Andrew Prahin
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Andrew Prahin
@aprahin.bsky.social
· Mar 1
Hello fellow social platform refugees. I'm a children's book author-illustrator with a deep love of science and history and people in cafes and bars whispering the resistance into life.
Over here manifesting French police raids through illustration. Elon Musk can't be removed from society quickly enough.
February 3, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Over here manifesting French police raids through illustration. Elon Musk can't be removed from society quickly enough.
We live in a new era of abundance. We're spoiled for choice: Trump? Musk? Putin? Netanyahu? Thiel? Miller? bin Salman Al Saud? Murdoch? Bezos? Kushner? Zuckerberg? The pastor down the street who gleefully works for ICE?...
The official theme song of “it might happen today”
When that Man is Dead and Gone (1941) - Protest song against Hitler (Live Take)
YouTube video by Lizzy & the Triggermen
youtu.be
February 1, 2026 at 9:36 AM
We live in a new era of abundance. We're spoiled for choice: Trump? Musk? Putin? Netanyahu? Thiel? Miller? bin Salman Al Saud? Murdoch? Bezos? Kushner? Zuckerberg? The pastor down the street who gleefully works for ICE?...
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It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
January 31, 2026 at 12:41 AM
It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
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You may have seen pictures, but have you ever seen video of a gigantic jet #TLE from space?
Astronaut Jeanette Epps captured this incredible sequence on July 20th, 2024 for the DTU/@science.esa.int Thor-Davis experiment. 🧪🔭
youtu.be/xN2J7_rOBJY
Credit: ESA/NASA/J. Epps
Processing: Simeon Schmauß
Astronaut Jeanette Epps captured this incredible sequence on July 20th, 2024 for the DTU/@science.esa.int Thor-Davis experiment. 🧪🔭
youtu.be/xN2J7_rOBJY
Credit: ESA/NASA/J. Epps
Processing: Simeon Schmauß
January 30, 2026 at 9:09 PM
You may have seen pictures, but have you ever seen video of a gigantic jet #TLE from space?
Astronaut Jeanette Epps captured this incredible sequence on July 20th, 2024 for the DTU/@science.esa.int Thor-Davis experiment. 🧪🔭
youtu.be/xN2J7_rOBJY
Credit: ESA/NASA/J. Epps
Processing: Simeon Schmauß
Astronaut Jeanette Epps captured this incredible sequence on July 20th, 2024 for the DTU/@science.esa.int Thor-Davis experiment. 🧪🔭
youtu.be/xN2J7_rOBJY
Credit: ESA/NASA/J. Epps
Processing: Simeon Schmauß
I worked for years in the red brick building at bottom left.
Outer Drive, Chicago, by Emma Bormann
American, 1887-1974
1936
More info: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/30537
American, 1887-1974
1936
More info: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/30537
January 29, 2026 at 9:41 PM
I worked for years in the red brick building at bottom left.
Here's a little 4-panel tale about old-timey animal-people who are done with oligarchy and kleptocracy and misogynistic, white supremacist babymen:
#art #illustration #x #corruption
#art #illustration #x #corruption
A TIMELY PARABLE:
While the people scrounged what they could to survive, a wealthy merchant amassed so much treasure that, if he chose, he could transform the land into a happy, healthy paradise. 1/4
While the people scrounged what they could to survive, a wealthy merchant amassed so much treasure that, if he chose, he could transform the land into a happy, healthy paradise. 1/4
January 29, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Here's a little 4-panel tale about old-timey animal-people who are done with oligarchy and kleptocracy and misogynistic, white supremacist babymen:
#art #illustration #x #corruption
#art #illustration #x #corruption
A TIMELY PARABLE:
While the people scrounged what they could to survive, a wealthy merchant amassed so much treasure that, if he chose, he could transform the land into a happy, healthy paradise. 1/4
While the people scrounged what they could to survive, a wealthy merchant amassed so much treasure that, if he chose, he could transform the land into a happy, healthy paradise. 1/4
January 28, 2026 at 1:05 PM
A TIMELY PARABLE:
While the people scrounged what they could to survive, a wealthy merchant amassed so much treasure that, if he chose, he could transform the land into a happy, healthy paradise. 1/4
While the people scrounged what they could to survive, a wealthy merchant amassed so much treasure that, if he chose, he could transform the land into a happy, healthy paradise. 1/4
Wisdom continually bubbled up from the Simpsons primordial soup.
i know it's not entirely that serious but whenever i hear "bluesky need to be less full of unfun woke leftists to pull people away from the nazi child porn generator site" this flashes through my head
January 24, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Wisdom continually bubbled up from the Simpsons primordial soup.
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It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
It is looooooong past time to bring back old-timey, French-style parades with people like this as the guests of honor.
Bessent: "Someone, maybe your parents for their retirement have bought 5, 10, 12 homes."
January 22, 2026 at 4:29 PM
It is looooooong past time to bring back old-timey, French-style parades with people like this as the guests of honor.
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
It's been a horrifying run for humanity and I've struggled for years with how to react. How can I drop kids' art into social feeds sharing nonstop updates about the unrelenting heinous acts of powerful people?
I've thinking about things all wrong.
Stay tuned for a series of parables.
I've thinking about things all wrong.
Stay tuned for a series of parables.
January 9, 2026 at 12:24 PM
It's been a horrifying run for humanity and I've struggled for years with how to react. How can I drop kids' art into social feeds sharing nonstop updates about the unrelenting heinous acts of powerful people?
I've thinking about things all wrong.
Stay tuned for a series of parables.
I've thinking about things all wrong.
Stay tuned for a series of parables.
I lived in America for 40+ years, so I know first-hand what happens when government serves only oligarchs and frustrated citizens turn their anger on the wrong people. There is a better way forward than the horrific US model. The Greens offer that path through empathetic, non-corporate leadership.
Trump started it.
Reform and Tories are at it too.
And Labour already heading in that direction.
All cruel, potentially deadly and does nothing to fix the cost of living crisis.
Reform and Tories are at it too.
And Labour already heading in that direction.
All cruel, potentially deadly and does nothing to fix the cost of living crisis.
January 8, 2026 at 11:46 AM
I lived in America for 40+ years, so I know first-hand what happens when government serves only oligarchs and frustrated citizens turn their anger on the wrong people. There is a better way forward than the horrific US model. The Greens offer that path through empathetic, non-corporate leadership.
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
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“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…
lithub.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
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Alternative angles of Harrison Reed great goal vs Liverpool
January 4, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Alternative angles of Harrison Reed great goal vs Liverpool
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I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day.
Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:23 PM
I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day.
Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
🧵
Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
🧵
Going to say it again; unless you live in the middle of nowhere or otherwise have ZERO other options to acquire necessities, there is not a single good reason to support Amazon. In fact, it's morally wrong to use Amazon.
I just found out that our stuff is being sold on Amazon - WITHOUT our consent or any ability to opt out bc Amazon is just scraping artist’s websites and putting our shit in their search results. Again, without our permission.
December 31, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Going to say it again; unless you live in the middle of nowhere or otherwise have ZERO other options to acquire necessities, there is not a single good reason to support Amazon. In fact, it's morally wrong to use Amazon.
Love a good bird photo. Immediately thought of this.
December 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Love a good bird photo. Immediately thought of this.
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2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express
This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris
Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭
2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express
This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris
Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭
December 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
1/n
2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express
This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris
Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭
2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express
This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris
Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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A 10 minute walk from my last Chicago home. When ICE has been put down and disbanded there must be arrests, there must be trials, and there must be justice. Everyone involved, from the thugs on the ground to those at the very top.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A 10 minute walk from my last Chicago home. When ICE has been put down and disbanded there must be arrests, there must be trials, and there must be justice. Everyone involved, from the thugs on the ground to those at the very top.
From privatizing health care to whipping up fear of others to crap like this, the billionaire class is working overtime to turn the UK into US Shithole East.
October 23, 2025 at 8:41 AM
From privatizing health care to whipping up fear of others to crap like this, the billionaire class is working overtime to turn the UK into US Shithole East.