Simon MacEwan
@theblastedheath.bsky.social
Hopeless dilettante
Picker-up of unconsidered trifles
Picker-up of unconsidered trifles
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You know where you can find mass infant remains?
right alongside and under the foundations of medieval churches. because infant mortality was heartbreakingly high and these assholes are doing everything they can to bring that back
right alongside and under the foundations of medieval churches. because infant mortality was heartbreakingly high and these assholes are doing everything they can to bring that back
I pointed out (elsewhere) that the Vice President was lying when he said in a speech that archaeologists used mass infant remains to identify ancient brothels (they don't) so now I have right-wing chuds emailing my university email to 'gotcha' me about the sites I mentioned by name already.
January 25, 2026 at 8:10 PM
You know where you can find mass infant remains?
right alongside and under the foundations of medieval churches. because infant mortality was heartbreakingly high and these assholes are doing everything they can to bring that back
right alongside and under the foundations of medieval churches. because infant mortality was heartbreakingly high and these assholes are doing everything they can to bring that back
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Comics retailing legend Greg Ketter standing up to ICE in Minneapolis. Yes, that's tear gas. He's 70 years old.
January 25, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Comics retailing legend Greg Ketter standing up to ICE in Minneapolis. Yes, that's tear gas. He's 70 years old.
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Second this as both an illustrator and Art Director!! Ask for more time when you need it!
No one is going to get mad or blacklist you because you communicated your needs. Taking care of yourself IS the responsible thing to do.
No one is going to get mad or blacklist you because you communicated your needs. Taking care of yourself IS the responsible thing to do.
Destroying your health to be able to meet deadlines is not worth it. Ask for more time. Take breaks or your body will eventually force you to when you crash!
What advice would you give an aspiring comic creator? - 🦝
January 26, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Second this as both an illustrator and Art Director!! Ask for more time when you need it!
No one is going to get mad or blacklist you because you communicated your needs. Taking care of yourself IS the responsible thing to do.
No one is going to get mad or blacklist you because you communicated your needs. Taking care of yourself IS the responsible thing to do.
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My partner was just telling me that Minneapolis’s Aquatennial Parade started in 1940 as a way to give the public a diversion from remembering Bloody Friday six years before, which was when cops shot 69 picketing truck drivers (killed two of them). Sure didn’t learn that one in school.
January 22, 2026 at 7:33 PM
My partner was just telling me that Minneapolis’s Aquatennial Parade started in 1940 as a way to give the public a diversion from remembering Bloody Friday six years before, which was when cops shot 69 picketing truck drivers (killed two of them). Sure didn’t learn that one in school.
Current mood. Wobbly and reflective
January 23, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Current mood. Wobbly and reflective
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You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
January 23, 2026 at 2:57 AM
You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
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Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
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it's official: bluesky has its first thread-that-will-become-a-movie
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 4:44 AM
it's official: bluesky has its first thread-that-will-become-a-movie
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These are the icy mountains of Pluto. It took 9 years to get these magnificent images… and 4.8 billion kilometers.
January 18, 2026 at 7:39 PM
These are the icy mountains of Pluto. It took 9 years to get these magnificent images… and 4.8 billion kilometers.
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Explaining to my partner that the Real Housewives is just like wrestling. They go in with storylines, but they do get their actual feelings hurt the way wrestlers aren’t really fighting but they’re hurting their actual bodies.
January 17, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Explaining to my partner that the Real Housewives is just like wrestling. They go in with storylines, but they do get their actual feelings hurt the way wrestlers aren’t really fighting but they’re hurting their actual bodies.
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My last two shots before my world went dark.
January 17, 2026 at 9:55 PM
My last two shots before my world went dark.
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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The true answer to the question "Are ICE more like Nazi Germany's Gestapo or US Antebellum slave catchers?" is "Yes."
January 16, 2026 at 1:58 PM
The true answer to the question "Are ICE more like Nazi Germany's Gestapo or US Antebellum slave catchers?" is "Yes."
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Albert Bartholomé (French,1848–1928), In the Conservatory also known as In the Greenhouse, 1881. Oil on canvas. Musée d’Orsay, Paris.
#Art
#Art
January 16, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Albert Bartholomé (French,1848–1928), In the Conservatory also known as In the Greenhouse, 1881. Oil on canvas. Musée d’Orsay, Paris.
#Art
#Art
Look at those ochres
January 16, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Look at those ochres
🎶
One day
It'll happen
One day, one day
It'll all come true
🎶
One day
It'll happen
One day, one day
It'll all come true
🎶
January 15, 2026 at 7:31 PM
🎶
One day
It'll happen
One day, one day
It'll all come true
🎶
One day
It'll happen
One day, one day
It'll all come true
🎶
Goodbye snow, hello freezing rain.
January 14, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Goodbye snow, hello freezing rain.
Oh hey it's #portfolioday,
I'm an artist and illustrator working across a number of different mostly physical media, including watercolor drawing-paintings, papercut sculpture, and printmaking.
I'm never quite sure where I fit in the scheme of artistic workers but I am always interested in projects
I'm an artist and illustrator working across a number of different mostly physical media, including watercolor drawing-paintings, papercut sculpture, and printmaking.
I'm never quite sure where I fit in the scheme of artistic workers but I am always interested in projects
January 13, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Oh hey it's #portfolioday,
I'm an artist and illustrator working across a number of different mostly physical media, including watercolor drawing-paintings, papercut sculpture, and printmaking.
I'm never quite sure where I fit in the scheme of artistic workers but I am always interested in projects
I'm an artist and illustrator working across a number of different mostly physical media, including watercolor drawing-paintings, papercut sculpture, and printmaking.
I'm never quite sure where I fit in the scheme of artistic workers but I am always interested in projects
I saw the snow queen's palace but decided not to go in
January 12, 2026 at 7:04 AM
I saw the snow queen's palace but decided not to go in
Having left the Southern Hemisphere for the Northern Hemisphere, my phone camera has automatically switched from the yellow filter of the South to the blue filter of Northern Europe.
January 11, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Having left the Southern Hemisphere for the Northern Hemisphere, my phone camera has automatically switched from the yellow filter of the South to the blue filter of Northern Europe.
Slightly worried for my parents (binoculars top left)
January 9, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Slightly worried for my parents (binoculars top left)