Erica Heflin “Raistlyne”
@raistlyne.bsky.social
Polyam, bisexual, married, blue dot in Alabama. I’ve written several comics and short stories and worked with rare reptiles and penguins. Mostly retired traveler.
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So I’ve made it official folks: I’ve filed the paperwork to run for Governor of Alabama. It’s time to remind this state of who we are and what we can accomplish together.
#DougForAlabama
#DougForAlabama
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
So I’ve made it official folks: I’ve filed the paperwork to run for Governor of Alabama. It’s time to remind this state of who we are and what we can accomplish together.
#DougForAlabama
#DougForAlabama
I like surrounding myself with people I’m comfortable with on Thanksgiving. When your presence brings calm and fills me with joy I am thankful. I’ll miss friends and departed family this year, but will have kids and dogs and games and laughter.
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I like surrounding myself with people I’m comfortable with on Thanksgiving. When your presence brings calm and fills me with joy I am thankful. I’ll miss friends and departed family this year, but will have kids and dogs and games and laughter.
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My teenagers can’t get a ticket to the Running Man remake on their own, but sure, they’re consenting adults when it comes to sex.
There’s not enough pepper spray in the world for these creeps
There’s not enough pepper spray in the world for these creeps
November 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
My teenagers can’t get a ticket to the Running Man remake on their own, but sure, they’re consenting adults when it comes to sex.
There’s not enough pepper spray in the world for these creeps
There’s not enough pepper spray in the world for these creeps
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we need a department of kerning
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 AM
we need a department of kerning
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BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
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Remembering the creator behind my favorite Universal Monster design, MILLICENT PATRICK, on her birthday. I never tire to draw this guy so a huge Thank you for adding the Creature From The Black Lagoon to the horror pantheon, Millicent! 💚💚💚
November 12, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Remembering the creator behind my favorite Universal Monster design, MILLICENT PATRICK, on her birthday. I never tire to draw this guy so a huge Thank you for adding the Creature From The Black Lagoon to the horror pantheon, Millicent! 💚💚💚
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YES YOU SHOULD VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS TOMORROW EVEN IF MAMDANI IS NOT ON THE BALLOT WHERE YOU LIVE
November 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
YES YOU SHOULD VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS TOMORROW EVEN IF MAMDANI IS NOT ON THE BALLOT WHERE YOU LIVE
Starting off this cool morning watching “Small Potatoes” from the X-Files. Such delightful scripting.
November 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Starting off this cool morning watching “Small Potatoes” from the X-Files. Such delightful scripting.
I love having a house with animals. They’re my joy. I’ll never live a life where that gets diminished 💜
October 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I love having a house with animals. They’re my joy. I’ll never live a life where that gets diminished 💜
Foundational film noir. And wonderful storytelling!
Louise as Lulu is confronted by her husband (Fritz Kortner) on their wedding night in a still from Pandora’s Box (1929). Film clip in thread.
October 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Foundational film noir. And wonderful storytelling!
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October 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I love the people who paint rocks and put them around towns and the people who are thrilled to find them. Small joys are beautiful in this difficult world.
October 27, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I love the people who paint rocks and put them around towns and the people who are thrilled to find them. Small joys are beautiful in this difficult world.
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I hate every motherfucker who did not vote for Kamala Harris.
BREAKING: Today, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum opened all 1.56 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasing. These lands are sacred to the Gwich’in Nation, home to irreplaceable wildlife and wilderness, and have never seen industrialization.
October 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I hate every motherfucker who did not vote for Kamala Harris.
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My 10 year-old daughter asked me something no parent should ever hear:
"Will I get shot if I go to the No Kings Rally?"
I write this not as a partisan, but as a parent — for everyone trying to raise kids who believe in decency, truth, and democracy.
PLS READ & SHARE👇
"Will I get shot if I go to the No Kings Rally?"
I write this not as a partisan, but as a parent — for everyone trying to raise kids who believe in decency, truth, and democracy.
PLS READ & SHARE👇
What Our Kids Are Learning Watching Trump
A father’s reflection on fear, truth, and the lessons our children are absorbing from the loudest voice in America.
open.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:46 PM
My 10 year-old daughter asked me something no parent should ever hear:
"Will I get shot if I go to the No Kings Rally?"
I write this not as a partisan, but as a parent — for everyone trying to raise kids who believe in decency, truth, and democracy.
PLS READ & SHARE👇
"Will I get shot if I go to the No Kings Rally?"
I write this not as a partisan, but as a parent — for everyone trying to raise kids who believe in decency, truth, and democracy.
PLS READ & SHARE👇
This is why goldens are beloved.
This is Tucker. He was offered a tortilla but told to take it gently, and no one has ever understood the assignment better. 13/10 (TT: tucker_thegentleman)
October 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This is why goldens are beloved.
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The classic murder mystery film “LAURA” produced and directed by Otto Preminger and starring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price and Judith Anderson premiered #OnThisDay in 1944 at the Roxy Theatre in New York
🎬 20th Century-Fox
🎞 #FilmNoir
🎬 20th Century-Fox
🎞 #FilmNoir
October 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The classic murder mystery film “LAURA” produced and directed by Otto Preminger and starring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price and Judith Anderson premiered #OnThisDay in 1944 at the Roxy Theatre in New York
🎬 20th Century-Fox
🎞 #FilmNoir
🎬 20th Century-Fox
🎞 #FilmNoir
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Tim Walz: "My god, we've got the White House threatening investigations and jail time because an escalator stopped? Walk up the damn stairs!"
October 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Tim Walz: "My god, we've got the White House threatening investigations and jail time because an escalator stopped? Walk up the damn stairs!"
Perfect gifts for me are outings or travel dedicated to spending quality time together. Events and travel to write our life stories and share our joys.
And that one time my friend Jon got me a handmade Batverse Oracle mask. That was perfect too.
And that one time my friend Jon got me a handmade Batverse Oracle mask. That was perfect too.
September 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Perfect gifts for me are outings or travel dedicated to spending quality time together. Events and travel to write our life stories and share our joys.
And that one time my friend Jon got me a handmade Batverse Oracle mask. That was perfect too.
And that one time my friend Jon got me a handmade Batverse Oracle mask. That was perfect too.
I took a stroll through a cemetery in a forest in Florida - from the ghost town of Orleans.
youtube.com/watch?v=fOAS...
youtube.com/watch?v=fOAS...
Cemetery from the ghost town of Orleans in the Withlacoochee State Forest, FL.
YouTube video by Cemetery Strolls
youtube.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I took a stroll through a cemetery in a forest in Florida - from the ghost town of Orleans.
youtube.com/watch?v=fOAS...
youtube.com/watch?v=fOAS...
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if people are fighting fascism and they are not being counterproductive, there is no need to tell people how to fight back. if they ask, give advice. but don't shit on people who are actively trying to figure out the best way for them.
don't discourage action.
don't discourage action.
September 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
if people are fighting fascism and they are not being counterproductive, there is no need to tell people how to fight back. if they ask, give advice. but don't shit on people who are actively trying to figure out the best way for them.
don't discourage action.
don't discourage action.
My recent stroll through West Maplewood Cemetery! youtube.com/watch?v=-6DK...
West Maplewood Cemetery Anderson Indiana with an early pro baseball player’s grave.
YouTube video by Cemetery Strolls
youtube.com
September 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
My recent stroll through West Maplewood Cemetery! youtube.com/watch?v=-6DK...
I love when friends share the things that bring them joy. Family. Partners. Adventures. Memes. Music. Objects of nerdy hyperfocus. Shared joys are so uplifting and warm.💕
September 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I love when friends share the things that bring them joy. Family. Partners. Adventures. Memes. Music. Objects of nerdy hyperfocus. Shared joys are so uplifting and warm.💕
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Denial of an entire group’s very right to exist and participate in civil society is not just “having conversations.”
September 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Denial of an entire group’s very right to exist and participate in civil society is not just “having conversations.”
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luigi mangione murdered a healthcare executive and opposed "wokeism." i don't know why people insist that killers need some coherent ideology. most people don't even have coherent wardrobes, let alone a coherent worldview.
September 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
luigi mangione murdered a healthcare executive and opposed "wokeism." i don't know why people insist that killers need some coherent ideology. most people don't even have coherent wardrobes, let alone a coherent worldview.