EJ Garand
@ejgarand93.bsky.social
Graphic designer and Illustrator. 🚫GenAI/NFTs need not apply. (He/him/his)
https://ericgarcia93.github.io/fid/resume/
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EJ Garand
@ejgarand93.bsky.social
· Sep 1
Sharing my most recent labors for #LaborDay2025 as part of my online portfolio...
#ArtShare #BoxySVG #DigitalArt #Illustration #NoAI
#ArtShare #BoxySVG #DigitalArt #Illustration #NoAI
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We've still got Teruyo Nogami, Kurosawa's assistant-turned-documentarian, and who is 98.
We've got Kyōko Kagawa at 93, youngster Akira Terao at 78.
But for *STARS* - actors who led those hard-hitting dramas and trend-setting genre films of the golden age - this is it. This is the end. RIP Nakadai.
We've got Kyōko Kagawa at 93, youngster Akira Terao at 78.
But for *STARS* - actors who led those hard-hitting dramas and trend-setting genre films of the golden age - this is it. This is the end. RIP Nakadai.
Farewell to one of brightest stars of the golden age of Japanese cinema: Nakadai Tatsuya, who starred in some of history's greatest films, has passed away at the age of 92. Major roles included those in Ran, Hara Kiri, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, Kagemusha, The Human Condition, and many more.
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We've still got Teruyo Nogami, Kurosawa's assistant-turned-documentarian, and who is 98.
We've got Kyōko Kagawa at 93, youngster Akira Terao at 78.
But for *STARS* - actors who led those hard-hitting dramas and trend-setting genre films of the golden age - this is it. This is the end. RIP Nakadai.
We've got Kyōko Kagawa at 93, youngster Akira Terao at 78.
But for *STARS* - actors who led those hard-hitting dramas and trend-setting genre films of the golden age - this is it. This is the end. RIP Nakadai.
Happy 96th, Mrs. Hošková-Weissová!!! 🎉🎊🥳🎂🍾
10 November 1929 | A Czech Jewish woman, Helga Hošková-Weissová, was born in Prague.
Deported from Theresienstadt ghetto to #Auschwitz in Oct 1944. Her father was murdered in a gas chamber. Helga & her mother were moved to Freiberg & liberated in Mauthausen.
Today she turns 96. Happy Birthday!
Deported from Theresienstadt ghetto to #Auschwitz in Oct 1944. Her father was murdered in a gas chamber. Helga & her mother were moved to Freiberg & liberated in Mauthausen.
Today she turns 96. Happy Birthday!
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Happy 96th, Mrs. Hošková-Weissová!!! 🎉🎊🥳🎂🍾
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Vince Gilligan had the 'Pluribus' credits include 'this show was made by humans'
"I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit"
(via Variety)
"I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit"
(via Variety)
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Vince Gilligan had the 'Pluribus' credits include 'this show was made by humans'
"I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit"
(via Variety)
"I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit"
(via Variety)
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8 November 1885 | A Pole, Marcin Rożek was born in Kosieczyn. Sculptor and painter. He participated in the Greater Poland uprising.
In #Auschwitz from 1943. Incarcerated probably for refusing to create a sculpture of Adolf Hitler.
He perished in the camp on 19 May 1944.
In #Auschwitz from 1943. Incarcerated probably for refusing to create a sculpture of Adolf Hitler.
He perished in the camp on 19 May 1944.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
8 November 1885 | A Pole, Marcin Rożek was born in Kosieczyn. Sculptor and painter. He participated in the Greater Poland uprising.
In #Auschwitz from 1943. Incarcerated probably for refusing to create a sculpture of Adolf Hitler.
He perished in the camp on 19 May 1944.
In #Auschwitz from 1943. Incarcerated probably for refusing to create a sculpture of Adolf Hitler.
He perished in the camp on 19 May 1944.
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The WPA is my roman empire
you ever think about the works progress administration? I sure do. I wish that was a thing now. I would be so glad to contribute my labor to like. A random ass local bridge
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The WPA is my roman empire
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No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
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This. Always this.
November 4, 2025 at 4:16 AM
This. Always this.
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HOAs are the gateway drug that eventually leads to the hard stuff: fascism.
October 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
HOAs are the gateway drug that eventually leads to the hard stuff: fascism.
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Might be the most truth ever delivered in one thread.
you see vc guys crowing about how with ai "anyone can write a novel!"
speaking as someone who has in fact written a novel (not a very good one), this speaks to a familiar misunderstanding of the difficulty of the creative process--in particular, how much conception there is in execution
speaking as someone who has in fact written a novel (not a very good one), this speaks to a familiar misunderstanding of the difficulty of the creative process--in particular, how much conception there is in execution
October 27, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Might be the most truth ever delivered in one thread.
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SNAP is not the reason your taxes are high.
SNAP recipients don’t need to “just go get a job”.
Most of them work. The rest are disabled, elderly, children or caregivers.
People need & deserve assistance
Your taxes fund wars and tax cuts for the ultra rich
Be mad about that
SNAP recipients don’t need to “just go get a job”.
Most of them work. The rest are disabled, elderly, children or caregivers.
People need & deserve assistance
Your taxes fund wars and tax cuts for the ultra rich
Be mad about that
October 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
SNAP is not the reason your taxes are high.
SNAP recipients don’t need to “just go get a job”.
Most of them work. The rest are disabled, elderly, children or caregivers.
People need & deserve assistance
Your taxes fund wars and tax cuts for the ultra rich
Be mad about that
SNAP recipients don’t need to “just go get a job”.
Most of them work. The rest are disabled, elderly, children or caregivers.
People need & deserve assistance
Your taxes fund wars and tax cuts for the ultra rich
Be mad about that
Fox News is Cocomelon for old people. Change my mind.
October 24, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Fox News is Cocomelon for old people. Change my mind.
First impressions on Ninja Gaiden 4 be like:
October 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
First impressions on Ninja Gaiden 4 be like:
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This is what Xbox looked like at its absolute peak:
October 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This is what Xbox looked like at its absolute peak:
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Sleep is a biological necessity, and sleep deprivation has real physical, psychological, and social consequences that need to be taken seriously. The way our society treats it as slothful to sleep according to natural rhythms (including midday naps and variant chronotypes like night owls) is evil.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Sleep is a biological necessity, and sleep deprivation has real physical, psychological, and social consequences that need to be taken seriously. The way our society treats it as slothful to sleep according to natural rhythms (including midday naps and variant chronotypes like night owls) is evil.
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wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
This is what Xbox looked like at its absolute peak:
October 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This is what Xbox looked like at its absolute peak:
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Most autistic people I meet *like* being autistic. It’s core to who they are & comes with many strengths
What’s hard is surviving in a society that rarely accommodates, respects or tries to understand us
There’s a BIG difference between being autistic & being unsupported
Let’s not confuse the two
What’s hard is surviving in a society that rarely accommodates, respects or tries to understand us
There’s a BIG difference between being autistic & being unsupported
Let’s not confuse the two
October 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Most autistic people I meet *like* being autistic. It’s core to who they are & comes with many strengths
What’s hard is surviving in a society that rarely accommodates, respects or tries to understand us
There’s a BIG difference between being autistic & being unsupported
Let’s not confuse the two
What’s hard is surviving in a society that rarely accommodates, respects or tries to understand us
There’s a BIG difference between being autistic & being unsupported
Let’s not confuse the two
Damn.
Itagaki’s handiwork on 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 and 𝘕𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘢 𝘎𝘢𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯 during the OG Xbox years were such a formative part of my young adolescence.
Farewell, Master Ninja. 🫡
Itagaki’s handiwork on 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 and 𝘕𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘢 𝘎𝘢𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯 during the OG Xbox years were such a formative part of my young adolescence.
Farewell, Master Ninja. 🫡
Today I lost someone who was truly like a brother to me. I am gutted to the core. I guess I can say so now that it's on his Facebook page. He even listed himself as my actual brother on Facebook. Anyone who knows me knows how close we were. RIP, senpai. You will always be a ninja.
October 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Damn.
Itagaki’s handiwork on 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 and 𝘕𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘢 𝘎𝘢𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯 during the OG Xbox years were such a formative part of my young adolescence.
Farewell, Master Ninja. 🫡
Itagaki’s handiwork on 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 and 𝘕𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘢 𝘎𝘢𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯 during the OG Xbox years were such a formative part of my young adolescence.
Farewell, Master Ninja. 🫡
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Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
October 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
This is my dance about how much transphobes suck:
October 10, 2025 at 3:42 AM
This is my dance about how much transphobes suck:
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Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
October 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
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Weird Al song called "Wood" that describes different types of wood in precise detail
October 7, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Weird Al song called "Wood" that describes different types of wood in precise detail
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All throughout American history, political and economic elites have insisted that better policies — ending child labor, establishing a weekend — were impossible to achieve.
They were lying then, and they’re lying now.
They were lying then, and they’re lying now.
Elites Always Say We Can’t Have Nice Things. They’re Wrong.
All throughout American history, political and economic elites have insisted that better policies — ending child labor, establishing a weekend — were impossible to achieve. They were lying then, and they’re lying now.
jacobin.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
All throughout American history, political and economic elites have insisted that better policies — ending child labor, establishing a weekend — were impossible to achieve.
They were lying then, and they’re lying now.
They were lying then, and they’re lying now.
Today is the day that the main character of an upcoming historical fiction novel that I hope to write passes away… 😔
October 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Today is the day that the main character of an upcoming historical fiction novel that I hope to write passes away… 😔