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schmutzy.bsky.social
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@schmutzy.bsky.social
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art director • weirdo
graphic design • ephemera • film
Disability rights. MASK UP! [she/her]
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levin.bsky.social
Respect Alice Wong’s call here:
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
COVID Isn’t Going Anywhere. Masking Up Could Save My Life.
"When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving."
www.teenvogue.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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chantzy.bsky.social
@leslieleeiii.bsky.social was one of my favourite voices on Covid & I'm devastated to hear about his passing. A brilliant writer and ally. Incredible loss for our community 💔
Tweet from Leslie's spouse "Please read. -YB. All proceeds from the GoFundMe will go to cover funeral costs and as temporary replacement of loss of income" It goes to post a screenshot of text "This is YB, @stuffhedoes Leslie's spouse. I am sad to share with you the tragic news of his passing on Monday, November 10th, aged 43. Leslie Lee Ill was a beloved husband, son, brother, uncle, cousin, nephew, and friend. He left us much too soon. I appreciate your kindness at this time, while we process our grief. If you wish, you can donate directly to his gofundme linked in his profile, any later news I will post from this account. A private service for family is being held this week with a memorial service to be held at a later date in NYC. He was to me, my everything. He was an advocate for others with Long COVID. He was an amazing writer and passionate podcaster."
November 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
schmutzy.bsky.social
Black & white promo photo from The Mask (1961) featuring a giant hovering mosaic skull with eyeballs and mouth agape with some front teeth missing. A white woman with long blonde hair and black dress sits atop a tomb in the foreground. She is staring off into the distance and seems undisturbed by the giant disembodied skull.
July 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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itsbabs.bsky.social
this coming sunday, i’ll be joining folks at LA’s all power books for a discussion on disability and imperialism, our present pandemicene, and what we’re doing to resist and care for each other to survive.

sunday, july 27 @ 6 pm
a sepia icon in which a disabled man sits in a wheelchair breaking large chains. DISABILITY & IMPERIALISM ALL POWER BOOKS SUNDAY, JULY 27TH 6:00PM - 8:00PM ALL POWER BOOKS allpowerbooks Imperialism doesn't just exploit land and labor, it systematically creates disability through war, toxic contamination, and structural violence. Join us next Sunday, July 27th at 6pm as we examine how empire manufactures disability as a tool of domination, while exploring socialist visions for an accessible and liberated disabled future. We will also be joined by organizer and COVID mitigation advocate Abby Mahler aka @pinball_wiitch (Mask Bloc LA, Airgasmic, others) as we connect imperial violence to disability politics today and highlight resistance movements fighting back against these systems of disablement. Masks required and available at the door. We also have 5 air purifiers on throughout the space at all times! For individual accessibility questions and requests, please email events@allpowerbooks.org and we will try our best to accommodate.
July 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
When the world rushed “back to normal” & abandoned Covid mitigations, we saw how much ableism & eugenics is ingrained in society.

Disabled people warned you it would give rise to fascism, mass death & disability.

You can’t abandon entire groups & keep your moral compass
July 21, 2025 at 2:50 AM
schmutzy.bsky.social
life stinks and I'm seeing pink and I like the Kinks and I need a drink.
PERE UBU Modern Dance Live@Sons d'hiver 2014
YouTube video by Johnny Rocket
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April 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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gaijinrando.bsky.social
Polish poster for KLUTE (1971), directed by Alan J. Pakula - BOTD in 1928
Poster features a surreal painting of a woman's lower body attached to a rotary telephone.
April 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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bigartthread.bsky.social
Works by American artist Karl Wirsum, 1960s-70s, a member of the Hairy Who group of Chicago artists known for their playful sense of humor and often maximalist, colorful styles.
Cartoon-like painting of an abstract alien figure made up of symmetrical green, blue, and yellow shapes, surrounded by strange, possibly robotic figures floating around them. The background is bright orange with yellow squiggle lines. Cartoon-like painting of an abstracted femme figure with blue skin seen from the front, with a yellow and blue pattern outfit and long purple gloves with squiggly fingers, and yellow and black hair that looks like fire or lightning. Behind them is a spiky black pattern over a purple background. Cartoon-like painting in a warm palette of a standing figure made up of various colorful, abstract symmetrical shapes. Above them is the text "Screamin J Hawkin" in red and yellow letters. The background is bright red with abstract squiggle shapes. Cartoon-like print of a large abstract orange and yellow head made up of various shapes and objects, with a blue hairdo. The background is bright yellow-green with dark green curving lines. Multicolor text at the bottom says "Whats the coinfusion I cant make heads or tails of it? Sum one flipped! Now that makes cents".
April 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
If you’re fighting for social justice, wear a mask.

Mad about tariffs? Wear a mask.

Participating in Hands Off? Wear a mask.

Want to fight fascism? Wear a mask.

The Covid pandemic is not over. People are dying & becoming disabled every day.

Protect your health & the health of your community.
April 10, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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putriprihatini.bsky.social
In Javanese wayang (shadow puppet) art, Semar is a guardian spirit disguised as a court clown. Often described as not man nor woman, Semar's appearance reflects the world and its dualities: smiling mouth with sad eyes, old face with a child's haircut, and earth-shaped figure. 🧵1/4

#WyrdWednesday
Photograph of Semar figure as a Javanese shadow play puppet. They have round body and chest, old person's face with smiling red lips, and slightly raised hairstyle often sported by children. They are naked except for a batik fabric wrapped around their waist to their ankles. Their hands and body are connected to three sticks for the puppet master to hold.
April 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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RIP MICHAEL HURLEY. the great snock has made his last wish for a potato. he made this planet a much better place to live & i miss him already
April 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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bridgemusicbunker.bsky.social
Me with Michael Hurley. Quite possibly the worst photo ever taken of him. The flaming lips were playing in the background and he said "what is this shit?" RIP
April 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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bilboyaga.bsky.social
Mask bans are an issue of bodily autonomy, free speech, and disability justice. You have a right to health and to privacy.

You REALLY want to keep both during the rise of fascism.

Want to do community care? Resist? Be an ally?

Get loud about mask bans. Put on an 95. Give/get mask mutual aid:
March 31, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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catbus.phd
the vibe
“Pierre philosophale” (2013) by Les frères Chapuisat - A stone sculpture humorously juxtaposes a cigarette within a rock’s slit, blending natural form with human artifact.
March 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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brittashoot.com
rewatched Rosetta and wow, I had forgotten this specific line that hits differently now

rest in ferocity Émilie Dequenne!
In a still from the 1999 Dardenne brothers film Rosetta, a young white woman with dark hair lies on a beige pillow and says “I won’t be left by the wayside.”
March 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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justseeds.bsky.social
As the bombing begins again, the genocide in Palestine returns to the front of everyone's minds. We have hundreds of free high resolution images available for use in your organizing. justseeds.org/graphics/?js...
Image by Jess Snow Image by Josh MacPhee Image by Zola Image by Roger Peet
March 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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gaijinrando.bsky.social
Ghanian poster for DEATH BECOMES HER (1992), directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Bruce Willis - BOTD in 1955
Poster features hand-painted images of Meryl Streep with her head on backwards, Goldie Hawn with a huge hole in her torso, Bruce Willis experimenting on a cadaver, and a half-naked Isabella Rossellini clutching a dismembered human forearm.
March 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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scribblerrob.bsky.social
Teatime tuneage. Nothing knowing or arch or ironic about this, just great pop. 3 minutes of bliss. I suspect one of the reasons Ferry still gets sneers is that he could do art smart AND pop smart. As Robert Wyatt said "we'd play like that if we could."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOUZ...
Serenade by Roxy Music
YouTube video by Glow Gold Media Music
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March 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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dorothyjberry.bsky.social
Now more than ever
Me, a very light skinned Black woman in black wire glasses and big hair holding up a black poster that says "THERE IS NOTHING MORE EPHEMERAL THAN A WEBSITE" in gold ink
March 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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catbus.phd
mood 📽️
Shelley Duvall, The Shining, Stanley Kubrick, 1980
March 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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colindickey.com
Ad copy for books used to be so much better

(New York Tribune, January 7, 1860)
An ad that reads, in all caps, SIR ROHAN'S GHOST, and then, in only slightly smaller font, the same thing--SIR ROHAN'S GHOST.--THIRTY-ONE more times, ending with "THE NEW BRILLIAINT ROMANCE. For sale by all the Booksellers."
March 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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caitlinest.bsky.social
Amazing (if near invisible) addition to this plate on “the attitude in which a boy should always place himself when he begins to speak” from a 1820 elocution book
A 1820 hand colored plate diagramming “elements of gesture.” In (later) pencil: an angry man trying to escape the gesture box, yelling “Let me out” and the boy responding “Be quiet my dear wait till I’m done spakin”
February 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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gaijinrando.bsky.social
Maria Callas and Pier Paolo Pasolini on the set of MEDEA (1969)

Pasolini was BOTD in 1922
Color photo of Maria Callas and Pier Paolo Pasolini. Callas wears an elaborate blue and gold costume while Pasolini wears only sandals and colorful swim trunks.
March 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM