Erica Bottger
@ericapaints.bsky.social
Illustrator, painter, animal conservation and thinks that rocks rock. She/her
Occasionally makes neat things http://www.ericapaints.com/
Occasionally makes neat things http://www.ericapaints.com/
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women do not want james bond gadgets. we want healthcare
November 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
women do not want james bond gadgets. we want healthcare
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It's so odd on Bluesky that there are computer generated photos of nice looking landscapes and animals everywhere. Anyway my solution is to keep blocking every auntie lookin' account that does that.
October 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
It's so odd on Bluesky that there are computer generated photos of nice looking landscapes and animals everywhere. Anyway my solution is to keep blocking every auntie lookin' account that does that.
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They're all like this
October 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
They're all like this
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New risograph from Australian illustrator and unionist Sam Wallman in the shop! justseeds.org/product/what...
October 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
New risograph from Australian illustrator and unionist Sam Wallman in the shop! justseeds.org/product/what...
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Yeah, no. I actually do care if the children of anti-vaxxers suffer. Because they're children. Can we put down our hot takes for a sec and remember all children are still just children and deserve to be protected? I will never believe any child deserves to suffer for their parents' beliefs. wtf
October 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Yeah, no. I actually do care if the children of anti-vaxxers suffer. Because they're children. Can we put down our hot takes for a sec and remember all children are still just children and deserve to be protected? I will never believe any child deserves to suffer for their parents' beliefs. wtf
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Happy Indigenous Peoples Day to our USian neighbors
October 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day to our USian neighbors
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This is a clear violation of the Hatch Act. I’ve seen other federal websites with similar displays. Please report it to your legislators, who have sworn to uphold the Constitution.
October 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This is a clear violation of the Hatch Act. I’ve seen other federal websites with similar displays. Please report it to your legislators, who have sworn to uphold the Constitution.
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In case the misogyny of this fake Tylenol panic isn't obvious enough, RFK made fun of rape victims during the press conference.
Joe Rogan also jumped in, showing this is about controlling and punishing women, not health care.
www.salon.com/2025/09/29/r...
Joe Rogan also jumped in, showing this is about controlling and punishing women, not health care.
www.salon.com/2025/09/29/r...
RFK Jr.'s Tylenol attack insults women's intelligence
Kennedy's tactics are straight out of the anti-abortion movement's playbook
www.salon.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
In case the misogyny of this fake Tylenol panic isn't obvious enough, RFK made fun of rape victims during the press conference.
Joe Rogan also jumped in, showing this is about controlling and punishing women, not health care.
www.salon.com/2025/09/29/r...
Joe Rogan also jumped in, showing this is about controlling and punishing women, not health care.
www.salon.com/2025/09/29/r...
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This on the heels of the EO to round up the homeless and mentally ill. Sound a bit like something we’ve seen in history before??? Again I say stop
Acting like Nazis if you don’t want us to compare you.
Acting like Nazis if you don’t want us to compare you.
Hmm... how can we end homelessness?
Provide people with homes? Nah.
Improve community mental health and substance use treatment options, so they can get the care they often need? Nah.
Literally murder them? Somehow, I guess, the answer is yes.
Insanity.
Provide people with homes? Nah.
Improve community mental health and substance use treatment options, so they can get the care they often need? Nah.
Literally murder them? Somehow, I guess, the answer is yes.
Insanity.
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This on the heels of the EO to round up the homeless and mentally ill. Sound a bit like something we’ve seen in history before??? Again I say stop
Acting like Nazis if you don’t want us to compare you.
Acting like Nazis if you don’t want us to compare you.
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What if we kissed in the gay swamp 🥺👉🏻👈🏻
August 27, 2025 at 3:49 AM
What if we kissed in the gay swamp 🥺👉🏻👈🏻
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This is the first image I jump to when folks say they home school their kids. I'm sure plenty of them do fine, but...
I don't think people realize how important public school is for kids who suffer abuse. School is a safe haven to get out from under that thumb of authoritarianism and horror.
I don't think people realize how important public school is for kids who suffer abuse. School is a safe haven to get out from under that thumb of authoritarianism and horror.
June 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This is the first image I jump to when folks say they home school their kids. I'm sure plenty of them do fine, but...
I don't think people realize how important public school is for kids who suffer abuse. School is a safe haven to get out from under that thumb of authoritarianism and horror.
I don't think people realize how important public school is for kids who suffer abuse. School is a safe haven to get out from under that thumb of authoritarianism and horror.
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Three things @rasjbaraka.bsky.social and @bradlander.bsky.social have in common:
1) Both are suing Kristi Noem
2) Her goons conducted premeditated arrest of them
3) Before an election
www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/18/r...
1) Both are suing Kristi Noem
2) Her goons conducted premeditated arrest of them
3) Before an election
www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/18/r...
Remember when Brad Lander Caught Kristi Noem Stealing $80 Million? - emptywheel
Brad Lander's role in suing Kristi Noem for stealing $80 million from New York City means his arrest bears three similarities to that of Ras Baraka: both sued DHS, both were arrested before an electio...
www.emptywheel.net
June 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Three things @rasjbaraka.bsky.social and @bradlander.bsky.social have in common:
1) Both are suing Kristi Noem
2) Her goons conducted premeditated arrest of them
3) Before an election
www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/18/r...
1) Both are suing Kristi Noem
2) Her goons conducted premeditated arrest of them
3) Before an election
www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/18/r...
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If you are in the National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens call the GI Rights Hotline, 877-447-4487
Please share 🙏🏼
Please share 🙏🏼
June 8, 2025 at 4:38 AM
If you are in the National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens call the GI Rights Hotline, 877-447-4487
Please share 🙏🏼
Please share 🙏🏼
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Many years ago I decided to combine WW2 then & now photos as part of research I was doing.
It caught on and I made more.
History is all around us.
The ghosts of history.
Cherbourg, avenue de Paris, ancien Poste de Police, jardin Public.
Soldiers crossing under fire, 1944.
It caught on and I made more.
History is all around us.
The ghosts of history.
Cherbourg, avenue de Paris, ancien Poste de Police, jardin Public.
Soldiers crossing under fire, 1944.
June 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Many years ago I decided to combine WW2 then & now photos as part of research I was doing.
It caught on and I made more.
History is all around us.
The ghosts of history.
Cherbourg, avenue de Paris, ancien Poste de Police, jardin Public.
Soldiers crossing under fire, 1944.
It caught on and I made more.
History is all around us.
The ghosts of history.
Cherbourg, avenue de Paris, ancien Poste de Police, jardin Public.
Soldiers crossing under fire, 1944.
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Not a historian, but to my knowledge, this is the first time a sitting US Senator — or member of Congress, generally — or perhaps any senior US gov’t official — has included an f-bomb in an official press release.
www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-r...
www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-r...
Duckworth: Pete Hegseth Needs to Resign in Disgrace | U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois
www.duckworth.senate.gov
March 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Not a historian, but to my knowledge, this is the first time a sitting US Senator — or member of Congress, generally — or perhaps any senior US gov’t official — has included an f-bomb in an official press release.
www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-r...
www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-r...
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The Pentagon is blaming the AI for deleting this stuff after being given the word "Navajo" in relation to ferreting out DEI. What we all should be asking is, "Why was the AI given the search word 'Navajo' to begin with?"
apnews.com/article/nava...
apnews.com/article/nava...
Pentagon restores histories of Navajo Code Talkers, other Native veterans after public outcry
The Pentagon has restored some webpages highlighting the wartime contributions of Navajo Code Talkers and other Native American veterans.
apnews.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The Pentagon is blaming the AI for deleting this stuff after being given the word "Navajo" in relation to ferreting out DEI. What we all should be asking is, "Why was the AI given the search word 'Navajo' to begin with?"
apnews.com/article/nava...
apnews.com/article/nava...
Finally remembering to add my bluesky to my social media info sheet for events . However I do not have the brain power to figure out how to connect domains so that's a later me problem.
March 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Finally remembering to add my bluesky to my social media info sheet for events . However I do not have the brain power to figure out how to connect domains so that's a later me problem.
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Dr. Suess had it correct in 1941
March 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Dr. Suess had it correct in 1941