Want to help an artist *exist* in current times and keep making things for everyone to enjoy? You can tip me a coffee :) #artists #kofi ko-fi.com/trippy

I made another bag! I sewed with the flow without some quilting squares & jelly rolls. I used some cat themed, plain colour & some geometric shapes. Made the magnetic buckle claps myself out of faux leather & the strap out of some strong cotton canvas webbing. It's huge, but it come out well!

I don't remember if I posted the bag I recently finished so I am posting again (sorry if I have already posted it) it matches a dress I made a couple of years ago

I am so depressed & scared about the local election results 😭 My only hope is they fuck it up so spectacularly people won't vote for them again, but unfortunately people don't seem to care

It's been 24 hours and we're already up to two, one for holocaust denial (no, really) and the other because they couldn't be arsed.

As the UK stupidly votes for racists in its local councils, it is at least good to know that all local councils are inept and ineffective so it won't make any difference in the short term But sheesh...we're lurching further and further towards the American nightmare #UKElections

so tired of this racist ass country leave my fuckin friends alone

“In my lifetime I have witnessed a terrible decline. In yours, you could and should witness a wonderful recovery.” What an immense privilege it has been to be alive at the same time as this incredible human being—David Attenborough. #Happy100thBirthday🥳 www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Lost count of how many times I've said this, but: It is possible, if not bleakly common, to have perfectly good mental health and functionality, and still be an absolutely awful person. "Being a thundering arsehole" is not, and never has been, a recognised diagnosis.

what if you could push a button and cheese just appeared and then you could eat the cheese

As soon as we allow gender policing of any kind, every woman is at risk, but especially women who are a bit butch, women who don't chase conventional beauty standards, women who are tall or wide or handsome. And once the boundary is pushed, it can be pushed all the way past you, too.

New auto-reply for LLM-generated marketing spam ✨

don't worry everyone

Local paper has covered my story about the notice sent in error. Council trying to cover their backs and saying they send them as a last resort. Aye right, that's not what I was told when I called in a panic about it

I am hoping this will be resolved soon as they have verbally told me & someone supporting me from a local organisation that it was aent in error. But of course until it's in writing & my formal complaint is addressed, I don't trust it

I haven't been great lately so haven't been around, then this happened last week and I am extremely ill. I made a video about it as it's a lot to write. Please watch vm.tiktok.com/ZNRb7u7Wj/ #PleaseHelp

I haven't been great lately so haven't been around, then this happened last week and I am extremely ill. I made a video about it as it's a lot to write. Please watch vm.tiktok.com/ZNRb7u7Wj/ #PleaseHelp

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

I promise I'm still here. Just dealing with a lot of life things still & also haven't been well due to flu/virus thing the other week that was awful & chronic illness chronic illnessing. I am trying to show some sewing progress on tiktok

This needs to be acknowledged…

The concept stage is the most creative part! It's the "no wrong ideas" bit where any wild thought can pop up and get riffed on and expanded by others! It's where you explore scope and themes and style! You can't "efficiency" it away!

100% definitely a sorcerer trapped in a cat’s body. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

You are not a vending machine that dispenses creations, you need time for yourself and food and comfort. You are not infallible, you will make mistakes and fall behind schedules. These are simply aspects of being human.

POP THE BUBBLE

Normalise preventing people with zero creative skills being allowed in creative decision-making roles

Tell artists you love them and buy their stuff before they die instead of afterwards. I promise they’ll appreciate it more, I’ve asked.

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@selfhealth3

gift of @spectramis.com's Imagni from their comic, Engelbaum :D #feniikart #engelbaum #imagni

Hugs to those who find Mother's Day a struggle. Whether you don't get on, she's no longer here, you can't be with her or whatever your story, I'm sending love xxx

For the first time in weeks, it's Angel time! She is feeling much better, we are just trying to figure out medicine doses & stuff so she is comfy. She's getting some ear rubs & fusses

If I owned a harberdashery I'd call it Fibonacci Sequins.

Before writing someone off as lazy, try asking yourself "Are they just depressed?" Because if you go up to a depressed person and call them lazy, you're just being an asshole.

Starmer's on about the "risk of escalation" and do you know what's escalatory? Vaporising a bunch of schoolgirls.

It wasn't "cancel culture" when women and people of color got used up, silenced, and dismissed before their careers even began. It only became "cancel culture" when powerful abusers started having established careers momentarily inconvenienced by revelations of what they'd done.

Last I checked posting AI art and then getting defensive, insulting your customers and justifying your actions with false equivalence is a surefire way to sink your business. Avoid Sore Thumb Retro Games in York like the plague.

Other people aren't putting it as nicely but that "tech4gamers" article IS misinfo. Not "might be", IS. Our confirmation bias against Microslop made it believable even to people who would normally look at the source, and microslop have only themselves to blame for that.

DON'T BUY TRAIN TICKETS IN ADVANCE! On 1 April, the government is quietly changing the rules. Off-Peak & Anytime tickets become non-refundable after 23:59 the day BEFORE you travel. If you wake up & find your event cancelled, NO REFUNDS, even on £100+ tickets. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/far...

Forcing disabled people into legislated poverty can kill. Forcing disabled people to become a financial dependent if they get married or cohabitate can kill. Refusing to give us autonomy & a living wage forces us into dangerous situations. We need independence and equality.

LOOK AT THE SLEEPY OWL LOOK AT IT

Alternatively, Americans could stop assuming that every post is about them.

"Everything is politics...You don't get to make art in a fascist state" CMAT delivering, mar is gnách. 👏 (Same goes for sport btw) #Speirgorm

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

Morning! Time to get back to making comics to give people a happy distraction. Those things are still important.

Dispatches from MN: it's getting really hard, guys. The media has left, the donations are drying up, and ICE is still here kidnapping people. It's hard not to be resentful that other people have the option of setting this aside for.other things.

I haven't been able to sew anything or do any hobbies for myself or even read in almost 2 months due to the burnout & overwhelming & not being taken seriously or helped

Wish the police & housing authority would actually do their jobs Was asked today if I'm happy with my home if I report a repair. Said no & explained situation & how I'm passed from department to department with no-one taking any action, just fobbing me off & passing me to other places again & again