I remember when October had great art prompt, and November had a great writing prompt to motivate creators. A bloody shame the folks behind those hashtags ended up being such knobs. Also, you can draw & write whenever you want without a prompt telling you to do so. So, create. And keep creating.

I spent way too much time today looking for fun spooky events and fall fairs up around New York.

Autumn Wind 🍂🧣 #art

As a reminder to everyone, the idea that Kirk was killed for "expressing views" or because someone "disagreed with his stance" is a ridiculous strawman that ignores two very important points: 1. What those views actually were. 2. The effect they had on the world.

I'm not gonna argue about whether kirk should or shouldn't be shot. But we don't need to mourn a guy who helped move opinion to dehumanizing people and who played an active part in gettin folx harmed. Cops are rounding people up and folks are losing their rights because of fuckers like this.

The first thing everyone in this country who is anti-fascist can do now is to join something where people are already gathering to address any issue. Can't find anything you want to join, then make your own thing and invite people to join you. This is not a time for Lone Rangers.

May James Dobson burn and rot below for all eternity. A cruel, venal man who caused grave harm with every breath he took.

Sam Altman Places Gun To Head After New GPT Claims Dogs Are Crustaceans For 60th Time theonion.com/sam-alt...

Walked into the room during a Nugenix commercial & did a double-take because I thought it said "eugenics." My mom asked, "What's eugenics?" & folks, I just don't think progressives & blue-state-all-their-lives liberals truly grasp the scope of just how impermeable the rural red Fox News bubble is.

Saying this again: there is a scammer out there targeting newbie authors, claiming I'm one of their clients. They use different names, and I'm already pursuing legal action. But I have never worked with a PR company, editing service, or book packager, so anybody saying so is lying, period full stop.

Pink Mist. 🩷

It's amazing how far it'll get you to learn to ask "Would you like me to try and give you some ideas?" And, if they're actively venting about some problems, add "If not, I'm totally down to just listen."

A few things to note: 1. Trump says he's going to end the days of "ruthlessly killing innocent people." None of that is happening. 2. This is not the start of martial law. They dont have the troops. quit demoralizing people in advance just for social media clout. apnews.com/live/donald-...

A small group of us is planning a craft fair fundraiser for Gaza on September 7. Some of you have already generously reached out to offer a craft to us to sell at the fundraiser. We now have a form with details for anyone who wants to contribute a craft: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... - thank you.

When you see Cuomo attacking Mamdani over his rent stabilized one bedroom in Queens, do recall this please:

Unfriendly reminder:

Ozzy lasted longer than I think any of us coulda hoped, but it still sucks that he's gone. Crazy bastard lived one hell of a live and helped change and make a genre. He'll be missed.

This week I learned Coldplay is still selling out stadiums!

Something I don't see discussed enough in this whole Trump / Epstein debacle is that he has nurtured a whole community of paranoid, conspiracy-minded people who live a hair-trigger from committing violence... and he just, in their eyes, betrayed them. That could get really interesting, really fast.

Stop asking billionaires questions, recording their answers and sharing their uninformed and/or racist and/or otherwise bigoted and nonsense ideas as journalism. It’s ridiculous. They are the most boring people. Oh wah I am a white man who has more money than I can spend and I’m so mad about it!

I have a lot of fears now that Trump's bill has passed. Turning ICE into one of the world's best-funded militaries, ripping healthcare apart... But I have another, long-term fear about what happens when all this hits rural and republican areas...

We really are just gonna have to burn this whole fucking thing down, aren't we? apnews.com/live/donald-...

this seems key to me. if this were a case where a preisdent romney or a president haley were pushing against nationwide injunctions, i might be less hostile or cautiously supportive of the majority. but this is a totally lawless administration! www.dorfonlaw.org/2025/06/scot...

I’ve seen lots of nonsense since Mamdani’s primary victory but the most irritating thread is people claiming they will leave NY if he is mayor. First of all, Go! It’s fine. It’s FINE. Go swelter in FL or wherever. No one cares. And secondly shut up. You’re lying. You aren’t going anywhere.

In Independence Day they bomb the aliens and everyone starts cheering wildly. As the smoke clears, we see the alien ship is unscathed. That’s also what happened when Trump bombed Iran.

Andrew Cuomo gets publicly humiliated. Bill Clinton learns his endorsement is worth less than dogshit. What a great time to be a hater. A golden age.

So happy about Mamdani winning the primary.

Here is a drawing I did some years ago. I might as well share it here now. Anything you can do to undermine the US war machine is justified and morally right. pen and ink on paper.

List of cooling centres in NY. #heatwave finder.nyc.gov/coolingcente...

Hey NYC people: please, do not underestimate the heat this week. Extreme heat is a huge health problem, and while drinking water *helps,* he only surefire way to prevent and treat heat illness is to get out of the heat. Do it *before* you start showing symptoms, instead of waiting til you feel sick

Democratic Party electeds are going to be standing outside the gates of death camps watching smoke billow out of crematoria, and they'll still be saying "We demand answers!"

I can't help but notice two contradicting things in conversations in New York. I hear a ton of people convinced Cuomo will win... but no-one voting for him. Even people in his "target demographic," who I assumed would vote for him, seem to hate him.

On Saturday, the FDNY rushed to 26 Federal Plaza, where ICE is holding more than 100 people in inhumane conditions, to respond to an emergency call, only to learn there was no such emergency. What's going on?

Okay, I'll be the one to say it: I *don't* respect the reporter here. Even when being abused by the police like this, he did what so much of American media does: *tried to make excuses for the cops.* He threw out all kinds of reasons they're like this (which I doubt he does for protestors).

Want to say, it’s a good reminder to start using Signal if you aren’t already. Remember to turn on disappearing messages in your settings too signal.org

In case you wanted some good news about resistance to ICE. apnews.com/article/immi...

It is bizarre the way people with guns, bulletproof vests, riot shields, tanks, and other military gear act like rocks are an equal threat. It’s madness! If you are scared of rocks and think the punishment for having them thrown at you should be death, you shouldn’t be in law enforcement!

Fighting back doesn't make you the bad guy. Fascists don't want marginalised people to exist, they want them dead. People that want to take the rights of others away have abandoned their humanity, you have every right to fucking brick them

the thing about the "don't give them the excuse they're looking for" line is that they're not fucking waiting for one, they're not bound by permission or truth or honor or consistency or any kind of legitimacy or rules, they're not fucking vampires, you can't keep them at bay by not inviting them in

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

You’re at a protest and saw someone do something that you don’t approve of, that might get them in trouble with the cops? No you didn’t. Mind your business.

If you're not in the streets, it's YOU who should exert some self-discipline and stop posting bullshit.

The speed with which the country is disassembling! I keep wondering how the regime thinks the US will function without Black and brown people, in a white fantasia. The people left won’t be able to feed themselves, heal themselves, build their homes, or flavor their food. What a choice!

Here's another reason that relying solely on "peaceful protest" and other methods aimed at swaying opinions is dicey. A lot of those in power fully endorse this horrible shit. What, exactly, are you expecting them to do? How do you think electing one or two "good apples" is going to fix this?

You can always tell which people would have been on the side of the French during and after the Haitian revolution.

⚠️ Warning: The Trump administration is circulating footage from 2020 to make the situation in L.A. appear more chaotic than it is. This is an intentional effort to manufacture a larger crisis. Stay alert. Pay attention. The propaganda machine is in overdrive.