My perspective on this is informed by having worked as at a state psychiatric hospital for three or so years when I was young, and by having done my training at a couple more while studying toward board certification.

Hey so you ever go in intentionally trying to make something fucked up looking and then accidentally fuck it up more but it works because the joke just keep building? Anyway here's the cross stitch I did. #art #crossstitch #crossstitching

Romanizing languages is fraught, and some languages have been romanized in different ways (think 北京, which Hanyu Pinyin represents as "Beijing" versus the older "Peking" of Wade-Giles / Imperial Post). Nahuatl is no different, as you'll notice if you ever search for words in it the language. 1/

Okay, take a break and drop your poetry recs. Here's one to start: samuelhhurley.com

I love when doctors say "avoid stress" like I can just unsubscribe from economy and become a decorative gargoyle

A guy chilling in the shade 🌿 #art #witchhatatelier #Δ帽子

If you think tonight felt good, @senadorajulie.bsky.social is up against a do-nothing Senate Dem incumbent next week. If there's one race in the country I'd focus on for the next 7 days, it's that one. Throw her some support: www.julieforcolorado.com

I'm so fucking tired of hearing that trans kids need to eat shit. That we need to let lawless bygones be bygones. That data centers get all our water and we just need to adjust to the future. That the Supreme Court is static and we just need to sit there and not have rights.

This is a fight between the volunteers of the Democratic Party and the consultant/billionaire class of the Democratic Party. That's what it is.

wait, i've got something for this...

Charm the Ferryman just released! A 3-5 player game of ridiculous storytelling on a romp across the underworld to collect items and stories to convince Charon to ferry you back across the River Styx. johnson-ofair.itch.io/charm-the-fe... All your stories are canon, make new underworld lore!

Some other reasons why being deemed "seeking admission" is bad. In "inadmissibility" cases, the "applicant" bears the burden in immigration court of proving they are entitled to be admitted. In "deportability" cases, the government (ICE) bears the burden of proving the person may be deported.

Shop reopens with a big update on Friday June 26th at 5pm CEST, so thought I'd make a thread of the new things coming in (and some old ones too) 💛 First up is my plant zine that I've had in the works forever 🌸🌿

In other news, if you put TADC discourse on my skyline I WILL find a way to throw an egg at you through the computer. Thank you for your cooperation.

Throw the whole system away. 🚮

you: Please, dr moreau. your unholy creations are an affront to god. creatures of land should not combine with creatures of the sea. a baby belongs with its mother sheep, not imprisoned within a pearlescent shell until you see fit to pry open its hinges dr moreau: clamb

"The only lasting truth / Is Change." On thys daye yn 1947, Octavia E. Butler was born in Pasadena, California, USA. Her giftes to literature, the art of science fictioun, and the worlde of ideas are immeasurable. Her worke prepared us for thys tyme. www.womenshistory.org/education-re...

When I write historical fiction set in Anahuac (the modern Valley of Mexico, now almost completely covered by Mexico City), I get to add names for characters whom I've created or for whom there is no record of a name. Over the next few weeks, I'll list my favorite pre-Invasion Nahuatl names. 1/

regular reminder: most of the USAID/DOGE deaths you're seeing in the news haven't happened yet. they are still preventable. to do that, the emergency must be at the top of the list when democrats take power—even as critical domestic issues flood the calendar, and even if there's no trifecta (yet).

It has come to my attention tonight that there is a cool thing that many libraries do that people are unaware of: you can often get free or discounted museum tickets via your public library!!

HEY ART FRIENDS! If you've got lineart collecting dust on your harddrive please consider submitting it as a coloring sheet for the upcoming Romancing the Vote auction. if you do you'll be helping me and my neighbors keep our right to vote 🫰🏽🫠

Weyland-Yutani from Aliens is a surprisingly realistic portrayal of companies nowadays because you never get any real idea of how they actually make money but they certainly have a desire to do evil and sometimes Paul Reiser is there

"Its swimsuit season", I whisper, eating another swimsuit

Open NOW! Calling all trans and nonbinary authors: send us your speculative horror!!! Rates: 8 cents/word for fiction, $50/poem. GUIDELINES and the submissions portal: hybrispress.moksha.io/publication/3 (Plus, more details in the quoted thread!)

Please spread the word! I’m still open to submissions for the second volume of Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction! Professional pay rate for short stories. Deadline is the end of August. Here are the details: soniasulaiman.com/thyme-travel...

Kaleidotrope re-opens to fiction and poetry submissions in four weeks from today—July 19-25! kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/

Trying to name a bunch of silly english villages for an RPG adventure is so disheartening. How can I possibly top the real Hampshire village of Nether Wallop? Nothing I write will ever come close.

Violet Lichen is NOW OPEN to novella queries until June 30th! 🌱🍄 We're seeking speculative and literary ecofiction and sci-fi between 30-45k words. We look forward to reading your work! Read Full Submission Guidelines: violetlichen.com/submissions/ Query Portal: querytracker.net/query/Violet...

There's never been a man who's been proven more right than the 30-50 feral hogs guy

NEW ART ALERT! 🌸 I really enjoyed painting this one, I hope you enjoy it too!

Re-upping my big heat preparedness thread from yesterday.

Great news for anyone wanting to take ink for a spin 👇

Masks and air purifiers won’t cut it for folks in the immediate area of the Boyle Heights fire, but here are some of the resources available, including a link to the air purifier request form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Posting mutual aid is an act of COURAGE and BRAVERY and there is ABSOLUTELY ZERO SHAME in it and I don’t want a single one of you feel even for one second that you are being judged. People that actually matter want nothing more than to support and love you.

It’s national indigenous people’s day!! :D Hadïh!! I’m Jay, I’m from the Wet’suwet’en nation, and I create physical and digital formline artwork!! 📧 [email protected] 🛍️ ko-fi.com/telekitnetic... 🖼️ www.jazzjosart.com #formline #indigenouspeoplesday #indigenousart #telekitneticart

In the professional aid world this is phrased as "everyone deserves human dignity" and "unmaintainable dependencies create unintentional harm". It's not controversial, but let's break down what that means 🧵👇

Métis Miku (Creeku) #vocaloid #HatsuneMiku #cree #art

It’s time once again to bring out your Solstice fudge.

Went to the aquarium today! I wish you all: The whimsy of the leopard shark The boldness of the starfish The peace of the harbor seal

Watching a video on final fantasy 6 and the narrator called Edgar “Edge” who was a character from final fantasy 4. I went to the comments to yell at his ignorant ass but everyone had already given the guy the business and it was at that moment I realized I still have never read Moby Dick

Microsoft had $80 billion to piss up a wall on AI investment, and I don't want this fact lost when we're talking about studio closures, they had obscene amounts of money to throw at slop machines.

NarraScope 2026 talks are online, free to view, in record time! Here's the playlist, starting with the second keynote speech from @sharangbiswas.bsky.social. The other keynote was given by @meredithgran.com. I'll add thoughts on my favorite talks after I get a chance to view the ones I missed.

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Potentially greatest thrift store find of all time. I have no idea what they’re for. Obviously drinking alcohol. But like. In what context? What kind of alcohol? I have no idea.

The idea that you can make an interesting and meaningful work of art that is also so in keeping with people's expectations and habits of mind that it can't be widely misunderstood — I just don't think this a battle that can reliably be won.

Hello darlings! I’m a black freelance artist who adore soft girls and romanticism. Poignancy and sentimentality. Please show support to black artists #juneteenth much love✨💕✨ #art