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Kori Michele
@korimichele.bsky.social
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Cartoonist, zinester, shawol.
website/portfolio: korimichele.com
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Kori Michele @korimichele.bsky.social · 12d
DO NOT COMPLY
Watercolor on paper, 11 x 12 inches, Jan 2026.

ICE OUT OF MAINE
ICE OUT OF EXISTENCE
DEFEND YOUR COMMUNITY
FEED YOUR NEIGHBORS
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Reposting the close ups...I'm really proud of these...
korimichele.bsky.social Kori Michele @korimichele.bsky.social · 5h
Photos of each individual square (description in alt text)
Painting of a tight square crop on Key's face. He has a hot pink lip and eyeshadow with purple shadows and a teal background. Reference from a stage close up from a Keyland On and On concert. A small, square painting of abstract shapes...like a river of rainbow water on a base of purple. Reference is an extremely zoomed crop of a section of background screen from Uncanny Valley in Oakland when Key was performing Picture Frame. A square painting depicting a man , only half his face visible, in a red jacket, olive shirt, and dusty purple tie. Holding a matching olive phone with a peach colored background. (Study of a promo photo of Onew's new album Tough Love) A square painting depicting fabric texture. Wavy dot patterns suggest a satiny sparkle, painting is dark, warm purples. (Reference is a tight close up of Onew's black costume from the Percent Encore)
February 17, 2026 at 6:36 AM
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Color and texture studies.
Each 3x3 inches, I spent exactly 1 hour on each one tonight.

Acryla gouache on paper. (details follow in thread)
Photograph of a painting featuring 4 painted squares, featuring various colors and textures, some abstract and some figurative.
February 17, 2026 at 6:02 AM
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galegalligan.bsky.social
the thing about "i want to make comics" is that you have to start by making comics. it feels daunting because you want to make GOOD comics

but like

if i wanted to whittle i would not expect my first piece to be a beautiful toad king. i'd go fuck up some wood. you gotta go fuck up some comics
February 16, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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gregpak.net
Hey, friends, especially folks in Brooklyn - the great @edidin.bsky.social is trying to help the Park Slope Women's Shelter replace some craft supplies. If you have the means, please consider helping out! www.thingstogetme.com/2169641a9c163
Craft Supplies for Park Slope Women's Shelter
The Park Slope Women's Shelter serves unhoused women with mental health and/or substance-use disorder diagnoses in NYC. Due to an incident this past year, the shelter is attempting to rebuild and re...
www.thingstogetme.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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longfusilli.bsky.social
freedom for all #art
bird nerd illustration depicting birds from all over the Americas: the golden eagle, Canada jay, Venezuelan troupial, pigeon, and several more. They soar freely together with joyful patterns, celebrating one another and their shared ability to take flight.
February 16, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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wandirge.bsky.social
Wanted to express my anger these past weeks through whatever I can draw
#oc #ocsky ✨
February 16, 2026 at 5:39 AM
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amalelmohtar.com
tfw stealing material history is insufficient
February 16, 2026 at 3:01 PM
korimichele.bsky.social
Artifice of Intelligence

"The Problem"
2/15/2026

Read on my website here: studiokori.neocities.org/blog/artifice
The Problem February 15, 2026 The problem is that I want to do too many things- Not just in a day, but more things than my lifespan will allow. (Painting, writing; observing nature, birds; taking care of my home, the people I love.) If you ask me if I want to use "AI" to accomplish any of those things, I will say "no!" Since you misunderstand— it's not that I want those things to be done but that I want to do them You might suggest that there is some value in "AI", then, to, if not accomplish things, pose these philosophical questions about making. I will say "no!" For years we have asked "if you could make a copy of yourself so you could get twice as much done, would you?" And my answer was the same! I want to do those things, not have someone else do them! We do not need "AI" for anything! We've pondered the value of doing for ages without it! It is not intelligent! It is only artifice! If it were intelligent, it would know: There are too many things I want to do, more than I can complete in a lifetime, and to have to choose which I can do, causes me grief, but also, makes the living so precious. Living is not a problem that ought to be solved. -Kori Michele Handwerker 02/15/2026
February 16, 2026 at 6:56 AM
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She just...threw it????
February 15, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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World is hell but at least I've unlocked chickadee selfies
A chickadee lands on my hand A chickadee examines the treats in my hand The chickadee sitting on my hand looks at the camera (as do I. Can you believe this?) A different chickadee picks a peanut our of my hand
February 14, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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Pigeon Mail

reposting a piece from my solo show at Nucleus Portland because I'm writing a little love letter for my husband for Valentines day (d'aw)

[ #kidlitart #illustration #watercolor #gouache ]
February 13, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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Am I hanging on by a thread? Yes. Please go fuck shit up. We all have our parts to play. Fuck shit up. Being in trouble is a fake idea.
February 14, 2026 at 2:31 AM
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She makes me so happy, I just don't understand how there can be so much evil in the world when such gentle beauty exists, I really cannot. Every day I feed her and every day I resolve to protect this miracle of a planet and the people who still understand what it feels like to love.
A black capped chickadee sits on my hand. A black capped chickadee selects a snack from my hand. A black capped chickadee plucks a peanut from my hand. A black capped chickadee shows off the peanut she has plucked from my hand.
February 14, 2026 at 2:29 AM
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rabihalameddine.bsky.social
Eyvind Earle, A Winter Scene, 1968
February 14, 2026 at 12:29 AM
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adashtra.bsky.social
These are concentration camps and its our duty as citizens to ensure these things don't get built.
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3d
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:28 AM
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dylanndr.bsky.social
My newest zine - TrannyToons Presents: Annotated Trans Comics of the Early '00s - collects my very earliest trans comics creations from 2000-2006. You can read more about this zine here:
www.patreon.com/posts/150606...

#zines #TransHistory
Photo of a hand holding a zine, whose cover features a comic drawing of two trans guys in superhero garb text: TrannyToons Presents: Annotated Trans Comics of the Early '00s by Dylan "NDR" Edwards photo of an interior spread from TrannyToons Presents: Annotated Trans Comics of the Early '00s by Dylan "NDR" Edwards, showing black-and-white comics with lots of text explaining cultural artifacts of trans culture from 25 years ago when these comics were originally created
February 12, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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February 12, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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theradr.bsky.social
Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.
themodsisyphus.bsky.social Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her) @themodsisyphus.bsky.social · 4d
CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old.

“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Of Dehydration And Shock In U.S. Border Patrol Custody
The girl's death underscores the crisis precipitated by large groups of families seeking asylum where there are inadequate facilities to detain them.
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February 13, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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andrewkarre.bsky.social
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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Peanut selections
A black capped chickadee plucks a peanut from a pile of nuts, seeds, and worms in my hand. A black capped chickadee plucks a peanut from a pile of nuts, seeds, and worms in my hand. A black capped chickadee plucks a peanut from a pile of nuts, seeds, and worms in my hand. A black capped chickadee plucks a peanut from a pile of nuts, seeds, and worms in my hand.
February 11, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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Fresh snow to navigate
A black capped chickadee holding onto a stem and looking down at the snow. A black capped chickadee half-submerged in fluffy snow. A black capped chickadee half-submerged in fluffy snow and considering a pile of nuts and seeds. An imprint of a chickadee butt in the snow next to a pile of nuts and seeds.
February 11, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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lilliejharris.bsky.social
I'm running a comics workshop at @fantomcomics.bsky.social in March!! We'll analyze how death can be expressed through comics as an everyday occurrence, a catastrophic event, or anything in between 🌹

If you're in the DMV & interested, grab a ticket here: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comic...
The promotional image for the Portraying Death in Comics workshop using a page from my comic OPEN CASKET An photo taken while I was in the studio during my residency in 2023 with my bio listed
February 10, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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possumpunks.bsky.social
diskettepress.com/pages/pitches
Pitch to Us!
Diskette is looking to publish your work! If you're queer and you make art that you think is well-suited to Risograph printing, please reach out to us! Fill out this form to submit a pitch. If you hav...
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February 10, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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angus.bsky.social
One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
jbendery.bsky.social Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 6d
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.

That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
www.huffpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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beautifulbizarre.net
‘The Talking Cloth’ by Frances Featherstone is a masterclass in painting textiles and fabric! I’m just obsessed with how wonderfully cozy this looks!
#art #beautifulbizarre #francesfeatherstone #realism #contemporaryart #figurativeart
February 10, 2026 at 11:30 PM