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Search-and-rescue crews were “flying blind” trying to rescue survivors from deadly tornadoes that hit the Midwest last week. Why? Because Kristi Noem hadn't approved FEMA’s $200,000 contract with a tornado-tracking tool. But she had time to spend $220 million on anti-immigrant ads. Priorities.

I am so excited to be able to add COLOR again!!! This one is going to be pretty wild looking when I'm done. Unloading on Monday! #pottersofbluesky #color #underglaze #howiamaco #layers #glaze #tagine

I take my job seriously, which means hope and joy not just doom and gloom! Hopecore paleoart of de-extinction labs’s work is a needed niche just as more traditional paleoart is. 🖤 #paleoart #sciart #hopecore #illustration #natureart #paleontology

“Sunk Deep”, a swirling combination of flotsam and jetsam with a Megalodon tooth, elkhorn coral, Johnson’s seagrass, and tiny cerith snails brings the past and present of beachcombing together. Hand-cut paper, watercolor, and gouache #sciart #sharktooth #natureart #curio #originalart

This emerald queen is Nerys✨💚✨ . . #lunamoth #fiberart #softsculpture #moth #moonmoth

Murphy: "Literally in my other ear I'm listening to Ted Cruz on another network explain why this mission is so essential to destroy the nuclear program. I may have to walk over there and tell him the admin is now briefing that getting rid of the nuclear program has nothing to do with this mission."

Love when the spring sun finally makes its way back into the studio. The plants love it too. #pottery #ceramics #canadianceramics

youtube.com/shorts/0a4T9... This is going to be interesting. #pottersofbluesky #kilntech #maintenance #repairs

Alright, instead of a video project I'm working on kiln diagnostics this week, and I've just about got it!!! Cooling back down, and I'm replacing a relay. Wednesday will tell us if I did it right as I load another bisque!

This is incredibly interesting — archaeologists have been able to reconstruct the diets of different prehistoric Europeans from 5,000-8,000 years ago by analyzing the charred remains of food in clay pots. Extremely cool!

Alright, piece is in, kiln is loaded, and she's firing up! Fingers crossed that this time it actually, finally, for realsies works! Now to go make the next batch for Wednesday!

Screaming

I must be insane, but I think I'm going to try and fire three times within the next two weeks. Two bisque and a glaze, all to be done in time for a show on March 21st.

youtube.com/shorts/NJU-k... My phone apparently doesn't have "enough storage" to keep up with weekly videos, and I was under the weather a few days so we're a bit behind on the making, but I think the floral sculpture is going to be pretty cool #pottersofbluesky #throwdown #challenge #handmade

My first batch of whistles. I went pretty far in the direction of ocarinas but will steer back towards emergency whistles in the next batch. Also testing some black and white slips to paint them. #pottery #ceramics #ocarina #wildclay

Starting tomorrow, you can watch fish traffic via an underwater camera livestreaming from an Utrecht canal. If you spot waiting 🐟, you can ping an operator to open the Weerdsluis lock gate & let them through. Highly recommend this for easing elevated stress levels, or if you just like helping fish

Polaris the Bear combines the magic of raku with the feeling of first snow on a starry night: crisp air, soft light, and that moment winter asks you to slow down. A small reminder to breathe, wander, and let the season settle in, for soon spring will come. #art #pottery #gaybear #furryart

Fun fact! If you share this starter pack around, the really cool artists in it will get more followers, and I think that’s really neat 🥰 go.bsky.app/6WQAQna

Where is the lie?

Trump is VERY clearly looking for claims of foreign interference to serve as a basis to declare a national emergency and usurp control of the election. This is how he's going to try and do it. Trump is nothing if not self-interested; he's doing this to help himself and consolidate his grip on power.

Then today, as the US bombed Iran, Trump posted: "Iran tried to interfere in 2020, 2024 elections to stop Trump, and now faces renewed war with United States."

Just days ago, we found out that Trump is circulating an executive order claiming that China interfered in the 2020 election as a pretext to declare a national emergency and ultimately to declare extraordinary presidential powers over voting.

Flowers need bees . Coffee pots need pourovers . The smaller one still needs a trim to fit the gallery . Have to wait until it's drier . Otherwise it'll shrink overmuch, rattle about . A tolerance of a mm or two, no more . Patience, patience . #pottersofbluesky #ceramics #woodfire #anagama

Coulter's Freudian slips double as white hoods.

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It feels amazing to be back into a real studio vibe! I've got the inspiration and the motivation, which means my already irritating day job is a whole new level of maddening 🫠I don't want to deal with ridiculous performance metrics, horrendous logistics, and rude customers. I just wanna make pots.

still thinking about that spruce tip bearnaise 🤤 last night felt like cooking for VIPs and edith said “that’s because we are” …the vibes we’re so great—it was a kitchen that was cooking for it’s community and you tasted it in every bite

Coming back time and again to Lord of the Rings, and it's message of enduring hope, even in the darkest times, I've come to realize something. People are looking for Aragorn, someone to rally behind, instead of trying to be a Sam. More people need to understand that Samwise Gamgee saved the world.

I put her on a teapot once #sciart

Threaten me with a good time.

Dear elected officials, You can at any point stop telling me what he is doing is illegal, I already know that. What i dont know is why you are all waiting on him to drop dead instead of doing something about it. And dont fucking tell me you "can't" there has to be a way to obstruct this criminal.

AND ON HIS BIRTHDAY?!?!?!?! On his BIRTHDAY?!?! Am I… happy? Is this happy?

OMFG we can still have CONSEQUENCES in 2026?!!!!

Trump made $4B in his first year of his second term. Trump is suing the IRS for $10B. Trump just announced the US will contribute $10B to his Board of Peace. A $10 billion contribution to a Board that he chairs without congressional appropriation or authorization. WAKE THE F*CK UP AMERICA.

Any political party spreading lies about voter fraud as a pretext to make it harder for every one to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone. Remember this.

youtube.com/shorts/u5s67... Making a Tagine for week 6! Anyone have some good recipes to try it out with? #pottersofbluesky #cooking #kitchenpotter #greatpotterythrowdown

Alright, I figured out that the tube assembly for my kiln needs to be replaced. Anyone have a spare 6" K type they're willing to part with laying around? 😆 #pottersofbluesky #kilnparts #replacement #takesmoneytomakemoney

Barrels again, because I find making the form difficult . One is not like the rest . And it had the best shape . Once it sets up, I'll cut off the base, throw a pad, join the hollow cylinder to it . No one has to know . Unlike the Epstein Files . #pottersofbluesky #ceramics #pottery

I’m tired of the ignorance of voters saying “idk what the big deal is about requiring id to vote”🤦🏽‍♀️ ppl take a civics class & understand the 24th Amendment makes poll taxes ILLEGAL! Ah yes that word illegal. You can’t make ppl PAY for a document to vote… it violates the constitution, so no SAVE Act!

youtu.be/WZjVjPaGPQo?... Week 5, the souvenir set challenge! #greatpotterythrowdown #makealong #challenge #pottersofbluesky

Interesting they’re throwing their tagine lids kinda like flared bowls. My instinct would have been to make a bottomless cylinder and then close it in. 🤷🏻‍♀️

youtube.com/shorts/Iimt8... I forgot to share it here! I sculpted a pair of bears for the Great Pottery Throwdown challenge, and I'm not going to let the lack of a Raku kiln stop me from doing something really cool! #pottersofbluesky #throwdown #makealong #challenge #pottery #sculpture #pitfire

Illustrating these two mugs took me basically the whole afternoon (& I’ve still got a long underglazing haul once they’re bisque fired)! They’re not sensible but I like them so much woooooooo!

Well, I asked my studio manager what he was up to, and this was his answer 😂 #pottersofbluesky #studiomanager #sillykitty #quick #lookbusy #totallywasntnappingonthejob #important #duties

Probably pour gold shino inside and out, as the iron deco should show through . I wish my hand were steadier . But then ash and flame should make up for what the hand lacks . Oh yeah . Fuk ICE (and every other goobermint paramilitary) . #pottersofbluesky #ceramics #pottery #woodfire #anagama

We're Watching. (Process)

We finally have a grand opening date set!! Mark your calendars🖤🥀 #pottery #ceramics #ncpottery #grandopening