My book is at the printers and also @shingai-be-like.bsky.social wrote me the most beautiful blurb gonna turn off the phone now and pretend like this is the only thing happening for the rest of the day 💖

Jane Eyre (2011, Cary Fukanaga) | Nosferatu (2024, Robert Eggers)

"The color is repellent, almost revolting; a smouldering unclean yellow, strangely faded by the slow-turning sunlight." I made a "Yellow Wallpaper" piece back in 2017, but I re-read the story over the weekend and wanted to try again. Much happier with this version 🖤

"After No Kings, Indivisible, one of the lead organizers of the "No Kings" protest, is pivoting to building support for...May Day Strong. The May Day Strong coalition is calling for "No Work, No School, No Shopping" on May 1st." reporting by @mikeelk.bsky.social paydayreport.com/no-kings-org...

Just an update that we are slowly but surely inching our way to 50% funded! ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/support/

Please don't even pirate it or hate-watch it this time, just let it go, starve the franchise of attention completely

It is as if Rumi peered into the soul of imperialism a thousand yrs ago and wrote of it

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my heart is so full after celebrating @laurenrayesnow.bsky.social's stunning new exhibition, Ex Voto

FRIDAY NIGHT. @laurenrayesnow.bsky.social at SATX’s Flight Gallery. (Soft opening tonight.) FREE. Be there. 🔥🔥🔥 cc: @sacurrent.bsky.social

I haven't shared much about my art here on Bluesky for a while, but this week my solo exhibition will finally open after over a year of work.

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints. One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

ICE killed Ruben Ray Martinez, a U.S. citizen—and you likely haven’t heard about it because DHS has been covering it up for nearly a year. My heart breaks for his family, who deserve immediate answers and an independent investigation into his death. ICE will be held accountable.

Den dänischen Maler Vilhelm Hammershoi ( 15. Mai 1864 - 13. Februar 1916) einen Vertreter des Symbolismus habe ich erst spät entdeckt, aber ich liebe seine Bildsprache. Bei seinen Porträts mag ich die Ruhe, die sie ausstrahlen, wobei die Bilder melancholische Züge haben

If you think I can't write an analysis of a video game and also make it about my favorite insect, think again:

Here's a close-up of Phobos in this scene:

BASH: Why was an unarmed man shot multiple times by your Border Patrol agents? BOVINO: Dana, you don't know he was unarmed. I don't know he was unarmed. That's freeze frame adjudication. That's why we have an investigation. BASH: It's not a freeze frame

Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed. www.startribune.com/detained-by-...

So excited to make my debut in Unwinnable! I dug my claws into Phoenix Springs, analyzing it through the lens of the Tithonus myth and the life cycle of the humble cicada.

If you read one thing today, it should be this Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’ www.thetimes.com/article/01ba...

This is the kind of shit that would make you completely outside the bounds of any ancient society, the gods bestow generational curses for violating hospitality

"...the more one relies on vice signaling as a style of action and communication, the less relevant and powerful the in-group’s moral compass is as a practical constraint on anyone’s behavior." latest for @bostonreview.bsky.social www.bostonreview.net/articles/emp...

post-constitutional zombie nation full-throatedly embracing violence and murder, bringing chaos and destruction within our borders and around the world. disgusting, despicable

NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do." “We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs. www.advocate.com/news/minneso...

me: how do you stay looking so young? dorian gray: *shifts uncomfortably* essential oils

I don't even go here but when my friend @kellymerka.bsky.social sent me a video clip of Herdling, I was immediately taken by its beautifully unique and textured score. Do yourself a favor by reading her full feature on this music over at @startmenu.bsky.social !

To whom it may concern outofprint.com/products/dau...

some progress on her (now vs then)

the sinking inevitable realization that Emerald Fennell would absolutely crush an Angela Carter adaptation

"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace

gritting my teeth and commanding every muscle in my body to relax through sheer force of will

For anyone who liked my little Pride banner designs, they're up in my shop as stickers, with a few other designs and a smattering of other things! mspencerdraws.storenvy.com

@niadavenport.bsky.social has been an incredible part of the SSF community. She's someone who has helped many others, including myself. Please donate, if you can, to help her and her family through this awful loss. www.gofundme.com/f/support-ni...

Happy Monday, all girl choral NIN cover www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cg0...

A few paintings in process.

basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.

I hope you feel a little okay. I hope you smiled once. I hope today grants you space for restful sleep at least tonight and maybe some energy for tomorrow. I hope you're hopeful.

Last night I went to the Puca Festival in Trim, Ireland. It's all fun and games until someone unleashes a giant demonic hare.

On this Halloween, a reminder that a sculptor included a Xenomorph gargoyle during the 1990s restoration of Paisley Abbey

New profile picture because it has been two and a half years since I had short hair.

It was my pleasure to paint and design these covers for @jeshonard.bsky.social and @marieparks.bsky.social 👩🏻‍🎨🎨

Jess Hagemann’s second novel, MOTHER-EATING, is billed as a documentary because it’s written as a series of transcripts from the surviving members of a deranged cult. Today is its official publication date. Let us ALL eat cake to celebrate. Learn more here: ghoulish.rip/let-us-all-e...

“The boat strikes constitute murder,” Eugene R. Fidell told me. He used to be a JAG in the Coast Guard and is now at Yale Law School. The entire operation amounts to “treating the world as a free-fire zone,” he said.

Americans brace for food stamps to run out: ‘the greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depression’