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Quinlan Mooney-Stewart

@fyretamer.bsky.social

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I am the Traveling Witch Library! I go to renaissance faires and hand out free books! I love sewing, cosplay, books, art, crafts, all that junk! (She/her) Love is welcome here: 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙

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Quinlan Mooney-Stewart @fyretamer.bsky.social · 7h

Midterms are in November 2026! I encourage to research your candidates for FL Governor! I wrote a zine compiling all of the 31 candidates and their views, when available. Check it out! #creaseandresist #crease&resist #nokings2.0 #nokings #protest

Page 1 and 2 of Crease & Resist Zine. Lists the election dates and starts listing the candidates for FL Governor.

Page 3 and 4 of Crease & Resist Zine. Lists the candidates for FL Governor.

Page 5 of Crease & Resist Zine. Lists the candidates for FL Governor.

Page 6 of Crease & Resist Zine. Lists the candidates for FL Governor, and other positions up for election.

Quinlan Mooney-Stewart @fyretamer.bsky.social · 24d

Yesterday was National Voter Registration day! Take some time to double-check your registration status through your state or municipality Supervisor of Elections website! Also check the status of your request for a mail-in ballot, if that's your prefered method of voting! 😁

#voting #vote

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Quinlan Mooney-Stewart @fyretamer.bsky.social · Sep 1

A nice day for a Labor Day Ralley! Or maybe a Music Festival? I made a zine for the occasion. I can't wait for Midterms! #laborday #protest #zine

The front cover of a zine titled "Crease and Resist," a play on the phrase "Cease and Desist". The front page lists upcoming elections, specifically the U.S. Midterm Elections of 2026, which includes one-third U.S. Senate seats, all House of Representative seats, half of Florida State Senate seats, and all of Florida State House of Representative seats. The page also encourages the reader to vote in local elections, such as County, Town, City, Municipality, and School District Elections, and to visit their Board Meetings which are often posted to their website.

The inner spread of the zine, titled "In Case You Missed It", has several important news stories that are ongoing. A short summary of the stories are as follows:
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and FDOT removing the Pulse memorial rainbow crosswalk.
The Federal Judge injunction to remove Alligator Alcatraz after a lawsuit was filed by environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe.
Governors in 19 states, including Florida, have agreed to the deployment of National Guard to their state. In related news, the National Guard in D.C. have been given authorization to carry pistols and rifles.
Obergefell Vs. Hodges, the Supreme Court case allowing same sex marriage, will be discussed by judges at the judges' conference on 2/29. The judges will discuss whether to reconsider the case in court.
Trump wants to charge teens in D.C. as young as 14 years old as adults.
Lisa Cook, Federal Reserve employee, is suing Trump for his illegal attempt to fire her.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is facing a second ICE detention, under threat of deportation to Uganda. The government is trying to coerce a guilty plea with deportation to Costa Rica instead, but he is refusing.

The last page of the zine is titled "Playlist of the Summer." The zine has a section about the ongoing weeks- and months-long protests in Denver, Chicago, NYC, Phoenix, Dallas, Portland, Los Angeles, and D.C. This section of the zine explains that some people are concerned that coverage about the protests are being censored or engagement suppressed on social media. To get around that, people on social media have been refering to the protests as music festivals. Additionally, there is a small section deicated to celebrating the protest where this zine was distributed being referenced in the local newspaper. At the bottom, there is a list of sources that were used in the contruction of this zine, including U.S. Senate and House websites, the Florida Divisions of Elections website, the Supreme Court Website, Ballotpedia, NPR, WSVN, WPEC, Friend of the Everglades, Democracy Now, Pensacola News Journal, NBC, Forbes, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, and BBC.

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Steve Nelson @beachdabber.bsky.social · Jun 24

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Quinlan Mooney-Stewart @fyretamer.bsky.social · Jun 17

Just an inspirational reminder: midterms are Nov. 3, 2026! All 435 Representatives are up for election, and so is 1/3 of Senate! Let's see who's on the ballot this coming midterm 😎 #midterm #midtermelections #election

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Quinlan Mooney-Stewart @fyretamer.bsky.social · Jun 16

This is the Zine I handed out at my local-ish No Kings Protest! I also handed out "I Dissent" buttons that I made! #nokings #idissent #protest

The front cover of the "Crease & Resist" Zine. This edition was written and printed for the No Kings protest on June 14th, 2025. A subtitle reads "I'm not afraid of the big bad bill." Following is a short description of the "Big Beautiful Bill" budget reconciliation Bill H.R. 1. There is a list of Trump's goals for the bill, including: cuts to clean energy programs; cuts to food stamp programs; gives money to Elon Musk's Space X program for the "Golden Dome" project; cuts to gender-affirming care; cuts to Planned Parenthood; limits to judges' ability to enforce contempt of court charges; prevents AI regulation for 10 years; cuts to Medicaid/Medicare; increases budget for ICE/mass deportation; allows sale of public lands for mining and timber. Underneath is a call to action: call your Senators and Representatives. Recommendation to download 5Calls app.

The middle spread of the June 14th Crease & Resist Zine. Required reading (all books available at the library, and on audiobook): A People's History of the United States, by Howard Zinn. A User's Guide to Democracy, by Nick Capodice and Hannah McCarthy. Let This Radicalize you, by Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba. A subtitle reads Local Legislation, and provides some details on local government elections and upcoming town council/commissioners regular meetings that constituants can attend. The right side lists multiple cities/towns ajoining the town that I attended for No Kings, but the blurb recommends finding your municipality by searching on your county's property appraiser's website. Then, search for your municipality's website for their next scheduled regular meeting and election. The blurb also recommends watching a livestream of the meeting online, if available, or speaking at a meeting if you go in person. Agendas are posted online before the meetings.

The back page of the June 14th Crease & Resist Zine. Know Your Rights for Protesting, cited from the ACLU.
1. You don't need a permit to protest in response to breaking news, or to march along streets or sidewalks as long as you don't block traffic or access to federal buildings.
2. In public spaces, you are allowed to photograph anything in plain view, including federal buildings and police.
3. If you believe your rights have been violated: write everything down, get contacts for any witnesses, take photos of injuries.
4. If you are stopped by police, ask if you are free to go. If they say yes, calmly walk away.
5. If you are arrested, you have the right to ask why. Otherwise, say you wish to remain silent and ask for a lawyer immediately. Do not sign, say, or agree to anything without a lawyer present.
6. If you get stopped by military or law enforcement, you have a right to remain silent or tell them you will only answer questions in the presence of a lawyer/attorney, no matter your citizenship/immigration status.
To learn more, you can RSVP to an ACLU Know Your Rights training on the ACLU's website.

A pin button on a dark grey t-shirt. The pin has a waving american flag, upside-down (as a symbol of distress) as the background. In bold black letters reads "I DISSENT" in all caps.

Quinlan Mooney-Stewart @fyretamer.bsky.social · Jun 5

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SUFA-Indivisible @sufa-indivisible.bsky.social · Jun 5

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Quinlan Mooney-Stewart @fyretamer.bsky.social · May 30

I got a book stamp yesterday and proceeded to stamp all of the books I've read so far and kept on my bookshelf. #booksky

Brown cardboard with two of the same stamp marked onto it, to test the ink. The stamp is of the lined-up spines of books. In a circle around the books' spines, the stamp reads "Traveling Witch Library" on the top and "Seal of Approval" on the bottom.

Quinlan Mooney-Stewart @fyretamer.bsky.social · May 30

Let's all take a nod from the punk movement this year and ONLY DIY our Pride outfits/stuff/"merch". Or, alternatively, ONLY buy from small, independent, Queer-owned businesses DIRECTLY.

I'm planning out my hand-sewn and -crocheted pride dress. No Am*zon, no T*rget. #pride #pride2025 #lgbt #lgbtq

Quinlan Mooney-Stewart @fyretamer.bsky.social · May 22

Happy Harvey Milk Day! Celebrating today with both Gilbert Baker's original pride flag design alongside today's inclusive pride flag. #harveymilk #pride #prideflag #history #pridehistory #harveymilkday

Gilbert Baker's original pride flag, made at request of Harvey Milk. The flag has eight equal height horozontal stripes. From top to bottom: hot pink, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, purple.

Today's inclusive pride flag. The flag retains six horizontal stripes on the right side of the flag. From top to bottom: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple. On the left is a triangle, the point in the middle of the flag pointing to the right. The triangle, from center to point, has the yellow flag with a purple circle, indicating the Intersex flag. Next is white, light pink, and light blue of the transgender flag. Next is brown and black for LGBTQ+ persons of color.

Quinlan Mooney-Stewart @fyretamer.bsky.social · May 22

I like the words cacophony and macabre (though I was an avid reader when I was younger and only HEARD the word after reading it several times, and thought it was said "MACK-ka-bray" for the longest time. My friends laughed at me 🤣)

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · May 20

Yesss

Sarah Hollowell
@sarahhollowell
I love when you ask someone about a thing they know a lot about and they start with "okay, so" because you KNOW you're about to get a novel's worth of nerd sh t and it's going to be so delightful

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.blacksky.app · May 20

I'm not a killjoy: it is socially unacceptable to ask chatgpt anything

Bugs, Beleaguered Babysitter of the Booger Brothers @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social · May 19

i want to be a killjoy: we need to make it socially unacceptable to ask chatgpt anything

Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · May 18

i dont want to be a killjoy but we desperately need to make it socially unacceptable to talk about asking chatgpt things in regular conversation

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Quinlan Mooney-Stewart @fyretamer.bsky.social · May 19

Listening to The People's History of the United States on audiobook and annotating my physical copy. Yesterday, I sped-read through vols. 24-29 of Fire Force, finished reading Tender is the Flesh, and started on Lord of the Flies.

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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · May 14

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Tye Dye Terrapin @tyedyedterrapin.bsky.social · May 6

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SUFA-Indivisible @sufa-indivisible.bsky.social · May 6

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Palm Beach Gardens” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

NO KINGS Palm Beach Gardens · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...

www.mobilize.us

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Quinlan Mooney-Stewart @fyretamer.bsky.social · May 3

Zines and sign made for Mayday protest! Vote out the bad Senators and Representatives that voted for awful bills in FL! #mayday #protest

Mayday protest sign. Donald Trump's face is drawn three times. The left face is drawn in red and features Trump with a clown wig, clown nose, and button up shirt collars reading "Tweedle Dee". The right face is drawn in blue and features Trump wearing a king's cloak, a ripped Burger King crown, and button up shirt collar reading "Tweedle Dumb". The middle face is drawn in black and has a large circle and slash over Trump's face. Words below the drawings reads "Free informational zines".

Page 1 of a zine called "Crease and Resist" as a play on "Cease and Desist". The first page has the status of harmful Florida bills that were presented and voted on this 2025 legislation, including SB1710 (limits DEI, no movement), SB752/HB667 (makes suing for defamation without proof easier, no movement), SB100/HB75 (no LGBTQ or political flags in government buildings, withrdrawn), SB440/HB1495 (takes away rights for transgender people in the workplace, no movement), SB420 (bans DEI in local goverment, no movement), HB1381 (voter suppression, no movement), SB1284/HB1517 (criminalizes reproductive healthcare, no movement), and SB1288/HB1505 (prevents minors from accessing healthcare, passed the Senate and moving through House of Representatives). All information is from FL Senate and/or House website as of April 30th, 2025.

Pages 2 and 3 of the zine. Page 2 gives instructions for finding your Senator and Representative through the Florida Senate and House websites and urges readers to call them about things they are passionate about. Page 3 has a list of Representatives that voted for terrible, harmful bills such as Michael Caruso, Anne Gerwig, Meg Weinberger, and John Snyder.

Page 4 of the zine. This page has a list of Senators and Representatives that voted against harmful bills and protected the rights of Florida citizens. Including Representative Debra Tendrich and Representatives Lori Berman, Mack Bernard, and Tina Scott Polsky. Stay informed about upcoming elections at your state's Supervisor of Elections website.

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General Strike US @generalstrikeus.bsky.social · Apr 30

One of our coalition members made a little pamphlet talking the history of May Day. Worth the read :)

#mayday #generalstrike #solidarity

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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · Apr 17

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Quinlan Mooney-Stewart @fyretamer.bsky.social · Apr 14

Oh snap, I LOVE Janice Hallett!!

Quinlan Mooney-Stewart @fyretamer.bsky.social · Apr 10

Looks like the following: Jared Golden, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Henry Cuellar, and Ed Case

Quinlan Mooney-Stewart @fyretamer.bsky.social · Apr 8

It's National Library Week! Comment what book you have checked out from the library. I'm listening to the audiobook for A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn. #library #nationallibraryweek #booksky

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