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Alina Pete
@alinapete.bsky.social
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(They/them) Award-winning Indigenous (nehiyaw) cartoonist & writer. Editor Indiginerds, CFFT: North America, Life Finds A Way, creator of Weregeek
Pets: Nutmeg, Merry & Pippin, Pico

Portfolio: https://www.alina-pete.com/
https://linktr.ee/alinapete
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stupidtwink.bsky.social
a three panel comic. first panel, a man in heat resistant gloves comes across a canister of tear gas being thrown at his feet. second panel he has picked it up and someone yells to him, "throw it back!" third panel, he is throwing back his ass. END
February 11, 2026 at 1:52 AM
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razzball.bsky.social
Isabella Wranå won gold for curling, but should've for this video
February 11, 2026 at 1:09 AM
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sarahcrgr.bsky.social
The small-town paper in Tumbler Ridge is going to need support. This is its front page right now. Their subscription page is here:
www.patreon.com/tumblerridge...
Headline reads: my heart can't bear
February 11, 2026 at 4:52 AM
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tristanl.ee
People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
Screenshot of Amazon customer support chat getting refund for a Ring Floodlight Cam https://www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurveillance/comments/1r0m509/comment/o4jc9xz/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button Screenshot of chat with Amazon customer support getting refund for a Ring product bought in October 2020 https://www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurveillance/comments/1r0m509/comment/o4k6nqk/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button Infographic telling Ring customers they can get refunds for their purchases through Amazon
February 10, 2026 at 9:55 AM
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nathankalmoe.bsky.social
“what we’re witnessing is…on the scale of the larger concentration camp systems in history—the Soviet Gulag, the Nazi concentration camps, & Chinese labor camps…The admin is actively aspiring to a system of that magnitude to reshape society to its racial, political & cultural prefs for generations”
andreapitzer.bsky.social Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 4h
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:40 AM
alinapete.bsky.social
L: (pointing at his leg, where Nutmeg is sitting) Hey look! You've heard of elf on a shelf? Well this is...

Me: Bird on a nerd?

L: (scoffing) No! Meg on a leg!

Me: No I got it right the first time
February 11, 2026 at 1:04 AM
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benjamindewey.bsky.social
I made a little comic celebrating something nice in the world that my family loves. It can also serve as a recommendation for those of you who are (or are considering becoming) parents. Finding joy where you can is a survival skill in bizarre and awful times. I ‘ll fix the typos (I just noticed!)
My baby-son really likes the little blue truck series of books. I’m grateful for that because they are always a good time for me too. The best kids books, from a parental perspective, are the sort you don’t mind reading a thousand times over. All of these stories have depth and heart. The title character is considerate and kind from his first appearance. Even when others are rude, little blue makes an effort to show them that there’s a better way. Blue’s world is populated with a great supporting cast of animals that he includes, befriends and cares for. I love doing voices for each of them. The attention to detail in the words and images are what makes each story work revisiting. A simple counting story or texture book still integrates lessons about diversity and consent. The series’s first artist passed in 2017 but her name still shares equal billing with the author. One could see that as a lesson about loyalty hiding in plain sight. All of this stuff may seem obvious but it’s rare to find all of it done with consistent subtlety, brevity and beauty. I find new layers to love each time through. These days, neighbors are scared to trust, decency is a foreign currency and kindness is framed as weak. It’s heartening that Little Blue Truck offers a wholesome alternative.
February 5, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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telekitnetic.bsky.social
#telekitneticart #formline #indigenousart

🚮⚙️ You cannot automate the human experience

(Sticker up now) 👉 ko-fi.com/s/3ecf690ed7
A picture of a 3-inch anti-generative AI holographic sticker with a formline design on it. The design has a black border with sparkles lining it. Text within the border reads “you cannot automate the human experience.” The formline design depicts a decapitated robot head with vacant eyes. Next to it are two ravens, with one raven perched on the head with a piece of the robot’s antenna in its beak. A picture of a 3-inch anti-generative AI holographic sticker with a formline design on it. The design has a black border with sparkles lining it. Text within the border reads “you cannot automate the human experience.” The formline design depicts a decapitated robot head with vacant eyes. Next to it are two ravens, with one raven perched on the head with a piece of the robot’s antenna in its beak. This picture shows the sticker in more detail, being held up by fingers.
February 7, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”

There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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404media.co
NEW: Ring has introduced "Search Party", a horrifyingly dystopian feature nominally designed to turn all of the Ring cameras in a neighborhood into a dragnet that uses AI to look for, in their commercial, a cute lost dog.

With Ring, US consumers are actually building a surveillance dragnet.
With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet
Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.
www.404media.co
February 10, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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joshuawcotter.bsky.social
Make Art (4/4)
Handprints of the 5 animals included in the previous 3 panels, along with text that reads “RESIST COMMODIFICATION. DEFY CORPORATOCRACY. DEFY OLIGARCHY. DEFY THEIR ANTI-HUMAN, ANTI-LIFE AUTHORITARIAN MOVEMENT. MAKE ART.”
February 10, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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angus.bsky.social
One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
jbendery.bsky.social Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 11h
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.

That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
www.huffpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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amyraehill.bsky.social
Break the Ice (process)
February 10, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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twospirittrickster.bsky.social
Gotta make room for new magic!
I sometimes am pained even at erasing something I liked in my art, but you have to make room for the new magic to come through. It's a clean up kind of season. #trasheroes
February 10, 2026 at 4:26 AM
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mariopro.bsky.social
@smoothdunk2.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 1:12 AM
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tacobusart.bsky.social
I got mad about AI so I made this comic about The Fucking Point of it all (1/7)
August 4, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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runwithskizzers.bsky.social
omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for

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Draw a horse, watch it run!
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February 9, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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gbdialga.bsky.social
Oh my god, so many people are canceling Nitro that it's having issues processing it, cook 'em hard bois.
February 9, 2026 at 4:12 PM
alinapete.bsky.social
Everyone else is getting excited about the Olympics, but REAL ONES know that the Arctic Winter Games are where it's at.

So excited to be one of the guest artists invited to come and document the event!

pop-culture.arts.ubc.ca/meet-the-awg...
UBC
pop-culture.arts.ubc.ca
February 9, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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propublica.org
8/ For more on what kids are experiencing inside the Dilley detention center, read the full story by reporter @micarosenberg.bsky.social:
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
www.propublica.org
February 9, 2026 at 12:43 PM
alinapete.bsky.social
But I still have to pick up their poop

so much poop
February 9, 2026 at 8:32 PM
alinapete.bsky.social
Also my pets DO love when I kiss them and fuss over them.

They tell me so, and shove themselves into my hand for more kisses and snuggles, especially if I'm in the middle of some important project
amirtalai.bsky.social Amir Talai @amirtalai.bsky.social · 1d
"Your pets may not necessarily love it when you kiss and hug them"

Yeah well I may not necessarily love picking up poop so I guess we're all gonna have to make some sacrifices.
February 9, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
“Collection of Handwritten Letters from Children in Detention Center” sounds like an exhibit in the Holocaust Museum.
propublica.org ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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lindenshieldarts.bsky.social
ENCHANTED FOREST NOTEPADS ARE BACK! ✨️
And they now also come in a lush green version! (which is actually the original version that was a Patreon reward a few years ago 🤭)

AND I have a few discounted ones with minor defaults!

Get your own: lindenshieldarts.com/collections/...
A photo of two notepads, placed on a wooden desk and surrounded by a pencil, leaves, and crystals. The left notepad features a border of bright green moss as well as other greenery; the right one features a darker version with purple moss and glowing blue mushrooms.
February 9, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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mattielubchansky.com
who runs the world | patreon.com/lubchansky
PANEL 1: MATTIE, looking at her phone, talking to someone offscreen. MATTIE: Hey, did you see this big list that got published? VO: No! What is it. PANEL 2: MATTIE, raising her eyebrows. MATTIE: Looks like there's an undercover cabal of draculas and other ghouls that seemingly kind of runs the entire world AND is responsible for every shitty thing that's happened for like, two decades. Huh. PANEL 3: MATTIE, looking at the person she's been talking to, who appears to be some sort of dracula. THE DRACULA: Have you read the whole thing yet? MATTIE: No, why? PANEL 4: Another GHOUL appears on the other side of MATTIE. DRACULA: I was just going to say it's probably not that big of a deal who's on there, actually. GHOUL: Classic over-reaction.
February 9, 2026 at 2:59 PM