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kate horowitz (she/???)
@delightmonster.bsky.social
750 followers 670 following 610 posts
writer, arter, + sea hag in maine
(disabled, autistic, exhausted)
stickers + encouragement: bigchallenges.shop
writing: katehorowitz.com
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kate horowitz (she/???) @delightmonster.bsky.social · Aug 4
I'm now available for many different kinds of editorial & art work (2nd image); please send any relevant job postings & gig opportunities* my way. Absent those, I will accept memes (3rd image) & treats. 🍓

*Remote work only. My current level of disability does not permit a commute.
Selfie of Kate, wet from the rain, standing in front of a rainbow. Text reads “hire me! - writing -editing - teaching -custom sticker design” Photo of Kate’s plaid-coat-covered back as she walks toward the water. Text is a list of professional skills, including science-medical writing, copywriting, copyediting, and proofreading, teaching, illustration, and merch design Selfie of Kate wearing a pink windbreaker embroidered with an angry strawberry. Kate is making the strawberry face. Text is a list of other ways people can help, including buying stickers from her shop and sending memes and snacks.
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pinetreeactivism.org
UPDATED, PORTLAND, MAINE: 174 businesses have committed to supporting Minnesota in a national economic blackout.

Many more were unable to fully close but have risen in support in other ways. All should be celebrated.

Stay safe, see you in the streets 💜
FRI, JAN 30

#NonViolenceIsPower
#RESIST
Poster for: SERVICE INDUSTRY STRIKE To Demand ICE OUT of Portland FRIDAY, JANUARY 30th ALL DAY In solidarity with immigrant service industry workers & immigrant-owned businesses. Service Industry STRIKE Join these businesses - SHUT IT DOWN Long list of 174 Portland Maine area businesses
January 30, 2026 at 9:54 AM
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fossilforager.bsky.social
New enamel pins will drop on my site this Friday 1/30 @ 10 am PST! 💕

🔗 here to preview all the new designs: shop.fossilforager.art

Reshares appreciated to get the word out! #sciart
A photo collage showing various new colorful enamel pin designs designed by me: a peacock mantis shrimp, a group of garden eels, a black and white isopod, a curled up rubber ducky isopod, and an anomalocaris. They are all posed inside a purple crystal.
January 28, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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delightmonster.bsky.social
despite all my furor
i am still just a rat in a sewer
January 28, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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bengoldfarb.bsky.social
Just gonna put into the world that one of my ambitions in 2026 is to observe/participate in fieldwork involving some awesome pelagic migratory teleost.
January 28, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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pinetreeactivism.org
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FRIDAY JAN 30, 6:00PM
Western Prom, Portland
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YOU TAKE ON ONE OF US, YOU TAKE ON ALL OF US
Join Us For A Candlelight Vigil
National Nurses United

#NonViolenceIsPower
#EveryEffortCounts
#GetInvolved
YOU TAKE ON ONE OF US, YOU TAKE ON ALL OF US Join Us For A Candlelight Vigil - FRI JAN 30, 6PM, Press Conference Park, Western Promenade, Portland, Maine Join National Nurses United and Maine State Nurses Assiciation members in honoring Alex Pretti ICU RN who was murdered in Minneapolis by ICE on 1/24 as he did what nurses do, protect and care for others. This will be a non-violent candle light vigil at the Western Prom in Portland behind MMC. Please dress warm and bring a candle or light
January 28, 2026 at 6:53 PM
delightmonster.bsky.social
despite all my furor
i am still just a rat in a sewer
January 28, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
Hey cuties. Everything sucks ass. Get some valentines and send them to your friends.

I'm sad. You're sad. They're probably sad.

Send them a valentine.

It keeps Skype a Scientist running, which hey, is very good too.

squidfacts.bigcartel.com/product/deep...
A pile of valentines, including a gulper eel saying "you make my jaw drop", a grimalditeuthis saying "I find you a-LURE-ing" a whale skeleton at the bottom of the ocean with snailfish and two octopuses making heart arms under the words "I've whale-fallen for you", and an anglerfish saying "You're my light in the darkness", and then two packs of cards that are all nice and tied up
January 28, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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delightmonster.bsky.social
listening to your body is a skill—one that's very hard to practice right now. stickers may help. bigchallenges.bigcartel.com/product/list...
Listened to My Body Punch Card Kit
These adorable punch card kits make great encouragement for yourself and/or your besties; pick up 1, 2, or 5 and spread the accomplishment around.
bigchallenges.bigcartel.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:50 PM
delightmonster.bsky.social
tiny thing that helps me: the search function in this archive of kobayashi issa's haiku. i type in a term related to the weather or how i feel & am rewarded with poignant &/or pissy poems on the subject from 250 years ago haikuguy.com/issa/index.h...
January 28, 2026 at 2:44 AM
delightmonster.bsky.social
listening to your body is a skill—one that's very hard to practice right now. stickers may help. bigchallenges.bigcartel.com/product/list...
Listened to My Body Punch Card Kit
These adorable punch card kits make great encouragement for yourself and/or your besties; pick up 1, 2, or 5 and spread the accomplishment around.
bigchallenges.bigcartel.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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malmseyy.com
Community is key 🔥
A messy digital painting of 5 little critter fellas holding hands in a circle around a fire. It reads "community is key" on the top and "ice melts" on the bottom
January 25, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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pinetreeactivism.org
IMPORTANT
High volume: If you see police agents likely to be ICE, start by TEXTING SALUTE info w/photos when possible.

If you are personally facing a threat by ICE in your neighborhood, at your door or at your car, do not hesitate to call.

Videos should be emailed to: info@maineimmigrantrights.org
January 22, 2026 at 4:52 PM
delightmonster.bsky.social
my kingdom for an immune system that lets me board a plane

it's SNAIL SCHOOL
mcaterino.bsky.social Michael Caterino @mcaterino.bsky.social · 4d
Clemson will be hosting a workshop on Appalachian land snail and slug identification in May, led by Denise Furr and Emily Phifer from the Schiele Museum.

More info and register here: clemsonbugs.org/workshops.html
Flier of information on workshop: "A Workshop on Land Mollusca of Eastern North America with Emphasis on the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains. 26–29 May 2026, CLEMSON, SC The course will provide a general overview of land snail and slug biology, collection, preservation, and identification. Emphasis will be placed on taxa found in the southern Blue Ridge Mountains. The main purpose of the course is to aid in identification of specimens. Students will gain experience using keys to identify families, genera, and even some species. The workshop will consist of lectures, laboratories, and fieldwork. Students will be shown collecting techniques and have an opportunity to collect their own macro- and microsnails during a field trip. Instructors: Denise Furr Schiele Museum of Natural History Emily Phifer Schiele Museum of Natural History Organized by: Michael L. Ferro Clemson University Arthropod Collection Cost: US$450 per person. Includes four (4) nights accommodation, full meals, pick up and drop off at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP), books, and supplies. More information: clemsonbugs.org/workshops.html"
January 27, 2026 at 2:01 AM
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delightmonster.bsky.social
firefly squid: the best little guys in the sea
ketrinadrawsalot.bsky.social KetrinaDrawsALot @ketrinadrawsalot.bsky.social · Dec 3
Deep-Sea-cember: It's quite a sight to see firefly squid at night 🦑

(Inspired by "glitter" from @montereybayaquarium.org's Deep Sea December prompts)

#deepseacember #deepseadecember #deepsea #fireflysquid #bioluminescent #art
A group of five firefly squid glittering in the dark with blue photophores
December 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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delightmonster.bsky.social
A reintroduction: I'm a disabled and autistic artist/writer in America. I sell stickers, stationery, and other supportive darkness for the best—and, more importantly right now—the worst parts of life.

The Midwinter Heartache collection is out now:
bigchallenges.bigcartel.com/category/mid...
January 22, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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ivyteas.bsky.social
ballet of ginseng agony
artwork of ginseng roots in various writhing poses. a small caterpillar has nibbled through one of the ginseng’s leaves & is full of joy at the chaos
January 22, 2026 at 4:40 AM
delightmonster.bsky.social
My shop's bestseller is, by far, a sheet of tearful gold star stickers that say "i cried today"
bigchallenges.bigcartel.com/product/sad-...
January 22, 2026 at 3:30 PM
delightmonster.bsky.social
A reintroduction: I'm a disabled and autistic artist/writer in America. I sell stickers, stationery, and other supportive darkness for the best—and, more importantly right now—the worst parts of life.

The Midwinter Heartache collection is out now:
bigchallenges.bigcartel.com/category/mid...
January 22, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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delightmonster.bsky.social
love in the sewer drain that is 2026. genius concept by @elinor.bsky.social, art by me.

bigchallenges.bigcartel.com/product/love...
Love Rats Postcard/Mini-Print
These velvety, high-quality 4"x6" (A6) postcards/mini-prints are perfect for friends, family, and partners.
bigchallenges.bigcartel.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:06 PM
delightmonster.bsky.social
time to tap the sign again
delightmonster.bsky.social kate horowitz (she/???) @delightmonster.bsky.social · Aug 4
I'm now available for many different kinds of editorial & art work (2nd image); please send any relevant job postings & gig opportunities* my way. Absent those, I will accept memes (3rd image) & treats. 🍓

*Remote work only. My current level of disability does not permit a commute.
Selfie of Kate, wet from the rain, standing in front of a rainbow. Text reads “hire me! - writing -editing - teaching -custom sticker design” Photo of Kate’s plaid-coat-covered back as she walks toward the water. Text is a list of professional skills, including science-medical writing, copywriting, copyediting, and proofreading, teaching, illustration, and merch design Selfie of Kate wearing a pink windbreaker embroidered with an angry strawberry. Kate is making the strawberry face. Text is a list of other ways people can help, including buying stickers from her shop and sending memes and snacks.
January 22, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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orangeblossombitch.bsky.social
Lil' Yafa crab 🍊🦀
Swimming around pinching colonizers 😝
#art #ocean
A blue-brownish crab with light blue dots amd a partial tatreez pattern from Yafa on its back. It is surrounded by a border of looped lines with seashells and starfish in the corners.
January 22, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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grantimatter.bsky.social
Happy Tenderness Toward Existence Day, oh my fellow warrior-monks.

nationaltoday.com/tenderness-t...

(and h/t @delightmonster.bsky.social for mongering this monstrous delight)
Tenderness Toward Existence Day
Open up your hearts and minds; get ready to celebrate and appreciate life.
nationaltoday.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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niina.bsky.social
Nobody:
My 2yo: "The moles stare and stare at me from the yard. They are building something beautiful."
January 19, 2026 at 10:47 PM
delightmonster.bsky.social
love in the sewer drain that is 2026. genius concept by @elinor.bsky.social, art by me.

bigchallenges.bigcartel.com/product/love...
Love Rats Postcard/Mini-Print
These velvety, high-quality 4"x6" (A6) postcards/mini-prints are perfect for friends, family, and partners.
bigchallenges.bigcartel.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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franzanth.bsky.social
I sometimes get reaction videos from parents showing me how happy their kids are seeing their bug doodles next to professional adults.

The bug fandom recruits early.
franzanth.bsky.social franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 24d
I don't care whether you're a professional with 8 years of work experience or a literal 8 year old who just thinks bugs are neat.

All that matters is you're having fun drawing critters and want to share that with the world.

Submit to our next (April) edition here:
forms.gle
January 7, 2026 at 12:41 PM