Honestly one of my favourite books last year. SO worth it.

Thread includes the "credentials" of those involved. Don't trust them.

Me having drawn loads of Valentines Cards for you all and having sold about four… WHERE IS DA LUV? They’re all here. I need knickers and frazzles money Pls buy dem - I hate marketing. I just wanna make ART linktr.ee/Dippyfishcards #bsnm

So many amazing donations from authors, illustrators, agents & editors to the #PublishingForMinnesota auction! Bidding now open, ends Jan. 30th: www.32auctions.com/publishingfo... #KidLit #BookSky #EduSky #WriterSky

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

The teapot top colour and lid are the same glaze but it did somewhat different things, which is annoying.

So, detail shots and also what I did today. Starting with the latter. Not one of the mug/cylinders is clise to finished, never mind the head

Kiln goodies! Big group photo for now, details later.

CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today. This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting

Absolute banger of a comment on r/military: www.reddit.com/r/Military/c...

Drop the names of any Canadian companies you’ve seen working with ICE in the comments. I’m aware of Gardaworld, Roshel, Hootsuite. Would love to gather any and all other names.

I am from places where these things happen, and can go out in somepretty ugly weather, and this advice is sound if you aren't. A special note: the wet factor isn't just that wet skin chills much much faster, it's that wet clothes **stop insulating*.

this is your reminder, as some Weather approaches, that making "haha southerners can't handle a little snow" jokes is asinine and that the 2021 freeze killed several hundred people in Texas (state says 246, independent estimates put it as high as 700)

Two weeks of studio days with no pictures. Last week I was glazing and the works weren't fired yet. This week was my first on a wheel since, oh, October/November. Turned out ok but not trimmed yet. Also, OW. The muscles regret the gap..

Carbon monoxide deaths spike during power outages. Many times, this is due to portable generators being placed too close to people's homes or run indoors. Make sure you have working carbon monoxide alarms. Run your generator outdoors, at least 20ft away from your home.

If you have time to give a shit about Greenland today, please call your congress folks and loudly give a shit to spare a Minnesotan who is really otherwise occupied! reps.fyi

So have you ever gotten a series of phone calls from a collection agency looking for the guy who had your phone number two years ago (or who wrote down your phone number instead of his)? Because imagine if the collection agency was allowed to knock down your door and drag you out in handcuffs.

can we just quickly clear up an often repeated idea that Minneapolis is a “small city of 500k” or the “47th largest city in the US”? it is directly connected to st. paul, a city of 400,000. with the suburbs, the metro area is over 3.5 million people. your city won’t be safer because it is bigger.

Isn't it always the case that the police escort the fascists for fear of protest by the people the fascists would target? (Starts humming the Battle of Cable Street)

Dear famous people Everyone absolutely hates Harry Potter now

How about people DM him until he's out of free T-shirts, then post video of yourself setting the shirt on fire to show him he wasted his money and the country doesn't play his games?

If you're a writer, wondering why you should bother writing with the world on fire. It feels like it's not important, I need you to understand that it is. Even if it is just because it keeps you moving forward? Even if it only brings YOU joy, that gives you energy to fight & survive.

I put Humans need to take rest periods on the general action list.

Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing https://theonion.com/protesters-urged-not-to-give-trump-administration-pretext-for-what-it-already-doing/

Oh hey Bluesky: does anyone have YouTube videos that simply explain how to be a friend/how to be with people ? Target age would be middle school or tween. Kiddo finds other middle schoolers to be bewildering and would prefer video to a book.

The message from the White House this morning is that, once again, it falls on ordinary American citizens to remain calm and professional when dealing with the heavily armed agents of the government because they are very emotional and might fly off into a murderous rage at the slightest insult.

Istg they're so desperate for us to use that slop. How about no.

it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI

Proposal: people who aren't disabled stop appearing on panels about cyborgs, implants, and transhumanism.

Thread. And for my fellow Americans: making annexation jokes to a Canadian is exactly the same behavior as “Your Body, My Choice.” Those comments put you on the same moral ground as jackasses on the Tate and Rogan plan. It’s not funny, it’s a threat. It’s not a joke. Don’t do that shit.

I see the "how will we enforce the laws if we abolish ice?" thing is being trotted out and three things: 1. Ice isn't old enough to rent a car 2. How did we enforce them before ice, isn't that an option? 3. Should we even be enforcing these laws?

Pushing it, because I think the first line alone means little without the rest of the paragraph.

Kerstin Hall's Asunder. The protag is on a job she was hired to do which explains who she is, what powers she has, what problem is motivating her .... and by the end of the chapter that mission took a major turn that causes the entire rest of the book.

I prefer the first chapter include an inciting event; not action for the sake of action but an event that leads to the story beyond, and gives us a sketch of the person we are following. Starting with action then having to backtrack & explain the lead-up for 5 chapters is the wrong way. So is...

Define hook. A clever first line won't do it though I can cite some; I can also think of at least one clever opening line with no substance in the following paragraphs and a complete collapse of tension. There has to be follow through enough to lead me into the scene, and to the chapter end.

I don’t find it productive to shame people for ‘showing up late’ wrt to social awareness. We all show up when we show up. But I strongly encourage new people who show up to do so while assuming a listening posture. I promise, we’ve heard your ideas & opinions before, back when we were less informed.

This is heartbreaking, and also upsetting to see it amplified instantaneously when video shows her wife crying and talking about their kid at school. We have no idea what kind of family dynamics are at play and a same-sex partner is vulnerable to being muscled out of the story, so we should use care

Oops, I didn't follow up with yesterday's actual creation progress. So:

A really easy New Year's resolution you can make is to try adding better alt text to your images. Even if you don't do it 100% of the time, wholeassing alt text on some of your works means accounts like mine will share it!

A lot of people are fighting over whether or not watching a video of someone's death makes you a better activist or person and I would like to gently suggest that what you do in response to the video's existence is what matters, whether you watched it or not.

(checks the news after a day of writing) Well, fuck. (this is an evergreen post, alas)

Kiln goodies! A thread.

Read whole thread. Do not promote your book. Offer questions.

What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids? Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.

Days after his third dementia screening in six months the president of the United States, who is an open pedophile, abducts a foreign head of state

No cheating, respect with the most recent picture of your pet(s). (No, my daughter is not the "pet" here)

TIL that Japan has a museum called the Chinsekikan, which translates to “Hall of Curious Rocks”, that displays hundreds of naturally formed stones resembling human faces. ⚒️ #Geology japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/features/jap...

When Nick Shirley arrived to "test" if he could enroll his son "Joey" in Minneapolis day cares, his viral video omitted that he showed up with an entourage of masked men acting like security, multiple vehicles including vans, cameras, and men who wouldn't identify themselves. One day care owner /

Uh… check out what ChatGPT allegedly told a man before he killed his mother and then himself. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...