Erin M Speckley
@speckley.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 38, they/she
Embroidery and Multimedia Fiber Artist #FiberArt
💜 Storytelling, TTRPGs
Embroidery and Multimedia Fiber Artist #FiberArt
💜 Storytelling, TTRPGs
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Erin M Speckley
@speckley.bsky.social
· Dec 25
Hey, here's a big embroidery project I'm working on! 👑🐀
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Couldn't ask for a better illustration of my point. Also the links to donate to everyone are in the thread.
Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE:
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
January 26, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Couldn't ask for a better illustration of my point. Also the links to donate to everyone are in the thread.
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Even if Bovino gets fired, ICE has to go.
Even if Noem is out, ICE has to go.
Even when Trump leaves office, ICE has to go.
As protests grow and ICE's popularity drops, we may see concessions and leadership changes, like Bovino's departure. ICE still has to go.
www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
Even if Noem is out, ICE has to go.
Even when Trump leaves office, ICE has to go.
As protests grow and ICE's popularity drops, we may see concessions and leadership changes, like Bovino's departure. ICE still has to go.
www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
Live updates: Top Border Patrol official Bovino expected to leave Minneapolis as Trump sends Homan to the state | CNN
Tom Homan is headed to Minnesota after the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in an encounter Saturday with federal agents deepened outrage over the Trump administration’s surge, part of its nati...
www.cnn.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Even if Bovino gets fired, ICE has to go.
Even if Noem is out, ICE has to go.
Even when Trump leaves office, ICE has to go.
As protests grow and ICE's popularity drops, we may see concessions and leadership changes, like Bovino's departure. ICE still has to go.
www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
Even if Noem is out, ICE has to go.
Even when Trump leaves office, ICE has to go.
As protests grow and ICE's popularity drops, we may see concessions and leadership changes, like Bovino's departure. ICE still has to go.
www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
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I put my new comic up on itch! $8 for a 34-page horror story!
On Halloween night in 1994, two teenagers and their bully walk into a stranger's basement, and discover an uncomfortable secret about a girl they know.
You can read it here: keezyyoung.itch.io/its-bitter
On Halloween night in 1994, two teenagers and their bully walk into a stranger's basement, and discover an uncomfortable secret about a girl they know.
You can read it here: keezyyoung.itch.io/its-bitter
January 26, 2026 at 6:38 PM
I put my new comic up on itch! $8 for a 34-page horror story!
On Halloween night in 1994, two teenagers and their bully walk into a stranger's basement, and discover an uncomfortable secret about a girl they know.
You can read it here: keezyyoung.itch.io/its-bitter
On Halloween night in 1994, two teenagers and their bully walk into a stranger's basement, and discover an uncomfortable secret about a girl they know.
You can read it here: keezyyoung.itch.io/its-bitter
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I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
January 25, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
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January 24, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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This is bad not just because of the direct infections but there's growing research that suggests vaccines also stave off things (like dementia) that we don't typically associate with vaccine prevention.
One of the things I was most worried about is starting to come to fruition.
RFK Jr. will succeed in eliminating all of our vaccines if allowed to remain in office. His disinformation campaign and the falling demand for vaccines will cause American companies to stop making them.
RFK Jr. will succeed in eliminating all of our vaccines if allowed to remain in office. His disinformation campaign and the falling demand for vaccines will cause American companies to stop making them.
Moderna curbing investments in vaccine trials due to US backlash, CEO tells Bloomberg TV
Moderna does not plan to invest in new late-stage vaccine trials because of growing opposition to immunizations from U.S. officials, CEO Stephane Bancel said in an interview with Bloomberg TV on Th...
www.reuters.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:45 PM
This is bad not just because of the direct infections but there's growing research that suggests vaccines also stave off things (like dementia) that we don't typically associate with vaccine prevention.
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It's STFU Friday.
Refresh the script 👇
Refresh the script 👇
January 23, 2026 at 10:36 AM
It's STFU Friday.
Refresh the script 👇
Refresh the script 👇
Recently, I was trying to pinpoint the One Piece of Work that really started my love of comics.
Only just now, I'm realizing I was struggling to think of it because it wasn't ONE artist: it was this anthology series. It was *multiple* artists. So happy to find out that they've been reprinted!
Only just now, I'm realizing I was struggling to think of it because it wasn't ONE artist: it was this anthology series. It was *multiple* artists. So happy to find out that they've been reprinted!
Were you aware:
Random House has been reprinting the FLIGHT comics anthologies!
That award-winning, best-selling comics artist you like? Their earliest work is probably in FLIGHT.
bookshop.org/lists/flight...
Random House has been reprinting the FLIGHT comics anthologies!
That award-winning, best-selling comics artist you like? Their earliest work is probably in FLIGHT.
bookshop.org/lists/flight...
FLIGHT Anthologies
Checkout out this list on Bookshop
bookshop.org
January 23, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Recently, I was trying to pinpoint the One Piece of Work that really started my love of comics.
Only just now, I'm realizing I was struggling to think of it because it wasn't ONE artist: it was this anthology series. It was *multiple* artists. So happy to find out that they've been reprinted!
Only just now, I'm realizing I was struggling to think of it because it wasn't ONE artist: it was this anthology series. It was *multiple* artists. So happy to find out that they've been reprinted!
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If this works tomorrow, it won't be because a general strike is easier than we all thought.
It will be because the twin cities went all in on community and built a path to a place the rest of us still can't reach... Yet.
It will be because the twin cities went all in on community and built a path to a place the rest of us still can't reach... Yet.
January 23, 2026 at 1:32 AM
If this works tomorrow, it won't be because a general strike is easier than we all thought.
It will be because the twin cities went all in on community and built a path to a place the rest of us still can't reach... Yet.
It will be because the twin cities went all in on community and built a path to a place the rest of us still can't reach... Yet.
After voting no, I took it one step further and changed my default browser to the noai.duckduckgo.com search that they provide a link to when they show the poll's results
ID from quote: poll results between "yes" and "no" on AI in DuckDuckGo's search engine. Yes: 6% No: 94%
ID from quote: poll results between "yes" and "no" on AI in DuckDuckGo's search engine. Yes: 6% No: 94%
I’m not keen on the fact that DuckDuckGo already has AI search, but I’m very glad it’s optional.
But what if we vote no so hard they drop AI entirely?
voteyesornoai.com
But what if we vote no so hard they drop AI entirely?
voteyesornoai.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:14 AM
After voting no, I took it one step further and changed my default browser to the noai.duckduckgo.com search that they provide a link to when they show the poll's results
ID from quote: poll results between "yes" and "no" on AI in DuckDuckGo's search engine. Yes: 6% No: 94%
ID from quote: poll results between "yes" and "no" on AI in DuckDuckGo's search engine. Yes: 6% No: 94%
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a quick comic about jesus
January 21, 2026 at 11:02 PM
a quick comic about jesus
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I only have the fire left to embroider! I'm working on making a square hoop out of PVC pipe so I can work on it all at once, but I'm still waiting on the final parts for that.
In the meantime, I'm gonna figure out the lining on this thing
#FiberArt #Embroidery #WIP #RatKing
In the meantime, I'm gonna figure out the lining on this thing
#FiberArt #Embroidery #WIP #RatKing
January 21, 2026 at 8:40 AM
I only have the fire left to embroider! I'm working on making a square hoop out of PVC pipe so I can work on it all at once, but I'm still waiting on the final parts for that.
In the meantime, I'm gonna figure out the lining on this thing
#FiberArt #Embroidery #WIP #RatKing
In the meantime, I'm gonna figure out the lining on this thing
#FiberArt #Embroidery #WIP #RatKing
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Five creators who worked on Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast have spent the past year fighting a legal battle against Possum Creek Games and Steve Jackson Games. Neither the tabletop RPG nor their working relationships survived the fallout.
Battle over Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast contracts leaves the book, relationships, torn apart
Creative collaborators clash with Jay Dragon and Steve Jackson Games over unfair treatment.
www.rascal.news
January 19, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Five creators who worked on Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast have spent the past year fighting a legal battle against Possum Creek Games and Steve Jackson Games. Neither the tabletop RPG nor their working relationships survived the fallout.
Here's how it turned out!
The Droid Depot patch is extremely re-enforced. It's an iron-on patch, but I've sewn it on in addition to ironing it on. It's on top of a wider patch of fabric, which in turn has been thoroughly sewn onto the hoodie itself.
#Mending #FiberArt #StarWars
The Droid Depot patch is extremely re-enforced. It's an iron-on patch, but I've sewn it on in addition to ironing it on. It's on top of a wider patch of fabric, which in turn has been thoroughly sewn onto the hoodie itself.
#Mending #FiberArt #StarWars
January 19, 2026 at 1:53 AM
See also: "stupid", "idiotic", "idiot", etc.
As well as "dumb" and "lame", while we're at it.
OP makes an excellent point about substitutes for these insults being used to further stigmatize and belittle intellectual disability, and how we shouldn't automatically equate that with "bad".
As well as "dumb" and "lame", while we're at it.
OP makes an excellent point about substitutes for these insults being used to further stigmatize and belittle intellectual disability, and how we shouldn't automatically equate that with "bad".
I’m seeing increased use of this word and I just want to gently suggest that if there’s one word you can manage to remove from your vocabulary it should be this one.
It was coined by a eugenicist who used it as a diagnosis to forcibly institutionalize and sterilize mentally disabled people.
It was coined by a eugenicist who used it as a diagnosis to forcibly institutionalize and sterilize mentally disabled people.
The Origins of the Word "Moron" Are Actually REALLY Sinister
It's much more than just a casual insult.
www.teenvogue.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:11 AM
See also: "stupid", "idiotic", "idiot", etc.
As well as "dumb" and "lame", while we're at it.
OP makes an excellent point about substitutes for these insults being used to further stigmatize and belittle intellectual disability, and how we shouldn't automatically equate that with "bad".
As well as "dumb" and "lame", while we're at it.
OP makes an excellent point about substitutes for these insults being used to further stigmatize and belittle intellectual disability, and how we shouldn't automatically equate that with "bad".
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I also have some Widdle Commissions available for $5 while I figure out my exact style for this! Send me simple lil guys like your pets, or silly things to draw like a skateboarding bird!
January 18, 2026 at 6:51 PM
I also have some Widdle Commissions available for $5 while I figure out my exact style for this! Send me simple lil guys like your pets, or silly things to draw like a skateboarding bird!
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I had the great fortune of growing up with teachers who refused to capitulate to a growing conservative slant in education, and lemme tell ya - if absolutely made me furious and angry and who I am today. I NEVER felt guilty for the sins of my forefathers. that's a conservative ideal, not progressive
This is my song. “Those are the real stakes — not white children feeling guilty, but white children armed with truth, history and a righteous desire to work with others to change the world.”
January 18, 2026 at 6:11 AM
I had the great fortune of growing up with teachers who refused to capitulate to a growing conservative slant in education, and lemme tell ya - if absolutely made me furious and angry and who I am today. I NEVER felt guilty for the sins of my forefathers. that's a conservative ideal, not progressive
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They expect - they NEED - the people they threaten to fall in line, like the law firms and universities and media companies and billionaires and Congress did. If you say “No, make me,” they simply do not have a Plan B. TRUMP DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS TO MAKE YOU.
January 17, 2026 at 2:07 PM
They expect - they NEED - the people they threaten to fall in line, like the law firms and universities and media companies and billionaires and Congress did. If you say “No, make me,” they simply do not have a Plan B. TRUMP DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS TO MAKE YOU.
Hard to believe I've been working on my rat king piece for at least a month, with a month left on my deadline.
I'm an estimated 80 hours in on this thing. Regrettably, I haven't been doing a great job at keeping track of how long the embroidery part of it takes
I'm an estimated 80 hours in on this thing. Regrettably, I haven't been doing a great job at keeping track of how long the embroidery part of it takes
January 17, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Hard to believe I've been working on my rat king piece for at least a month, with a month left on my deadline.
I'm an estimated 80 hours in on this thing. Regrettably, I haven't been doing a great job at keeping track of how long the embroidery part of it takes
I'm an estimated 80 hours in on this thing. Regrettably, I haven't been doing a great job at keeping track of how long the embroidery part of it takes
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Releasing this under creative commons. Fuck ICE.
January 16, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Releasing this under creative commons. Fuck ICE.
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Hey folks Calvary Food Shelf has been helping out people in Minneapolis for 30 years, and now they’re ramping up to meet the crisis, including doing home deliveries so people don’t have to risk going out.
They’re just over halfway to their current goal—let’s get them all the way, shall we?
They’re just over halfway to their current goal—let’s get them all the way, shall we?
Support Calvary Food Shelf: Emergency Response Fundraiser on GiveMN
Help us respond to urgent community needs
www.givemn.org
January 15, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Hey folks Calvary Food Shelf has been helping out people in Minneapolis for 30 years, and now they’re ramping up to meet the crisis, including doing home deliveries so people don’t have to risk going out.
They’re just over halfway to their current goal—let’s get them all the way, shall we?
They’re just over halfway to their current goal—let’s get them all the way, shall we?
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STOP DOOMSCROLLING😠 SOMETHING GOOD HAPPENED 🥰
YO! THAT SHIT GOT RESCINDED! Less than 24 hours! 🎉https://rollcall.com/2026/01/14/hhs-cuts-2-billion-in-mental-health-addiction-grants/
White House reverses $2 billion cut to mental health, addiction grants
Many of the affected grant programs had bipartisan support and President Donald Trump has supported them in the past.
rollcall.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:12 AM
STOP DOOMSCROLLING😠 SOMETHING GOOD HAPPENED 🥰
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Wrote this for many reasons, partly because the u.s. civil war so often gets portrayed as neat lines of blue and grey shooting at each other, just as neatly separate from current upheaval or how conflicts play out now.
And... no. Absolutely not. It is so much more interesting and relevant than that
And... no. Absolutely not. It is so much more interesting and relevant than that
As wrong lessons are constantly drawn from it, remember the U.S. civil war era was decades of conflict over the slave power with a giant war in the middle. Some of that war was conventional. *A lot* of it wasn't.
Insurgencies, riots, mass strikes, assassinations, coups all played a major role.
Insurgencies, riots, mass strikes, assassinations, coups all played a major role.
Living in the prologue: lessons from America's long civil war | David Forbes
Get more from David Forbes on Patreon
www.patreon.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Wrote this for many reasons, partly because the u.s. civil war so often gets portrayed as neat lines of blue and grey shooting at each other, just as neatly separate from current upheaval or how conflicts play out now.
And... no. Absolutely not. It is so much more interesting and relevant than that
And... no. Absolutely not. It is so much more interesting and relevant than that
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It's vital that we acknowledge the racism and violence that has ALWAYS been integral to the USA: a settler colony built on genocide, land theft and the most horrendous chattel slavery ever known.
To treat current ICE/policing as exceptional ignores centuries of suffering and compounds the harm.
To treat current ICE/policing as exceptional ignores centuries of suffering and compounds the harm.
January 14, 2026 at 7:39 PM
It's vital that we acknowledge the racism and violence that has ALWAYS been integral to the USA: a settler colony built on genocide, land theft and the most horrendous chattel slavery ever known.
To treat current ICE/policing as exceptional ignores centuries of suffering and compounds the harm.
To treat current ICE/policing as exceptional ignores centuries of suffering and compounds the harm.
Doing a lil extra work on a mending/mod project for a friend.
These are going onto both of the sleeve cuffs on a hoodie, which has had a logo covered up by a Droid Depot patch.
2-strand backstitch with 1-strand detail, sometimes using whipped backstitch
#Embroidery #FiberArt #StarWars #FanArt
These are going onto both of the sleeve cuffs on a hoodie, which has had a logo covered up by a Droid Depot patch.
2-strand backstitch with 1-strand detail, sometimes using whipped backstitch
#Embroidery #FiberArt #StarWars #FanArt
January 14, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Doing a lil extra work on a mending/mod project for a friend.
These are going onto both of the sleeve cuffs on a hoodie, which has had a logo covered up by a Droid Depot patch.
2-strand backstitch with 1-strand detail, sometimes using whipped backstitch
#Embroidery #FiberArt #StarWars #FanArt
These are going onto both of the sleeve cuffs on a hoodie, which has had a logo covered up by a Droid Depot patch.
2-strand backstitch with 1-strand detail, sometimes using whipped backstitch
#Embroidery #FiberArt #StarWars #FanArt