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JeanVengua
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#FilipinoAmerican writer, editor, artist. #California born & raised. Website: jeanvengua.com Newsletter: jeanvengua.substack.com Mastodon: @jeanevergreen on montereybay.social #mailart #asemics #abstractart
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November 20, 2025

Red-eyed Vireo

Background Paint: Cherry Magenta

#watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #rollandpaint #OnlyBeautifulThings #BCBirds #birdArt #redEyedVireo
A portrait of a Red-eyed Vireo on a bright magenta background. Its head is a grey brown. Its eye has a deep red iris and a round black pupil. Above and across its eye is are streaks of brown. Its beak is slightly open revealing a pink mouth. Its belly is white and its back is light green. The vireo is outlined with sketchy white lines.
November 22, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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VOICES FOR GAZA brought together Palestinian writers, activists, & their allies. Before hundreds, the speakers demonstrated one of the most important values that can sustain us in a time of seemingly unending mourning, resistance, and struggle: solidarity. In this post, we hear from Mosab Abu Toha.
November 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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"Spin the Wheel," Watercolor and ink on paper, 12x12 in.
A pink woman with 4 purple "legs" sits spinning a wheel in her lap. She is accompanied by several unidentifiable creatures, one frog-like one is green with orange teeth, above it is a blue-green octopus like creature, and some plants possibly in the process of transformation.
November 22, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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Yup.
dustinmulvaney.bsky.social Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 4h
I should’ve clarified this map is only 100% accurate for Monterey Bay.
dustinmulvaney.bsky.social Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 5h
100% accurate map. 🦦
November 22, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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Forever For Me For Now

Gouache and Colored Pencil on Paper +Leaf 9x12”

#contemporaryart #drawing #intuitiveart #fineart #art #traditionalart #artonpaper #abstract #automaticdrawing #expressivedrawing #surrealautomatism #contemporarydrawing #mappingthemoment #eleventyeleven
November 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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"Candlesnuff" #fungus. Never heard of this one before!
stevieparsons.bsky.social Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 1d
Another magnificent example of Candlesnuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon), with Deadman’s Fingers (Xylaria polymorpha) in the background. Powerstock NR, Dorset today 20/11/25 #fungi #FungiFriends @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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We lost 2 historic buildings in #Salinas #Chinatown recently.
November 20, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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#sketchbook page
Black ink drawings on 2 sketchbook pages: ) a group of loosely drawn human heads, 2) a glass of water and pen in Ink bottle sitting on a notebook, and 3) some curly abstract scribbles.
November 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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The #artmarket is a #scam and rich people run it: youtu.be/ZZ3F3zWiEmc?...
The Art Market is a Scam (And Rich People Run It)
YouTube video by Wendover Productions
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November 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
jeanvengua.bsky.social
Had a mildly "Lynchian" morning, starting with a mammography one would expect to happen under a dictatorship, punctuated later with witnessing close-up an altercation between 2 car drivers and an extremely vocal passenger who would not shut the f__k up. Should've worn my catzilla shirt. #DavidLynch
November 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Mary Poppins, we could use some help!
Photo of an iron windvane cut in the shape of Mary Poppins (in silhouette) holding her open umbrella and a satchel. The windvane points east.
November 17, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Omg, what? That puts the kabosh on my fantasy of moving to Japan!
ciele.bsky.social Ciele @ciele.bsky.social · 6d
this reminds me of one of my all-time favorite comics from the Oatmeal
A famous comic from the oatmeal known as the oatmeal nope. Godzilla is getting up on invading Tokyo and running back into the ocean with his fingers extended. You should find the story behind why he wrote this comic because it’s even funnier than the picture.
November 17, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Um, happy #Caturday?
#cats #streetart
Blue #Chalkdrawing portrait of cat (head only) looking sad.
November 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Chicago business, civic and faith leaders join together to call for end to immigration raids
For the first time since Operation Midway Blitz began, a large group of Chicago's business, civic and faith leaders jointed together to call for an end to the ICE raids. They say it's having a big imp...
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November 8, 2025 at 2:55 AM
jeanvengua.bsky.social
Just watched the animated Latvian film "Flow." Lovely!
#Flow
November 15, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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#asemic with blobbies. #coloredpencil #art
Colored pencil drawing. The top half is blue-grey asemic writing on orange background. The bottom half is little "blob" shapes in yellow, red, and purple on white background
November 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Love to bike to work through the middle of the vehicular manslaughter arms race
November 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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I'd like to think this will finally be the thing to make his supporters turn on him. But I don't know - who he is has been obvious from the start. Yes - he's a monstrous person, but the problem is everyone who sees that, and says I'm ok with that actually...
spinweaveandcut.com/draw-the-line/
A comics page in black and white. Arranged in 5 tiers of panels, each with successively smaller panels and more per row - with the exception of the first. Opens with no panel border - silhouette of a hand in a gun position - with smoke coming from index finger. speech balloon “i could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn’t lose any voters, ok?” Caption “this is perhaps the most truthful thing trump has ever said…” Same row - more than half page width panel with three drawings of trump making jerky body distortions mocking cerebral palsy. Caption “one might’ve assumed when he mocked reporter serge kovaleski that it would cross a line and be the end of him in public life.” Speech balloon “now the poor guy, you ought to see this guy!” Caption “that was naive.” Next row, first panel, slightly more than page width - closeup on trump’s open mouth, shouting “when you’re a star, they let you do it. you can do anything. Grab ‘em by the pussy. you can do anything.” Caption “surely, there’d be no coming back from this?” Second panel - silhouettes of tiki torch carrying rioters with their shirt collars showing. Caption “or this?” Dialogue “you also had some very fine people on both sides.” Caption “and yet…” Third row - three panels, first slightly more than a third, rest smaller still. Silhouette of trump throwing a paper towel roll like shooting a basketball. Dialogue “a great day…” Caption “c’mon…”. Second panel closeup on his lips, dialogue “why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” Caption “really?” Third panel closeup on a coiled-style phone cord, dialogue “i would like you to do us a favor, though.” In background words from the first articles of impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors. full alt text on my site - character count too small!! Bottom another small box with the title “draw the line” and my name march 2025. @nsousanis.bsky.social spinweaveandcut.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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A bedtime #sketch #inkdrawing
November 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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From #HeatherCoxRichardson on the trend of American people (left & right) becoming "incensed at this administration" and "the system [that] has been rigged since the 1980s." What's important right now: Creating #coalitions that break down political partisanship. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS3B...
Thousands of Epstein Files Released as Shutdown Ends | Explainer
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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November 14, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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Just saw a report of fast moving fire in Mono County (near Bishop). #WatchDuty app says it's 1000 acres, and there have already been some evacuations.
#California #fire
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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It's that time of year again.
#autumn #photography #leaves
Photograph of a fallen red maple leaf on a cement sidewalk, next to a grey, fallen maple leaf imprint (obviously fell earlier on wet cement).
November 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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A little bit of excitement from last night. The northern lights very rarely ever make it down into central California. Had to go out and see what I could capture.

#aurora #photography #landscape #art #bluesky #california #canon
Kaweah Lake, in central California with red pillars of light over the mountain range from the aurora borealis.
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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Paper bag #asemic #art.
Black asemic (non-contextual) writing on a piece of brown paper bag with the words "is our middle name" printed in white lower case letters on it, upside down
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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It's a thing . . .
Light green, organic object covered with seed-like protrusions, sitting on what looks like tile.
November 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM