros. is cranking the hype machine up

🧵🧵🧵OK, thread time!🧵🧵🧵 On the menu today, by popular choice: Story types I wish showed up more often. 1/

Here's one way to speak to Bluesky developers who are pretty determined not to listen

I couldn't make the various events throughout town, but I spotted rocking protester on their way home. Would've honked my appreciation, but didn't want to risk thinking it was a bad honk.

Lakewood is the suburb that first made me think of the concept of "house farm" where the cookie-cutter subdivisions roll over the hills for miles like fields of wheat.

Completely forgot that Deadloch Season 2 started today, only to also remember that I watched this solo and I need to get the spouse caught up. Which is good because I haven't watched season 1 since its release. So there's the weekend sorted.

Gotta love it when my brain offers up the following muttered comment while trying to Business after insomnia: This situation is untenable. Especially when, moments later, when trying to think of the word "flowchart", the brain offered up "the thing with boxes and arrows to describe a process".

*chef's kiss*

okay but consider Yosemite Sam as Pontius Pilate finally believing he’s got Bugs on the ropes once and for all, rolling that stone across the tomb door like “LET’S SEE HIM ESCAPE THIS!”, and then three days later he strolls back into Jerusalem chomping a carrot like “what’s up, Doc?”

Freelancers of Bluesky, this week’s Scratch newsletter features a long talk with an anonymous author/tax preparer about how our system sets us up to feel extraordinary shame, stress, and guilt around taxes. (This post will always remain unpaywalled, because we think it’s that important.)

While most other areas are just starting to get their art fair season rolling, southern Arizona is winding ours down. I've officially wrapped up my 2025-2026 season, and I've put together my thoughts on how it went and what I am planning for the fall. #art #indieshop

The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it.

It's Friday the 13th... Let's get a little spooky with a #DarkArt alt text art share! I'll share throughout the day Rules: - Repost this - Add alt. Posts w/o alt will be hidden - Interact! Don't drop & go - No NFT, No AI - Writing, 'crafts', etc are art too! - (Optional) tag friends!

Trump says he “will not sign” any other bill until the Save America Act passes. He says it “must go to the front of the line” and take priority over other bills. A few things • This would require the House to pass it a *third* time with these new Trump asks on mail ballots and trans provisions 1/

TAPPER: You know that if you vote against an additional $50 billion of funding for operations in Iran, that vote will be cast as you voting against the troops. CHRIS MURPHY: Come on. The American people do not want this war. If you support the troops, you should be voting against this war.

No notes. 10/10. If we "have" to have this nonsense, we absolutely need more of this.

I legit did a "I forgot all about her" record scratch bit. Quite nice to hear of her in this context after all the BS she spilled all over my state.

I’m sorry, doing this in a baseball cap sold by your campaign store is deliberately disrespecting the dead.

Area Man Pauses Despair to Go to Work

For some reason, this is the detail that has pushed me over the edge of straight horror and into the absurd. Like, you're braced for and expecting a version of Stephen King's It, but instead you get Ronald McDonald unironically in a Ghostface mask but also holding the nuclear football.

While I was doing my taxes, they passed 1,000,000 whistles shipped! I am just so proud of this group of internet strangers who decided to Just Do a Thing as hard as they could, and so grateful to all of you who helped us do it! We're still shipping whistles! >>> whistlecoven.com

My booth at the #tmaartisansmarket is right by a lovely garden area on the Tucson Museum of Art's grounds, and there are some talkative birds in them trees. It's been delightful to hear all day.

I have been delinquent in cross-posting my blog posts to BlueSky. But I have a great reason to get back on track today: I'll be at the Spring Artisans Market hosted by the Tucson Museum of Art this weekend. If you're in southern AZ Feb 27 through Mar 1, downtown Tucson is the place to be!

Change your gender, become a poet, catapult yourself into the sun. There are no rules. You can do anything you want.

Sometimes you need a lazy day.

Your art challenge cheat sheet for February 16-22 is here! Enjoy! See comments for host list. #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #ArtYear #dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt

Let me just make a few little adjustments to that title… “How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work” Way to devalue my experience.

texts should have room for footnotes

Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude

secret late night announcement. I'm launching later this month, in collaboration with illustrator @supercoolspyclub.bsky.social, JANUARY : a postcard writing game for two people, set in a kaiju-filled alternate history, about distant but persistent friendships.

I have found Starfleet Academy to be delightful and interesting and just fully entertaining. I'm extremely glad I've only seen Jessie's commentary and have managed to avoid the nonsense beyond an occasional YouTube video title or two.