Smoking Pen
@smokingpen.bsky.social
My resistance diaries. Art. Poetry. Liberty.
#Resistance #OriginalArt #Drawings
#Resistance #OriginalArt #Drawings
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August 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Happy birthday to the prophetess Octavia Butler. We live in the times she foretold. From her notebooks.
June 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Happy birthday to the prophetess Octavia Butler. We live in the times she foretold. From her notebooks.
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Edita with the duster, 1977 from the series 'Servitude' by Panamanian photographer Sandra Eleta, known for her work reflecting the largely invisible lives of women and girls employed in areas such as domestic workers #WomensArt
June 23, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Edita with the duster, 1977 from the series 'Servitude' by Panamanian photographer Sandra Eleta, known for her work reflecting the largely invisible lives of women and girls employed in areas such as domestic workers #WomensArt
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"We are all one.
Only egos, beliefs, and fears
separate us."
- Nikola Tesla
Only egos, beliefs, and fears
separate us."
- Nikola Tesla
June 18, 2025 at 8:18 AM
"We are all one.
Only egos, beliefs, and fears
separate us."
- Nikola Tesla
Only egos, beliefs, and fears
separate us."
- Nikola Tesla
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A timely message for people who would deprive trans girls and women of the joy of competing in sports, out of ignorance and obsession with losing to them ...
June 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
A timely message for people who would deprive trans girls and women of the joy of competing in sports, out of ignorance and obsession with losing to them ...
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Helen Levitt
New York
1938
New York
1938
May 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Helen Levitt
New York
1938
New York
1938
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Two men with a baby, Circa 1940.
Photo by Helen Levitt.
Beautiful.
Photo by Helen Levitt.
Beautiful.
June 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Two men with a baby, Circa 1940.
Photo by Helen Levitt.
Beautiful.
Photo by Helen Levitt.
Beautiful.
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Helen Levitt (913-2009), US photographer noted for her street photography around New York City from the late 1930's to the 1990's #womensart
June 16, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Helen Levitt (913-2009), US photographer noted for her street photography around New York City from the late 1930's to the 1990's #womensart
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#Photography, J.E. Williamson, ‘20 years under the sea,’ 1914 #art
J.E. Williamson was one of the first to make a film about undersea life. He invented the photosphere, a mechanism that allows a camera to be taken underwater, & used in the 1916 film, Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.
J.E. Williamson was one of the first to make a film about undersea life. He invented the photosphere, a mechanism that allows a camera to be taken underwater, & used in the 1916 film, Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.
June 13, 2025 at 7:45 AM
#Photography, J.E. Williamson, ‘20 years under the sea,’ 1914 #art
J.E. Williamson was one of the first to make a film about undersea life. He invented the photosphere, a mechanism that allows a camera to be taken underwater, & used in the 1916 film, Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.
J.E. Williamson was one of the first to make a film about undersea life. He invented the photosphere, a mechanism that allows a camera to be taken underwater, & used in the 1916 film, Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.
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May 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Louise Bourgeois used lithographs as part of her fabric illustrated book, 'Ode à l'Oubli' 2004 #WomensArt
May 18, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Louise Bourgeois used lithographs as part of her fabric illustrated book, 'Ode à l'Oubli' 2004 #WomensArt
Speak up. Speak out. Your tongue is a powerful weapon. It builds and burns down worlds.
#resistance #freespeech #feminism #art
#resistance #freespeech #feminism #art
May 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Speak up. Speak out. Your tongue is a powerful weapon. It builds and burns down worlds.
#resistance #freespeech #feminism #art
#resistance #freespeech #feminism #art
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Spotted in the wild!! Thanks @sarahmackattack.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Spotted in the wild!! Thanks @sarahmackattack.bsky.social
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Rep. Julie Johnson to Noem: "Are you aware that ICE agent jackets are available on Etsy for $20? Anybody can throw a mask on and run around and terrorize people of color without any regard for the law because your agency does not have proper protocols to make sure your agents are clearly identified"
May 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Rep. Julie Johnson to Noem: "Are you aware that ICE agent jackets are available on Etsy for $20? Anybody can throw a mask on and run around and terrorize people of color without any regard for the law because your agency does not have proper protocols to make sure your agents are clearly identified"
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"“It’s not something that a district court can entertain,” he said. “We think the proper venue for that question is Louisiana, where she is detained and where her custodian is.”
“But she is only detained there because you moved her,” said the judge."
“But she is only detained there because you moved her,” said the judge."
U.S. Charges Russian Scientist With Smuggling
www.nytimes.com
May 15, 2025 at 2:35 AM
"“It’s not something that a district court can entertain,” he said. “We think the proper venue for that question is Louisiana, where she is detained and where her custodian is.”
“But she is only detained there because you moved her,” said the judge."
“But she is only detained there because you moved her,” said the judge."
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HAPPENING NOW: Hearing in the case of Kaseniia Petrova, the Harvard scientist from Russia who was detained by ICE after she failed to declare scientific samples when she returned to the US from France.
The hearing is before a federal judge in Vermont.
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The hearing is before a federal judge in Vermont.
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May 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Hearing in the case of Kaseniia Petrova, the Harvard scientist from Russia who was detained by ICE after she failed to declare scientific samples when she returned to the US from France.
The hearing is before a federal judge in Vermont.
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The hearing is before a federal judge in Vermont.
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We didn’t forget about journalist Jamal Khashoggi, did we?
Murdered inside a Saudi consulate. Dismembered. Then a full-on coverup, sanctioned at the highest levels.
Murdered inside a Saudi consulate. Dismembered. Then a full-on coverup, sanctioned at the highest levels.
May 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
We didn’t forget about journalist Jamal Khashoggi, did we?
Murdered inside a Saudi consulate. Dismembered. Then a full-on coverup, sanctioned at the highest levels.
Murdered inside a Saudi consulate. Dismembered. Then a full-on coverup, sanctioned at the highest levels.
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Israel does not have the right
May 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Israel does not have the right
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❗No words❗
The genocide in Gaza is taking disturbing new turns with every passing day.
The genocide in Gaza is taking disturbing new turns with every passing day.
May 14, 2025 at 7:54 AM
❗No words❗
The genocide in Gaza is taking disturbing new turns with every passing day.
The genocide in Gaza is taking disturbing new turns with every passing day.
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Support @aoc.bsky.social by making your own commitment to one hour of #activism a day. We need more involvement by everyone, on socials & in person. #usprotests #wearetheflood #mobilize.us #handsoffnow #teslatakedown
May 11, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Support @aoc.bsky.social by making your own commitment to one hour of #activism a day. We need more involvement by everyone, on socials & in person. #usprotests #wearetheflood #mobilize.us #handsoffnow #teslatakedown
Let's change the way we talk. "Imprisoned for profit." Not "detained." Facilities in which ICE incarcerates people are run by private companies (which have lobbied for stricter immigration laws to drum up business). Imprisoned for profit. The taxpayer pays.
#resistance #incarceration #immigration
#resistance #incarceration #immigration
May 14, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Let's change the way we talk. "Imprisoned for profit." Not "detained." Facilities in which ICE incarcerates people are run by private companies (which have lobbied for stricter immigration laws to drum up business). Imprisoned for profit. The taxpayer pays.
#resistance #incarceration #immigration
#resistance #incarceration #immigration
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A lot's been said about the sadistic killing of Ukraine journalist Vika Roshchyna.
One point made here - Russia didn't have to return her body. It pretended trying to hide her corpse. But🇷🇺knew that🇺🇦 would discover the truth.
This was a statement, a boast of what it can do
medium.com/@GrantWescot...
One point made here - Russia didn't have to return her body. It pretended trying to hide her corpse. But🇷🇺knew that🇺🇦 would discover the truth.
This was a statement, a boast of what it can do
medium.com/@GrantWescot...
They Took Her Eyes So the World Wouldn’t See
They said her body was mutilated to hide how she died. A lie. Viktoriia Roshchyna wasn’t buried in secret; she was sent back in…
medium.com
May 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
A lot's been said about the sadistic killing of Ukraine journalist Vika Roshchyna.
One point made here - Russia didn't have to return her body. It pretended trying to hide her corpse. But🇷🇺knew that🇺🇦 would discover the truth.
This was a statement, a boast of what it can do
medium.com/@GrantWescot...
One point made here - Russia didn't have to return her body. It pretended trying to hide her corpse. But🇷🇺knew that🇺🇦 would discover the truth.
This was a statement, a boast of what it can do
medium.com/@GrantWescot...
Nature is part of the resistance.
Reforest yourself.
#resistance #revolution #ecofeminism #art #drawing #feminism #yoga #reforestyourself
Reforest yourself.
#resistance #revolution #ecofeminism #art #drawing #feminism #yoga #reforestyourself
May 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Nature is part of the resistance.
Reforest yourself.
#resistance #revolution #ecofeminism #art #drawing #feminism #yoga #reforestyourself
Reforest yourself.
#resistance #revolution #ecofeminism #art #drawing #feminism #yoga #reforestyourself