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Natasha G❄️dwin
@natashagogo.bsky.social
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Making sense of change. Essays, stories, comics, mathematics. Probably outside.
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kissane.myatproto.social
This is what I spent most of last week working on with other people who cannot leave this stuff alone. Gotta put the facts in order in a stable place and then see what meaning emerges.
unbreaking.org Unbreaking @unbreaking.org · 2d
The fight against authoritarianism has many fronts. At Unbreaking, we choose to work against information overload and for collective understanding. On our Immigration timeline, we track major and representative events from across the US—now filterable by legal case:

unbreaking.org/issues/immig...
Screenshot of filtered timeline: Showing 5 entries related to Chicago Headline Club v. Noem. Oct 6, 2025 Several groups of Chicago journalists sue the federal government for its use of rubber bullets and tear gas against journalists covering demonstrations at the Broadview ICE facility. The suit comes shortly after Broadview officials announce that they have opened three criminal investigations into ICE’s activities (Chicago Headline Club v. Noem). Chicago Headline Club v. Noem Oct 9, 2025 Federal judge Sara Ellis issues a temporary restraining order forbidding arrests of journalists and nonviolent protestors — and the use of physical violence and chemical weapons against them — without probable cause or an immediate threat (Chicago Headline Club v. Noem). Chicago Headline Club v. Noem Oct 16, 2025 Judge Ellis orders federal officers in Chicago to wear body cameras after she reviews footage suggesting that they are continuing to use the violent tactics she restricted in her restraining order on October 9, 2025. Four days later, Judge Ellis questions DHS officers about their continued use of force and chemical weapons (Chicago Headline Club v. Noem). Chicago Headline Club v. Noem Oct 28, 2025 Following on her order requiring immigration agents to wear
November 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
natashagogo.bsky.social
Had fun at Matt Madden’s workshop on “Tritina comics” @comicsworkshop.bsky.social last Friday. It brought together all of my interests: writing, mathematics, art. Love it when that happens 💫

Got a first draft done in-session and then redrew it yesterday.
A slide from Matt Madden’s workshop “How to Build a Labyrinth”, which defines what a Tritina comic is: three words, illustrated across nine panels, with the sequence ABC, CAB, BCA. A sketchy, nine-panel Tritina comic drawn by Natasha Godwin on 11/21/2025 in pencil and black marker: 1. A woman walking away during sundown, with only her sneakers in view. 2. Long shadows of trees. 3. The sun shining. 4. The sun receding. 5. A woman walking along a bridge during sundown. 6. The sun shining through trees. 7. The sun going down behind a tree. 8. A pitch-black sky over a field. 9. Two feet standing on leaves, against a pitch-black sky. A nine-panel Tritina comic drawn by Natasha Godwin on 11/23/2025 in blue ink and blue, yellow, and orange pencil: 1. Someone walking away, with only the soles of their sneakers in view. 2. The sun going down behind trees, forming long, diagonal shadows. 3. A hand holding a compass. 4. The sun going down behind railing. 5. A woman walking along a bridge during sundown. 6. A closeup of someone checking their watch. 7. A clock-compass resting against a sign. 8. A crosswalk at night. 9. A person standing in the middle of a crosswalk, with city lights shining in the distance.
November 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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tomsnarsky.bsky.social
Harris Schiff
be rough like a tree in November about to lose its leaves
November 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
natashagogo.bsky.social
Time to relax 😌 #PairedTexts
Two books side-by-side on a cozy, gray, weighted blanket: Benjamin Wood’s “Seascraper” and Giulio Boccaletti’s “Water: A Biography”
November 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
natashagogo.bsky.social
Ended a nine-hour shift and drove to watch a Board of Commissioner’s meeting on regulating data centers, as one does. Riveting discussion and information 🧚‍♀️
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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werd.io
Just published a deep look at where open social networks stand in 2025: Mastodon’s leadership change, Bluesky’s trajectory, AT Protocol, ActivityPub, cross-network tools, and more. For newsrooms and public service orgs, this moment really matters. werd.io/the-state-of...
The State of the Open Social Web
A comprehensive look at Mastodon, Bluesky, and the growing ecosystem of open, interoperable social networks.
werd.io
November 18, 2025 at 11:52 PM
natashagogo.bsky.social
Was hit with a wave of rage/PTSD this afternoon. Read the local paper. Went on a long walk. Attended a community forum on data centers at a library in another part of town. Ran into Alice Wong’s Disability Visibility and did a drive-by reading before it started. Feel much better 😌.
November 19, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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dharmascholar.bsky.social
Tired: Spotify playlists

Wired: local college radio freeform music hour
November 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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jbakcoleman.bsky.social
This is a fantastic article about James Watson but mostly it’s master class in dispatching of ghouls in science. Often the problem isn’t just that they’re amoral but that their being a(im)moral makes them dangerously wrong in ways that have cascading externalities on our understanding.
November 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
natashagogo.bsky.social
Pre-ordered 🌸 The end of the year's gonna be so cozy 🤗
annaleen.bsky.social Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 14d
Are you yearning for hope? Do you need some friends in the resistance? It's time to pre-order your copy of "We Will Rise Again," a glorious anthology of speculative fiction and essays about political protest and resistance. Coming 12/3! Perfect the holidays! www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
We Will Rise Again
From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...
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November 17, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Light + Park #WinterSolsticeSketchdown

Didn’t want to draw a finished piece and decided to “just doodle” instead. Ended up drawing five finished pieces 🙃
Five sketches for the combined prompt “light” and “park”. Moving clockwise: 1) A light switch to “turn on” day or night 2) A park floating above a city 3) A woman reading a book surrounded by tall floor lights that resemble trees 4) A lamp with a tree pattern on it, drawn in a geometric style 5) A stained glass panel showing a flower with a tree-like pattern on each petal. Drawn by Natasha Godwin on November 12, 2025. No, you may not use this to train AI systems of any kind.
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
natashagogo.bsky.social
Good things 🧡
A copy of “The Weight of Light: A Collection of Solar Futures”, edited by Joey Eschrich and Clark A Miller and directed by Ruth Wylie and Ed Finn, laying on a gray blanket, with rays of sunlight hitting the cover. Photographed by Natasha Godwin. A photo of two, tiny feet, sporting pink blush Hoka sneakers, standing on clumps of orange, brown, and red leaves. Photographed by Natasha Godwin. A maple in full autumn mode, with gorgeous golden leaves, backlit by a bright, blue sky. Photographed by Natasha Godwin. A photo of the inner part of a tree, with branches twisting and interleaving, shooting up toward the sky. Photographed by Natasha Godwin.
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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aubreyhirsch.bsky.social
This is your friendly reminder that Obamacare isn’t just the exchanges! It’s a set of laws that force insurance companies to actually. You know, insure people!! You can read my full graphic explainer here: aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/it-could-b...
November 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
natashagogo.bsky.social
Night + Walk #WinterSolsticeSketchdown
A sketch of a walk at night. We see someone walking from behind, with their left foot stepping forward and their right lifting off the ground. The moon shines over the hills and trees. Drawn by Natasha Godwin on November 10, 2025. Blue ink and colored pencil on an index card.
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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sesmith.lol
‘But I’m on employer health insurance not a marketplace plan or Medicaid’ my friend when providers/facilities/etc aren’t getting these reimbursements they will radically reduce services or close.
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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anjalikdayal.bsky.social
look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
natashagogo.bsky.social
Tree x Café #WinterSolsticeSketchdown

Found myself getting a little too precious about this one and limited the time to 15 minutes. Have decided to focus on expression and ideation for now; keeping a list of techniques to work on for later.
A hand-drawn sketch of five people sitting at a table, with coffee mugs in hand and paper spread around the table. Soaring trees loom behind them; and mossy grass sits below. Drawn by Natasha Godwin on 11/7/2025.
November 8, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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“Night” x “Interior” #WinterSolsticeSketchdown
A sketch of a woman sleeping. Drawn on an index card in blue ink. Natasha Godwin, 11/6/2025
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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tomsnarsky.bsky.social
Miklós Radnóti, tr. Nicholas Kolumban
I’m not a coward or a weakling. I’m only tired. And quiet. The branch goes silently through my hair. It is afraid. I want to forget but I forget nothing. Clouds hurl themselves at the moon. Poison leaves long scars in the sky. I roll myself a cigarette, slowly, carefully. I live.
November 6, 2025 at 2:26 AM
natashagogo.bsky.social
🎶 Full Moon Playlist 🎶

🌕 “Strange Times” by The Black Keys
🌕 “Smokestack Lightnin’” by Howlin’ Wolf
🌕 “Sinnerman” by Nina Simone
🌕 “Sinister Kid” by The Black Keys
🌕 “Leavin’ Trunk” by Taj Mahal
🌕 “Yukon” by Justin Bieber
🌕 “Blue Moon” by Ahmad Jamal
🌕 “Solar (Explorations)” by Michel Camilo
November 6, 2025 at 2:52 AM
natashagogo.bsky.social
To celebrate the changing season and practice drawing, I’ve created a list of prompts for the next 45 days. Personally prefer a non-linear order, with the option to combine prompts and take days off, so I’ve turned the list into a grid, collection, and picker wheel (pickerwheel.com?id=f9f2z) too.
Prompts for Natasha Godwin's Winter Solstice Sketchdown: 1. Shadow 2. Tree 3. Café 4. Night 5. Walk 6. Light 7. Park 8. Sky 9. Shop 10. Window 11. Woods 12. Evening 13. Leaves 14. Roots 15. Moon 16. Shelter 17. Blanket 18. Stars 19. Mountains 20. Home 21. Fire 22. Ice 23. Rest 24. Wood 25. Rocks 26. Water 27. Sweater 28. Scarf 29. Gloves 30. Cozy 31. Cold 32. Warm 33. Meal 34. Inn 35. Holidays 36. Hibernation 37. Snow 38. Clock 39. Calendar 40. Year 41. Interior 42. Yard 43. Din(n)er 44. Solstice 45. Winter Prompts for Natasha Godwin's Winter Solstice Sketchdown, displayed here as a grid. 1. Shadow 2. Tree 3. Café 4. Night 5. Walk 6. Light 7. Park 8. Sky 9. Shop 10. Window 11. Woods 12. Evening 13. Leaves 14. Roots 15. Moon 16. Shelter 17. Blanket 18. Stars 19. Mountains 20. Home Winter Solstice Sketchdown Natasha Godwin / @natashagogo 21. Fire 22. Ice 23. Rest 24. Wood 25. Rocks 26. Water 27. Sweater 28. Scarf 29. Gloves 30. Cozy 31. Cold 32. Warm 33. Meal 34. Inn 35. Holidays 36. Hibernation 37. Snow 38. Clock 39. Calendar 40. Year 41. Interior 42. Yard 43. Din(n)er 44. Solstice 45. Winter Prompts for Natasha Godwin's Winter Solstice Sketchdown, displayed as a collection of groups, including Time (day, evening, night, clock, calendar, year, winter, solstice); Parts and Wholes (trees, leaves, roots, mountains, rocks, woods, wood); States (water, ice, snow, cold, warm, cozy, holidays, hibernation); Places (shelter, sky, inn, home, woods, yard, park, shop); and Objects (meal, sweater, blanket, gloves, scarf, moon).
November 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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"He did not want any consequences. He did not want any consequences ever again." -- Ernest Hemingway, "Soldier's Home" #PairedTexts
November 1, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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"I know I’ve found the right topic when my reading makes me angrier and more motivated to write about it [..] I take it all very seriously and personally" 💅💅💅
October 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Ran into a Phoebe today while climbing a tree. Say hello to my little friend 🌿
October 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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“Truck” #Peachtober2025
A tiny truck stocked with pumpkins parked in front of two large pumpkin houses. Drawn by Natasha Godwin on October 22, 2025 for the Peachtober 2025 challenge. The prompt was “truck”.
October 23, 2025 at 3:34 AM