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Donia 🖖 ♾️ ♿️
@ethyricalartist.bsky.social
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HOMELESS as of 9/30 pls see links!🆘
Disabled artist 🇵🇷🏳️‍🌈
Cats, art, plants, knit & crochet…
Create from🛏️when able bc of #MyalgicE #POTS #Endo…
Late diagnosed #Autistic
PNW 🇱🇸
#DisabilityJustice
Abolitionist
Anti-imperialist
https://linktr.ee/EthyricalArtist
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ethyricalartist.bsky.social
Holiday gifts + helping a homeless #disabled artist? Yes, please! Metal prints & ornaments that look even better in person available on my site:
donialilly.com

I have #SevereME & currently living in a loud motel. Sharing my work even if you can't help w/💸 is invaluable 🙏
#Handmade #ShopSmall #NoAI
November 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
ethyricalartist.bsky.social
Oh look - I can finally share a screenshot I took 3 years ago with someone who might appreciate it 😹

(I don’t know the where / why of this sign, I just found it hilarious) #NewJersey
Sign that says “All visitors from New Jersey must explain why. (limited exceptions)” with a circle and a line through a NJ ID and an X through the shape of New Jersey
November 19, 2025 at 9:19 AM
ethyricalartist.bsky.social
Ok but why are tuxedo cats the loudest little beyotches? 😹 My ex’s cat would. not. shut. up. (but she was so damn cute) 😭
Black and white kitten being frisky Black and white kitten laying on its back in someone’s hand
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
ethyricalartist.bsky.social
Some ask what makes
Monkey a #DisabledCat

-Extreme food allergies (so I can't just get #cat food from a food bank while homeless) 💔
-Severe asthma (needs inhaler twice a day or starts wheezing horribly) 😭

We’re currently living in a motel if you want to help:
linktr.ee/EthyricalArt...

#HelpSky 🐈‍⬛
November 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
ethyricalartist.bsky.social
I have #SevereME & other extremely disabling conditions & am now homeless w/ my disabled cat. We need help before it’s too late 🆘

The many ways to help us, including getting some art for loved ones:
linktr.ee/EthyricalArt...

#CommunityCare #pwME #disability #HelpFolksLive2025 #CatSky #HelpSky #Cat
Woman in a burgundy floor length robe laying on a bed with a black cat on her she’s petting. Text says: “Do you want to save two lives? (one disabled human & one disabled cat)” Woman laying in a need with a black cat on top of her with text: “I AM AT THE END OF MY ROPE. I AM NOW FLAT OUT BEGGING YOU: please buy something from my art site (DoniaLilly .com) or my eBay (island_art) or my Poshmark (islandloves) as an early holiday gift or for yourself - I have stuff for Men, Women, Children, & the Home. I also have yarn & knitting / crochet/ spinning / crafting tools for sale on Ravelry .com ("AutisticArtist" on there)”
November 16, 2025 at 8:27 AM
ethyricalartist.bsky.social
I’m so sorry - I’m in a dark room with my black cat bc I’m in an M.E. crash so as you can see, I can’t take a *visible* one of my little void who is snuggling me right now to share with you, but here’s one from the other day:

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Black cat in a darkened room on a bed against their human who is under the covers
November 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
ethyricalartist.bsky.social
Bc I’m homeless & can’t drive (I’m bedbound) I JUST got this from my old house landlord decided to sell…

Can someone pls help? I don’t can’t ruin my credit & my chance of finding a new place to live!!
Venmo: Donia-Lilly
PayPal: paypal.me/donialilly

$203 needed🙏
#HelpFolksLive2025 #CommunityCare 💸💕
PSE bill that says FINAL REQUEST For $202.22
November 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
ethyricalartist.bsky.social
New pieces on my Fiber Art page: great gifts! 💝
donialilly.com/fiber-art/

(We're homeless in a motel room as a severely disabled artist & disabled kitty)
Please share if you're unable to help monetarily🙏
#disabledartist #autistic #autisticwomen #artist #noAl #pwme #disabled #crochet #knit #handmade
November 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
ethyricalartist.bsky.social
This just brings to mind Terry Pratchett’s “Boots Theory” of how being poor is expensive (& rich ppl take advantage of this fact👀)

Most ppl *wouldn’t* choose to pay more over the long term IF THEY COULD AFFORD IT. The problem is $292 more is *impossible* for many…
#poverty

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Boots theory of socio-economic unfairness. Terry Pratchett - being poor is expensive (excerpt from one of his Ank-Morpork books) Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles. But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while a poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet. This was the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socio-economic unfairness.
November 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
ethyricalartist.bsky.social
It’s #Caturday - please send my sweet Monkey some love 🥰

#BlackCat #cat #CatSky #AutumnLeaves #FallColors
Black cat curled up in front of a window with bright orange autumn leaves outside
November 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM
ethyricalartist.bsky.social
I’m not just talking 📎 tho… Nazis in West 🇩🇪 simply had to turn in their uniforms & “swear fealty.” Just like racist Confederates before that. These extreme views don’t simply *go away* bc your side lost.
🇺🇸 genocide of N Americans inspired Hitler but he thought it was too extreme!

New Jersey 1973:
From “Assata: An Autobiography” page 10 - Every day there were three shifts of police. When they changed shifts, the two troopers would salute the sergeant. Some saluted an army salute, but others saluted like the nazis did in Germany. They held their hands in front of them and clicked their heels. I couldn't believe it. One day one of them came in and gave me a speech about how he fought in World War II on the wrong side. He went on and on and there was no question that he believed everything he said. He talked about how messed up the world is. How decent people couldn't walk the streets. He said that if Hitler had won, the world wouldn't be in the mess it is in today, that niggers like me, no-good niggers, wouldn't be going around shooting new jersey state troopers. He went on to say that the white race had invented everything because they were smart and worked hard, that other races wanted to riot and use terrorism to take everything the white race had worked so hard to get. I had a hard time keeping my mouth shut. He talked about empires, the Roman, the Greek, the Spanish, the British. He told me white people created empires because they were more civilized than the rest of the world. White people created ballet and opera and symphonies. "Did you ever hear of a nigger writing a symphony?" he asked. Every day he gave me a speech about nazism. Sometimes other nazis would join in. I asked him if there were a lot of nazis in the state troopers, but he just laughed and kept on talking. When i was in the Black Panther Party, we used to call the police "fascist pigs," but i had called them fascists not because i believed they were nazis but because of the way they acted in our communities. As many times as i had referred to police as fascists, these shocked me by the truth of my own rhetoric. I later learned that the state troopers in new jersey was started by a German, that their uniforms… …were patterned after some type of German uniform (very similar to the uniforms South African police wear), that they are notorious for stopping Black, Hispanic, and long-haired people on the turnpike and beating, harassing, and arresting them. From “Assata: An Autobiography” page 11 Cover of “Assata: An Autobiography” by Assata Shakur with a black and white photograph of her looking over her left shoulder back at the camera with a peaceful face and a large natural afro. The text is red and the photo is tinted yellow.
November 8, 2025 at 9:44 AM
ethyricalartist.bsky.social
She’s not simply an “apologist.” Gal Gadot was literally the original poster girl for Isrl’s “bikini diplomacy” back in 2007:
“The Consulate General of Israel in NY… teamed up with Maxim Magazine to show what else Israel has to offer: the women of the IDF.”
😒

Gadot is a MAJOR 🇮🇱export
#WonderWoman
Maxim displays beautiful IDF soldiers as part of bid to reshape Israel's image THE JERUSALEM POST • By MATTI FRIEDMAN 21 Jun 2007 A new Israeli public relations effort wants the country known less for its conflict with the Palestinians or for its myriad holy sites than for its beautiful women in uniform. Or, more accurately, out of uniform. A photo spread in the upcoming July issue of the US lad mag Maxim features a roster of Israeli models, all ex-soldiers, photographed wearing very little in the cause of their country. Initiated by Israel's New York consulate and headlined "Women of the Israel Defense Forces," the campaign has already been criticized as in-appropriate by some in Israel. The Maxim shoot presents Israeli models like The Maxim shoot presents Israeli models like Nivit Bash, who apparently served in military intelligence - though the only remnant of an army career evident in her photograph on the magazine's Web site is a military-style black cap that matches a minimal swimsuit. Gal Gadot, a former Miss Israel and army fitness instructor, appears sprawled provocatively on the ledge of a Tel Aviv high-rise. The idea originated in the media office at Israel's consulate in New York City, where research showed that Israel meant little to young American men. "Males that age have no feeling toward Israel one way or another, and we view that as a prob-lem, so we came up with an idea that would be appealing to them, said David Dorfman, a media adviser at the consulate. Maxim's popularity with that demographic led to the strange partnership. "Maxim was approached by the Israeli consulate to be a part of reshaping Israel's public image, specifically because of our unmatched mainstream reach to men aged 18 to 35. We are pleased with the result of our work together," the magazine said in a statement. The consulate and Maxim launched the Israel-themed photo shoot at a glitzy event in Manhattan on Tuesday night. But in Israel, the campaign drew an angry reaction from lawmaker Colette Avital, a former diplomat who served as Israel's consul-general in New York in the 1990s. "We definitely have public relations problems, and I'm all for creative solutions" Avital said. "But there are enough beautiful and interesting things we can use to tap this demographic than to show a half-naked woman in a magazine of this kind, considered pornographic." "I don't think this helps Israel's image." (AP) THE CONSULATE GENERAL of Israel in ew York has teamed up with Maxim Magazine to show what else Israel has to offer: the women of the IDF.
November 8, 2025 at 7:27 AM
ethyricalartist.bsky.social
Brings this to mind for some reason 🤔
Old white man standing in his driveway where a Mississippi flag is burnt and “Blacks Rule” is spray painted in very basic all-caps lettering, just the way Black people would definitely graffiti an old white man’s driveway and totally not the way another white person would do it to try and point the finger at Black people and incite something…
November 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
ethyricalartist.bsky.social
Would YOU be comfortable giving all this info to a random church in exchange for some rice & beans*? This is the closest food bank to me (I'm homeless & living in a motel).

WHILE FOOD BANKS ARE GREAT, THEY ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE FOR MANY OF US‼️ (cont ⬇️)
#SNAP #FoodBank #Disabled #charity #SnapBenefits
November 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
ethyricalartist.bsky.social
My cutie & I are still homeless & losing SNAP on Saturday as well…

Please help / share:

Venmo: venmo.com/u/Donia-Lilly
PayPal:
www.paypal.com/paypalme/don...

(We’re both disabled)

#disabled #pwME #Autumn #Autumncolors #FallLeaves
#Catsky #Caturday #BlsckCat #Cat #HelpFolksLive2025 #HelpSky 💸💕
October 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
ethyricalartist.bsky.social
I actually have some 3D pieces on my website here (& more that aren’t listed if you don’t see something you like but are genuinely interested in doing a trade… just lmk! ☺️)

donialilly.com/fiber-art/

For example, this little guy has arms and legs that move:
Grey crochet baby hippo with big violet eyes
October 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
ethyricalartist.bsky.social
This had me literally crying laughing, I had to pause the video:
Screenshot of a phone screen with the notification: SMART PIPE Lyme Disease Detected. Contacting Local Authorities.
October 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
ethyricalartist.bsky.social
We're still homeless, living in a motel & I couldn't find my baby girl...

Homeless level: living IN a suitcase 😹😭

Please help save *two* disabled lives: human & feline:
linktr.ee/EthyricalArt...

#CatSky #BlackCat #caturday #cat #disability #pwME #HelpSky #Seattle #Homelessness #HelpFolksLive2025
October 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
ethyricalartist.bsky.social
Seriously. Bill says, “But Dems haven’t done this very specific thing Repubs are doing!” while ignoring the fact that Dems do the exact same thing in different ways… Two examples: Walz sending in the most National Guard since WW2 & Obama’s role in Standing Rock:

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Excerpt from NPR article: WILLIAMS: Yes. In the following days, Governor Walz deployed the - what turned out to be the largest Minnesota National Guard presence since World War II, and the state patrol, which Walz also oversees, was directed to help Minneapolis police respond to further protests. However, Walz and officials with the state's Department of Public Safety wound up being heavily criticized after state patrol troopers arrested hundreds of people that were demonstrating on an interstate highway. And that action resulted in sharp rebukes from activists and at least one Minneapolis City Council member. It also led to legal action taken by journalists who were Screenshot from UnicornRiot article: Police & Military Attack Oceti Sakowin Treaty Camp By Unicorn Riot •October 27,2016 Morton County, ND - Over two hundred multi-state law enforcement and National Guard personnel attacked water protectors gathered on unceded 1851 Oceti Sakowin treaty land just north of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in the late morning of Thursday, October 27th.
October 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
ethyricalartist.bsky.social
Have y’all read “Parable of the Sower” by Octavia Butler? I’m (finally) reading it right now for the first time, and I HIGHLY recommend it - especially for this time, right now 👀🔥

(Published in 1993 but set NOW 😳)

(It’s now available as a graphic novel, too) #scifi #classicnovel #BookSky #reading
White book cover with stylized image of a Black woman in a flame-colored long sleeve dress and head wrap: "Brilliant, endlessly rich... pairs well with 1984 or The Handmoid's Tale." -JOHN GREEN, New York Times Parable of the Sower With a new foreword from award-winning author N. K. JEMISIN NEW YORK TIMES OCTAVIA E BUTLER Graphic novel cover in reds and oranges with drawing of a Black girl with dreadlocks and flames: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Damian Duffy and John Jennings OCTAVIA E. BUTLER'S PARABLE OF THE SOWER From the award-winning, #I New York Times bestselling team of Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
October 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
ethyricalartist.bsky.social
Yes. Because IT’S ALL CONNECTED whether ppl “ #Resisting” want to admit it or not.

Until liberals do some real soul-searching & actively work on being ANTI-racist (not just thinking “I’m not racist” …while pushing back on ppl calling out racism(❗️)) they’re aiding the Rs.
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Quote on blue background: “THE BEAUTY OF ANTI-RACISM IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PRETEND TO BE FREE OF RACISM TO BE AN ANTI-RACIST. ANTI-RACISM IS THE COMMITMENT TO FIGHT RACISM WHEREVER YOU FIND IT, INCLUDING IN YOURSELF. AND IT'S THE ONLY WAY FORWARD.” - IJEOMA OLUO Quote over photograph of MLK jr: “I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. The Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not... the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than justice. Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.” Martin Luther King Jr. | Letter from a Birmingham Jail, 1963
October 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
ethyricalartist.bsky.social
This thread immediately brought this fabulous bit of “stinky English” history to mind so I had to go find my screenshot of it to share 🤣
#bathing #Vikings #hygiene
Tweet screenshot: @historyinmemez "We had to kill the Vikings, because they bathed and brushed their hair and our wives couldn't resist such sophistication" is a HELL of a take by Medieval English chroniclers. One thirteenth-century chronicle attributed a slaughter of Danes by Anglo-Saxons in 1002 to the former's irresistibility to the latter's spouses: "The Danes made themselves too acceptable to English women by their elegant manners and their care of their person. They combed their hair daily, according to the custom of their country, and took a bath every Saturday, and even changed their clothes frequently, and improved the beauty of their bodies with many such trifles, by which means they undermined the chastity of wives.”
October 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM
ethyricalartist.bsky.social
Update: #homeless in a tiny motel room too small for my ♿️ so I have to crawl.

Pls help: every share & amount no matter how small helps us reach our goal of permanent housing:
linktr.ee/EthyricalArt...

#MutualAidStrike #pwME #HelpFolksLive2025 #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky #Cat #Disabled #ChronicIllness
October 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
ethyricalartist.bsky.social
Yes to ALL of this - ppl say they want community & to “resist” yet put things like “I block Mutual Aid accounts” etc in their profiles & regularly use ableist language to “rile” the fascists. All done w/o irony / self-awareness that they’re perpetuating the same norms they’re supposedly “resisting.”
Black and red bold text that says: NONE OF US ARE FREE UNTI. ALL OF US ARE FREE
October 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ethyricalartist.bsky.social
I have to keep the blinds closed all the time for any privacy (cars pull right up to my room in the parking lot), so I’m living in a dark box for the foreseeable future.

But at least it’s clean & warm.
Ways to help us:
linktr.ee/EthyricalArt...

#DisabilityCrowdFund #MutualAidRequest #HelpFolksLive
Woman in a burgundy floor length robe laying on a bed with a black cat on her body facing her that she’s petting with the words: Do you want to save two lives? (one disabled human & one disabled cat)
October 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM