thanate
@thanate.bsky.social
writer(Ann Chatham)/crafter/naturalist, not always in that order. secondary world fantasy, tiny ruins, ancient clay, habitat gardening, sticks & string. Parent of chaos preteen. She/her
Reposted by thanate
ICE has grabbed so many people from their vehicles that there are abandoned cars across Minnesota.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
Twin Cities tow truck driver returns abandoned vehicles to families after ICE arrests
Juan Leon sends a "chase" car to check out where abandoned vehicles are located and arranges discreet drop-offs. Since late December, he estimated they have dropped off 250 cars.
www.cbsnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:30 AM
ICE has grabbed so many people from their vehicles that there are abandoned cars across Minnesota.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
Reposted by thanate
It bums me out that there isn't more Paleolithic rock art of cave hyenas, especially considering they were all over the place. So I made some myself.
February 7, 2026 at 2:18 AM
It bums me out that there isn't more Paleolithic rock art of cave hyenas, especially considering they were all over the place. So I made some myself.
Reposted by thanate
generative AI has become widely available in the summer of 2022 and entered mainstream in 2023
people are working themselves up in a frenzy, convinced they're utterly helpless without software younger than still-fresh canned tuna. we have been making art for at least 50,000 years, get a grip
people are working themselves up in a frenzy, convinced they're utterly helpless without software younger than still-fresh canned tuna. we have been making art for at least 50,000 years, get a grip
February 6, 2026 at 11:13 PM
generative AI has become widely available in the summer of 2022 and entered mainstream in 2023
people are working themselves up in a frenzy, convinced they're utterly helpless without software younger than still-fresh canned tuna. we have been making art for at least 50,000 years, get a grip
people are working themselves up in a frenzy, convinced they're utterly helpless without software younger than still-fresh canned tuna. we have been making art for at least 50,000 years, get a grip
Reposted by thanate
I love some classic SFF, can't stand a lot of it, and my general advice is to read whatever moves you.
Testing your boundaries is great for personal growth. Forcing it never helps anybody.
Testing your boundaries is great for personal growth. Forcing it never helps anybody.
Anyone who wants to rec me a classic SFF author owes me a full background check of the person plus a 500 word essay about why their work is worth reading TODAY at this point.
February 7, 2026 at 12:41 AM
I love some classic SFF, can't stand a lot of it, and my general advice is to read whatever moves you.
Testing your boundaries is great for personal growth. Forcing it never helps anybody.
Testing your boundaries is great for personal growth. Forcing it never helps anybody.
Yet another excellent pig!
(but where is it from...?)
(but where is it from...?)
i think we all need to step back and realize that peak art was made when neolithic pot in the shape of a pig was fired
February 6, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Yet another excellent pig!
(but where is it from...?)
(but where is it from...?)
Reposted by thanate
I feel like the problem of "ppl w/o visual artistic talent need to quickly & cheaply decorate flyers" was solved by punk bands with access to copy machines 50 years ago.
February 6, 2026 at 7:16 PM
I feel like the problem of "ppl w/o visual artistic talent need to quickly & cheaply decorate flyers" was solved by punk bands with access to copy machines 50 years ago.
Reposted by thanate
Scotland has passed a law that all new buildings must install ‘swift bricks’ which are hollowed out bricks to help nesting swifts and other endangered birds! Swifts are especially endangered because so many chimneys now have chimney caps. Swifts return to the same nesting spot year after year.
February 6, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Scotland has passed a law that all new buildings must install ‘swift bricks’ which are hollowed out bricks to help nesting swifts and other endangered birds! Swifts are especially endangered because so many chimneys now have chimney caps. Swifts return to the same nesting spot year after year.
Reposted by thanate
Reposted by thanate
The "shadow network" of people standing on street corners with big yellow vests and whistles. "How'd you find that shadow network?" "Oh, he had a big 'Fuck ICE' sign and was handing out whistles with a phone number on them."
February 6, 2026 at 6:04 AM
The "shadow network" of people standing on street corners with big yellow vests and whistles. "How'd you find that shadow network?" "Oh, he had a big 'Fuck ICE' sign and was handing out whistles with a phone number on them."
Reposted by thanate
From Portsmouth Museum: a series of Pots Which Have Their Eye On You.
February 5, 2026 at 6:37 PM
From Portsmouth Museum: a series of Pots Which Have Their Eye On You.
Reposted by thanate
Starting the day with a little poetry.
Would You Like AI to Help?
I Do Not Want AI to Help
I Would Not Like it Anywhere
I'd Rather Eat a Plate of Kelp
Or Shave Off All My Pretty Hair
1/6
Would You Like AI to Help?
I Do Not Want AI to Help
I Would Not Like it Anywhere
I'd Rather Eat a Plate of Kelp
Or Shave Off All My Pretty Hair
1/6
February 5, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Starting the day with a little poetry.
Would You Like AI to Help?
I Do Not Want AI to Help
I Would Not Like it Anywhere
I'd Rather Eat a Plate of Kelp
Or Shave Off All My Pretty Hair
1/6
Would You Like AI to Help?
I Do Not Want AI to Help
I Would Not Like it Anywhere
I'd Rather Eat a Plate of Kelp
Or Shave Off All My Pretty Hair
1/6
Reposted by thanate
Tapping the sign
February 5, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Tapping the sign
Reposted by thanate
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
Reposted by thanate
worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
February 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
Reposted by thanate
I got in SO MUCH trouble for this hugely viral tweet back in 2018 (from MAGA types mostly) but I stand by it (and in fact at the time the Auschwitz Museum defended me when people yelled at me that Auschwitz was a “death camp” not a concentration camp). My DENTIST congratulated me for this one
February 4, 2026 at 5:40 PM
I got in SO MUCH trouble for this hugely viral tweet back in 2018 (from MAGA types mostly) but I stand by it (and in fact at the time the Auschwitz Museum defended me when people yelled at me that Auschwitz was a “death camp” not a concentration camp). My DENTIST congratulated me for this one
Reposted by thanate
What yf the real darknesse wher democracye doth die ys the billionaires we met along the way?
February 4, 2026 at 5:43 PM
What yf the real darknesse wher democracye doth die ys the billionaires we met along the way?
Reposted by thanate
Patient plans to become lighter and more agile by sawing off own legs.
In addition to sports, the Washington Post is killing its book section, suspending its Post Reports podcast, restructuring its metro section, and shrinking its international footprint.
February 4, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Patient plans to become lighter and more agile by sawing off own legs.
Reposted by thanate
“Did they grow up under a rock??”
Yes. And the rock was probably put there on purpose by men who wanted uneducated people to control.
This is why we don’t leave any state or county or town behind. Nobody deserves to grow up under a rock. Especially one they would never have the power to move.
Yes. And the rock was probably put there on purpose by men who wanted uneducated people to control.
This is why we don’t leave any state or county or town behind. Nobody deserves to grow up under a rock. Especially one they would never have the power to move.
February 4, 2026 at 1:07 PM
“Did they grow up under a rock??”
Yes. And the rock was probably put there on purpose by men who wanted uneducated people to control.
This is why we don’t leave any state or county or town behind. Nobody deserves to grow up under a rock. Especially one they would never have the power to move.
Yes. And the rock was probably put there on purpose by men who wanted uneducated people to control.
This is why we don’t leave any state or county or town behind. Nobody deserves to grow up under a rock. Especially one they would never have the power to move.
Reposted by thanate
The commonsense reform to concentration camps is not having them.
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 4, 2026 at 8:50 AM
The commonsense reform to concentration camps is not having them.
Reposted by thanate
My graphic novel about coming to terms with heroes who turn out to terrible people (something I feel keeps coming up lately) is now available digitally for $15 usd.
If you'd like to purchase the digital version now, I have it up on my shop:
blackmudpuppy.myshopify.com/products/the...
blackmudpuppy.myshopify.com/products/the...
The Unfamiliars - Digital Download - PDF and ePub Version
Save a tree and download The Unfamiliars in a glorious digital edition. This is a story for anyone who has ever had to deal with having to come to terms with their favorite creator being a less than a...
blackmudpuppy.myshopify.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:46 PM
My graphic novel about coming to terms with heroes who turn out to terrible people (something I feel keeps coming up lately) is now available digitally for $15 usd.
Had an existential crisis yesterday about how people go from being little boys who like trucks or whatever to finance guys who worry about how their startup is falling behind its target growth curve & only worth 4.8 million dollars.
February 3, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Had an existential crisis yesterday about how people go from being little boys who like trucks or whatever to finance guys who worry about how their startup is falling behind its target growth curve & only worth 4.8 million dollars.
Reposted by thanate
My dad, a lifelong conservative and 2nd amendment advocate who is now safely dead from natural causes, hammered these rules into me my entire life. ICE are a disgrace to themselves and their own shitty, shitty cause and should be disbanded, prosecuted, and jailed
Three rules in FBI firearm training:
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 8:49 PM
My dad, a lifelong conservative and 2nd amendment advocate who is now safely dead from natural causes, hammered these rules into me my entire life. ICE are a disgrace to themselves and their own shitty, shitty cause and should be disbanded, prosecuted, and jailed
Reposted by thanate
A small study found that exposure to lead—a dangerous heavy metal—has fallen by a factor of more than 100 since the 1960s.
However, the researchers warn that all the gains in lead exposure could be reversed if pollution policies change. bit.ly/4ryhLH2
📊: @unamandita.bsky.social
However, the researchers warn that all the gains in lead exposure could be reversed if pollution policies change. bit.ly/4ryhLH2
📊: @unamandita.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 8:49 PM
A small study found that exposure to lead—a dangerous heavy metal—has fallen by a factor of more than 100 since the 1960s.
However, the researchers warn that all the gains in lead exposure could be reversed if pollution policies change. bit.ly/4ryhLH2
📊: @unamandita.bsky.social
However, the researchers warn that all the gains in lead exposure could be reversed if pollution policies change. bit.ly/4ryhLH2
📊: @unamandita.bsky.social
Reposted by thanate
If you'd like to purchase the digital version now, I have it up on my shop:
blackmudpuppy.myshopify.com/products/the...
blackmudpuppy.myshopify.com/products/the...
The Unfamiliars - Digital Download - PDF and ePub Version
Save a tree and download The Unfamiliars in a glorious digital edition. This is a story for anyone who has ever had to deal with having to come to terms with their favorite creator being a less than a...
blackmudpuppy.myshopify.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:20 PM
If you'd like to purchase the digital version now, I have it up on my shop:
blackmudpuppy.myshopify.com/products/the...
blackmudpuppy.myshopify.com/products/the...
Reposted by thanate
Evergreen and for the whole country.
If this ends before they get to your town, you’ll have some meals prepped and you will have made some friends. You cannot lose.
If this ends before they get to your town, you’ll have some meals prepped and you will have made some friends. You cannot lose.
If your town is relatively free of them for now, seize the opportunity to put some meals in the freezer and build your networks.
February 3, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Evergreen and for the whole country.
If this ends before they get to your town, you’ll have some meals prepped and you will have made some friends. You cannot lose.
If this ends before they get to your town, you’ll have some meals prepped and you will have made some friends. You cannot lose.