Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing. These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

Good news in the global war on fascism:

The center of DC crime is in the White House.

"Baltimore County Public Libraries announced on Wednesday that free naloxone is available at all its branches, as part of an ongoing partnership with the County's Department of Health and Human Services." www.wmar2news.com/news/region/...

In Europe there are high-speed rail trainsets that are faster than anything in the US that have been abandoned because they’re outdated.

This is Bug. He would like to be picked up for cuddles. It is an emergency. 13/10 (IG: bugthebrusselsgriffon)

This is an uninterrupted minute of Maruay the rescued tiger with his beloved ball..🥰😇 #bluesky

ok, cis folks—if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time. S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped *monday.* short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵 legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...

Has anyone seen non luxury apartments being built in their neighborhood? I'm not talking townhomes k, just an apt building without a dog spa or a gym. Can we go back to when apts didn't require those things and could automatically have lower costs

Learning to drive after the amygdala has fully formed requires you to routinely gaslight yourself into pretending this isn't the most insane and dangerous practice we do daily. How do people let their kids behind the wheel of a car, but somehow are shocked that I was taking the subway at 14.

I'm forever hoping I'll be able to be a first time home buyer in my family. But these real estate apps need a search section for homes with real wood floors. Cause the shoddy flip jobs for older apt buildings hurts my soul. Why would u put vinyl over parquet?!

Got my first "Violating an Executive Order" and "I'll make sure you lose federal funding" parent threat today for teaching "DEI" books in our upcoming "Liberty and Justice" themed unit. Even in "Blue" Massachusetts we're dealing with this. Anyway, don't obey in advance, and don't obey later.

name a book about vampires.

tan agradecida por este increíble libro ❤️ @arlenedavila.bsky.social

Finally restocked. newyoricans.com

Ok I’m on it

While I knew I had no hope of receiving social security despite paying into it since I was 14 I am now having to figure how the hell we are supposed to support my parents depending on theirs in case it all gets pulled.

I’ve literally put in 250 job applications last year. I had THREE interviews. The only job I got was a seasonal receptionist position. Since the start of the new year, I’ve put in 30 and have only had one interview that went nowhere.

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The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here. HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻 archive.org/details/2025...

On February 8-9, DMV EWOC invites you to the Education Workers Organizing Training: Workplace Control and Resistance Workshop. The training is in D.C. from 9am-5pm each day. For details about the training, please fill out the following registration form: forms.gle/dDT6xFwLXPQP... #EduSky

Me: I joke that Mars is the only straight planet, but I realized I'm projecting my trauma with abusive men in the Mars science community, plus Elon Musk, onto the planet, which means I'm the one forcing heteronormativty onto Mars My therapist: You put words in an order I've never heard before

Gwen is one of the best experts we follow. You should, too.

redesign of the piece that has gotten me restricted/suspended at least 4 times 😇

Bison, not prison: Activists buy a prison site to rewild the land. A coal mine was the first to wreck the land. Now activists want to keep another extractive industry from taking root there: prisons grist.org/justice/biso... #bison #Coal #Rewild #Climate #Kentucky

It's almost like single family zoning has distorted our real estate market!!!!

⚡️BREAKING: Columbia students just sued the university for attacks on pro-Palestine activism. As Trump threatens to deport ‘pro-Hamas’ students, campus activists who were suspended last spring fight back. 🔽 www.dropsitenews.com/p/columbia-s...

Congressman @beyer.house.gov will be going to USAID today with colleagues to shine a light on what is happening there, I think others will join us. Figuring out details now and will share but flagging now for press and public in the area

1/ For the people who are asking: “Where are the protests?!” There have been many! Much of them organized by immigrants rights groups and leftists. Here’s a thread of some I have found, or know people who have attended. Feel free to add your own.

Workers in DC are fighting to block Musk's minions. "About 100 Federal employees and supporters...blocked the doors to...‘data miners’....The small group of young men eventually left without entering after the protesters would not let them near the front doors." dcmediagroup.us/2025/02/02/f...

A true legend, inspiration, icon. Thanks to all of the gifts you have given us. Safe passage to the beyond ❤️❤️

Received emails today from two different places, but the same JD that I was overqualified and underqualified. One place made it clear my lack of MA despite working in this industry for 10 years made it impossible to move to the next stage.

The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, is ending its DEI programs as a result of an executive order issued by President Donald Trump.

The threat of ICE has tons of people on high alert, the result is claims of ICE seen without firm or specific info people can actually use — & sometimes, no ICE at all. It’s never “ICE spotted in Queens,” but “4 SUVs labeled DHS seen parked on 57th & 59th in Maspeth at 2:34pm.” Be specific!

They have trainings today in Durham and Raleigh

For those interested, action steps for attending meetings, because being in the room matters.

Found some joy in small things like after living in MA for 4 years and not being able to find scallion cream cheese for bagels. FINALLY DMV has come through (in this department). Saudades da minha criança interior.

NYC is doing ICE watch trainings! Check ur local mutual aid orgs they may be going similar things....

I'm shocked to be reposting a political article from teen vogue of all places but this is a great read. A big take away: having community trained fact checkers on posts sent about where ICE agents are b/c ppl get overwhelmed with posts that may or may not be true....

new read from @dukepress.bsky.social while I heal from my leg injury. Thoughts forthcoming.....she is a good 600 pages.

I propose that cover letters should no longer matter - you don't read them and everyone seems to use AI to write them. Instead we should have short answer questions so everyone gets what they want.