Dawn Xiana Moon
@dawnxianamoon.bsky.social
Civic tech & UX by day, art by night.
Founder/director of @RaksGeek.bsky.social. Dancer + singer-songwriter. SF/F essays. Food. Spins fire. Britain's Got Talent.
Building shared versions of reality + hope.
RaksGeek.com
RaksInferno.com
DawnXianaMoon.com
Founder/director of @RaksGeek.bsky.social. Dancer + singer-songwriter. SF/F essays. Food. Spins fire. Britain's Got Talent.
Building shared versions of reality + hope.
RaksGeek.com
RaksInferno.com
DawnXianaMoon.com
Taking a seat. 😄
November 27, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Taking a seat. 😄
If you're a musician and you find a piano in an immersive comic pop-up, you're contractually obligated to play it. 😄
Stopped by the 2D pop-up downtown - it's pretty neat! I think they hand-drew most of it too.
#Chicago
Stopped by the 2D pop-up downtown - it's pretty neat! I think they hand-drew most of it too.
#Chicago
November 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
If you're a musician and you find a piano in an immersive comic pop-up, you're contractually obligated to play it. 😄
Stopped by the 2D pop-up downtown - it's pretty neat! I think they hand-drew most of it too.
#Chicago
Stopped by the 2D pop-up downtown - it's pretty neat! I think they hand-drew most of it too.
#Chicago
- 71% Dark chocolate mousse
- Chocolate ganache and salted butter caramel layer cake
- Sea salt caramel apples
- Sparkling apple cider cocktail
So good to have friends over! ❤️🍽️
- Chocolate ganache and salted butter caramel layer cake
- Sea salt caramel apples
- Sparkling apple cider cocktail
So good to have friends over! ❤️🍽️
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
- 71% Dark chocolate mousse
- Chocolate ganache and salted butter caramel layer cake
- Sea salt caramel apples
- Sparkling apple cider cocktail
So good to have friends over! ❤️🍽️
- Chocolate ganache and salted butter caramel layer cake
- Sea salt caramel apples
- Sparkling apple cider cocktail
So good to have friends over! ❤️🍽️
- Brown sugar and maple-glazed ham (sous vide)
- Spinach, tomato, and shallot salad
- Roasted cauliflower with gremolata bread crumbs
🍽️
- Spinach, tomato, and shallot salad
- Roasted cauliflower with gremolata bread crumbs
🍽️
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
- Brown sugar and maple-glazed ham (sous vide)
- Spinach, tomato, and shallot salad
- Roasted cauliflower with gremolata bread crumbs
🍽️
- Spinach, tomato, and shallot salad
- Roasted cauliflower with gremolata bread crumbs
🍽️
- Rosemary roast turkey + turkey breast sous vide
- Sage sausage stuffing
- Mashed potatoes with turkey gravy
🍽️
- Sage sausage stuffing
- Mashed potatoes with turkey gravy
🍽️
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
- Rosemary roast turkey + turkey breast sous vide
- Sage sausage stuffing
- Mashed potatoes with turkey gravy
🍽️
- Sage sausage stuffing
- Mashed potatoes with turkey gravy
🍽️
Raksgiving is an annual tradition - I made a full Thanksgiving dinner for 15 @raksgeek.bsky.social cast & crew members (including a vegan & a friend with a garlic/onion allergy)!
Everything from scratch of course, down to the salted butter caramel & salad dressings. 🍽️
Everything from scratch of course, down to the salted butter caramel & salad dressings. 🍽️
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Raksgiving is an annual tradition - I made a full Thanksgiving dinner for 15 @raksgeek.bsky.social cast & crew members (including a vegan & a friend with a garlic/onion allergy)!
Everything from scratch of course, down to the salted butter caramel & salad dressings. 🍽️
Everything from scratch of course, down to the salted butter caramel & salad dressings. 🍽️
Look, there isn't a real comparison between Mamdani/Trump & Harris/Cheney.
Mamdani talked to the president of his country at an official work function. And still called him out.
Harris took someone on the opposite political side on her *campaign trail as an endorsement.*
Mamdani talked to the president of his country at an official work function. And still called him out.
Harris took someone on the opposite political side on her *campaign trail as an endorsement.*
November 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Look, there isn't a real comparison between Mamdani/Trump & Harris/Cheney.
Mamdani talked to the president of his country at an official work function. And still called him out.
Harris took someone on the opposite political side on her *campaign trail as an endorsement.*
Mamdani talked to the president of his country at an official work function. And still called him out.
Harris took someone on the opposite political side on her *campaign trail as an endorsement.*
I threw all of my feelings about federal goons terrorizing Chicago and evangelicals' fervor for Trump and war and destruction and Jesus on the cross and the US descending into fascism into one piece and I'm glad it resonated.
I don't know what redemption looks like anymore but I do know we need it.
I don't know what redemption looks like anymore but I do know we need it.
November 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I threw all of my feelings about federal goons terrorizing Chicago and evangelicals' fervor for Trump and war and destruction and Jesus on the cross and the US descending into fascism into one piece and I'm glad it resonated.
I don't know what redemption looks like anymore but I do know we need it.
I don't know what redemption looks like anymore but I do know we need it.
You all. Last night A TON of people told me they cried through my piece. And "I wasn't sure if we should clap because it felt like interrupting - it was art."
There are no higher compliments. 🥹
There are no higher compliments. 🥹
November 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
You all. Last night A TON of people told me they cried through my piece. And "I wasn't sure if we should clap because it felt like interrupting - it was art."
There are no higher compliments. 🥹
There are no higher compliments. 🥹
OMG. Del Sur Bakery is the rare trendy, lines-out-the-door place that's actually worth the hype. #Chicago
I paid $10(!) for a longanisa croissant and it was absolutely worth the money. And the toasted rice chocolate chip cookie is one of the best I've had anywhere.
I paid $10(!) for a longanisa croissant and it was absolutely worth the money. And the toasted rice chocolate chip cookie is one of the best I've had anywhere.
November 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
OMG. Del Sur Bakery is the rare trendy, lines-out-the-door place that's actually worth the hype. #Chicago
I paid $10(!) for a longanisa croissant and it was absolutely worth the money. And the toasted rice chocolate chip cookie is one of the best I've had anywhere.
I paid $10(!) for a longanisa croissant and it was absolutely worth the money. And the toasted rice chocolate chip cookie is one of the best I've had anywhere.
Not unrelated:
November 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Not unrelated:
November 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
They're calling this a suicide.
... I don't know how it's possible to hog tie oneself.
... I don't know how it's possible to hog tie oneself.
November 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
They're calling this a suicide.
... I don't know how it's possible to hog tie oneself.
... I don't know how it's possible to hog tie oneself.
I'll take it! Thanks for hitting the rest of the match!
November 19, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I'll take it! Thanks for hitting the rest of the match!
Spending hours cutting together footage of lCE, tear gassing, the destruction of Syria, Jesus, religious iconography, the Jan. 6th insurrection, & Trump rallies will put you in a weird headspace.
Making art. It's always important, but especially so right now.
Making art. It's always important, but especially so right now.
November 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Spending hours cutting together footage of lCE, tear gassing, the destruction of Syria, Jesus, religious iconography, the Jan. 6th insurrection, & Trump rallies will put you in a weird headspace.
Making art. It's always important, but especially so right now.
Making art. It's always important, but especially so right now.
The pull quote.
People keep telling Michelle Obama to run for president.
She's smart enough to know that they'll turn on her if she does. That's how it went with Elizabeth Warren.
And versions happened with Kamala Harris & Hillary Clinton both. This country hates women in leadership positions.
People keep telling Michelle Obama to run for president.
She's smart enough to know that they'll turn on her if she does. That's how it went with Elizabeth Warren.
And versions happened with Kamala Harris & Hillary Clinton both. This country hates women in leadership positions.
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The pull quote.
People keep telling Michelle Obama to run for president.
She's smart enough to know that they'll turn on her if she does. That's how it went with Elizabeth Warren.
And versions happened with Kamala Harris & Hillary Clinton both. This country hates women in leadership positions.
People keep telling Michelle Obama to run for president.
She's smart enough to know that they'll turn on her if she does. That's how it went with Elizabeth Warren.
And versions happened with Kamala Harris & Hillary Clinton both. This country hates women in leadership positions.
Up all night working on a video projection that captures my complicated feelings about religion & uncomplicated feelings about Chicago's occupation by federal forces, the evils of the current admin, & the evangelical fervor that brought Trump into power.
Set to "Changes Come" from Over the Rhine.
Set to "Changes Come" from Over the Rhine.
November 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Up all night working on a video projection that captures my complicated feelings about religion & uncomplicated feelings about Chicago's occupation by federal forces, the evils of the current admin, & the evangelical fervor that brought Trump into power.
Set to "Changes Come" from Over the Rhine.
Set to "Changes Come" from Over the Rhine.
Happy 3-year anniversary of Musk showing the world how much he knows about software engineering.
November 18, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Happy 3-year anniversary of Musk showing the world how much he knows about software engineering.
This is the little weirdo. ❤️
She was very cute & very good at cuddling.
And also the most ornery dog I've ever met. (She also had a litany of health issues, including cancer, constant skin and ear infections, & osteoarthritis.)
She never recognized the name the rescue gave her, haha.
She was very cute & very good at cuddling.
And also the most ornery dog I've ever met. (She also had a litany of health issues, including cancer, constant skin and ear infections, & osteoarthritis.)
She never recognized the name the rescue gave her, haha.
November 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
This is the little weirdo. ❤️
She was very cute & very good at cuddling.
And also the most ornery dog I've ever met. (She also had a litany of health issues, including cancer, constant skin and ear infections, & osteoarthritis.)
She never recognized the name the rescue gave her, haha.
She was very cute & very good at cuddling.
And also the most ornery dog I've ever met. (She also had a litany of health issues, including cancer, constant skin and ear infections, & osteoarthritis.)
She never recognized the name the rescue gave her, haha.
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
November 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
November 17, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
I'm grateful to have spaces to make art that's alternately silly, beautiful, sexy, and emotive. That's a special thing, and especially necessary right now.
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I'm grateful to have spaces to make art that's alternately silly, beautiful, sexy, and emotive. That's a special thing, and especially necessary right now.
And in the same show, I got to be my most sultry self - someone literally yelled, "You're so sexy!!" as I left the stage! 😂❤️
Thanks to everyone that came to Raks Inferno last night, and to my incredible cast and crew.
Thanks to everyone that came to Raks Inferno last night, and to my incredible cast and crew.
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
And in the same show, I got to be my most sultry self - someone literally yelled, "You're so sexy!!" as I left the stage! 😂❤️
Thanks to everyone that came to Raks Inferno last night, and to my incredible cast and crew.
Thanks to everyone that came to Raks Inferno last night, and to my incredible cast and crew.