KylaTea
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The Riverwalk is a great spot. Always a highlight if you’re visiting
January 12, 2026 at 10:04 PM
The Riverwalk is a great spot. Always a highlight if you’re visiting
It’s supposed to be safe to swim in now but do that at your own risk
January 12, 2026 at 10:00 PM
It’s supposed to be safe to swim in now but do that at your own risk
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NEW: I wrote for @erininthemorning.com about how my Senator @warren.senate.gov threw trans people under the bus by co-sponsoring the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA).
Our MA-based LGBTQ coalition begged Warren to meet to hear our concerns.
She ghosted us 😡
www.erininthemorning.com/p/op-ed-with...
Our MA-based LGBTQ coalition begged Warren to meet to hear our concerns.
She ghosted us 😡
www.erininthemorning.com/p/op-ed-with...
Op-Ed: With KOSA, Elizabeth Warren is Betraying the Trans Youth She Claims to Protect
Evan Greer writes for EITM: "KOSA’s re-emergence comes during a moment of existential crisis for the Democratic party."
www.erininthemorning.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:07 PM
NEW: I wrote for @erininthemorning.com about how my Senator @warren.senate.gov threw trans people under the bus by co-sponsoring the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA).
Our MA-based LGBTQ coalition begged Warren to meet to hear our concerns.
She ghosted us 😡
www.erininthemorning.com/p/op-ed-with...
Our MA-based LGBTQ coalition begged Warren to meet to hear our concerns.
She ghosted us 😡
www.erininthemorning.com/p/op-ed-with...
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ICE agents are, simply put, fucking clowns. Some observations from four days on the ground in Minneapolis.
www.garbageday.email/p/we-re-all-...
www.garbageday.email/p/we-re-all-...
January 12, 2026 at 7:53 PM
ICE agents are, simply put, fucking clowns. Some observations from four days on the ground in Minneapolis.
www.garbageday.email/p/we-re-all-...
www.garbageday.email/p/we-re-all-...
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don't yell at me about how that's not the point but the thing that gets me about this sort of sloganeering is also that it is literally just /false/, /incorrect/, /untrue/ in the american case, in a profound, overwhelming sort of way. no one actually believes that US AMERICANS have "one heritage"
A recent Department of Labor post uses a slogan similar to the Nazi propaganda slogan "One People, One Empire, One Leader”
January 12, 2026 at 8:50 PM
don't yell at me about how that's not the point but the thing that gets me about this sort of sloganeering is also that it is literally just /false/, /incorrect/, /untrue/ in the american case, in a profound, overwhelming sort of way. no one actually believes that US AMERICANS have "one heritage"
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HIVEWORKS DRAMA: Document Read Through: KylaTea LIVE
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January 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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So this is a impromptu livestream today at 6pm CST
I will be going over the Hiveworks Guild document, the Silver Sprocket expose from last year and just asking why are indie comics suffering from mismanagement?
I will be going over the Hiveworks Guild document, the Silver Sprocket expose from last year and just asking why are indie comics suffering from mismanagement?
January 12, 2026 at 8:32 PM
So this is a impromptu livestream today at 6pm CST
I will be going over the Hiveworks Guild document, the Silver Sprocket expose from last year and just asking why are indie comics suffering from mismanagement?
I will be going over the Hiveworks Guild document, the Silver Sprocket expose from last year and just asking why are indie comics suffering from mismanagement?
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Hey remember the Tigers book one crowdfunding that Hiveworks handled years ago? I'm still waiting to be paid for it 🌝
January 12, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Hey remember the Tigers book one crowdfunding that Hiveworks handled years ago? I'm still waiting to be paid for it 🌝
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It's been a long ten years and I finally get to talk publicly about what happened behind closed doors.
Please take the time to read this letter and please avoid working with these people. You are more valuable than an opportunity for people like them to use you as cash cow for your work. 🧵
Please take the time to read this letter and please avoid working with these people. You are more valuable than an opportunity for people like them to use you as cash cow for your work. 🧵
The Hiveworks Artist Guild has released a public statement alleging years of labor abuses, financial mismanagement, and misconduct at Hiveworks at the hands of Xellette “Xel” Velamist and Isabelle “Isa” Melançon. Read their full statement at:
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
January 12, 2026 at 4:58 PM
It's been a long ten years and I finally get to talk publicly about what happened behind closed doors.
Please take the time to read this letter and please avoid working with these people. You are more valuable than an opportunity for people like them to use you as cash cow for your work. 🧵
Please take the time to read this letter and please avoid working with these people. You are more valuable than an opportunity for people like them to use you as cash cow for your work. 🧵
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Yeah if you're curious why a lot of creators left last year, me included. I didn't know this was happening behind the scenes, I just knew I was left with empty promises and wondering why my pay suddenly stopped.
The Hiveworks Artist Guild has released a public statement alleging years of labor abuses, financial mismanagement, and misconduct at Hiveworks at the hands of Xellette “Xel” Velamist and Isabelle “Isa” Melançon. Read their full statement at:
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
January 12, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Yeah if you're curious why a lot of creators left last year, me included. I didn't know this was happening behind the scenes, I just knew I was left with empty promises and wondering why my pay suddenly stopped.
Goddamn I thought Silver Sprocket had mismanaged funds (which they did) but using kickstarter money to buy yourself a fuckin CAR and leave the creators in the dark about the funds…AND THEN SELL THE FUCKIN CAR??? You ain’t even use it??? Bitch we would be fighting
January 12, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Goddamn I thought Silver Sprocket had mismanaged funds (which they did) but using kickstarter money to buy yourself a fuckin CAR and leave the creators in the dark about the funds…AND THEN SELL THE FUCKIN CAR??? You ain’t even use it??? Bitch we would be fighting
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Heeeyy, we can finally talk about this! So, I would like to co-sign everything in this open letter. I would also like to tell everyone about a specific grievance that @femonologue.bsky.social and I have with Xellette after the mishandling of our kickstarter. Screencap/receipts in🧵 to follow!
The Hiveworks Artist Guild has released a public statement alleging years of labor abuses, financial mismanagement, and misconduct at Hiveworks at the hands of Xellette “Xel” Velamist and Isabelle “Isa” Melançon. Read their full statement at:
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
January 12, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Heeeyy, we can finally talk about this! So, I would like to co-sign everything in this open letter. I would also like to tell everyone about a specific grievance that @femonologue.bsky.social and I have with Xellette after the mishandling of our kickstarter. Screencap/receipts in🧵 to follow!
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please take the time to read august's entire thread, i'm quoting the relevant screenshots outlining what came to be known as "the car story"
These screencaps are from the last open meeting the Guild had with Hive staff. I left hiveworks not long after this, because it seemed important to get out before the tech staff quit and there was nobody to offboard us. Here are multiple staff members acknowledging that this did happen! (part one)
![Non-Guild Hive artist: I remember the fury clearly (and somewhat fondly) ((because there was someone to be furious. good to have [thumbs up emoji]))
Hive Staff A (direct reply to August): I think too many things have happened since then both here and elsewhere.
Alli Shaw: 1. Could we trouble you to list what happened with the car story from your perspective? I feel like it's relevant to add context for the current situation. Especially if that's what made Isa step into her role.
Hive Staff B: From the way she herself explains, it, Xel was under a frankly dumb assumption that she earned some of that money from Yamino's Kickstarter because of a stipend Yamino was being paid under at the time.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fokgiddojfbtseuctgdy6gtf/bafkreicco3f6tcl5p6wfx2wftldxyb2pqqjnvvx7gx4yfoj7ksp4kapjpq@jpeg)
January 12, 2026 at 6:40 PM
please take the time to read august's entire thread, i'm quoting the relevant screenshots outlining what came to be known as "the car story"
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Keep hearing devs say that they only use ai for "pre-concept art"
There is no pre-concept art. There is concept art. That's where the idea starts. With the concept.
You're using ai for concept art.
There is no pre-concept art. There is concept art. That's where the idea starts. With the concept.
You're using ai for concept art.
January 12, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Keep hearing devs say that they only use ai for "pre-concept art"
There is no pre-concept art. There is concept art. That's where the idea starts. With the concept.
You're using ai for concept art.
There is no pre-concept art. There is concept art. That's where the idea starts. With the concept.
You're using ai for concept art.
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🥷🏾 talkin bout going to Europe when a whole ass WAR is going on knowing good and goddamn well he ain’t goin. Just wanted to get his dick wet.
Meanwhile Howard is dodging landmines and bombs writing his girl every chance he gets. 💙 there’s a reason he’s in this video!
Meanwhile Howard is dodging landmines and bombs writing his girl every chance he gets. 💙 there’s a reason he’s in this video!
January 12, 2026 at 3:41 PM
🥷🏾 talkin bout going to Europe when a whole ass WAR is going on knowing good and goddamn well he ain’t goin. Just wanted to get his dick wet.
Meanwhile Howard is dodging landmines and bombs writing his girl every chance he gets. 💙 there’s a reason he’s in this video!
Meanwhile Howard is dodging landmines and bombs writing his girl every chance he gets. 💙 there’s a reason he’s in this video!
Also I watched Pearl this weekend (my mom caught the middle of it with me) and I got mad about this bum Projectionist all over again. Tryin to run game on that poor country bumpkin.
I have a whole video planned about the X Trilogy and men but shout out to Howard who matched Pearl’s freak in the end.
I have a whole video planned about the X Trilogy and men but shout out to Howard who matched Pearl’s freak in the end.
January 12, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Also I watched Pearl this weekend (my mom caught the middle of it with me) and I got mad about this bum Projectionist all over again. Tryin to run game on that poor country bumpkin.
I have a whole video planned about the X Trilogy and men but shout out to Howard who matched Pearl’s freak in the end.
I have a whole video planned about the X Trilogy and men but shout out to Howard who matched Pearl’s freak in the end.
Goddamn ain’t no place safe?!
The Hiveworks Artist Guild has released a public statement alleging years of labor abuses, financial mismanagement, and misconduct at Hiveworks at the hands of Xellette “Xel” Velamist and Isabelle “Isa” Melançon. Read their full statement at:
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
January 12, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Goddamn ain’t no place safe?!
Thanks to @skootsby.bsky.social for this cuz yall gotta see this to believe it
But the best thing is there are compilations of shit like this from tubi movies on YouTube.
But the best thing is there are compilations of shit like this from tubi movies on YouTube.
holy fuck it’s real
January 12, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Thanks to @skootsby.bsky.social for this cuz yall gotta see this to believe it
But the best thing is there are compilations of shit like this from tubi movies on YouTube.
But the best thing is there are compilations of shit like this from tubi movies on YouTube.
They yelling on the street so the Bears won. We beat Green Bay TWICE.
I know they sick as hell.
I know they sick as hell.
January 11, 2026 at 4:38 AM
They yelling on the street so the Bears won. We beat Green Bay TWICE.
I know they sick as hell.
I know they sick as hell.
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He did it. He actually did it.
January 11, 2026 at 4:23 AM
He did it. He actually did it.
The Pope gotta be a Bears fan too cuz I swear God himself is pulling them up outta these games sometimes.
January 11, 2026 at 4:27 AM
The Pope gotta be a Bears fan too cuz I swear God himself is pulling them up outta these games sometimes.