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teΔ connoisseur, monsters, owls, artist, she/her
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If you choose to go out, you need more than vibes. You need a plan. This is about maximizing safety and impact. Not about looking brave on Instagram.
If you’re going out, your first job is coming home.
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If you’re going out, your first job is coming home.
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Field Notes for a Cracking An Empire
How to stay alive when the fight arrives at your door.
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January 25, 2026 at 12:34 AM
If you choose to go out, you need more than vibes. You need a plan. This is about maximizing safety and impact. Not about looking brave on Instagram.
If you’re going out, your first job is coming home.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
If you’re going out, your first job is coming home.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
That. fucking. helicopter.
a person is laying on a bed with a pillow on their face
Alt: Animated gif: a woman is laying in a bed, grabs a pillow next to her and aggressively covers her entire head
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January 25, 2026 at 10:15 AM
That. fucking. helicopter.
Some nights I can't get to sleep because I have no idea what the next thing I wake up to will be.
January 25, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Some nights I can't get to sleep because I have no idea what the next thing I wake up to will be.
Be soft and kind to each other, be hard and mean to our enemies.
January 22, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Be soft and kind to each other, be hard and mean to our enemies.
There is no saving this organization. There was never any saving this organization. Do not trust any politician who speaks of reform. These people should be in prison.
We must rely on each other.
We must rely on each other.
Welcome to Minneapolis. Our neighbors have witnessed too many war crimes at this point. Federal agents even left weapons on the ground.
January 21, 2026 at 10:24 PM
There is no saving this organization. There was never any saving this organization. Do not trust any politician who speaks of reform. These people should be in prison.
We must rely on each other.
We must rely on each other.
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That’s it. We’re neighbors looking out for our neighbors. We do it when we shovel each other’s walks and push each other out of snowdrifts and we do it when there are snatch squads roaming the streets. It runs deep in Minneapolis: we all have to band together to survive the winters.
Many Americans are terrible neighbors to each other, and that is why MN is striking everyone as extraordinary activism... when they are telling us that it is not. They're good neighbors!
It's no wonder that "being a shitty neighbor" is the hallmark of our domestic politics and our foreign policy.
It's no wonder that "being a shitty neighbor" is the hallmark of our domestic politics and our foreign policy.
January 18, 2026 at 7:04 PM
That’s it. We’re neighbors looking out for our neighbors. We do it when we shovel each other’s walks and push each other out of snowdrifts and we do it when there are snatch squads roaming the streets. It runs deep in Minneapolis: we all have to band together to survive the winters.
Like salmon swimming upstream to the pools from which they spawned, a British writer cannot resist writing a story about stories.
January 16, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Like salmon swimming upstream to the pools from which they spawned, a British writer cannot resist writing a story about stories.
I need people to understand this. ICE is a baby organization, it's barely old enough to vote.
ICE DID NOT EXIST BEFORE 2003.
No one has to throw their eggs in this basket. It has been militarized, corrupt, and abusive since inception. There is nothing there to save. We can throw this away.
ICE DID NOT EXIST BEFORE 2003.
No one has to throw their eggs in this basket. It has been militarized, corrupt, and abusive since inception. There is nothing there to save. We can throw this away.
I wonder if ICE/CBP flooding Brooklyn and causing violent chaos would change Hakeem and Chuck’s views on funding those agencies. Knowing them, maybe not
January 15, 2026 at 5:45 PM
I need people to understand this. ICE is a baby organization, it's barely old enough to vote.
ICE DID NOT EXIST BEFORE 2003.
No one has to throw their eggs in this basket. It has been militarized, corrupt, and abusive since inception. There is nothing there to save. We can throw this away.
ICE DID NOT EXIST BEFORE 2003.
No one has to throw their eggs in this basket. It has been militarized, corrupt, and abusive since inception. There is nothing there to save. We can throw this away.
Get the fuck out of my beautiful city.
January 15, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Get the fuck out of my beautiful city.
I miss when I had access to a high volume xerox machine.
January 14, 2026 at 8:31 PM
I miss when I had access to a high volume xerox machine.
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take a second to really wrap your head around this.
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
take a second to really wrap your head around this.
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The Hiveworks Artist Guild has released a public statement alleging years of labor abuses, financial mismanagement, and misconduct at Hiveworks at the hands of Xellette “Xel” Velamist and Isabelle “Isa” Melançon. Read their full statement at:
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January 12, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The Hiveworks Artist Guild has released a public statement alleging years of labor abuses, financial mismanagement, and misconduct at Hiveworks at the hands of Xellette “Xel” Velamist and Isabelle “Isa” Melançon. Read their full statement at:
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
Report it. Every avenue we have to hold a murderer accountable for his murdering. No grift for the boot.
There’s a GoFundMe for Jonathan Ross’s legal expenses for murdering Renee Good.
This violates GoFundMe’s Terms of Service. Everyone must report it.
A thread on how to do that 🧵
This violates GoFundMe’s Terms of Service. Everyone must report it.
A thread on how to do that 🧵
January 11, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Report it. Every avenue we have to hold a murderer accountable for his murdering. No grift for the boot.
Ah. I see. Here we again. The same people doing the same things.
January 8, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Ah. I see. Here we again. The same people doing the same things.
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ICE agents stopped by protesters after the shooting an observer in Minneapolis, according to witnesse. ICE deployed pepper spray and tear gas.
January 7, 2026 at 5:15 PM
ICE agents stopped by protesters after the shooting an observer in Minneapolis, according to witnesse. ICE deployed pepper spray and tear gas.
This was murder. This is fascism. You cannot trust the government or the media. Talk to your neighbors, build community, we only have eachother.
Remember that precident tells us that every ICE statement around this will be a face-saving lie. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Live updates: Officials confirm ICE-involved shooting in south Minneapolis
Witnesses reported a person was shot in south Minneapolis on Wednesday morning, amid a large presence of federal law enforcement officers. It was not immediately clear who may have been shot, or who m...
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January 7, 2026 at 6:24 PM
This was murder. This is fascism. You cannot trust the government or the media. Talk to your neighbors, build community, we only have eachother.
Emerging long enough from my flu cocoon to see that I should crawl right back inside for another ten years.
January 6, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Emerging long enough from my flu cocoon to see that I should crawl right back inside for another ten years.
Cooking with friends is a superior hangout activity, stop making food ahead of time and make your food together.
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 6, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Cooking with friends is a superior hangout activity, stop making food ahead of time and make your food together.
The cycle of illness is: Sleep until you can't > Exhaust yourself doing mundane tasks, such as a single load of laundry > Drink water > Repeat.
I'm on a second load of laundry so I may pass out any second.
I'm on a second load of laundry so I may pass out any second.
January 5, 2026 at 4:26 AM
The cycle of illness is: Sleep until you can't > Exhaust yourself doing mundane tasks, such as a single load of laundry > Drink water > Repeat.
I'm on a second load of laundry so I may pass out any second.
I'm on a second load of laundry so I may pass out any second.
Sick as hell and drinking bad coffee so I can stay awake long enough to do laundry.
January 4, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Sick as hell and drinking bad coffee so I can stay awake long enough to do laundry.
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Sagittarius takes aim. Art: me.
I’m thinking of running another Horrorscope short story on the patreon since Funrama issue 10 is going to be such a laborious undertaking.
I’m thinking of running another Horrorscope short story on the patreon since Funrama issue 10 is going to be such a laborious undertaking.
January 2, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Sagittarius takes aim. Art: me.
I’m thinking of running another Horrorscope short story on the patreon since Funrama issue 10 is going to be such a laborious undertaking.
I’m thinking of running another Horrorscope short story on the patreon since Funrama issue 10 is going to be such a laborious undertaking.
- finishing drawing and print Werewolf Project
- finish and print Mermaid Project
- the Twin Cities Cryptid Project has 2 stories, I want to make more
- make a little playable video game house
- improve my painting, and make paintings
- finish and print Mermaid Project
- the Twin Cities Cryptid Project has 2 stories, I want to make more
- make a little playable video game house
- improve my painting, and make paintings
What are your art ambitions for 2026? Make sure to post them here so we can publicly shame you if you achieve none of them!!
January 2, 2026 at 12:06 AM
- finishing drawing and print Werewolf Project
- finish and print Mermaid Project
- the Twin Cities Cryptid Project has 2 stories, I want to make more
- make a little playable video game house
- improve my painting, and make paintings
- finish and print Mermaid Project
- the Twin Cities Cryptid Project has 2 stories, I want to make more
- make a little playable video game house
- improve my painting, and make paintings
I joke I am a Connoisseur of Garbage, but a lot of "bad" media has redeeming qualities.
Understanding media lets you find those qualities, some exist despite the creator's intent, and that's interesting!
I would never eat nothing but Cheez-its, but sometimes nothing hits like a pile of trash.
Understanding media lets you find those qualities, some exist despite the creator's intent, and that's interesting!
I would never eat nothing but Cheez-its, but sometimes nothing hits like a pile of trash.
"why would I waste my time with bad media"
so you can appreciate how good the good stuff actually is and how hard it is to make.
and also even the bad stuff can sometimes have an interesting idea, even if it is badly executed
so you can appreciate how good the good stuff actually is and how hard it is to make.
and also even the bad stuff can sometimes have an interesting idea, even if it is badly executed
December 31, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I joke I am a Connoisseur of Garbage, but a lot of "bad" media has redeeming qualities.
Understanding media lets you find those qualities, some exist despite the creator's intent, and that's interesting!
I would never eat nothing but Cheez-its, but sometimes nothing hits like a pile of trash.
Understanding media lets you find those qualities, some exist despite the creator's intent, and that's interesting!
I would never eat nothing but Cheez-its, but sometimes nothing hits like a pile of trash.
Welp. Guess we gotta worry about this now.
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but indie creatives with storefronts, be aware that Amazon is beta-testing a program that scrapes the internet via AI and may be offering your products for sale, without your permission. #art #illustrators #indie Video here:
www.instagram.com/reel/DS0b82w...?
www.instagram.com/reel/DS0b82w...?
December 31, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Welp. Guess we gotta worry about this now.
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Had all kinds of fun seeing Thomas Dambo’s “TROLLS: A Field Study” at the NC Arboretum today.
December 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Had all kinds of fun seeing Thomas Dambo’s “TROLLS: A Field Study” at the NC Arboretum today.