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Buttart

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36 yr old cartoonist • queerdo • she/her • anti-Zionist white Ashkenazi Jewish • wrestling and drag fan • with a very silly cat named Sluggo.

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Buttart @buttart.bsky.social · Dec 26

Art vs Artist 2024

most of the art from this year was done over the summer for the Bash and in the past like 2 months?? super weird

#art #artvsartist

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Corel Gallery Clipart @clipart.bsky.social · 3h

SHSHOPER.BMF

A stylish fashionista out shopping, rocking an 80s glam outfit. She was 24 when this picture was taken, and she thought she owned the world. By age 28, however, it was clear her modeling career was going nowhere. She was temping at a law firm and sharing a flat with five roommates. At 30 she met a guy, to her mother’s relief. He was cute and sweet, and an addict. Two years later he OD’d, and she was a widow at age 32. Seven long years went by. She worked at the firm in the day and bartended at night. She swore off guys. She saved her money, squirreling away every penny to buy a little place of her own. In the country. Maybe with a tidy garden and an orange tabby that batted around a ball of yarn while she read the morning news. She was working the bar one Saturday night when a man in a hoodie came in. Without a word he pulled out an assault rifle and began firing. Thirteen people died that night, including the fashionista. She was 39.

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Buttart @buttart.bsky.social · 1h

time for a bird investigation!!!

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 4h

A lot of people do not really seem to know this sort of stuff

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 4h

It is true you can't trust Israel or the US but you should probably be aware the ceasefire doesn't begin until Saturday or Sunday and Israel has a long history of intensifying bombardment until the official starting point of a ceasefire.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 3h

imagine never having to hear hakeem jeffries talk again. he could campaign on that alone.

Free Parking 🚘 @free-parking.bsky.social · 6h

This is exactly what we need. This is it.

"New York City Council member Chi Ossé, a close ally of Zohran Mamdani, is privately discussing a run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)"

Scoop: Mamdani ally weighs challenging Hakeem Jeffries

Just talking about a potential campaign could drive a further wedge between Mamdani — the democratic socialist in line to be New York's next mayor — and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

www.axios.com

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geneva @gdbee.bsky.social · 11h

Prudence, 10 x 17, acrylics on paper and board :)

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Toorurii🦩🪐 @toorurii.bsky.social · 5h

Fresh of the palette! Here's the lineup @kolo.games and I mixed up for Paraferno Popcorn! Now featuring a wide variety of colors for all your painting needs 🌈

14 adoptable designs made between Kolo.games and Toorurii . The graphic is made in the style of a color swatch display for paint (like the paint sample cards), and each angel and demon pair represents a color of the rainbow.

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Kottkrig🎃 @kottkrigart.bsky.social · 1d

Dy'neth
#art #warcraft #kthir

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 6h

It's still Free Palestine, from the river to the sea.

And may the name of Benjamin Netanyahu be erased.

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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 7h

It's clear that when the US wants a ceasefire deal, one miraculously occurs. Makes the "working tirelessly for a ceasefire" stuff from last year even more disgusting.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 7h

BREAKING: Israeli war planes continue to launch raids on Gaza City as Palestinians celebrate the ceasefire announcement, according to an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent on the ground.

🔴 LIVE update: aje.io/xqppys

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss, CBS News, 1965

- New art in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social
jewishcurrents.org/bari-weiss-c...

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Kate Ashwin! ⭐ @katedrawscomics.bsky.social · 11h

It's Widdershins Wednesday! Return of the real main character, Gren. www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/octobe... #webcomics #comics

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Nurse🍉Hammam @hammanurse1.bsky.social · 18h

My family has been displaced & homeless for two years since the gen0cide. We are in danger of death
We are without a tent😭. We don’t have the basic necessities of life. We eat only tree leaves
We appeal to you to donate & support us so that we can buy a tent and food
Urgent Help🤲
gofund.me/698632c8d

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𝔾𝕆ℝ𝔸ℕ @gorangligovic.bsky.social · 11h

Sahar is exhausted. Odai’s condition is getting worse due to malnutrition and they aren’t receiving any donations. Also, Bluesky keeps deleting her accounts.

I am sharing the crowdfunding page and will repost it occasionally. Please donate, or at least share

www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...

Donate to Urgent Aid for Sahar’s Family – Food, Shelter & Medicine, organized by Mahmoud Shehada

Hi world , it’s Sahar Please read this as if I'm a member … Mahmoud Shehada needs your support for Urgent Aid for Sahar’s Family – Food, Shelter & Medicine

www.gofundme.com

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Buttart @buttart.bsky.social · 7h

sometimes it's torture trying not to backseat parent lmao

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Fawkses @fawkses.bsky.social · 1d

sketch? study? I don't know what this is but it was quick and heavily referenced.

Anyhow, Death to Chronos #hades2 #art

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Athanors (Lin) @buttoven.bsky.social · 1d

Want to experience a rowdy live show from the floor- And not break a sweat? I have a comic for you~ www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

Furries thrashing, stage diving, Gran is crowd surfing with her walker, fake band poster for Lin’s Shortbox faire comic.

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Maia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · 12h

It's Banned Books Week. If you are an author, please join @authorsabb.bsky.social! If you work in the publishing industry, please join @pubprosabb.bsky.social! Canadian authors, you can now join Canadian Authors & Illustrators Against Book bans: linktr.ee/caiabb. Working together feels good! 📚✍️👏

The black and white cover of a zine titled Do you make books? Yes? I want YOU to join Authors Against Book Bans! By Maia Kobabe. The image shows author Maia Kobabe holding a stack of books and pointing at the reader

WHAT IS AABB?
A coalition of writers, illustrators, editors & other book creators, standing united against the unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We support the availability of diverse voices in our libraries, in our schools, & in our culture. We pledge to band together against the oppression of literature, to speak when our voices are silenced, to go where our bodies are needed, & to fight to ensure this freedom.

Our concern is not only for the books, but for the children, families, educators,
librarians, & communities who suffer when the freedom to read is challenged and taken away.

WHAT CAN AABB OFFER YOU?
- Regional groups working on legislation to protect authors & the freedom to read state-by-state
- Online trainings on digital security, public speaking, & how to counter book challenges in your community
-Affinity groups for BIPOC authors, queer authors, authors with disabilities, indie, nonfiction, romance writers & more
-Support if your book is challenged or your school visit is canceled!
-A very active discord community

Maia: I’ve been facing intense challenges to my book since 2021. Knowing that I am not alone in the fight against censorship is what keeps my spirits up!

Watching the folks in AABB share information, co-write legislation, show up to library & school board meetings, & speak up to publishers about the need to protect diverse books & minority authors has been amazing!

This is a weird & scary time to be an author, but you are not alone! Join thousands of us fighting for the freedom to read, the freedom to write, the freedom to teach, the freedom to learn, & the freedom to share our stories!
-Maia Kobabe, 2025

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 11h

I don't like him personally, but David Simon on AI is the final word on the subject.

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Buttart @buttart.bsky.social · 7h

sending love to you, friend. may her memory be a blessing.

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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 15h

Activist Okey Vitalis Nnorom who joined the Omar AlMokhtar Flotilla remains in detention, despite earlier false reports claiming he was handed over to the Nigerian embassy in Jordan. The occupation authorities deliberately obfuscated information and misled lawyers about the detainees’ status.

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♡˚ʚ♡ɞ Dia ʚ♡ɞ˚♡ @diadulcet.bsky.social · 9h

Marah has been doing everything she can to keep her family, her little daughter, Mila, as safe & fed as possible. Resources are still scarce due to the occupation’s blockades & g-c!dal destruction..
Please help her if you have anything to spare! Or share widely to others!
#mutualaid #gaza #palestine

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 9h

UPDATE: Jimmy Gomez's office has been responsive to Emily's family and is advocating for her with the embassy. Please direct your calls now to Schiff and Padilla. If Gomez is your rep, you can give him a call to thank him for his support of Emily.

Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 14h

The flotilla carrying Jewish Currents reporter Emily Wilder has been captured by the Israeli military. Please contact Emily's senators and representatives—Adam Schiff, Alex Padilla, and Jimmy Gomez—and urge them to advocate for her safe release from Israeli detention

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♡˚ʚ♡ɞ Dia ʚ♡ɞ˚♡ @diadulcet.bsky.social · 9h

🇵🇸Muhammad is the main provider for his family of seven members, including elderly parents & young siblings. Currently his brother is in critical condition & severely needs urgent treatment. Please help him with a donation if you can/share widely so others may do the same!
#mutualaid #gaza #palestine

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red yenta @redyenta.bsky.social · 9h

Last chance to get your bio in for our fall print issue! Send 30 words on who you are and what you're looking for to [email protected] 💌

red yenta @redyenta.bsky.social · Mar 19

-> [email protected] <-

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