EJ Garand
@ejgarand93.bsky.social
Graphic designer and Illustrator. 🚫GenAI/NFTs need not apply. (He/him/his)
https://ericgarcia93.github.io/fid/resume/
https://ericgarcia93.github.io/fid/resume/
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EJ Garand
@ejgarand93.bsky.social
· Sep 1
Sharing my most recent labors for #LaborDay2025 as part of my online portfolio...
#ArtShare #BoxySVG #DigitalArt #Illustration #NoAI
#ArtShare #BoxySVG #DigitalArt #Illustration #NoAI
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Billion dollar big box stores destroy local and community based businesses
December 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Billion dollar big box stores destroy local and community based businesses
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🚨 Urgent deportation threat
Man who secretly filmed internment camps in the Uyghur region in 2020, Guan Heng, now under threat of deportation from New York.
He awaits a court appearance on Dec 15, according to @hrichina.bsky.social @zhoufengsuo.bsky.social.
hrichina.substack.com/p/man-who-fi...
Man who secretly filmed internment camps in the Uyghur region in 2020, Guan Heng, now under threat of deportation from New York.
He awaits a court appearance on Dec 15, according to @hrichina.bsky.social @zhoufengsuo.bsky.social.
hrichina.substack.com/p/man-who-fi...
December 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
🚨 Urgent deportation threat
Man who secretly filmed internment camps in the Uyghur region in 2020, Guan Heng, now under threat of deportation from New York.
He awaits a court appearance on Dec 15, according to @hrichina.bsky.social @zhoufengsuo.bsky.social.
hrichina.substack.com/p/man-who-fi...
Man who secretly filmed internment camps in the Uyghur region in 2020, Guan Heng, now under threat of deportation from New York.
He awaits a court appearance on Dec 15, according to @hrichina.bsky.social @zhoufengsuo.bsky.social.
hrichina.substack.com/p/man-who-fi...
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Hey there, this is the account manager for Jucika, I hate to break silence but we need help to pay for an emergency kidney removal. We are currently uninsured and living in the US makes it difficult
We're hosting a gofundme to help avoid medical debt
Thank you for understanding
gofund.me/16ef32cb1
We're hosting a gofundme to help avoid medical debt
Thank you for understanding
gofund.me/16ef32cb1
December 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Hey there, this is the account manager for Jucika, I hate to break silence but we need help to pay for an emergency kidney removal. We are currently uninsured and living in the US makes it difficult
We're hosting a gofundme to help avoid medical debt
Thank you for understanding
gofund.me/16ef32cb1
We're hosting a gofundme to help avoid medical debt
Thank you for understanding
gofund.me/16ef32cb1
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𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘭𝘭
should be as ubiquitous of a policy platform as 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘭𝘭.
Change my mind.
should be as ubiquitous of a policy platform as 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘭𝘭.
Change my mind.
December 7, 2025 at 7:36 AM
𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘭𝘭
should be as ubiquitous of a policy platform as 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘭𝘭.
Change my mind.
should be as ubiquitous of a policy platform as 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘭𝘭.
Change my mind.
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-Bust up monopolies
-Boost unions
-$20/hr fed minimum wage
-Ban Wall Street from buying homes
-Pass M4A
-Universal childcare
-Get rid of Trump’s tariffs
-Enact UBI
-Tax the rich
These are crucial steps to making America affordable again. Every Democrat must fight for this.
-Boost unions
-$20/hr fed minimum wage
-Ban Wall Street from buying homes
-Pass M4A
-Universal childcare
-Get rid of Trump’s tariffs
-Enact UBI
-Tax the rich
These are crucial steps to making America affordable again. Every Democrat must fight for this.
December 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
-Bust up monopolies
-Boost unions
-$20/hr fed minimum wage
-Ban Wall Street from buying homes
-Pass M4A
-Universal childcare
-Get rid of Trump’s tariffs
-Enact UBI
-Tax the rich
These are crucial steps to making America affordable again. Every Democrat must fight for this.
-Boost unions
-$20/hr fed minimum wage
-Ban Wall Street from buying homes
-Pass M4A
-Universal childcare
-Get rid of Trump’s tariffs
-Enact UBI
-Tax the rich
These are crucial steps to making America affordable again. Every Democrat must fight for this.
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Democrats must show America that they can be better trusted than Republicans to bring prices down and real wages up by fighting for these 10 things. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-democrats-must-pledge-to-america
December 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Democrats must show America that they can be better trusted than Republicans to bring prices down and real wages up by fighting for these 10 things. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-democrats-must-pledge-to-america
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These 2,900 individual billionaires could lose 75% of their wealth and still be richer than 4 billion people.
Inequality is eating the whole world alive.
Inequality is eating the whole world alive.
There are now 2,900 billionaires, and they hold $15.8 trillion.
The wealth of the bottom 50% of the global population, over 4 billion people, is estimated at $3.7 trillion.
The wealth of the bottom 50% of the global population, over 4 billion people, is estimated at $3.7 trillion.
December 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
These 2,900 individual billionaires could lose 75% of their wealth and still be richer than 4 billion people.
Inequality is eating the whole world alive.
Inequality is eating the whole world alive.
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Handy guide I found elsewhere
December 5, 2024 at 10:28 AM
Handy guide I found elsewhere
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It’s so sad how many people only care about censorship when it’s “art” and “not porn.” God forbid someone calls you a gooner. Porn is art dumbasses
December 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
It’s so sad how many people only care about censorship when it’s “art” and “not porn.” God forbid someone calls you a gooner. Porn is art dumbasses
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Meet two heroes of our times.
December 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Meet two heroes of our times.
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On this day 200 years ago Goku saved the Native Americans from the Red Ribbon Army. They asked what they could do in return. Goku said "Im hungry", and thus the first Thanksgiving was had.
November 27, 2025 at 11:44 AM
On this day 200 years ago Goku saved the Native Americans from the Red Ribbon Army. They asked what they could do in return. Goku said "Im hungry", and thus the first Thanksgiving was had.
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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When ever one of those AI bros tires to tell you that artist are gatekeeping art remember that pros, armatures, hobbyist all stopped what they where doing to provide guidance to a newbie artist over the shared experience that "this one angle is hard to draw"
The "Frieren Looking Up" Art Trend attracted some Big Names in Animation! Excited for Season 2?
November 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
When ever one of those AI bros tires to tell you that artist are gatekeeping art remember that pros, armatures, hobbyist all stopped what they where doing to provide guidance to a newbie artist over the shared experience that "this one angle is hard to draw"
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Hello, this is why natural resources have to be accounted for, incorporated into planning, and stewarded carefully.
The planet does not, will not, and cannot suffer hubris.
The planet does not, will not, and cannot suffer hubris.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Hello, this is why natural resources have to be accounted for, incorporated into planning, and stewarded carefully.
The planet does not, will not, and cannot suffer hubris.
The planet does not, will not, and cannot suffer hubris.
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Thread 🧵
STOP THE AI MORATORIUM IN THE NDAA”
Let them know your state has the right to legislate on AI
Reps in 🧵
#March2Testify #RespectCopyright
STOP THE AI MORATORIUM IN THE NDAA”
Let them know your state has the right to legislate on AI
Reps in 🧵
#March2Testify #RespectCopyright
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Thread 🧵
STOP THE AI MORATORIUM IN THE NDAA”
Let them know your state has the right to legislate on AI
Reps in 🧵
#March2Testify #RespectCopyright
STOP THE AI MORATORIUM IN THE NDAA”
Let them know your state has the right to legislate on AI
Reps in 🧵
#March2Testify #RespectCopyright
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Please continue to make calls to paypros, and advocate to your representatives that the discrimination and debanking we see from paypros needs to end!
#SaveSpeech
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
November 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Please continue to make calls to paypros, and advocate to your representatives that the discrimination and debanking we see from paypros needs to end!
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What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
- Roaring rampage of revenge
- Reluctantly, I must resume my life of violence
- On reflection, the risk assessment on our giant monster facility and/or attraction could have been more thorough
- Girl survives
- Crime but make it quirky
- Roaring rampage of revenge
- Reluctantly, I must resume my life of violence
- On reflection, the risk assessment on our giant monster facility and/or attraction could have been more thorough
- Girl survives
- Crime but make it quirky
November 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
- Roaring rampage of revenge
- Reluctantly, I must resume my life of violence
- On reflection, the risk assessment on our giant monster facility and/or attraction could have been more thorough
- Girl survives
- Crime but make it quirky
- Roaring rampage of revenge
- Reluctantly, I must resume my life of violence
- On reflection, the risk assessment on our giant monster facility and/or attraction could have been more thorough
- Girl survives
- Crime but make it quirky
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Foundational figure in PC games. One of those load-bearing creatives where things would look very different for entire genres if she wasn’t around. Please help her out
I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3
Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman
I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer
gofund.me
November 16, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Foundational figure in PC games. One of those load-bearing creatives where things would look very different for entire genres if she wasn’t around. Please help her out
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We've still got Teruyo Nogami, Kurosawa's assistant-turned-documentarian, and who is 98.
We've got Kyōko Kagawa at 93, youngster Akira Terao at 78.
But for *STARS* - actors who led those hard-hitting dramas and trend-setting genre films of the golden age - this is it. This is the end. RIP Nakadai.
We've got Kyōko Kagawa at 93, youngster Akira Terao at 78.
But for *STARS* - actors who led those hard-hitting dramas and trend-setting genre films of the golden age - this is it. This is the end. RIP Nakadai.
Farewell to one of brightest stars of the golden age of Japanese cinema: Nakadai Tatsuya, who starred in some of history's greatest films, has passed away at the age of 92. Major roles included those in Ran, Hara Kiri, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, Kagemusha, The Human Condition, and many more.
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We've still got Teruyo Nogami, Kurosawa's assistant-turned-documentarian, and who is 98.
We've got Kyōko Kagawa at 93, youngster Akira Terao at 78.
But for *STARS* - actors who led those hard-hitting dramas and trend-setting genre films of the golden age - this is it. This is the end. RIP Nakadai.
We've got Kyōko Kagawa at 93, youngster Akira Terao at 78.
But for *STARS* - actors who led those hard-hitting dramas and trend-setting genre films of the golden age - this is it. This is the end. RIP Nakadai.
Happy 96th, Mrs. Hošková-Weissová!!! 🎉🎊🥳🎂🍾
10 November 1929 | A Czech Jewish woman, Helga Hošková-Weissová, was born in Prague.
Deported from Theresienstadt ghetto to #Auschwitz in Oct 1944. Her father was murdered in a gas chamber. Helga & her mother were moved to Freiberg & liberated in Mauthausen.
Today she turns 96. Happy Birthday!
Deported from Theresienstadt ghetto to #Auschwitz in Oct 1944. Her father was murdered in a gas chamber. Helga & her mother were moved to Freiberg & liberated in Mauthausen.
Today she turns 96. Happy Birthday!
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Happy 96th, Mrs. Hošková-Weissová!!! 🎉🎊🥳🎂🍾