It was over 35° so I biked 8 miles.

I've got a drawing to work on and an arthritis flare up in my dominant hand. Thoughts and prayers.

🧵 The style of community and labor in creating is often dismissed, and it's value under-aknowledged. My mother would be in a much worse position if she didn't find a crafting group. A lot of these groups end up providing mutual aid, organizing skills, and yes, hats.

The point of the AI project is to provoke despair in creative people. They haven’t produced profits or anything anyone wants, just a steady stream of articles about how us artistic types can’t do the thing we’re already doing, making art. Jokes on them, we’re even better at despair than they are.

Realistically, if I can't come up with a maximum 4 page comic by the end of the weekend, this pitch is turning into a single illustration.

Loot that drops after defeating me: - antique bicycle key - a glass nail file - a bundle of pens - MT GO card - over ear headphones, with wire - a wool hood random: - hairpin carved from wood (common) - hairpin carved from bone (rare) - hairpin made of iron (legendary)

In the greater story of Minneapolis’ resistance to ICE, one chapter absolutely belongs to the punks organizing at every level. They’re observing, fundraising, running supplies, opening their spaces, coordinating, etc. A story for @rollingstone.com. Thanks to everyone who spoke on the record.

At least 10 states complicit in helping the federal government commit election crimes.

Two exes secretly pine for each other. Repeated Rivalry.

My recommendation for buying a car is to have a dad who's a car guy, then they'll do literally all the work for you. You will not be able to stop them. Nothing will stop them. You will move to another state and they will drive over anyway, just for this.

Turning over ideas trying to decide if I'm pitching a single illustration (attainable) or a short comic (impossible, foolish, therefore likely).

This is the first time since high school I have been explicitly specified to use Times New Roman as a font.

“Imagine [if] I would have died, what the government would have said.” Like Renee Good, in Oct Marimar Martinez was shot by DHS after following their convoy in her car. Like Pretti & Good, DHS called her a terrorist. Unlike them Marimar survived to fight DHS in court, and speak to us today.

Facial recognition cameras, AI-powered social media analyzers, license plate readers, fake cell towers, cell phone spyware—ICE has broadened its arsenal of surveillance tech, alarming privacy advocates, lawmakers, and ordinary community members. minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/03/h...

I feel it's a good time to share this essay again. I like CSP, but moving from PS to that was a long painful process, and I still need PS because it's industry standard. How many times can creatives be expected to restart and relearn their entire process? youtu.be/I4mdMMu-3fc?...

She works! But I definitely need to find a longer USB micro cable.

I scored an LED tracing panel at a studio sale this weekend, I'm hoping all it needs is a good cleaning and a new cable.

The end goal of the attention economy was always to make it so corporations could extrude any watery slop from the machine and stick it in front of you for profit. You will die someday. Do you want to have wasted any of your finite time on this fetid pablum? www.avclub.com/american-rev...

It's a nice story. But let's not overlook that the husband of the arrested woman: - had an attorney on call - knew the police chief personally - and the police have since denied doing anything at all So let's keep the actual usefulness of the police in perspective here.

Mercado Central says the cooperative is in danger of losing the building ☹️ gofund.me/cf76f8dcb

I know it’s not the point here but the delusional belief that body cameras make anyone safer has repeatedly been shown to be false, and more people need to know that the only thing body cameras do is increase law enforcement budgets. I’d hope the Senate minority leader would know how to get informed

Feds and cops working hoof-in-hoof to orchestrate night raids is just fascism. This is libs saying they're ok with fascism if they're more involved in the process of using it.

Community anarchist groups like bicycle collectives, tool libraries, and neighborhood shovel squads readies you to translate those skills into more coordinated community organization. It's beautiful to see Minneapolis use those resources, even if some people are cagey about calling them anarchism.

I finished another library book, and I'd like to thank the previous reader for using their checkout receipt as a bookmark because now I've got 6 fresh book recommendations. Also good on you for checking out that many books at once.

The same organization that operated COINTELPRO for decades? Noooo.

Don't let up. They throw a bone to make you ignore that they're still doing all the things they've been doing. Celebrate seeing the back of one asshole, but remember there are still all the other assholes.

When I say Modern Times is one of my favorite places, is not just because the breakfast is good. We can build something better. And have candied ginger pancakes.

If you choose to go out, you need more than vibes. You need a plan. This is about maximizing safety and impact. Not about looking brave on Instagram. If you’re going out, your first job is coming home. substack.com/home/post/p-...

That. fucking. helicopter.

Some nights I can't get to sleep because I have no idea what the next thing I wake up to will be.

Be soft and kind to each other, be hard and mean to our enemies.

There is no saving this organization. There was never any saving this organization. Do not trust any politician who speaks of reform. These people should be in prison. We must rely on each other.

That’s it. We’re neighbors looking out for our neighbors. We do it when we shovel each other’s walks and push each other out of snowdrifts and we do it when there are snatch squads roaming the streets. It runs deep in Minneapolis: we all have to band together to survive the winters.

Like salmon swimming upstream to the pools from which they spawned, a British writer cannot resist writing a story about stories.

I need people to understand this. ICE is a baby organization, it's barely old enough to vote. ICE DID NOT EXIST BEFORE 2003. No one has to throw their eggs in this basket. It has been militarized, corrupt, and abusive since inception. There is nothing there to save. We can throw this away.

Get the fuck out of my beautiful city.

I miss when I had access to a high volume xerox machine.

take a second to really wrap your head around this.

The Hiveworks Artist Guild has released a public statement alleging years of labor abuses, financial mismanagement, and misconduct at Hiveworks at the hands of Xellette “Xel” Velamist and Isabelle “Isa” Melançon. Read their full statement at: cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...

Report it. Every avenue we have to hold a murderer accountable for his murdering. No grift for the boot.

Ah. I see. Here we again. The same people doing the same things.

ICE agents stopped by protesters after the shooting an observer in Minneapolis, according to witnesse. ICE deployed pepper spray and tear gas.

This was murder. This is fascism. You cannot trust the government or the media. Talk to your neighbors, build community, we only have eachother.

Emerging long enough from my flu cocoon to see that I should crawl right back inside for another ten years.

Cooking with friends is a superior hangout activity, stop making food ahead of time and make your food together.

The cycle of illness is: Sleep until you can't > Exhaust yourself doing mundane tasks, such as a single load of laundry > Drink water > Repeat. I'm on a second load of laundry so I may pass out any second.

Sick as hell and drinking bad coffee so I can stay awake long enough to do laundry.

Sagittarius takes aim. Art: me. I’m thinking of running another Horrorscope short story on the patreon since Funrama issue 10 is going to be such a laborious undertaking.

- finishing drawing and print Werewolf Project - finish and print Mermaid Project - the Twin Cities Cryptid Project has 2 stories, I want to make more - make a little playable video game house - improve my painting, and make paintings

I joke I am a Connoisseur of Garbage, but a lot of "bad" media has redeeming qualities. Understanding media lets you find those qualities, some exist despite the creator's intent, and that's interesting! I would never eat nothing but Cheez-its, but sometimes nothing hits like a pile of trash.