"I need to draw more" I tell myself every day, while not drawing anyway here are some cuties

The assassination of Charlie Kirk makes we worry we can no longer have peaceful discussions of whether gays should be stoned to death or civil and collegial debates about whether black people are inherently inferior. Our culture will suffer. New York Times tomorrow

I don't care what zoomers think, White Blank Page slaps

feeling guilty for making horse art when the country is on fire but also, making horse art because the country is on fire

I love going to horse shows as a spectator, but the thing is I want to tell everyone their horse is a cutie pie and I can't anticipate whether any given equestrian sees their horse as a Very Serious Athlete or just a little guy

they should make Chopped for designers "in your ZIP file is Avenir Black, a rainbow halftone texture, Pantone 306C, and a stock photo of a tiger. You must use all those assets to make an Instagram ad for wineglasses. You have one hour."

Pretty wild to make your entire case about how immigrants are lawless freeloaders, but having to go to their workplaces and court hearings to arrest them.

conservatives be like "libs are so elitist because intelligence isn't everything. there are more important traits to have, like kindness or integrity" and then not have kindness or integrity

make politics boring again

isn't it weird how the people who are categorically distrustful of politicians and harped for years about how the government is deeply corrupt... suddenly love the guy who is blatantly corrupt and untrustworthy. I'm begging them to use their conspiratorial libertarian skepticism just. this. once.

I think MAGA honestly believes economics is like a secret CIA-level operation and not a scientific field. Econ can be exploratory but it's not like, some unknowable concept. These aren't like war plans with a secret strategy. We can all see the effects. "He's playing chess!" he's eating glue.

I'm watching Criminal Minds through for the first time, and I regret to inform everyone I am officially off the market because I've fallen madly in love with Emily Prentiss

the pope after meeting JD Vance: aight that's enough

republicans: we totally support immigration when it's done legally republicans when immigrants come here legally: actually we don't like this either

apparently you can get republicans to cheer for higher taxes as long as you call them something else

do republicans understand there's more to governance than just... punishing people

He’s pulled the knife half way out of the economy’s back, but the injury (no longer a reliable trading partner) will take years to heal. #stupid

yesterday my coworkers were chatting near my desk about how graphic design is a skilled profession and requires specific training, while I was simultaneously struggling to resize a photo in Illustrator

I've been harping that we should keep creating art for a future world where art matters again. Which isn't meritless, but I'm starting to think that's the wrong approach. Art matters MOST in times of chaos and calamity. There isn't a future world. The shape of the road is the road.

my offer to america: we bring woke back

No one could’ve predicted that Trump would put in exactly the kind of tariffs he repeatedly promised to put in

All I keep thinking about is how Pete Hegseth raised questions of the competency of a Black four-star general and Air Force fighter pilot who was the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Hegseth asked did he get the job “because of his skin color? Or his skill? We’ll never know, but always doubt.”

if the arts didn't matter, they wouldn't have commandeered the Kennedy Center

highly, highly recommend starting a new Stardew Valley farm in these trying times

STOP reading books and START drinking paint

"Democrats need to learn from this" the only thing Democrats need to learn is that people are primitive, fear-driven creatures, and progress isn't guaranteed as long as someone else is whispering into their ears that all their biases and prejudices are valid

I'm too late for #caturday but I offer you my latest photo: "there's a squirrel outside."

Most of the history of human civilization has been in the shadow of authoritarians, dictactors, and profiteering warlords. Our situation is very bad; there will be a lot of cruelty and needless suffering. But music, culture, art, creativity, awe, love, and friendship will endure. They always have.

yeah the country is falling apart but I just had a really good burrito, so

just saw myself on a security camera, so my day is ruined

I like to think of myself as an onion. Peel back the many layers and deep down inside you’ll find a smaller, more anxious onion

devastating news: taking time for hobbies actually does help

me: I just need to read one more article my adrenal glands: please... have mercy...

Hey man sorry to hear about all your political turmoil. Would it help if I scrolled around on the computer all day and drove myself insane?

This isn’t the most eloquent way to express it, but thank fuck for the arts Thank fuck for books Thank fuck for drawing and painting Thank fuck for movies Thank fuck for video games Thank fuck for all the creatives out there who will help us cope the next 4 years whether by escapism or a rally cry

"aren't you glad he's fixing the de minimis thing" this is like getting shot in the abdomen and then being glad for an advil

If we don’t oppose Trump aggressively enough, we might lose our democracy. But if we oppose him too aggressively, we might lose something even more important: our norms.

the fact that you have to draw if you want to finish a drawing is hitting me so hard rn... this is so suck...

me after spending the afternoon on my couch doomscrolling and getting progressively more nauseous: did it work, have I fixed the government yet

ten years from now "wow your design work was especially meticulous from 2025-2028. what made you lock in and focus so much?" me: twitches

this is exactly it. i wrote something similar not long ago

grieving the potential timelines while also trying my best in the current one

Republicans like to take an ice pick to mess around in the brain matter of institutions and then go "See what we can do? Imagine what the evil Dems were doing with all this power" despite showing zero evidence Dems were ever interested in lobotomizing institutions in the first place

me: I wish I had an excuse to work on my mental health and self care monkey's paw: curls

I love the phenomenon where items marketed for equestrians have either 1) absolutely hideous branding (walk down the aisle at tractor supply and tell me it's not an assault on the eyes) 2) luxury branding that rivals Lamborghini there is no in-between

i have written about this before but i have become extremely civic republican virtue pilled as a result of all of this. democracy will not work without an active effort to cultivate virtue among ordinary people!

I see your source leans left of center, so unfortunately I cannot trust its reliability. Try my source, deportthehomeless.maga

If you see something (horses), say something ("horses")

I've seen more than one MAGA individual claim that liberals have no idea what MAGA truly thinks. Ignoring that they've been pretty loud about their beliefs: populism isn't complicated. Even simpler are its darker shades: all the various -isms. It's radical, violent, illiberal... but simple.