Emily Austin
@emilyaustindesign.bsky.social
She/her. Artist, graphic designer, Tolkien illustrator.
Married to @tacol0rd.bsky.social. 💜 travel, Jane Austen, inclusive faith, community solidarity.
emilyaustindesign.com/hello art prints, commissions, & design freelance.
Married to @tacol0rd.bsky.social. 💜 travel, Jane Austen, inclusive faith, community solidarity.
emilyaustindesign.com/hello art prints, commissions, & design freelance.
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Don't know what to do? Read the link.
The Egyptian pro-democracy activist Wael Ghonim said,
"The power of the people is greater than the people in power."
This is a checklist of things you can do, probably should do, resources, ideas, ways to move forward.
“I just don’t know what to do!!” shouldn’t be something you say now.
Here:
"The power of the people is greater than the people in power."
This is a checklist of things you can do, probably should do, resources, ideas, ways to move forward.
“I just don’t know what to do!!” shouldn’t be something you say now.
Here:
THE GOOD TROUBLE CHECKLIST
keep all your shenanigans in one place
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
April 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Don't know what to do? Read the link.
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HOTTE LOCAL SINGLES NEARE THEE are ynterested yn chess, falconrye, vernacular adaptaciouns of the Troy myth, gentle talke of the mysteryes and paynes of love, elaborate gardens.
March 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
HOTTE LOCAL SINGLES NEARE THEE are ynterested yn chess, falconrye, vernacular adaptaciouns of the Troy myth, gentle talke of the mysteryes and paynes of love, elaborate gardens.
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“It’s not God’s peace without justice! Free Gaza Now!”
These Christian leaders joined our Jewish kin today in beautifully living into the call of Psalm 101:1 and singing of God’s love and justice for Gazans and Palestinians.
These Christian leaders joined our Jewish kin today in beautifully living into the call of Psalm 101:1 and singing of God’s love and justice for Gazans and Palestinians.
March 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
“It’s not God’s peace without justice! Free Gaza Now!”
These Christian leaders joined our Jewish kin today in beautifully living into the call of Psalm 101:1 and singing of God’s love and justice for Gazans and Palestinians.
These Christian leaders joined our Jewish kin today in beautifully living into the call of Psalm 101:1 and singing of God’s love and justice for Gazans and Palestinians.
@tacol0rd.bsky.social to our baby this morning: “if you like these high contrast cards you’re going to LOVE Caravaggio”
#art #parenting
#art #parenting
March 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
@tacol0rd.bsky.social to our baby this morning: “if you like these high contrast cards you’re going to LOVE Caravaggio”
#art #parenting
#art #parenting
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The American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal employee union, has now grown to a record size of 319,233 active members.
14,000 new members joined in the past five weeks.
That’s nearly as many as the previous 12 months.
minnesotareformer.com/2025/02/07/f...
14,000 new members joined in the past five weeks.
That’s nearly as many as the previous 12 months.
minnesotareformer.com/2025/02/07/f...
Federal employees union grows to record size amid DOGE attacks — and other labor news • Minnesota Reformer
Take a seat in the Break Room, our weekly round-up of labor news in Minnesota and beyond. This week: Membership swells as federal employee unions confront DOGE attacks; dairy farmer faces rare crimina...
minnesotareformer.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal employee union, has now grown to a record size of 319,233 active members.
14,000 new members joined in the past five weeks.
That’s nearly as many as the previous 12 months.
minnesotareformer.com/2025/02/07/f...
14,000 new members joined in the past five weeks.
That’s nearly as many as the previous 12 months.
minnesotareformer.com/2025/02/07/f...
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“What is built on the basis of force, and not on the truth about the equal dignity of every human being, begins badly and will end badly.” - Pope Francis
Letter from Pope Francis to the American Bishops. It’s pretty short and worth a read.
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press.vatican.va/content/sala...
February 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“What is built on the basis of force, and not on the truth about the equal dignity of every human being, begins badly and will end badly.” - Pope Francis
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Me when ICE shows up during worship i.redd.it/16guw8ts4fi7...
February 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Me when ICE shows up during worship i.redd.it/16guw8ts4fi7...
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A group of 19th century poets walk into a bar. ‘Why the Longfellow?’ asks the judgmental bartender.
[Walt Whitman tries to tell a joke]
A priest, rabbi, and minister walk into a bar, sailor-men, merchant-men, walk into a bar, Workmen and Workwomen! into a bar, Blacksmiths with grimed and hairy chests, the carpenter dressing his plank, president and prostitute walk into a b
A priest, rabbi, and minister walk into a bar, sailor-men, merchant-men, walk into a bar, Workmen and Workwomen! into a bar, Blacksmiths with grimed and hairy chests, the carpenter dressing his plank, president and prostitute walk into a b
@natewolff.bsky.social No pressure, but you got any more 19c lit jokes?
February 12, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A group of 19th century poets walk into a bar. ‘Why the Longfellow?’ asks the judgmental bartender.
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I concede that on one level the ‘Gulf of America’ idiocy is just a toddler screaming in his sandbox. On another, I wrote a novel 35 years ago, TIGANA, about how tyrants erase (or try to) names, history, art to consolidate their control of people.
So, it matters. Symbols do. So does acquiescence.
So, it matters. Symbols do. So does acquiescence.
February 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I concede that on one level the ‘Gulf of America’ idiocy is just a toddler screaming in his sandbox. On another, I wrote a novel 35 years ago, TIGANA, about how tyrants erase (or try to) names, history, art to consolidate their control of people.
So, it matters. Symbols do. So does acquiescence.
So, it matters. Symbols do. So does acquiescence.
A delight to hear @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social and @madelinemiller.bsky.social speak last night about translation, interaction w/ ancient texts in the contemporary world, and about resistance to tyranny in every age.
We’re excited to read both women’s writings with our baby Sylvia… never too early!
We’re excited to read both women’s writings with our baby Sylvia… never too early!
February 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A delight to hear @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social and @madelinemiller.bsky.social speak last night about translation, interaction w/ ancient texts in the contemporary world, and about resistance to tyranny in every age.
We’re excited to read both women’s writings with our baby Sylvia… never too early!
We’re excited to read both women’s writings with our baby Sylvia… never too early!
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Marah & Motaz lost their home and work & were displaced with their baby Miela by the genocide in Gaza. They're still starving, freezing, and sick after a year of Israel's famine & siege. Please share & give to help, Marah's ill in the cold--they urgently need shelter, essentials & healthcare:
February 12, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Marah & Motaz lost their home and work & were displaced with their baby Miela by the genocide in Gaza. They're still starving, freezing, and sick after a year of Israel's famine & siege. Please share & give to help, Marah's ill in the cold--they urgently need shelter, essentials & healthcare:
Very much enjoying this episode, as I knew I would! Such a great walk through of the history of feminist crit in Tolkien studies (delivered by my MA supervisor 🩷)
This month, we are joined by Tolkien scholar, Dr. Sara Brown to examine the past, present and future of feminist criticism of Tolkien’s work! Sara is such a phenomenal educator, you are going to love this! Thanks so much, @aranelparmadil.bsky.social!
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February 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Very much enjoying this episode, as I knew I would! Such a great walk through of the history of feminist crit in Tolkien studies (delivered by my MA supervisor 🩷)
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It’s true
It's embarrassing, destructive, and looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right argues @garethwatkins.bsky.social newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...
AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism
It's embarrassing, destructive, and looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right.
newsocialist.org.uk
February 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
It’s true
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Murkowski says call volume to the Senate is now 40x higher than normal:
February 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Murkowski says call volume to the Senate is now 40x higher than normal:
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As I have been telling my family since January 20, there's always tomorrow. And there will be a tomorrow where they don't win.
That is wisdom that I learned from my parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles. They learned it from their elders, and so on.
And now I teach it to the next generations.
That is wisdom that I learned from my parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles. They learned it from their elders, and so on.
And now I teach it to the next generations.
February 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
As I have been telling my family since January 20, there's always tomorrow. And there will be a tomorrow where they don't win.
That is wisdom that I learned from my parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles. They learned it from their elders, and so on.
And now I teach it to the next generations.
That is wisdom that I learned from my parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles. They learned it from their elders, and so on.
And now I teach it to the next generations.
Email your reps!
Tell Congress: Christians Oppose a Christian Nationalist Ambassador to Israel. Vote “No” on Huckabee
Mike Huckabee, the former governor and current conservative TV personality is unfit to be the US Ambassador to Israel. His clear embrace of Christian Zionism and Christian Nationalism should disqualif...
actionnetwork.org
February 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Email your reps!
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Senator Andy Kim just went to the USAID building, talked to the security guard there to confirm employees are being barred entry, and then did a press gaggle right there in front to call it out.
This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.
This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.
February 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Senator Andy Kim just went to the USAID building, talked to the security guard there to confirm employees are being barred entry, and then did a press gaggle right there in front to call it out.
This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.
This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.
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Also, when you’re writing to your electeds, mention that Musk has access to the payment system that handles Medicare and Social Security, as many electeds live in abject fear of something happening to either of those programs. Especially red state electeds.
The first link below includes a sample email script for emailing you AG about stopping Musk’s soft coup. I emailed my electeds yesterday and I’m going to call today during office hours. This is especially important for people to do in red states.
February 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Also, when you’re writing to your electeds, mention that Musk has access to the payment system that handles Medicare and Social Security, as many electeds live in abject fear of something happening to either of those programs. Especially red state electeds.
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Must read. Musk has taken control of all of our money!
February 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Must read. Musk has taken control of all of our money!
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For Black History Month, did you know that one of our foundational Tolkien scholars is a Black woman? Melanie Rawls wrote "The Feminine Principle in Tolkien" (1984), among THE seminal works on women and Tolkien. She's written on JRRT and Ursula Le Guin among others and is a fantasist herself.
February 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
For Black History Month, did you know that one of our foundational Tolkien scholars is a Black woman? Melanie Rawls wrote "The Feminine Principle in Tolkien" (1984), among THE seminal works on women and Tolkien. She's written on JRRT and Ursula Le Guin among others and is a fantasist herself.
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My book "Illustrating The Lord of the Rings in the Soviet Bloc" has a cover! Featuring artwork by the most excellent Yassen Panov, illustrator of the 1990-1991 Bulgarian #LOTR translation Vlastelinat Na Prastenite. The book is currently scheduled for release on September 18th #Tolkien
January 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Another day of trying to replace the terrible news on your feed with beautiful landscape photography 📸
Cannon Beach, Oregon
#photography #longexposure #ocean #oceanscape #oregon #oregoncoast
Cannon Beach, Oregon
#photography #longexposure #ocean #oceanscape #oregon #oregoncoast
January 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Another day of trying to replace the terrible news on your feed with beautiful landscape photography 📸
Cannon Beach, Oregon
#photography #longexposure #ocean #oceanscape #oregon #oregoncoast
Cannon Beach, Oregon
#photography #longexposure #ocean #oceanscape #oregon #oregoncoast
Oooh, I’ll pull an oldie out of my archives. This tiny sketch of Tintern Abbey is from 2018. We visited again this year while it was under repairs (which was actually cool to see as well!).
Tagging:
@miriamellis.bsky.social
@mgcoco.bsky.social
#artshare
Tagging:
@miriamellis.bsky.social
@mgcoco.bsky.social
#artshare
January 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Oooh, I’ll pull an oldie out of my archives. This tiny sketch of Tintern Abbey is from 2018. We visited again this year while it was under repairs (which was actually cool to see as well!).
Tagging:
@miriamellis.bsky.social
@mgcoco.bsky.social
#artshare
Tagging:
@miriamellis.bsky.social
@mgcoco.bsky.social
#artshare