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Ma’at Crook

@maatcrook.bsky.social

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Demonstrative webcomic cartoonist. D&D Adventurers League Community Manager. Writer, artist, sensitivity reader. White, nonbinary, pan. Gutsy chronic illness & C-PTSD-haver. Cancer, sexual assault, DV survivor. 😷 https://www.maatcrook.com

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Ma’at Crook @maatcrook.bsky.social · May 7

Happy 1st webcomic to me! And during my birthday month, to boot!

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demonstrative-yr50 — Ma’at Crook

Demonstrative is a fantasy autobiographical fiction webcomic by Ma’at Crook. A child raised by pirates and isolated by abuse creates imaginary friends, befriends monsters, explores secret passageways ...

www.maatcrook.com

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Ma’at Crook @maatcrook.bsky.social · 6h

I hope you are able to take kind care of yourself and keep making art.

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🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 1d

Please help us get some of this covered before Tuesday so it doesn't swallow all of my PIP. We really need your help on this

We still need meds, toiletries, and other essentials before then too

#MutualAid #MutualAidRequsst #HelpFolksLive2025 #HelpSky 💸💕 ♿️

🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 6d

Our account is -£400 and it's just going to swallow my PIP when it gets here. Please help us get out of this pit

#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #UrgentMutualAid #HelpSky #HelpFolksLive2025 #Disabled #ChronicIllness

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Ma’at Crook @maatcrook.bsky.social · 12h

Tibbs (our tabby/tortie cat) at 11am: Don’t you get it?! I’ve been telling you—give me my “afternoon treats!” Hey you! Gimme! Now!

Tibbs, our cat, reaches one paw toward the camera, making intense, beggy eye contact.

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Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 17h

With the holidays upon us, don't give to Salvation Army. Not even change. It's a scumbag "charity" run by anti-gay zealots.

Habitat for Humanity is great. Your local Food Bank is great.

So many "charities" are for-profit scams. Use Charity Navigator to vet them. www.charitynavigator.org

Fascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 1d

Fun fact about the Salvation Army: they use a form of substance use treatment called work therapy. Oh, and by treatment, I mean they have people who have been convicted of drug charges work for their stores & warehouses in exchange for room, board, around a $1 a week, and minimal actual therapy.

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 1d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Ma’at Crook @maatcrook.bsky.social · 22h

I hope you’re sleeping well now.

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 1d

can you imagine just sitting down to plan this and not feeling any shame or hesitation. seeing jane goodall on the tv as you’re doing it and how her thing was gorillas and yours is getting ready to deport a guy who’s been wrongly imprisoned since reagan’s first term

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Ma’at Crook @maatcrook.bsky.social · 1d

This acknowledgment & vow made me teary eyed. We need politicians who are in power now to show more care & actively help Queer and houseless constituents.

@jeff-merkley.bsky.social @wyden.senate.gov please make Oregon an LGBTQIA+ sanctuary state & do more work to make it safer & safer for us.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

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Ma’at Crook @maatcrook.bsky.social · 2d

I want to see The Lost Boys and Us versions too!

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pseudonym jones @pseudonymjones.bsky.social · 2d

🙂, wait hold on,

Bloody Disgusting @bloody-disgusting.com · 2d

Mattel meets H.R. Giger with a stunning new Monster High doll that reimagines the Xenomorph from ALIEN as a terrifyingly chic fashion icon:

Mattel Meets H.R. Giger With Stunning New ‘Alien’ Doll from the Monster High Collection!

Mattel’s “Skullector” wave of their Monster High line has proven to be a treasure trove of incredible dolls based on horror properties, with movies including The Lost Boys, Bride of Chucky, Jordan Pee...

bloody-disgusting.com

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Sash Crafts 🏳️‍🌈 @sashcrafts.bsky.social · 17d

it’s always a good day to support queer, neurodivergent, disabled artists like ourselves 😉

here’s just a few of our available pieces of jewellery!🤩
all of them are handmade using, glass, titanium wire, and stainless steel closures = skin friendly!🧼

madewithsash.etsy.com 🛍️
#selfpromo #bsnm #crafts

a black and red beaded titanium chain necklace on a velvet black bust. the glass beads alternate between each other, connected individually using loops. skin friendly!

a white left hand holding up a pair of dangling red earrings with blurred posters in the back. they are made with three different red siam beads, there are two beads on each earring, the first is transparent and reflective and the last larger bead is matte red

a green and clear/white beaded chain bracelet hanging off a wooden hand mannequin with tolkien books blurred in the background. this is made using glass 6mm forest green bicone beads and 4mm clear cube beads. the beads are singular and alternat between the two, connected with titanium wire loops. the closing is stainless steel jump rings, extension chain and a lobster clasp. sensitive skin friendly!

a clear cube bead chain necklace on a black velvet bust. the beads used are 4mm clear cube shaped beads that almost imitate ice cubes, individual and connected together using 0.8mm pure titanium wire. they connect round back with stainless steel jump rings, a lobster clasp and extension chain. sensitive skin friendly! this is a crisp looking necklace, so icy and reflective. so beautiful!

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

CHICAGO: REBUILD is providing therapy to folks detained by ICE. Please feel free to let people know.

findmeatherapist.org

Find Me A Therapist

findmeatherapist.org

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 2d

For anyone trying to figure out where to start when it comes to getting involved with organizing and activism, this zine is a helpful tool! It aims to be, as our co-founder @prisonculture.bsky.social writes, "the beginning of a bridge between information and action."

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Dr. Mar 💙 @boldnewme.bsky.social · 2d

10 states that will see the highest premium increases for families that lose tax credits thanks to Republicans.

They are all red states.

West Virginia 387%
Wyoming 382%
Alaska 346%
Tennessee 320%
Mississippi 314%
Texas 289%
South Carolina 285%
Alabama 284%
South Dakota 235%
North Dakota 234%👇

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Ma’at Crook @maatcrook.bsky.social · 2d

This is beautiful! The best chimenea ever!

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Francesco Francavilla @ffrancavilla.bsky.social · 2d

RETURN TO SLEEPY HOLLOW

(out in 2 weeks for Halloween)

The headless horseman on a rearing horse holding the flaming pumpkin head in a graveyard, a giant skull in the background

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Ma’at Crook @maatcrook.bsky.social · 2d

This is the best chimenea ever!

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Gastronauts @gastronauts.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 A new episode of Gastronauts is out now on Dropout!

Featuring host @jordanmyr1ck.bsky.social, guest judges @erikaishii.bsky.social, Becca Scott, and @persephiroth.bsky.social.

And chefs: Shieya Beth Evans, Ashley Morgan, and Jenn de la Vega!

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Tanya is seeking work || 🔜 TCNA @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 2d

It's time for something totally different on the channel! Let's see if I remember how to draw... anything. Let's have a lil Friday night draw n' sip. Lofi is going and I'm getting the sip poured!

twitch.tv/cypheroftyr