the Driveby Calligrapher
@dbcalligrapher.bsky.social
She/Her. find me at cons & signings, usually near Boston.
name - I was at an N. K. Jemisin signing and I did a piece of calligraphy for her, she said something like “wow, drive by calligraphy”, I asked if I could use that as a moniker.
name - I was at an N. K. Jemisin signing and I did a piece of calligraphy for her, she said something like “wow, drive by calligraphy”, I asked if I could use that as a moniker.
Pinned
As I always remind people between cons, tag me if someone says something good and I might do it up fancy style.
Reposted by the Driveby Calligrapher
I am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.
"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."
8 weeks under siege in Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer
Frank has a hard time explaining to his 8-year-old daughter why they rarely leave their home in the Twin Cities. Why she can’t go to school, and why he can’t work. “The only thing we tell her is that ...
minnesotareformer.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:05 PM
I am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.
Reposted by the Driveby Calligrapher
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Reposted by the Driveby Calligrapher
I appreciate the sentiment here, but it is only honest to say that the United States will never be the same again. The U.S. that led the world in scientific research in so many disciplines is done. It may be possible someday for some to be rebuilt, but why would any other country trust us again?
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 11:45 PM
I appreciate the sentiment here, but it is only honest to say that the United States will never be the same again. The U.S. that led the world in scientific research in so many disciplines is done. It may be possible someday for some to be rebuilt, but why would any other country trust us again?
Reposted by the Driveby Calligrapher
Lil' comic about hope and longing 💗
January 21, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Lil' comic about hope and longing 💗
Reposted by the Driveby Calligrapher
This goes as far back as you can prove it!
I don't qualify because unfortunately my ancestors are from pretty much everywhere in the British Empire except Canada lol
I don't qualify because unfortunately my ancestors are from pretty much everywhere in the British Empire except Canada lol
Big news: Canada changed their citizenship rules and now if you've ever had a direct ancestor who was a citizen, you are now automatically a citizen too! www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...
I've been sharing this around, and I know a few people who've discovered they're now Canadian citizens!
I've been sharing this around, and I know a few people who've discovered they're now Canadian citizens!
Change to citizenship rules in 2025 - Canada.ca
Bill C-3 changes the first-generation limit for Canadian citizenship by descent. Find out who is affected and how the law impacts citizenship eligibility.
www.canada.ca
January 21, 2026 at 10:51 AM
This goes as far back as you can prove it!
I don't qualify because unfortunately my ancestors are from pretty much everywhere in the British Empire except Canada lol
I don't qualify because unfortunately my ancestors are from pretty much everywhere in the British Empire except Canada lol
Reposted by the Driveby Calligrapher
Yes
The algorithm has revealed to me that every single subculture you can imagine has its own DashCon
And they all basically follow the same script, reliable as the sunrise
The algorithm has revealed to me that every single subculture you can imagine has its own DashCon
And they all basically follow the same script, reliable as the sunrise
The funny thing about the internet is that dozens of incredibly niche subcultures sprout and grow and even fall in a matter of months so you’ll see YouTube thumbnails that are like
“THE RISE AND FALL OF GLOOP YOUTUBE, THE GLOOPSOUP DRAMA”
“THE RISE AND FALL OF GLOOP YOUTUBE, THE GLOOPSOUP DRAMA”
January 19, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Yes
The algorithm has revealed to me that every single subculture you can imagine has its own DashCon
And they all basically follow the same script, reliable as the sunrise
The algorithm has revealed to me that every single subculture you can imagine has its own DashCon
And they all basically follow the same script, reliable as the sunrise
Reposted by the Driveby Calligrapher
ads are wild- imagine you're just walking down the street living your life and some dude starts yelling at you about how many grams of protein are in his sandwich
January 19, 2026 at 12:35 AM
ads are wild- imagine you're just walking down the street living your life and some dude starts yelling at you about how many grams of protein are in his sandwich
We all love trying to convince people to like but we like, but it’s not a given that other people will like your darlings- enjoy them regardless
January 18, 2026 at 11:54 PM
We all love trying to convince people to like but we like, but it’s not a given that other people will like your darlings- enjoy them regardless
Notably it’s like. A show with sex but it doesn’t really have much more than like. Game of thrones. It was so good.
Got to a certain part of Heated Rivalry with a Wolf Parade song & it’s subversively brilliant how the show was sold as ‘queer hockey smut’ & ‘sports melodrama’, but it’s really the rarest, best genre of all: a love story. Jacob Tierney made absolute cinema out of it, one of best episodes of tv ever.
January 18, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Notably it’s like. A show with sex but it doesn’t really have much more than like. Game of thrones. It was so good.
Having fun at arisia but I will say. Notably lower rate of calligraphable quotable moments vs other conventions I have been at, lol. Problem unique to me.
January 18, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Having fun at arisia but I will say. Notably lower rate of calligraphable quotable moments vs other conventions I have been at, lol. Problem unique to me.
@jzweston.bsky.social on guilty pleasures in general and legends of tomorrow in specific
January 18, 2026 at 9:47 PM
@jzweston.bsky.social on guilty pleasures in general and legends of tomorrow in specific
Asked @ceciliatan.com what quote they wanted from their new book, and this is the very funny choice they picked. Happy new book!
(You too can have a quote from your book if we chat)
(You too can have a quote from your book if we chat)
January 18, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Asked @ceciliatan.com what quote they wanted from their new book, and this is the very funny choice they picked. Happy new book!
(You too can have a quote from your book if we chat)
(You too can have a quote from your book if we chat)
From Roxanne Reddington-Wilde, answering a question about how to avoid getting too caught up in the details of the maps of your universe.
January 18, 2026 at 4:50 PM
From Roxanne Reddington-Wilde, answering a question about how to avoid getting too caught up in the details of the maps of your universe.
Anne E. G. Nydam with an important rule of mapmaking — it’s totally fine to deviate from real geographical rules, but you should generally be doing it intentionally
January 18, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Anne E. G. Nydam with an important rule of mapmaking — it’s totally fine to deviate from real geographical rules, but you should generally be doing it intentionally
Kevin Turausky talking about the functions of maps- maps are for conveying information, and we often straighten out and simplify roads
January 18, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Kevin Turausky talking about the functions of maps- maps are for conveying information, and we often straighten out and simplify roads
At the night market I did lots of random calligraphy for people, but I didn’t get photos of most of them- did get a photo of this piece of wisdom. Don’t kneecap yourself or your friends.
January 18, 2026 at 3:50 PM
At the night market I did lots of random calligraphy for people, but I didn’t get photos of most of them- did get a photo of this piece of wisdom. Don’t kneecap yourself or your friends.
Reposted by the Driveby Calligrapher
This seems like a maliciously put headline to make people feel a certain way.
Wikipedia is not partaking in generative AI. They are making AI companies and scrappers having to pay for training their modules off wikipedia texts. And having an AI (not that ai) tasked with updating dead links.
Wikipedia is not partaking in generative AI. They are making AI companies and scrappers having to pay for training their modules off wikipedia texts. And having an AI (not that ai) tasked with updating dead links.
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia written by volunteers, is embracing artificial intelligence to mark its 25th anniversary.
Wikipedia unveils new AI licensing deals as it marks 25th birthday
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia written by volunteers, is embracing artificial intelligence to mark its 25th anniversary.
bit.ly
January 15, 2026 at 7:08 PM
This seems like a maliciously put headline to make people feel a certain way.
Wikipedia is not partaking in generative AI. They are making AI companies and scrappers having to pay for training their modules off wikipedia texts. And having an AI (not that ai) tasked with updating dead links.
Wikipedia is not partaking in generative AI. They are making AI companies and scrappers having to pay for training their modules off wikipedia texts. And having an AI (not that ai) tasked with updating dead links.
@ceciliatan.com is as we all know very moderate
January 17, 2026 at 5:45 PM
@ceciliatan.com is as we all know very moderate
Jess Cameron talking about drawing comics
January 17, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Jess Cameron talking about drawing comics
@wiswell.bsky.social’s “Someone you can build a nest in” is getting very deserved flowers in the essentialism panel as a great example of work that undercuts essentialism!
January 17, 2026 at 1:57 AM
@wiswell.bsky.social’s “Someone you can build a nest in” is getting very deserved flowers in the essentialism panel as a great example of work that undercuts essentialism!
Never been before but excited to try arisia out and see folks!
January 17, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Never been before but excited to try arisia out and see folks!
I’m simply a girl who remembered to bring everything to arisia EXCEPT my blank paper notebook. That I need to be able to do calligraphy, lmao.
January 17, 2026 at 12:36 AM
I’m simply a girl who remembered to bring everything to arisia EXCEPT my blank paper notebook. That I need to be able to do calligraphy, lmao.
Reposted by the Driveby Calligrapher
Down on my knees begging writers to talk to a single romance readers before churning out yet another absolutely unhinged Heated Rivalry take
SURE, yes, those are the correct literary antecedents.
January 11, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Down on my knees begging writers to talk to a single romance readers before churning out yet another absolutely unhinged Heated Rivalry take
Reposted by the Driveby Calligrapher
I highly recommend watching this segment, not just because the CBS News execs and the White House didn’t want you to, but because these men were tortured and they deserved to have their voices heard.
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I highly recommend watching this segment, not just because the CBS News execs and the White House didn’t want you to, but because these men were tortured and they deserved to have their voices heard.
Reposted by the Driveby Calligrapher
I have been screaming this to the heavens for years and it’s lovely to see more people noticing: BEING safe is a right, FEELING safe is between you and your therapist. And the demand to FEEL safe is constantly weaponized to deprive other people of their real, actual safety.
One thing the NYC mayoral race underscored for me is how easily the phrase "I don't feel safe" can be weaponized. It's an argument I would hesitate ever to use again, even for a good cause. I hope we can all agree that we have the right to BE safe. Maybe we should leave it at that.
November 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I have been screaming this to the heavens for years and it’s lovely to see more people noticing: BEING safe is a right, FEELING safe is between you and your therapist. And the demand to FEEL safe is constantly weaponized to deprive other people of their real, actual safety.