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Ian

@laughingcricket.bsky.social

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An old punk (53), lifelong pacifist, liberal, and traditional artist. I work in oils, acrylics, pastels, watercolors, stoneware, and porcelain. Joyfully married https://www.saatchiart.com/ianlangham

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Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 3d

Ru has parvo. She started having seizures just as we got to the vet. We put everything we had to pay the vet. So the next two months are going to be extremely difficult.

If you like anything on my Saatchi page let me know I desperately need to make some sales.

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Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 4h

Needing multiple streams of income to stay afloat is a societal failure not a personal one. You should be able to afford a comfortable lifestyle with one job. You are not lazy.

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DocBuglove @docbuglove.smokefleet.net · 12h

Everyone on the fence about A.I., there's something you don't realize.

It's purpose is to eliminate human jobs and human skills.

That's it. That's its single purpose. For companies to no longer pay people or train them in skills.

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Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 13h

Thank you. She was pure love, with a bit of chaos mixed in. She was a unique puppy.

Blessings ❤️

Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 15h

I live in one of those scary red farming towns.

Yup...

Some of them already are.

Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 15h

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Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 15h

I grew up in a town full of rich sociopaths. I don't know what they did, but I'm sure they did it...

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Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 16h

I've also seen a lot of bots going around again today, bashing Biden and Harris.

These people are bereft of anything resembling ethics...

If I had the moral lubrication I could be a wealthy man, but I'm stubborn.

😅🙄😮‍💨🫠

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Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 16h

Thank you. Mostly really grumpy (more than usual) looking for things to laugh about and bumping into each moment of the day that Ru was with me for.

Blessings ❤️

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 20h

Disabled people are not the enemy

Immigrants are not the enemy

LGBTQ+ people are not the enemy

Minorities & people of colour are not the enemy

These division tactics only work because there’s one group who needs to feel superior to the rest of us

They will “other” anyone to advance their agenda

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SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 1d

If you didn't vote for Harris, don't pretend you give a damn about healthcare.

If you didn't vote for Harris, don't pretend you give a damn about Gaza.

If you didn't vote for Harris, don't pretend you give a damn about jobs, the economy, or prices.

Because you didn't give a damn then. Clearly.

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Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 20h

13 prints

Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 20h

Over 8 years I've managed to sell a total of 13 and 8 orignals.

So, yeah, me too

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ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 21h

I know I've come off a bit strong about the whole parents' rights issue, but I want to emphasize that I have been told by well liked people on this site that talking about how child abuse is bad is wrong because it implies their parents were wrong to abuse them

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Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 22h

Everyone loves data until the data is

“The people you cater to are only as entitled as you let them be and you are not being a peacemaker by conceding other people’s rights to appease them. You’re being an enabler”

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 21h

I'm sorry this is crazy

CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 21h

Jack Posobiec explicitly says that "Antifa" dates back to the Weimar Republic, explicitly acknowledging that this administration is opposed to those who resisted the arrival of Adolf Hitler in Power.

A screenshot of C-Span showing Jack Posobiec speaking during a panel on "Antifa."

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Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 20h

She's still going?

Yikes...

Thought she muted us all...

😂

Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 21h

Thank you. We'll get through it but I'm grumpy as hell today

Blessings ❤️

Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 21h

Thank you ❤️

Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 21h

🤘😂🤘

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DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social · 22h

Are we actually fighting about EMTALA?? Like, the law that says the hospital can't let you bleed to death on the steps because you can't pay, regardless of who you are. This should be the easiest fight of the century, but everyone has forgotten that used to happen.

<flips desk, walks into the sea>

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Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 23h

Yup.

Sure looks that way.

The m.o. fits perfectly.

Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 23h

Thank you
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Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 23h

But they will gladly hire someone else to kill you, and they will say it was your fault for not listening.

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Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 23h

The cruelty of project 2025 is who they really are.

This is all deliberate. They mean to hit us until we go limp or die.

They do not care which.

And telling them to refer to the words of Jesus is useless.

They will always play the innocent victim when confronted.

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