Something I hope people take away from current events: If people were organizing on a level capable of accomplishing a general strike, we could end this war ourselves in two or three days. The only way we get there is by doing the organizing. It's the only way we get out of any of this, honestly.

Something I hope people take away from current events: If people were organizing on a level capable of accomplishing a general strike, we could end this war ourselves in two or three days. The only way we get there is by doing the organizing. It's the only way we get out of any of this, honestly.

If you’re an American should watch the Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown ep on Iran. A deeply humanizing look at a country full of people just like you and me. I watched it after Anthony died and it moved in ways that are hard to relay. I also immediately ran out to try kabob koobideh and tahdig.

I'm thinking today about @ricksteves.bsky.social's great episode on Iran

Y'know, I did like 15 paintings in the last month and finished a bunch of ceramics and uhh... I'll be posting it soon! Sorry my feed has not had a lot of my artwork lately, I am trying to get to where have time to post it. There is a lot on my plate right now and I am struggling under the weight.

💫 Gouache and pencil on aqua board!

I don't know what is going to happen one way or another in the coming days but today I keep having to stop and cry for the people of Iran. They don't deserve any of this and anticipating their suffering is breaking my heart.

🚩 HOW TO ORGANIZE IN THE FURRY FANDOM 🚩 Video now live at youtu.be/UcxQ2CY5zdg Full slideshow and notes at www.notion.so/Talk-Notes-H...

Hey folks, if you haven't already-- I suggest stocking up on some basics and topping off your food reserves in the next few days. If you can, be ready to help share with people in your community, too. Things are about to get a lot more expensive and caring for one another is going to be important.

One of the flaws of neoliberal ideology, seen reflected in everything from AI stance, to food choices, to drug treatment, to schooling - is the idea that we cannot, MUST NOT, intervene in people’s freedom of choices. But then morally condemning a failure to choose correctly.

On the 58th anniversary of Dr. King's assassination, it's time to reckon with the media's troubling role in the civil rights struggle. (I pitched this to @nytimes.com who found it "fascinating..[but] the news is making deeper & certainly more historical pieces very hard." But they're the news.) A 🧵

I made a little Instagram reel about this image because it’s just so frickin’ cool

🔹 gee, why couldn't I do that before? 🔹 A mixed media piece about the power of giving yourself permission and the worlds it can open to you.

An excerpt of an interview with art historian and critic David Sylvester which i think feels relevant to the environment artists find themselves in the digital/social media/algorithmic content age

wouldn't it be funny if EVERYONE blocked this Attie AI account @ bsky.app/profile/atti... before they could do anything with it

I'll be selling my work at the Trans Day of Visibility Art Market in Austin, TX this Saturday from 1-5pm! Really looking forward to getting to see most of my friends from back when I lived in Austin, come say hi if you're local! Check out the event page here: www.genderunbound.org/events/2026-...

This is a quite small mixed media painting— mostly acrylic gouache in the end! Working on this piece made me excited about what it will look like when I get back into oil painting in the coming months.

"Well Behaved Despite Herself" Raku fired earthenware, 2.5" tall Because of their fear of "misbehaving", they never explored or developed a feeling of safety, but instead developed performance anxiety. The hole in her body mirrors the copper circle on her head… her halo reflects her lack.

In only one year, Echo and I have gone from absolutely 0 community interaction to volunteering with climate groups, attending (and joining!) citizen committees, making public comment at county and state level, and participating in local Pride event planning. We showed up ONCE and now we're here.

Last year after I did 17 one-hour coyote painting studies, I said I was going to try and do hares the following month. As usual, I got too busy. I decided a year was long enough overdue, so over the last four days, I did 13 one-hour* painting studies of hares. (*I went over time on a couple.)

This ends Monday the 23rd.

see? here's the thing. A lot of people are like, the earth is fucked, it's beyond salvation, it's hit the tipping point, but time and time again we see that if we just fucking fixed the problem, it rebounds so incredibly fast. Imagine what could be done if people actually cared

If you’ve ever complained about shipping prices, please take that energy and direct it to your elected representatives. Tell them to fight for more funding of the postal service! If we lose the USPS it’s absolutely inevitable that shipping rates will increase with all carriers. 😤

🔻 flowing forms dragon 🔻 A small mixed media piece, playing around with approaching form a little differently.

Realest post I have read today

🔹 gee, why couldn't I do that before? 🔹 A mixed media piece about the power of giving yourself permission and the worlds it can open to you.

Colombia declares its entire Amazon biome a reserve for renewable natural resources—effectively bans any new oil exploration, hydrocarbon production, or large-scale mining. Protected area approx 483,000 sq km—equivalent to the size of Sweden #TropicalRainforest #decarbonization #envhist

All the payment processor stuff is legit concerning, as is this current cultural shift that's trying to shovel any depiction of queerness into legislation about obscenity. I see where this is going

The thing about "this type of porn can be used to groom" is that any kind of adult material can be used in that way, and so can a lot of benign hobbies and interests that are kid friendly. The problem is the adults doing the grooming and a culture that very much makes it easy for adults to do this

Being uncomfortable is not the same as being harmed.

However, and I can't stress this enough, the most important thing trans people can do is organise. In this vid I talk abt harm reduction structures including DIY production that trans people could create and walk through the idea of trans assemblies towards liberation youtu.be/xLp3m0GXgwk

My raku came out super cool!! I can't wait to share it, my housemate is going to help me take good photos tomorrow... my raven head incense burner came out especially awesome :>

It is literally the easiest thing in the world to get a medical discharge. I know of someone who got it for claiming erectile dysfunction. There are so many resources for how to leave. If you stay it is a choice and a genocidal one. And I have no sympathy

The Center on Conscience and War, doesn't appear to be on bluesky but just in case any US personnel are on here, there are ways out. Spread it around.

This reminds me of something Toni Morrison wrote.

Anyway, all that to say my kiln load came out great, a little nervous but mostly super excited for my raku workshop this weekend!! 🎆

Yknow I think the format of the internet and fracturing of information into bite sized pieces has negative effects not just on our comprehension of each other and the world but also on understanding the fundamentals of various practices, crafts, skills, etc. There's tons of edu material, but...

Number 34. Meeting the Mountain. Acrylic on 8x10 canvas board.

"Mother Moon" For my project "Solarcvlt" Winter slowly fading & in many folklores the wolf was animal of this transitionary time between "life & death" Wolves mate in the deep of winter now the she-wolf is symbolically carrying the young sun into the new year. #WerewolfWednesday #art #werewolf

Loaded the kiln today, fingers crossed! I haven't lost any pieces yet but I sure do like a lot of my work in this batch.

“If [wealthy, powerful people] can get us to accept that the future’s already settled, AI is already here, the end is already here, then we will create that for them. My most daring idea is to refuse.” — @tressiemcphd.bsky.social

QPR with your skull art! I had mostly forgotten about this one until recently, actually.

Just put together a WIP post with over a dozen ceramic pieces in it over on my Patreon! Steller's Jay & Raven tiers get sketchbook and process work posts, consider checking it out if you want to see as much behind the scenes work as I can manage to share: www.patreon.com/posts/many-c...

no one in the US reads and the anxiety/rage/memes around "reading theory" is representative not of an activist class that reads too much of it, but one very sensitive about not reading much at all

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The only true “off ramp” to this is socialism by the way