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Zye Red
@zyered.bsky.social
Comedy to heal while keeping it real.

Adding color and solidarity to your feed so you have more energy to get up today. Don’t succumb to despair. 🏳️‍🌈
❤️🖤🤍💚

https://ko-fi.com/zyered/shop/mixed
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Friendly reminder to everyone (including myself) to be clear and concise when reporting ICE activity. The mnemonic SALUTE can help.

"There are [size] officers [activity] at [location]. They are dressed in [uniform] and as of [time] are armed with [equipment] and driving [equipment]."

#AbolishICE
Someone requested earrings to match a necklace I set aside for them, in the style of "crow gathering shiny objects for their nest".

I enjoy presenting 3 options for earrings, so I pulled out my Numbered Card Backings and got to work. The first image is one of the reference photos they sent me.
February 9, 2026 at 11:26 PM
I purchased a new necklace display stand! Now for better photos in the future.

#smallartist #jewelry
February 9, 2026 at 5:43 AM
lookin like he popped out of phineas and ferb
guys. the kid rock performance is uh. well it’s exactly what you’d expect
February 8, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Reposted by Zye Red
‘A profound sense of being hunted’: with all eyes on Minneapolis, ICE arrests continue quietly across the US

Immigration operations are still stoking fear and disrupting the ability to go to work, school or doctor’s appointments

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘A profound sense of being hunted’: with all eyes on Minneapolis, ICE arrests continue quietly across the US
Immigration operations are still stoking fear and disrupting the ability to go to work, school or doctor’s appointments
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Da baby snuck into my large box of beading supplies and peed in it.

The Bead Peer's access to my apartment has now been restricted to certain hours of the day.
da baby (my neighbor's cat)
February 6, 2026 at 2:50 AM
da baby (my neighbor's cat)
February 3, 2026 at 6:34 AM
*snorts a platefull of beef lumpia and hands these to you* 🇵🇭

#handmade #Filipino #beads
February 2, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Some more beads to purify your feed and hopefully your day.

#handmade #smallartist
February 2, 2026 at 6:29 AM
1/4) During January we donated $46 to my best friend Alice to help her through this period of grief. That money went to laundry, snacks and food. Thank you for your help, it’s truly appreciated.
February 2, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Sure, we can have a few beads today, as a treat.

#handmade #necklace #Ko-Fi
February 2, 2026 at 1:54 AM
*makes a TikTok about coworkers who no-call-no-show because they simply felt like having a day off and didn't care to warn their team so the team could plan for their absence*

people with the media literacy of paper napkins: SO YOU'RE A CORPORATE THUG WHO THINKS WE DON'T DESERVE MENTAL HEALTH DAYS?
February 1, 2026 at 4:50 PM
I'm sorry, this is not relevant to literally anything on my page, but I've spent the last thirty minutes laughing at the title of the 2017 legal case against Hobby Lobby and now you get to see it too.

www.unodc.org/cld/case-law...
United States of America vs. Approximately Four Hundred Fifty (450) Ancient Cuneiform Tablets; and Approximately Three Thousand (3,000) Ancient Clay Bullae
United States of America vs. Approximately Four Hundred Fifty (450) Ancient Cuneiform Tablets; and Approximately Three Thousand (3,000) Ancient Clay Bullae
www.unodc.org
February 1, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Just made a formal statement on my Ko-Fi. Thank you again to the person who brought this to my attention.

#FreePalestine

ko-fi.com/post/Im-No-L...
I'm No Longer Buying from Michael's.
Zye's Beads published a post on Ko-fi
ko-fi.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:26 AM
I just found out Michael's is a Zionist company led by a very pro-Israel CEO. 😒

They're the only craft store in my immediate vicinity at which I could conveniently buy necessary findings and wire, and I loved their bead sales. DAMNIT.
January 31, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Organized my Bead Shelf again. Bright colors for a bright day. When the world is garbage, we try to focus on what we can control and make beauty where we can.
January 30, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Friendly reminder to everyone (including myself) to be clear and concise when reporting ICE activity. The mnemonic SALUTE can help.

"There are [size] officers [activity] at [location]. They are dressed in [uniform] and as of [time] are armed with [equipment] and driving [equipment]."

#AbolishICE
January 29, 2026 at 8:46 PM
These sold out within 24 hours of me posting them. 🌸🤍 I appreciate my community.

#smallartist #handmade
January 27, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Aromantic earrings! I am a painfully romantic person, but that doesn't mean my experience is universal or "correct". Many people experience little to no romantic attraction towards others.

Here's some interesting information: lgbtqia.fandom.com/wiki/Aromantic

#handmade #beads #LGBTQ
January 26, 2026 at 6:53 AM
New labels acquired.

+2 Defense
-1 Speed

#smallbusiness #Ko-Fi
January 26, 2026 at 5:43 AM
I wrote this poem for Gaza. It took me several months to finish. The final stanza, I think, is particularly relevant after the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, which were caught on camera.

I hope it energizes you. The truth always comes to light.

#FreePalestine #AbolishICE
January 25, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Even the National Rifle Association is speaking up to defend #AlexPretti, as they should.

Please read about Alex, who I learned about five minutes ago. He was murdered by ICE in Minneapolis less than a day ago. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
January 25, 2026 at 4:53 AM
The sight of everyone scrambling off of TikTok saddens me. I don't blame them, I just wish there was no reason for this to be happening. I still remember disparaging the app for being "Vine's evil cousin", but now it means so much to me.

We'll see what happens. Anyway, look at these beads. 💙
January 24, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Reposted by Zye Red
ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."
January 23, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Reposted by Zye Red
in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
January 24, 2026 at 12:38 AM
I'm not a huge fan of CNN, but this is certainly footage that needs to be spread.
CNN put together a clip of JD Vance claiming ICE agents have "absolute immunity" followed by him two weeks later claiming "I didn't say that officers who engage in wrongdoing would enjoy immunity"
January 24, 2026 at 2:51 AM