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Alex is Alive 🏳️‍⚧️
@modestlyhottownie.myatproto.social
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Artist, writer, cat co-owner, and the friendly ghost beneath every bed. Art is slow, but expect a lot of politics, horror, art, and cat posts! (if I ever forget to add alt feel free to tell me.) A struggling optimist. 📧: [email protected]
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Alex is Alive 🏳️‍⚧️ @modestlyhottownie.myatproto.social · Jul 8
BTW,

I follow artists, journalists, scientists, and really any cool folk.

Because I’m hopeful and curious I do sometimes follow people who aren’t as left.

I’m an inconsistent poster.

I’m just an unknown artist who reflects on history, family, and the absurdity of horrors we all live in.
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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 11h
On the occasion of Halloween, @newrepublic.com asked me to write about what’s going on in Chicago and I wanted you all to know what randomized terror feels like. And also that as the federal government fails our kids, everyday Chicagoans are showing the courage of trying to protect them.
ICE Is Terrorizing Chicago for Halloween—and Parents Are Fighting Back
Fear and a whiff of tear gas hang over festivities this year. In response, even people who aren’t usually politically engaged are mobilizing.
newrepublic.com
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 7m
I get that bsky is trying to make this application appeal to people who are not terminally online -- i.e. not all of us -- and I wonder if that's like board game companies chasing casual gamers, or Democrats chasing swing voters. As in, I'm not sure those people exist.
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 4h
A good news story from the Lake Tahoe area, where Hope and her cub Bounce were going to be euthanized as nuisance bears, hemmed in by development and necessity. But the community wouldn't let it happen, keeping watch, & working hard to retrain the bears. Now they seem to be out of danger for awhile.
a large bear, Hope, and smaller bear, Bounce drink water from a pond full of lily pads. they are golden brown. photo via the Bear League.
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50501movement.bsky.social
50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1h
Inflatable Halloween costumes are really more of a long-term investment this year given how effective they are in fighting fascism.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 7h
UW African Studies Program director discusses future of studies following federal budget cuts
The University of Wisconsin African Studies Program hosted a discussion Wednesday afternoon featuring UW Vice Provost and Dean of the International Division Frances Vavrus and other program directors....
badgerherald.com
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propcazhpm.bsky.social
Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 7h
The Wage Transparency Act is in effect on Wed.

It requires employers in MA with +25 employees to disclose pay ranges in job postings.

It also gives employees and job candidates the right to know the pay range for a position when applying, getting promoted, transferred or beginning a new position.
How new wage rule in Mass. could affect your paychecks
The bill's authors said the measure will reduce gender and demographic wage gaps.
www.wcvb.com
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modestlyhottownie.myatproto.social
Alex is Alive 🏳️‍⚧️ @modestlyhottownie.myatproto.social · 7h
10 horror movies to get to know me by (sans emoticons) (not a comprehensive list and in order of how I’d probs share them):

Nope
The Return of the Living Dead
Sinners
They Look Like People
Aterrados
Hereditary
Night House
Talk to Me
Pulse
Lake Mungo
slimyswampghost.bsky.social Trevor Henderson 🍉 @slimyswampghost.bsky.social · 7h
10 horror movies to get to know me by (not a comprehensive list, or in order)

🩸Messiah Of Evil
🐟Exorcist III
🔪Alice, Sweet Alice
🪰Phenomena
🌫️The Fog
🚼Noroi The Curse
🧑‍🤝‍🧑They Look Like People
📺Ghostwatch
🎄Black Christmas '74
🪦Dead And Buried
korybing.bsky.social 🕷️Gory Thing🕷️ @korybing.bsky.social · 8h
10 horror movies to get to know me by (not a comprehensive list, or in order)

🐕‍🦺 The Thing
🐣 Alien
🐺American Werewolf in London
🫠 Hereditary
👍 Evil Dead 2
🍼 Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
👀 Event Horizon
🦵Misery
🔑 1408
🌖 The Endless
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Matt Tex Eckerle @mattexx.bsky.social · 18h
Will never forget getting home from studying one night in 2000. My housemates were watching Fox and Ed says, "We never went to the moon!"

I just went to the kitchen and made dinner and went to bed. My bad! Never giving this kind of BS a pass again
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Annaleigh Watts 🇲🇽 @annaleighmaria.bsky.social · 1d
MFW when there's more bipartisan consensus to bring my telenovelas back than there is to get my SNAP benefits back
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Mollie Tindle @mollietindle.bsky.social · 5d
ART FUNDRAISER FOR AMAL AL-HAJ

Naser's lung condition is worsening.
He needs surgery desperately OR HE COULD DIE!

Donate $10 or more to Amal's GoFundMe.
Follow the written instructions to claim your print of choice in physical or digital format (4 options; physical US only).

Instructions below:
"Amal" 8.5x11 inch Art print og: acrylic on canvas *watermark added for this post Image of the art print is stylized roses on a mottled pink hued background. "Naser" 8.5x11 inch Art print og: pen and watercolor on paper *watermark added for this post Art print is stylized tall trees in brown on a blue sky with a yellow background. "Rolan" 8.5x11 inch Art print og: marker and acrylic paint on paper *watermark added for this post Art print is large blue stylized flowers with sage green leaves. "Omar" 8.5x11 inch Art print og: marker and acrylic paint on paper *watermark added for this post Art print is red and orange flowers on a lime green washed background.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21h
We don't cast off one segment of society to save ourselves. It's a betrayal of everything we're trying to defend. It's a cowardly kind of self-preservation.

If your plan for escaping this bank robbery involves deliberately killing a few of our fellow hostages, maybe sit this chat out for a while?
kevinmkruse.bsky.social Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23h
This is why Gavin Newsom is a non-starter for me.

Sure, he's "a fighter" who's landed a few good punches on Trump, but that's not the same thing as a leader.

A real leader doesn't fight back against an authoritarian takeover by using the most vulnerable as his shield.
kevinmkruse.bsky.social Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23h
I keep seeing people say, oh, trans people must take a hit for the greater good and, first of all, no, you don't get to discard someone else's rights and second, we know from past experience that marginalized communities like theirs are merely the first to be targeted. They'll come for you next.
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It's me, SK @hotboredom.bsky.social · 22h
The greater good is served when human rights aren't up for debate.
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vatrueandblue.bsky.social @vatrueandblue.bsky.social · 23h
Would someone who is a Dem elected please start showing the Nazis burning books in May 33 in Opernplatz after raiding the wait for it….Institute for Sexual science providing gender affirming care
Same attacks!
@abigailspanberger.com
@booker.senate.gov
@aoc.bsky.social
@sanders.senate.gov
it.it
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Sobekhotep 🐊 @sobekhotep97.bsky.social · 20h
More than that. Just two days ago in an interview he said he supports Republicans changing California state law to repeal anti-discrimination protections that Democrats passed for trans people so that he can ban them from sports.
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SailorLife @sailorjourno.bsky.social · 23h
Human rights for all human beings — a conviction with which I will not compromise. Dems need to find this conviction & never let it go.
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Mollie Tindle @mollietindle.bsky.social · 23h
Dr. Kruse, I am not surprised that you support Trans folks, but seeing someone of your social magnitude support the Trans community is always such a massive relief. Things are getting scary for our Trans siblings. Thank you for continuing to fight for ALL of us b/c none of us should be left behind.🏳️‍⚧️
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Ley @savagelure.bsky.social · 23h
The greater good includes trans people. They too must enjoy the greater good. There is no greater good if one or more groups are excluded and suffer for the majority to enjoy it.
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tfinn141.bsky.social @tfinn141.bsky.social · 23h
Remember when Trump framed the “trans issue” as protecting women’s sports, and Dems tried to split the baby on an actual policy, pissing off everyone?

Trump was always going to try to eliminate trans people from existing.

Don’t try to be reasonable with morons.
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Amber @risettemd.bsky.social · 23h
Hi, trans person here. I don't want to be a "sacrifice." I just want to live my life with dignity. I don't think that's too much to ask.
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Sobekhotep 🐊 @sobekhotep97.bsky.social · 20h
Not on trans rights he’s not. We have been relentlessly promoting better candidates (literally all of them; AOC, Bashear, Pritzker) but the pro-Newsom right wing army attacks any time we do.
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23h
I keep seeing people say, oh, trans people must take a hit for the greater good and, first of all, no, you don't get to discard someone else's rights and second, we know from past experience that marginalized communities like theirs are merely the first to be targeted. They'll come for you next.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 1d
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
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Nathan Nun @nathannun.bsky.social · 20h
Since it's Halloween, here are a few cat horror movie posters and Halloween drawings. Take a look at my profile to see this year's Inktober. If you like what you see please follow and visit my print shop at nathannunart.etsy.com - Thank you and Happy Halloween!
An illustrated movie poster for "Dracatula," a cat version of Dracula. In the poster a vampire cat in suit and cape embraces his victim, a white cat in a red dress, just before a bit. Behind Dracula is a large white circle representing the moon and three vampire bats. The film title is made of dramatic, bloody letters of white and red. The subheading reads "The nightmare that lives on cat blood." Under this is text which reads "An Upright Pictures and Scaredy Cat Film Release" A cat poster in the style of an old style sci-fi movie poster. Large, vacuum shaped robots come down from a red-orange sky, sucking up great plumes of dust and unfortunate cats. The cat closest to the viewer watches helplessly as the cat in front of them are sucked into the monstrous machine. At bottom, text that looked like it too is being pulled into the bot reads "Attack of the Vaccubots". At bottom in small text are various movie production credits. An ink drawing of a movie poster which is also a cat poster. Three tall, alien cats leer over a smaller cat holding a knife and fork. On a table in front of the cat is a bowl with a fish. In old style spooky font below is the movie title "Hungry are the Damned" An ink drawing with a Halloween theme. Four kittens in Halloween costumes, a wolf, ghost, skeleton, and jack-o-lantern stand in a line as if for a photo. Behind the cats is what looks like an old castle or church stone wall with a doorway leading into blackness. Just reaching out of the door and barely lit is a large, ghoulish figure with glowing eyes. The kitten dressed as a wolf looks slightly to the side ears bent as if they heard a noise.
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Jules @librarydoodles.bsky.social · 20h
A kitty and its emotional support skull for spooky season!

I draw cute critters and have a shop here: www.inprnt.com/gallery/jmor...
Illustration of a sleeping gray cat happily curled up around a small skull
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 1d
American citizens have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

www.propublica.org/article/immi...
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
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Jenn Woodall @funeralbeat.bsky.social · 3d
I've decided to re-launch my Patreon. I'm currently working on my next graphic novel so I'll be sharing progress there, and I'll also be restarting my risograph print club. I now have access to a risograph duplicator so I can more reliably and affordably print!
Jenn Woodall | Patreon
creating comics, illustration, stuff
patreon.com
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