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Derringer Pax
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Derringer Pax @derringerpax.bsky.social · Oct 9
Getting closer to a #linocut print I like

#art 🎨🖌️
Fresh black and white linocut print with a plant made from the words SOW HOPE growing out of ground that says IN THE SOIL OF DESTRUCTION
derringerpax.bsky.social
I need a #classics major to send me nerdy journal articles telling me about the earliest writings about #sirens and what their deal was and how everyone who thinks they know what they are is wrong
January 20, 2026 at 1:31 AM
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As you scroll through memes honoring MLK, today is a good day to remember that a lot of leaders believe that the only appropriate place to hold a protest is in the past.

Hat tip to @derringerpax.bsky.social, who made my quote into a woodcut in 2024.
Quote by @bettybarcode, made into a woodcut by @derringerpax in 2024. Black & white image of a crowd in silhouette, holding up banners that read "some seem to think that the only appropriate place to hold a protest is in the past."
January 19, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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vortexegg.com
Something I’ve been trying to tell people in my life is there is no safe or right way to exist safely under {fascism|authoritarianism|whatever}. There is no logical course of action you can follow that will prevent you from being targeted, intentionally or by chance, which history shows repeatedly.
oliviamesser.bsky.social Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 15d
honestly even the folks saying “FAFO” immediately fall apart too, since some reporting seems to point to her just driving up after dropping her kid off at school nearby
kissphoria.bsky.social gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 15d
my thing about "obey directions from law enforcement" is that it seems like in the video she barely had any time to react before ICE opened fire
January 8, 2026 at 11:10 PM
derringerpax.bsky.social
@margaret.bsky.social this sounds like a book you would write
segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 26d
one of the Books I'll Never Write But Want To is a roach/kurlansky-style The History Of The World, As Told By The Potato, for basically precisely this reason; the potato was a key player in the Long Nineteenth Century in incredibly goofy and unexpected ways
docrevan.bsky.social Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 26d
A very dumb sounding but actually fascinating alternate history prompt:

What if no potato?
December 29, 2025 at 3:07 AM
derringerpax.bsky.social
Whenever we want to prevent a war, we need to have an HBO-level period drama about a relatable-looking person from the US visiting and then falling in love with some beautiful person from whatever country our military industrialists are trying to get us to attack
December 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
derringerpax.bsky.social
Love this! Such a great way to direct energy
anangryscientist.bsky.social An Angry Scientist @anangryscientist.bsky.social · May 21
I just finished a big project and I’m really proud.
Lost my beloved cat of 15 years last December; between ADD, grief, and sobriety, “decided” to jump into a new hobby.
I wanted to make a coat!
Specifically landed on a Balmacaan made of traditional oilskin. (Lol)
Here’s a thread showing the process!
A bearded man with glasses and light brown skin wearing a fine single breasted overcoat of a slightly antiquated design; it’s made of deep green oilcloth, with the lapel and collar showing the inside is a tan contrasting material. He’s taking a picture in the mirror in a relaxed pose.
December 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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derringerpax.bsky.social
Ok #procreate #digitalsketch plan for a #linocut #wip I'm pretty excited about- inspired by @0possumouroboros.bsky.social's post above!
Black background, white paint digital procreate sketch of a mouth with teeth that say SHOW UP OR SHUT UP and it's missing two front teeth as if they've been knocked out during a protest or other confrontation #showuporshutup
September 27, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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derringerpax.bsky.social
Inspired by a quote from @falconryfinance.bsky.social 🙏

#wip #procreate #sketch for a #linocut stamp

#anarchy #anarchycore 🏴
Black background, white sketched lettering that forms the shape of a globe Text says THE WORLD WE BUILD WILL BE MADE OF WHAT WE USE TO BUILD IT
April 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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derringerpax.bsky.social
#procreate #wip #sketch for a #linocut inspired by @nome.bsky.social's post about setting fire to guillotines

Playing around with text shaped like fire for "SET FIRE TO YOUR" and using the hole for the O in guillotines
Digital sketch, black background and white lines of a guillotine with words shaped like flames that say SET FIRE TO YOUR and the word GUILLOTINES makes up the stocks part
April 3, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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Really happy with the results of white #paint on black paper

#linocut #moon #mountains #art 🖌️🎨
Linocut print of mountains that say EVERYTHING CHANGES in white ink on black paper with moon phases above, reflected in the lake in front of the mountains, texture cut into mountains like a topographic map with horizonal textures in the sky and lake
November 10, 2024 at 9:20 PM
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derringerpax.bsky.social
New hand carved #linocut stamp test for the patch on my BLACK CATS & PICKET LINES piece. Working on developing a chonky protest art style #font with some italic flair

#solidarity forever 🏴🐈‍⬛ #union #anarchist #anarchycore
Black fabric patches with white stamps that look like banners with the word SOLIDARITY
July 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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derringerpax.bsky.social
#wip test print of #linocut #art inspired by @strync9fuego.bsky.social's post

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Linocut carved in teal and white silicone of a hissing cat with the words AIN'T GONNA BE PART OF YOUR SYSTEM around it Linocut and prints in white on black paper of a hissing cat with the words AIN'T GONNA BE PART OF YOUR SYSTEM around it Linocut print in white on black paper of a hissing cat with the words AIN'T GONNA BE PART OF YOUR SYSTEM around it
December 15, 2024 at 5:13 PM
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derringerpax.bsky.social
Update- first test print!

#linocut #art 🖌️🎨
Black and white linocut print that looks like a crowd of people holding signs. Three signs collectively say SOME SEEM TO THINK THE ONLY APPROPRIATE PLACE TO HOLD A PROTEST IS IN THE PAST
November 7, 2024 at 7:01 PM
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derringerpax.bsky.social
Final print- really happy with how it turned out
TY @golikehellmachine.com 🙏

Now more than ever

#art #linocut 🎨🖌️
Print being peeled away from a silicone carving of a linocut stamp in gray with a red tool. Linocut is of waves that say THEY WILL NOT BREAK US hitting rocks that say THEY WILL BREAK UPON US Black and white linocut stamp print next to a gray silicone stamp with a red tool. Linocut is of waves that say THEY WILL NOT BREAK US hitting rocks that say THEY WILL BREAK UPON US
November 7, 2024 at 3:44 AM
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derringerpax.bsky.social
#wip #procreate #sketch for a #linocut

Inspired by a @ladyofsardines.bsky.social quote

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Black and white digital sketch that looks like 2 people texting Person 1: BUT LET US REPEAT TO EACH OTHER Person 2: LIKE PRAYERS Person 1: THE THINGS THAT ENABLE US Person 2: TO KEEP GOING Font is blocky like an old protest poster but slanted 45 degrees to make it italic and kinda metal looking... Maybe that's where Metallica got its name who knows
May 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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derringerpax.bsky.social
Printed #linocut on fabric- black tote add a test and then final print on a #thrifted olive button up short sleeved shirt

Inspired by quote from @stryc9fuego.bsky.social 🙏

#art & #anarchy 🏴 #anarchycore
Linocut print in white paint on black fabric of a hissing cat surrounded by the radiating words AIN'T GONNA BE PART 😼 OF YOUR SYSTEM Linocut print in white paint on olive green fabric of a hissing cat surrounded by the radiating words AIN'T GONNA BE PART 😼 OF YOUR SYSTEM
May 31, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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derringerpax.bsky.social
#wip enlightened Bob Ross No Gods No Masters #linocut second print

#art 🖌️🎨🏴
Linocut in black and white of Bob Ross with a third eye and the words NO GODS NO MASTERS Blue Linocut silicone stamp covered in black paint of Bob Ross with a third eye and the words NO GODS NO MASTERS, but backwards
November 25, 2024 at 2:48 AM
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derringerpax.bsky.social
I made a new version that's Oxford Comma Derringer- probably going to carve it into #linocut soon

I usually make several prints at once to get it just right so lmk if you want one
Derringer shooting out two commas and an ampersand
September 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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derringerpax.bsky.social
#wip #linocut #procreate #sketch Now with a jauntier hat and an ear bite battle scar

#art 🏴🐈‍⬛ #union #anarchy #anarchist 🖌️🎨🖼️😼
Procreate sketch ✏️🎨🖌️🖼️ of a black background with white shapes that look like a cat face in the style of 1930s/1940s cartoons with a dead rat in his mouth. The shapes of his teeth read FUCK (K is backwards to look more toothy) and the rat is made of shapes that spell SCABS, as in people who work when there's a strike and undermine the workers The cat is wearing a black comrade type hat that says SOLIDARITY
July 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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"We're in a very dark place right now, but through our actions the light will return" - @margaret.bsky.social

I was going off instinct when I designed this #linocut but the moment I heard this phrase, the full meaning of the piece was clear. We keep going, even when the light is gone 1/
Linocut print in white paint on black paper of a Death's head moth and luna moth flying towards a new moon covered by a compass, moon phases in the background. Behind the moths are a saber pointing towards the compass and two antique ink pens pointing out from the deaths head moth's wings, a visual reversal of the way pins hold specimens' wings down, these pens seem to point outwards in both a protective and aggressive way, juxtaposed with the waning and waxing moon to show we keep expressing both when things are getting worse and when they are getting better
September 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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derringerpax.bsky.social
#procreate #sketch for a #linocut inspired by @ryancagle.com quote

#wip 🖌️🎨 #art
Black and white sketch with the words SOW IMAGINATION in the shape of a bag of seed next to the words AND GROW in the shape of a plant growing out of ground with plow lines and beneath the ground it says RESISTANCE
January 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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derringerpax.bsky.social
"never institutionalize violence... always leave people the option to cease being our enemies... of throwing down their spears... We must remember that the ring of power goes into the volcano... always remember that."

quote by @margaret.bsky.social is reminding me of this linocut I need to finish..
derringerpax.bsky.social Derringer Pax @derringerpax.bsky.social · Apr 3
#procreate #wip #sketch for a #linocut inspired by @nome.bsky.social's post about setting fire to guillotines

Playing around with text shaped like fire for "SET FIRE TO YOUR" and using the hole for the O in guillotines
Digital sketch, black background and white lines of a guillotine with words shaped like flames that say SET FIRE TO YOUR and the word GUILLOTINES makes up the stocks part
August 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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derringerpax.bsky.social
"without fear or favor" could make a good #linocut
benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · Jul 17
Maurene Comey's goodbye note to SDNY colleagues:
July 18, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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derringerpax.bsky.social
Test print with better #paint and more fur texture carving but reversed colors

But now I'm wondering if I should try a similar design but with a #raccoon

Also considering a cat with a pirate eye patch and a cat with a third eye

#cat #art
Linocut print in black on white paper of a hissing cat with the words AIN'T GONNA BE PART OF YOUR SYSTEM around it
December 16, 2024 at 5:57 PM
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derringerpax.bsky.social
Working on a digital #procreate #sketch for a #linocut #wip

#anarchy of dandelions

🏴🐈‍⬛🌱🎨🖌️ #anarchist
Dandelion seeds floating together, each seed shaped like a letter in white on black background. The letters spell out ANARCHY
October 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM