Wow. Just passed a FedEx Truck on the highway fully engulfed in flames on the way to dinner.

So this year at #DragonCon we started a new tradition and watched the parade live while vending in the AA. Turns out DragonCon TV access is really affordable and we’re totally getting it every year now.

Is @monkeyminion.com prepping for #DragonCon by making even more Borbs for his Summer of the Borbs? Yes. Is the lack of sleep showing? Also yes.

Hello Gencon you beautiful beast! Dodge the crowds and say hi if you can while @monkeyminion.com and I are still almost able to communicate!

Are we bagging a new print in the hotel room before GenCon starts tomorrow? You bet we are! (Booth number 2831.)

Because@monkeyminion is never done making art for #SDCC, I’m cutting out this sticker…

I decided to make a villain (invasive species). I named this spotted lanternfly Sephiroth after a fellow evil beauty🖤 . . #spottedlanternfly #insect #entomology #invasivespecies

I actually talked to a real person in my Rep’s office! I was so shocked, I almost hung up. 😂 (Call your congress people.)

Serious question. Kristi Noem was pictured with a Rolex in El Salvador, and got 3k in cash stolen. She has been on a govt salary for years. Something aint right

Female Rufous-tailed Jacamar at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #birds #nature #costarica

Today’s post cards to my Congress people are a reminder that the Constitution requires due process for everyone and respecting that protects everyone - including citizens.

I used to purposefully make calls to my Congress people after office hours because I hate talking to people on the phone. Lately I’ve been trying to actually speak to someone during the day and they aren’t answering the phone.

Support the USPS 💙

Working on a possible idea for SDCC. SoCal folks! What is your favorite Southern California Bird? #sdcc

There’s many reasons why we (ecologists, conservation biologists) are pissed about the GMO gray wolves.

#NEW: The House has also voted to overturn the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's rule limiting overdraft fees to $5. 217-211. All yay votes were GOP, 1 GOP plus all voting Dems were nay. The big banks won. Regular people lost.

okay now that you all have gotten a taste of America's rational and predictable new trade policy, everyone who wants to build your new factories here just form an orderly line

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if I come out of this actually having been forced to understand the stock market, I'm going to be so fucking pissed

Tonight’s post cards to my Congress people are about social security offices and a reminder that my fellow Kansans in rural areas must have access to them. (The calls were about tariffs. Because I’m not going to stop calling until they do their jobs.)

Tonight’s phone calls were about tariffs, but this time I was able to thank Sen. Moran for joining Sen Grassley and ask my other Sen and Rep to show similar leadership and concern for Kansans.

your anger is warranted because all of this was avoidable.

Guess who just found a roll of 100 post card stamps in the back of a drawer? My Congress people best get used to hearing from me.

Being a night owl means that before I go to bed I can leave a politely angry message about tariffs for each of my Congress people at their DC office. Happy Monday.

This is high art

My postcards for tomorrow’s mail. Short, simple, and completely nonpartisan. Tariffs are a Tax.

Wait. Just found out that the CEO of Gumroad now works at DOGE? And that he saved up loads of money 'cause he fired everyone and replaced them with AI? I'm leaving the platform as soon as I get my money. Jesus christ. tedium.co/2025/04/06/g...

Blue state friends looking for small useful things to do: help a red state friend with a script for a phone call to their congress people. Remind them that they can call after hours and leave a message.

My phone messages to my congress people tonight were about tariffs and how tariffs=taxes. I told the Senators I was aware that they’d voted to increase my taxes and asked the Rep not to.

Today’s post cards to my Congress people are about Musk and Doge. I remind them that none of us voted for any of that and that they can stop him from accessing my data and hurting my parents’ social security.

Today’s phone messages for my rep and senators was about the Tariffs. I reminded them that I vote, the Tariffs are hurting Kansans, and that the Constitution gives Congress the power to fix it.

Equity Arc, which trains young musicians of color, was set to play with the US Marine Band — until Trump's anti-DEI order canceled the show. But Chicago stepped up, and now the students will perform at @chicagosymphony.bsky.social on 4/6. Grab a free ticket and join me in cheering them on. cso.org

72% tariff on enamel pins starting May 2nd

Honestly never thought I’d see it. I thought we’d always have that hateful asterisk on our history. And maybe our history meant we deserved it. But Sen Booker proved me wrong. Not just by breaking the record, but by reminding me that our future deserves better than the mistakes of our past.

He’s gonna do it. I’m gonna hear him do it.

Senator Cory Booker -- nearly 23 hrs into this -- is more coherent than your average elected official speaking (while seated) at an average legislative hearing. Even if you haven't been watching all along, dip in for a moment -- he is making considerable sense: www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...

I’ve been flying Southwest only for more than a decade. But if Southwest wants to act like every other airline, then I’ll treat them that way. Time to start price shopping I guess.

Taking a tiny bit of joy where I can. Have some birds.

New Art! First in a series we’re working on for this year, featuring three of my favorite things smashed together: space exploration, Roman/greek mythology and art nouveau. This will be at Emerald City Comicon in a few weeks. #art 🌞 #sciart 🐒🎨

So I’m not a visual artist and I can’t always immediately tell when someone claims AI bs as “their art.” But that sad, stupid feeling I get when I show it to Dane and he has to show me what I missed…oof. There’s enough disappointment in the world right now. Don’t do that to a person, ok?

“I’m not actually scared, I’m just TOO tactically aware” is what you would get if you held up a bark translator to a chihuahua

They are trying to worry and stress you out. Trying. You are in control of you. Full stop.

Just learned that the Cardinalis cardinalis, or Northern Cardinal, is the state bird of 7 states. Maybe they should give another bird a chance?

We were promised a blizzard. Instead, we’re getting ice and flickering lights.

"Kansas agreed to permanently stop enforcing a law that undermined the work of voter registration organizations by imposing criminal penalties on individuals whose actions could be construed as conduct that would be undertaken by an election official." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Music people! I’ve heard that Spotify doesn’t actually pay all of the artists who get streams, but Apple Music does and at a slightly higher rate. Anyone have a moment to shed some light?

Working on a project and I just learned that all conures are parakeets, but not all parakeets are conures. Now you know too.

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I’m confused. Is this about my garden?