David Wells
@misterwells.bsky.social
Artist//Teacher//Dad (he/him)
Observer of things, appreciator of stuff. Jack of all trades and master of several.
Other social media at https://linktr.ee/studiodwells
Observer of things, appreciator of stuff. Jack of all trades and master of several.
Other social media at https://linktr.ee/studiodwells
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David Wells
@misterwells.bsky.social
· Jan 18
I draw and animate, but since digital, photography is a frequent* practice that underpins much of my other work. Documenting A Thing or An Event gives me the willies, but I’m happy to putter about taking looks at mundane stuff. Been doing it long enough that I’m sometimes pleased with the results.
"The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
The lake it is said never gives up hr dead
When the skies of Nov turn gloomy
Not givin you up, not lettin you down
Never gonna run round and desert you
Nor make you cry, nor say goodbye
Nor tell a lie and hurt you"
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
The lake it is said never gives up hr dead
When the skies of Nov turn gloomy
Not givin you up, not lettin you down
Never gonna run round and desert you
Nor make you cry, nor say goodbye
Nor tell a lie and hurt you"
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
The lake it is said never gives up hr dead
When the skies of Nov turn gloomy
Not givin you up, not lettin you down
Never gonna run round and desert you
Nor make you cry, nor say goodbye
Nor tell a lie and hurt you"
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
The lake it is said never gives up hr dead
When the skies of Nov turn gloomy
Not givin you up, not lettin you down
Never gonna run round and desert you
Nor make you cry, nor say goodbye
Nor tell a lie and hurt you"
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Watch Marco Rubio's face throughout this interview. He is quite proud to be the Secretary of State for a man who can correctly identify a picture of a giraffe. I wish this was an exaggeration.
Trump: AOC is low IQ. If you give her an IQ test, have her pass like the exams that I decided to take when I was at Walter Reed. Those are very hard…
The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..
The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..
October 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Watch Marco Rubio's face throughout this interview. He is quite proud to be the Secretary of State for a man who can correctly identify a picture of a giraffe. I wish this was an exaggeration.
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October 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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From the owner of the house tonight:
October 25, 2025 at 4:49 AM
From the owner of the house tonight:
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NYT sanewashing extends, apparently, to sparing NYT readers from a description of Trump's literal shit.
October 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
NYT sanewashing extends, apparently, to sparing NYT readers from a description of Trump's literal shit.
“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
Now amended, of course, to “the law is whatever the f*ck we say it is.”
Now amended, of course, to “the law is whatever the f*ck we say it is.”
A Border Patrol agent in Round Lake Beach on the morning of Friday 10/18 tells the person filming his license plate, "we change plates out every day."
October 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
Now amended, of course, to “the law is whatever the f*ck we say it is.”
Now amended, of course, to “the law is whatever the f*ck we say it is.”
I guess he’s finally telling the truth, in a way?
Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America
October 19, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I guess he’s finally telling the truth, in a way?
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⚡️⚡️⚡️Precisely. Presidential pardons are a remedy of last resort, in rare cases when the legal system has malfunctioned. The fact that Trump imagines that he’s been given a stack of Monopoly Get out of Jail Free cards to sell or bestow for profit or gratification, or political points, is grotesque.
October 18, 2025 at 4:47 AM
⚡️⚡️⚡️Precisely. Presidential pardons are a remedy of last resort, in rare cases when the legal system has malfunctioned. The fact that Trump imagines that he’s been given a stack of Monopoly Get out of Jail Free cards to sell or bestow for profit or gratification, or political points, is grotesque.
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A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
October 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
This thirty second Toothless Public Outrage Statement was brought to you by the Illinois State Police and their willingness to guard the Broadview Detention Center so that every single ICE goon is now freed up to teargass our neighborhoods…
Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.
ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.
The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.
ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.
The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.
October 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This thirty second Toothless Public Outrage Statement was brought to you by the Illinois State Police and their willingness to guard the Broadview Detention Center so that every single ICE goon is now freed up to teargass our neighborhoods…
Stepping back a bit, we wouldn’t be in this mess if we as a society hadn’t decided that the best way to run our economy was to have huge sectors of it (agriculture and construction chief among them) reliant on the cheap, easily exploitable labor of undocumented immigrants.
I hope this is obvious?
I hope this is obvious?
October 14, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Stepping back a bit, we wouldn’t be in this mess if we as a society hadn’t decided that the best way to run our economy was to have huge sectors of it (agriculture and construction chief among them) reliant on the cheap, easily exploitable labor of undocumented immigrants.
I hope this is obvious?
I hope this is obvious?
So I asked one of my FB friend’s MAGA friends who Knows All about Chicago because he “grew up in the area” which all white suburb his parents fled to when Black people started moving in.
(just in case you might have been wondering how I feel about people cheering on authoritarians at the moment)
(just in case you might have been wondering how I feel about people cheering on authoritarians at the moment)
October 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM
So I asked one of my FB friend’s MAGA friends who Knows All about Chicago because he “grew up in the area” which all white suburb his parents fled to when Black people started moving in.
(just in case you might have been wondering how I feel about people cheering on authoritarians at the moment)
(just in case you might have been wondering how I feel about people cheering on authoritarians at the moment)
“Zombie no go go, unless you tell am to go
Zombie no go stop, unless you tell am to stop
Zombie no go turn, unless you tell am to turn
Zombie no go think, unless you tell am to think”
Zombie no go stop, unless you tell am to stop
Zombie no go turn, unless you tell am to turn
Zombie no go think, unless you tell am to think”
October 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
“Zombie no go go, unless you tell am to go
Zombie no go stop, unless you tell am to stop
Zombie no go turn, unless you tell am to turn
Zombie no go think, unless you tell am to think”
Zombie no go stop, unless you tell am to stop
Zombie no go turn, unless you tell am to turn
Zombie no go think, unless you tell am to think”
And you are OK with Illinois state troopers assisting ICE at Broadview because why exactly…?
Talk is cheap, Governor. I was so full on behind you, but words don’t do much unless there are actions to back them up.
Deeply disappointed.
Talk is cheap, Governor. I was so full on behind you, but words don’t do much unless there are actions to back them up.
Deeply disappointed.
Federal agents reporting to Secretary Noem have spent weeks snatching up families, scaring law-abiding residents, violating due process rights, and even detaining U.S. citizens.
They fail to focus on violent criminals and instead create panic in our communities.
They fail to focus on violent criminals and instead create panic in our communities.
October 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
And you are OK with Illinois state troopers assisting ICE at Broadview because why exactly…?
Talk is cheap, Governor. I was so full on behind you, but words don’t do much unless there are actions to back them up.
Deeply disappointed.
Talk is cheap, Governor. I was so full on behind you, but words don’t do much unless there are actions to back them up.
Deeply disappointed.
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This piece means a lot to me. I hope you'll check it out. ❤️
As ICE continues to terrorize Chicagoland, protesters gathered this morning outside the Broadview detention center—throwing stuffed animals at DHS agents, playing music through tear gas assaults, and putting their bodies on the line to stop ICE vehicles. My latest.
Fighting for Our Stolen Neighbors: ICE, Tear Gas and a Guitar Blown Open
"Being out here to demand what is right is the only way to stay human," says Jessica Darrow.
organizingmythoughts.org
September 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
This piece means a lot to me. I hope you'll check it out. ❤️
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“Fascism” isn’t a slur for politics we don’t like. It’s a precise word with precise meaning. And in the face of what’s happening right now in America, it’s the most honest one we have.
I’ll lay it out as plainly as I can. 🧵
I’ll lay it out as plainly as I can. 🧵
September 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“Fascism” isn’t a slur for politics we don’t like. It’s a precise word with precise meaning. And in the face of what’s happening right now in America, it’s the most honest one we have.
I’ll lay it out as plainly as I can. 🧵
I’ll lay it out as plainly as I can. 🧵
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CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball
Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
September 20, 2025 at 2:22 AM
CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball
Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
Sooo… this happened tonight.
(Gates opened to reveal 15-20 ICE agents in full Stormtrooper mode, firing flashbangs and tear gas into a crowd of around 150 peaceful, if angry, protesters)
(Gates opened to reveal 15-20 ICE agents in full Stormtrooper mode, firing flashbangs and tear gas into a crowd of around 150 peaceful, if angry, protesters)
September 20, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Sooo… this happened tonight.
(Gates opened to reveal 15-20 ICE agents in full Stormtrooper mode, firing flashbangs and tear gas into a crowd of around 150 peaceful, if angry, protesters)
(Gates opened to reveal 15-20 ICE agents in full Stormtrooper mode, firing flashbangs and tear gas into a crowd of around 150 peaceful, if angry, protesters)
“Stop acting like this is normal”
says an editorial in The Paper of Record that’s been acting like this is totally normal.
says an editorial in The Paper of Record that’s been acting like this is totally normal.
Ezra Klein is right and it matters he's saying this. The question is not "funding the government" or "shutting down the government."
It's funding *this* government versus shutting down *this* government. It's not the definite article existing independent of who's in power. It is who's in power.
It's funding *this* government versus shutting down *this* government. It's not the definite article existing independent of who's in power. It is who's in power.
Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
“Stop acting like this is normal”
says an editorial in The Paper of Record that’s been acting like this is totally normal.
says an editorial in The Paper of Record that’s been acting like this is totally normal.
Imagine if we attempted to deny healthcare, public bathroom access, and a host of other basic human rights to everyone currently living in Nebraska. Fewer people would be affected in that scenario than are presently under attack by the current regime.
More than 2.8m people in US identify as trans, including 724,000 youth, data shows
Exclusive: largest data analysis of its kind counters Trump’s aggressive efforts to deny trans minors’ existence
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Imagine if we attempted to deny healthcare, public bathroom access, and a host of other basic human rights to everyone currently living in Nebraska. Fewer people would be affected in that scenario than are presently under attack by the current regime.
Sometimes a hero is more than just a sandwich.
AG Bondi says a DOJ employee has been fired after he was arrested for allegedly throwing a wrapped Subway sandwich at a federal law enforcement officer in Washington, D.C.
Following his arrest, the man allegedly told one of the arresting officers: “I did it. I threw a sandwich.” wapo.st/3Uq59TN
Following his arrest, the man allegedly told one of the arresting officers: “I did it. I threw a sandwich.” wapo.st/3Uq59TN
August 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Sometimes a hero is more than just a sandwich.
Oh Brave New World, that hath such people in it…
August 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Oh Brave New World, that hath such people in it…
I hope it’s obvious to all that people who are afraid are people that we can stand up to.
Tim Burchett says he lives in his office in DC because he's scared of crime in the city
August 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I hope it’s obvious to all that people who are afraid are people that we can stand up to.
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those damned outdoor pigs can't keep getting away with this
August 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
those damned outdoor pigs can't keep getting away with this
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This mashup has me some kind of way
July 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This mashup has me some kind of way