Dean Löw
@deanlow.bsky.social
Illustrator/painter and bus driver into medieval history and fencing
I love poetry
Shite performance , shite penalties , the stadium of shite.
January 10, 2026 at 3:27 PM
I love poetry
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We all need to rethink our relationships with our phones
New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 9, 2026 at 3:01 PM
We all need to rethink our relationships with our phones
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via Minneapolis photographer Chris Juhn on Facebook
January 8, 2026 at 3:53 PM
via Minneapolis photographer Chris Juhn on Facebook
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The sheer craven indignity of the We're All Looking for the Guy Who Did This hot dog costume man trying to sound somber as he reads a young trans woman's eulogy is going to give me a rage stroke.
A devastating story about the life and death of Lia Smith, a transgender woman and college student targeted by conservatives online because she briefly participated on the school's diving team. Lia was found dead by suicide last fall at the age of 21.
(Unlocked article below)
(Unlocked article below)
At Middlebury, She Hoped to Start Fresh. In Trump’s America, It Seemed Impossible.
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:13 PM
The sheer craven indignity of the We're All Looking for the Guy Who Did This hot dog costume man trying to sound somber as he reads a young trans woman's eulogy is going to give me a rage stroke.
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What to do with AI instead of undressing/harassing people
January 5, 2026 at 7:46 PM
What to do with AI instead of undressing/harassing people
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recorded a video earlier today that i'm still working on making the point that all of this feels like a farce of a farce (the second iraq war) and, well...
January 3, 2026 at 7:36 PM
recorded a video earlier today that i'm still working on making the point that all of this feels like a farce of a farce (the second iraq war) and, well...
I have spent almost a year reading one massive fantasy series (osten ard by tad Williams) my sister gifted me last Christmas. Only had small breaks for fort bragg cartel and the new pynchon. Great fun but so ready for a change. Maybe some clive barker to cleanse the pallette
January 3, 2026 at 6:41 PM
I have spent almost a year reading one massive fantasy series (osten ard by tad Williams) my sister gifted me last Christmas. Only had small breaks for fort bragg cartel and the new pynchon. Great fun but so ready for a change. Maybe some clive barker to cleanse the pallette
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ME: got a fantastic idea for a movie about a priest who loves capitalism
EXECUTIVE: sounds intriguing. this guy got a name
ME: uh. bishop. robber… baron. bishop robert barron
EXECUTIVE: sounds intriguing. this guy got a name
ME: uh. bishop. robber… baron. bishop robert barron
January 3, 2026 at 2:41 AM
ME: got a fantastic idea for a movie about a priest who loves capitalism
EXECUTIVE: sounds intriguing. this guy got a name
ME: uh. bishop. robber… baron. bishop robert barron
EXECUTIVE: sounds intriguing. this guy got a name
ME: uh. bishop. robber… baron. bishop robert barron
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If the world was just and we didn't live in the Toilet Universe, Steve Rude would have his own castle. Roger has linked to his site, there's tons of great original art there for offensively low prices, if you're into that sort of thing.
Support Steve Rude! I just picked up a bunch of digital sketchbooks from his web store.
www.steverude.com/collections/...
www.steverude.com/collections/...
Veteran US Comic Artist Steve Rude Needs Your Help
Help The Dude Out Over on his Facebook page, US comic artist Steve Rude (Nexus) announced that he needs our financial help (photo©Greg Preston. All Rights Reserved)… Friends, Another birthday. Another...
tripwiremagazine.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 10:37 PM
If the world was just and we didn't live in the Toilet Universe, Steve Rude would have his own castle. Roger has linked to his site, there's tons of great original art there for offensively low prices, if you're into that sort of thing.
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national security threats
Corrupt tech billionaires are buying power to tilt the world in their favor.
Even the co-founder of Y Combinator is saying it. ⬇️
The radical death cult rising from Silicon Valley venture capital is metastasizing rapidly.
It's an existential threat to democracy and humanity.
Even the co-founder of Y Combinator is saying it. ⬇️
The radical death cult rising from Silicon Valley venture capital is metastasizing rapidly.
It's an existential threat to democracy and humanity.
January 3, 2026 at 3:06 AM
national security threats
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this is worth reading. a longtime NYT insider confirms that the paper's abrupt turn into seething anti-trans bigotry came directly from the top: AG Sulzberg and his 2 deputies, Joe Kahn and Carolyn Ryan transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 2, 2026 at 3:07 PM
this is worth reading. a longtime NYT insider confirms that the paper's abrupt turn into seething anti-trans bigotry came directly from the top: AG Sulzberg and his 2 deputies, Joe Kahn and Carolyn Ryan transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
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Holy shit, a trend story that includes evidence of an actual trend
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
December 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Holy shit, a trend story that includes evidence of an actual trend
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Chat bots have coached several people into suicide, including why they should not reach out for help, and how to do it.
what’s the difference between a book and a chat bot beyond the rate of information that can be consumed?
1 book per month = perfectly fine, only fascists and lunatic fundamentalists want to censor books
1 chat response per second = evil, ban it, no dirty thoughts allowed, what about the children
1 book per month = perfectly fine, only fascists and lunatic fundamentalists want to censor books
1 chat response per second = evil, ban it, no dirty thoughts allowed, what about the children
December 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Chat bots have coached several people into suicide, including why they should not reach out for help, and how to do it.
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Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
December 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
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I wanted to draw stannis from asoiaf. I sketched it then scanned it and finished it on my iPad. Honestly, I kind of can't stand doing digital. Every year I give it another go but it's not for me!
December 28, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I wanted to draw stannis from asoiaf. I sketched it then scanned it and finished it on my iPad. Honestly, I kind of can't stand doing digital. Every year I give it another go but it's not for me!
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I had to reread this to be sure I understood since it is so Kafkaesque:
hospitals are giving medications to patients in labor, only to report them to child welfare authorities when they or their newborns test positive for *the same medications the hospital just gave them*
hospitals are giving medications to patients in labor, only to report them to child welfare authorities when they or their newborns test positive for *the same medications the hospital just gave them*
End pregnancy criminalization! Hospitals reported women for positive drug tests after giving them drugs for childbirth: medications used routinely for pain or in epidurals, to reduce anxiety or to manage blood pressure during cesarean sections. #lawsky www.themarshallproject.org/2024/12/11/p...
Hospitals Gave Them Meds During Childbirth. Why Did Patients Get In Trouble?
Mothers were reported after they were given medications used routinely for pain or in epidurals, to reduce anxiety or to manage blood pressure during cesarean sections.
www.themarshallproject.org
December 11, 2024 at 3:37 PM
I had to reread this to be sure I understood since it is so Kafkaesque:
hospitals are giving medications to patients in labor, only to report them to child welfare authorities when they or their newborns test positive for *the same medications the hospital just gave them*
hospitals are giving medications to patients in labor, only to report them to child welfare authorities when they or their newborns test positive for *the same medications the hospital just gave them*
Here’s an illustration I did for a motorcycle ride event in Arizona. Drawing and colouring done in photoshop for this one.
October 5, 2023 at 11:53 PM
Here’s an illustration I did for a motorcycle ride event in Arizona. Drawing and colouring done in photoshop for this one.
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The creator of the ‘Oh No’ webcomic needs help in raising funds so he can continue his legal battle against a shady as fuck board game company trying to claim ownership of all his artwork. Don’t know how these assholes sleep at night. Plz contribute to this if you can, & re-skeet
#HelpSmallArtists
#HelpSmallArtists
Legal fund for Alex Norris "oh no" comics, organized by Alex Norris
I am Alex Norris, creator of the webcomic Webcomic Name. I am here to ask for h… Alex Norris needs your support for Legal fund for Alex Norris "oh no" comics
www.gofundme.com
October 4, 2023 at 11:01 PM
The creator of the ‘Oh No’ webcomic needs help in raising funds so he can continue his legal battle against a shady as fuck board game company trying to claim ownership of all his artwork. Don’t know how these assholes sleep at night. Plz contribute to this if you can, & re-skeet
#HelpSmallArtists
#HelpSmallArtists
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Bill Watterson once he discovers there's an AI comics generator.
October 1, 2023 at 4:48 AM
Bill Watterson once he discovers there's an AI comics generator.
now to test bluesky compression with this 24x16 drawing i did a few years ago
September 30, 2023 at 2:22 AM
now to test bluesky compression with this 24x16 drawing i did a few years ago
another dog post! I still dont know how tags work here but here goes #art #illustration
September 30, 2023 at 2:15 AM
another dog post! I still dont know how tags work here but here goes #art #illustration