photo ID paired with a birth certificate, naturalization certificate, or similar document all presented in person. Don’t let them gaslight you. For most Americans, your Real ID (the one the government forced you to get) gets you through airport security. That’s it. Please help us spread the truth!

from an interview with a POW recently released from the camps bsky.app/profile/lord...

I made calls to my reps today about how the things they're saying and legislating about trans people are genocidal, and now I want to throw up ✨🩶✨ I hate making these calls. I'm practically choking on my own rage and despair as I try and speak, even with the script 5 Calls provides.

With my whole heart 🥰

Brandon: we can do that. Y'all, I found the BEST one 🩶

Ramen with Brandon at the Slurping Turtle in Ann Arbor was delicious, and I took a peek around Schuler Books while he played Gundam 🥰 Picked up "On Tyranny," "Murdle Volume 2," and a sticker that says "Jesus Loves Everyone You Hate." A lovely Friday evening 🩶

in a lonely world, i found you!

It's weirdly gratifying to be exhausted after the gym, knowing that what you've just done will certainly have consequences for *days* to come 😂 This must be an extension of my masochistic tendencies. I'm way too excited to be sore for it to be normal, lmao.

I imagine capybaras are the type of friend who would join a fainting goat friend on the ground during a fainting spell so the goat wouldn't be embarrassed. Another sketch in my 642 Things to Draw book! #goat #art #drawing #sciart #InkArt

While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities. Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.

Frame, in violet

yes.

The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.

“OUR HUMANITY” is under assault by our own government.

While i know its an annoying thing for many to have their skin referred to in food tones (mocha caramel etc) you all have my pre permission to refer to me as lunchable colored

Another question I came here with was: how effective are the whistles and honking? Does it stop abductions? And the answer is, surprisingly to my cynical self, yes, and often. I have talked to so many people who have successfully interrupted kidnappings.

“Hundreds of immigrant mothers” in Texas concentration camp uprising

I've had a cough lingering for over a month now, but today I decided to sing while doing my deep cleaning tasks and I haven't started hacking even once 🥹 finally, some relief! Even if it's not my best, it feels so good to sing again 🥰

We won’t share the video that is circulating from the 3rd shooting of an American by ICE agents in Minneapolis. To the 7 Democrats who voted with all (but 1 ) Republican in Congress to continue funding ICE. You are complicit in this killing. Defund and dismantle ICE. ICE Out!

After murdering a man, ICE has fled the area, making Minneapolis police take over crowd control. Without the complicity of local and state police who supposedly answer to Democrat politicians, ICE would not be able to continue kidnapping and killing people. Begin by pressuring local authorities.

It isn’t healthy to be this angry all the time. But it also isn’t healthy if this doesn’t make you angry.

Acts of kindness can go a long way at work.

His name is literally "HE-MAN". The most pronoun name ever. I constantly play this game of "are grifters really this dense, or do they just expect their audience to be?" The answer is both obviously but it still hurts my brain seeing the endless feedback loop of asshole to asshole reinforcement.

*takes my morning dose of 20mg Adderall* *naps for another two hours* ..... *drinks some caffeinated tea at 9pm* *extremely tired, but brain refuses to shut down until almost 2am* ..... ADHD brain, if you could be more consistent about your reaction to stimulants, it would be appreciated 😂

It's expected to be INTENSELY cold. Do whatever heat-retaining prep you can manage before then, I imagine our energy grid is going to struggle.

🚨 If you lose power this weekend and use a portable generator to power your home: Be careful. Preventable carbon monoxide deaths follow every major power outage. (Published 2023 w/ @texastribune.org @nbcnews.com)

God bless Minneapolis.

🦠 A study led by Scripps Oceanography scientists reveals that #MarineMicrobes exhibited mostly positive interactions with one another over a six-year period. These positive interactions became even more common during times of environmental stress. Dive into the study. ⬇️

For the last several years I've kept a list of new books I've read and listened to. This year I'm adding two more lists to maintain, mostly as motivation to keep adding to them: Things Cooked Things Made I would like to eat fewer freezer meals this year, and finish projects I start.

#SundayFishSketch is a zebra angelfish from South America. I am told they are nearly as murderous in a tank as cichlids 🫢 the drawing vibes today are snow falling and Lord of the Rings in the background, because we could all use a little of Samwise Gamgee’s hope core

The Frozen Fascists were... *takes off sunglasses* ...given the cold shoulder

🌱 It's still snowing. Here's a pic from 6 months ago today💗🤍

Today’s flower 🌱 #1318 Rose

👇👇 ✨If you're not curating your experience, someone else is curating it for you.✨

This is an Underground Railroad style operation. This is what I mean that we should study UR history, tactics, and strategy.

i once read "the rights you think criminals should have are the rights you think everyone should have because the state can criminalize anyone" and it changed how i think about everything

Angel :)

This year I read and listened to a total of 76 books. 18 of those were by Brandon Sanderson. It's been a VERY good year for books for me 🥰 two years in a row too, because last year is when I found Katee Robert 🩶

My partner and I slept through the night, so we get to start the new year well rested and not having been annoyed by all the gunshots and fireworks that inevitably happen after midnight lol. I'd say that works for us 🩶

Residents of the Loop, Chicago’s downtown area, live on average until they are 87. In the West Garfield Park neighborhood, the average is 67. (via @wbez.org)

Police have access to massive surveillance networks that track the public whether they are suspects or not. That means probably for every 1 officer caught using the system to harass or spy on people they have feuds with, ex's, activists, journalists, there are probably 100 more we don't know about.

To try and cut down on scrolling, I decided to look for a cute little mobile game to play on my breaks at work. Ya like bunnies? Giving them toys? Creating a little playground utopia for the buns? Taking pictures of them having fun? Playing cute mini games? Usagi Shima. Holy heckin cuteness 🥹

📚💙 I just finished the second era of the Mistborn series, and after finishing the first arc of the Stormlight Archives, I am so in love with the Cosmere my heart aches with it. It feels like this series has taken part of my soul and pressed it between it's (metaphorical, in my case) pages.

Hey #booksky 📚🩵 For all the romantasy readers out there who also enjoy moving their bodies and daydream about being like Nesta and Violet: The Assassin's Academy program 👀 (it has an app) I'm going to be learning handstands and kickovers, wanna come join? 🩶

A bit of drawing. #snails #drawing #biodiversity #natureart

If y'all aren't already following the SciArt feed, you definitely should. Tons of sharks currently, lots of birds last time I had looked, and always, ALWAYS botanical illustrations. It gets 15/10 stars from me.

My sketches of lotus flowers and lotus leaves with my favorite sketching pen, the Energel 0.7. I did these in preparation for a capybara painting with lotus plants. #sketchbook #art #plants #sciart #InkArt

These are some pen and ink sketch studies I did of various shark species. These sketches ultimately help with final perspective & composition. Shark Week starts in only 5 days!! 🦈💙🤙 #shark #sharkweek #sharkart #sketch #marinelife #sciart #animal #fish #fishart #animalart #animalart #nature #pen